{"article":{"id":7751,"heading":"Empathy for the Devil","author":"intime","created":"2001-06-25 23:28:49","modified":"2001-06-26 11:00:17","last_modified":"Tue, 26 Jun 2001 18:00:17","article":"<p>Admittedly the cops are too violent, and too oppresive in general. But let's not confuse symptoms with causes. The cops are suffer from many of the same symptoms that activists oppose: under-education, a culture of violence, etc. The cops are pawns. The king isn't Bill Gates, or even Adam Smith, but capitalism itself. When given the opportunity, in protests for example, activists might want to point this out to cops, instead of demonizing them and putting them on the defensive, which is too often offensive.<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Let's Try to Get the Cops on our Side","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2001\/06\/7751.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":7789,"heading":"What a bunch of RUBBISH!","article":"Are you a cop? We know who the enemy is, please dont \r\nconfuse the issue. Dont be nice. Think for yourself.","author":"!","parent_id":7751,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-06-26 10:28:21","modified":"2001-06-26 10:54:42","fileurl":""},{"id":7790,"heading":"get real","article":"trying to get the cops on any side working towards an anti-oppressive, i.e anti-police state, is a waste of energy.  there are more real and worthwhile ways to work the resistances.","author":"brenda","parent_id":7751,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-06-26 11:00:17","modified":"2001-06-26 11:49:19","fileurl":""}]}