Another Regeneration

Greetings all:
Its time for a new look and I have finally made the transition of migrating the saga of my martial transition to a new blog site titled appropriately transitions. In the mean time three things I would like to discuss briefly. First is the rising cost of health care. There is a white woman who blatantly said, you are going to see me by any means necessary, so what did she do? Already in pain from an apparent dislocated shoulder, she took a .25 semi automatic and shot herself in the same shoulder. The sad part is that not did she fail in her objective, meaning she did not get seen by emergency staff, but now she has a dislocated shoulder, a bullet wound to the same shoulder, and now may face criminal prosecution. This is courtesy of rich upper class white folk on the Hill who are oblivious to those who are oppressed by their policies. Item number two: Bod Edthiridge, Who Are You. When I first saw the video for this I was cracking completely up. Listening to him ask "Who are you?" made me think of Chris Luda Bridges anthem Get Back! Who are you, get back, you don't know me like that! It was too funny to see the politics of whiteness against itself. But the highlight of the week was just radical. A white police officer gives a girl, who was interfering with an arrest, the classic B-slap, well maybe more so a joe paloka punch out. of course I had a national response where you can read it here:
This to me, this represents a clear cut case of policing gone wrong. The officer sets the tone. This is done through vocalics and other non-verbal communication tactics. End of story. Last I checked, Jay-Walking was only a jail-able offense in Mayberry, NC under Deputy Barney Fife! That said, the officer, clearly had no control of the situation. What's important to consider here is that the dynamics of race, gender, and class are played against the historical backdrop of police brutality in this country. Clearly, the teens were not complying with the officer's commands. That could be chalked up to the teen's rebellious nature or even learned distrust of the police. The officer, who clearly had power, failed to appropriately use the powers at his disposal. The premise to me at least represents White-Male-Supermacy. At the risk of projecting, in his mind, if he cannot contain two African-American female teenagers, he in essence is ineffective. Therefore he resorted to what I feel codify extreme measures. The alternative power available to him would have been to radio for back up. A more strategic use of this power, would have been to request for female assistance. Instead, the politics of white male supremacy, overcame professional-best practices. This could have been a more tragic event, as if it happened at night, gunshots could have been fired. Sadly, because of the tarnished historical relationship between law enforcement and marginalized people of color in America, this only adds to the list of challengeable incidents with no real solution on the horizon. Lastly, at the risk of being passionate, there is no way one can justify a professionally trained police officer, openly assaulting a minor. It clearly is inexcusable conduct in the context of a moving/walking violation. If this represents standard operating procedure for the Seattle Police Department, then the books need to be re-written.