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Democracy Now! — Former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper on Paramilitary Policing From WTO to Occupy Wall Street
Democracy Now! — Former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper on Paramilitary Policing From WTO to Occupy Wall Street
‘For example, there are many compassionate, decent, competent police officers who do a terrific job day in and day out. There are others who are, quote, “bad apples.” What both of them have in common is that they occupy, as it were, a system, a structure that itself is rotten. And I am talking about the paramilitary bureaucracy.’
·m.democracynow.org·
Democracy Now! — Former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper on Paramilitary Policing From WTO to Occupy Wall Street
Bob Ostertag: Militarization of Campus Police
Bob Ostertag: Militarization of Campus Police
‘We have a major economic crisis in this country that was brought on by the greedy and irresponsible behavior of big banks. No banker has been arrested, and certainly none have been pepper sprayed. Arrests and chemical assault is for those trying to defend their homes, their jobs, and their schools.’
·huffingtonpost.com·
Bob Ostertag: Militarization of Campus Police
Alexis Madrigal: Why I Feel Bad for the Pepper-Spraying Policeman, Lt. John Pike (The Atlantic)
Alexis Madrigal: Why I Feel Bad for the Pepper-Spraying Policeman, Lt. John Pike (The Atlantic)
‘I am sure that he is a man like me, and he didn’t become a cop to shoot history majors with pepper spray. But the current policing paradigm requires that students get shot in the eyes with a chemical weapon if they resist, however peaceably. Someone has to do it.’
·theatlantic.com·
Alexis Madrigal: Why I Feel Bad for the Pepper-Spraying Policeman, Lt. John Pike (The Atlantic)