Cocksuckers on Patrol: Police Harassment at Kent State
Last week, the Kent Stater reported on the story of Rick Rucker, a 26 year old KSU alumni who was harassed by police and was arrested along with 4 others. Rucker filed a formal complaint against the KPD. Last week, Black United Students held a meeting in which Rucker presented his side of events. One of the key points the BUS hammered home was that police brutality was not restricted to just one race. It in fact affects everyone. Just as k the [white and asian]people who were hit with rubber bullets and tear gas during 2001’s Townhomes near riots.
Of course, this is bound to attract all the racists and police apologists who think this sort of action is justified. The Stater ran an article about the various comments being posted on the article. Most of them run along the lines of either “He was a nigger, therefore he deserved it” and “police do nothing wrong! If he was arrested, he had it comming to him!”. More importantly though, becuase of BUS’s involvement in the affair “Oh no! It’s another race issue!”. THis could be further from the truth. As was stated at teh meeting, there were several types of people who were approached by the police. It gets confused as a racial affair becuase of the ethnicity of the victim as well as the involvement of BUS. In reality, though, BUS is involved simply becuase tehy were the first to call the meeting and show concern over what happened, and they tend to be more vocal about these issues. If say, some fraternity group, or even the college Republicans had called this meeting, then it wouldn’t be a race issue. Politics, but not race.
The point here is that weather you are black, white, asian, hispanic, or whatever else, police brutality is something that affects us all. You might think it’s okay becuase you’re a good little white christian conservative who dosen’t party or attend anti-war protests, but it can and will happen to you if you get caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. Just remember, when they come for you, there will be on one left to speak up for you.
Happy MLK Day
Happy Martin Luther King Jr day. the one day a year to remember the life and times of a man who has done as much as (if not more than) any president. There are some people (*cough*racists. rednecks, extreme right wingers *hack*) who will try to down play the man’s contributions to the world, but who gives a shit what they think? MLK jr’s dream was equality for everyone, including you, me, and even idiots like these. So if you should hear them or see them on the web spewing thier misguided hatred, don’t sweat it, they are only showing the world how ignorant they are and how much better Martin Luther King was in contrast.
Besides, as much as they piss and moan about MLK jr having a special holiday, they are probably glad to have a paid holiday off, or they’re mad that thier McDonalds working asses can’t get the day off.
5 More days!
You got 5 more days until the return of Kent State’s longest running online urban music radio show (at least I think), Kent BLack Squirrel Radio Original Grooves, (formerly known as Hostile Takeover, Saturday Mourning Cereal Hits, Red Rum radio, Sunday night Mass, Saturday Night mass, and the William Talley show) for the spring 2007 semester.
Check it out each and every Saturday from noon until 2pm by logging onto www.kentbsr.com. I also got some gaming news like always. I’ll keep it popping with the finest selection of Hip hop, R&B, Old school, Reggae, Smooth Jazz, Funk, classic soul,and even a little latin thrown in for good measure.
Remember, noon until 2pm every Saturday online at www.kentbsr.com.
You have plenty of time to sleep in too folks, so get rid of that hangover and get your ass online!
Kent BSR OGs, bought to you by the O.G. of KentBSR
DJ Jacknife
New Year!
Sorry for the lack of updates, I’ve been busy as hell with my job at the group home and at the bank, but anyway, I’ll have some more updates somethime this week. Check out my shit at powet, especially my Scarface videogame review.
Also, I’m a proud owner of a Wii, so my friends code is 4285 8744 6112 6422, so add me, and you might even catch some of my Mii avatars on your console!
