Seriously, what the hell is wrong with this cop ...Wesley Cheeks Jr.
Seriously, "Because this has a picture on it," that's his arguement on this American exercising his right to free speech.
This is America right - land of the free, home of the brave - is it not? Apparently this is the new ObamAmerica. Where your constitutional right is not accepted.
Officer Does Not Like anti-Obama Poster: "It ain't [America] no more, OK?"
OK let me clarify in case this get a little heated. First let me restate what I said about me. "This is my little space on the web to vent. I don't pretend to be a news organization or anything like one." ref. About Me section.
What I would like to clarify is that I am not calling for this officers' resignation or anything like that. I'm here to pass along something that stood out as seriously flawed, yet appropriate given the situation in America right now. I'm merely pointing out the hypocrisy of what he said. Because really, "Because this has a picture on it" is not a justifiable answer to the man's legitimate right to hold a sign in the air when there were clearly other people holding signs in the air around him. Why this particular person? Was the sign that offensive? I don't think so, it didn't have some porn or disturbing picture on it did it? I didn't see one. What was so wrong that the officer, Wesley Cheeks Jr. had to threaten to arrest the man? What was it, a personal gripe with the message? Aside from the slight abuse of power - the threat of arrest for something that is clearly a 1st amendment right protected by the Constitution - which does not deserve termination in and of itself, but more so an explanation for what law or disturbance this protester was violating, is that so much to ask from a public servant? Given all that, this is no Henrey Lewis Gates controversy, as I'm sure this cop was just speaking his subconscious mind, and not some deep rooted policy of the Obama Adminstration.
The bigger point is what he said, consciously or not.
Protester: "This is America isn't it?
Wesley Cheeks Jr: " It ain't no more, OK"
Me: "WHAT DID HE JUST SAY?"
That is the disturbing part of the entire video clip for me personally because it hits home. This country has 'changed' since the Democrats took over in Nov 2006 and more so since Obama took over this past January. To a lot of Americans, it has changed for the worse and dramatically so. The corruption and hypocrisy stinks to high heaven and is so blatant that a child can see it for what it is. Yet here we are, stuck in a bazaro-world America where things we once prospered from have been turned against us, used to demean us, we must apologize to the rest of the world for the things that made America special and great? WHY? When did the sentiment change in America to turn us into Europe? If I wanted socialism, I'd live in Spain or France. But I don't, so I live here, in the USA, and I love it for the opportunity it affords me, the possibility of pure freedom, economic and social. I love it more for what it allows than what it gives me as a social right, in essence it provides me with the ultimate opportunity to make whatever I want out of myself, at my own peril or success. That's all I want, a fair equal shake, it just seems like recently, that opportunity has been seriously eroded. And like it or not, what Wesley Cheeks Jr said is true, and that is a very sad, sad thing.
Seriously, "Because this has a picture on it," that's his arguement on this American exercising his right to free speech.
This is America right - land of the free, home of the brave - is it not? Apparently this is the new ObamAmerica. Where your constitutional right is not accepted.
'America , this used to be America.. "It ain't no more, OK!" '
Officer Does Not Like anti-Obama Poster: "It ain't [America] no more, OK?"
OK let me clarify in case this get a little heated. First let me restate what I said about me. "This is my little space on the web to vent. I don't pretend to be a news organization or anything like one." ref. About Me section.
What I would like to clarify is that I am not calling for this officers' resignation or anything like that. I'm here to pass along something that stood out as seriously flawed, yet appropriate given the situation in America right now. I'm merely pointing out the hypocrisy of what he said. Because really, "Because this has a picture on it" is not a justifiable answer to the man's legitimate right to hold a sign in the air when there were clearly other people holding signs in the air around him. Why this particular person? Was the sign that offensive? I don't think so, it didn't have some porn or disturbing picture on it did it? I didn't see one. What was so wrong that the officer, Wesley Cheeks Jr. had to threaten to arrest the man? What was it, a personal gripe with the message? Aside from the slight abuse of power - the threat of arrest for something that is clearly a 1st amendment right protected by the Constitution - which does not deserve termination in and of itself, but more so an explanation for what law or disturbance this protester was violating, is that so much to ask from a public servant? Given all that, this is no Henrey Lewis Gates controversy, as I'm sure this cop was just speaking his subconscious mind, and not some deep rooted policy of the Obama Adminstration.
