If you’ve ever seen how fast a riot starts…you would understand the police actions. And when it’s 3am and some burglar is crawling through my window-those are the guys I want showing up.

Since 2001, spending on our county police force has never stagnated - recruitment is up, squad cars are new, cops appear to be paid well and it looks like their work is a bit more stable then in other industries.
A closer look reveals new sources of funding, for newer equipment including information technology. Politicians “celebrate” crime on their way into elected office, nevermind the more important investments that could be made with our tax dollars. Meanwhile, social services have been cut back to the bone or eliminated, roads and public transportation deteriorate.  Misery, beatings and jail time are no solution, yet they seem to be even more popular with power.

A simple May Day demonstration and 200 casualties in the hands of LA police, yet we in the press have the right to talk about Iran that has thousands of demonstrators with only a few casualties. If what happened in Iran should happen in Los Angeles, I bet we will be counting about five thousand dead and wounded. The brutality of our police cannot be equated to any in the world.

I can only imagine how many bad cops romanticize about the good old days before cell phone cameras when they could kick ass with more abandon!