"THEY USE FORCE TO MAKE YOU DO WHAT THE DECIDERS HAVE DECIDED YOU MUST DO" - Zack de la Rocha

"A robot must obey orders given it by qualified personnel," - Isaac Asimov

"It came to me then that every plan is a tiny prayer to father time." - "What Sarah Said," by Death Cab for Cutie

"Open up your murder eyes and see the ugly world that spat you out." - "Temple Grandin," Andrew Jackson Jihad

"Don't you want to lose the part of your brain that has opinions? To not even know what you are doing, or care about yourself or your species in the billions." - "That Black Bat Licorice" by Jack White



Sunday, September 7, 2014

Follow through on post about officer who threatened to kill protestors while aiming an assault rifle at them

Remember one of the many videos released from Ferguson in which a cop wildly waves his gun at a group of peaceful protestors? And how about the cop who posted on Facebook that the protestors in Ferguson should be "put down like wild dogs?" Well now, neither of them has a job. The one caught on video was forced to resign, and the other was fired. It's rare to actually see this, as 99.999% of the time police who do something wrong are put on paid leave by their department until the situation blows over.  Police accountability is a huge issue.  It is obvious by now that police departments will make zero attempt to hold officers accountable unless an outside force puts pressure on them to do so.  Recording videos of police misuse of power is one of the best ways to fight it.  If you don't hold police accountable when you see them abusing their power, no one will.

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