Activist Post: NH Police View Peaceful Libertarian and Occupy Activists as Terrorists:
The police don't explain why they think Free Staters pose a violent threat to them. It seems clear from all of their material that they represent non-aggression, liberty, and personal responsibility. Apparently those are dangerous concepts to an increasingly militarized police state.
None of the groups specifically named have ever threatened, committed or even been suspected of engaging in violent acts in New Hampshire.
Executive Director of New Hampshire's Civil Liberties Union [NHCLU] Devon Chaffee called the language "alarming."
"It's far from clear to us why an armored vehicle would be necessary to address what are generally, by and large, non-violent movements that in fact provide little or no threat to the security of our state," she said.
The exact vehicle the police hope to acquire is Lenco's BearCat which is a bomb and bullet proof "Specialized Response and Rescue Vehicle.
