#Policing

Part of the reason America is so broken is because there really exists a segment of our government that is actively trying to make life worse for others.They may be
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I have seen so many people (including folks on #lawtwitter) comparing what happened at the Capitol yesterday with the violence and property damage that happened in some cities during protests
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Before 2020, I spent some time talking about police brutality, which of course became the centerpiece of discussion in #BlackLivesMatter . Decided to take a look at the stats
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#SomervilleMA CAPM Committee thread starts here. The entire meeting is devoted to the 9 appointees to the police reserve list, proposed by the Mayor.This is a contentious issue. I'm starting
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Looking at the shameful #RheaChakraborty episode where women, especially prominent ones in TV and social media, cheered on the vilification of a young girl just shows that some women simply
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(THREAD): Because I haven’t overdone this format/joke.... Policing but it’s gifs from Toy Story We all know one. All the gear, no idea. The IVMA systems now they shut off
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A few thoughts on the use of force yesterday in Washington.Notwithstanding that they should never have been able to gain access to the Capitol in the first place, once they
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Thread:For those of you who haven't had the dis/pleasure of a Central Service secondment to Home Office we thought we should put the Priti Patel thing into context. This NOT
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Did you catch our thread on the expanding reach of US company Palantir into UK public institutions? £91m+ awarded to the controversial Silicon Valley data-analytics outfit across government. Let's take
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Anti-authoritarianism is the new non-violence.In Wretched of the Earth, Fanon talks about how at the critical moment, when colonized peoples awaken to the situation and engage in decolonization, the colonialist
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At the risk of tone policing, while I sympathize with the desire to treat MAGAts the way they've treated anyone outside the cult, this is a bad and self-destructive attitudeA
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Alright, I woke up this morning hype. And now I'm thinking a lot about public health + the pandemic. Long story short, in addition to Trump and his ppl's, public
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Have you ever had a near death experience? Have a few near misses - kitchen fire, dog saved me by barking to get attention, I was a wee one. A
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"We need to police online content!"Well sure. But before we go about doing that, it's worth remembering: this stuff is incredibly difficult & very easy to get wrong. Case in
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Facts about the City of Detroit’s countersuit against protesters. The City’s lawyers are seeking $200k in taxpayer money to fund the countersuit.THREAD This is the first time the City of
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One of my friends is incarcerated with George Floyd’s killer, & since he’s been there, the ‘general population’ is constantly in & out of lockdowns. This happens regularly under ‘normal’
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