Title: Toronto police, G20: Obvious agents provocateurs in video Source:
YT URL Source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeG_t9abaSU Published:Jun 29, 2010 Author:NA Post Date:2010-06-29 13:10:04 by bluegrass Keywords:None Views:428 Comments:43
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At 0:46, right center of video: "Black Bloc" member running behind police lines. 0:21....UGH! MY EYES!
So obvious it hurts: The police are here to preserve disorder.
I'm cynical if not jaded about most corruption.
But, this stuff angers me each time I see it and it makes me wanna slap some stoopid cops.
"Oh, we were assigned to blend in and monitor the crowd" they tell us.
"Well then, why did you perform violent street theater like breaking picture windows and trashing the police car that conveniently had its computer removed?" I'd love to ask.
The answer is obvious. Large gatherings of peaceful protesters frighten cops, and terrify the power elite. And both believe that to be inherently subversive.
And when the s*** hits the fan, if I were a cop, I wouldn't feel safe leaving my home/family to go to work if this shit keeps up.
When I lived in LA in the early 80's I worked with off duty LAPD guys. I got to know them pretty well and I became an unofficial bootleg armorer by modifying their revolvers for them. (One retired LT and a still active SGT had me replace the hammers on their snub noses so they could again be cocked. All LAPD revolvers were modified for dbl action-only by grinding the full cock lip off the hammers. I also performed minor repairs, trigger jobs and mods for some 4" bbl'ed duty guns)
Because they (the white ones at least) considered me a friendly I was privy to some amazing conservations.
Once I heard an officer explaining to another that the German Civil authorities (police) kept their jobs and stayed on after the war by being non political, but he still had made plans to collect his family and head for his mountain safe house when the city exploded and there was no regaining control. I learned that all of the older officers had planned to retire well away from the city in places like Simi Valley. (which is why it was selected for the trial of the Rodney King Four)
Those white cops were well aware of the potential minority explosion and endless cannibal blood fest that was and is Los Angeles. They also knew that their no nonsense command presence (as depicted by the highly aggressive Sean Penn in the film "COLORS") would call for severe revenge, the kind we witnessed when Japanese Officers beheaded Allied soldiers with swords. But, more than likely it would be less of a ritual and more of a machete wilding, considering the black and Latino genetic predisposition for violence.
In places like Canada and many east coast cities, counties and states the cops feel relatively safe, and their arrogance is insufferable. Nothing short of an organized campaign of attacks (legal or otherwise) will cause them to rethink their "shooting, stomping and clubbing for Jesus" campaign against citizens.
These brick-headed LEOs could have the liberty-loving civil populace on their side, but they'd rather fulfill their Napolean complex goals rather than exercise any vision, again, just like animals.
I agree.
There was a time when the majority would back the cops on questionable calls but now people including me tend to assume the worst.
And the real irony is strong govt breeds weak citizens, and as cops become more jack-booted citizens become more whiney and less prone to cooperate even when the cops are performing their duties as expected.
We see more and more vids of cops telling people to stay in the cars only to watch cops light em up when they fail to follow simple instructions. Weak citizens don't seem to understand that you can beat the charge but you can't beat the ride (if they screw up and get TASERed then arrested) and like children they insist on challenging authority in the one place where they cannot win. You don't appeal to the same cop who is convinced of your guilt, and you sure don't get results by trying to chump him, which cops immediately assume you're doing when you don't follow instructions.
After a full day of whiney citizens, all of whom broke the RADAR in excess of 9 miles over the limit while insisting on their innocence, the stress builds up and cops vent it through abuse.
If one person successfully argued his/her way out of ticket,. or broke away and made good a permanent escape then I'd say. "GO FOR IT".
But that just doesn't happen.
And winning the way Rodney King did is a Pyrrhic victory. I wouldn't trade working brain cells or permanent skeletal damage for it.
it sounds like you're saying obey every order dictated by the cops when interacting with them, or you will lose?? i strongly disagree. you can assert yourself with cops successfully
it sounds like you're saying obey every order dictated by the cops when interacting with them, or you will lose?? i strongly disagree. you can assert yourself with cops successfully
You've conveyed no info to speak of.
Would you please detail your experiences in anecdotal form and tell me what you gained?