People often act as though I have no business even having
an opinion regarding police corruption. Of course, often those
are the militant pro-cop individuals who attend church, think
conservatively, eat their veggies, clean their plate, and do
'everything' they're told. And, most unremarkable, they tend
to be white-skinned folks.
But we'll get into indoctrination and privilege another time!
Why am I so involved and concerned? Well, in part, it's because
I'm an activist and I care about injustice and corruption and lies
wherever they occur. Having a system in place that wrongfully
destroys people's lives on a whim is a pretty serious matter that
I think should have everyone upset and involved.
But beyond that, it's personal.
I have experienced first-hand over the past 35 years,
an inordinate amount of harm from law enforcement individuals.
I don't mean that in the course of breaking a law someone hurt my
feelings, so jump that dismissive assault. I'm talking about being
harassed, intimidated, threatened, coerced, assaulted, falsely
arrested, and much more at the hands of law enforcement who
were simply criminal thugs not interested in doing the job they
signed up to do.
It's only natural that at least a small amount of the population
of cops would turn out to be 'bad apples.' But this is far deeper
than that. Much more than just a few 'isolated incidents,' as if \
the incidents apologists always refer to as 'isolated' makes them
less despicable.
I'll be sharing my multitude of personal stories here, in order
to illustrate the variance and depth of the problem. Let's just say
I'm lucky to be alive. And right now, in my small town I'm
living in, I am very much at fear for my well-being and life
due to the outrageous corruption and deviancy of local
law enforcement and their dislike of me.
Yes, I have reasons for my deep distaste and distrust, although
I would hope that all of us would be concerned about the current state
of things for no other reason than love of neighbor and country.
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