Articles containing the tag: wrongful arrest

Jailed for Feeding Homeless

Published under Civil Rights

God's Law

The weakest members of the society are under special legal protection (Exo. 23:6; Prov. 22:22), and in addition, God encourages those well off to freely help and share with the needy (Deut. 15:7-11). There are specific provisions in the Law that command the society to leave open opportunities for the poor to work for their food (Exo. 23:11; Lev. 19:10). God Himself sets apart at least third of the tithe owed to Him for the poor (Deut. 26:12). While there is no government re-distribution of wealt (cont.)
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Man's Law

Stupid rules passed by power-hungry government thugs trump any concern for the poor, any private charity, and any legitimate needs of non-criminal individuals. Private charity becomes a crime against the state (as it also was in the Soviet Union). The state – our modern god walking on earth – decides who will give and who will receive, and under what conditions, and charity is allowed only by government fiat and through government force. Private voluntary charity is always under susp (cont.)
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Code of Silence

Published under Law Enforcement

God's Law

Every member of the society enjoys equal protection under the Law, and there is no class of uniformed thugs who enjoy a monopoly on violence with impunity, nor monopoly on arrest, nor monopoly on making others comply with their whims or tyrannical encroachments. Responsibility is a two-way street and there is one law for everyone in the society, from the least to the greatest.

Man's Law

The society is stratified into castes where some castes enjoy immunity protection under the law and monopoly on indiscriminate violence. For the members of the lower castes – those who have no access to the levers of political power – there is seldom any recourse against injustice committed by those of the more privileged castes. Even when they are allowed to seek compensation or indemnity, it must be done through a laborious and expensive judicial and bureaucratic process, whereas t (cont.)
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