Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race. All through history mankind has been bullied by scum. Those who lord it over their fellows and toss commands in every direction and would boss the grass in the meadow about which way to bend in the wind are the most depraved kind of prostitutes. – P.J. O’Rourke, “A Parliament of Whores”
We’ll start a new meme in “Reinke Faces Life” — dueling opposites about “police conduct”. As the “antagonist”, I argue that the police have gotten out of control and overpaid bureaucrats. My old friend sees them as “our friends” who are aggrieved and misunderstood.
We’re going to try to demonstrate the fine art of “disagreeing agreeably”. Something you never see on the inet. Or even on TV or radio.
Here’s item #1 for your reading pleasure or disgust.
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TAGONIST: 2010-09-09 MN Police fatally taser a man at the YMCA
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/police-taser-man-at-ymca-in-mpls-sept-9-2010
Police Taser Man at YMCA in Minneapolis
Updated: Friday, 10 Sep 2010, 10:10 AM CDT
Published : Thursday, 09 Sep 2010, 8:23 PM CDT
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MINNEAPOLIS – A man was hospitalized Thursday after police used a Taser to remove him from the sixth-floor gym at the Minneapolis YMCA.
Minneapolis police received a 911 call from the YMCA Thursday afternoon about a man who was disturbing members. When police tried to talk to the man, witnesses said he became agitated and started punching and kicking, injuring one of the officers.
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http://kstp.com/news/stories/S1750386.shtml?cat=1
Created: 09/18/2010 12:16 PM
Man Who Was Stunned By Mpls. Police Dies
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A 28-year-old man who was stunned by police following a struggle at a YMCA in Minneapolis has died.
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Police responded to the YMCA about a man who was disturbing members. Officers say they tried to physically remove the man from the sixth-floor gym, but he punched and kicked them. One officers used a Taser gun.
The two officers involved had been put on standard paid administrative leave. Both officers are back to work and the investigation continues.
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[ANTAGONIST: So now we have the “death penalty” for “disturbing members”? Sorry, but the police have become dangerous to the citizenry. And, Tasers are proving to be not the safe alternative to a firearm it was advertised to be. I can’t say that the men did something wrong; I can say I don’t like the outcome. That outcome has become way to often to be just random. The Drug War has militarized the police and changed their attitudes. And, those of the people.]
[PROTAGONIST: The guy punched and kicked them. Good cops.]
You decide: Good Cop or Bad Kop?
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