#Policing

thotcrime

thotcrime3

Another trope I'm sick of: the Modern Jezebel. She's the music industry's answer to the hyper-sexualized Black female imagery first made famous in the Antebellum South, where it was used

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

These were GREAT ideas.They were also racist ideas.Jefferson, Washington, Lincoln, et al were great founders who WERE ALSO white supremacists.America is a great country and IT IS ALSO racist. Both

Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty

JoAnnPDX

A skeptic could see PPB and PPA’s press release as a scare tactic to convince the community that further cuts would cause harm. I’m choosing to take it at face

abolish police

SabrinaChoice

ABOLITION 101: It's time for a long thread about abolition. It's still widely misunderstood.Let's begin. Ask yourself: 1. Why do we have police, and more broadly, policing?2. Why do we

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

Actually, they are. But I'm willing to believe you are right if you can disprove all of the facts. https://twitter.com/Kerry_Berry12/status/1383183979621216256 First, let's get 3 things out of the way. 1.

Nico Ratkowski

NicoRatkowski

@GovTimWalz @MayorFrey @MayorCarter @AGEllison I say this as respectfully as possible. Please understand that it is unconstitutional to impose a city wide curfew in response to an isolated incident. If

Charles Weijer

charlesweijer

DEBATE: Should government #policy interventions evaluated in #stepped #wedge #trials be considered ‘research interventions’ and reviewed by the research ethics committee? An exchange in @ClinTrialsJ. #researchethics #steppedwedge #REC 2

The Kindnist

the_kindnist

Everyone is so full of anger right now. And to be clear, all of those feelings are valid--there is so much to be angry about. But when all we do

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sugarcubeshiro

i love trans ppl and trans representation, i love trans ppl loving themselves and finding rep + a safe space to feel good abt themselves in fictional works! that’s a

Yonah (they/el)

remembrancermx

As a rape victim, I’ve now been informed I favor abuse over love for liking fictional couples.https://twitter.com/ysgawen/status/1252670246198050817 See this is why I get upset about fandom policing. Ultimately, you’re saying

Teresa 3000

trois_mille

THREAD: I had some time today (thx to #PaidSickDays, which everyone should have) so had a look at the new open data release on #ottbike theft. Bottom line: OPS is

Adam Powley

adampowley

There’s a lot of chat about Spurs, Enic and @THST, and tbh too much of it is noise and bluster. So FWIW a few thoughts. Long thread, you’ve been warned.

Vusi Thembekwayo

VusiThembekwayo

Thought: The scrambling by the government of South Africa to deal with COVID19 & arrive at a consistent policy direction shows the level of neglect that we’ve lived under. a

KD

Fly_Sistah

I woke up early on my day off to move my SUV (alternate side parking) & am still pissed off that Michael Bloomberg has the audacity to be running as

Benjamin Millar

BenjaminMillar

Speaking with Dr Berhan Ahmed for this article in April, he said his greatest fear was COVID-19 finding itself into the Flemington and other estates [not in the article as

Mona Eltahawy

monaeltahawy

“The assumption is that policing will stop or prevent sexual violence,” @AfroLez “There is documented evidence that it does not. So why do we rely on the police as the