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Blogs Cliopatria The Corporate State, Perfected

Jun 23, 2010

The Corporate State, Perfected

by Cliopatria

Just speechless:

Louisiana police detained a private citizen [added: who had lawfully videotaped the exterior of a BP facility, without entering BP's property] so BP security officials could interrogate him. Also see the astonishing video at the same link.

Compare to this (news video starts after a short advertisement).

More later.