VIRGINIANS ARISE IN ANGER!

Should be fired and charged and put away for 3-5.

No lie. I would have liked him to arrest the person and then get charged for false arrest and sued.

Welcome to the ObamaNation!

I'm trying to finish a post that kinda fits this. I'll let you know when I'm done.

Icepick

To be caaught on camera saying these comments shows a "lack of situational awareness" that one should have as a security person.

If you can find an old copy of the Vanilla Fudge "the beat goes on" album and find the last "voices in time"

... voted for??

I'd say there is about a 95% chance it wasn't for McCain!

I'm trying to imagine the horror our Framers would feel if they arose from the dead and witnessed this video today.

This nation needs a "re-boot"!

Let me know amigo.

Yeah, he got "BUSTED!"

93% of blacks who voted FOR Obummer still think he is the messiah. Go figure.

A harbinger of what's to come. I'll be in D.C. the 12th.

THERE is your "stimulus money" at work. As far as his lack of "situational awareness" goes,he most likely was too tired to think after working at his other job,with ACORN.

I have a lot of friends going, many from work!

I wish I could be there but will be on a charity run for fallen P.O.'s.

GET SOME!

You got that right. Trouble is, is that he's around vulnerable kids who probably believe his Hopey Changey spiel!

This guy is looking for a job working with the Affirmative Action Attorney General.

He's getting Clawed this afternoon.

Get em Mud Bug!

An Obama stooge incapable of standing up for the constitution or himself. Caught in a spell under the great uniter. Too bad the only people he's united is his cult followers.

the following to the listed addressees, with info copies to Fred.Ellis@fcps.edu, Vicki.Fields@fcps.edu, who are listed on the FCPS website as:

Safety & Security
Fred Ellis, Director
Fred.Ellis@fcps.edu

Vicki Fields, Administrative Assistant
Vicki.Fields@fcps.edu

Here's the email:



Sirs,

I just watched the video of one of your officers (Cheeks) forcing a demonstrator (Jim Moran) to put down his sign at an event that took place on 25 August at a townhall meeting in Reston. Evidently this meeting took place on a school property.

There are several problems here that I can see. First of all, a "townhall" meeting is a civic event that supersedes the school's normal purpose as an educational facility. If First Amendment rights of protest are going to be denied based on purported school "rules" of conduct in some fashion, then those meetings should be held in another venue. In my opinion, though, that's moot, as the "townhall" function endows any and all attendees with all their normal rights, regardless of any "rules" that may prevail during the school's normal operating hours. At the time of this meeting, the school wasn't in operation as an educational facility.

Further, it seems Moran was singled out for special attention by your officer because his sign included a picture of Obama. Apparently other signs that DIDN'T have pictures were deemed "acceptable" for some reason, and weren't forced out of sight. This is very clearly discriminatory. There's no law anywhere of which I'm aware that grants law enforcement personnel the power to make decisions on what is and is not "proper" signage to bring to a public event to express protest, or any other point of view for that matter, as long as that sign doesn't violate normal laws concerning decency (no extreme nudity, for example).

In this day and age of ubiquitous video capture and YouTube, I'd think you'd be more diligent in assuring your officers don't violate people's constitutional rights, as there's a good chance it'll be widely available for viewing all over the internet. I live in Southern California, for example, just about as far away from Reston as one can be and still be in the continental US.

I'd be very interested in hearing any response you may have. Please feel free to respond to this email if you wish.

(signed with all contact info)

I forgot to mention.... Where was this cop when the libs vilified Bush to a new level? Their hypocrisy is amazing.

That is an awesome letter.

However, I believe the gentleman was not Jim Moran, but rather the townhall was being held by Jim Moran (D).

Still, I await the molasses-covered response you will get from those in charge.

is probably hoping Obama and the dancer will see this and ask him to head up the VA chapter of the civilian security force, aka, "blueshirts".
Has anyone heard anything about this guy being reprimanded by his dept?

fellers with a badge and a gun, "sir I can charge you with whatever I want to charge you with".
That sounds like letting the job go to your head bigtime to me. Someone needs to sit him down, take his badge, gun and certificate(if he has one)and send him down the road.

...another round of beers.

"Waiter, set 'em up on the back lawn again son and this time bring more of those little san'wich things."

Officer Cheek is a disgrace to all of us who have served in law enforcement.
The objective of a police force is to provide professional assistance to law abiding citizens. We, the citizens, hire them and grant them a measure of authority- on trust- to perform a duty that we ourselves are responsible for, but haven't the time or training to normally accomplish. It is a VAST trust that a policeman must constantly live up to in service to his fellow citizens.
It should also be remembered that police forces are a relatively new institution. Before the mid 19th Century, it was the urban custom to organize "Night Watches" of volunteer citizens- who were usually recompensed by donations from local merchants. The Metropolitan Police Force was largely the result of London in Victorian times.
The danger, as always, is that a corrupted police group can become unaccountable and thus become public masters instead of public servants. And, when the citizenry finds itself disarmed as a "public safety" measure, they become utterly dependant on the police for their protection. This is how the seeds of the "police state" are sown.
The vast majority of police officers are not only fine men, but unsung heroes in the unending war against crime. But their leadership and ranks are being infiltrated by unamerican elements as never before. Officer Cheek is one such element.

