re: #198 Belafon

I didn’t quite say it properly. They tried to intimidate the person who they arrested/kidnapped. People know the phrase “Miranda Rights” from TV, and know you have to have them read to you, but not nearly as many people know what to do in the situation this guy was in. A whole lot of people would have attempted to talk their way out of it, which would have gotten them in trouble, because it’s not that hard to confess to a crime.

Just going to say that there are multiple purposes to this. Intimidate. Create panic. Create uncertain responses.

I think the answer to all of these is to shine the light of day on everything and make everyone own up to it in public. No unidentified feds. Make THEM document every single arrest. Follow public procedure.