IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME WITH THESE THUG
FUCKER COPS....Clark was holding a cell phone when he
was killed, with police claiming they thought this was a weapon.
"The police murder of Clark, who was unarmed at
the time of his shooting last Sunday, is one of the
most egregious police killings caught on video in
recent years. Body camera and helicopter footage
released by police demonstrate that the Mercadal
and Robinet never identified themselves as police
and made no attempt to deescalate the situation
before gunning down Clark."
According to Killedbypolice.net, at least 808 people have been killed by
police so far this year, outpacing last year’s deaths by 20
victims.... and they ALL GET AWAY WITH IT!
"Police in the
United States are trained to see the working class and poor as a hostile
enemy. Anything less
than complete submissiveness is grounds for officers to unleash
deadly force on
their victims. In some instances, even the most casual encounters with
police
have proven to be deadly."
Police murder in Sacramento,
California sparks two days of protests
By
Evan Blake
24 March 2018
The release of footage showing the brutal police murder of
22-year-old Stephon Clark has sparked two days of protests in Sacramento, the
capital of California, once again revealing the immense social tensions latent
within American society.
Hundreds of protesters marched through downtown Sacramento
Thursday evening, occupying City Hall, blocking traffic on streets and
Interstate 5, and preventing fans from attending an NBA basketball game played
by the Sacramento Kings.
Early on Friday, Oakland attorney John Burris identified the two
officers involved as Terrence Mercadal and Jared Robinet. In the afternoon,
roughly 200 protesters again took to the streets of downtown Sacramento,
repeatedly clashing with police. In the evening, a vigil was held in honor of Clark
and others killed by police, near the site of Clark’s shooting. Hundreds
gathered to honor his life and then marched peacefully through the nearby
neighborhood.
The police murder of Clark, who was unarmed at the time of his
shooting last Sunday, is one of the most egregious police killings caught on
video in recent years. Body camera and helicopter footage released by police
demonstrate that the Mercadal and Robinet never identified themselves as police
and made no attempt to deescalate the situation before gunning down Clark.
Instead, they immediately shouted, “Show me your hands!” and began chasing
Clark into his grandparents’ backyard. Once there, one officer shouted, “Gun!”
and the two opened up a volley of 20 bullets.
After killing Clark, Mercadal and Robinet continued to act as if
he posed a threat, aiming their weapons at him for another six minutes and
making no attempt to administer first aid. When backup arrived, the officers
handcuffed Clark’s lifeless corpse, performed CPR and pronounced him dead at
the scene.
In one of the most damning portions of the footage, one of the
backup officers is overheard telling the other officers on the scene to mute
their microphones, in a transparent attempt to secretly coordinate their story
of how the violent events unfolded.
Clark was holding a cell phone when he was killed, with police
claiming they thought this was a weapon. One of the primary chants used by
protesters Thursday and Friday was, “Cells up, don't shoot! A phone is not a
gun!”
Protesters on Friday were more strident in their hostility to the
police, at one point surrounding a small group of foot patrol and bicycle cops,
holding up their cell phones and chanting, “Cell phones don’t kill!” and “Fuck
the police!” The surrounded officers then called in for backup and one officer
used a billy club to push back the ring of protesters. Protesters attempted to
march on Interstate 5 again on Friday but were stopped by roughly a dozen
California Highway Patrol officers clad in riot gear and on horseback.
The protests Thursday were organized by Black Lives Matter
Sacramento, which presents the issue of police violence entirely in racial
terms. In their public statement on Clark’s murder, the organization writes,
“Once again, the Sacramento Police Department has violently taken another Black
life from our community.”
The political perspective of Black Lives Matter is mired in
identity politics, and inevitably leads to appeals to sections of the
Democratic Party. One of the primary aims of Black Lives Matter is to create
more diverse police forces and appoint more African Americans to positions of
power, including police chiefs, mayors, senators, etc. They have also pushed
for the adoption of police body cameras which were in use at the time of
Clark’s murder.
The facts of the police murder of Stephon Clark ultimately
undermine the racialist narrative of Black Lives Matter, however, as officer
Mercadal and Sacramento’s recently-appointed police chief, Daniel Hahn, are
both African American.
While African Americans are disproportionately killed by police,
the fact is that the largest number of those killed are white. The overwhelming
majority of police killings and brutality is directed against the working
class, regardless of race, and any attempt to blur this reality serves to
divide the working class and plays into the hands of the ruling class.
COP MURDERS IN
AMERICA
THOUSANDS SHOT IN THE HEAD.
JUDGES GIVE THE THUG COPS A PASS TO
DO IT AGAIN!
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