Today I am thankful for activist friends.
I was tagged into an online discussion.
I was shown a video. My computer doesn't work. It typically doesn't play videos but it played this one. It must be divine intervention.
It shows a black man being physically assaulted by an Aurora police supervisor. This alleged devotee of the law refused to say why the man was being detained.
Some peace officer, huh?
He can't even follow the law he was sworn to uphold!!!
It's really hard to respect someone who doesn't honor his commitments.
The City Attorneys cleaned it up by giving this man $110,000 (which may not come close to his medical costs if he truly had a pulled groin).
Sigh.....I guess the police can do what they want to do if they can pick-pocket the taxpayers to pay for the resulting mess that ensues.
The worst part of it is that these assholes make good cops look shitty.
How many of these bad cops cause good cops to be shot, or maimed, or harassed?
These assholes need to go.
They really do.
If you read my last post, you'll read about how, I found a young black man mauled by a dog outside of my home a few days ago. He was writhing in the street. His black friends pulled him out of the street and set him on the sidewalk.
I wished they hadn't moved him. His pants were so destroyed by the dog, they wouldn't stay up. This young man was very embarrassed that an old lady saw him that way.
I was more worried about his wounds. It was a good thing he was pant-less. The fabric would probably have just irritated the deep and wide holes in both of his legs.
My daughter called for an ambulance.
The police arrived.
The victim's black friends fled the scene.
The cops asked me to leave.
I watched from my front door. Nothing violent happened. If it did, it would have been caught on camera and the footage would have been sent to the papers and a few activists I know.
I've spent the past few days wondering why the Gods brought that to my door.
I wondered why black people always seem to flee from the police in my town.
Two weeks ago, I prayed to learn what I needed to do to help the community.
This happened.
I got this video today.
I have no clue what an old bitchy Irish American is supposed to do to help people of color in her community.
If we advocate for others, we steal their power.
We have to stand behind others and support them in their power. If we speak up on behalf of other groups, we are buying into the idea that they have less power than we do.
How in the world can I stand behind them?
I'll light a black candle on Saturday hoping this alleged supervisor and his cronies are fired. Maybe I'll light a white candle on Sunday praying that the Chief, the City Council and the City Attorney gain wisdom.
I don't want them doing this to anyone else in any other community again.
It's good to be a redheaded bitch. It's only a threat if you believe in that kind of thing.
Truth be told, I've gotten most of my good activist ideas meditating to black candles smeared in sulfur.
I mean if you want something to happen, you've got to do it yourself.....right?
To watch the disturbing video, click the link below.
http://www.denverpost.com/2016/09/09/aurora-police-taser-aclu-colorado/
Maybe you can do a get evil out of my town spell, too.
I'm only going to do it because I like the smell of sulfur.
Yeah.....yeah....that's the ticket.
Love ya,
S.
P.S. If you want to read the police response to the incident, you can find it here:
https://www.facebook.com/AuroraCOPD/posts/1214445968600310
I'm wondering why these idiots weren't fired.
I've got some praying to do.
I wonder how many times I've prayed for these jerks.
The cops in these videos did not deserve my protection rituals or prayers.
We get what we give in the world.
Assholes beget assholery.
May Nemesis act swiftly to teach these bozos a lesson.