Monday, August 18, 2014

in re: Ferguson, MO (8-18-14)

so the autopsy showed cannabinoids alongside the three bullets and six holes in mike brown's body.

he wasn't shot for smoking pot.  he was shot for jaywalking.  let's not make this about anything else.  the department's official story is that the officer didn't know about the robbery at the liquor store.  hold them to it.

until the department claims any other justification for civilian contact, mike brown was killed for jaywalking.  make them live it.  where are the pictures of the officer's injuries?  i haven't seen any.  let's see what kind of damage this mike brown guy did to warrant the officer fearing for his safety and the safety of others.

up to now, you, fpd, have released a "video" of the robbery happening (nice timestamp), we got your dispatcher not hearing about it from department personnel, and now you're about to hit the bottom limits in the geneva convention on aerosol disbursants.  there are united nations observers in ferguson, missouri, for christ's sake.

why are you running around your own hometown in fatigues and armored personnel carriers?  do you even understand what you look like?

listen... go home.  go home, pull out your uniform.  Your Uniform.  Press It.  take a nap, take a bath, put on your Uniform, shine your fucking shoes, and report back into the streets.  the People need you to see to the interest of the community you serve.

put on your Uniform, and pull up in squadcars shining helpful lights instead of accusing or threatening or scattering ones.  put on your Uniform that clearly displays your name and number.  if you mean to do right, you have nothing to hide.  say hello and ask how you can help.  ask if people have questions about what's happening in their community.  wear your vest if you want.  leave your gun in the motherfucking car.

even if you can't imagine it any other way, imagine that you're a neighborhood police officer.  what would a neighborhood police officer be doing right now?  directing traffic away from the protest route to protect the marchers, that's what.  what's wrong with you guys?  didn't you never watch no PBS?

not all of us are down with being doomed just because you're dumb enough to keep repeating it.  you think this time is going to be any different?  this is the response to what you're doing.  shooting back has always been the only response americans have ever had to a government entity using military force against the people as a means to political ends.  that's how we got to be america.

duh.

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