Abuse of Power in Anaheim

A few hours ago Anaheim police shot and killed a man named Manuel Diaz for non-compliance. These things happen. Perhaps they acted rashly. Thereafter, the crowd that gathered to protest chanted, "No justice, no peace!" 


No matter what happened to rouse the crowd, this video footage of police firing bean bag rounds into a crowd containing women and children is inexcusable. Other footage shows police releasing a canine attack dog into the same vulnerable crowd. It does not appear any weapons were drawn against the police officers. 


Check this out: 

From L.A. Now: The Anaheim police "are not judge, jury and executioner," Theresa Smith, whose son was fatally shot by Anaheim police in 2009, told the newspaper before Sunday's protest. "Nobody is given their due process, and it just seems like everything has gotten out of hand."

In revisiting the Second Amendment under fire... The founding fathers did not specify the "right to bear arms" for the occasion of home defense against criminals. They enunciated this right as a part of the dynamic system of checks and balances that makes our system work. "Government of the people, by the people, and for the people" demands an armed populace in the event of tyranny. An armed populace is the biggest failproof against corrupt executive, legislative, and judicial branches. These three balance each other and ultimately an armed populace guards against abuse from any of these three. The founding fathers understood first hand the tendency toward government corruption. They sought to arm the governed offering consent to the government as long as it did not become abusive.


The Anaheim Police are demonstrating executive abuse. Why were there no return shots fired? Why are we tolerating this? Who is going to save us from these abuses? If you think the government, local, state, or federal, plans to regulate itself any time soon... you deserve the abuse you are certain to receive.