Police Brutality: something we all need to think about.

Quote of the Day: "What do you think? Have police superseded their objective and now walk the line of tyranny? Have they already crossed that line? What do you think? More people are waking up and are pissed everyday!" - (Jb of www.fb.com/policethepoliceacp)

I personally believe its the "Time to strip the Police Departments of their Internal Investigation Department. Create a Civilian Oversight Board; determined like jury duty. One where the sole purpose is to review Police Misconduct and bring charges upon Officers if need be, that would then be tried in a court of law." 

The Lawlessness within the Police, the hatred and racism, is a plague on our Society. Police Brutality is one thing that we all need to think about and discuss. The Militarization is out of control and so are the Politicians who support this. We most VOTE those Politicians out of Office. Send a clear and concise message to them, that this mentality, this acceptance to believe you can turn a "Military" on us to serve us a summons or cite a traffic ticket, must stop.  The Police are supposed to be here to serve us, protect us. They are not here to corral us, herd us, or slaughter us.  Yet they are. 

The current White House Administration has failed to address the issue appropriately. Instead sort of turning a "blind eye" towards the brutality.  Case in point, the FERGUSON MASSACRE that we joust witnessed. President Obama was slow to speak on the issue and then was sort of chastising Residence for trying to PROTEST the killing of Michael Brown. A clear violation of FREE SPEECH occurred, not to mention deadly threats. Or what about the Police killing a Young Black Man, John Crawford,  in Walmart for carrying a B&B Gun that he was going to purchase, where is the President on this one? Examples like these are so common and prevalent in America right now. 

It is time we arm ourselves with our VOTE. We don't NEED GUNS to fight off the tyranny of BIG BROTHER, CORPORATE AMERICA, or the OLIGARCHY, like the some people in this Country of ours believe. All we need is our VOTE. 

Together we can stand strong, arm in arm, and STOP this MADNESS. 

This should be a talking point that we all can agree in. Tea Party and Liberals, this should be an issue we can easily, by working together. This isn't about taking away gun rights from ANY ONE CIVILIAN. Its about insuring our lives, from the possibility of  being subjected to treatment like this. This is the Country where FREEDOM is supposed to RIEGN FREE....yet here we are suppressing the RIGHTS, that we are supposed to hold so dear, of our neighbors and turning a blind eye. 

Time we acknowledge that "We have a problem, Houston!" 

                                                                                                                                                   

Todays "Must READ Blog article"

“What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise; to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if the people could not understand it, it could not be released because of national security. And their sense of identification with Hitler, their trust in him, made it easier to widen this gap and reassured those who would otherwise have worried about it.

“This separation of government from people, this widening of the gap, took place so gradually and so insensibly, each step disguised (perhaps not even intentionally) as atemporary emergency measure or associated with true patriotic allegiance or with real social purposes. And all the crises and reforms (real reforms, too) so occupied the people that they did not see the slow motion underneath, of the whole process of government growing remoter and remoter." - Milton Mayer, They Thought They Were Free

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/01/u-s-government-claims-that-the-situation-is-so-complicated-and-dangerous-that-it-must-act-on-secret-information-just-like-the-nazis.html

Todays "MUST READ" list, well okay, article.

Ok, its been awhile since I posted something like this on here. Usually I post "to read" lists to my FB page.  But this article is well done and worth the read.

Scorecard: How Many Rights Have Americans REALLY Lost?

Posted on February 21, 2013 by WashingtonsBlog

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/02/constitution.html

How Many Constitutional Freedoms Do We Still Have?

Preface: While a lot of people talk about the loss of our Constitutional liberties, people usually speak in a vague, generalized manner … or focus on only one issue and ignore the rest.

This post explains the liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights – the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution – and provides a scorecard on the extent of the loss of each right.

First Amendment

The 1st Amendment protects speech, religion, assembly and the press:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

However, the government is arresting those speaking out … and violently crushing peaceful assemblies which attempt to petition the government for redress.

A federal judge found that the law allowing indefinite detention of Americans without due process has a“chilling effect” on free speech. And see this and this." 

TO READ MORE, CLICK HERE:  http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/02/constitution.html

Hawthorne Police shoot dog; because they can.

"be patient as police investigate the shooting..." - Hollow words from Police Departments all around our Nation.

I purpose a new oversight body for our Police in the United States, one made up of "average" citizens. Something like jury duty. Facts are presented from both sides and its up to us, the Citizens, to determine the fate of those that work off our tax dollars. Time and time again, in Chicago, where I called home for many, many years, we would hear these words "be patient as police investigate..." and nothing would happen to the officer(s).

Police brutality is running rampant like desert fires in this Country. Its for a change, its time for real accountability. Police policing Police is one of the purest forms of hypocrisy. Only when there is enough public pressure, media attention, do officers become accountable. Until then, they may just get chewed out for their actions, more likely for getting caught.

Anyone remember the Cop beating the Female bartender and how they (police) tried to justify it? What about the Protestor in Oakland who got nailed with a grenade in the head? What about the UC Davis College Protestors being sprayed with pepper spray for non-violent acts? Or the Famous Rodney King tape? or..and...what about...how the list continues to grow almost daily in this country.

When do we say enough is enough and take our Country and our Civil rights back?

Fear becomes us; Government response is we cant keep you safe unless we take away.

Talk about a speech to insight FEAR among us. We cant PROTECT you UNLESS we STRIPE you of some of your PERSONAL FREEDOMS...

Im worried how easily we are falling for this line of BS in this country. Terrorism, Terrorists, are part of everyday life in most BIG CITIES in America. But all of a sudden we need to lose freedoms for our Government Agencies to do their jobs efficiently.

Now for those of you who will say or question that people in Big Cities, and in smaller ones and rural America too, are NOT living with Terrorism in their lives everyday...what do you think the GANGs are? They do random acts of violence, hold hostages, sell drugs, blow up cars, shoot innocent people, etc. I think this by definition is terrorism. I havent seen anything out of our Government that would justify listening in on EVERYONE in order to catch a few; or has our CIA, FBI, etc, become inferior and incompetent that they can no longer trace or track those people on known terror lists? I mean we let the 9/11 hijacker have VISA's into our country. They were on WATCH lists. We, our government ALLOWED them into our borders. They were not American citizens trying to do this. So now, all of a sudden we have to listen to everyone to follow just a few...for shame that we find this acceptable.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/07/obama-defends-nsa_n_3406448.html