Police State Brutality

Within the last few weeks, law enforcement officers throughout the country have been video taped using exsesive force. While police brutality used to be the abberant behavior of a few rogue police officers, increasingly these incidence are becoming more common.

Compare that to the actions of the police during actual emergencies such as school shootings. These incidents routinely show that the police will stand down for as long as an hour before acting.

What we are witnessing is a public display of force designed to intimidate law abiding citizens while perpetuating a climate of fear. This is classic indoctrination. Joseph Goebbels would be proud.

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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.amtrak19feb19,0,4062154.story

The Baltimore Sun reported that random Amtrak stations, including Baltimore, will now be subject to military-style police patrols carrying automatic weapons. Often patrolling with attack dogs, these officers will randomly pull passengers from the line for a security search.

Obstensibly to avoid a terror attack on a US passenger rail, these tactics are not designed to protect travelers. A terrorist would see the police activity and know that the next station down the line will not be secure due to the fact that these patrols are random. What this will do, however, is get people used to the idea that machine guns, attack dogs, random searches, and para-military operations on American streets are normal.

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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/bal-skateboarder,0,2375980.storygallery

This is a link to the Baltimore Sun website. The page summarizes, with links to each article, Baltimore Police Officer Salvatore Rivieri, a 17 year veteran of the department, who was recorded on a camera phone assaulting a 14 year old boy for skateboarding at the Inner Harbor, a ticketable offence.

This incident, posted on Youtube February 9, 2008, prompted another person to post a video of their run in with Officer Rivieri, A.K.A "Officer Dude."