Very bad news if true

[nancylebov]

http://www.star-telegram.com/dallas_news/story/486413.html

Dallas police say the secret service told them to stop checking for weapons at Obama rally this past Wednesday.

This is extremely ugly if it's accurate, so I want to check on it. The claim that the secret service told the police to stop checking is hard to verify, so I want to start with something easier. Was anyone on my friendslist or anyone they know at the rally? Were they checked for weapons?

If this is true, what then? What's a reasonable way of applying pressure so that the Feds at least can't be so blatant?

I wish I could say that I believe my government wouldn't behave like that, but I'm not that trusting.

It wouldn't even have to be racism-- it could just be going after the Democratic candidate who's more likely to win the general election.

Is there any way to track whether white hate groups are being monitored at least as actively as usual?

Link from supergee.

Comments

[kgbooklog.livejournal.com]

I'd be more worried if the order came at the beginning instead of at the end; they probably assume that anyone who intended trouble would show up early to be sure to get in, and so it was a calculated risk in getting everyone inside in time.

I'm not paying too much attention to politics, but I found it interesting that the local media coverage leading up to the Obama-Clinton debate kept showing Ron Paul signs.

[selenite.livejournal.com]

They may not have had any choice. I've seen Ron Paul signs in my end of TX, but no Obama ones and the only Clinton ones are in front of her campaign HQ.