USPS sued over seizure of masks headed to 2020 BLM protestors

boing
1

Originally published at: USPS sued over seizure of masks headed to 2020 BLM protestors | Boing Boing

…

15 Likes
2

It’s probably connected with this:

24 Likes
3

So, I don’t understand. What law was being broken that they felt the need to intercept the package?

24 Likes
4

I sure hope this results in DeJoy’s firing being moved up.

22 Likes
5

No need for you to break the law when it’s simpler for the authorities to harass you because your beliefs don’t align with theirs.

16 Likes
6

Suspected antitrumpism.

12 Likes
7

I am very interested to hear what kind of bullshit excuse USPS gives for seizing masks.

Because I can’t reasonably see how fascism and racism are not the real motivation here.

27 Likes
8

The USPS having their own law enforcement branch with jurisdiction over the mail is reasonable, but someone seems to be building it into a security empire far outside things related to postal activities.

Since it’s not supposed to exist, it doesn’t have even the flimsy checks and balances of the official organizations.

17 Likes
9

I believe the technical term is called ‘mission creep’, and appears to be all too common these days.

13 Likes
10

Reminder: DeJoy still has his job. Still doing evil. Daily.

13 Likes
11

As with anything related to Dejoy, emphasis on the word creep.

9 Likes
12

NOW I’m worried about mail-in ballots. Left-leaning zip codes could be targeted and mail end up “lost”.

11 Likes
13

That’s so 2020. 2024 will have the USPS secretly sieze the ballots for blue states between the printer and the state elections department.

8 Likes
14

Yeah, read about the massive surveillance apparatus ICE has put together - one that covers everyone in the country. It’s downright disturbing.

9 Likes
15

Looks like Louis DeJoy is following in the footsteps of WWI Postmaster General Albert Burleson who used “the Espionage Act to ban from the mail those magazines and newspapers he perceived as promoting discord against the government and undermining national unity.”

The Espionage Act is still in force I do believe.

2 Likes
16

NBC links to the law suit filing. According to that, they said:

2 Likes
17

So a fucking box?? Isn’t that how they mail drugs in the mail?

2 Likes
18

You see!!!1!! Open and shut case.

Yup. It’s essentially the old “I could tell he was a drug dealer because of the kind of car he was driving.”

3 Likes
19

This topic was automatically closed after 5 days. New replies are no longer allowed.