Almost Arrested- Threatened to leave public property - Updated Reflection

It has been a little over a year since I experienced the "threat of force" of the state and the fear in people that it thrives on. It's the so called "gun in the room" that many people fail to see when they support many government programs. I wanted to reflect on some of points my fellow friend in liberty and meetup coordinator made in an email after the event.

"- NOVA is owned by the state and not the county meaning the NOVA cops are state police. They actually have power to tell the county cops what to do on campus."

I understand why he said this because county cops came and told him they couldn't do anything about it. It's not that they couldn't do anything but that they didn't want to. That's a problem with bigger government in all respects as the state will bow to the feds and the county to the state. I do disagree when he says they actually have the power because they don't, its just no one stands up to them. It's like saying the feds have the power to tell California dispensers to shutdown and/or power to steal from them. It's wrong.

He made some good points about video cameras as they have saved jail time for people time and time again at the very least. Also made a good point about how they make excuses for their actions and lie instead of tell the truth. The truth is they don't want you being there because talking about politics is taboo and we might actually make these students question their preconceived notions about life in fucking general.

"I asked one of the officers about why other people are allowed to speak, sit, stand, and walk on the public sidewalk; but somehow we are not "permitted" to do the same. The only answer he could give me was that we were impeding the students from going to class."

This reminds me of this video, where people are exercising their freedom to assemble but are told they're harassing people. Having experienced this first hand with Chad I know that these occurrences aren't few and far between.