Liberty Minute September 20 2013

A couple in Idaho Falls had a Saturday evening backyard barbecue to celebrate their daughter?s sixth birthday. A woman living more than a block away called police to complain about the noise, despite the fact that none of the next-door neighbors was bothered by it.

Rather than knocking on the front door and asking the family to quiet down, three officers intruded into the back yard to confront the couple. Alissa Madrigal, the mother, politely replied that the family would cut the noise ? but the cops weren?t willing to take ?yes? for an answer.

Alissa?s husband Victor, a naturalized citizen from the Dominican Republic, expressed frustration about getting a citation for ?disturbing the peace.? Officer Clark Lund snottily replied: ?If you don?t like it, you know how to leave.? Seconds later, for no identifiable reason, Lund barged into the house, then tasered Victor and his brother, Delosanto after shoving a pregnant woman to the floor and threatening a young mother who was holding a baby. Another officer shoved a 79-year-old grandmother. Two officers responding to Lund?s call for aid invaded a neighbor?s home with guns drawn. At least 11 police cars arrived, closing down the entire block.

What could possibly be more disruptive to the peace of a neighborhood than a police riot at a child?s birthday party?

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.