Common Wealth.
One would have been too many. Two should have shaken us to our core. I’ve seen more than a handful of videos of Federal ICE agents breaking windows, kidnapping students and slamming teenagers to the ground after kidnapping both of her parents, in the Commonwealth?
According to the internet "commonwealth" and "state" are functionally equivalent, but the name reflects a historical emphasis on the collective well-being of the people. It’s also a nod to the general disdain for the monarchy.
A historical emphasis on the collective well- being of the people.
When neighbors attempted to peacefully resist the violation of rights of residents of the commonwealth, our Governor said we must respect law enforcement. If respecting law enforcement means standing by and watching atrocities committed against my neighbors, that’s a no for me Madam Healey.
Our state law enforcement should be protecting the citizens in your state from federal overreach.
Why are Mass State Police assisting federal agents commit human rights violations? What is the point of “state police” if they are not there to defend the rights of the citizens of this state. When the State law enforcement agencies are only here to assist the current administration achieve its legally dubious kidnappings, it’s no longer our state police . They are doing the work of the Feds. They are simply an extension of this administration.
I hope Governor Healey takes a fishing trip to Maine and comes back with some fortitude. Massachusetts needs to re-align itself with its original intent, to create a community with an intense emphasis on the well being of the people and stop bowing to the whim of a wanna be dictator.