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In reply to the discussion: Let Justice Flow ...... [View all]H2O Man
(73,536 posts)One of the "dangers" that the 1% sees in the current marches against police brutality -- which was also a factor in Occupy -- was that the good cops (and there are good cops) listen to those protesting. It puts these good cops in touch were their humanity, and sense of community. And those are not what the powers-that-be want.
When we consider the militarization of domestic police forces, perhaps the single greatest dangers is that it instills a sense of "us-versus-them" in the police's consciousness. Indeed, it cannot be other than this, because they become an occupying force. Even a small breakdown in that wall of separation is recognized as a significant threat to the 1%, for it threatens to connect police and community in a good way.
Now, another thing about Occupy: it was largely a movement without identified "leaders." This creates both good and bad potentials. The media sure became cranky when reporters couldn't interview the "leaders," for example. Yet this was because everyone involved was beginning to follow themselves -- they were able to think for themselves! Now, that concept upset the 1% to no end, for reasons so obvious that they need not be stated here.
When average citizens are able to identify their internal MLK and/or RFK, it creates a dynamic capable of tumbling walls.