I Am Me - The Police State

My contribution to I Am Me Month, a response to DMD2 by ONESPECIES.
http://youtu.be/BjlqPzWE5yI

Spread the word, free speech is a necessary function of all societies lest the clips of this vid become the norm in our world.

ONESPECIES: http://www.youtube.com/user/ONESPECIES?blend=7&ob=5

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• free
• speech
• DMD2
• west
• police brutality
• cops crime youtube

[themanofearth]

1st these incidences are horrible and the officers who are responsible should be punished. 2nd, they are rare in comparison how many arrests police do make that go "well" and are for the most part isolated incidences. 3rd, the higher density a population is the more frequent these incidences will appear through simple math. Finally, the inference of a police state cannot be made here due to the previous facts and the fact that a police state would never have allowed the release of the video.

[theskepticalheretic]

@themanofearth 1st, agreed. 2nd agreed to a point. 3rd, would you prefer to see the hundreds of clips of TSA footage of soldiers returning from duty, toddlers, and elderly women being strip searched as well?

[themanofearth]

@theskepticalheretic Uh... no you seem to have missed the point with #3. The higher and more dense a population becomes the more frequent these abuses by police and authorities figures will seem simply due to the frequency of members of societies encountering authorities. If there are 100 such abuses in a single year/area, that will seem significant until you realize you're dealing with a population where there are over 1 million encounters per year in the same area. A 0.0001% abuse rate.

[theskepticalheretic]

@themanofearth If that were true, you'd have a point, however the statistical results show something entirely different. Sociological study of humans results in a sharp increase with population density, above and beyond any correlation with statistical reporting. The more densly packed we are, the more criminal we are psychologically. If you see differently, please do present sources on the topic.

[themanofearth]

@theskepticalheretic This increase in abuse of power does not signify the existence or even the threat of a police state it only signifies an increase in encounters with authorities and that authority figures are only human. The very fact that the abuses of power shock and dismay us as well as other authority figures and the offending officials are prosecuted and punished for their actions is a signification that we are nowhere near a police state.

[theskepticalheretic]

@themanofearth No an increase in the abuse of power does not, however, you're missing the point. Have you not seen that it has become illegal to videotape officers of the law for purposes of public record? Would you care to speak on the encroachments into private life afforded by the latest court rulings in the US in regards to entry to a premisis? The PATRIOT act alone should be enough to turn the stomaches of the western world.

[notinmyname2050]

Great video, it is such a shame that the good work being done by Law Enforcement Professionals everywhere is being diminished by the likes of these bullies. These people seem to be attracted to the job, not out of a sense of duty or care to their community, but out of their desire to push others around.

Like all bullies they are cowards. In high-school they hid in the middle of large gangs of idiots, in adult life they seek to hide behind a gun and a badge.

[mrhaislip]

Yes, being a cop is a shitty job. Makes, you think what kind of person wants to do that sick shit. Well, as my step-son said to me when he was a teen-ager, "I want to be a sniper, or a marine, or a cop so I can carry a gun and shoot people." Not making this up. Fortunately, he is now a police officer in Texas. A big, fat, lazy, lying, racist cop. Most of my family has been in law enforcement in Texas. I can tell you the profession is rife with racists, and KKK members. I know a lot of em.

[Ape65]

Well, every lawn has its weeds, we need to keep on weeding. Good thing there's CCTV in police cars and stations, and cell phone videos.

[TheNarcMan]

Arresting a fucking ambulance driver on his way to hospital? I don't even know what to say.

[DanMichaelSoul]

Godamnit. Why are cops allowed to get away with this?

[Psychiatrium]

those cops fucking deserve to be publically hanged

[JakePrytherch]

Another excellent video. You're the only channel I've bothered to subscribe to.  Hard watch, but needs to be seen. Thanks.

[LapinPete]

Ok, what the hell is happening on the last one? Were they tried?

Here in Finland instead of police, we have lots of problems with guards beating up people. While i was in army we had one guy who was a guard in civilian, he told us they used to handcuff drunks just because they got bored (they guy was utter douche). Tts obvious police wont listen to the handcuffed dunk.

[unhappy4life9]

Lucky bastard, I usually get a night stick up the ass. (And not in a good way)

[akylae101]

Horrifying.

Citizens need transparency of cops, not the other way around.

[Jeffersonwazright]

Humans are peices of shit. Not just cops, not just drug dealers, not just mexicans, not just ta.li.ban, all humans. We are a fucking virus on this earth. All animals, if they could, would plot against and destroy us.