Curling Up In a Ball to Avoid Police Violence MayBe Considered “Active Resistance”

Curling Up In a Ball to Avoid Police Violence MayBe Considered “Active Resistance”1. Washington’s BlogNovember 21, 2011

Justifying the Use of MOREFORCE, Including BatonStrikes

In a Police State Like ModernAmerica, Even PeacefulResistance Is ConsideredViolence and Cause for EvenMore Brutality

As I’ve repeatedly documented,passive resistance is considered“violence” and aggression in today’s militarized police state.

For example, protesters peacefully linking arms is considered “violence” by the UCBerkeley police. And failing to get on the ground is grounds to beat a peaceful war hero sobad that his spleen is ruptured (and then denying him medical treatment for 18 hours).

Of course pregnant women, old ladies, judges, legal observers (and see this), reporters ,veterans andskinny students are all scary and violent enemies who need to be beaten intosubmission.

And as AP reports today – in relation to the pepper spraying of peaceful UC Davis students:

Charles J. Kelly, a former Baltimore Police Department lieutenant who wrote thedepartment’s use of force guidelines, said … After reviewing the video [of the pepperspraying of UC Davis students] he observed at least two cases of “active resistance” fromprotesters. In one instance, a woman pulls her arm back from an officer. In the secondinstance, a protester curls into a ball. Each of those actions could have warranted moreforce, including baton strikes and pressure-point techniques.

“What I’m looking at is fairly standard police procedure,” Kelly said.

So in today’s “standard” police state procedure, curling into a ball to avoid violence from policeis considered “active resistance” which warrants more force, including baton strikes?

The real problem, of course, is that the criminal class that defrauded our country out of prosperityis now sending in the mercenaries to keep the peasants in line. See this, this and this.