Enforcers category archive
Facebook Frolics 0
A Tennessee police department found out the hard way that, even though a frolicker posts something stupid and disrespectful and insipid, it ain’t inherently a crime.
We are becoming an uncivil society. And “social” media is accelerating our desce–oh, never mind.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Will Bunch makes a strong case that Texas Governor Abbott is simply being mean for the sake of mean.
I think a pretty strong case can be made that, if the majority of immigrants at our Southern border were white like me, they’d not be greeted with such hostility.
Freedom of Suppress, Updated 0
Read more from Wichita, Kansas, NPR station KMUW.
Addendum:
And here’s an update from the Kansas City Star.
Presumed Guilty 0
I wonder just why oh why something like this could have happened?
Full-Face and Profiled 0
The EFF reports on a court’s finding about farcical recognition. A snippet (emphasis added):
Follow the link for details.
Different Strokes at Different Folks 0
Eric Foster tells a tale or people, pigment, and perception.
Immunity Impunity
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I suspect that I am not alone in avoiding watching the video of five Memphis, Tennessee, police officers murdering Tyre Nichols. I can be aware of it without subjecting myself to experiencing it in a (quasi-)first-hand manner.
Commenters routinely point out that both the victim and the perpetrators were black. Some would use this to argue that racism was not a factor, as if to pretend that America’s history of institutionalized and societal racism somehow does not insidiously affect everyone in some way or another.
At Psychology Today Blogs, Kevin Cokley considers this event and its implications. Here’s a short excerpt (emphasis added); the entire piece is worth you while.
(Broken link fixed.)
Grasping at a Broken Straw 0
The Las Vegas Sun editorial board if we can’t get rid of the guns, we have to get rid of the prejudice.
I reckon their hearts are in the right place.
And, in other news, pigs, wings.
To Protect and Service 0
Chicago cop vacations in the Sunshine State and turns into Florida Man.
We are a pathetic excuse for a polity.
Crime and Punishment 0
What Atrios said.
Misdirection Play 0
Methinks Solomon Jones is onto something.
Blind Justice 0
Honest to Pete, you can’t make this stuff up.