Pine Bluffs Post - Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908

They come in the dead of night, masked intruders battering down doors, jerking people from a sound sleep and throwing them to the floor. Rifles, handcuffs and zip ties restraining peaceful, innocent people. Computers, phones, personal documents, anything the secret police want is seized. This sounds like a scene ripped from the headlines of raids in Russia and China. Secret police in Totalitarian countries have long been known for rounding up dissidents for just disagreeing with their government. For as long as I can remember I’ve read these accounts or heard them on the news and thanked...