Enforcers category archive
Tales from the Front 0
A caller tells Thom of her experiences at the demonstrations in Portland, Oregon. (It should come as no surprise that her story differs from the picture painted by Attorney-General Lowering the Barr.)
Still Rising Again after All Those Years 0
Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton don’t cotton to no truth tellin’ about dem ole cotton fields back home.
Proactive Policing* 0
Via Job’s Anger.
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*Learn more about “proactive policing,” (which is nothing more than Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes for “prior restraint”).
“Descended from a Long Line that Somebody Fell For” 0
Badtux debunks the myth of the “thin blue line.” Here’s a bit of his article:
Follow the link for the rest.
Improbable Cause 0
On the same topic, Elizabeth suggests that they are indeed who they say they are not.
“As Seen on TV” 0
Will Bunch has a theory as to why Donald Trump has deployed his secret(ive) police in Portland, Oregon. Here’s the gist; follow the link for the complete article, which is well worth your while (emphasis added):
While on the subject, PoliticalProf has a thought.
Secret(ive) Police 0
Earlier this week I saw a report asserting that the Trump administration was, for all intents and purposes, deploying a force of what the commentator referred to as “brown shirts” in Portland, Oregon.
I chose to view it with several grains of salt, thinking it might be a little over the top.
I’m beginning to think that perhaps I dismissed it too cavalierly.
Immunity Impunity
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At the Des Moines Register, Reka Basu recounts tales of the enforcers. Here’s a tiny bit:
Ahlgren’s own injuries still had him in a knee brace five days later: He twisted an ankle and burst veins in his shins and right palm from falling onto concrete. . . .
“The cops were showing no mercy. They were literally chasing us on foot,” he said. “A few of us fell, and they (police) started yelling, ‘You bastards better run or you’ll get it worse!’”
Asked why he thinks he was spared arrest, Ahlgren said simply: “I’m white.”
Just read it. I guarantee it will ruin your evening.
“Bad Apples” 0
Writing at the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Elijah Todd-Walden finds that the “few bad apples” notion regarding rogue cops is of little comfort. A snippet:
Perhaps the most apt comment I’ve heard about “the few bad apples on the police force” theory of police brutality came in a recent episode of The Bob Cesca Show (I can’t remember precisely which one).
Suppose, asked one of the participants, that, after a pilot flew an airliner into the side of a mountain, the airline announced that it was just one of a few bad apples among its crews?
