NYPD = Judas Goats

There ought be no mention made of the arrests yesterday when Occupy Wall Street marched onto the Brooklyn bridge, without making it clear in the same piece that it was the NYPD who deliberately led the marchers onto the motor-vehicle roadway, in order to trap them part-way across the bridge and arrest hundreds.

Are the strategists within the Department actually so clueless as to think this would not be obvious when the world sees it on video? (Note around 6:15 that one officer has clearly been tasked to video-tape the marchers, including those who were legally filming from and shouting their support from the pedestrian walk above.)

Regardless of where anyone stands on the American political divide, I think we all should agree that this sort of police tactic is, well, it is un-American!

The Bell Tolls for Jurisprudence

It can't be right. Sean Bell's killers, cops who unloaded 50 rounds at three unarmed young men, were all just declared innocent of all charges by Justice Arthur J. Cooperman of State Supreme Court in Queens. One cop had even stopped to reload his firearm, and resumed shooting after several moments of silence during which no shots were returned.

The New York Times posted a graphic of other notable cases where folks were shot or brutalized by members of the NYPD. If you haven't followed these cases over the years, have a look. If you remember these cases, this is becoming a holocaust that we should "Never Forget," so have a look anyway. What do you notice about these pictures?