Shots fired by hired thugs   Public servants don't murder and maim   Hiding behind their double standards   targeting the victim with bullets and blame   Providing a wall of defense for dictators and tyrants   Shielding them from accountability, concern and complaints   Showing zero tolerance and lacking restraint   Combating defiance with violence   All while they decide our fates   Create a story from an 'impartial' and 'reliable' source   One that sanctions and justifies force   And allows those responsible to parade their remorse   While the corpse is further desecrated   Another terror tactic the police implement   Resentment shown to those who oppose and hold this whole charade in contempt   When police over reaction is caught by the cameras   The world watches to see what happens next   The politicians protect and defend those responsible   For needlessly gunning down or beating a person to death   This gross abuse of power sets the example for violence   And rejects the ideals of tolerance and respect   So will their continuing assaults result in more violence?   What else could they possibly expect?   Now that they've set the precedence   For brutality towards activists and excusing police actions   All other cities can increase their efforts   To stifle the message and stamp out reaction   What happened to our right to assemble?   This resembles the tactics the fascists enacted   To insure that no one listens while they lock us in prisons   And everyone's civil and human rights are retracted