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dwyerj1 writes:

Community and state support for Mr. Mariani's actions in this case exposes to all the world our latent fascism.

Violence and ruthlessness exercised oppressively and despotically cannot be condoned without espousing tyranny.

It is never morally or professionally permissible to employ such harsh and cruel punishment upon handcuffed and imprisoned persons as is shown in Mr. Mariani's arrest video. Calling them names like “drunken punks,” “young hooligans,” “wimps,” “thugs,” is part of the problem of fascist dehumanization.

The bad language, the boisterous challenges, the coarse behavior of the drunken subjects provides no ameliorative excuses for a professional law-enforcement officer to assume the role of a tyrant. He unrighteously arrogated the powers of judge, jury, and jailer. What the video shows is torture.

Dehumanization hastens the nation toward its destruction. The system dictates the norms. We are the system.

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