Maryland Police Put Nonviolent Activists' Names On Terror Lists »
Posted By Beau7890 1 year, 2 months ago in NewsThe Maryland State Police classified 53 nonviolent activists as terrorists and entered their names and personal information into state and federal databases that track terrorism suspects, the state police chief acknowledged yesterday.
Police Superintendent Terrence B. Sheridan revealed at a legislative hearing that the surveillance operation, which targeted opponents of the death penalty and the Iraq war, was far more extensive than was known when its existence was disclosed in July.
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"The former state police superintendent who authorized the operation, Thomas E. Hutchins, defended the program in testimony yesterday. Hutchins said the program was a bulwark against potential violence and called the activists "fringe people."
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The first thing a facist government does is making an enemies and "fringe people" list. Then they spy on them by infiltrating the organizations they belong to. And if they proceed as scripted, they'll incite illegal and violent actions to incur public outrage at the group so the police will have a reason to crack down and destroy them. Not saying this is what they were going to do, but their program would have made it easier.
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