Screening of a documentary (51 minutes) on the CRS, followed by a
discussion ---- Police "blunders"? Rare and isolated incidents, due to afew "black sheep." Violence at demonstrations? Obviously the rioters'
fault: the CRS would never attack peaceful people!... ---- For those who
still believe that the cops are valiant knights in the service of good,
who shout "The police are with us!", this documentary (51 minutes) on
"the fighters for order" may dispel your illusions. ---- "We are
professional bullies!" ---- Police "blunders"... Cops who extort,
insult, beat, maim, rape, and murder... State officials talk about them
as if they were rare and isolated incidents, the result of unfortunate
circumstances or the result of a few "bad apples."
This amounts to saying that, taken as a whole, law enforcement officers
are valiant knights in the service of good. And, in any case, their work
is indispensable to society... Yet, violence is the very essence of
power. A violence that is often hidden or considered "normal," as if
exploiting, abusing, imprisoning, and murdering could be normal.
Too often, in the face of police violence, we hear demands for truth and
justice: that the "criminal" behavior of some cop be recognized (and,
consequently, that "correct" behavior be restored), that those
responsible be punished (so that the system remains the same).
And who are they demanding? To Justice, the justice system of the
courts, the justice system for which the cops work and which would not
exist without the police!
As long as there are police, there will be police violence.
Who believes in the good cop? He's always a cop, doing his dirty work.
But let's imagine for a moment that a "good," "democratic" police force,
respectful of our so-called "rights," were possible. What would that
mean? That, on the other hand, the population would also be docile and
"good," obeying without fail. There would be no need for batons because
everyone would already have a cop in their head.
The problem lies in the very existence of the police, and in that of the
state they serve. In the existence of a society based on authority. This
is why we don't want the police: not just because cops are murderers,
but because the system they defend and impose, the world that needs the
police, is itself always deadly. Because we no longer want authority,
because we want to be free.
Lucioles, anarchist bulletin
https://monde-libertaire.net/index.php?articlen=8279
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