Seized by the State
From the Washington City Paper:
“Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!
“Open the door!”
Neighbors are gathering in their front yards. Soon, an officer appears around the side of Terrell’s apartment, gripping him by the wrist. A lady down the street yells something unintelligible.
“F*** you,” Terrell shouts and jabs the middle finger of his free hand in the air toward the lady. Then he’s in the back seat of a cruiser, sticking his feet out so the officer can’t close the door. ”
What’s Terrell’s crime? Being too fat. Here’s the fascinating story of an increasingly desperate young black man whose eluding the “fat police.” Meanwhile, the courts, social services and the police wring their hands as the young man grows increasingly contemptuous of their determination to slim him down. The entire article here.
September 29th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Get a load of some of the ignorant, neo-fascist remarks in the comments section. The reason this kind of outrage is allowed to be perpetrated by government is that we have a predominantly ignorant population in this country that actually embraces fascism…Oh, but don’t point out to them that the policies they support are textbook examples of fascism. That would make you one of those crazy kooks that doesn’t like government, as if loving the state is a sign of intellectual superiority.
Christ, I need a beer.
(And some fried eggs and sausages.)
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:29 am
give me a break, kaercher. don’t you know that the state’s raison d’etre is to protect us from ourselves? if not them, then who?!
heavy t needs to ask for a large caliber handgun for his birthday. i hear cops and social workers are allergic to bullets.
December 6th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
hi…
great…