<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Roger,.<div><br></div><div>It's NOT irrelevant that he was in his own house! <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000">THAT</font> is the key to the whole issue!</div><div>He wasn't out on a public street when all this started, he was in his own home.</div><div>It is clear from both the written report and the audio tapes the police officer kept baiting him </div><div>to get him OUTSIDE! It was a set up.</div><div><br></div><div>Now, on the other hand, it had nothing to do with race, it had everything to do with private property</div><div>and civil rights. I'm sure that that police department treats everyone like that !</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jul 30, 2009, at 10:23 AM, lfalen wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>It is irrelevant that he was in his own house. He was arrested for disorderly conduct be cause he was abusive it a police office. I think that is a crime in most states. I do not wish to live in a police state. As far as I am concerned there is a way too much of that now. The state should only do those things that an individuals cannot do for themselves. National defense, police protection. roads, protect the food supply, etc.<br>Roger<br><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a> <br> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>