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NOVEMBER 21, 2011 7:51AM

AWESOME ARTICLE

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Here is an awesome article I just found about that nasty UC policeman who peppersprayed those innocent OWS protesters. I have copied the  majority of the article, from "Dangerous Minds," for your reading pleasure, as well as the accompanying photos.


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Occupy Art: Andrew Wyeth’s ‘Christina’ gets pepper-sprayed
 
 
SPRAY 1
 

"Fat slob (and orgasmically impotent?) Lieutenant John Pike strolls through realms beyond his imagination battling the human spirit with his little red can of pepper-spray and in a miracle of negative Internet transubstantiation is transformed over night from tough guy to Internet LOL meme. Karma’s a bitch.

"Pike will have plenty of time to sharpen his aim and put on a few more pounds now that he’s on indefinite leave from the police force.

"What makes these images so resonant is that they’re not far from the truth. On the surface they seem absurd but when compared to recent images of peaceful protesters being assaulted by psychopathic cops for absolutely no justifiable reason they take on several layers of meaning and suggest new strategies for change.

1. The violent cop is out of touch with his own humanity. His actions are random and driven by a disdain for what he finds incomprehensible or makes him uncomfortable. His uniform, helmet and mask are shields against sensuality and pleasure and symbolize dead energy. 


2. Fascism strikes out at what it doesn’t understand and what it can’t control.


3. When confronted with peaceful, sensual and free human beings, the police mentality recoils, clenches and lashes out in a perverse display of fear and loathing."

  SPRAY 2

  SPRAY 3

 

 

The article continues, but I think these are the best points. I think the photos say a mouthful.

 

Read the rest of the article here:

 http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/occupy_art_andrew_wyeths_christina_gets_pepper_sprayed

 

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seurat., manet, wyeth, 99%, occupy art, dangerous minds

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Great satire! A perfect example of what I called for in my last post ("John Pike: Bad Cop") This is exactly what these bullies need--publicity and shame.
Written by an American
November 21, 2011 09:11 AM
Officer Duffus waddles through time and space defacing the collective unconscious which is what real art reflects and attacking women wherever he can. I love the analogy! Officer Duffus should have studied a little more art before he embarked on his journey. There are things within the collective unconscious which are best left undisturbed.
Jack Heart
November 21, 2011 09:31 AM
This is one "police officer" who earned the name PIG. What is even more nauseating is listening to people try to justify this sadistic behavior.

Lezlie
L in the Southeast
November 21, 2011 11:46 AM
The administrative leaves are almost always used for cooling off periods so that the majority of the public can forget and when they come to their conclusions they can do so with much less attention. Clearly this is one of the things that the reform movement should attempt to change; any sincere democracy has to let the cops know that they work for the public, not the other way around.
zacherydtaylor
November 21, 2011 12:29 PM
I was taken to poetry today to honor the poet that was clubbed.
What is wrong with these police, how can they sleep at night.
rated with love
RomanticPoetess
November 21, 2011 02:53 PM
Some guys end up in law enforcement for the wrong reasons
koshersalaami
November 21, 2011 05:51 PM
Ah, a little aesthetic detournement for the present age, more Banksy than Debord. Viral video seems to encourage an even more direct approach, like the subtitling of the Hilary Clinton announcements on the February Egyptian uprising, where the official State Dept. doublespeak was translated into everyday-speak. Imagine what the "inappropriate soundtracks" channel could do with a BP commercial...

Rated
BOKO
November 21, 2011 05:52 PM
Occupy Whatever has nothing but nothing going for it except an occasional case of low-level police brutality, and then the crowds and headlines suddenly return.

Hurrah for Lieutenant Pike!

He saved the "movement!"

And now we return to tedium and woebegone banners, until the next cop saves the day.
Jacob Freeze
November 22, 2011 02:49 AM
When I first saw this I couldn't believe it, the creativity on the internet happens in a blink of an I now, amazingly creative people out there bouncing off one another in some sort of geometrically expanding creativity. What the forces of fascism in the world can't understand is that the world moves much faster than they do, however they have the guns and the money, if they ever get control of the internet, watch out.
les stone
November 22, 2011 03:25 PM
call me cynical, but i can't stop a little thought from wriggling into view: did some devious soul say, "unleash the cops, they'll catch the flak, and our fearless leaders will be forgotten, and thereby safer."

the problem here is not the cop, it's the politicians and the financial engineers they serve. throw flowers at the cops, throw rocks at the politicians.
al loomis
December 04, 2011 11:52 PM
Excellent. Loved the pics!

Rated.
Alan Nothnagle
December 05, 2011 07:38 PM
"Fascism strikes out at what it doesn’t understand and what it can’t control." Hear, hear.
Beth Mann
December 17, 2011 09:52 AM