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July 26, 2006

Katrina Victims Housed in Virtual Prisons

In its latest outrageous display of disregard for civil rights, FEMA has begun treating Katrina victims housed in relief trailers as inmates.

Federal officials are preventing Hurricane Katrina victims in government trailer parks from being interviewed by the media unless a FEMA agent is present at all times.

That is, if they even allow the residents to talk to the press in the first place. FEMA has ordered journalists to leave, refused to allow them to leave a business card with residents, and even ordered residents away from the fence and back to their trailers. Never mind freedom of speech. Never mind freedom of association. If you live in a FEMA trailer, then FEMA will dictate who you can and cannot talk to, and intimidate you by listening in to what you say.

It's all for their own protection, of course.

Posted by Becky at July 26, 2006 06:27 AM