Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Police State, USA

Shocking (pun unintended) video "in which a driver is pulled over by police officers on suspicion of DUI, passes the test, speaks politely to the officers, cooperates with orders to lie on the ground, and still gets to 'ride the lightning' when what appears to be a platoon of police fire a Taser into him after he's immobilized, face down, with his arms behind his back" — “A microcosm of America’s foreign policy”.

The title of the link comes from the "incredulous commentary of the (Scottish?) television personality doing the voice-over[, which] provides a well-needed reality check for those grown too accustomed to the idea that all encounters with law enforcement officers should end in agony." One does have to wonder whether America’s foreign policy of unrestrained interventionism feeds the mindset of these local authorities who are in fact employees of the communities they are supposed to "serve."

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