Many are convicted, properly in S. Centr. LA of the heinous crime
(with apologies to Nation): DWB--Driving while black.  Of course in S. Cent.
(and whole portions of other cities in US) there is de facto fascism.  It is
really class warfare, directed at controlling the sub-living wage workers.
wcm
>
> Michael Cob wrote:
>
> > And if
> >you've never lived in South Central LA or been harrassed and had hands or
> >batons laid on you because of your racial or class position, please don't
> >try to respond with some comparative analysis of how So Cen LA doesn't
> >fit the technical definition of police state.
>
> The cops there seem positively proud of it. There's a tv show we get over
> here called "LAPD", which appears to be some kind of misguided propaganda
> effort by the LA cops. Being I night owl I sometimes watch the scenes of
> cops  treating everyone with outrageous contempt - pointing guns at unarmed
> people, handcuffing witnesses, forcing minor traffic offenders (at
> gunpoint) to degrade themselves, interrogating people on the street for no
> apparant legitimate reason, etc.
>
> This would horrify ANYONE used to living in a free country, but then this
> is only their public relations front. That's a REAL scarey thought!
>
> Bill Bartlett
> Bracknell Tasmania
>