*On Jan. 18, I sent out "Police in the US Kill Citizens at Over 70* *Times the Rate of Other First-World Nations," a Free Thought* *Project piece that ran in 2015. (Scroll down for the link.)*
*Now that the lethality of US cops is in the news again (to say* *the least), and since Joe Biden has just shared his thought **on * *how policing in America should be reformed (i.e., "Aim low"),* *I feel obliged to send, again, my own meditation on the subject* *(even though that train has left the station, full of troops).* *MCM* *If "our free press," and/or our liberal Democrats, cared at all about this * *routine carnage, **they would be pushing some reforms that might curtail it, * *if not end it. * *> They would demand a thorough purge of all US police departments, to * *rid them of the **white supremacists who have been **signing up for years—* *as the FBI reported in 2006 **(a report that was declassified a few **years later, * *at which point "our free press" largely **ignored it). * *> **They would demand that all US police departments train their officers * *in **martial arts, **so they need not use guns (and tasers) as their first means * *to defend themselves. * *> They would demand a crackdown on the widespread abuse of anabolic * *steroids, which **turn **cops (and troops) into rock-hard killing machines. * *(On this lethal epidemic, see **John Hoberman's Dopers in Uniform, published * *by the University of Texas Press.) **This "war on drugs" would also benefit * *cops' wives and children, since steroid abuse **also contributes heavily to * *domestic violence.* *> They would demand that the recruitment of police officers take place largely * *in the **neighborhoods policed, as opposed to having them commute to work * *in areas whose **people they don't know or like. [The Black Panther Party had* *the right idea.]* *> They would raise the standards for recruitment, instead of lowering them, * *and pay **the cops accordingly, treating them as elite public servants, not as * *grunts in place to **keep rich people protected and their property intact.* *Why is there no discussion of American policing, and how best to improve it* *—as **opposed to ritually playing up the most egregious killings in our streets, * *and leaving **it at that? Why is there so much more press emphasis on gun * *control—control of **guns used not by the police, but only those used by the * *citizens—than on the policies **that make our cops so dangerous to all America's * *have-nots? Why has no presidential **candidate said anything about this grievous * *problem, ever? How many mayoral **candidates from coast to coast have ever said * *a word about it? Any?* *The subject isn't raised by "our free press" or liberal Democrats because they don't * *care enough about it—that is, about us—**even to discuss the issue, much less take * *the necessary steps **to make us safer from **those officers who ought to be protecting * *us, instead of blowing **some of us **away, to **keep the rest of us in line.* *MCM * Police in the US Kill Citizens at Over 70 Times the Rate of Other First-World Nations Matt Agorist <https://thefreethoughtproject.com/author/savy4/> January 8, 2015 http://thefreethoughtproject.com/police -kill-citizens-70-times-rate-first-world-nations -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. Ways to unsubscribe: 1) send a blank email to [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: you must unsubscribe using the SAME email with which you subscribed 2) go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "News From Underground" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/newsfromunderground/CAGxB6W9RjDs4bhigpiHk5mwXPd5gOiVbckQ5fvK%2BhWhCw5RJfQ%40mail.gmail.com.