The bigger point is what he said, consciously or not.
Protester: "This is America isn't it?
Wesley Cheeks Jr: " It ain't no more, OK"
Me: "WHAT DID HE JUST SAY?"
That is the disturbing part of the entire video clip for me personally because it hits home. This country has 'changed' since the Democrats took over in Nov 2006 and more so since Obama took over this past January. To a lot of Americans, it has changed for the worse and dramatically so. The corruption and hypocrisy stinks to high heaven and is so blatant that a child can see it for what it is. Yet here we are, stuck in a bazaro-world America where things we once prospered from have been turned against us, used to demean us, we must apologize to the rest of the world for the things that made America special and great? WHY? When did the sentiment change in America to turn us into Europe? If I wanted socialism, I'd live in Spain or France. But I don't, so I live here, in the USA, and I love it for the opportunity it affords me, the possibility of pure freedom, economic and social. I love it more for what it allows than what it gives me as a social right, in essence it provides me with the ultimate opportunity to make whatever I want out of myself, at my own peril or success. That's all I want, a fair equal shake, it just seems like recently, that opportunity has been seriously eroded. And like it or not, what Wesley Cheeks Jr said is true, and that is a very sad, sad thing.
Complaints and gripes against Officer Cheeks may be filed by contacting the following individual:
ReplyDeleteMajor James A. Morris
Fairfax County Police Department
(703) 246-2918
David M. Rohrer
Chief of Police
Fairfax County Police Department
(703) 246-2195
Wow! This is all over the Internet...including at my blog here http://normanhooben.blogspot.com/2009/08/officer-wesley-cheeks-turn-in-your.html
ReplyDeleteActually I googled Wesley Cheeks and came across a slew of sites including yours. So here I am checking out some of your stuff...
hope you don't mind,
Norm
The cop's supervisor is Carl Davis, Mr. Davis's number is 571-423-1200
ReplyDelete24-Hour Dispatch/Call Center 703-764-2400
Main Office 703-658-3760
Jim McLain, Security Coordinator
Jim.McLain@fcps.edu
703-658-3769
Lt. Daniel Townsend, Fairfax County Police/School Liaison Commander
Daniel.Townsend@fcps.edu
703-658-3707
I wonder if this:
ReplyDeletehttp://muffledoar.blogspot.com/2009/10/anonymous-doj-blogger-campaign-attacks.html
had anything to do with the "Anonymous" comments left on this blog post?
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Exclusive News from the Muffled Oar:
The Department of Justice has hired a team of partisan Democrat campaign bloggers to work at the Department. The Muffled Oar has learned this decision was treated with a great deal of skepticism both inside the career ranks at the Department but also among some Obama loyalists who expressed concern that such a decision would lend itself to the growing appearance that the Holder Justice Department is more political than the Bush Justice Department was ever accused of being. Tracy Russo is one such blogger from the campaign of John Edwards. The unit is housed in the Office of Public Affairs. Not only is the Department of Justice Blog Squad going to reach out to nontraditional media like TPM Muckraker or the Muffled Oar, but they are also tasked with placing anonymous comments at conservative leaning blogs such as the Free Republic. They are also tasked with posting anonymous comments, or comments under pseudonyms, at newspaper websites with stories critical of the Department of Justice, Holder and President Obama. One conservative editor recently told the Muffled Oar that they have noticed a significant increase in the number and aggressiveness of comments to stories critical of the Holder Justice Department. “There is clearly a designed effort to rebut stories that are exposing the Holder Justice Department as more political than the last. We’ve seen a change in the pattern of anonymous emails we receive and comments posted at our paper’s webpage.”
One shivers at the thought of a team of Department of Justice Bloggers anonymously trolling the web to spin the message of a President. It is particularly terrifying when those same anonymous government employees at the Department attack media outlets and newspapers anonymously. How much longer before the Blog Squad operates in the open to intimidate political opponents and critics?
Posted by Isaac Muzzey at 7:23 AM
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Let me remind you that the "Anonymous" comments appeared within 3 hours of my original posting when I had a total of about 30 pages views for my entire blog (most of which were me logging in and out of Blogger.com). This just lends more credit to the Eric Holder Justice Department BloggerWatch accusation. If it is true - I SAY LOUDLY - "FUCK YOU!"