http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgr3DiqWYCI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I know this doesn't seem to have much to do with my Westy~ but it has to do with you and me every day of our lives. This also includes our vehicles and whatever life choices we make. I have been fortunate up to this point not having a run-in with the "law" but they're eyes glisten and glaze over with dreams of brutality as I peacefully putter by. This post is not to assume that all police officers are bad people, just a majority of them. Thanks for facebook my friends share, almost daily, videos of police brutality and they continue to get away with it. Here are some of my favorite quotes from O'Donnell during his clip (just in case you don't have time to watch it, but you really should because its important.)
"this weekend a few trouble makers turned a peaceful protest against wall street greed into a violence burst of chaos, the troublemakers were carrying pepper spray and guns, and wearing badges."
"Police were grabbing people for ABSOLUTELY NO REASON, crushing them on the pavement and arresting them."
"We will post this video on our blog and you won't find ANYONE doing ANYTHING that is legal grounds for arrest."
"Cops know they can always get away with it.. no mayor, no police chief will call them on what they think of as a little too tough"
"This is an AMERICAN policework that we are watching... Everyday in American police cross the line and abuse citizens, EVERDAY in America police get away with it."
"Everything the police done this weekend to these protesters they have already done to someone else with no video cameras rolling"
"They know just how much latitude their dept gives them on abusing citizens, they do it because they know they can...because they can get away with it."
"NONE of them will be charged..."
"The dept has already said the officers acted appropriately, cased closed."
"AMERICAN POLICE HAVE ONE AGAIN GOTTEN AWAY WITH ANOTHER CRIME AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THEY ARE SWORN TO SERVE AND PROTECT"
Now let's have a BBQ!
also as a sidenote~
A Wall Street Hedge Fund Manager made $5 BILLION DOLLARS last year
That's about $480 MILLION DOLLARS per month
That's about $120 MILLION DOLLARS per week
That's about $24 MILLION DOLLARS per day
That's about $3 MILLION DOLLARS per hour
And yet his Federal Income Tax Rate is 15%
Is it any wonder there is a protest
It doesn't matter what side of the political spectrum you are on, we as Americans have a right to peacefully gather and have our voices heard without threat of bodily harm.... Don't we? How far we have come from the Kent State Massacre... and how close we are to repeating that
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