I misunderstood that, dammit!

Now I look like a dummy, and easily dismissed.

(((((((((((( sigh )))))))))))))))

Oh, well... thanks for the kind words.

Of course this Wesley Cheeks should be immediately stripped of his badge and gun and forbidden from employment as an officer of the law permanently. But is doubtful this will happen. Since libs love "re-education" so much, why not ask to re-educate this officer about the Constitution, and how to treat the "minority" (who are actually the majority) of conservatives out there? Call it a "sensitivity" module for how to treat conservatives.

Chilling, just chilling.
Let's keep bringing these thugs to the light of day!

I wonder what color their shirts will be? "They're not brown; they're khaki!"

If W. tried to form a "civilian taskforce," I wonder what the response would have been from the MSNBC's of the world? I imagine something between outrage and a brain hemmorage.

While I'm glad the troops are finally starting to rally, I think we need to begin planning a united agenda. The criticism that we have nothing to offer is still valid. It's not enough to be opposed. We must have a counter-proposal.

You can read about some ideas on this score on the Use of Reason blog.

You people act like this just started happening.
You make me ill.
This schidt has been going on forever but you have chose to ignore it.
Heretofore any time there has been a confrontation and there has been publicity...when the cop has got up andf made his case you have believed without reservation what the cop said.
People go into jury rooms thinking, not saying but thinking, that the accused MUST be guilty or else he/she wouldn't be here in the first place.
I remember stops, searches and seizures where the cop went around and broke out a taillight to give reason for the stop. Try convincing a jury of that.
I rode Harleys before yuppies discovered Harleys and any time more than two of us rode together we could expect a 'felony' stop complete with the 12 guage coming out. The term "throwdown gun" came into vogue because Houston cops carried a weapon they could put next to the body to claim self defense.
So now because an Obamaite cop threatens someone you want to beieve this never has happened before. You people are brave, patriotic and naieve. Obama's "Civilian Security Force" is already in place. They may have sworn an oath to poretect and defend the Constitution but their real allegiance is to the AG and the POTUS.
They will reek havoc on you and the populace will stand mutely by. Because they are law enforcement.
Think Waco. Think Ruby Ridge.

Nobody said these things don't or haven't happened.

But it certainly helps when it's clearly documented on video.

Great letter.

Now WHEN the HELL are you running for office!?

Fairfax County is the most fascist county in VA. They tried to restrict CCW permits until the State ripped them a new one. Then they tried to restrict people CARRYING until the Virginia Citizens Defense League took them to court AND the State ripped them a new one.

No doubt. I know a lot of LEO's and they're damn good people.

lower your hackles brother! haha. I've been riding harleys since 1979 and have been hasseled MANY times, as you say, when 2 or more of us were together, especially in g-damn New Jersey.

This is how Americans are, waiting till the threat is right in front of them. I was p*ssed about Ruby Ridge and furious about Waco and wrote several letters to the FBI and USAG about the FBI sniper Horichuri.

As BrianR says, now it's documented and THAT is why I was telling people to take video cameras to Tea Parties, etc.

I'll let you know if and when I decide to run.

BTW, as to that letter and any response from the addressees: the silence is deafening.

Perhaps a year ago, the public would have stood "mutely" by. Too much has changed in that year. My real fear is that some one will start the "ball game" pre-mature fashion and things will get bloody in a hurry.

The 9/12 protest is a prime example. We all know that many Conservatives will be "packing". (If I were able to go, I know that I'd be carrying a "belly" gun.)

If something starts (i.e., an "Obama" cop has an ego trip and tries to confiscate a sign or even a weapon), things can and probably will get out of hand.

Perhaps it is time. But I fear that a revolution that was started in this manner is not as powerful as the Revolution that started in 1775 when the British fired first while trying to illegally confiscate arms and ammunition.

were 'heroes'?

When someone is beaten for failing to 'follow an officers orders', or otherwise have their rights abused, usually Cons are very supportive...funny how that changes when this behavior is directed at 'law-abiding conservatives', isn't it?

I've said it MANY, MANY times: these people in the police force and military aren't 'heroes'...they're the enforcers who assist the politicians in implementing tyranny, you fools!

The only good things about Noo Joisey are the really low gas prices and the entertainment in Atlantic City (although AC outside of the resort hotels, the Boardwalk, and the outdoor outlet mall right in front of the Strip is a depressing crrraphole).

I didn't notice that anyone at that school was creating a public disturbance, much less rioting. You're attempting to create a moral equivalence between policemen trying to quell a violent mob or a felonious criminal with one who is being intrusive into the constitutional rights of his fellow citizens. On that basis, I can't help but think that your "libertarianism" would more accurately be described as "anarchism".

Are you sure the Brits fired first that "April Morn".?