Bob, I agree it may be more subtle here in Boston; usually to protect potential
republican presidential candidates; that is not the way it is in the rest of
the country since the 70s. I think one of the worst is NYC where the murders
that cops commit are rarely reported in the media, especially if they happen in
the poorer boroughs of Brooklyn and the Bronx. In the neighborhood I grew up in
it was literally a bloodbath with daily cop violence. Of all the kids in my age
range only myself and Ritchie Castro made it out without catching a bullet.
Even my neighbor Jose who was the Tiny Tim of the neighborhood, small frail ,
wheelchair bound and non-verbal was shot. If anyone still believes that the
cops are actually there to "protect and serve" instead of the understanding
that they are an occupying army then said person should be stripped of their
wealth and forced to live in AnyCity USA for some time. Most cities in the US
have been turned into the mold formed after Gaza, or is it the other way
around? The right wing media has been very successful in framing this as a
black versus white issue to maintain the support of the stupid white suburban
white sheep. In reality it is the Israeli trained empire versus the working
class, and guess who is winning. In addition to African Americans, poor inner
city Hispanics and poor inner city whites (yes they exist) are being killed as
well. But, the right wing media doesn't want us to know that for fear that
white America will wake up and see what is going on. Don't believe me, just
look at our for profit prison population. How many citizens of Israel do you
see in there? Look harder since all you will see is African Americans, poor
Hispanics, and poor whites. We are becoming the new slave labor colony and I
think it is becoming obvious who the slave master is.
Frank
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Hi Frank,
Thanks for posting the petition on defunding brutal police departments. I'm a
Moveon member, but didn't get that one.
WE are fortunate here in the Boston area in that we have not seen the
horrendous police brutality that we've seen in Baltimore, Ferguson, Batton
Rouge and Minneapolis, unless it has been kept out of the media.
I have recently spoken with a number of RIDE ddrivers, people of color who have
lived in some of Boston's poorer neighborhoods and they have personally
experienced harassment at the hands of the Boston PD, but nothing like the
brutality that seems to be all around us.
Bob Hachey
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