Como siempre cuando hay un gran evento o día festivo, agencias de orden público usan el pretexto para aumentar la aplicación de leyes racistas, clasistas, y antimigrantes. Habrá varios retenes, y muchas agencias reportan que van a monitorear con mayor vigilancia las vías públicas. Checkpoint response les avisa de los retenes previstos, no sólo en California, sino en el resto del país también.

As with other holidays and large events, law enforcement agencies use the pretext to heighten enforcement of classist, racist, and anti-immigrant laws. This weekend will see numerous checkpoints, as well as non-checkpoint traffic enforcement. Checkpoint response brings you this warning of the foreseeable checkpoints, and urges the utmost caution on the road.

Starting in the 60's there were an extremely determine efforts to put as many Black Panthers and other radicals in jail for as long as possible, with heavy manipulation of the media being involved; and charges, and a few admissions of, suppression and manufacturing of evidence. More recently despite the general perception that business is being rewarded for doing wrong, there have been some extremely determined efforts to heavy-handedly prosecute certain people for white collar crimes. People who cheer the heavy-handed tactics against people like Mumia abu-Jamal, sometimes think Ted Stevens was framed and vice versa.

I am so tired of the politics of fear and lying. And when it's done in the name of 9/11, it dishonors those who lost their lives in the attacks.

The ACLU has pulled together a blog that has several good bloggers contributing on civil liberties news and action.