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We Thought We Were Free...
Are we really the land of the free and the home of the brave?
According to the Miami New Times, police officer Harold Garzon confronted Baldelomar at a stop light, and reportedly said to him, "You're really playing that song? Pull over." When Baldelomar pulled over, the officer claimed that it was illegal for him to being playing music that loudly within 25 feet of another person. Being a law student, Baldelomar knew that wasn't the case.
In fact, as Baldelomar told the Miami New Times, "In 2012 the state supreme court struck down any law banning loud music. I knew that because it was a case I had actually studied in law school." Officer Garzon then reportedly issued Baldelomar a ticket for not having proof of car insurance (even though he did and offered it to Garzon) and tickets for not wearing a seatbelt and having an out-of-state license.
Cesar Baldelomar's Thanksgiving Day run-in with the police isn't just another example of abuse of power. It's a symptom of a much larger problem in America: growing levels of authoritarianism.
Authoritarianism is a disease. It moves and grows gradually, but inexorably. Eventually, it grows to the point where it has completely taken over society. America is dangerously close to that point.
Think about it. Authoritarianism rears its ugly head in America every time a police officer uses excessive force.
-Thom
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