After watching this flick, I recalled something my dad told me long ago that is required of every person lucky enough to live in America, which is: trying to leave the country a little bit better than you found it.

Clearly, we have failed If this movie is the yardstick by which we judge.

My colleague Becky Noble has a great write-up on the film right here: Dinesh D'Souza's 'Police State' - You Will Not Look at Government the Same Way After Seeing This Film

My husband and I went to see this movie on Monday night. I was encouraged by the fact that almost every seat in the theatre was filled — more people to get the word out. D'Souza is joined in the general narration of the film by fellow conservative commentator Dan Bongino. As a former New York City police officer and later as a Secret Service agent during the Bush 43 and Obama administrations, Bongino's experience lends much credibility to the many examples of how government agencies, like the FBI, whose chief duties have traditionally been law enforcement, have now become heavily involved in domestic surveillance. The movie asks the essential question of how we got here, and maybe even more importantly, who is responsible for it? D'Souza asks Bongino, "Is America becoming a police state?"

The movie takes us back to 1992 and the FBI standoff and raid at Ruby Ridge. While Randy Weaver had sold weapons to an undercover ATF agent, the agent wanted Weaver to infiltrate a white supremacist group. When Weaver refused, it seemed that was when the trouble started. A clerical error regarding Weaver's trial date eventually led to the 11-day standoff at the Weaver compound and the deaths of Weaver's wife and son. A year later, in Waco, Texas, when David Koresh, head of the Branch Davidian group, was suspected of converting semi-automatic weapons into fully automatic weapons, Koresh was tipped off to the FBI's plans to raid the compound, and chaos ensued. 

But it was the terrorist attacks on 9/11 and the implementation of the Patriot Act that put the FBI and other government agencies in the domestic spying business. It was the election of Donald Trump in 2016 that scared the dark powers of the federal government. Trump was an outsider. He didn't need anyone else's money to do what he wanted to do, and scariest of all to them, he could not be controlled. D'Souza also briefly mentions his previous film, "2000 Mules," while explaining how the FBI, in full collusion with the federal government and the media, prepared to take Trump out politically in 2020.

I wanted to touch on one of the subjects they cover, which is how a Police State controls the schools. I'm asking you to find out how to see this movie — in theaters or virtually — by clicking right here at Police State.

Sherronna Bishop and Stacy Langton sat down with Dinesh about their experiences with law enforcement and their motivations for speaking out. D'Souza asked why they both felt it was important to get involved as a parent and become an activist.

Langton stated:I think nobody better to stand up and fight for our children than a mom it's just your instinct to protect your kids 

Bishop added: I think it's bizarre that it is changed so fast in our country that the state really believes they have the authority over my own child 

The point that D'Souza brings up next I thought was spot on — that the COVID lockdowns added the ability to actually have parents see and hear what was being taught to their kids. Getting this information firsthand must have absolutely stunned some parents and if you go back to view the school board stories they started happening back in 2021 consistently.

Langston stated, replying to that point:

COVID was a catalyst for regular parents to recognize that the school system is failing our kids

This confirmed what many felt — that the FBI was going a bit heavy-handed with their tactics after parents started speaking out, as was reported here:

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday defended a memo aimed at combating threats against school officials nationwide while Republicans insisted he rescind the directive. He signaled he had no plans to do so despite their criticism.

The memo took center stage as Garland appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee – his second congressional appearance in a week – and said it was meant to respond to violence and threats of violence directed against local school board officials.

The memo came out Oct. 4, less than a week after the National School Board Association wrote the Biden administration about the threats to school officials and asked for help. Some school board meetings have devolved into shouting contests over issues such as how racial issues are taught, masks in schools, and COVID-19 vaccines and testing requirements.

Now, I don't have any kids but a very long time ago I did date someone who was going to school to become a public school teacher and we had a discussion about what type of school district we would want any kids we might have to attend. I was adamant at the time that it would have to be a private school because I had seen too many people pushed through the public school system that the system clearly failed. 

Now, where I went was NOT an inner city school system but in suburbia, and back in the 80s. There were already teachers saying out loud, "I'm only here for a couple more years to collect my pension." They didn't care. The rot was so pervasive back then how do you think we got to where we are today?

Of course, that doesn't mean that there aren't teachers who care, but the system was stacked against actually learning and involving the parents even back then. In the 35 years since I've been in school this system, this swamp of public education has only gotten worse.

When you watch the movie, I think you will be infuriated by the overall tenor of it — particularly the part where Sherronna and Stacy face opposition not only from their community in some cases but also from law enforcement with a heavy hand simply for speaking out.

I would love to recommend this movie just based on entertainment value but of course, I can't

If you give a damn about the current state of affairs in the United States of America and you're ready to do something more than just repost your favorite meme on Facebook, go see this movie and then figure out what you can do to help to change the current atmosphere in this country.

Click on  Police State to find out how you can watch this film.