State Brutality

When I began this blog, just days ago, I thought that I might eventually run out of content to post, but the opposite happened. It feels as though my eyes have been opening. Keep in mind that the Admiral has held steadfast to Anarchism since discovering Rothbard, von Mises, Rockwell, and Jeffrey Tucker. But, now as I get my daily dose of social media and the occasional, but highly valued and always long-winded discussion with friends, I constantly encounter material for this here blog. It's like statism has me surrounded!

Today, I'm turning my attention to the petty authoritarians employed by the state. Not the people at the TSA who cringe when they have to grope you, but those of such small character that they need to borrow state authority to embiggen their own ego. The petty tyrants at the DMV that gloat over you when you fill out the forms required to drive your own car on roads that you already paid for through taxes. And especially the Polizei.

Now, I know some of the police, especially the older ones, behave like a charming Andy Griffith and really do try to stay out of your way and return you home safely when you screw up in public. These officers of old comport themselves more as parents interested in seeing you learn from the experience than in an authoritarian intent on prosecution (read: state-sanctioned persecution).

I'm referring to the criminal element of the government's enforcement tentacles. You know, that high school bully, who isn't interested in anything else but "busting some chops" and somehow managed to get a state sanction for his (dis)service to humanity. I don't know what's so magic about uniforms, but once this character dresses up in one, he morphs from bully to self-righteous, sanctimonious asshole.

It's appalling that so many people think we need a government protection racket to save us from thugs, bullies, and thieves. But the cops themselves are all too often thugs and bullies loyal first to each other and funded through the garnishment of your hard-earned wages. A mob-insurance program if ever there was one!

This organization doesn't deliver the safety that it promises. Not even close! Consider that the Bureau of (in)Justice Statistics reports 4813 arrest-related deaths between 2003 and 2009, with a full 61% (2,931) of those being "homicide by law enforcement". These uniformed villains do not have our best interests in mind. But I don't have to resort to death to make my point. Indeed the petty brutalities that you live through can have life-long ramifications.

Weirgetinhit has a YouTube channel that collects 40 minutes of police brutality every month! And that's only the stuff he was able to gather! Imagine how much goes unrecorded! I watched only part of one episode and already felt terrible. These goons even attack a guy in a wheelchair who clearly reacted in non-violent self-defense against the unwarranted onslaught.

But beating up the handicapped in the safety of your own interrogation room isn't enough for these bullies. They have to invent ever more clever ways of finding victims.

When a half-dozen men and a woman in street clothes closed in on University of Virginia student Elizabeth Daly, 20, she and two roommates panicked.

A group of state Alcoholic Beverage Control agents clad in plainclothes approached her, suspecting the blue carton of LaCroix sparkling water to be a 12-pack of beer. Police say one of the agents jumped on the hood of her car. She says one drew a gun. Unsure of who they were, Daly tried to flee the darkened parking lot.

Prosecutors say she apologized profusely when she realized who the agents were. But that wasn't good enough for ABC agents, who charged her with three felonies. Prosecutors withdrew those charges Thursday in Charlottesville General District Court, but Daly still can't understand why she sat in jail.

-- Bottled-water purchase leads to night in jail for UVa student

Nor can I.

She clearly acted in terrified self-defense. How exactly does a case of beer warrant such violent reaction? even if the suspect runs, all they have is beer! What are they gonna do? drink it? maybe all at once? give it to friends and enjoy themselves?

What's most appalling though, is this tragic experience still has not taught her that these "police" are mob goons. Because, even during the attack she and her friends dialed 911. They considered driving to a police station, and they even stopped for a different agent driving a car with lights and sirens. Even after a night in jail,

Chapman stood by the agents' decision to file charges, citing faith in a process that yielded an appropriate resolution.

She still has faith in statism after this act of domestic terrorism! What does it take for people to wake up?

Fortunately, some victims of the state know the right questions to ask. I only wish they had defenders.

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