{"article":{"id":207673,"heading":"Vandalizing or trespassing at a city water pump is now a Federal crime!","author":"George W. Hitler","created":"2007-09-22 20:00:42","modified":"2013-11-11 00:49:50","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:49:50","article":"<p>Isn&rsquo;t it great living in a police state where the most trivial offences become federal crimes which you can be jailed for the rest of your life! <\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Vandalizing or trespassing at a city water pump is now a Federal crime! Most likely because of the Patriot Act, which should be called the \u201cPolice State Act\u201d. ","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2007\/09\/federal_offense.jpg","filesize":"37.3 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2007\/09\/207673.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2007\/09\/federal_offense.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2007\/09\/federal_offense.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[{"id":207674,"heading":"City of Chandler Water Production Facility","article":"","author":"George W. Hitler","parent_id":207673,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2007-09-22 20:00:42","modified":"2007-09-22 20:00:42","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2007\/09\/water_station.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2007\/09\/water_station.jpg"}}],"comments":[{"id":207678,"heading":"Not the PATRIOT Act","article":"The Federal law referred to on that sign, 42 USC section 300(i), is the Safe Drinking Water Act. This law was originally passed in 1974 and amended in 1986 and again in 1996.\r\n\r\nThe most recent amendments - including section 300(i) - date from 1996 and thus predate the PATRIOT Act by five years.\r\n\r\nSee http:\/\/www.gravical.com\/components\/us-code\/section.php\/42.733.html\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.epa.gov\/safewater\/wsg\/wsg_68.pdf\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.epa.gov\/safewater\/sdwa\/text.html","author":"Skeptic","parent_id":207673,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2007-09-22 21:56:35","modified":"2007-09-22 21:56:35","fileurl":""}]}