we smile them, then we closer mind Daoud and Bonita's profound min

* be a witness for the prosecution of our friend.
*
* If I would do that, they would let my husband go.
*
* They also said they knew I only had $78 in my bank account, hinting
* that they could change that.
*
* A fourth man came into the house.
*
* I will never forget his eyes.
*
* He took out a small Palistinian flag and burned it.
*
* Then they took me out, back into the car. They stopped about two miles
* from my house. They said 'Listen Babe, when you least expect us, expect
* us. WE WILL ALWAYS BE AROUND.' I looked at my watch. It was 8:30 AM.
:
: Could that have happened in America? Readers will no doubt find it hard
: to believe, as I did.
:
: So did she.
:
: She was too frightened to talk at first. But now she is ready to testify,
: if her lawyers ask her to.
:
: Her friend was one of eight Palistinians arrested in Los Angelos who were
: taken at gunpoint in their home at 7 in the morning, then shackled in arm
: and leg irons.
:
: Each of them, too, was shown photographs and offered inducements to
: testify against someone.
:
: There was no evidence whatever that they had done or contemplated any
: act of violence.
:
: The charges had to do with reading or distributing Palistinian literature.
:
: But that is another story of unconstitutional outrage.
:
: Is this America?
:
: Realism requires us to recognize that it can happen here. It has happened.
: But it is not too late to find out how, and to punish the Federal age