[Imc-aotearoa-ed] cop bashing article - thoughts?

[clare]

hiya,

sorry i've been out of the loop for a few days,

it's full on yes, but i can't see how it discredits us at all. given that police kill and beat up lots of people all the time, it seems a perfectly reasonble issue to depict (visually or textually). 

i am extremly aware of the need to keep the site usable and as spam free as poss, but i also don't want us to fall into strict censorship mode. 

anyway, i am also trying to work on a feature process doc, hopefully i can put a draft out in a few days, but don't let that stop you from working on it too in the meantime. 

clare



On Sat, 20 Jul 2002 16:59:25 +1200
Brian van Dam <vandam@math.auckland.ac.nz> wrote:

> Kia Ora All,
>                         Hmmmm - here's an odd one folks. A posting has 
> just the text ``
> 
>         polizia bastarda, polizia assassina! 
> 
> '' and some kind of scripted photo sequence. It shows people in blue 
> helmets bashing a figure on the ground, but I can't tell if they are 
> cops or not (which is clearly the claim/intention of the text), and I'm 
> a bit dubious about whether this adds to the AIM site or just discredits 
> us (given the serious nature of current racist police trials in US, 
> Stephen Wallace case, etc).
> 
> http://www.indymedia.org.nz/front.php3?article_id=364&group=webcast
> 
> Anyway, I am just drawing it to people's attention cos I couldn't make 
> heads or tails of it!!!
> 
> Cheers,
>                 Brian.
> 
> 
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