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Can we prevent all out war with the police Written by : David L Andrade OneVoiceNews 5/7/2008We all want a police department we can respect* But what we in the non-white community and low income white community get are gang bangers with badges*Look at this video and I ask you is this the actions of a professional police department or is this the actions of a gang who feels that their colors have just been disrespected*Please don't tell me that it's not all the police who are bad* The so called good police don't do nothing to stop the bad ones* That police code of silence to protect fellow officers is the same code of the streets no snitching* And then the police have the nerve to condemn others who don't snitch*
Each 1 Teach 1Please don't tell me the police had good reasons to act like a bunch of thugs* Because if you think they got reason to act like thugs then black folk got much more reason also to act like thugs* So whats good for one is good for the other*Beating after beating by the police* Killing after killing by the police* It never ends* The police actions are forcing certain elements within the non-white and low income white communities to begin talking about an eye for an eye life for a life retaliation against police and their die hard supporters* This would be a huge disaster for all involved and we are running out of time to prevent this*In my city of New Bedford Mass I have offered my services to sit at the table with the powers that be to work things out to build a police department that serves and protects all the people not just those with influence* But they look down on any who come to them willing to speak truth to power* I guess they feel why should they talk with those whom they have been given the right to kill in cold blood*Gangs who once warred with each other are talking truce so that they can come together and defend their communities from police attack* Leaders who always spoke of marching and praying are now speaking of arming and defending* Even some non-white police officers who do not agree with what they see in their departments are giving valuable information to community leaders against their rouge officers*We want a police department who holds our lives and that of our children in the same high re-guard as they do their own lives and that of their children* And we as a community reserve the right to defend our lives from any one and that includes the police who feels they can come into our community and shoot first ask questions later * We want peace and justice the questions is do they* And again I offer my service to meet with the powers that be as one who is not afraid to speak truth to power* And before you make the claim that we just hate police I'll say we don't hate police we hate police abuse* And we will do what we must to end it*Written by David L Andrade OneVoiceNews New Bedford Mass 5/7/2008--------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------_____________ ______________________________________________-------------- ----- David L Andrade and OneVoiceNews History page-------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ -------------------------- ----------------------------------------