Deyshia
Hargrave, a teacher in Louisiana, was attending a school board meeting
and had a question. In the two hundred-forty years of American
democracy which preceded the Trump administration, this was not a
crime worthy of expulsion and arrest.
But
she dared question why the superintendent was getting a 21.7% raise
when so many of the district's other employees—teachers
included—hadn't seen raises in a decade.
She was escorted from the meeting by a city marshal and
subsequently arrested for “remaining after being forbidden” and
“resisting an officer”, which too often is law enforcement-ese
for asking a question.
Ladies
and gentlemen, welcome to the future. And please note our newest
commandment:
Thou
shalt not question thy superior(s), which is anyone making more money
than you.
Have
a nice weekend. : )
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