police brutality

The Police are an old institution. And any archaic institution, apart of a democratic nation-state, relies on citizenry complacency to expand its reach and power as a population grows. Broadly, across the globe, the Police are an institution mandated to serve and protect. Depending on how you view the contemporary nation-state you can dispute whom the Police are really mandated to serve and protect.  read more »

Thursday, police Cheif Murray Faulkner confirmed that incidents caught on video, showcasing local officers engaged in violent behaviour, would be investigated.

Joe Belanger, from the LFP, reports (Sept. 12/08) that one video taken Tuesday shows "an officer kicking a suspect on the ground during an arrest." Days earlier, a "TV crew riding with London Police on a patrol of a rowdyism-plagued student housing district near Fanshawe College recorded an arrest where an officer put a knee on a suspect's head."

Faulkner goes on to state that these incidents are not indicative of any systemic issues of the London Police Force. He promised accountability, and apparently urged anyone with videos of alleged exessive force to contact police.  read more »

During the Democratic Convention at Denver's Convention Center a large body of protestors meet up with heavy totolitarian resistence. From ANP:

A calm political protest quickly turned chaotic as anxious Denver police surrounded protestors peacefully marching toward the Democratic National Convention Center. After trapping the crowd between two buildings, hundreds of officers used pepper spray, batons and unwarranted aggression. After being surrounded for 20 minutes, two ANP producers managed to escape after recording the whole affair.  

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