Now, You See My Fists?

[Abra]

50. Not quite...

I experienced and witnessed police brutality as a kid growing up in Los Angeles.

I experienced that, and much much worse, when, I was shipped off to a special youth center. There I not only enjoyed protracted violence, but outright torture including sleep deprivation and various mind-fuck reprogramming games. I spent a year and a half there total, six months of it locked into a room with fifty other kids, lights always on, no windows, never once even looking outside, spending all day every single day standing at attention with my nose six-inches from a wall. That was the fun part of that unit, the not so fun part was when the guards would drag you off to the time-out room, cuff you, strip your clothes off, and beat you. The room wasn't padded, it had carpet on the walls and floor, and for fun the guards liked to drag your naked body on the carpet until you bled everywhere. I had the scars for years.

Three days was the longest they forced me to stay awake, three days writing "confessions" of my various crimes (like having sinful thoughts or encouraging satanism or whatever they dreamed up) only to have them tear them up and tell me I was lying, three days getting hit every time I nodded off. Three days of fear is a long time my friend.

I know about brutality. I hate injustice. And I fucking HATE the police.

I watched this video expecting to see it. Instead I saw what happens when a douchebag cop runs headlong into a crazy person. Once the guy stood up and refused to get back down, it was on. We BOTH know that. If you refuse to comply with they are hitting you, they are going to keep hitting you, particularly if they haven't had the chance to check you for weapons.

Like I said above, having experienced it first hand, I hate injustice. I really do.

And that's probably why I felt compelled to post my OPINION on this video, even knowing that it was the minority opinion and knowing that I was going to get flamed for it.

Anyway, it's nothing personal. We are ALL on the same team here.

Peace