Reno police blue wall of "omerta" silence

When houseless people are physically assaulted by off duty police officers and are themselves blamed for the cause of their attack, this is an example of the code of silence. Fear and intimidation by police can encourage many transients to migrate elsewhere, away from the land of glitz and glamour casino life. Tactics are borrowed from the mafia's "omerta" code, meaning nobody gives away their fraternal brothers. Police have the authority to investigate the claim but instead choose not to, blaming the victim of the crime as drug related. Case closed, another police attack forgotten..

The casinos themselves detest houseless people as they "scare away" wealthy customers, certain casino security employees will cooperate with police in targeting houseless people. Together they strengthen the wall of silence..

Proof of police criminality is a near impossibility in this scenario, police are clever enough to perform their assaults away from public scrutiny, easier in Reno than places like LA where Rodney King's assault was videotaped. The results of the King trial demonstrate the power police have over the public also..

Reno (and everywhere else) needs a Copwatch group that monitors police activities and protects vulnerable populations from hidden police assaults. When any authority figure abuses their position of power, they need to be removed from that position by ALL means neccesary..

Police states creep up on people gradually. Whether the right to sleep is criminalized overnight or over weeks of nightclubs applied to knees at 3 am, either way the public loses and the corporate state wins..

Article from copwatch on blue wall of silence;

http://www.copwatch.org/shelton.html

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