[Marxism] SF protests cop killing of unarmed man

[S. Artesian]

I don't think Sky has offended anyone's sensibilities.  Passion is more than 
welcome when it comes to defending the oppressed against the police.

If in fact "working people" in Oakland are incensed about the property 
damage done in the protest, then the solution is  for the working people to 
take over and lead these protests.

Railroads historically and currently many transit agencies employ their own 
police forces which are even less accountable than the municipal/state 
police.  But these cops have guns and badges too.

Every, but I mean every, railroad operating officer I know, detests the 
intervention of the police in an incident, as it makes the difficult into 
the uncontrollable.

It would certainly to demand disbandonment of these RR police forces, 
particularly for a commuter agency like BART, operating in a dense urban 
environment, transporting nothing but people.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sky Keyes" <skeyesvogt at gmail.com>
To: <sartesian at earthlink.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Marxism] SF protests cop killing of unarmed man


> Charles Andrews' response to me really misrepresented what I said, and I
> apologize that I couldn't answer it sooner because I was at the Gaza
> Solidarity demonstration in D.C.
>