HOT NEWS JUST IN: The police are mean and a bit silly
Yeah I know this isn’t really news to most sound-minded folks out there, but today has been a day which has made me dwell on these facts more than usual with a couple of happenings I’ll refer to in more detail above.
The thing is part of me really wants to love the police. They have a difficult job and everyone hates them, they have to look at a bunch murder scenes n stuff and “someones gotta keep all them murdurs and peedofiles off the streets like”, not to mention scum like Lord Black and Jeffrey Archer.
Most of the cops I’ve had the (mis)fortune of dealing with have been sound enough individuals, with a few notable exceptions, and mostly we get along just swell. Which isn’t so weird, we’re all people and so forth, it’s just that these guys are the foot-soldiers of a cancerous evil empire.
But they make it pretty difficult with their constant messing about and harassing people who are trying their best to adhere to the petty laws and restrictions placed on them.
I can deal with the twice-weekly stop and search and the random rollie sniffing, that’s my own problem. Maybe with a new haircut and a few extra showers these encounters could be avoided.
However in the cases of today’s attempted illegal eviction of the RampArt social centre and the ridiculous policing at last summers Climate Camp, of which the findings of a recent investigation were released today, those involved were doing everything possible by the book.
If you’re going to squat a building, and even more so if organising a large-scale demonstration like the Climate Camp, you probably know a bit about the laws of the land in which you do it. People have to jump through so many hoops these days for the right to protest and live in autonomous spaces, you’d think the least the authorities could do is respect that and not behave in an illegal manner.
Of course these isolated incidents are all a part of a greater strategy, an agenda not set by the police on the streets and at the demo’s but by those guys in the offices with their suits and fat bonuses. It’s in their interest for activists to feel vulnerable and powerless, to be constantly reminded of the instability of our situation and that any time they please we could be out on the streets. It’s a concerted attempt to stifle all forms of resistance and it’s the duty of everyone to do all we can and stand up to it.
blah rant over 
the blog Police State Britain is full of more in-depth and detailed examples of why one should always reserve no love for cops.
