Charles has a regular feature describing police brutality cases from around the country (and in some cases, from around the world); the latest is especially worthy reading.
The crucial message we need to get out is that these are not bugs in the system; this is the system.
Roderick,
Something’s up with your blog. I can’t see the comments feed on the sidebar anymore.
As far as Charles/police affairs go, it’s a frickin nightmare. I mentioned my discussion with my generally well intentioned sister about SWAT teams. People really don’t know how bad it is. There should be leaflets listing incidents.
This is kind-of relevant. It’s Alan Watts talking about control to IBM (although on the technological level, not as much the level of power structures). Mostly though I want to hear Roderick’s take on Alan Watts qua philosopher…