It is really amazing how heavy-handed police forces across this country is becoming. No longer content with simply protecting and serving, apparently they prefer to place their jackboots on the throats of the very people that pay their salaries in increasingly intimidating fashion.

At Humarock Beach in Massachusetts some residents were attempting to enjoy their 4th of July bonfire. The jackboot authority of Scituate decided that it wasn’t safe. So before the bonfire could even be lit the jackboots came out with a bulldozer and State Police to snuff the party.

They arrested a number of people for disorderly conduct. Simply because of a disagreement over their ability to celebrate the 4th of July. See, there was a time when the police would come out and discuss the issue. But now they simply barge right in with authoritarian might.

Boston CBS Local has the story:

Nearly 100 people attended a meeting at the South Humarock Civic Association Clubhouse. At the meeting, some residents went so far as to call Scituate town officials “Fascists,” and say Humarock needs to break away.

The latest aggravation began earlier this month, when residents claim the town was heavy-handed in enforcing a ban on bonfires.

“That was a full military operation… I mean hummers up and down the beach, state police helicopters, horseback, bomb squad, [and] a command post up the center,” said Fred Hayden, who owns a summer home in Humarock…

“Every time they talk to you it’s in a threatening fashion,” long-time resident Emory Langlolies said during Sunday’s meeting.

Langlolies described his experience with law enforcement on the 3rd as overkill. He claims he was playing patriotic music when town officials marched onto his private property and unplugged his stereo. Langlolies says an officer then crushed the plug to keep him from starting the music again.

“They told my wife, ‘we’re going to come back to clean this mess up. We’re going to charge you $300 an hour and we’re going to take our time doing it,’” Langlolies recounted.

“What’s occurring down here is a slow deterioration of our constitutional rights,” said another Humarock resident speaking at the meeting.

Look, maybe there was in fact safety concerns with having a bonfire. But I’m pretty sure it could have been handled in an honorable manner without it becoming a military operation. The police state is expanding.

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