Rebekah Massie, minutes before her arrest
The mayor of Surprise, AZ, recently ordered a woman arrested for her criticism of the government body (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/above-accountability-arizona-mom-arrested-council-meeting-mayor/).
They have a “rule,” you see, forbidding any citizen”to lodge charges or complaints against any employee of the city to members of the [city council].” Uh, to whom else would you complain?
Wow. And here was me, a reporter, thinking one of the actual purposes of a council meeting was to hear complaints–and answer them. I must have covered literally hundreds of those public meetings (in New Jersey, no less) and never saw anyone arrested for voicing a complaint. I wonder how many thousands of complaints I heard, over the years.
Rebekah Massie, with her 10-year-old daughter in the audience, was arrested and charged with “criminal trespass.” I don’t know how you “trespass” on a public building supposedly open to members of the public. Is this the legacy of January 6, 2021?
Is this happening around the country, or is Surprise, AZ, uniquely marxist? Have our municipal officials been placed above and beyond criticism? Welcome to Venezuela North.
Why is King George III smirking at us from the grave?