Carrol
On 10/26/2011 3:58 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
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> On Oct 26, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
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>> The police do not make these decisons; they are made by higher-ups. The Police carry them out with delight, but they are only carrying out decisions made elsewhere, by civilian authorities.
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> I'll be interviewing the sociologist Alex Vitale, who studies cops and political power, for this week's radio show. One point Alex made when I emailed with him this morning: urban Dem machines are just as repressive as the right. Oh, and since Seattle and 9/11, most police departments have stocked up on the heavy armaments and have been itching to use them.
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> Doug
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