By Justin King at TFC
Washington, DC – That may seem to be an inflammatory headline, but it is exactly what Presidential hopeful Donald Trump promised a room full of police officers. What’s worse is that he was greeted with cheers. While collecting the endorsement of the New England Police Benevolent Association, he said:
“One of the first things I do, in terms of executive order if I win, will be to sign a strong, strong statement that will go out to the country — out to the world — that anybody killing a policeman, policewoman, a police officer — anybody killing a police officer, the death penalty. It’s going to happen, OK?”
This is a promise to be the first American dictator. He has promised to act as executive, legislature, and judiciary. Fulfilling this promise requires he create a new federal law, a mechanism by which it trumps state law, and a mechanism by which the President can impose a sentence in a criminal case. He promises to do this by the stroke of a pen. His desire to dictate every facet of government requires he disregard the rule of law, usurp the roles of the other branches of government, and completely shred the Constitution of the United States. It makes him, quite literally, a dictator.
The separation of powers in our government is clearly outlined in the US Constitution. It strictly prohibits the executive branch from creating law at will, it does not allow the executive branch to impose sentences in criminal cases, and it reserves jurisdiction over most criminal cases to the states. 19 states do not allow capital punishment. Donald Trump has promised to completely disregard the founding document of the United States. He has asserted his right to act as President, Representative, Senator, judge, and executioner.
The fact that his proclamation was greeted by cheers by those who are supposed to enforce the law demonstrates clearly that the American people cannot rely on the disobedience of those so-called “oath keepers” in law enforcement. They will cheer as he seizes illegal and unconstitutional power. They will follow his orders. Once they are protected class, you won’t even be able to resist. Bush, Clinton, and Obama all exceeded their authority while using executive orders, but none was so bold as to proclaim they could create criminal law and declare the punishment with the stroke of a pen.
You cannot support Trump and say you believe in the Constitution. You cannot support Trump and say you stand for liberty. You cannot support Trump and say you want to make American great again. Trump has promised to destroy the very fabric of the American system and replace it with a dictatorship. You can ignore this warning if you choose, but you do it at the peril of your own liberty.
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Had a lot of respect for you but now that your posts have become dishonest and anti first amendment, you have lost much credibility.
12yo masturbatiors that what u are give it a break
Anonymous, You are losing allot of followers & respect by trying to push your opinions about government to everyone else. If you really wanted to do a public service. Then you should make the wikileaks just released about Hillary Clinton
available for everyone to read and that the FBI BLOCKED ………….
this headline is total bull. If anyone has shred the constitution it is Obama. I used to think anonymous was my kind of people, against the elite, for the constitution, stand for what is true, right and for justice, but anymore I keep seeing posts to the contrary, then I read there are posters posing as anonymous and I don’t know what to believe anymore.
I’m feeling embarrassed to view your post’s these last few days or even forwarding them to other people..I use to feel very proud about the good you did and how you came to the aid of the unjust. Definitely not these days,,,, I’m not sure where you get your information from these days but it’s way misinformed ???
Anonymous, you people have good posts, and then this one just sucks. Just saying, whoever did this sucks and is a loser even though I hate Trump a liar is the same as a liar. I insulted Trump and Anonymous for being liars and it’s true which I would never believe for Anonymous.
-Anonymous 2.0
This is like the author has never heard of executive order. Such creative writing.
All of you above are soooo fucking stupid. At the bottom of pretty much any article you read. Clearly you can see that this article is a biased one from ‘The Fifth Column.”
You’re just as bad as the fucking sheep.
And so what if they skim a little bit of cash from researching and making sure that we are informed, they would be syupid otherwise, because I don’t know about you fucks but my time is important to me.
But, I bet you all sit at your house an wallow in self fucking pity while your rights are stripped away
Stop fighting against the people who are trying to help.
BAH-BAH-BAHCK the fuck off.
I’m seeing this as a good thing. This may stop the violence against our policemen and women. It’s become very bad!
why is there no anon replies on these posts? scared to answer? might step on your own dick again?
I’m confused. What about this article is a fraud, dishonest, lying and whatever other adjectives used in these comments?
The Trump quote is accurate, as is the resulting analysis.
Help me see what I am missing.
You’re not seeing the invisible shift of individuals loyalties towards a fascist demagogue.
You’re right CatFive. Nothing very specific here, I too need help.
Of course it wouldn’t be surprising if this synchronised attack was fabricated by our mutual enemies. If so, maybe they will improve their creditability in future.
Actually if he can be a dictator it’s because Obama set us up for him. In 2011, O”Bummer signed the 2012 NDAA, which allows for the use of the US military as police force within the US, allows for the indefinite and incognito detention of US Citizens, and suspension of habeus corpus rights. While at first promising to veto this bill, he signed it, along with inclusion of a farcical signing statement decrying its “Unamerican principles” and that it would “never be used during my term in office” But the mf SIGNED it, still, didn’t he? Nobody held a gun at his head. This is Obama’s biggest present for Trump- or any other person who becomes a future president. It was under O’Bummer we discovered all Edward Snowden had to tell- it wasn’t like O’Bummer was about to STOP any of that spying on the entire world stuff, either, without someone shining daylight on it. So don’t paint O’Bummer with some idealistic nonsense as some righteous scholarly defender of the Constitution. He shat on it.
I guess all good things must come to an end. It was a good run Anonymous but you have run afoul. I used to be truly inspired and captivated with the strikes you used to take against those who deserve it. I think when I first came across your group it was in response to releasing the information of online pedophiles. Children in this world need more protection than ever. Those types of causes are noble. All of this political nonsense you are starting to drum up puts your right in pocket with the rest of the politicians who are corporate puppets. I do hope you find your way back to causes that matter.
It may be fanciful, but source and credit of the article are clear, and the tone’s not far from Trump’s projected demeanor. He plays it like dictator-to-be, which is fucking scary, and why we care (I assume), and his victory will represent a political black hole of morality, human rights, scientific inquiry, global cooperation, and personal integrity. He’ll suck it all away. By political victory. So I say it’s noble to keep fighting him and keep drawing attention to his evil. We’re not going to be able to defend anyone else vulnerable, in need, in peril, if we do not admit we are in danger from this fucker, too. We continue to face it, we find commonality, we unite in respect. We’re better at taking care of each other when we take care of each other. That’s our only fucking shot in hell, that I can see.