• bermuda@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Holy shit. I know it’s expected of police in america to engage in police brutality but this is on another level. Taking people to a warehouse and assaulting them? What the fuck? The image in the article deeply unnerved me. It reminded me of the things you hear the CIA does in foreign countries…

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      1 year ago

      This is just one of the ones that got reported. It goes on behind closed doors or on the back roads a lot more than anyone is willing to admit. When people say the police here are just a gang backed by capital and sanctioned by the state, it’s not hyperbole.

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      1 year ago

      During the protests in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, it emerged that there were similar sites in Chicago & other cities. Those taken to them were lifted off the streets, away from the protests, by people who were not in uniform & who did not identify themselves. Once at these unmarked sites, they were denied access to basics like a lawyer & a phonecall. Seems most were released relatively quickly, but the whole thing sends a stark warning: we can disappear you if we want & you can’t do a damn thing about it.