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Reforming police departments
As I began this, I picked up an excellent Mother Jones article, “A Road Map for Getting Rid of Racist Cops,” about this deeply entrenched problem. It’s in the form of a Q&A — Q’s by Mother Jones journalist Samantha … Continue reading
Posted in police violence, Racism, The Facts of Life
Tagged Mark Fuhrman, Mother Jones, OJ Simpson, psychological testing, racism in police, Rorschach, Samantha Michaels, Vida Johnson
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The problem with cops and soldiers
From Harper’s Weekly Review: The Philadelphia police union demanded a 5 percent “accountability pay” salary increase in exchange for agreeing to wear body cameras, and a Beverly Hills police officer was accused of playing music by the Nineties ska-punk band … Continue reading
Posted in police violence, The Facts of Life
Tagged Capitol attack, ex-military, Harper's, military weaponry, police weaponry, Sublime
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“Compare and contrast” US vs Russia
Remember those “compare and contrast” essay questions we used to get in school? I’m still in school — eternally in school — so let’s do another US vs Russia contrast. Russia: in response to the mass non-violent protests supporting Alexey … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, police violence, Politics, The Facts of Life, voting and voting rights
Tagged Alexey Navalny, Capitol arrests, Capitol assault, Newt Gingrich, Putin, Russian protests, Stalin, Trump, Twitter
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