I know that when many of you read that title, you get turned off. I know some will read that title and think, "Oh, here goes that radical right-wing lunatic yelling that the sky is falling." Those of you who think that, please read on just a little bit more. I'm going to provide you a statement from a police officer in Florida, and I want you to think about it just for a moment:

When we tell someone to stop doing something and they say no, it becomes a battle of the wills, and our will will always win.

Please, just think and reflect for a moment on those words. Imagine a police officer saying them to you.

A policeman tells you to stop, and if you don't, you're jailed -- no matter what you're doing.

This case is about a policeman telling a woman to stop writing with chalk. No, she wasn't writing anything obscene, she was just writing. She was not harming anyone. She was not blocking traffic. She was not interfering with anyone. She was minding her own business, writing with chalk. The policeman apparently didn't like what she was writing, so it's off to jail for her. Seriously -- 60 days in jail for not listening to a policeman telling her to not write in chalk on the sidewalk.

She hasn't been convicted yet, but the police department and the prosecutor are continuing to attempt to have her jailed for disobeying the police officer.

Again, she did no harm to anyone. She didn't bother anyone. Heck, there's not even any reports that she "offended" someone. Instead, just because she disobeyed the police officer, she may be in jail.

Think about that next time you see a police officer. Think about that next time someone says the words, "police state." Disobey ANY request of an officer at your own risk. Yes, that IS a police state.

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