Two Seattle police officers are under investigation after a bystander recorded them beating a man with their batons at a bus stop last week.
In the video, which was posted online and first reported by NBC affiliate KING 5-TV, two officers can be seen hitting a man with their batons last Friday afternoon. In the 40-second clip, one of the officers appears to grab the man’s hair before he uses a knee to pin him down.
The video does not show what occurred before the officers started beating the man.
Police in America came from slave patrols and union busting efforts. Their militarization began only in relatively recent decades, but even this is only a continuation of existing trends. “Protecting property” is just the tip of the spear of the overall class warfare operation that they represent.