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rose_griffes) wrote2020-06-07 08:53 pm
rose_griffes) wrote2020-06-07 08:53 pm
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the police abuse edition, round 2
I've written and re-written and deleted and revised a smidge of commentary to accompany this, but I don't even know what to say. Other than: I hope that we get some real change in the way police work is done in the USA, and I don't believe that the police have the ability or motivation to bring about those changes internally.
A Letter Not From a Birmingham Jail The Double Standard of the American Riot download a study about police violence increasing when protests are about police violence How Western media would cover Minneapolis if it happened in another country
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On — Especially During the Coronavirus Pandemic twitter thread about Springsteen, protests, and the NYPD Why do police unions talk and act like the Mafia? How can we stop them? When Police View Citizens as Enemies How do I prepare my phone for a protest?
I made the mistake of reading an older romance novel by an author I usually enjoy... but this book did NOT age particularly well. I mean, I've read books that have aged worse, but I was still dismayed. Bleh.
Currently reading Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II, which one of y'all recced. It's fascinating. I'll say more when I finish.
I made the mistake of reading an older romance novel by an author I usually enjoy... but this book did NOT age particularly well. I mean, I've read books that have aged worse, but I was still dismayed. Bleh.
Currently reading Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II, which one of y'all recced. It's fascinating. I'll say more when I finish.
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