Home front: Vicious tyranny and fear

Three stories came across my desktop in the last 24 hours that share a common theme a lot of people have spoken about. It is not just the militarization of the police force that we must be aware of and take action against, it is the attitude and the actions of the police and the courts that we must be aware of and change.

That attitude has elements of superiority and paranoia (“us” versus “them”), but increasingly it is an attitude of FEAR on the part of the cops, the court officials, and the politicians for whom they work. They FEAR the people, each of us from the most elderly to very nearly the youngest. They fear us individually and they fear us in groups: families, churches, companies, crowds, and mobs. And their fear drives their actions. These three stories are perfect examples.


Arizona Court: Cops can take your guns

(CBS News) A new Arizona court ruling says police can take temporary custody of a person’s gun for officer-safety reasons even if the person’s contact with police was voluntary.

Nathan: “Temporarily” of course. This in Arizona where they assault the “wrong” house and kill an American Marine defending his family – by letting him bleed to death after they shot him full of lead. Where cops beat people up because the lights on their bicycle aren’t working. Where mayors use cops to intimidate their political opponents. Sure, “temporary.” Just until you are dead. Of course, there is a reason that the cops “have” to take your gun, even if you are contacting THEM for “aid” (which is, of course, an increasingly stupid idea): they are afraid that you will hate them and fear them as much as they hate and fear you, and will take advantage of the slightest opportunity to kill them.


California man claims he was attacked by LA cops for no lights on bike

(CBS Local, Los Angeles) A 34-year-old man is recovering Monday from several injuries he said he sustained from a violent encounter with Los Angeles Police Department officers late last week.

Nathan: The cops came to the scene seemingly loaded for bear: guns drawn, aggressive, hyped with fear and eager to ensure “officer safety” by attacking first.

There may be more to this story, but the photos are pretty gruesome, although we know that LAPD officers are incredibly careful to treat EVERY citizen (and especially EVERY border jumper) with proper respect, courtesy, and kid-gloves. (sarcasm here, folks!) It appears that the cops aren’t even worrying about offering the slightest justification for viciously attacking anyone; their report was that the contact with this man was a “routine traffic stop” and didn’t even try to claim that he resisted them, talked back to them or anything else. Of course, the Arizona case above just gives them more of an excuse: everyone knows that people who ride their bikes at night without lights are armed to the teeth (and probably Hells Angels). And if they hadn’t beat the guy, he might have escaped like the next guy.


Cops: Escaped Suspect Drives Home With Hands Cuffed Behind Back

(Breitbart, by Jon David Kahn 31 Jul 2013) BURIEN, Wash. – Police say a man in custody on suspicion of driving with a suspended license escaped from Burien District Court on Friday, and the proceeded to drive to his home in Renton with his hands cuffed behind his back.

Mama’s Note: Handcuffed for paperwork? A “suspended license?” Oh brother… I still can’t figure out how he drove that way. But why did he go home? Seems pretty obvious he’s no criminal, but then again, he doesn’t seem too bright either. Clever, I’ll grant you, but not too bright.

What IS it with the handcuffs? The same stupid knee jerk reaction to everything. Tiny children and elderly, even those in a coma… insane. It’s about humiliation and absolute control, not much else.

Nathan: Not only that, but apparently driving with a suspended license (or being suspected of it) now requires that you be taken into CUSTODY?

This ties in with the LAPD brutality. It IS about control, but I think that humiliation is third because the way that cops are trained/indoctrinated (in POST ["Peace Officer Standards and Training"] and other training) to fear ANYone that they come in contact with. They are taught and rehearsed to react as though EVERY person that they contact hates them and has both the means and desire to kill or injure them. Yeah, it doesn’t matter whether it is a “routine traffic” stop or a kid “illegally” selling lemonade or someone whose neighbor complained because their dog pooped in the yard: in the eyes of a “properly trained” cop, we are ALL vicious, psychopathic would-be homicidal maniacs. It is the same reason that they want us disarmed. Yeah, there is a minority (small minority of 49% or so) of cops who get off on humiliating and demeaning anyone that they can get away with humiliating, but the fear justifies the control.

And we are full-circle back to the Arizona case: the judges apparently have the same sort of training and fear that cops do: every person appearing in front of them, whether accused or witnesses or even plaintiff is assumed to be a vicious evil would-be judge killer. Or cop killer, or both.

In many ways, it is the fear that drives even the militarization of the police: there is safety in numbers, in the brotherhood of the gang, and of course, armor is a necessary “security blanket.” They see that (unlike the 1970s) the military are both honored and feared, and therefore, they want the trappings in the hope that they will be honored, and therefore less likely to be targeted by the normal citizens. Not only that, but they want to and do recruit as many veterans as possible, to get a little of the glow from them – but they also get the instincts honed in Mesopotamia and Afghanistan of treating everyone on the streets as an enemy. An enemy to be feared. It feeds on itself.

I don’t know what the solution is – but maybe the Founding Fathers had the answer: a prohibition on standing armies. What ARE the police today but a standing army? For every cop that actually does things like protect people and property or solve crimes, there are five or ten that “patrol” – the same thing as in Germany 1945-55 or Mesopotamia 2003-12. They are an occupation force, and the way occupation forces (usually outnumbered 100 to 1) keep themselves safe is by fearing the population and keeping them under control.

Original report here




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