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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Worshipping The Badged And Costumed Ones

“Get on the ground! Get on the ground!”

That demand is spat by police into the face of thousands of people every day in this country, many – perhaps most — of whom have neither been caught in a criminal act nor have been named on an arrest warrant. The refrain is recited by home invaders in paramilitary garb after they have kicked in a door, usually as a follow-up to an attack with a flash-bang grenade.

It is often performed as a prelude to Taser strikes, baton blows, or other punitive violence used against people who refuse to render immediate and unqualified obedience.

Once the victim is forced to the ground, the familiar liturgy continues as the assailants chant “Stop resisting! Stop resisting!” as counterpoint to punches, kicks, and other varieties of state-licensed criminal violence.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

As the article says things about the LAPD, they wear jet black uniforms just like their hero's, the Nazi SS !!

Anonymous said...

Well, when they are doing that, their families are at home. Alone.
So when and if the skat hits the fan, where will you be?

Anonymous said...

we have those uniformed over zelous thugs right here in wicomico county.we are rappidly becoming a police state and it only going to get worse,just look that what happens in many other countries. the people eventually rebel and overthrow the criminals (the politicians and their cops) who think they have the right to do what they are doing