Philadelphia: City of Brotherly Thugs
[col. writ. 5/8/08] (c) '08 Mumia Abu-Jamal
The scene is as common as sunlight: cops beating Black men in the streets.
This time, captured on videotape from a hovering helicopter, a malevolent swarm of cops pull occupants from a car, and then proceed to beat the paste out of the men, kicking, punching, and slamming with a club. At least 15 cops are seen in the broadcast beatdown; an average of 5 to 1.
Within moments of its broadcast came the predictable defense: cops in Philly are "stressed."
One need not even await such defenses anymore: just put a tape on speed dial, and repeat.
If ever there was irony, the three car occupants were charged with aggravated assault, and criminal conspiracy.
How much do you wanna bet that the cops, who were caught on film in the midst of aggravated assault, and as they committed the crime in common, criminal conspiracy, are never charged with these crimes -- and probably will never be arrested?
How can I dare make such a claim?
Well, I have plenty of practice.
Most folks flash back to the infamous Rodney King case, where cops in L.A. went into a whipping fit, because King tried to outrun them.
Were they too, stressed?
It also reminded me of the taped beating of Delbert Africa, a MOVE member who was beaten during the August 8th, 1978 police raid on MOVE's home.
These cops, too, were easily acquitted by explicit judicial decree.
If tape doesn't matter, what does?
In the case against three cops who rifle-butted, punched and kicked Delbert, the judge ignored the video tapes, and cited both Delbert's muscularity, and the claim of a Black TV reporter, who claimed she saw him armed --this, despite the tape showing him shirtless, empty hands opened, and naked from the waist up!
Prepare for the all but inevitable whitewash.
Look at that tape again, and you will see something that you'll see if you looked at a gang attack, for these are gangsters, pure and simple.
Only it's the Blue gang.
Welcome to Philadelphia: the city of brotherly thugs.
--(c) '08 maj
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Comentarios
Equal Opportunity
Submitted by Anonymous (no verificado) on Mié, 05/14/2008 - 1:41pmI guess that the black men like the white men should learn that if you are an asshole with the cops you will get the shit beat out of ya. Maybe you should educate your bros to quit being criminals.
remarkable
Submitted by Free Mumia! (no verificado) on Mié, 05/14/2008 - 3:53pmIt is remarkable that someone would actually try and justify that vicious police beating!
Damn, but then again it is good to know that people with that fascistic "cops can do no wrong" mentality are out there.
Malcolm X always said he respected open racists much more than white liberals who essentially had the same opinions but were afraid to say it.
Black Criminals should get a Pass from The Man
Submitted by Anonymous (no verificado) on Mié, 05/14/2008 - 9:23pmThe race card is always in play with a mumia supporter. It is good to know that there are people out there with that "hate the cops" mentality. Did the great Malcolm X respect open black racists much more than the other black liberals who have the same opinion but are afraid to say it. I learned as a young man that if you act the ass with the cops, you more than likely will quickly get your ass handed to ya, white, black purple or green, it makes no difference. You people who condone thuggery in your community and scream about racism at the drop of a hat are the fucking problem. Nobody gives a damn what color you are, why don't you quit riding that tired old race train and step up like a man judged by strength of character not by your skin color. Martin Luther King is rolling in his grave at the mess the black racists have made of his great dream.
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