Enforcers category archive
Coddled Yeggs: A Parable for Our Times 0
They raise their firearms, carefully taking aim; they caress the triggers lovingly and let fly the cartridges.
They strike their targets, who drop lifelessly.
“Oh, no,” they cry, “I did not intend to do that regardless of how it might have looked. It was an accident.”
“That’s okay,” replies Mr. Enforcer. “As you are a member of the Fraternity of the Fair-Skinned, I must take you at your word.
“Oh, and before you go, have a cookie.”
Dragnet 0
Solomon Jones recounts tales of being while black.
The Watchers 0
The IoT is spreading its voyeuristic web. Now it’s doorbell cameras being made available to law enforcement.
From the story (emphasis added):
Ring users can decline video access requests by police officers.
I am certain that there’s no way this guarantee can be circumvented. After all, we never hear news stories about outfits getting hacked, do we?
Immunity Impunity
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Shorter Elie Mystal: Justice is Barred.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
A Fourth of July firing.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Well, this one’s not a snapshot. It’s a video, with commentary by David.
Borderline Disorder 0
And, natch, “social” media is a carrier.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Aside:
The notion that someone walking about hospital grounds with his doctor’s permission with an IV stand and an active IV inserted into his body is attempting to “steal medical equipment” is prima facie farcical.