Drug Police Play Wii During Raid

Tampa Bay drugs cops stopped to play Wii bowling during a raid of an alleged purveyor of non-FDA approved pharmaceuticals. Once again we see the outcome of a never ending drug "war". These are not simply one-off situations of bad decision making by a few select cops. This is a systematic problem that is inherent in any protection agency that is run by a coercive monopoly, the state.

Chicago Cop Handcuffs Nurse At ER

A head emergency room nurse at Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital has sued the city and a Chicago Police officer for handcuffing her and putting her in the back of a squad car during a dispute over drawing blood from a suspected drunken driver.

Police Taser Deaf and Disabled Man

Police pepper sprayed then tasered a deaf and mentally handicapped man after demanding that he leave a store's restroom in Mobile, AL.

"Police spokesman Christopher Levy says police didn't realize [Antonio] Love had a hearing impairment until after he was out of the bathroom. The officers' conduct is under investigation."

First, the gang of violent thieves in police costumes perpetrate unspeakable acts of aggression against this poor man, but don't worry - an "investigation" will be held. The police officers will go before a board of other police officers - I'm sure that justice will be served.

"The newspaper says the officers attempted to book Love on charges including disorderly conduct, but a magistrate on duty wouldn't accept the charges."

These thugs STILL wanted to book Love for disorderly conduct?! This is the catch-all charge that the police use if they feel their authority is being threated. It's the equivalent of a 5-year-old throwing a temper tantrum and calling someone a meany-head.

UPDATED: Harvard Cop Was Out of Line

I had previously written about the Harvard cop who violated the rights of a professor.

See Roderick Long's piece at aaeblog.com
Also see this piece at radgeek.com

Harvard Cop Was Out of Line

A lot has been said about the arrest of Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. by Cambridge police officer James Crowley who was responding to a call of an alleged break in.

"While I was led to believe that Gates was lawfully in the residence, I was quite surprised and confused with the behavior he exhibited toward me," [Crowley] said, according to the report.

This officer was just upset that his subject didn't bow down and kiss his feet like he has come to expect from the rest of people. Once this tax critter realized that Gates was admittedly "lawfully in the residence", then he should have turned around and walked away. His presence is was escalated the situation.

I don't particularly condone Professor Gates' combative nature but I can't necessarily blame him considering there was an intruder in his home who would not leave. I'm more disappointed at how this has become a race issue which has only distracted the majority of people who don't recognize where the true battle lines are drawn: the king and his men versus the rest of the serfdom.

UPDATE: 7/27/09
See Roderick Long's piece at aaeblog.com
Also see this piece at radgeek.com