Miami Beach Detectives Investigated a Resident for a Thought Crime Against Their Mayor
For context, this was a January 19th post on Quora
Last week, two Miami Beach detectives paid a visit to the home of Raquel Pacheco for the heinous thought of calling the mayor a hypocrite on his Facebook post, in so many words.
Apparently, the mayor and chief of police took issue with the claim that he “calls for the death of all Palestinians.” Now whether that statement is true or not, there is nothing there that can even remotely be construed as a true threat, fighting words or incitement to violence or imminent lawless action, yet the officers had the audacity to tell her that her comment “can probably incite somebody to do something” and that she should “refrain from posting things like that because that can get something incited.” Now the actual definition of incite is very narrow and does not include derogatory claims about another person’s past statements or beliefs whether they are true or not, and these wannabe Stasi agents know this because they left without charging her with incitement.
Source: Miami Herald
This is yet another incident in a growing and disturbing trend of municipalities across the country using their police to silence and intimidate residents for expressing political opinions they don’t like.
Some Notable examples from last year: