Cop killers
It's been a parade of idiots. The latest, these two.---
There are still protestors flocking to Ferguson, and that's not because of the murder of Mike Brown. It's because of the friskings, beatings, shootings, and humiliations that led to the murder of Mike Brown. Cops kill here because they can. They assert absolute control over the lives of black people. One of the subject officers in the linked story and video above states it very clearly. He believes that his badge is a public license to kill. More, he believes it's the assignment that's been given to him. The lives he takes don't matter. That's why when he and his brothers in blue shoot black children dead in the street, the bodies lie there for four hours and-- even when there is intense public scrutiny bearing down-- they don't feel an imperative to complete the police report. The cops aren't racist though. America is racist. The cops are its sword.
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Our police are "overwhelmed" only because they are untrained, unqualified, and incompetent. They are "overwhelmed" because every teenager with black skin at eye level is perceived to be a threat. It's remarkable that we have had to endure this decade-long national dialogue about teachers that are supposedly unaccountable and the claim that it's impossible to fire "bad" ones. And then we've got these other public servants playing war with their toys in the street.
posted by CM @ 9:42 PM
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Did you see this Washington Post Editorial? http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/08/19/im-a-cop-if-you-dont-want-to-get-hurt-dont-challenge-me/
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