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This is Lt. John Pike. 530-752-3989. japikeiii@ucdavis.edu (via: motherjones)

“I am writing to tell you in no uncertain terms that there must be space for protest on our campus. There must be space for political dissent on our campus. There must be space for civil disobedience on our campus. There must be space for students to assert their right to decide on the form of their protest, their dissent, and their civil disobedience—including the simple act of setting up tents in solidarity with other students who have done so. There must be space for protest and dissent, especially, when the object of protest and dissent is police brutality itself…”

— Assistant Professor Brown 

This is what a police state looks like

This is what a police state looks like.

This is what a police state looks like.

This is what a police state looks like.

I’m sorry, but in what context is this possibly right? I’ve been watching the protests in New York, Oakland, Berkley, etc. and I just do not understand why the police feel like this is the image they want to be projecting. THE POLICE WORK FOR THE PEOPLE. OUR TAXES PAY THEIR SALARIES. AS THEIR BOSS WE HAVE A SAY IN WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN NOT DO. I implore the residents of the places where protests have been violently stomped on to call their local government officials and tell them they will not be re-elected if they sit idly by and let this happen. The government is for, of and by the people and by God we should be able to put our foot down when enough is enough. 

As for Lt. John Pike, I demand his job. I don’t think this man should be a mall security officer by the time the public is done with him. He and the people who told him this was the way to deal with non-violent protesters should be shuffled loose of their badges and ‘authority’. The worst part being - the people he’s pepper spraying are standing up for his rights too.