Quelling dissent

Members of the NT Police Association are worried that they may have to “quell resistance to unpopular, unnecessary, and socially divisive legislative changes” (Northern Territory News, August 4).

Someone should remind them that this is their job.

Police are not workers, they are officers of the law. Their primary role is to protect the rich and subdue the poor.

As our society moves further towards complete corporatism, dissent will increase and the police will be there to maintain the status quo.

Just like the members of the judiciary, the police must enforce the law no matter how immoral the law may be.

If members of the NT Police are uncomfortable with this they should get out now.

It does seem strange that Vince Kelly is expressing these concerns. His members have targeted the Darwin-based drug law-reform group, the Network Against Prohibition, with much vigour over the past three years.