state to make it a felony to cooperate with Obama
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 6:26 pm
A coalition of 12 Republicans and 12 Democrats in the Washington legislature introduced a bill today that would make it a felony for police officers in that state to assist federal troops in executing Obama's recently-enacted NDAA authority to arrest and indefinitely detain U.S. citizens without trial if he suspects them of disloyalty/terrorism.
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15 NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. A new section is added to chapter 42.20 RCW
16 to read as follows:
17 (1) No state or local official or employee, or agent of the state
18 of Washington, or employee of a corporation providing services to the
19 state of Washington, or member of the National Guard or Washington defense
20 forces acting in his or her capacity as a state or local official or
21 employee, or agent of the state of Washington, or employee of a
22 corporation providing services to the state of Washington, or member of
23 the National Guard or Washington defense forces, shall knowingly cooperate
24 with an investigation or detainment of a United States citizen or
25 lawful resident alien located within the United States of America by
26 the armed forces of the United States of America, except for (a) an
27 investigation or detainment by the United States Coast Guard when it is
28 not operating as a service in the navy, (b) an investigation or
29 detainment by National Guard units or Washington defense forces while under
30 the authority of the Governor of the state of Washington, or (c) an
31 internal investigation or detainment by the armed forces of the United
32 States of America of active duty members of the armed forces of the
33 United States of America.
34 (2) A violation of this section is a class C felony.