by Robert Emmett Murphy, Jr.
Gilberton, Pennsylvania is under siege by an armed band of terrorists led by corrupt Police Chief Mark Kessler who threatens violence against all those who try to make him accountable to law and justice. Far more than merely blocking an investigation of a specific act of misconduct, the chief and his coterie are motivated by extremist politics and are openly calling for large scale and bloody insurrection. The radicals have established a vigilante court system unrecognized anywhere outside their own anarchistic delusions, and have crushed all attempts by government authorities and other elected officials to conduct the most basic functions of a civil society.
The above paragraph is not an exaggeration except for the fact that I am confident that this lawless flash-mob-imitation-of-a-lynch-mob has been able to convince everyone that they have more size, power, and ambition than the really do. I believe this will be resolved calmly, with the radicals slinking away with their tails between their legs, while the more alarmists reporters will be mildly embarrassed, and will be forced to explain:
“Well, hell, a couple of days ago, they really did look a lot scarier.”
That being said, this should not be ignored. Because if you are afraid for America’s future, take heed…though this particular group of rabid “muscle-flexers” will likely amount to nothing, this mind-set made reality — far more than the empty prattlings of over-shared FB memes — is what the end of a nation and a civilization looks like. Many other parts of the world have had to endure men like Mark Kessler, and have been unlucky in that their Mark Kesselers were able to make their twisted dreams come true.
In discussing Police Chief Kessler and his band of armed insurrectionists, Randa Morris of addictinginfo.org seems to take the alarmist viewpoint:
Welcome to America, where men with loaded guns call unarmed citizens “tyrants” and men with Swastika tattoos claim the “other people” are the Nazis …
This is the on-going story of Gilberton, Pennsylvania, a small borough which is living under the constant threat of terroristic violence. Where men with guns block the entrance to public meetings, where public officials openly threaten every member of society who holds a different political view than they do, where councilmen are strip searched and arrested without cause and anyone who tries to fire the Police Chief would be forced to live in fear of retaliation from a militia of armed terrorists. Pennsylvania police chief Mark Kessler is the head of a political organization which refers to itself as “The Constitution Security Force.” Kessler was recently given a thirty day suspension, for using police property as props in a video where he threatens and insults “libtards,” otherwise known as people who hold political views which differ from his own. In a second video, Kessler can also be seen threatening the life of a federal government official, Secretary of State John Kerry.
On August 1st, Kessler called on his militia to attend a meeting of the Gilberton Borough Council, where disciplinary actions against Kessler (for the videos) were being discussed. A State Police helicopter was called to the scene, as more than a hundred armed men and women arrived at the meeting, brandishing AR-15 assault rifles. Armed members of the militia blocked the doors of the public building where the meeting was held, in order to prevent those who wished to speak from entering. According to the Huffington Post, members of the group:
“Angrily confronted Michael Morrill of Keystone Progress, who delivered petition signatures from 20,000 Americans who want Kessler fired. In an email Morrill told me, “I have been organizing for four decades. I have faced Klansmen in Kentucky, Ustase in Bosnia and police indiscriminately beating demonstrators in Italy. [Wednesday] night in Gilberton was more frightening than any of those situations.”
Due to mounting tensions and no doubt, concerns over increasing threats of violence from Kessler and his armed political faction, only a small number of residents were given the chance to speak during the meeting. Of those who did speak, however, many said that they themselves, or members of their families, are living in fear of Kessler and his militia.
“You know why there’s not more residents here? The threats. That’s why. Because they’re afraid. They’re afraid they’re going to have their windows shot out.” – Lifelong Gilberton resident Rose McCarthy speaking about Police Chief Mark Kessler and his supporters on July 31, 2013.
Others who were allowed to speak referred to Kessler as a “nut,” a liability and a detriment to the small community. Many who wanted to speak were prevented from doing so, either because they were blocked from entering the building or because they were too afraid of retaliation to come forward.
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