RW> when was the last time you attended a city board/managers/council 
RW> meeting?  When was the last time you filed a FOIA statement to get 
RW> police records? Better yet when was the last time you got your info 
RW> from something other thana news source?
RB> The local area Copwatch & Anti-Racist Action (two
RB> collectives/organizations  that I might be affiliated with)
And they don't have an agenda do they?  IOW, any time
you get your info from somewhere other than the source
you are going to get a slant.
RB> have videotapes that are being compiled, including video of
RB> the police pointing 
RB> a gun at a girl's head who is sitting on the ground, who
RB> they let go after  detaining her for 5-10 mins, and other
And did the people video taping KNOW she wasn't armed?
If they didn't then how are the police to know.  There
are a lot of reasons I can think of for this.  There
are also a lot of reasons why I can see that it was
unnecessary.  But I don't have enough facts to say one
way or the other.
RB> reading the daily newspaper and reacting. If I was, and just
RB> casually  following the paper, and the city council
RB> meetings, all of which are DESIGNED  to look good and follow
RB> procedures, I would probably think like you do. 
To paraphrase Tweety bird; You don't know me very well,
do you.  I am suspicious of anyone with power because
power corrupts.  Because of that I tend to watch people
in power as close as I can and let them know what I
think.  I get letters from my congressmen about things
I hadn't written them about yet.
I also know that most local people in power in a small
town/rural area tend to not be as power driven as those
in bigger areas because people tend to be a lot like
me, involved.
                      Remember:  Freedom isn't Free!
--- timEd-B11
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