Holy shit. I know it’s expected of police in america to engage in police brutality but this is on another level. Taking people to a warehouse and assaulting them? What the fuck? The image in the article deeply unnerved me. It reminded me of the things you hear the CIA does in foreign countries…
This is just one of the ones that got reported. It goes on behind closed doors or on the back roads a lot more than anyone is willing to admit. When people say the police here are just a gang backed by capital and sanctioned by the state, it’s not hyperbole.
During the protests in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, it emerged that there were similar sites in Chicago & other cities. Those taken to them were lifted off the streets, away from the protests, by people who were not in uniform & who did not identify themselves. Once at these unmarked sites, they were denied access to basics like a lawyer & a phonecall. Seems most were released relatively quickly, but the whole thing sends a stark warning: we can disappear you if we want & you can’t do a damn thing about it.
