The Heat Is On Here In Mesa . . . Let's See How Far It Penetrates

It's a good time to take advantage of the local, state, national and international massive media coverage converging here now in our city splashing headlines and police body cam videos right in-your-face and out-to-the-world to see. The Public has a right-to-know yet it is  not the kind of news Mesa city officials want to see - there's more to look at beyond the culture of police brutality . . . Roots go deeper than that

Let's first of all look at the usual scenario police departments across the country use to handle the media exposure: they are masters at media manipulation to control the news.
'Incidents' and 'episodes' first appear as single reports, frequently after real-time with sparse public notice. Sensational videos then appear to show the action catching the increasing interest of the public, then there are counter actions to tamp it all down - an investigation is started that delays what can be stated on the public record.
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It's a scenario that repeats itself time-and-time again. You can see that here in Mesa now: bad behavior on-the-job is recognized for what it is, personnel get suspended, reassigned or put on paid- or unpaid-leave. Heads of departments say they are angry, upset or disappointed by actions of just a few and an investigation is called for . . .it may take months or years.

Justice, however is not blind






You can follow the continuing news reports about 'something rotten in the Mesa Police Department" - some links behold organized by date/time and all that in related content outlined below.
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Just one day ago it was a surprise to see this Editorial Opinion published by the online version of The Arizona Republic
Our View: Mesa has a culture of police brutality. It's time to root it out

AZCentral.com-20 hours ago

"Something is rotten in the Mesa Police Department. New allegations of police brutality are arising in a department that has had a history of violent confrontations ... "

That's all to the good going in one direction into police brutality that can't in any way get ignored now. There are other historical
dimensions to dive into deeper than the violent actions and brutality by the 'boys-in-blue' : it might be called 'white-collar-crimes' that have roots in the generations-old political/governing culture established by the progeny of The Pioneers who have a false sense of entitlement in The New Zion. 
Nearly every one of the 40 mayors of Mesa have roots in a line-of-succession going back to the 1870's and connections to Salt Lake City. They think they are divinely entitled to everything: A MONOPOLY.
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They claim title to more land and properties all the time. They control Finance. They own and operate Insurance and investment companies. They own nearly all of the Real Estate here in Mesa using family trusts, LLCs, REITs and holding companies. FIRE
Their religion has a for-profit branch to expand The Kingdom, almost tax-free.
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