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I would like those cops who use their position of power to stop being bullies and harassing people they don't like. It isn't their job to pick and choose who deserves punishment. Their job is to protect all of us from those who would do us harm. And just because a law is "on the books" doesn't give them license to use the law against people.
If they actually feel as though their life is in danger, of course they have a right to protect themselves. We all do. But for them to use that argument as a defense whenever their ego is bruised or their sense of superiority is challenged is, I say, not a valid use of the law.
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'Protect and Serve' stencils back on the cop cars to remind everone what the proper role of the Olympia police is.
Know their role...
www.southendpress.org/2007/items/87712
Our Enemies in Blue
Police and Power in America (Revised Edition)Kristian Williams
Pages: 350
ISBN: 978-0-89608-771-2
Release Date: 2007-08-01
Even critics have a difficult time imagining a world without police. But just what is the role of police in a democracy: to serve the public or to protect the powerful? Tracing the evolution of the modern police force back to the slave patrols, this controversial study observes the police as the armed defender of a violent status quo.
Written for both the lay reader and for scholars, Our Enemies in Blue demonstrates that police misconduct isn’t just a matter of “bad apples,” but a function of the very nature of policing in the US. Williams examines the populations most often subjected to police abuse and the forms that abuse takes, delving into the role of police brutality in repressing political dissent and in preserving existing structures of inequality.
Kristian Williams is also the author of American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination.
Recommended to Timberland Library
Did you know the person in charge of buying new books, cd's, videos, etc. is pleased when the public helps by letting her know what they would like? They have to buy something, it might as well be something that people want. Call and put in your order. I called and asked for a copy of this book.
Thanks Drew, for bringing it to Olyblog.
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