I protest.

Fuck Houston.

Via Majikthise : Houston janitors brutalized in custody, Anna Denise Solís' story.

Among the worst of it:

One of the protesters had a fractured wrist from the horses. She had a cast on and when she would fall asleep the guard would kick the cast to wake her up. She was in a lot of pain. … The guards would tell us: 'This is what you get for protesting.' … One of the guards called us 'whores' and if we talked back, we didn’t get any lunch.

Of course, those cops will get off scot-free. They were "just following orders" like good little brownshirts.

Fascism is alive and well and living in Houston.

And the janitors win.

It looks like despite the best efforts of the Houston Police Department, the new union scored a contract.

-On the heels of a string of victories in Miami, Los Angeles and Boston that have resulted in dramatic gains for families, more than 5,300 janitors in Houston won higher wages, more hours, and health insurance in their first city-wide union contract. The contract will lift hundreds of janitors out of poverty, more than doubling their income within 24 months and guaranteeing secure affordable health care.

Bravo.