skullaria wrote:
The came with guns drawn to arrest him, for an alleged bomb threat.

His mom says he has an alibi, but since he is being held under the Patriot act, she can't even defend or see him.

I assume no one is surprised by this. It is exactly what people like me said was going to happen with it when it came up (and were told we're all pinko hippies who should leave).

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

Then they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
I did not speak out;
I was not a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out for me.

RE: US teen, 16, held under patriot act