This Is Fine

@TimStone Trump can't even pretend to care, jfc

Like no just straight up "We hate black people". The GOP, the party of racists

Private Pansy

2:26 AM

Why the Golden Gate Bridge Is Now a Giant Orange Wheezing Kazoo

2:41 AM

@TimStone literally who gives a shit this symbolic gesture is really, ok yeah sure

We did add an "= DEFUND THE POLICE" at least I guess

So take that mayor bowser

lol "no word if this was approved by dc government"

neeeeeeeeeerd

the protest isn't approved by dc government to begin with remember

3:01 AM

> We know @MayorBowser loves murals, so we decided to draw another one.

3:30 AM

@Unionhawk We are receiving reports that the Seattle Police Department has found more tear gas.

and are using it

Breaking With AFL-CIO, Affiliated Labor Council May Vote to Expel Police Union

> The executive board of MLK Labor, the central body of labor groups which represents more than 150 unions and 100,000 workers in the Seattle, Washington, area approved a resolution Thursday giving an ultimatum to the Seattle Police Officers Guild: Address Seattle Police Department’s systemic racism or face potential expulsion.

3:46 AM

lol look at this psychotic and obivously not fake shit

On the one hand, I would believe that Democrats would start a war while somehow still refusing to do A Swear, on the other hand, no

I love to address people as "DEMOCRATS!!!" in my anarchist literature or whatever the fuck they were trying to emulate here

Speaking of completely real stuff, I guess Austin PD didn't have the budget for postage here

or for more than one person to write "thank you" on envelopes

lmfao

That is just sad, D- for effort honestly

MBraedley

twitter.com/deAdder/status/1269427701565317121?s=09

Mobile chat sucks

> An alleged incel bombmaker in Virginia blows off his own hands and tells the FBI it was a lawnmower accident. "An officer who responded to the scene... reported that... the grass at the property was around six inches high."

in other news it turns out mayor john cranley is a coward lol

3:54 AM

yes, lol

At least the mayor of minneapolis confronted people

And had his future presidential campaign dreams obliterated before his very eyes

4:13 AM

And now Seattle PD are blocking an ambulance apparently

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10:24 AM

@Unionhawk will keep this video in mind whenever someone speaks up against protests and mentions "what about first responders"

@TimStone fucking yikes

11:27 AM

@Unionhawk Beyond despicable

12:53 PM

Fuji Bike, an American company that owns the 121-year-old Japanese brand, declared on Friday that it will suspend sales to police forces in the U.S.A. after the use of bicycles against George Floyd protestors around the country cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/…

@Unionhawk I see the barricades, but I don't see any police officers around.

1:45 PM

@Unionhawk someone could be waiting for that ambulance crying out "I can't breathe!"

2:03 PM

I can't breathe

"I can't breathe" is a slogan associated with the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States. The phrase is derived from the words of Eric Garner and George Floyd, two African-American men who died of asphyxiation during their arrests in 2014 and 2020, respectively, as a result of excessive force by white police officers. The phrase is used in protest against police brutality in the United States. == Eric Garner == The phrase originated in the July 2014 death of Eric Garner, who was put into a chokehold by a New York City Police Department officer. A video of Garner restrained by multiple...

"I Can Breathe": Pro-NYPD Demonstrators Rally, Clash with Anti-NYPD Protesters

2:19 PM

vs

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@Wipqozn I assume they're the ones who set up the barricade

2:37 PM

> Edward Colston statue pulled down by BLM protesters in Bristol. Colston was a 17th century slave trader who has numerous landmarks named after him in Bristol. #BlackLivesMattters #blmbristol #ukprotests t.co/JEwk3qKJx2

2:55 PM

> Statue of Liberty pulled down by trump supports and taken to Minnesota:

to see if it can breathe

3:13 PM

@Unionhawk Yeah, but I don't actually see any cops to take down the barricade, and I don't see how cops can remove it if they're not there.

@Wipqozn There are a few on the other side, it's hard to see because it's at night and the quality is bad but I see a few guys over there

It's not like, a whole riot line or anything

Okay, I see them further back now in like, 1 frame

This is like one of those videos you see Big Foot in

@Unionhawk The statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston now lives at the bottom of a river

@Unionhawk Amazing

@Wipqozn Follow up: patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2020/06/…

> The police chief in Salem, Oregon, has apologized after a viral video showed one of his officers telling a group of armed white men protecting a store to shelter inside to avoid being arrested for violating a curfew so officers “don’t look like [they’re] playing favorites.”

> The message we have received is a concern that we are treating people differently. For that I tell you, I’m sorry — sorry there is even a thought that this department would treat some different than others.

"Sorry we go caught"

Nzall

4:00 PM

I don't really understand what this latest JK Rowling controversy is about

Ave

5:06 PM

@Nzall she's posting terf stuff.

the statue has been further edited on google maps

5:40 PM

lol

Apparently Bristol has been debating new wording on the plaque for that statue

put it right there on the sea wall imo

fredley

6:32 PM

Now illegal to film police in Tuscon Arizona

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@Nzall JK Rowling is on a constant loop: Join Twitter, post generally nice things, gradually post TERF stuff, get mad, leave Twitter, wait ~1 year.

Nzall

@fredley Is there anything in the constitution about freedom of speech that might find this unconstitutional?

apparently many circuits have already found filming the police to be protected

So

TECHNICALLY

the order is to the effect of "it is not legal to film inside zones designated by police"

But since they can kind of just declare the immediate area as a crime zone or whatever

they're going to

6:59 PM

🤔🤔🤔

> In the video shown to council members, a man approached two officers, one of them female, as they guarded the perimeter of a crime scene. When asked to move back, he launched an X-rated tirade, shouting the B-word, the C-word, the F-word and other obscenities for about 20 minutes as his camera rolled.

