DEAR FERGUSON POLICE DEPARTMENT, MO HIGHWAY PATROL, AND MO NATIONAL GUARD:

Readers: please also see this link for a list of on-line petitions aimed at changing laws about policing and this investigation: http://optinstl.blogspot.com/2014/08/occupy-gang-police-end-police-state.html

DEAR FERGUSON POLICE DEPARTMENT, MO HIGHWAY PATROL, AND MO NATIONAL GUARD: Obviously you have forgotten or never learned your Constitutional law. Please review the First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS “UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY.” THE ENTIRE U.S.A. IS A “FIRST AMENDMENT AREA” AT ALL TIMES.

Let us remind you (and all government representatives and officials) that WE, THE PEOPLE pay your salaries. We pay for your guns and your jails and your vehicles and your courts. We pay for the sidewalks and the streets. Every single government service is paid for by us. MAYBE YOU OWE US SOME RESPECT!

We pay you to enforce the law. You are not above it. You cannot change it suit your whims or make your job easier. Ferguson P.D. and STLCO Prosecutor have broken the law during this investigation: Why aren't you arresting them? They allowed Officer Wilson to drive off in his patrol vehicle, which- according to their first “official story” -was part of the crime scene. They refused to release Brown's autopsy report to the family (Mo. Rev. Stat. §§ 58.740, 194.115, 194.117).

The only “State of Emergency” is the military-style police tactics being used against us and the continuing war the police departments of this city wage against African-American men on a daily basis. After the protests have subsided, the national/ international media have gone home, and the investigation is over, we will still be here. We will remember how you dealt with us as if we were terrorists, instead of Americans exercising their First Amendment Rights. When the history books are written, you will not be remembered kindly.
CEASE AND DESIST WITH YOUR ILLEGAL AND UNETHICAL TACTICS NOW! WE HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HERE! WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROTEST!