“If your house is targeted, we’ll find violations.”
This is government gone wrong.
“How were we targeted?”
“There was a complaint.”
“Who complained?”
“We’re not at liberty to say.”
“Was it a neighbor?”
“Maybe.”
“Don’t I have the right to face my accuser?”
“Not necessarily. Regulations.”
“Don’t I have rights?”
“Depends which side you’re on.”
“Who pays your salary?”
“The government.”
“The government is the people. So I pay your salary.”
“You could look at it that way.”
“So you’re accountable to me.”
“Partly.”
“So you should answer my questions.”
“No.”
“You’re bound by law.”
“If you don’t like it, change the laws.”
“The laws don’t need to be changed. They need to be enforced.”
“I’m just following the higher ups.”
“So the rule of law no longer applies?”
“I’m just following his orders.”
Superior orders, also known as “just following orders” or the Nuremberg defense, is a plea in a court of law that a person, whether civilian, military or police, should not be considered guilty of committing crimes ordered by a superior officer or official.
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