The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Ferguson is the tip of the iceberg. But we all knew that.

Seven Reasons Police Brutality Is Systemic, Not Anecdotal

A young conservative crisply summarizes the problem and recommends proven steps toward remediation, one of which is to require that the on-duty behavior of all police be at all times officially and publicly video-monitored and recorded.

None of which is to say rioting, looting, or vandalism are at all justified or to be tolerated.

Of which, however, there has apparently been very little in Ferguson, so far.

It is interesting that conservatives, in the past knee-jerk supporters of police in all controversies about excessive force or about the policing of demonstrations, are among the most forthright in denouncing the fuzz on this occasion, both specifically the police making such a mess of things in Ferguson and the general refusal of police organizations to make any serious effort to punish, contain, and roll back spreading police brutality and violence.

The rising influence of libertarians or, anyway, libertarian views?

Kevin Williams at NRO

Many liberals have raised the point that while Ferguson is mostly black the police there are overwhelmingly white.

I am curious, myself, how that happened but do not agree that we should require that the police "look like the policed," any more than the medical profession, greengrocers, or car salesmen need to look like their customer populations.

Or legislators.

Demilitarization of federal agencies

Dershowitz at Newsmax

World Net Daily on militarized cops

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