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". We have a corrections sector that employs more
Americans than the combined work forces of General Motors, Ford, and
Wal-Mart, the three largest corporate employers in the country, and we
are spending some $200 billion annually on law enforcement and
corrections at all levels of government, a fourfold increase (in
constant dollars) over the past quarter century."
http://bostonreview.net/BR32.4/article_loury.php
That taser video is mad disturbing. Absolutely mind-boggling!
If that happened in the UK I think the students in that hall would've rioted... unbelievable.
That taser video is mad disturbing. Absolutely mind-boggling!
If that happened in the UK I think the students in that hall would've rioted... unbelievable.
also disturbing how "don't tase me bro" has turned into a pop culture meme divorced from the context in which it was uttered. It's on t-shirts already. "bro" became an excuse to turn it into a saying on the level of "don't have a cow man" and laugh at him instead of taking a position.
as for the reaction of the other kids, I can totally understand it. I mean, when cops are wielding weapons right in front of you, it's hard to want to jump into the fray. The kid seemed a little annoying, but he did have half a point, and obviously the police reaction was insane...
Yeah, most people would (understandably) be scared to intervene; but there's a difference between being vocal about your displeasure with what's happening vs idiotically and passively capturing it on your cameraphone.
Weren't people filming it to make a record of what actually happened, so that the police could be held accountable?