Ferguson Missouri

[attackfish]

I am too sickened to say much about the pseudo-military police occupation in Ferguson Missouri, except that I would love to know who the police think they are serving and protecting with their tear gas, assault rifles, and armored vehicles.  The only thing I can see being protected is their own power, and their own supposed "right" to murder young black men by shooting them in the back.

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[ljlee.livejournal.com]

I wonder if America was ever a democracy for black people--I heard someone say it's always been a police state for this group, and I find myself unable to disagree. The militarization of the police affects everyone, of course, and it's worrying. My friends and I are pretty much resigned to a cyberpunk future ruled by corporations and brutal private militaries, a jungle of glass and steel without rights or safeguards. Better start preparing for the worst, right?