Wanted: Hip Cops

From Portable 207

This poster is absolutely amazing. "We know it's a heavy trip, but there are more than 30 vacancies on the Berkely Police force. If hip people do not apply and go on to fill those vacancies, we'll get more of the same old stuff and have the same old hassles!... We want PEACEmen, not POLICEmen." This is the most peaceful way to protest known to man: work within the system. A grassroots effort, starting from the smallest form of government power (police), can lead to widespread change in the end-- though it looks to me that it's "been a long time comin" (CSN), in that not much change has occurred in the government since the '70s. I also really like the stipulations for applicees-- I think I'd agree to these rules, too. One must be: be sane, like children and other "growing things" (haha), gentle before aggressive, non-discriminating, and accepting of minor indescrecions ("people should be free to live their own lives if they do not harm others"). With a law- and moral-abiding police force like this, I'd imagine that crime would decrease significantly-- if people are being respected by the law, perhaps they will respect law.