Watching the news w Pynchon yet, able to breathe, luckily.

[Mark Kohut]

we have read Pynchon's essay on the mind of Watts.

 I Repeat that Radney Balko's The Militarization of the Police
traced the start of SWAT teams to the LAPD as an organizational response
To those riots.

for 40+ years, and esp since 9/11, the police departments all over the United States
Have militarized themselves, prepared for " riots" instead of " freedom of assembly",  have allowed o'er the top Jacobean-like revengeful anger to build 
And build until: The Bigfoot cops can choke, gang-up on, beat and shoot at will. 

TRP did know exactly when the cops turned. Inherent Vice. 

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