Enforcers category archive
TSA Security Theatre 0
As my freshman roommate said about his ROTC cadet officers, “Give some people a flat hat and they think they rule the world.”
Ignorance Is No Excus–Oh! Wait! 0
This is what a blank check looks like.
Misdirection Play, Thin Blue Line Dept. 0
Discussing Ismaaiyl Brinsley’s murder of two NYPD officers, Tony Norman exposes the empty cynicism of right-wing talking points. A nugget:
Though it is a tenuous, nonsensical argument any kid taking high school philosophy could demolish, it is one that has emotional resonance for those who are uncomfortable with challenges to authority, even where it is most warranted.
One Thing Is Not Like the Other 0
Let Thom explain.
Facebook Frolics 0
Remain calm. Philadelphia thought police are on patrol.
There’s an App for That 0
The Driving while Black app purports to instruct Not White persons on how the be properly subservient when rousted by the cops.
How about a “Rousting while Blue app” to help cops not kill innoce–oh, never mind.
“The Protocol” 0
Eric Frazier, writing at the Charlotte News and Observer, explains:
Don’t get out of the car unless told to. Keep your hands on the steering wheel. Don’t take them off until the officer asks to see your driver’s license and registration. When the request comes, repeat it so the officer knows that you understand.
(Snip some details–follow the link for them.)
This is good protocol for anyone to follow. But I know that, as an African-American man who weighs just over 200 pounds, it’s doubly important for me.
Read the rest, in which he explains how recent events convinced him that he had to have “the talk” about “the protocol” with his daughter, the talk that Not Black or Brown parents don’t need to have.