Whenever trigger-happy
cops kill an innocent citizen, they have only given expression to the
adversarial relationship they have cultivated with the rest of the citizens.
They have not done anything different from what others who occupy positions of
authority do. Those who preside over the affairs of our nation see society as
bifurcated between themselves and the rest of the citizens who should be
subjected to ill treatment at their hands.
To them, government does not exist
for the people but for a handful of leaders and a coterie of their loyalists.
Or why do our leaders not feel the pain of the citizens? How would our leaders
feel the pain of driving on a pothole-ridden road when they fly above it? Would
they feel the pain of being treated in a slaughterhouse that is outlandishly
christened a general or teaching hospital when they fly abroad for medical
treatment at the expense of the taxpayers?
