the ones i encountered right when the witch hunts started, so puffed up, arrogant, completely full of themselves standing at my door, shining flash lights in my face, threatening to put me in jail because i was not suitably cowed into submission, asking if we had any fun souvenirs.
i remember them struggling for adequate come-backs, resorting to shining a spotlight on my house, paling and stuttering as i cussed them to their faces, made fun of them, their lack of education, their cardboard houses in the burbs, their stupid wives and the shame they’ve heaped on their children’s heads because of their actions.
they should have been fired en masse in retaliation for their idiot ass backwards oppressive militaristic moves. they should have been crushed into dust, completely obliterated as payment for crimes committed not just on that day against people accustomed to being sheltered from their power, but also in all days/weeks/months/years previous and since, against vulnerable individuals and whole communities.
but they were not. they have not been. i doubt that they will ever stand accountable for their ongoing brutality.
oh well…
i hear that a bunch of them are going to caught up in city budget cuts which may trigger mass beest piggy layoffs. that’s a very big “may” and definitely isn’t as sweet as them being fired because they were/are/will always be assholes.
guess this will have to do…
via al jazeera…
Egypt dismisses almost 600 police officers
Egypt fires almost 600 officers as part of a clean up of the unpopular force following protests against its actions.
The dismissal of about 600 polices officers meets a key demand by protesters at Cairo’s central Tahrir Square [AFP]
Egypt has fired almost 600 top police officers as part of a clean up the discredited and widely unpopular police force.
The decision, announced on Wednesday by Interior Minister Mansour el-Issawi, meets a key demand by protesters camping out at Cairo’s central Tahrir Square.
El-Issawi said that the move was the biggest reshuffle in the history of the Egyptian police force.
The number expelled also includes officers who were already at retirement age.
Of those leaving, 37 are specifically accused of being involved in the killing of protesters during the January 25 uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s former president, from power.
Among those dismissed were 505 major-generals and 82 brigadiers, Egyptian state television reported.
The protesters want the police force to be purged of Mubarak loyalists and officers involved in the killing of nearly 900 protesters during the January 25 crackdown.
Nod to protesters
Egypt’s state news agency also said on Wednesday that parliamentary elections that had been widely expected to be held in September will now take place a month or two later.
The military, which took over power from Mubarak, effectively announced a delay of the elections on Tuesday when it said preparations for the vote would start September 30.
The delay is seen as a nod to the demands of some of the protesters.
Many of the political parties that arose from the uprising wanted to have the vote delayed so they could compete more effectively against better prepared and financed parties like the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party.
The military also said on Tuesday it would draft a set of regulations for selecting the 100-member assembly that will write a new constitution.
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