Crime victim arrested, stripped, and degraded. Police are your friends, too.

Yep, I have been away. From keyboard? No. Just taking a break from caring. Nobody else seems to, why should I?

There are so many videos and stories on the abuse of the power of the state that I find it hard to continue. It is so very frustrating to see such animalistic behavior on the part of people who are supposed to help.

I was completely dumbfounded to see a video where a woman who was a victim of an assault was arrested, taken to jail, stripped naked by men and women officers, and left naked in a cell for six hours, then given a weighted VEST to wear to booking. All because she mistakenly provided her dead sister's ID instead of her own. If I were a victim of assault, I am not sure I could find my own ID, either.

These "officers" acted in a way that proves the point that law enforcement is nothing but a tool to be used as a way of subjugating the citizens. There was NOTHING HUMANE here. It was sickening to see male officers holding this defenseless, harmless VICTIM down while she was stripped of her clothing, her dignity, and most assuredly, of her respect for the law. The only civilized response to this barbaric treatment is to excise the cancer that is growing behind the badges and guns that protect the animals while allowing innocent people to be humiliated and degraded.

But you don't care do you? She wasn't your wife, sister, mother or daughter, was she? This could never happen to you could it?

My take is that the urban gangs have it right. Do not trust the man. He is not your friend. He has no sympathy for you or your loved ones.

I am not going to offer advice to you on how to deal with police. My advice is to avoid them at ALL costs, even if you must become a criminal to do so.

They do not care if you are a victim or a witness. Every single person they come in contact with is viewed with suspicion and as a threat. Just watch COPS on TV. Everyone is a threat to them. And they have NO mercy.

Grandmother in wheelchair tasered. Pregnant woman thrown to ground. Tiny female bartender assaulted by a cop for OBEYING the law. Five year old child arrested for sexual harassment! Millions and millions of dollars paid as a result of civil rights lawsuits against police officers. Suspects beaten, tortured, raped and murdered. And there are new and worse stories every day.

Yep, the smartest thing you can do is dial 911. If you are a masochist, that is.

Better yet, write your elected officials. Tell them it must stop. NOW. Or they will be replaced by people who can and will address the problem. Don't accept excuses or evasions, Demand answers and solutions. Carry a camera and photograph officers as they do their jobs. Make them honest and accountable.

Or just be a sheep among the wolfpack. It is your choice and your wife, mother, sister or daughter that will be next if you choose wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1yUsYIk2EM&eurl=http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=9599

Just watch the video, dammit.