Stretching the Law

When one thinks of the crime of tresspass, you think of a person being on or in your private property without your permission. It's a fairly minor offense, but it is a criminal offense nonetheless. But police in one New Hampshire town are taking trespass to whole new level. The chief there, upset that federal immigration authorities failed to arrest an illegal immigrant in town who posed no danger to anybody, arrested the man for trespass, on the theory that he is in the country illegally and is thus "trespassing" on public land.

Marvel at that concept for a second- someone being able to trespass on land that is open to everyone! Aside from the serious racial/ethnic overtones to the case (the cop in question questioned the man based solely on looks as he sat on the side of the road making a call on his cell phone), it would so broaden the power of the state to restrict your movement as to greatly impact personal liberty. What's up in these little New England towns with these municipal power grabs? First Kelo, now this.