jeudi 8 mai 2008

Who do you call. . .

. . .when rozzer is beating you up? This problem is set to increase in the coming months. But in the police in Philidelphia got really carried away at stuck into a trio of unfortunate lags who were suspected of links to Al Qiada - sorry scratch that force of habit - in fact they were tangentially linked to a shooting of a cop a few days before.

The video shows a cluster kick of a three prone citizens. They must have exhausted themselves and well earned their wages for the day. The chief says, "On the surface it certainly does not look good in terms of the amount of force that was used," Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey admitted, after seeing the video.
"But we don't want to rush to judgement."

One or two things stand out here - On the surface it doesn't look good. This must mean he thinks we dimwitted dolts just don't see the whole picture goddammit. Because, underneath, seen with a forensic eye and more, hell, philosophically, this is actually a good thing. Not for those on the receiving end for sure, their surfaces will need some time to get back to optimal, but really in the long run this can only be good for freedom justice and liberty for all.
The second point, of course, is that, no, they certainly don't want to ". . .rush to judgement." Why, after all, believe the evidence of your own eyes - and that of the rozzer copter that shot the whole viscious fiasco? Hey c'mon - don't be so hasty. There's more going on here than meets the eye - and in fact, you know, not only do we not want to rush to judgement we're not gonna move to any kind of judgement at all. Period. This is what we're fightin' for. See y'all.