Detained and interrogated for the crime of walking away and shaking your head

[DetlefK]

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/1/18/1621869/-Sheriff-Clarke-allegedly-had-man-harassed-at-airport-after-man-shook-his-head-disapprovingly-at-him

As I passed him, I asked if he was Sheriff Clarke, and he responded in the affirmative. I shook my head as I was moving on to my seat near the back of the plane.

From behind, he asked if I had a problem. I shook my head “no” again and continued to my seat. ... I intentionally did not say anything more to him because I did not want to make a scene or get in trouble as a Milwaukee man did in September when confronting Clarke on an airplane. I just moved on and took my seat.

When I exited the flight at Mitchell International, there were six uniformed deputies and two bomb/drug dogs standing there with Sheriff Clarke waiting for me to exit. As soon as Sheriff Clarke gestured towards me, he and some of the officers left us. I was very publicly escorted in front of everyone down the hall to a waiting area, and then questioned by two of the Sheriff’s Department deputies. They told me Sheriff Clarke said I had made some remarks to him upon entering the plane. When I asked for clarification, the deputies said they couldn’t tell me, and when I asked if they even knew the context of my “remarks,” they responded “no.”

[dhill926]

1. Sue the fucker...

[2naSalit]

2. He's like

Arpaio, untouchable.

[weissmam]

3. until they aren't

[2naSalit]

9. Indeed.

However, I have only a limited sense of expectation that our judicial system would accomplish its mission. That limitation becomes more intense every day.

[dembotoz]

4. I am local and tend to say nasty shit

Prob would have gotten 30 days in the hole

[IronLionZion]

5. Can Milwaukee vote him out?

Recall him? He can't be that popular in an urban area with diversity and liberals.

[2naSalit]

10. That requires free and fair elections...

Milwaukee is the boiler plate for the rest of us, and of Scott Walker and Paul Ryan after all.

[mobeau69]

6. Do you have any wittnesses, video etc. n/t

[Snarkoleptic]

7. Authoritarians cannot stand anyone who shows disdain or disrepect.

I struggled to understand the authoritarian mindset until reading Bob Altemeyer's - The Authoritarians
This is a good read and I highly recommend it to those who want to understand the Trump shit-show we're about to witness.

http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/

OK, what’s this book about? It’s about what’s happened to the American government lately. It’s about the disastrous decisions that government has made. It’s about the corruption that rotted the Congress. It’s about how traditional conservatism has nearly been destroyed by authoritarianism. It’s about how the “Religious Right” teamed up with amoral authoritarian leaders to push its un-democratic agenda onto the country. It’s about the United States standing at the crossroads as the next federal election approaches.

“Well,” you might be thinking, “I don’t believe any of this is true.” Or maybe, you’re thinking, “What else is new? I’ve believed this for years.” Why should a conservative, moderate, or liberal bother with this book? Why should any Republican, Independent, or Democrat click the “Whole Book” link on this page?

Because if you do, you’ll begin an easy-ride journey through some very relevant scientific studies I have done on authoritarian personalities--one that will take you a heck of a lot less time than the decades it took me. Those studies have a direct bearing on all the topics mentioned above. So if you think the first paragraph is a lot of hokum, or full of half-truths, I invite you to look at the research.

For example, take the following statement: “Once our government leaders and the authorities condemn the dangerous elements in our society, it will be the duty of every patriotic citizen to help stomp out the rot that is poisoning our country from within.” Sounds like something Hitler would say, right? Want to guess how many politicians, how many lawmakers in the United States agreed with it? Want to guess what they had in common?

Or how about a government program that persecutes political parties, or minorities, or journalists the authorities do not like, by putting them in jail, even torturing and killing them. Nobody would approve of that, right? Guess again.

Don’t think for a minute this doesn’t concern you personally. Let me ask you, as we’re passing the time here, how many ordinary people do you think an evil authority would have to order to kill you before he found someone who would, unjustly, out of sheer obedience, just because the authority said to? What sort of person is most likely to follow such an order? What kind of official is most likely to give that order, if it suited his purposes? Look at what experiments tell us, as I did.

If, on the other hand, you’re way ahead of me, and believe the extreme right-wing elements in America are poised to take it over, permanently, I think you can still get a lot from this book. The studies explain so much about these people. Yes, the research shows they are very aggressive, but why are they so hostile? Yes, experiments show they are almost totally uninfluenced by reasoning and evidence, but why are they so dogmatic? Yes, studies show the Religious Right has more than its fair share of hypocrites, from top to bottom; but why are they two-faced, and how come one face never notices the other? Yes, their leaders can give the flimsiest of excuses and even outright lies about things they’ve done wrong, but why do the rank and file believe them? What happens when authoritarian followers find the authoritarian leaders they crave and start marching together?

I think you’ll find this book “explains a lot.” Many scattered impressions about the enemies of freedom and equality become solidified by science and coherently connected here.

You think I’m pulling your leg? Click the link.

[2naSalit]

11. Rec!!!

and as I have said before...











We have arrived, I'm thinking.

[hadEnuf]

8. Welcome to fascist America.

Neo-nazi assholes like this sheriff demand you kiss their ring or you vill be detained!

Heil Trump!

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

12. Fascist pigs.

They hate it when you don't kiss the ring.