"Chavez and others call it the patrón fantasma, the phantom boss — always watching and quick to punish you for being late but nowhere to be found when you need $10 to fix your bike or when you get doored and have to go to the hospital."
theverge.com/22667600/deliv…
theverge.com/22667600/deliv…
"Linking rising crime to police pullbacks provides a justification to maintain or increase police power and resources. Notably, the term “Ferguson effect” was itself invented by the St. Louis police chief in 2014—effectively a police public relations ploy.
slate.com/news-and-polit…
slate.com/news-and-polit…
Political correctness in the '90s, stranger danger in the '80s, now cancel culture... beautiful explanation of moral panic journalism. michaelhobbes.substack.com/p/moral-panic-…
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