PROTESTER, Cecily McMillan
tells Democracy NOW! about her first hand experience in one of the
NYPD's most recent physical assaults on protesters in a public square:
ONE GOOD COP: OUR CAPTAIN, Ray Lewis
breaks it all down for We Are Change this past November:
It's amazing to have this perspective
from a former Philedelphia Police Captain
from a former Philedelphia Police Captain
A shining example of what the NYPD and other departments COULD BE, if only they too, would stand up against their own fears. It is FEAR that makes a police officer obey without conscience. It is FEAR that keeps all people doing the wrong thing. The FEAR of not being able to feed yourself and your family, should NEVER be the motivating force in your life. FOLLOWING ILLEGAL ORDERS can only happen in a world corrupted and controlled by money. When our police departments don't have to FEAR losing their budgets, and their officers don't have to FEAR not being able to feed their families, see how much more just and equal our world will be.
When the watchmen don't have to FEAR for their own survival, see how many less ILLEGAL ORDERS they are willing to follow. See how many more of them are willing to put conscience before orders. See how many less of them are willing to look the other way. See how many more of them are willing to stand with The People, rather than against us!
You simply cannot be in FEAR that you will lose your job, and truly stand with The People at the same time. It's one or the other. Your FEAR serves no one. It is FEARLESSNESS that we require.
The Human Rights of all are undermined buy socio-economic constructs that paralyze minds and hearts, with FEAR. You can only be truly serving The People, when you are serving with FEARLESSNESS. If you are too afraid to lose your job, you are likely to not do the right thing. The FEAR of losing the ability to feed their families - being dangled over their heads in every moment - is it any wonder that yesterday's Peace Officer is today's MILITARIZED THUG? One who dares not to question suppressive orders, nor interrupt corruption and oppression, nor apply critical thought to their professional situation being one of actually keeping them from helping The People, but rather, helping those who aim to exploit The People? You don't have to understand all of the intricacies therein, to know that it is WRONG to suppress protests in public squares. In fact - IT IS A CRIME. If you know that much, you are on the right track!
The Human Rights of all are undermined buy socio-economic constructs that paralyze minds and hearts, with FEAR. You can only be truly serving The People, when you are serving with FEARLESSNESS. If you are too afraid to lose your job, you are likely to not do the right thing. The FEAR of losing the ability to feed their families - being dangled over their heads in every moment - is it any wonder that yesterday's Peace Officer is today's MILITARIZED THUG? One who dares not to question suppressive orders, nor interrupt corruption and oppression, nor apply critical thought to their professional situation being one of actually keeping them from helping The People, but rather, helping those who aim to exploit The People? You don't have to understand all of the intricacies therein, to know that it is WRONG to suppress protests in public squares. In fact - IT IS A CRIME. If you know that much, you are on the right track!
