ART: POLICING: As in keeping “someone’s peace.
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350 or bust: There’s Something Happening In the Air
Need some inspiration? Check out this video: A powerful group of images of the brave people throughout our lifetime (and before) who took the front lines to sow the seeds of social change with peaceful demonstrations and were forcefully dealt with by the preservers of the status quo.
Continue readingArt Threat: Pepper spray cop serenaded by Shearer – Monday Music: Ballad of the Pepper Spray Cop
Pepper Spray Cop infiltrates Georges Seurat’s Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. Harry Shearer — yes, that Harry Shearer of Simpsons and Spinal Tap fame — has immortalized UC Davis’ infamous police officer in song. Entitled Ballad of the Pepper Spray Cop, the ditty debuted on Shearer’s
Continue readingArt Threat: Handpicked from the Internets
Cleaning out the digital mailbag this morning, I found a few gems pertaining to the Occupy movement, economic collapse, and intentionally bad, prizewinning art: Salon asks how the appalling image of U.C. Davis’ infamous pepper spray cop became a hilarious internet meme that parades through art history. “When I was
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Bill O’Reilly on UC-Davis Pepper-Spraying: No Big Deal
I don’t think the following video needs any commentary on my part: Recommend this Post
Continue readingI Can See Lieutenant Pike Doing That
Indeed I think that’s exactly how Georges Seurat would’ve visualized ol’ Lieutenant Pike. As Jymn said, he is definitely UC Davis’ answer to Toronto’s Officer Bubbles. Other fun images of ol’ Lieutenant Pike can be found here. H/T Jymn
Continue readingLt. John Pike, UC Davis Police: Little Eichmann of the Day
Time to revive a dormant feature. Here’s the tough guy, pepper-spraying unarmed students. Can’t help but notice the contrast: students sitting peacefully and silently get pepper-sprayed in the face. Students trashing their campus and destroying vehicles because a child-rapist football coach got fired get … a stern frown? Full story
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The roots of the UC-Davis pepper-spraying
That’s the title of a searing and insightful analysis by Glenn Greenwald as he examines both the mentality and the effects, both intended and unintended, of the excessive and brutal force used against Occupy demonstrators and others. Amongst his findings are the following: – excessive police force against non-violent protest
Continue reading“Police forced open their mouths and pepper-sprayed down their throats”
What has happened to our police forces, north and south of the border? Watch the video below and tell me if you see even an inkling of a threat from the seated Occupiers. The chief of this police force is either the leader of a band of cowards or she’s lying out her
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Premeditated Act of Police Brutality
In this video, a group of college students are huddled on the ground in a defensive position at UC Davis on November 18. An officer, later identified as UC police Lt. John Pike, then casually douses them with a chemical agent. You’ll note that a number of bystanders who were
Continue readingRepeat performance of Bill Blair’s Goon Show tonight in Toronto?
"I'm sorry officer, is my head in the way of your boot?" When midnight rolls around in Toronto, will we see Bill Blair’s finest descend on those Occupiers like they did during the infamous G20 police violence conducted on peace…
Continue readingRepeat performance of Bill Blair’s Goon Show tonight in Toronto?
"I’m sorry officer, is my head in the way of your boot?"
When midnight rolls around in Toronto, will we see Bill Blair’s finest descend on those Occupiers like they did during the infamous G20 police violence conducted on peaceful protesters? Blair has not shown one scrap of regret over his bubble-bursting bad boys kicking and beating last summer so there’s no reason to expect anything else
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Student Protests
Thousands of students marched through London yesterday to protest cuts to public education spending and a significant increase in tuition fees. Here’s one of the organizers, Ben Beech, a 21-year-old architecture student, holding forth on the issue in an interview … Continue reading →
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Video That Police In All Democracies Should be Required To Watch
Sometimes sweet justice prevails. Watch this video from Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman to see how.Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Powerful Indictment of NYPD Brutality During The Occupy Wall Street Protest
While the following video may seem tame by the standards of brutality set by the police last year in Toronto during the G20 Summit, it is heartening to see mainstream coverage of unwarranted police actions on Wall Street during the ongoing Occupy Wall …
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Velcro Ripper On The Occupy Wall Street Movement
A young black man named Hero, who had just been released from jail after being arrested at the September 24th march, shared his experience with me, “Someone pushed a little red button and the police turned into adrenaline packed zombies. I found myself…
Continue reading@LornePW keeps the police accountability file up to date
Big tip of the porkpie to Lorne over at Politics and its Discontents.There are times when the sheer inertia and toxic, paranoid self-pity at the core of dysfunctional cop culture makes you want to just give up. Fortunately, Lorne’s got the energy and d…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: From The Police Beat: More Police Brutality
Not given to monomania, I really hope that at some point in the (perhaps distant) future, I will be able to completely move on from commenting about police misdeeds. It’s just that I have a real thing against the abuse of authority, and every time the…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Sometimes The Tools Of Police Intimidation Are Not Physical
I have written twice before about the ordeal suffered by Po La Hay, the Burmese immigrant living in Hamilton who was both the emotional and physical victim of police after they forcefully entered his apartment in search of a drug dealer. Unfortunately…
Continue readingHow’s that "building relations" thing going, @TorontoPolice Tweeter guy?
Just checking in.Any progress identifying / charging these cocksu – er, perps?No, eh? Oh, well. Pretty hard when witnesses don’t come forward, isn’t it.How about:Arresting the two assholes who kicked Adam Nobody in the face after he wa…
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