Militarising the Police from Oakland to NYC If the infrastructure of a police state is created, it's only a matter of time before those aggressive powers are used. by Heather Digby Parton 14 November 2011
Cross-posted in the Portland thread: I didn't know about this incident. Who knows if it's the only one? Who knows what other sick, twisted torture our ********s are coming up with: And Glenn Greenwald can never be quoted too much, as he's been writing about this stuff for years:
Note that in Penn State where there was an actual riot, there was nothing like the level of response. The message of course is clear, that if you challenge the system, your speech will be met with force.
Precisely. Not to mention, football is God in this country, so of course students are allowed to riot. Happens at U of MD all the time. With football and basketball. Whole 'nother subject. I've done decades of research on athletes and crime. But, as with the TSA stuff, people don't want to hear it.
