FOR EIGHT YEARS, @SeattlePD has been under federal oversight after DOJ determined (2011) it used excessive force that "violates the Constitution and federal law"
DOJ:
"The problems within SPD have been present for many years and will take time to fix ...The solution to the problems identified within [SPD] will require strong and consistent leadership along the chain of command, effective training and policies, and vigilant oversight"
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DOJ:
When SPD officers used force, they did so in an unconstitutional manner nearly 20% of the time;
They resorted "too quickly" to impact weapons, such as batons and flashlights - 57% of use of batons was either unnecessary or excessive
SPD officers escalated situations
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DOJ:
"we note that Seattle has previously been criticized for its response to demonstrators, including incidents
related to the World Trade Organization meetings in 1999.
"the new collective bargaining agreement between the city and the police union is dropping the ball when it comes to holding officers accountable when they do something wrong." 2019
May 2020 - "Seattle and DOJ filed a joint motion to remove parts of the decree they were in compliance with — including use-of-force but not accountability or discipline."
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The June George Floyd protests led to more than 14,000 complaints of excessive force by @SeattlePD . The city backed off on that request.
"Thirty-two percent of uses of force in 2018 were against Black men, despite African Americans comprising just 6% of the city’s population."
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"People of color generally are more likely to be searched by a Seattle police officer and yet less likely to have weapons in those searches than white people. "
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Defund the @SeattlePD
Send Trump's thugs back to where they came from : Border Patrol, ICE, whatever. They are not trained for dealing with legal protests (see DC protests).
Case in point: PDX
"Peaceful protests were already happening for weeks when federal officers arrived on July 4. Our video shows how President Trump’s deployment ignited chaos." nytimes.com/video/us/10000…
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Reading this, I flashed to the 80s & the Reagan-era effort to push barefoot women back into the kitchen.
"Too Late for Prince Charming"
Crappy research (mid-80s) claimed college-educated women 40+ had a greater chance dying in a terrorist attack than getting married.
1991: Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women
Susan Faludi
Opened my eyes to two-steps-forward/one-step-back “progress.”
Who encouraged the backlash? Right wingers like Limbaugh et al, including Rupert Murdoch (by July 1985, he owned 50% of Fox Filmed Entertainment)
One key difference between Reagan Republicans and Trump Republicans: today’s GOP has *declared* war on more than half the country:
all people of color
immigrants
the Jewish community
the LGBTQ community
women … and
non-evangelical “Christians.”
According to @nytimes analysis, most public schools with large J.R.O.T.C. enrollment numbers are in low-income neighborhoods where students are primarily nonwhite. @ByMikeBaker et al
“parents in some cities say their children are being forced to put on military uniforms, obey a chain of command and recite patriotic declarations in classes they never wanted to take.”
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This data point is meaningless without knowing % of schools that offer JROTC, @ByMikeBaker
“The Army says 44 percent of all soldiers who entered its ranks in recent years came from a school that offered J.R.O.T.C.”
I am very Very tired of he-said, she-said reporting. Rather than tell us that Republicans think there is insufficient kerning (what?) ... why not tell us what the law/reg says? Why not tell us HOW this board can reject a ballot initiative? detroitnews.com/story/news/loc…
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You don't even SHOW us the alleged hard-to-read section(s), @detroitnews! I expect such cavalier reporting from national orgs, which is why I went local.
Michigan state requirements for petitions 1. Paper 8-1/2 by 14 in 2. Heading, ALL CAPS in 14-point bold type🤦♀️
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And @ByronYork?
Do you have a better way to show, after the fact, that highly classified docs were stuck in a box with personal mementos? One that would make it clear to a judge that a crime had occurred? Note the docs aren’t visible, just their classification.
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Perhaps some books need to be read after having life experience.
I have always been biased towards words. News via magazine and newspaper not television or even radio. So I can imagine having raced through Amusing Ourselves To Death, nodding my head.
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But I’m re-reading it decades later.
I have questions: Was the requirement to own land in order to vote a proxy for literacy? Am I in error thinking that most 19th century Americans were illiterate? Who let women go to school?
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The world that Postman paints as one of reason over passion feels like one dominated by White male privilege. Speeches were printed in full in newspapers. And readers had to follow current events to understand the arguments.
Now Steven Hoffenberg, a businessman who served 18 years in prison and who was “one of Jeffrey Epstein's close friends,” has been found dead in his Connecticut apartment. Hoffenberg hired Epstein in the ‘80s. Cause of death UK.