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  1. A quotation from Montesquieu

    It has eternally been observed that any man who has power is led to abuse it; he continues until he finds limits.
     
    [C’est une expérience éternelle, que tout homme qui a du pouvoir est porté à en abuser; il va jusqu’à ce qu’il trouve des limites.]

    Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
    Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 11, ch. 4 (11.4) (1748) [tr. Cohler/Miller/Stone (1989)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/83499/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #absolutepower #abuseofauthority #abuseofpower #authority #corruption #history #power

  2. This kinda shit isn't surprising to me because I've experienced a lot of racial profiling, illegal as fuck BS from both USA & Canada #BorderControl nazi fuckers. Both readily & regularly use abuses of power. Both target BIPOC people, indiscriminately.

    This was recorded on 2nd hidden audio gear. It highlights how USA border patrol thugs believe they have any/all right to violate constitution & abuse/threaten people, at their will.

    #Secret #Audio From #BorderPatrolCheckpoint They Didn’t Want You to Hear
    m.youtube.com/watch?v=CjYbVM4R

    #USpol #RacialProfiling #KnowYourRights #AbuseOfAuthority #AbuseOfPower #RemoveQualifiedImmunity

  3. "Trump sounded more like a gangster than like a American president when he said: 'he planned to fix Venezuela’s oil industry, a proposition he said could yield a lot of money.' The job of a president of the United States is not to fix Venezuela’s oil industry":
    sfchronicle.com/sf/article/tru
    #TheTrumpDoctrine = #MightMakesRight. #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics #WorstPresidentEver

  4. "The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee are publicly pressuring the Pentagon to provide its legal rationale for the military strikes against alleged drug trafficking boats":
    rollcall.com/2025/10/31/sasc-l
    #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics #CongressionalOversight.

  5. Suzie Rizzio: "ICE agents just snatched a journalist and were speeding away when they hit a woman’s vehicle that was going to work and she was doing nothing wrong! They almost left the scene after slamming into her, but then snatched her out of her car at gunpoint and took her with them!"
    #ICE #kidnapping #PublicSafety #RecklessDriving #AbuseOfAuthority

  6. A quotation from George Carlin

    Folks, I hate to spoil your fun, but — there’s no such thing as rights. Okay? They’re imaginary. We made ’em up. […] Now, if you think you do have rights, one last assignment for you. Next time you’re at the computer, get on the Internet, go to Wikipedia. When you get to Wikipedia, in the search field for Wikipedia I want you to type in “Japanese-American 1942,” and you’ll find all about your precious fucking rights, okay? […] Just when these American citizens needed their rights the most, their government took ’em away. And rights aren’t “rights” if someone can take ’em away — they’re privileges. That’s all we’ve ever had in this country is a Bill of Temporary Privileges. And if you read the news, even badly, you know that every year the list gets shorter and shorter and shorter.

    George Carlin (1937-2008) American comedian
    Show (2008-03-01), It’s Bad for Ya, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, California (HBO)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/carlin-george/54395/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #georgecarlin #godgivenrights #internment #abuseofauthority #billofrights #civilrights #government #power #privileges #rights

  7. Neoliberal/fascist people in positions of public power never say - Violence isn't the answer - when they give more raises to state mercenaries to buy more weapons of state funded violence & militarized/armored vehicles & to beat up nonviolent citizens exercising their rights to public #dissent & peaceful #protests.

    I'm uninterested in bootlicker responses. I will block those who choose to commit bootlicking offenses on my timeline - on sight.

    #ACAB #AntiFascist #DefundThePolice #PoliceReform #AbolishPoliceUnions #AbuseOfAuthority #AbuseOfPower #NoTransparency #DemandAccountability #TaxFundedStateViolence #Unethical #Immoral #StateTerrorists #StateViolence #YourTaxDollars #Taxpayers #CivilLiberties #HumanRights #DemocraticRights #Dissenters #CitizensUprising

  8. At least five people were killed by #Canadian #police in October 2024. This brings the total number of people killed in police actions to at least 84 so far this year. These deaths include people who were directly killed by police, as in police shootings, and people who died during police deployments or in police custody.

