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In reply to the discussion: Show me what a police state looks like! (Graphic! Dial-up warning!) Updated with livestream link [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)we will get the video soon and like all other situations where someone tries to defend the brutality, as in the case of Kayvan Sabeghi, Iraq War Vet whose was beaten to the point of rupturing his spleen, and then thrown in jail and left with no medical attention for 18 hours, the defense was 'but he must have done something to deserve it', until what they thought did not exist, the video showed up. His own account of what happened turned out to be completely accurate.
What do you think of the police beating up Iraq War Veterans, in that case, to a point where his life was threatened? Simply for walking on the street, a whole mob of robo cops against one peaceful, unarmed, War Veteran and respected member of the business community in his town? You have not commented at all on these brutal attacks, which got the UN HR Rappateur involved to request that the US Government step in to protect the people?
Their behavior is shocking for a democracy, it has been from the first few days, they armed, as foreign media has pointed out, as if they are going to battle with an armed insurgency, rather than protect unarmed US Citizens.
Sorry, but this has been tried from the beginning, the effort to try to defend this behavior, the reaons it has failed, is because of the Police and the Mayors who are responsible for it.
Tell you what, why don't you call a few of them and ask them why they are armed as if going to war against an armed insurgency rather than what should be in any democracy, a run of the mill protest made up of unarmed American people?
Ask Rahm's office eg, why he spent over one million dollars on Blue Helmets, did he know the contractor, and other police 'equipment' when his city he says, needs to close down Mental Health Clinics because they 'have no money'??
No money for Mental Health Clinics, but plenty of money for Blue Helmets. Someone made a killing on that and we will be asking who that was and who they know.