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Blog Entry: Local Police Thwart Bad Bikers [slideshow:420:220:4] --> Local law enforcement agencies teamed up Saturday in a county-wide effort to discourage what Litchfield Police Chief BJ Wilkinson called "criminal intent from coming to Litchfield and the surrounding villages and towns." The Sons of Silence motorcycle club had promoted its intention to sponsor a run with stops in Montgomery and Macoupin counties, Chief Wilkinson said. "This particular organization is on law enforcement watch lists with a reputation for promoting violent behavior and domestic terrorism ," the police chief said. Because May is motorcycle awareness month, local law enforcement took the opportunity to set up roadside check sites on Interstate 55, Route 66, Route 16, Route 127, and Route 185. Local Police Thwart Bad Bikers Now, do you realize the implications of the heat targeting a motorcycle club by using Homeland Security terms like, "domestic terroism"? This is a loophole for them to deny these people (for now) their Civil Rights including the right of Habeas Corpus, through which a person can seek relief from unlawful detention of himself or another person. The writ of habeas corpus has historically been an important instrument for the safeguarding of individual freedom against arbitrary state action (wikipedia). You might find this link interesting as well.