The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-23
Capitalist Justice in Sunny
Florida By JEAN VALLEJO

"NTAND up niger! Stand up damn Won. stand
up! blurred out the Burley Cracker cop a re-
cent recruit to the Jacksonville police force from
the sand hills of Georgia. One of the many expro-
priated cotton farmers who have been pushed off
the land and into the city
"Ihere' stand up now," again urged the COD as
he presented his niger to the chief at police head
quarters.
Boss l can't stand here. I'm shot, Boss-I'm
slcK-Ise feel so weak. can't stand up" "What!
YouH try to run from office again will YOU?
YOU damn black son of b--l There now stand
up. and shut up!"
The poor black-faced victim with bruised and
bloody features-was forced to stand on one
leg, between two white husky cops who supported
MN from either side. The Negroes other leg was
imp, apparently paralyzed by the bullet that had
so recently pierced his body
Inc Negro, on of the hundreds of iobless ones
IN wonderful Jacksonville" had been caught stand
ing before grocery store, his hungry eyes gazing
curiously at the "eats" in the show window
"hatre doing here Niger Fixing to break in.
| gaess!" interrogated the cop The poor hungry
Negro was frightened and almost speechless. we'll
showing that an arrest meant a severe clubbing
from the cop. For it's kind of an unwritten law
mere IN Wonderful JAZZ that the first thing to do
on arresung dangerous" niger is to club him
into submission
mo, Sar Boss, I was just" "shut mn
you black skunk, 1 know what you were GETTING
ready to do" broke in the COP.
Inc crowd began gathering, brickbats and stones
IN hand, as the officer further questioned and
abused his suspect. The Negro, aware as onlv a
Negro can be- of his precarious position under such
circumstances, broke and ram only to be peted with
orlckbats and stones from the white crowd and
finally to be felled by bullet from the policeman,s
big automatic.
The officer after signaling for aid and for the
patrol now walked to his VICTIM
You'd run away from an officer would Won ?
You damn black DEVIL" AS the COP smoke he hogan
to freely use the butt of his big gun on the face
and head OF his victim, while the blood spurted
1orth. The torture continued spasmodcaly, accom-
panied by an occasional kick, until the arrival of
the patrol wagon announced the approach of the
sergeant.
Get in that wagon, niger, wen put you where
you belong" said the cop as he gave his victim a
final kick
What? You amt going to do it? Very Well"
Whereupon the cops and couple of white by
ISLANDERS seized upon their sick and bleeding victim
picked him up farmer would stuck hog and
threw him sprawlng into the wagon And the crowd
feeling rather disappointed slowly dispersed into
the night as the sounding gong died away in the
distance enroute to the police station
Stand up niger, stand upt" Thus was the
bleeding and bruised victim, held up on one foot
between the two cops and presented to the Jackson
vile law and order gang, at the headquarters of
the white tribunal of capitalist justice
Lock him up till morning" was the stern com
mand OF the captain. "Come along" said the SER
geant, "we'll put you where you won't nv fr~sn
an officer again SOON" Thus speaking tb- r.ae~,