Elites are immunized for egregious crimes while ordinary Americans are subjected to merciless punishment for trivial transgressions
as police forces across the country continue to attempt to choke off the occupy protestors, it's very timely to have glenn's new book at hand...
from an interview today with glenn in truthout...
when are the cops going to snap to the fact that they're in the same boat with the rest of us...?
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from an interview today with glenn in truthout...
What we see with the protests [Occupy Wall Street] demonstrates exactly how ... law has ... become ... a tool used by the politically and financially powerful to entrench their own power and control the society. The police force - the instrument of law enforcement - is being used to protect powerful criminals who have suffered no consequences for their crimes. It is simultaneously used to coerce and punish the powerless: those who are protesting and who have done nothing wrong, yet are subjected to an array of punishment ranging from arrest to pepper spray and other forms of abuse.
That's what the two-tiered justice system is: elites are immunized for egregious crimes while ordinary Americans are subjected to merciless punishment for trivial transgressions.
when are the cops going to snap to the fact that they're in the same boat with the rest of us...?
Labels: accountability, elites, Glenn Greenwald, immunity, Occupy Wall Street, Police State, rule of law, Truthout, two-tiered justice system, With Liberty and Justice for Some
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posted by profmarcus at
10/25/2011
