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"If you don't think what happened in Ferguson can happen here, think again."
- Carol Rose
"In many ways, it already has."
gsgs comment-
The paramilitary sickness has infected Boston.
Occupy Boston was policed by cooler heads.
Boston is an educational center- students matter.
The death of a student, who was a bystander,
caused the police to act with more tact and care.
She was killed by police who were horsing around
with new non-lethal weapons. She spoiled their good time
pushing students around, by getting killed with their toy.
But, that was a long time, ago. The Marathon bombing
changed everything. Suddenly, it was OK to aim rifles
at people in their homes. People, who were looking out
of their windows, watching The War on Terrorism happen
on their lawns.
Now, the police who are meant to protect our neighborhoods
are playing war games. All the police stations want new
war toys. The police who loved Dick Nixon, now can
help their weapon producing, corporate partners to prosper.
The government is giving the police money, to buy bigger weapons.
Better weapons, more advanced weapons. Big, fat, delicious profits
for all the paramilitary industry. More money to contribute to the
Right Wing agenda. Which unions, are the only unions that are allowed
approval by the Right Wing ?
Police unions and firefighting unions.
Are they going to let all those new weapons rust in storage ?
Is all that new training, going to waste ?
Lessons Of Ferguson For Massachusetts
"...consider the plight of tens of thousands of black Bostonians who are stopped,
interrogated, frisked and searched by Boston Police Officers simply because
of their race. "
"Despite their stories — and a recent ACLU-issued report documenting racial bias
in stop-and-frisk practices — the Boston Police Department has yet to announce
a single policy change to address the problem."
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote in his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,”
we all have an equal obligation to stand up to racial injustice:
Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
http://cognoscenti.wbur.org/2014/11/25/ferguson-indictment-michael-brown-carol-rose
- Carol Rose
"In many ways, it already has."
gsgs comment-
The paramilitary sickness has infected Boston.
Occupy Boston was policed by cooler heads.
Boston is an educational center- students matter.
The death of a student, who was a bystander,
caused the police to act with more tact and care.
She was killed by police who were horsing around
with new non-lethal weapons. She spoiled their good time
pushing students around, by getting killed with their toy.
But, that was a long time, ago. The Marathon bombing
changed everything. Suddenly, it was OK to aim rifles
at people in their homes. People, who were looking out
of their windows, watching The War on Terrorism happen
on their lawns.
Now, the police who are meant to protect our neighborhoods
are playing war games. All the police stations want new
war toys. The police who loved Dick Nixon, now can
help their weapon producing, corporate partners to prosper.
The government is giving the police money, to buy bigger weapons.
Better weapons, more advanced weapons. Big, fat, delicious profits
for all the paramilitary industry. More money to contribute to the
Right Wing agenda. Which unions, are the only unions that are allowed
approval by the Right Wing ?
Police unions and firefighting unions.
Are they going to let all those new weapons rust in storage ?
Is all that new training, going to waste ?
Lessons Of Ferguson For Massachusetts
"...consider the plight of tens of thousands of black Bostonians who are stopped,
interrogated, frisked and searched by Boston Police Officers simply because
of their race. "
"Despite their stories — and a recent ACLU-issued report documenting racial bias
in stop-and-frisk practices — the Boston Police Department has yet to announce
a single policy change to address the problem."
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote in his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,”
we all have an equal obligation to stand up to racial injustice:
Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
http://cognoscenti.wbur.org/2014/11/25/ferguson-indictment-michael-brown-carol-rose
