Always a Reason

When “a University of Tennessee student party … spilled out onto a residential street,” cops arrived and naturally used the rowdiness as an excuse to brutalize these folks. No surprise there: headlines these days are rife with the pigs’ abuse of those paying their salaries.

One of the occupying force choked a handcuffed, unresisting boy majoring in architecture — yeah, there’s a threat. Additionally, Mies van der Rohe underweighs his assailant by a few hundred pounds — until his victim passed out even as a photographer captured the crime on film. Again, no surprise. American government at all levels long ago passed the point of accountability. Its warriors arrogantly stomp the serfs regardless of who’s watching or filming because they can and because they know they’ll get away with it.

The shock comes when we learn that his boss fired this particular warrior after denouncing him in no uncertain terms. Sheriff “JJ” Jones flatly calls what the bully did “excessive force” and denies ever “tolerat[ing]” it. Yeah, right. Jones no doubt tolerates it plenty, but good that this time he finally saw the light. The question is why. And the answer lies in the article’s last paragraphs: “In 2011, [five of Jones’] officers stopped a carload of teenagers and forced them to run in circles around a bat he kept in the trunk of the car. Sherriff Jimmy ‘JJ’ Jones demoted the five officers involved in the incident. Jones’ action in disciplining the officers was well-received by the community. He’s now up for re-election, with early voting already taking place.”

(Thanks to Charles Everett for the link.)

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10:44 am on April 28, 2014