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Have a Political Bumper Sticker? The FBI Might Be Snapping Photos of You (muckrock.com)
v3rgEz writes: Tomorrow marks the 35th anniversary of Food Not Bombs, the peace organization that seeks to democratically divert military spending into free food for the needy. But as documents recently obtained by MuckRock show, even such tepid support as a bumper sticker for the outspoken anti-violence organization could land you in FBI files. Read on for yet another example of how the FBI puts war protesters, Juggalos, and animal rights activists in the same category as organized crime and terrorist groups.
Just remember, in some areas pro-police bumper stickers can get you more scrutiny by the police as well.
My father and I drove up from California to Idaho to bury my mother's ashes with her parents in 2004. He did a California rolling stop through a four-way intersection and we got jeered from all sides because we had California license plates. Californians got blamed for real estate prices, drive by shootings and drug activity by people in Idaho. Never mind that my extended family has been involved with the drug trade for decades. My father and his brothers bought tax-free cigarettes in Oregon and sold them out of the trunk of their cars in Southern California. A cousin is in the Florida state pen for running coke from Cuba. I followed Nancy Reagan's advice and said no to that nonsense.