I was scrolling around YouTube and came across this video of a young woman who came in contact with an off duty minion of the state. We no longer have public servants. We have enforcers.
This comment from Reason.com fairly illustrates the attitude people have or are developing towards the enforcers.
You don’t understand. Being a cop means you get to do strut around and do whatever you want (who is going to stop you, the cops?), and that you get to use violence on anyone who doesn’t immediately obey your every whim.
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In milwaukee a grand jury refused to indite another killer cop and the local fascist walker is calling out the national guard. Better not be another kent state!
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/walker-national-guard-would-help-if-protests-erupt-in-hamilton-case-b99411062z1-286158361.html
Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday he is prepared to call out the Wisconsin National Guard to quell any unrest after prosecutors announce whether they will charge the former police officer who shot Dontre Hamilton.
But Walker said he fully expects Milwaukee residents to respond peacefully to the charging decision. It’s unknown when that will be made public.
“We proactively worked to make sure the National Guard was reaching out,” Walker told reporters at a stop in Milwaukee. “They’ve been having meetings with law enforcement here within the region just to make sure.
“The last thing I want is for them to get a call and then have to scurry about what they need to do. We said whenever it is, whenever it might be forthcoming, the last few weeks, we made sure they reached out to both (Milwaukee Police Chief Edward) Flynn and the sheriff and others to make sure they knew who the point person was.”
Hamilton was killed April 30 after a confrontation with then-Milwaukee Police Officer Christopher Manney at Red Arrow Park. Manney was later fired, and Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm is now reviewing the matter to determine whether criminal charges should be filed.
Chisholm is weighing the case amid a wave of protests nationally in response to the decisions by grand juries in Missouri and New York not to indict white police officers who killed unarmed black men.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/22/police-shooting-milwaukee/20760011/
A former Milwaukee police officer will not be charged with a crime for the shooting death of a 31-year-old man with a history of mental illness, the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday.
The April 30 shooting of Dontre Hamilton in a downtown park by Officer Christopher Manney inspired a series of protests in Milwaukee, including one over the weekend that led to dozens of activists being arrested after shutting down I-43.
Manney shot Hamilton 14 times during an incident that occurred after workers at a nearby Starbucks called police to complain about him sleeping in Milwaukee’s Red Arrow Park.
“This was a tragic incident for the Hamilton family and for the community,” District Attorney John Chisholm said in a statement. “But, based on all the evidence and analysis presented in this report, I come to the conclusion that Officer Manney’s use of force in this incident was justified self-defense and that defense cannot be reasonably overcome to establish a basis to charge Officer Manney with a crime.”
I had an experience with a local cop after another car ran into mine.
He was a jerk–I had called since I had been struck by a woman who questioned whether or not my car had already been damaged, funny since I had had a re-paint on this classic car–and I wrote a letter to the Chief and City Manager.
That Corporal is no longer on our local police force.
Cc it to your City Manager’s or Mayor’s desk. Remember, bullies are cowards.
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No justice no peace! The conservatives have got their wish a completely polarized society. It was fun when other side reached out and said lets compromise to get solutions to problems. Not so much fun when are side does the same and match bundy ranch with massive demonstrations and don’t shoot or we shoot back!
Thank you, captain*arizona. We can always count on you to provide the comic relief when you post your comments here on this blog. It’s much appreciated.