Kid being tazered
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Preface to the rant: Just got in from company party. 4 martinis. 1 scotch. Hard to type. But this is a serious and deeply heartfelt statement.:
Isn't it at al disturbing that the default reaction by and large is that this kid got what he deserved? You're telling me that any disruptive behavior no matter how inappropriate (outside of recognizable violence) is equaled by real physical pain? What kind of Nazi shit is that?
I recall being genuinely revolted by descriptions I read of the Chicago protests in the 60's at he Democratic National Convention. How people were brutally beaten (college students mind you) for protesting Vietnam. Talk to anyone who was there. It was surreal and ugly. Have we learned nothing about civil disobedience? Or are we just going to swallow any shit we are given because of all this terrorism jive? Oh they bombed us at one point, so that means that we can slowly atrophy every other social structure within our society. It's perfectly fine for cops to tazzer a student who is studying because he didn't have his ID and became belligerent. Couldn't just throw him out. That would require thought and professionalism.
I don't care what this cat was doing. Just because you wear a little blue uniform, doesn't mean you get to torture people.
We're going backwards, people. The Man, and his people are winning. And I can prove it. It's easy...because you believe he is right. Ask yourself: Is it fundamentally wrong that a student is studying in the library? And so what if the policy is that he must have his ID? Who gives a fuck? Was this a real check or did they ask him because he was middle eastern? Who knows?
Listen, we are a generation of creative thinkers, or at least we proclaim to be. Then prove it. Think about this incident and what implications it might have socially, politically, artistically, whatever. Was this kid in the right, or were the faceless stormtroopers of death in the right? Or did I just use a loaded sentence? Hmm, hard to tell. Chance are, both are fucked up and wrong.
Let's not crucify either party, but try and examine the outcome. My guess is that the kid will suffer some level of trauma from the incident, and the cops probably went home and had lousy evenings and weekends. What does this say about our current cultural relationship with protest, authority, conformity, and political torrents? Do you feel more or less latent?
Me? i don't know. But I DO know that this was not right on either end. The current imposed fear of terrorism has instilled a feeling of entitlement to law enforcement types everywhere, as I have experienced it. My hope i that this is discussed as a symptom of our cultural times, and not an isolated freak incident, or dismissed as poor training*Ends rant. Tastes cookie. It is good. East three.