WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT A SYSTEM LIKE THIS? #2
by Carl Dix | September 28, 2013 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us
September 14, Charlotte, North Carolina—24-year-old Jonathan Ferrell wrecked his car in a one-vehicle accident. As he knocked on doors seeking help, police were called. When they came onto the scene Jonathan ran toward them, and they shot him 10 times, killing him!
September14—35-year-old Glenn Broadnax darted into traffic in Times Square in New York City. Onlookers said it looked like he was trying to get hit by a car. Cops arrived, and Broadnax pointed his hand at the cops, pretending it was a gun he was shooting at them. The cops fired three rounds at him, missing him and hitting two bystanders instead.
August 6, Miami Beach—18-year-old Israel Hernandez-Llach was chased by cops who saw him putting his tag on a building. When he refused their commands to stop, one of them tased him to death. Standing over Hernandez-Llach’s motionless body, the cops high-fived each other!
July 30—In Santa Ana, California, a cop ordered Hans Kevin Arellano, a 22-year-old homeless man, to get on the ground after reports were made of “criminal activity.” Arellano refused, saying, “What are you gonna do, bitch?” The cop shot him to death.
WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT A SYSTEM WHOSE ENFORCERS GUN DOWN UNARMED PEOPLE ON THE STREETS AND ARE ALMOST NEVER PUNISHED FOR THESE CRIMES?
THAT IT'S NO DAMN GOOD AND NEEDS TO BE GOTTEN RID OF THRU REVOLUTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
Get with the movement for revolution! Spread revolution and BA's voice and works everywhere, and Fight the Power, and Transform the People, for Revolution.
As part of doing that, take to the streets on October 22, 2013, the 18th Annual National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation!
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