Policing has always been founded in and serves the function
of protecting and reproducing capitalist markets, unequal distribution of
resources, and conditions of profitability. So it is no surprise that
businesses promote the cops (whose mandate they actually drive) who serve them.
On Thursday, October 10, 2019, the Surrey Board of Trade is
holding the 23rd of its copaganda “Surrey Police Officer of the Year
Awards” to thank the cops in Surrey who have best served business in harassing
and punishing poor and homeless people, surveilling and regulating racialized,
Indigenous, working class people and communities, making parents fearful of
their children, stoking fear politics, and generally making Surrey safe for
capitalism. This in a city where police have killed at least two people and shot at least one more, this year alone.
Details of this copaganda exercise are as follows:
Name: October 10, 2019 - 23rd Annual Surrey Police Officer of
the Year Awards
Date: October 10, 2019
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM PDT
Location:
Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel
15269 104 Avenue, Surrey
The cost to attend is $105 + tax, so it is clearly designed
for regular folks.
It would be a real shame if people showed up to demonstrate against
this obscene spectacle of authoritarianism, state violence, subjugation, and
the massive waste of needed public resources on police rather than communities.
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