Blake links to a piece on the Miami PD:

Miami police announced Monday they will stage random shows of force at hotels, banks and other public places to keep terrorists guessing and remind people to be vigilant.

Deputy Police Chief Frank Fernandez said officers might, for example, surround a bank building, check the IDs of everyone going in and out and hand out leaflets about terror threats.

“This is an in-your-face type of strategy. It’s letting the terrorists know we are out there,” Fernandez said.

Papers please. This is truly abysmal. The police should not randomly accost citizens. Ever. This will make people leery of the police more than anything else. In Miami, it’s like the terrorists have won. Where’s the ACLU? Oh:

Howard Simon, executive director of ACLU of Florida, said the Miami initiative appears aimed at ensuring that people’s rights are not violated.

“What we’re dealing with is officers on street patrol, which is more effective and more consistent with the Constitution,” Simon said. “We’ll have to see how it is implemented.”

As Blake says:

So, the police surrounding a bank and checking everyone’s IDs for no apparent reason is not a violation of people’s rights?

Gunner has more on this lunacy.

Posted in uncategorized on November 30th, 2005 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |