Nope, the tone since 9/11 has militarized, and they are treating ALL infractions as terrorist actions by trained opponents.
Their training, budgets, And the more that these kinds of incidents happen, the more they develop the "us vs them" mentality. It needs to stop, and it needs to be reversed. It is a significant risk to our country's health, as much (for me) as the surveillance state and the huge shift of laws and wealth to the very few. On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > http://reason.com/reasontv/2014/05/22/nicolas-aquino-story > > Maybe these sorts of stories are just being covered more now but it seems > to me that police have been taking an increasingly brutal line toward > anyone that questions their actions. It's been like this for a long time, > of course, for minorities and poor folks, but the behavior seems to be > spreading and becoming more and more brazen as time goes on. Maybe I'm just > projecting, though. Regardless, it's fucked up. > > Judah > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370341 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
