People laughed at the suggestion by the officials that OPS would fix everything and deal with the cops who attacked on Thursday night. Over and over, folks told about making a complaint to OPS--only to have cops come and harass them and members of their family. People testified about how cops break into their apartments all the time, destroying things as they search through the place. One woman said cops came to her place several times threatening they'd plant weed on her if she wouldn't give them two apartments where they could find heroin or cocaine.
The state representative asked the officials what people could do if a cop mistreated them. The head of the 18th District said, "You should call the 911 to get a superior officer." That raised another outcry from the audience.
People called out, "Calling 911's a big-ass joke!" Young men shouted out stories about getting beaten up and having drugs planted on them by cops. People spoke out in righteous outrage:
"And the sergeant's right there while they kickin' your ass!"
"The police can't police the police `cuz y'all still against us! It's not right what you do, it's not right."
"911 don't mean nothin'. That just sends more cops to help the ones that already there. The end result is you go to jail. That's the end result. We tryin' to stick together, 'cuz y'all stick together."
Throughout this country the government and its armed enforcers are trying to put a clampdown on the people so the U.S. can wage war on whoever they want, whenever they want, to expand their empire. They're forcing Middle Eastern people to "register," doing mass arrests of antiwar protesters, and slashing away at the very freedoms they claim to be defending. They're arrogant and puffed up.
But they're also very afraid to see the people on the bottom putting up the kind of resistance that was seen on the night of April 17 at Cabrini Green. They're afraid of sparks like this catching on fire and spreading, among people with nothing to lose but their chains.
With rubber bullet kisses,
Baton courtesy,
Service with a smile"
Deer Dance - System
