Dr. Vebis writes:
As for the regrettable incident with the plunger: while it sounds bad out of context, it can be viewed as just desserts for the indignities the while people in New York City have undergone under the Dinkins administration. If the alleged victim (who already gave 3 highly contradictory stories of the events) thinks that this city is so racist, why didn't he stay in his native Haiti?
WHAT!? The "alleged victim" describes officers beating him and then shoving a toilet plunger up his rectum and down his throat while yelling "Take that, Nigger!" He has a broken jaw, a punctured rectum, and a torn bladder, a colostomy, and will require multiple surgeries to repair all the damage. The police officers initially covered up for eachother, and the guilty cop was only turned over to internal affairs when the cops realized that they had a situation so serious that they couldn't lie their way out of it. It will be interesting to see whether he is charged with anything serious, what sort of defense he concocts, whether his fellow officers testify against him. In other news, a Texas jury refused to indict a marine who shot an 18 year old goatherder tending his flock near the Mexican border. After the shooting, the marines claimed that the man had fired first, but this excuse seems to be crumbling as the investigation continues. An interesting newsday, as Tim McVeigh is sentenced to death, and quotes from Justice Brandeis about the government teaching its citizen-units by example. Ruby Ridge, Waco, Jackbooted Thugs, Atrocities under Color of Authority, Unbridled Arrogance, and Unmitigated Gall. Surely we should learn well from these examples as our government tells us how it wishes us to treat it. Up against the wall with the lot of them. -- Mike Duvos $ PGP 2.6 Public Key available $ enoch@zipcon.com $ via Finger $ {Free Cypherpunk Political Prisoner Jim Bell}