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Josh Ringš§¢ā„š¦ š°š¹
JoshRing4UBI
The underlying problem is with the cop culture that indoctrinates them to believe they are at war with the general population. The "them vs us" mentality needs to be ripped
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Super Deluxe
sachp
Iāve been reading this piece again while trying to grapple with something. Those of us who arrived at our feminisms through a human rights ātrackā or thought process often have
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Radley Balko
radleybalko
Textbook cause and effect confusion.https://twitter.com/bretweinstein/status/1302783545165799424 I mean, I guess we should blame protesters for this sort of thing happening the last 35 years, right?https://twitter.com/radleybalko/status/108
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Ald. Max Prestigiacomo
d8alder
Tonight, the Council is voting on a proposal to prohibit MPD from procuring items through the 1033 Program. In this thread, Iāll share some relevant information and how to give
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Aaron J. Greene
AJacobGreene
I know some people are wondering how do local police departments have military weapons, tanks, and other war ready equipment. This has always been at the root police departments founded
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dianelyssa
the demilitarization of this nation's police departments needs to be a priority not just of future presidential administrations ā especially those claiming to be progressive ā, but that of governors,
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Mirth hoping for BlueWave 2020
MirthDAL
.@CBC @CBCAlerts @CBCPolitics SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!Mr Floyd didn't "die in police custody" - he was KILLED cold blood while hand-cuffed, on ground, and not resisting. He was KILLED in drawn-out
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Kyle J. Howard
KyleJamesHoward
Police started as āslave patrolsā & later morphed into āLaw Enforcementā whose job is to keep black community controlled. The police have been hunting black people for centuries but yāall
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ChuckModi
ChuckModi1
The more one learns about the intricacies of police depts, their funding, their militarization, how they terrorize Black lives to justify fed grants (& their job), corrupt DAs, judges &
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Chi
theAfroLegalise
I donāt know why itās difficult for Black folks in the U.S. to confront the fact that we have little to no idea about what is happening on the continent
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Metro DC DSA
mdc_dsa
We stand with @DMVBlackLives in condemning these heinous and misleading attacks on @Janeese4DC. We do not need and should not have a militarized police force in DC.https://twitter.com/DMVBlackLives/status/1261817306742689797 Hereās what @
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MichaelBoldin
michaelboldin
Conservatives keep telling me that states are āabusing the 10th Amendmentā¦ā and are far more dangerous than the federal government.And while I readily acknowledge that all the states suck -
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Patrick Skinner
SkinnerPm
Please stop framing this as a political or partisan issue. Police misconduct & the militarization of local police is a bi-partisan & very-much all-American disgrace. Itās generational & widespread. We
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anarchomastia
the DPRK is a - a terrible stateb - not uniquely terriblelike most of the shit the US gives the DPRK is.. stuff the US does too. all states are
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Paul Poast
ProfPaulPoast
Did Iraq & Afghanistan Wars contribute to the militarization of US police departments?Data are pretty clear.Surplus military equipment transferred to local law enforcement (via 1033 program) steadily rose starting in
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manu #BLM š
trekonomics
In retrospect, Bush v Gore was the beginning of the end of American democracy. That fateful judicial decision made a mockery of the electoral process, enabled 9/11, Iraq, torture, John
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