Thread by @equalityAlec

I'm not sure I've ever seen an "article" like this glowing "profile" of a DA in the Detroit Free Press. It begins with the DA telling a story about how *Angela Davis* inspired her to pursue a career putting human beings in cages. It only gets weirder. freep.com/story/news/loc…

Article is a series of soaring quotes about how amazing prosecution is, but the denial of police brutality in Detroit (not fact checked) is astonishing:

"The type of police brutality that we have seen in other places has not been tolerated in Wayne County, and mostly Detroit."

That a major newspaper would let a prosecutor falsely declare that "police brutality" has not been "tolerated" in Detroit is amazing. It flies in the face of decades of brutality and is an insult to the movement of people organizing against brutality in Detroit @DETWILLBREATHE

I'll leave a few more quotes here without commentary:

"As prosecutors, we’re in a position to effect change and improve the criminal justice system. That’s why I believe my work continues to be very important to my community and we need more Black prosecutors, period.”

“The day I had my washer and dryer delivered, one of the two delivery men said: ‘You’re a prosecutor, aren’t you?’ and I was like ‘Oh boy, here we go,’ ” “He went on to say that I prosecuted his son. And after I gasped, I heard him say: ‘I want to thank you for saving his life.’

Aside from letting a powerful person co-opt the life and work of Angela Davis (who has spent her life trying to abolish these bureaucracies of pain and punishment), the article lets a prosecutor spew nonsense about how prosecution actually *saves lives*!

This notion--printed without the slightest attempt at skepticism or factchecking in the @freep--that prosecution saves lives is like climate science denial. Here is the actual evidence:

https://twitter.com/equalityAlec/status/1454486985943535624