In a breathtakingly risky move, a former Russian police officer has taken to the Internet in full uniform to detail the corruption, danger, and brutality in the Russian justice system.
In an open video address to Prime Minister Vladmir Putin, Alexei Dymovsky says, “Maybe you don’t know about us, about simple cops, who live and work and love their work. I’m ready to tell you everything. I’m not scared of my own death.”
Dymovsky’s videos have gotten more than a million views and have created quite an uproar in Russia. In the videos, he speaks with an air of desperation, frustration, and resignation rarely seem on camera. He speaks of the ten years he spent serving and protecting his country.
These videos bear significant political impact, but they also speak to the importance of the Internet in acting as our generation’s soapbox. Any wronged person has an almost infinite capacity to express, persuade and convince.
Here is a link to a short video that appeared in the NY Times about Dymovsky, it’s really well done and compelling stuff, take a look; http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/07/27/world/europe/1247468521083/russias-youtube-cop.html?th&emc=th
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