#Policing

City of Iowa City of Iowa City of Iowa

city_of_iowa

Since we're all big fans of context now, some more context for our dear councilors:1) When it comes to racial disparities in wealth, income, education, and level of employment, Iowa

Peter McGuire Keep Your Distance & Wash Your Hands

PeterMcGuireIE

Supermac’s owner Pat McDonagh is a multi-millionaire. His staff are on minimum wage. But he’s not greedy, oh no; it’s his low-paid workers, living the high life on €1400 a

Katherine Cross

Quinnae_Moon

They also threatened to rescind admission.I really can't stress enough how dangerous these punitive measures are. They make intuitive sense, many of you probably think this is a good idea,

ScoonTV

ScoonTv

I came of age in the most violent period in this country - The "Crack Era." A lot of young black men were killed and incarcerated. I know so many

Wokal Distance

wokal_distance

1/Lets talk about free speech:A thread on free speech, cancel culture, and what's at stake. 2/Free speech, the first amendment, and cancel culture tend to be spoken of together, and

☂️Kamau

Kamaumaumau

at a rate of 1 in every 1000, police killings are now a leading cause of death for young black men https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2019-08-15/police-shootings-are-a-leading-cause-of-death-for-black-men we’re more likely to be killed

Mallory Moore

Chican3ry

Please for the love of everything decent, can people stop pretending that commercially distributed kink art featuring child characters is just "survivors working through trauma".Seeing far too much of this

Ana 🐙💦 🏴

acvalens

Queer public sex is at the heart of a culture war b/t radical queers vs reformists. Under the surface, anti-public sex views are steeped in racism, classism, gentrification, and police

Teresa Woodard

twoodard8

I spoke with the sister of #BothamJean about the #DerekChauvin verdict:"Ever since I lost Botham, I cannot feel anymore.""This is a great victory for the entire Black community…and for families

Michelle S. Phelps

MichelleSPhelps

I spent the last 4 years studying community perceptions of the MPD. Over the weekend I wrote up my thoughts on policing 101, what's happened in Minneapolis, and what comes

Jason Coyle

JayCoyle

Alright, I will bite. I saw The Irishman a few weeks ago at the cinema and really loved it. I am a big Scorsese fan so not a major surprise.

Christian Henderson

CjvHenderson

A thread of examples of environmental Orientalism Black Hawk Down: White people policing over populated native societieshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGaFGgjVY_Y "Made in Israel: Water" : European Settler colonies using superior

jelani cobb

jelani9

I did not tweet earlier out of respect for the service but Daunte Wright’s funeral was legitimately heartrending. He comes from a sprawling family that deeply grieved his loss. The

Mayor Ron | Wear a mask! 😷

Ron_Nirenberg

An active investigation, that will be referred to the district attorney and ultimately to a grand jury, is being conducted of the officer-involved shooting on Tuesday which happened when police

CHAIRRDRF

CHAIRRDRF

Excellent Zoom session hosted by @bricycle with a lot of technical and political stuff from @ibikebrighton . Thanks to them and all the interesting contributors and thanks for letting me

Maddie Stew

maddiestewart__

Recognize George Floyd's murder as a tragedy but realize that police brutality is an issue which transcends simple racial boundaries.https://scholar.harvard.edu/fryer/publications/empirical-analysis-racial-differences-police-use-force W