Police State America: Florida police dress like the military & pull you over in tanks

Story originally appeared in informationliberation:

 A 23-year-old Florida man was pulled over by camouflaged deputies in an armored car after he had flipped them off with his middle finger Saturday.

Lucas Jewell said he was angry that Alachua County sheriff’s deputies were turning his town into a Baghdad-like military zone.

After all, Gainesville is a college town mostly filled with University of Florida students.

Here's Jewell's live interview:

But deputies felt the need to dress up like soldiers because it was Orange & Blue, a three-day celebration of festivities highlighted by a scrimmage football game between Florida Gator teammates that was free and open to all ages.

Police got pissed because a citizen dared to flip them off! Contempt of cop rarely goes unpunished, especially when police are empowered with federally funded military gear.

Rather than respecting his First Amendment right to express himself, they pulled him over in the armored car on the basis that he made an “improper hand signal” when he flipped them off.

After their “investigation” in which they threatened to handcuff, keeping him detained for almost 30 minutes, they released him with a warning for the improper hand signal. The statute he allegedly violated is posted below:

Although it's legal to flip cops off, many courts & police work together to rob you of your rights.