RATIONAL RESISTANCE
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Five years ago when Donald Trump road that escalator and announced his candidacy, everyone including most people who are now Trump-for-lifers, believed it was a stunt, and he was clearly unqualifie...August 19, 2014
I have one thought on Ferguson, positing that the level of protest, demonstration, and civil unrest is an indictment itself on the officer involved shooting and killing of Michael Brown. After all, do you really think the community would respond the way it has if this was a justified shooting and killing? Of course, remembering that we must not act as judge and jury, as everyone deserves due process.
August 18, 2014
It’s salient that in 2014 anybody would feel the need to hold a sign stating, “Black Life Matters,” but unfortunately such a sign is still necessary.
August 18, 2014
Excuse me if I sometimes have a hard time understanding what constitutes freedom in this country. And before I even begin to explain what I mean by that, let me first acknowledge that I’m well aware people will respond to what I have to say by prosecuting me for conflation.
August 18, 2014
August 17, 2014
I feel like the police in Ferguson, Missouri have lived in a Hollywood dream, where police and military officials regularly have their weapons trained on anybody, friend or foe, until they can ascertain whether or not it is a friend or foe. See, the problem is that this is entirely a Hollywood fantasy, and it’s part of the reason I say that police officers have a thankless and impossible job. But that is no excuse for pointing weapons at innocent citizens. Maybe someone who has served in the military can correct me, but it’s my understanding that the military are trained not to provoke a situation, and that means not pointing weapons at people who pose no threat. I’ve heard this account of military operations multiple times this week, including on Sunday’s “The Week Tonight with John Oliver” on HBO. Again, maybe someone in the military can correct me if this is wrong, but I’m beginning to think that is irrelevant anyway, because we aren’t talking about a military engagement in the Middle East, we are talking about fucking police officers in the middle of America.
August 17, 2014
In my many recent blog posts on the police initiated war zone in Ferguson, Missouri, I’ve mentioned the increasing militarization of police forces around the country, especially in the aftermath of 9/11. I have also talked about MRAPs (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicles on multiple occasions. What I did not do in any of these articles was trace back to where this all started. And it should come as no shock that America’s war on drugs plays a crucial role in police department militarization.
August 17, 2014
“So Governor Nixon says it is hard to tell among the protestors, at night, who is there to help and who is there to hurt. Given that an unarmed teen was killed by a police officer during the day, and given that the response of the governor was to suspend the First Amendment rights of protestors in the nighttime hours because of the difficulty of telling which ones of them were there to help and which ones to hurt, has there been any discussion about suspending the rights of police officers to carry weapons during the day, because it is difficult to tell which of them are there to help and which of them are there to hurt?” – Melissa Harris-Perry (MHP on MSNBC – 08/17/2014)
August 17, 2014
The video below is worth watching if you are still in a bit of disbelief at the passing of Robin Williams. A tribute like this has the potential to go wrong, but the man who continues to voice the character of “Aladdin” (after Robin Williams voiced the character for the 1992 film), performs it perfectly.
August 17, 2014
The people of Ferguson, Missouri want justice, and the hostility towards law enforcement is understandable given what we know (so far) about the police shooting of Michael Brown. And with the Ferguson and St. Louis County police escalating the situation earlier in the week, using indiscriminate overwhelming force against the community, it’s also understandable that this angst has only grown in the week since the shooting.
August 15, 2014
Because the police in Ferguson, Missouri have obstructed the free flow of information, asking and then forcing people to stop recording events, I felt it was necessary to make it clear that photography or videography are not criminal activities. Yeah, that should be obvious, but in 2014 America, unfortunately it is not.