feministingforchange:chuchotant:feministingforchange:read moreThis means the police have literally c
feministingforchange:chuchotant:feministingforchange:read moreThis means the police have literally created a group of captive people. They can pick them off at will to incarcerate and thereby create make them into criminals-the only people allowed to be legally enslaved in this country. Ferguson is a captive and enslaved population and it’s all supposedly legal.Yeah, it’s official: Ferguson = a police state. True. I actually thought it was pretty official that Ferguson was a police state after the police killed Michael Brown, left his body on the street for hours while they whisked the killer to safety and concocted an official cover story, then rolled in military equipment to quash protest.If it’s not obvious, it’s also official that the USA as a whole, not just Ferguson, is a neo-fascist-corporatist police state. Two million prisoners, millions more under the legal system’s wheels, militarized police in every city with the power to kill at will with society’s support, thought control via mass media propping up illusions of democracy and choice, descendants of slaveowners still in power while descendants of slaves are still disenfranchised and incarcerated, indigenous people erased from mainstream consciousness or demonized as illegal, a neo-fascist economy which shuts people up and drains them dry just to keep a roof over their heads, vast swaths of unmet needs and populist discontent but you can’t assemble a peaceful demonstration without a city permit and police-lined march route. That’s a police state. -- source link