I found this amazing article this morning about America and the slow move towards a police state. (Although it seems to be speeding up each day) Of
course the speed up seemed to take a BIG jump the days after 9/11 because people let fear get the best of them and naturally people cried out for
solutions to things such as terrorism and crime. But unintended consequences have started to take shape all across the county as more and more you
would see articles about young children,old women and amputees being tasered for as little as yelling at a law enforcement officer. You will see
"comedy movies" glorifying being tasered or throw into the back of a police car for very little reason. Anyway that is a little piece of my mind and
now for the true article.
Normalizing the police
state in AMERICA!
This article brings up many great points on how we have been conditioned to accept this new police and control society and I suggest after reading
some of my points from the article you read it in its entirety.
1.
Zero Tolerance in schools
"In one case, a safety officer kicked in the door of a stall in the boys’ bathroom, wounding a student’s head. The officer’s response to
questioning about the matter was: “That’s life. It will stop bleeding.”
"Another student, this time a 5-year-old, was shipped off to a hospital psychiatric ward for throwing a tantrum."
" Six-year-old Zachary Christie faced disciplinary action after bringing a Cub Scout utensil that can serve as a knife, fork, and spoon to school.
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Now these are only THREE cases of the new but not so new "Zero Tolerance Policy" that has been put into place in schools all across America.If you
look hard enough every day you will see a new story about a kid being arrested for drawing on a desk or getting into a brawl in class. In schools in
NY they have put actual police officers in schools but with a great new name. “Peace officers”! Classic euphemism!!
2.
First Amendment? Never heard of it.
"Kathryn Winkfeid, a 72-year-old great-grandmother, was tasered (twice) by an officer for getting shouty after she was pulled over for a traffic
offense."
"The infamous University of Florida student "Don't Tase me bro!" guy for asking John Kerry a question"
"Students like Ryan O’Neil got tasered at UCLA for protesting"
This should shock most people that were brought up on decent values in this country but we have been conditioned through movies and cop shows to think
it is funny and a privilege to get 50,000 volts put right into your body for asking a question.
3.
Ahhh can't you feel it? Taser and PROZAC is in the air!
"The terrifying conclusion to this normalization of the police state is featured in the latest issue of Harper’s. (h/t Digby)
"Taser’s distributor has announced plans for a flying drone that fires stun darts at criminal suspects or rioters."
a “Shockwave Area-Denial System,” which blankets the area in question with electrified darts, and a wireless Taser projectile with a 100-meter
range, helpful for picking off “ringleaders” in unruly crowds."
"Penn State’s College of Medicine researchers agreed, contrary to accepted principles of medical ethics, that “the development and use of
non-lethal calmative techniques is both achievable and desirable,” and identified a large number of promising drug candidates, including
benzodiazepines like Valium, serotonin-reuptake inhibitors like Prozac, and opiate derivatives like morphine, fentanyl, and carfentanyl, the last
commonly used by veterinarians to sedate large animals. The only problems they saw were in developing effective delivery vehicles and regulating
dosages, but these problems could be solved readily, they recommended, through strategic partnerships with the pharmaceutical industry."