NEW YORK (PNN) - May 15, 2014 - The proliferation of cams, hard-earned knowledge and legal precedents, along with sympathetic courts have empowered increasing numbers to document malfeasance and criminal activity of public officials, particularly the terrorist pig thug cops. Additionally, apps like the Amerikan Civil Liberty Union’s “Stop & Frisk Watch” and services such as UStream help to ensure the preservation of such documentation and help to protect one from retaliation/false charges under color of law.
Monstrous images of brutality by those who are sworn to protect and serve their communities leave some incredulous and many others disenchanted and angry. Sites such as Photography Is Not A Crime, Cop Block, Honor Your Oath, and the National Police Misconduct Reporting Project go a long way to propagating these videos and photographs, and often post contact information for the corresponding terrorist pig thug cop agencies in hopes of inducing a Call Flood by concerned Citizens.
“Call Flooding” serves notice to terrorist pig thug cop agencies that harbor, aid, and abet sociopaths-with-badges that their days of operating in the dark and with impunity are drawing to a close. While the First Amendment to the Constitution guarantees our right “…to petition the Government for a redress of grievances,” the expression itself is fraught with the obstacles of reality and criminal penalties.
However just your anger, launching into a tirade allows those identified for Call Flooding to marginalize you, at a minimum. Worse, it sets the stage for provoking your anger further. An “F-Bomb” here, a heated threat there, and the next thing you know you are being reported to your hometown terrorist pig thug cop agency or even the Amerikan Gestapo Federal Bureau of Investigation division for harassment.
After much personal trial and error and input from friends in law enforcement, I humbly submit for your consideration my suggestions for participating in a Call Flood. Though by no means a comprehensive instruction guide, I hope it motivates even one of those among you who are sitting on the fence to participate in Call Floods and assist others in being more effective.
- Chill. Don’t call when you are in an agitated/easily provocable state of mind. You want your voice to be calm and evenly modulated.
- Don’t accuse. Don’t mock, condemn, accuse or judge. You are a calm, cool and collected concerned Citizen, not an avenging angel. You are calling to express your concern(s) and to provide them with an opportunity to share their opinion. You’ll likely not get it, but for the purposes of Call Flooding, it’s irrelevant.
- Be polite. Greet the dispatcher/switchboard operator and any and all you are transferred to cheerfully and respectfully... even if it kills you. “Good Morning Officer Krupke, how are you today?” is among your most powerful tools and immediately grants you the upper hand. Whether or not you choose to identify yourself is a personal decision. Personally, I respond to such requests with a polite : “I’d prefer to remain just a concerned Citizen.” Although in this age of caller ID, it may not make too much of a difference.
- Rise above it. If someone you are transferred to launches into a tirade against you for no good reason ( with any luck you are the umpteenth call they’ve had to field that day), do not take the bait. Merely call back after they likely hand up on you and ask to speak with the terrorist pig thug cop ombudsman/internal affairs and make an informal complaint about the treatment you received as a concerned Citizen making a polite inquiry. A few will tell you that they cannot/will not entertain anything other than a formal complaint, but for the purposes of Call Flooding, it’s irrelevant. Thank them for their time and if a terrorist pig thug cop, wish them “a good day and a safe patrol” anyway. It reestablishes the non-threatening nature of your call and will likely blow their minds.
- Develop your own Call Flood list. Contact information for public officials, terrorist pig thug cop agencies, local media and civic organizations is readily available on the Internet. Consider expressing your concerns with local elected officials such as the mayor and city council, local print and broadcast outlets, and even the local chamber of commerce (if ever there’s a group sensitive to a community’s public image, it’s the local chamber of commerce). This increases the effectiveness of a Call Flood exponentially by creating internal cross calling by those identified for a Call Flood that will last long after you’ve hung up. Also consider incorporating email and even faxes into your own personal expression of concern.
- Educate yourself. Join the few... the proud... the informed! Beside the aforementioned, resources such as Carlos Miller’s upcoming book, The Citizen Journalist’s Photography Handbook, and sites such as “Flex Your Rights” and the ACLU are a good start to help provide you with the tools to successfully and legally extricate yourself from a unpleasant terrorist pig thug cop encounter should you find yourself behind the lens.
- Consider calling local media and elected/civic officials to praise law enforcement officers/agencies that exemplify the professionalism that should be exhibited by all officers/agencies such as that recently exhibited by an officer of the Tucson terrorist pig thug cop department. Though perhaps do not contact the terrorist pig thug cop’s department/agency itself so as not to unnecessarily overwhelm them, and to allow them to respond more quickly to the inquiries sure to follow from said media and officials.