    At least a dozen people were killed in Canadian police actions in September 2024. Thirteen people were killed in police actions in August 2024. That was the deadliest month of police violence in 2024 so far and the deadliest since September 2022, when 13 people were also killed. At least seven people were killed in Canadian police actions in July 2024, nine people were killed in police actions in June, seven people in May, 11 people in April, 11 people in March, five people in February, and four people in January 2024. There were at least 97 police-involved deaths in Canada in 2023, while in 2022, there were at least 117 #PoliceInvolvedDeaths.

    Four of the victims in October were shot and killed by police. One died during an arrest.

    The details below are based on police reports, reports from oversight agencies, and in some cases information from families. As always, because there are no formal, systemic mechanisms for documenting and reporting police killings publicly in Canada, all numbers presented for police-involved deaths represent an undercount. In addition to the known cases, there are instances of police-involved deaths that have no reporting. For example, the Independent Investigations Office of BC #IIO lists one death involving the #VancouverPolice Department (VPD) on October 11, for which the investigation was closed without any public report.

    mediacoop.ca/node/119255

    #CDNpoli #BCpoli #KilledByCops #Canada #ACAB #DefundThePolice #AbuseOfAuthority #PoliceReform #RemoveQualifiedImmunity #AccountabilityNOW

  9. Don't think this #PoliceState #surveillance will be limited to #TorontoPD. If you don't pay attention & don't fight against more #fascism & #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfAuthority - funded by your own #TaxDollars - more #police departments across #Canada will try to do the same shit.

    Make more noise against resisting this shit.
    Don't trust or tolerate any POS bootlickers.

    #ACAB #AbolishPoliceUnions #CriminalCops #DirtyRottenLyingCops #ScumCops #PuntThePolice

  10. Don't think this #PoliceState #surveillance will be limited to #TorontoPD. If you don't pay attention & don't fight against more #fascism & #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfAuthority - funded by your own #TaxDollars - more #police departments across #Canada will try to do the same shit.

    Make more noise against resisting this shit.
    Don't trust or tolerate any POS bootlickers.

    #ACAB #AbolishPoliceUnions #CriminalCops #DirtyRottenLyingCops #ScumCops #PuntThePolice

  11. Don't think this #PoliceState #surveillance will be limited to #TorontoPD. If you don't pay attention & don't fight against more #fascism & #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfAuthority - funded by your own #TaxDollars - more #police departments across #Canada will try to do the same shit.

    Make more noise against resisting this shit.
    Don't trust or tolerate any POS bootlickers.

    #ACAB #AbolishPoliceUnions #CriminalCops #DirtyRottenLyingCops #ScumCops #PuntThePolice

  12. Don't think this #PoliceState #surveillance will be limited to #TorontoPD. If you don't pay attention & don't fight against more #fascism & #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfAuthority - funded by your own #TaxDollars - more #police departments across #Canada will try to do the same shit.

    Make more noise against resisting this shit.
    Don't trust or tolerate any POS bootlickers.

    #ACAB #AbolishPoliceUnions #CriminalCops #DirtyRottenLyingCops #ScumCops #PuntThePolice

  13. Don't think this #PoliceState #surveillance will be limited to #TorontoPD. If you don't pay attention & don't fight against more #fascism & #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfAuthority - funded by your own #TaxDollars - more #police departments across #Canada will try to do the same shit.

    Make more noise against resisting this shit.
    Don't trust or tolerate any POS bootlickers.

    #ACAB #AbolishPoliceUnions #CriminalCops #DirtyRottenLyingCops #ScumCops #PuntThePolice

  14. If you like steamy #FirstTime Sex stories, check these out:

    Cherry For My Boss: The office innocent is so desperate for a promotion that she decides she's willing to do anything. #DarkRomance, with #OlderMan & #DubCon / #AbuseOfAuthority. geni.us/cfmb

    Innocent Valentine: A shy girl decides she's finally ready to have sex & her boyfriend is The One — on Valentine's Day. Adorable couple + steamy finale. geni.us/IVale

    #NSFW #Erotica #AgeGap #Audiobook @smutstodon