Post below from: copblock.org Over three days during the week of October 29th a handful of Winston police employees spent a full-day at "information sessions" throughout the city with those who were considering joining the largest organized gang in town (Police Application Overview below). My friend Clyde brought the recruitment events to my attention (having found the listing online www.cityofws.org and we decided to attend. Our friend Angie G. accompanied one day as well. Let me stop there and underscore the ease of this particular activism/outreach/education. Clyde poked-around for relevant information that was made public and we attended to have conversations and share literature. Pretty low-risk. And one interaction can have a significantly positive impact. At one point we were and told by Curtis Kennedy that we could not film in a public building. A PUBLIC building. Kennedy also told Clyde and Angie that certain topics (personal discretion, as it applies to acting according to bad legislation) could not be discussed in the room. It's clear Kennedy is in the wrong. Remember, he works for an outfit that has on its homepage "to protect and serve." The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual crime. - Max Stirner Fast-forward a few more days and Kennedy's own actions - failure to communicate, physically removing himself from my proximity) demonstrated that he wasn't proud of his actions. Now, let's give the guy a break. Maybe it was the first time ...