They were upset that the man called the police The Bad Words and decided it was purely because he was filming

Seems like this guy was also uh, filming outside the perimeter of a crime scene in fact

rather than inside it

It does sound like this guy should screw off, since while I don't care about him insulting police, provoking them so he can profit off state violence seems Not Great too!

But like, this is just immensely dumb

Stormblessed

8:05 PM

@Unionhawk nice

Have there been big international BLM protests in previous years or is this a new thing?

8:25 PM

@TimStone James Bennet is resigning effective immediately.

Got him and the editor-in-chief of the Philly Inquirier after "Buildings Matter, Too"

You think he could just take Bret Stephens with him on the way out?

> A veto-proof majority of Minneapolis City Council members will announce today their commitment to disbanding the city’s embattled police department following the killing of George Floyd

8:48 PM

> AG Bill Barr says while there are "instances" of bad cops, the country needs to be "careful" that assuming an entire "organization is rotten"

lmfao

""pushes up glasses DEEP STATE, but actually Cops Are Good"

9:06 PM

@TimStone lol what

American police systems are obviously completely corrupt.

9:24 PM

My Dad just got off the phone, wherein he said that the US complained of NI police and RUC of doing the very things (~40 years ago) that the US police are now doing

Nzall

@TimStone I don't want to pretend to know the answers, but what's supposed to be the alternative to a police force? A dozen specialized task forces that each can handle a distinct situation that's currently handled by the police?

Because I might be cynical here, but I think it's an utopian dream that all problems can be solved by such task forces without violence. I'm not even talking about lethal or near-lethal violence. for example, how are you going to stop a desperate maniac who converted a construction vehicle to what's essentially a tank and is rampaging across your city?

That's a situation that has already happened several times, I might add

9:47 PM

Eliot Engel is upset he said the quiet part loud and AOC is endorsing his challenger because checks notes that's somehow not democratic, choosing the best person to represent you

@Mithrandir24601 that's how slowly power abuse takes to travel across the pond these days.

As they say; what goes around comes around

When they acquitted trump of power abuse, they lite the fuse.

10:25 PM

@Nzall I suppose this one is my job since I'm the only one versed in this sphere, abolitionist theory has been developed by a lot of good thinkers like Angela Davis, but this piece in Rolling Stone is a decent primer: rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/…

The End of Policing is a free e-book on Verso Books right now as well versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing

I will say that I don't think it's necessarily reasonable to use killdozer as a counterexample given that Granby Police didn't stop him, he kind of just got stuck and that was the end of it

How would Granby have stopped a bulldozer anyway, department of defense equipment?

Good guy with a bulldozer?

10:47 PM

LOL

> Per my #NYPD sources @NYPDShea has stepped down. Unclear if he was asked to resign

@Unionhawk Plus like if someone doesn't want to install a proper sewage system maybe just get ahead of whatever additional bad behaviour might follow while you can

@TimStone He will now move on to his true calling, making Boomer memes of images he doesn't understand

Bolton's book has a release date

Despite it not getting approval yet, which will be interesting considering Barr will clearly bring the DoJ to bear if it contains something they don't like

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@Unionhawk they got merch and somehow this isn't a parody?

11:04 PM

@Nzall For a start, police don't necessarily have to carry round firearms. Once you've done that, would a majority of the US population still consider them 'police'?

A lot of people say that the best thing to do if it looks like you're going to end up in a fight is to run away. This is sort-of wrong: the best thing to do if it looks like you're going to end up in a fight is to de-escalate the situation, if possible. Unlike running away, which isn't always preferred e.g. defence of another could be a valid reason to not run away, de-escalation is always preferred

(I guess I should clarify that by saying that's just my opinion, but hmm, while it is my opinion, it's also advice I've been directly given by people who know more than me)

(maybe it gets complicated if it's a case of if you try to de-escalate, you won't get a chance of running away, I don't know)

11:31 PM

But that violates the constitutional right to bear arms.

You would have to rewrite the constitution.

(Pardon my unasked for commentary :-)

(on both of your last posts)

@skillpatrol The world has changed since then. Why shouldn't constitutions get rewritten every century to keep them up-to-date with modern thinking? It's not like we have workhouses any more (in the UK), so I seriously don't get the US obsession with 'the constitution is right because it's the constitution'

I'm pro gun-ownership in the UK - what this means is that I think if someone wants a gun, they should be allowed to apply for a permit and if they pass the relatively stringent requirements, then should be entitled to own a gun, kept securely locked away at all times, except when being used at a range

If someone asks if you're pro-cars, you (I presume) don't say 'I think everyone should be allowed to drive a car, with no experience and no questions asked'

The "guns don't kill people, people kill people" tag line is used a lot by pro-gun lobbies in the US.

@skillpatrol I'm just a randomer from half-way across the world :P who hasn't had more than a five minute conversation with anyone in real life for months now :P

11:46 PM

lol

> Most Bristol take so far:

“They’re saying we should’ve gone through the proper channels to get im down. Well we tried that for years and were ignored, so now e’s in the proper channel.”

@skillpatrol All the more reason to ensure the people with access to the things that make it easier to kill people are checked to see that they're not likely to try and kill someone, I'd say. Alternatively, 'people kill more people with guns than without guns'

@Unionhawk Yup, sounds 'bout right. Is this recorded somewhere?

@Mithrandir24601 not that I can find

Awww, it's the sort of thing that needs to be heard for the full effect of the accent :P