That's such a good picture at the top, here. Hope it stays up at its home.
I used to think that stuff like this happened irregularly. Now I am finding that it happens all the time, but usually the news never gets out.
We need to be wise. It isn't smart to walk past grouped police. It is better to walk the extra block or two out of the way.
Back about 7 years ago I did a Google search on "police brutality" and got some 7 million hits. Try it now. What do you think it means? Are there more people reporting? Have more people waked up to using the Internet? Are there more websites that report this kind of stuff? Is it that the few people that report are making more websites? Is it that Google is hitting the same site more than once?
Maybe it is that more people are reporting, along with more of this kind of reporting, along with more sites that do this regular, along with more police brutality, etc.
Thanks, I thought it quite fitting. In defense of the little dog, that cabbage was asking for it.
Regarding the rise in police brutality, I think it's a combination of several things.
Yes, I believe it is happening more often. I'm noticing an increasing mentality within the police force which dictates that people should never question any order given to them by someone in uniform and if they do the cops are entitled and encouraged to use maximum force to discourage such behavior. It is also disconcerting to me that the police are increasingly becoming more militarized which enforces their feeling of entitlement and increases their ability to do more harm.
It is also true that it's easier to record and report such incidents, since nearly everyone these days has cameras and recording devices built into their phones and other personal devices, as well as internet access and several different media sites they can upload to.
As to your advice about keeping far away from groups of police. This is exactly what they want. Fortunately, for everyone, there are those who risk their own lives and safety to protest for our benefit. Otherwise, (I believe) things would be even worse than they are today.
The thing that I might add is, the police departments of the land are set up basically by the city council. So, is it the city council that approves of such action?
Doesn't the city realize that when police terrorize the common public that it is detrimental to the whole operation of the city? The city council is made up of people who have businesses in the city, or at least have an interest in them. They want protection from mobs of people who would tear their businesses apart. But this isn't the way to do it... militarized police.
If the people felt that police were on their side, if they had reason to trust police, the people wouldn't have reason to form mobs that protest. Rather, they would help police against criminals.
We are starting to see what it is. The cities are breaking down from inside their governments. The city councils see all kinds of financial problems that they don't know how to handle. They keep the police force as it is because they don't know what else to do.
We the people are looking in the wrong place when we blame police. It is the city council that is at fault. We need to change the city council, now, so that they can change the police, before we and our fellow "citizens" become so distraught with the police that we become the mob that they are afraid of, just because of police brutality against the public.
