[kj] (OT) Police Brutality part 2 - p.s.

[Brendan Quinn]

An armed man hitting a woman in the face and with a weapon for being
screamed at is off the charts on the coward scale.  

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Leigh Newton
Sent: Sunday, 19 April 2009 16:45
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Police Brutality part 2 - p.s.

 

Honestly, I think the woman in that video got what was coming to her. Not so
much the baton-action, but the slap in the face, definitely. That doesn't
mean I think it's cool that cops can get away with manhandling people,
beating the shit out of whomever they please and whatnot. But, in this
particular case: If you don't want to get slapped in the face and hit in the
legs with a cop's baton, don't go screaming in his or her face. Simple.
Hell, you run that risk by screaming in anyone's face. Just because you have
the legal right to do something, that doesn't necessarily make it a good
idea. Same goes for your buddy in the holding cells. Don't get lippy with
the cops. There's a good chance you'll get your ass kicked. *Again* I'm not
saying I think it's right that they deliver such ass-kickings. I just think
that a lot of trouble can be avoided by flying under the radar. 

Don't scream in a cop's face. Cuz you'll probably get your grill all smashed
in. Or maybe you'll just get told to calm down. It's kind of a Russian
Roulette scenario.

Anyways, that's all from me on the topic. You can all go back to agreeing
with each other until the server gives out.

 

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From: Brendan Quinn <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 11:07:51 AM
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Police Brutality part 2 - p.s.

You attack his post for being slanted and then offer no contrary evidence
yourself. I know you're being sarcastic but recounting situations of police
brutality doesn't imply that they are all like that. Fact is, a lot are,
it's the culture with a lot of police forces.

 

Next Thursday I'm meeting up for lunch with my cousin who also lives in
Sydney , he's a cop. And Christian.

 

And I've seen police brutality first hand, I spent a night in the cells 4
years ago and saw a huge cop kick a little crim down a hallway for being
lippy.

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Leigh Newton
Sent: Saturday, 18 April 2009 00:49
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Police Brutality part 2 - p.s.

 

Sarcasm on.

I don't wanna make any crazy assumptions here but I'm willing to bet that
there is possibly a LITTLE BIT more to these stories than what you've
offered. Also willing to get you didn't witness either of these events. 

FACT: All cops are ASSHOLES!
FACT: Every protester in the whole entire world is a SAINT! 

Sarcasm off.

 

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http://www.myspace.com/thesunthroughatelescope
http://www.myspace.com/lauderdale

 

 

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From: GREG SLAWSON < gregslawson at msn.com >
To: gathering <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 9:25:35 AM
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Police Brutality part 2 - p.s.

Just last year in Boston a white college student was standing around after
the basketball championship was won. He made a wisecrack to a cop (something
like "who are going to arrest today"), the pigs jumped him and he died of
some heart condition right away. The pigs waited a while before they even
called an ambulance, so the parents sued the pigs. And after the World
Series a few years ago they shot another college student w/a pepper bullet
gun and murdered her, just for sitting on a wall outside the ballpark. I
guess being on the street after a game is also a crime and the death penalty
is punishment.
 

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