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The Invisible Empire of L.A.P.D. (cartoon by Latuff)

by Latuff Wednesday, Jul. 10, 2002 at 11:28 AM
latuff@uninet.com.br

Copyright-free artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.

The Invisible Empire...
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Latuff, as Usual, Right on Target!

by Anti-Fascist Wednesday, Jul. 10, 2002 at 3:43 PM

As witnessed first hand with the antics these nazis at D2K, October 22 Coalition marches and other L.A. protests, Latuff is right on target!
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Ya think?

by felipao Wednesday, Jul. 10, 2002 at 6:30 PM

Gee, maybe Latuff should worry about that cesspool of his they call Brazil. The cops don't waste time beating you- they just put a bullett in your noggin'...
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Yeah...

by Anti-Fascist Thursday, Jul. 11, 2002 at 5:08 AM

... just like they did to Tyisha Miller in Riverside, Irvin Landrum Jr. in Claremont, Margaret Mitchell here in L.A., etc., etc., etc., ad nauseum.
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Let's see...

by felipao Thursday, Jul. 11, 2002 at 11:04 AM

My daddy once told me, "If you get stopped by the cops, be cooperative, polite, and don't do anything stupid (like having a gun in my lap), and you'll be allright." You want to know something? He was right! I've never had any problems, despite my "look" (mohawk, spikes, etc.), so act like an adult, and you'll get treated like one. Act like a spazz, and face the consequences...
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Spiked Hair Is One Thing...

by Anti-Fascist Thursday, Jul. 11, 2002 at 3:16 PM

... but to these white supremacists with badges and guns, Black skin is another. So, according to you, having Black skin is "acting like a spazz".
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not all LAPD officers are White!

by Roger Thursday, Jul. 11, 2002 at 4:12 PM

Stupid cartoon......
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not all LAPD officers are White!

by Roger Thursday, Jul. 11, 2002 at 4:12 PM

Stupid cartoon......
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big assumption...

by felipao Thursday, Jul. 11, 2002 at 4:29 PM

I guess your mind is already made up, Anti-Fascist. The initial reports (and I'm sure we haven't heard all the facts yet, so this is only preliminary) indicate that the boy and/or his dad were scuffling with deputies before the PD showed up, so THAT is what I call acting like a spazz, and having black skin doesn't entitle you to do that, either.
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Act like a "spazz", felipao

by Auntie Fascist Thursday, Jul. 11, 2002 at 5:39 PM

with anyone you like. If they assault you for that then they'll do time if they're caught......unless they're a pig. Hell, even if they pump you full of bullets in your lobby or shove a broomstick up your ass they won't get time. Even if they're dealing drugs, stealing evidence, planting evidence they won't do time.

The police have no legal right to do anything except use the absolute minimum of force to ensure compliance with legal directives. This was obviously not mimimum force.

You sound like your a "spazz" _inside_ felipao.

(Are you aware that spazz is derived from spastic? Are you aware that you're using the name of a medical disabliity as an insult?)
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"Spazz" A-OK...

by felipao Thursday, Jul. 11, 2002 at 6:12 PM

"If they assault you for that then they'll do time if they're caught......unless they're a pig. Hell, even if they pump you full of bullets in your lobby or shove a broomstick up your ass they won't get time. Even if they're dealing drugs, stealing evidence, planting evidence they won't do time." Okay, this is ALL true, no lie, BUT!... (of course you knew this was coming) they are partly responsible for this. Why, you ask? Because "SOCIETY" as empowered them to get away with these things. It's all the smiling politicians, soccer moms, PTA members, your parents, my parents, etc. who are responsible, and should be held accountable. Why don't most cops do time? Because Grand Juries (made up of all of the above except pols) fail to indicte. Anyway, I AM NOT DEFENDING THE COPS! I do hope they get jail time at least.
What I am saying is- if you know what these goons are capable of, why give them any provocation? If you know that the odds are 1 in a million that they'll get away with brutality, why gamble. Just be calm and play the game...

Now, as far as, "Are you aware that spazz is derived from spastic? Are you aware that you're using the name of a medical disabliity as an insult?". Yes, I am aware that it's derived from "spastic". I am also aware that I grew up in So Cal, and it is a perfectly valid expression which you've just made way too much out of...

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The Point

by builder123 Thursday, Jul. 11, 2002 at 7:14 PM

From looking at the tape it's obvious the police office slamming the head of a RESTRAINED youth is in the act of commiting a felony. It really holds no legal advantage for the officer's defence what actions any individual did before the incident.
That cops a bad apple and needs to go. Inglewood's mayor, and citizens, I think are in agreement with that. We certainly are and should be outraged, but it looks like the system will work.
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Racism, racism, racism?

by Eric Friday, Jul. 12, 2002 at 2:12 AM

"...but to these white supremacists with badges and guns, Black skin is another."

One of the cops involved in beating the shit out of this kid had black skin.
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Yes, Yes, Yes!

by Another Point Friday, Jul. 12, 2002 at 9:44 AM

Not that many people realize it, but there is racism within the black community! Blacks that hate other blacks because they have lighter skin or vice versa!
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Yes x 4

by And Yet Another (actually a few more) Friday, Jul. 12, 2002 at 9:50 AM

Whether or not the teenager was acting "spazz" doesn't justify the unnecessary force used by the police. First by slaming his head onto the car... and then punching him after he's already restrained?? Plus the officer's report doesn't match anything that was shown on the tape!
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lame cartoon

by johnk Friday, Jul. 12, 2002 at 12:22 PM

It's lame, because over half the officers in the LAPD, and a significant fraction of them in other PDs, are not white. Skin color matters, but it's not the skin of the cops that counts the most. Their "skin" is blue.

If anything, the cops today are less violent and abusive than those of the past... that is, if you're a minority. (Whites traditionally don't suffer under law enforcement in the USA.) What needs to change is the institutionalized racism in law enforcement, cultivated over decades by a social and political system that, more or less, condoned racist Klan-style violence against minorities.

Cop racism needs to be addressed as part of a social problem of prejudice against black and latino youth, who are characterized as gangsters and criminals. Cop rage and alienation need to be dealt with as well, because it's a cancer that spreads, and inevitably causes problems like the LAPD's corrupt CRASH unit, and other kinds of criminal activity by law enforcement agencies.
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I agree, dull dull dull

by everyones a critic Friday, Jul. 12, 2002 at 6:33 PM

though police brutality is worse then...
LAtuffs "cartoons" are a seriously lacking both creativity and insite. His work is more formulaic than poppin' fresh dough and add only an air of stupidity to the debate.

He could use a little investigation into the issue, if not, he looks no better then the left wing version of right-wing talk radio.

It gives a sad name to the art of political cartooning. His interpretation of "political" is to draw something with the trendy sign of politic (as in easy, politically correct) and not the politic that uses nuance to bring tease out the real issue at hand (politically aware.)
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Cartoon

by Muckypup Tuesday, Jul. 16, 2002 at 6:08 AM

I don't think the LAPD are satanists.
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