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Prison hunger strike succeeds...

at one prison, continues at others
Don't worry, peaceniks, it's a "non-lethal" weapon... unless I choose to shoot y'all in the face, which is my right because (I can say) I feel threatened -- even though I have a gun, reinforcements, and am specially trained to control, corral, and torture.

Tortured on the street and finished off behind bars. That is what US citizens can expect due to living in the freest country in the world, which the entire world envies. Of course, we are only the strongest empire. We are far from free. As we stand in solidarity with one another, 99 percent of us, we will first be stripped even of the appearance of rights. Police have official permission to riot, to provoke, antagonize, torture, and then to arrest and retaliate for the trouble they have been put through.

Those who sit on juries will sympathize with PR firms, legal consultants, county prosecutors and the tales the three concoct. But as the people occupy Wall Street and every major city in the country, there is hope that we can turn these human rights abuses around. The lowliest among us, our prisoners, have stood up to the outrages of officially sanctioned torture. And there may be a modicum of justice as the internal policing mechanism investigates itself.



The other hunger strike solidarity prisons have not even been granted that, so the protest continues. Meanwhile, on the streets of now more than 1,000 US cities, the occupation is on. Los Angeles in particular catches our attention, even though recently Occupy San Diego and Occupy Wall Street faced mass arrest for not moving on demand. Some unlucky LA demonstrators may soon find themselves in the very hell we have been protesting. Most citizens of the empire (that's us) do not care a whit about "prisoners." We may start when we suddenly find ourselves judged, juried, and waiting to be executed by a Sheriff guard having a bad day.

U.S. widens inquiry into abuse at L.A. County jails
Robert Faturechi and Jack Leonard, Los Angeles Times
Unconvicted men at the LA County Jail are routinely abused by sheriffs. The Sheriff's Department runs the jail under Lee Baca with rookie trainees who are forced to first work as guards to harden them for abusing suspects, minorities, and other "undesirables" and covering up such crimes once on the street.

Sheriff's Department seeks to curtail the extent of subpoenas, which seek data on workers since 2009. Federal authorities have widened their misconduct investigation into the Los Angeles County jail system, demanding internal Sheriff's Department documents detailing deputies' use of force on inmates over several years, as well as other records.

Sheriff's officials balked at the size and scope of the subpoenas when they were served several weeks ago and are negotiating with federal prosecutors to reduce the number of documents they must produce. More

  • Code of silence among jail guards hinders abuse probes, watchdog saysCode of silence among jail guards hinders abuse probes, watchdog says
  • ACLU files suit over alleged racial profiling of studentsACLU files suit over alleged racial profiling of students
  • Convicting an officer is a tough challenge, experts sayConvicting an officer is a tough challenge, experts say
  • &<span class= Full coverage: Jails under scrut


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