While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” a Gainesville, georgia statute enforcement officer arrests Ashley Gabrielle Huff, who has no criminal record, for possessing a spoon with dried spaghetti sauce on it. 

       Postscript: Huff spent the next 47 days in jail–without trial.

       [added 12/14/2022] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.