Why I don't do lots I do my bit and vanish. Armored Cops Love a good fight
of protest/rally and marches.
as long as its in their favor.
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by Joe B. On Monday, April, 7, 2003 Cops in Oakland went off! It seems to me when police are wearing armor, visors, with sticks it’s a good bet they may use ‘em. What’s different about Oakland where the police go ape shit beating down of people? Guess. Did they ever discuss that lots of people will be marching, some are innocent by standards and the bulk of marchers are first timers and not experienced activists.? I don’t think it was really talked about in their office maybe the Krispy Kreme, Boston Cream Donut Debate, coffee or other confection sped their brains backwards into thinking: So our blue buds are in Oakland dressed like armadillo’s and rhino’s for the sole purpose of protecting the public in case a few rowdy activist act out their aggressions improperly. Well, when one where’s armor and the other side has shirts, coats, sighs, flyers, pamphlets and flesh who do you think isn’t worried about confrontations? Rubber Bullets in wood is supposed to be shot on the ground where they bounce onto human targets. "They were throwing bricks, rocks, cement blocks at us." Police say and yet if that’s true wouldn’t people be frozen in the act of doing that? Instead we see cops shooting into crowds hitting all kinds of people not part of the march. Mother’s with children, children, hard working, law abiding working stiffs called "Warehousemen and or women going to or from work and for what, standing, sitting, or otherwise being at their own worksite? Am I wrong or are cops still the slave catcher Yeah, they though Oakland (black) and what they got was multi racial groups but they cannot single out blacks and browns this time and when white flesh gets pummeled it tends to colors like red, green, violet, blue, orange, pink, and grey. There’s an old 60’s joke about when white folks get punched or beaten up the punch line is "You turn all those colors and you call us colored people!" But it ain’t funny when you finally see and feel what blacks, and browns have go through every day of their lives. To brave protestor’s who were hurt, this is how police treat your rainbow brother’s, sister’s, and their children our lives are always in peril from some cop or cops with the power to kill us and get away with it. This is why most blacks folks are reluctant to be in rallies/marches/protests we’ve been done all this shit before first alone and then with other courageous people. I don’t presume to speak for most blacks but I’m thinking a lot are thinking or saying to others "Wait ‘til pigs turn on ‘em and start beating living crap out of them it ain’t gonna be pretty and it’ll wake their asses up." Slave Catcher’s, Cops, Bull, The Fuzz, Police, Pigs, Goon Squad, or Our lovely Boys in Blue whatever you want to call them they are here to uphold law of the land and if one does her/his civic duty well sometimes cops can be literal pains in the crotch. Blue folks are not the enemy at least most of ‘em aren’t but a few rotten apples spoils it all their brother cops doing good, saving lives, and dying on the jobs. All I say folks is get as many video, dvd’s, and web enabled access as you can so if cops conficate, lose, destroy, or otherwise suddenly evidence gets "lost" there is always backup so the truth is known. I hope that helps the next time anti war and any civil action gets people’s head and limbs busted and broken open. Please send donations to For Joe only my snail mail: Email: askjoe@poormagazine.org |