Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

April 14, 2008

Shortly before midnight on the morning of April 13, a small group of people gathered on the steps of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington. Armed with Ipods and digital video recorders, this small group intended to hold a silent celebration of Jefferson?s 265th birthday.

The celebrants broke no laws, made no noise, and did nothing to offend anyone. Yet the National Park Police quickly descended on the group and ordered it to leave. One young lady quite reasonably asked what they had done wrong. She was promptly assaulted by a Park Policeman, handcuffed, sworn at, and eventually booked on a charge of ?interfering with an agency function.?

The young lady was quickly released, and the charge against her will probably be dropped. Yet this incident, which took place near a memorial to the most anti-authoritarian of our Founding Fathers, potently illustrates the dismal depths to which our once-free country has sunk.

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