Toto

I know I say it a lot, but OH, MY!
http://wethepeople09171787.blogspot.com/2009/08/this-should-seriously-piss-you-off-and.html

What would Dorothy say?

"Toto, I don't think we're in America any more?"

Further research has found that the man in uniform is actually a Fairfax County Schools Security Officer, but does this change anything? Perhaps a bit-- but not enough to NOT scare anyone who has any hopes of expressing their first amendment rights. He was still acting under authority-- telling the protester what to do-- threatening arrest-- acting like a member of law enforcement.

Hey-- isn't there a law against that?

As for the law against sharing your political views during school board meetings? I find no evidence of that. In our school district, we cannot be in our "employee" roll and persuade someone one way or another to vote. But this was a non-school activity, that had nothing to do with a current voting situation. It was a town hall meeting--about health care-- that happened to be on school property. (Since school property is paid for by taxes, it's considered to be public property-- so it can be used for things like the town hall meeting without having anything to do with school in particular.)

Again-- Oh, MY!

Hopefully, Officer Wesley Cheeks will have some explaining to do. HOPEFULLY, he was NOT acting under any authority that he was given to do what he did. HOPEFULLY he wasn't told to do it.