wow.

i just watched the second video. did anyone notice the way that the police cheif (or whoever that was) behaved towards the man in the chair (with what they call intellectual disabilities)? "we were really impressed with his work ethic" and rubbing his head? what an ass.

personally I don't care wether the police have a clean/nice looking station, i care that they actually treat people with respect if they must exist at all. i have been watching them lately and I am not impressed! a few weeks ago some officers were talking to a man on richmond st who had fallen asleep beside a pillar of a building infront of a business after it had closed. they asked to see his ID and suggested that he "move southward". I am sure that this is standard procedure (cops have asked me who I was many times, but I do not have to identify myself and neither did he) but it creates an ugly society where we must identify ourselves because of the threat of being harrassed or bothered by suspecting police! why can't they just leave the guy alone?

as for the first video, I like the part where the police cheif says that if you don't clean up grafitti it sends the message that "you can do what you want and that people don't care about property" I LOVE IT! I actually don't like most grafitti but I like the message! I don't care about property, I care about health and the environment and personal and community expression. And I think people would like to feel that they can do what they want! Could you imagine encouraging people to feel that they can do WHAT THEY WANT! What kind of place would that look like!?