MFP Commentary: In the past year I was the victim of a Seymour \u201cPolice officer\u201d\u00a0 by the name of Mullins<\/a>,\u00a0 (2<\/a>) that kidnapped, tortured, terrorized, and extorted money from me.\u00a0 After his rape<\/a> of my person was\u00a0finished just like the stereotype rapist he asked me \u201cwhy don\u2019t you like police\u201d.\u00a0 (Did you like it?)\u00a0 To which I should have responded\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t have anything against people that protect my rights, but I have every animosity against criminals like you, that violate my rights.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 This was no minor matter. I understandably still suffer from horrible panic attacks whenever I enter the town of Seymour\u2026..<\/p>\n The Seymour \u201cpolice department\u201d\u00a0 showed what it was really all about when it criminally covered up another crime<\/a> a few months later, when I was assaulted, and robbed of personal property by a Mr\u00a0Terry Kelley the owner of the \u201cK Trading post\u201d This was all caught on camera,\u00a0 and\u00a0 ignored by the Seymour thugs in blue.\u00a0 It seems as if criminals are in the business of protecting other criminals, to our extreme detriment.<\/p>\n ~MFP<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2026\u2026.The fact remains that, in addition to boasting the largest prison population in the world, the US also lays claim to one of the\u00a0most<\/a>\u00a0violent<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0militarized<\/a>\u00a0forms of\u00a0law enforcement<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 complete with\u00a0chilling echoes<\/a>\u00a0of a past in which\u00a0\u201cuppity\u201d behavior<\/a>\u00a0or \u201cindependence of mind\u201d was cause for immediate execution.<\/p>\n Particularly in low-income communities, police have become more predators than protectors, seeing citizens not as their employers, but as a\u00a0source<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0income<\/a>, a means to fulfill arrest quotas, and increasingly, an\u00a0enemy to be subdued<\/a>.<\/p>\n While the US may be an extreme example of these ills, none of this should come as a surprise. In a monopoly system, devoid of competition and meaningful accountability, police and the prison system have perverse incentives: Not to prevent crime, but to arrest and imprison as many people as possible. Not to make neighborhoods safe, but to extort as much money from citizens as possible.<\/p>\n So what is the solution? Are we required to choose between the lesser of two evils: An abusive and unaccountable police state, where officers of the law are free to\u00a0murder<\/a>,\u00a0steal<\/a>,\u00a0rape<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0assault<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0impunity<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 or a world of brutal and equally unaccountable lynch mobs? Are these the only options available to us?<\/p>\n Fortunately not\u2026\u2026\u2026 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/em><\/strong>An excellent, provocative article. Follow the links to some of the other articles that are referenced.
\nIMHO what we now have is an totally unaccountable mob of thugs in blue uniforms, called\u00a0 \u201cpolice\u201d that are far worse than any so called \u201cVigilante\u201d mob.\u00a0 A vigilante\u00a0mob can be fired upon. Very\u00a0 much\u00a0 unlike the\u00a0 vigilantes in blue.<\/em><\/p>\n
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