The Door Is About to Shut For Americans

[Breton]

Does anyone know exactly what the arrestees are charged with...how the States' "law" is worded or anything? I thought general debts were a civil matter? Is this for real?

It's my understanding that the main way they are getting this accomplished is by failing to properly notify the debtor of the court action against them. Then when they don't show up for their court date, (because they don't know there is one) the judge rules they are in contempt of court and issues a warrant for their arrest. Supposedly, they then get picked up for contempt charges and thrown in jail until they pay the debt. Please do let us know if you find out more about it, Bud.

Just to show where this could easily be heading...

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/229717-US-SWAT-team-busts-into-house-over-student-loan-default

US: SWAT team busts into house over student loan default Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:04 CDT
Acting on orders from the U.S. Department of Education, a S.W.A.T. team broke into a California home Tuesday at 6 a.m. and reportedly roughed up a man - all because of his estranged wife's defaulted student loans. She wasn't there.

Yet, Kenneth Wright of the city of Stockton was grabbed by the neck by handcuffed before he and his three young children were put in a police car as the officers searched his house, he told ABC News10. He said he was in his underwear the whole time.

"They busted down my door for this. It wasn't even me," Wright told the local news station. "All I want is an apology for me and my kids and for them to get me a new door."

Local police were reportedly not involved in the incident.

Unbelievable!

Just a note that there is an important update to the story. Nevertheless I wonder how the first story about a student loan got out so wrong, and was it wrong? I guess we cannot tell.
But SWAT teams at 6 a.m. bring up images of the gestapo. Children in the back of a police car? This is how things are done in a police state. The police must show their absolute power, always. Eventually you would think more people will have to open their eyes to the reality of what their country has become?

UPDATE: The Department of Education emailed Raw Story with a comment from spokesman Justin Hamilton to say the search warrant and raid were related to a criminal investigation, not a student loan default. The ABC affiliate has yanked its story that made the now seemingly false claim.

“While it was reported in local media that the search was related to a defaulted student loan, that is incorrect. This is related to a criminal investigation. The Inspector General’s Office does not execute search warrants for late loan payments,” Hamilton said. “Because this is an ongoing criminal investigation, we can’t comment on the specifics of the case.”