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27 votes
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White officer convicted of murder in the death of Black teenager in Chicago
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'Siri, I'm getting pulled over': A new shortcut for iPhones can automatically record the police
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More birds are getting drunk in Minnesota town, police issue warning to residents
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Seattle police try new tactic to give game streamers and others defense against ‘swatting’ crimes
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Police body cameras are hackable and policy lags behind, warns security analyst
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Dallas police officer accused in neighbor’s death fired
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When trying to help gets you fired: For some cops, offering a hand could mean losing your job
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Don't talk to the police
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Dallas officer facing manslaughter count in shooting death of her neighbor
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White girls in cars drinking coffee
I've been sick the last couple of days; cooped up in my dark basement apartment. I've been dying to get outside, but it's misting and cloudy, so I went to Starbucks drive thru and drove to a...
I've been sick the last couple of days; cooped up in my dark basement apartment. I've been dying to get outside, but it's misting and cloudy, so I went to Starbucks drive thru and drove to a nearby park to sit and read. I opened all the windows and reclined my seat in the park's deserted parking lot. After a few minutes, a police car came up the driveway, pulled into the parking lot kinda fast and drove up to my car. I got ready to talk to him, but he averted course, drove around my car in a circle, glanced at my face (pleasant smile) and drove off again.
The whole situation left me feeling a little pensive. I'm a young-ish white woman in a ten-ish year old car, drinking tea and reading a book (though i doubt he got close enough to see that part) in a parking lot of a deserted park on a rainy day. How could the story have changed if I was a darker color and/or/and a different gender? Would that cop have still driven off? Possibly. Hopefully. Or would he have inconvenienced me? Questioned me, demeaned me, dehumanized me? Would he have given me the benefit of the doubt? If i got scared because of a lifetime of tense police encounters, would he have hurt me, tazed me, shot me?
I get the basics of managing risk. But having dark skin does not predispose us to be risky. Systemic oppression, un/official smear campaigns, mistrust, xenophobia, unequal opportunity, gerrymandering, propaganda have taught us that white girls in cars drinking coffee in a parking lot on a rainy evening are less risky than a black man in his home or his neighborhood or in his car drinking coffee in a parking lot on a rainy evening. And it hurts us all.
I haven't posted in a while, and I want to do my part; also, I wanted to tell this story, but not on Facebook. Thanks.
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Police pulled fake ‘Antifa’ list from neo-Nazi site and used it to target random people who’d signed an anti-Trump petition
33 votes -
Arrest warrant leak fuels suspicions of far-right links with German police
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'Gun factory' uncovered on Hailsham industrial estate
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Can the manufacturer of Tasers provide the answer to police abuse of force?
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Police raid Malaysian gay bar to ‘stop the spread of LGBT culture in society’
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Fascist activists have spent the last year trying to win over police
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Homicides in Guatemala. This project explores the challenges and lessons of disaggregating gang-related and drug trafficking-related murders
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Officer investigating old South African government pedophile ring allegedly commits suicide
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Uber but for snitching
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Police violence, cliques, and secret tattoos: Fears rise over LA sheriff 'gangs'
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Ai Wei Wei's Beijing studio destroyed by Chinese authorities
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Newly released documents reveal Memphis police have been spying on Black Lives Matter activists
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Hogan’s Alleys: Simulating crime, riots and terrorism in surrealistic fake cities
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Police facial recognition system faces legal challenge
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The family of an Australian woman shot dead by a police officer outside her home in Minneapolis is suing the city and several officers for violating her civil rights.
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The future of policing is here
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Tens of thousands of Australians who have given DNA samples to sites such as Ancestry.com could have their genetic data examined by police without their knowledge
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RCMP faces $1.1B lawsuit over bullying, harassment claims dating back decades
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Over 550 guns seized from home of felon in Southern California
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Federal police investigate threatening letter sent to SAS witness in Afghanistan probe
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Like it or not, camera-equipped police drones will soon patrol the skies
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Cop attempts to shoot autistic man playing with toy truck in road, shoots Black man instead
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Arizona police officers on leave after video showed them punching unarmed man
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Hoax SWATT call to Parkland student's house prompts school lockdown
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Kashmir unrest as protester run over by police dies
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Tesla sedan in autopilot mode collides with parked police vehicle in Laguna Beach
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Hundreds in Oakland turn out to BBQ While Black
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Houston police chief says he has ‘hit rock bottom’ on gun rights arguments
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Philando Castile honored in forthcoming group exhibition at Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Police raid home of ex-Malaysian PM over corruption scandal
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Castle's Nathan Fillion making TV comeback as the oldest rookie cop ever
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