USA : Un jeune Noir abattu par la police à Ferguson (Missouri), chronique de 6 jours de manifestations, tweets et lacrymogènes
▻http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/2014/08/15/173405
Depuis que le jeune Michael Brown, 18 ans, a été abattu par balle par un policier dans le Missouri, un Etat du Middle-West américain, les manifestations dans sa ville de Ferguson sont gérées par ce que de nombreux Américains appellent la militarisation de la police. Source : Global Voices
Quand on constate que les pays occidentaux considèrent l’opération antiterroriste en Ukraine comme une simple opération de rétablissement de l’ordre... forcément... qu’on puisse procéder à l’identique chez soit coule de source.
It’s not just Ferguson: America’s criminal justice system is racist
The statement from the Ferguson Police Department is calm and matter-of-fact. “We only ask that any groups wishing to assemble in prayer or in protest do so only during daylight hours in an organized and respectful manner. We further ask all those wishing to demonstrate or assemble disperse well before the evening hours to ensure the safety of the participants and the safety of the community.”
Seattle’s former police chief speaks out on Ferguson and police militarization
Norman Stamper spent 34 years as a cop, including as the chief of police for Seattle, a job he left one year after the city’s police drew international attention for their heavy-handed response to 1999 anti-WTO protests. Now he speaks and writes often about police issues, including the militarization of American police forces, which believes was one of the causes of Seattle’s 1999 violence — and now is a major contributor to the ongoing unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. Stamper is also on the advisory board of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, which advocates for improvements in drug policy.
Police in Ferguson Tear-Gassed a TV Camera Crew, Then Dismantled Their Equipment
Remarkable footage from St. Louis station KSDK shows a SWAT team in Ferguson, Missouri, overnight firing tear gas at a TV camera crew from Al-Jazeera, then dismantling the crew’s equipment after they’ve fled.
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The Pentagon gave nearly half a billion dollars of military gear to local law enforcement last year - The Washington Post
▻http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/08/14/the-pentagon-gave-nearly-half-a-billion-dollars-of-military-gear-to-
The needs of an occupying military force are—or at least should be—distinct from those of a local law enforcement agency. Effective policing requires much more than overwhelming firepower. It entails, among other things, working with the local community to gain its trust. But it’s difficult to do that when you’re staring community members down from atop the gun turret of an armored vehicle, as St. Louis County police officers did last night in Ferguson.
Seattle’s former police chief speaks out on Ferguson and police militarization - Vox
►http://www.vox.com/2014/8/14/6002451/ferguson-police-militarization-seattle
’IF THEY’RE OUT THERE IN MILITARY GEAR FROM THE BEGINNING, THAT’S AN ACT OF PROVOCATION’
Tomgram : Matthew Harwood, One Nation Under SWAT | TomDispatch
▻http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175881/tomgram%3A_matthew_harwood%2C_one_nation_under_swat/#more
... the most startling source of police militarization is the Department of #Justice, the very agency officially dedicated to spreading the community policing model through its Community Oriented Policing Services office.