By Gene Ogorodov
NPR recently had a piece questioning whether the militarization of police in the United States is the byproduct of military gear that has adorned forces around this country. They asked, appropriately, if a militaristic mentality encouraged the acquisition of military gear rather than the more commonly assumed reverse.
However, they ignored the important question of cui bono? Answering that question goes beyond the chicken and the egg and get to the heart of the corruption on our system of policing. The answer to that is self evident--military contractors, the lobbyists they hire to keep the their profits in the stratosphere, and the politicians they have bought.
By not looking for the headwaters of this putrid stream NPR has clandestinely lain the blame for the dangerous conditions that led to Ferguson on policemen and women and not the irresponsible politicians that are responsible for the militaristic mentality in their police forces and the military equipment.
Our police act like they are going in battle because the people running Federal, State, and City governments see the profits that they can make from transforming police into paramilitary forces. This was one of the abjectly irresponsible decisions made in the wake of 9/11. Islamic terrorists, who we must remember are mostly in the pay of our wonderful ally the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, did not bring terror to our streets, our own leaders did that.
In the past thirty years, the American government has blatantly ignored the interests and will of the American people. The question we should ask as citizens is not who is responsible for Ferguson, but when was the last time the American government did anything for us?
As our military and police feed their families with food pantries and become the scape goats for vicious plutocracy that has pushed 200 Million Americans into desperate straights stripping the next generation of a decent future. We should ask: Why do we serve them? The police are not our enemies. They suffer the same things that every other working American suffers. They are our allies, and with them we must unite to throw off the shackles of wage slavery and restore our rights to the wealth that rightfully belongs to our communities.
