Charles Brown
>>> James Farmelant <farmelantj at juno.com> 07/23/99 01:19PM >>>
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999 09:40:49 -0700 Michael Perelman
<michael at ecst.csuchico.edu> writes:
>Just reporting the news. What I thought was unreal the way that
>brutality commonly
>passes as humanitarianism. The Riverside cops that shot the young
>woman also claim
>that they were there to save her life.
This humanitarianism thing appears to be quite contagious. First, the US and NATO wage a humanitarian war complete with bombs against Yugoslavia. Then in Florida, cops humanely tried to save the life of a death row inmate by performing CPR with their boots. And as Michael pointed there were those cops in Riverside who attempted to save a woman's life by shooting her.
I submit that the world could use a little less such humanitarianism.
Jim Farmelant
>
>Frances Bolton (PHI) wrote:
>
>> CPR with their feet? He had bootshaped bruises all over his rib
>cage. And
>> I know CPR can cause injuries, but breaking every single rib?
>>
>> The NPR story is quite different from the one in the St Pete Times.
>> Apparently several of the guards involved had histories of being
>> violent--beating up wives and neighbors and being issued restraining
>> orders and such.
>>
>> frances
>>
>> On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Michael Perelman wrote:
>>
>> > NPR reported that the police did not try to break his ribs. They
>were only
>> > performing CPR. Humanitarianism everwhere!
>> >
>> > frances bolton wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > > One death row inmate (who was there for killing a cop) recently
>died while
>> > > guards weretrying to "subdue him." Prison officials are having
>trouble
>> > > explaining all the bootmarks on the man's body, and why every
>single one of
>> > > his ribs were broken.
>> > >
>> > > Frances
>> >
>> > --
>> > Michael Perelman
>> > Economics Department
>> > California State University
>> > Chico, CA 95929
>> >
>> > Tel. 530-898-5321
>> > E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
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>Michael Perelman
>Economics Department
>California State University
>michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
>Chico, CA 95929
>530-898-5321
>fax 530-898-5901
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