{"id":1409,"date":"2012-03-01T17:22:28","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T01:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1409"},"modified":"2012-07-03T16:26:09","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T23:26:09","slug":"gang-attacks-homeowner-media-solicits-donations-for-fallen-gang-members-public-laments-gang-member-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1409","title":{"rendered":"Gang attacks homeowner, media solicits donations for fallen gang members, public laments gang member death"},"content":{"rendered":"

by George Sand<\/em><\/p>\n

Some people out there, even our regular readers, get squeamish when we liken police to gang members. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll stand by that analogy, which I elaborated upon in another article –<\/p>\n

Mostly, this comparison is based on the fact that police, like gangs claim ultimate dominion over a particular territory. They stake out these particular territories, and demand \u00e2\u20ac\u0153protection money\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for reasons mostly out of the control of local residents. If their demands are not met, they resort to violence.<\/em><\/p>\n

They swear an oath of\u00c2\u00a0 loyalty to each other, and will cover up for each other\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gruesome crimes at the expense of good sense and morality. Officers have purposely failed to take reports, covered up evidence, and even turned a blind eye to sexual battery and torture by their fellow gang-members (see here<\/a>). Those who do not abide by the code of loyalty are ostracized or otherwise punished (see examples here<\/a> and here<\/a>). They even have a gang color \u00e2\u20ac\u201c blue.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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by George Sand Some people out there, even our regular readers, get squeamish when we liken police to gang members. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll stand by that analogy, which I elaborated upon in another article – Mostly, this comparison is based on the fact that police, like gangs claim ultimate dominion over a particular territory. They stake out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tQeJ-mJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1302,"url":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1302","url_meta":{"origin":1409,"position":0},"title":"Police promise to take legal action if they are injured by OWS protestors-George Sand","author":"Shawn Hamilton","date":"December 3, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Police and their supporters always talk about how policing is such a difficult and dangerous job. As with most things related to police, this attitude is derived from general misconception, ignorance, and a tendency of people to arbitrarily worship those in fancy uniforms. Year after year, policing fails to make\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Columns"","block_context":{"text":"Columns","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?cat=182"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1353,"url":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1353","url_meta":{"origin":1409,"position":1},"title":"Immunities don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t exist, and of course the government always does a better job at protection","author":"Shawn Hamilton","date":"December 27, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Repeatedly, police and their apologists insist that police are held accountable regularly, and in fact are held to a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153higher\u00e2\u20ac\u009d standard than ordinary people. This simply isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the case, according to the law (and don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t police and their supporters care about the law?) Below are several provisions of the California\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6034,"url":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=6034","url_meta":{"origin":1409,"position":2},"title":"“Man complains of ‘Orwellian police’ after tweet investigation” , BBC","author":"Shawn Hamilton","date":"June 7, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Considering that Harry Miller's shirt says \"man\" followed by the word's phonetic pronunciation, the BBC's headline may be slightly clever. A man has described police as using George Orwell's novel 1984 as an \"operating manual\" after he was investigated over alleged transphobic comments posted on social media. Quote from Miller:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theswillbucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Man_HarryMiller.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1312,"url":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1312","url_meta":{"origin":1409,"position":3},"title":"Tiananmen Tank Man was disobeying lawful orders and should have been shot- George Sand","author":"Shawn Hamilton","date":"December 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"by George Sand Tiananmen Square, China, 1989I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t understand American admiration of the lone man who stood in the path of a tank in the Tiananmen Square incident in 1989 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c that is, unless you are a police-hating American. If you are an American who hates, dislikes, or mistrusts police\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":924,"url":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=924","url_meta":{"origin":1409,"position":4},"title":"Ted Rall: political scientist argues the U.S. is a police state","author":"Shawn Hamilton","date":"June 28, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The United States is a police state.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Not in danger of becoming one. \u00c2\u00a0Is. And it's too late to restore democracy. 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