No, not all cops are bad people but we are really speaking of them in the context of their jobs and in that capacity, they are agents of repression. We used to call them rollers back in the 80's in LA, funny we used to call them the pattyrollers during slavery. I guess the more things change the more they stay the same... The real question in my mind is, why the double standard? Why are our lives so less valuable and why does everyone accept that? Really, Nat Turner knew that the slave master was a human being, with a family and all that but when someone's existence is predicated on your (mine and our) oppression, a choice must be made! If we want Black and Latino lives valued, we the ones gotta value em'.

To paraphrase June Jordan, "What chu think, if everytime they take one of us out, we take one of them out, how many of us would keep being killed?..."

>>>fuck them...they joined the enemy...the police
>>
>>so by your logic, none of
>>the oppressed should be police
>>and we'd be left with
>>'only' the racist, evil cops?
>>what about the ones (i
>>admit its mad rare) who
>>cross the blue line and
>>drop dime on the ones
>>who are oppressing? they should
>>get the 'neclace' too?
>>
>>>are the enmey to the
>>>black community that fact is
>>>tried and true...no amount of
>>>them pushin your car anywhere
>>>can make up for the
>>>numbers of us they've hunted
>>>down, imprisoned and killed
>>
>>i never said it did, or
>>could. cops do foul
>>shit on the regular and
>>i personally couldn't be one,
>>but even though i can't
>>stand the police as an
>>institution, i was talking about
>>the fact that there are
>>individuals that don't get down
>>like that.
>>
>>like i said, the profession is
>>probably a magnet for cats
>>that like to power trip,
>>but there are some who
>>join cause they see it
>>as just "a job", and
>>others who actually think they
>>can do some good. as
>>long as they don't fall
>>into all the bullshit (profiling,
>>abuse, harassment, etc.) i don't
>>have a problem with that.
>>
>>
>>i take probably a dimmer view
>>of heads that join the
>>kilitary since they're more likely
>>to be called upon to
>>act as an agent of
>>oppression. but even then, if
>>they don't have any comprehension
>>of the world beyond the
>>US, and believe all the
>>propaganda they receive, how else
>>are they gonna act?
>>
>>>fuckin' sellout..
>>
>>whateva, man. but you know what's
>>funny? anybody with any understanding
>>of activist movements knows that
>>the cats that pop the
>>most outlandish shit are the
>>ones most like to be
>>agent provocateurs, gov't plants on
>>some cointelbro mission to keep
>>the real heads off balance,
>>or lure them into a
>>trap. so who's the sellout?
>>(anybody reading this: if you
>>got funny-style cats in your
>>cipher always talkin about throwin
>>grenades an shit, you need
>>to watch your back.)
>>
>>if you just venting and lettin
>>off steam, you need to
>>be aware of ech-e-lon an'
>>all the monitoring that goes
>>on -- i'm prolly already
>>on the list so it
>>don't make me much diff,
>>but that's another post...
>>
>>
>>"now Fight The Power... b*tch ass
>>ni**as..." Ras Kass
>>
>>peace & blessings,
>>
>>x.