Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 10:40:07 +0100 (MET) From: rolf.martens-AT-mailbox.swipnet.se (Rolf Martens) Subject: Re: M-G: Police Brutality Detcom wrote, 13.11: >A grand jury in St.Petersburg Florida ruled today that >a stinking cop named James Knight was justified in the >shooting three weeks ago of a 18 year old man, Tyron >Lewis. ............. >Tonight the skies of St. Petersburg are aglow from the flames >expressing the anger of the oppressed community, as they were >3 weeks ago. One pig has been shot and the coverage on the >11 o'clock news right now looked like an out-and-out war in >the streets as people hurled rocks and bottles and shot at >the occupying police force in their midst. Things obviously are pretty different in this respect from what they are here in Sweden, much rougher. ............. >Police Brutality is a major concern in the oppressed communities >in the US and activists of whatever stripes oughta be organizing around >this issue right now. It's a big problem that is not going away >anytime soon and seems to be getting worse. There are people >looking for leadership right now. Undoubtedly. You're quite right in advocating unity of actvists on this. Once again the absence - everywhere - of Marxist- Leninist parties is making itself felt. Individual activists and small groups *should* of course try to fill the vacuum as much as they possibly can. Rolf M. --- from list marxism-general-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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