It takes only 2 years of college to become a cop in Canada.
I've known a few gun loving rednecks who did it.
They weren't the kind of people I like to have "fun" with.
Bad attitudes about women, queers, immigrants.
Easy enough to do. Certainly not rocket science.
There he is now, on the platform.
Saving "PUBLIC TRANSIT"
Can we bold the word "PUBLIC" for this.
Saving the transit authority from poor people, who can't afford $2.50
If they try to flee, they can't afford to be criminalized and fined for the fact that they can't afford $2.50 to travel across this huge city.
If they try to flee, they get tasered.
Zap. Potentially dead of a heart attack. Potential brain damage or body damage from falling and doing the funky chicken on cement.
For $2.50
Over 20 people have been tasered in BC since the police on transit were given tasers.
The toothless native man clutches his el cheapo 6 pack he could barely scrape enough together for. He's trying to get home.
His whole ride on the Skytrain he is in fear.
The poor live in fear. Tasered for $2.50.
The cops are protecting us.
Protecting the profits of Translink.
A private corporation now.
They protect it's profits.
I don't see them, outside the stations, the more remote ones,
where drug dealers and thieves, bullies and belligerent drunks
harass old ladies and follow younger ones home
thoughts of rape filling their heads
Fear of it filling hers
They won't make their quota there, of fare evaders.
To serve and protect
was meant to be about the population
but really
they protect the profits and property
of the rich
a taser should be used on a bully
beating up the weak
not on a poor man running
from a fine
for needing to travel
They've shown us they don't have the self control
to use these weapons
Poor people and their safety don't matter
That's why 26+ whores can disappear into the darkness of a pig farm
because only those with money deserve safety
only those with money can travel
only those with property can sleep under a roof, a covering
while the city is filled with empty buildings
emptied and waiting for years at a time
speculating
on the profits they grow
at night, after the drunks drive away, unhindered by breathalysers
parking lots sit empty
but no one can sleep beneath their cold cement ceilings
because the Lord of the land
must be protected
from the serfs and beggars
So many people worth nothing here
We will zap and maybe kill you for not paying your fare
move along, you cannot sleep here
A fine for you with no money
for you with no ID to show
that you belong here
outside, where we do not care
about the gangsters and bullies
circling there
No comments:
Post a Comment