As a young man, I often walked the streets of Seattle — it's a great city, and wonderful to explore. But then, I never walked the streets while brown. That experience would be completely different.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? This country is well on the way to becoming a petty tyranny, run by small-minded bullies. There is a crime caught in that video, but the culprit isn't John T. Williams, native American woodcarver — it's the abuse of power by Officer Ian Birk.
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Another post on John Mashey's virtual blog. Everything that follows is from comments posted here by Mashey, lightly edited.