Category: Policing
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Failure Of Imagination — As Much As Treason — Got Us Here
It sucks waking up every day, feeling exactly what former first lady Michelle Obama described yesterday in her podcast — a persistent mild depression. I’d quibble with the word “mild” but then I’m a quibbler by nature. Mrs. Obama was speaking more to the relentless parade of racist cop incidents. Yesterday’s wasn’t deadly but it…
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If You Arm People As Part Of Their Job, You’re Inviting Them To Shoot People
I’ve spent the bulk of my career in show biz. I’ve run TV shows. Written & produced feature films. I’ve cast thousands of actors. After hiring them, I wardrobed those actors. It’s amazing what happens when an actor goes into their trailer, takes off their street clothes and dons the outer layer of a person…
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How About “Tiered Policing” As A Concept?
The people behind #DefundThePolice are guilty — of shitty sloganeering. The idea they’re trying to express isn’t bad. Hell even the people they’re fighting with right now agree with them: we need America’s police to stop beating and beating up the people who 1) they’re supposed to protect and serve and 2) who pay their…