Tarpon Springs Food Not Bombs @ Craig Park, every Tuesday, 6:00 P.M.

Music featured is "Roulette Wheel" by Ryan Harvey

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[ccpafl]

I wouldn't doubt that some of these men might be criminals. Unfortunately, and this is why we cop watch, is because there are many criminals working in the TSPD. You want to talk about seedy individuals? Then you should check out our next video about Officer John Spatz who, back in 2005 allegedly beat up his girlfriend, and then in 2008 had an affair with a student in the ride-along program. Of course he wasn't ever charged, because of that whole "thin blue line" thing. Google it.

[ccpafl]

And of course the impoverished redneck or hood-rat would get locked up in a heartbeat for beating up his wife. The drug addict who relies on the welfare system to support their habit would get locked up for possessing pills from somebody else’s prescriptions. Ironic how the very people slated to enforce those laws break them and get away with it. And who, might I ask, is going to keep us safe from them?

[ccpafl]

And I’m not calling everybody who commits crimes or resides in jail a victim. There are plenty who use that as a crutch. And I know a lot of law enforcement agencies who say that any cop accused of wrongdoing is simply a victim of circumstance. A cop has such a hard and stressful job! They’re allowed to beat the hell out of a few people every now and then. Because they’re cops, they should be able to get away with whatever they want, right?

[ccpafl]

The modern trend the law enforcement industry has taken thrives off of the laws which keep people enslaved to the government and our beloved corporate masters who care for nothing but power. The welfare system and prison system keep the poor enslaved, forcing them to resort to desperate acts such as robbery and drug dealing to feed their families.

[ccpafl]

That violence could be stopped by actions such as putting an end to the black market for drugs, but you’ll never hear the police unions supporting that one! You know why? Because they want to hang on to their jobs, for the fewer restrictions imposed on personal liberty, the less need we’ll have for cops to enforce those restrictions.

[ccpafl]

Now I wouldn’t be arbitrarily pointing out these people’s past criminal histories, except for the fact that they receive preferential treatment because they’re cops, and that they’re out righteously proclaiming that they’re protecting the community from crimes which they’ve broken themselves. And people wonder why the system is so screwed up? People wonder why there is so much violence and hatred directed toward the police.

[ccpafl]

In fact, Spatz was even fired for his affair with the girl, but rehired under pressure from the police union. You think if he was a teacher that would have ever happened? Hell no! And how could I have forgotten Corporal Steve Gassen, who in IA # 358 admitted to having taken prescription pills that weren’t his from an on-duty Officer who delivered the pills to his house. A criminal investigation was launched, but of course, neither Gassen nor the other officer involved were charged.