#Reform

Alec Karakatsanis

equalityAlec

Thread: Police ignore way more crimes than they address. They only "enforce the law" against some people, some of the time, in some places, and every aspect of it is

Micah Hainline

micahhainline

A while ago the city put out a request for bus companies ready to guarantee transportation for 300 riot cops to use chemical weapons and batons to terrorize, brutalize, and

Gen X Ginger

mkkraemer

So... fledgling idea...l had a commuter bus driver who was running for office as a county sheriff. He was a retired LEO with a pension and was driving the bus

Elizabeth Warren

ewarren

The racist violence that killed George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor is not new in America. And what's captured on video represents only a fraction of the violence that

Bob From Brockley 🥤

bobfrombrockley

I’m going to start a thread of some of the far right candidates in the May 6 elections.First, anti-Muslim bigot Anne-Marie Waters standing for For Britain in the De Bruce

Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬

lymanstoneky

I do not know if the protests are mostly peaceful but I do know that the reason people violently protest is because they correctly perceive that peaceful protest is disregarded

Noah Berlatsky

nberlat

Trump is really in bad shape and will probably lose.There is still a lot to worry about though! In particular, the Senate. Dems are favored to win the senate now,

DEFUND & ABOLISH POLICE, REFUND OUR COMMUNITIES

BreeNewsome

Asking “how can we have public safety if we abolish police & prisons?” is like asking “how can we harvest cotton if we abolish chattel slavery?”It’s a question reflecting a

Rev. Frank Ritchie

frankritchie

I'm continually saddened by some of the divisive nature of the referendum debates. It brings me back to my strongly held view that Parliament should make these decisions and own

Vic Parsons

vicparsons_

it has been *quite* the week for trans and non-binary people in the UK: the government finally published the results of the 2018 public consultation on the Gender Recognition Act

parker

whoa_parker

This past weekend, I read the full report “Believe Us” from the Community Safety & Well-Being Task Force in Edmonton. This is a long thread with some of my thoughts

Robert Saunders

redhistorian

When Gladstone reformed the civil service in 1854, abolishing ministerial patronage, critics called it "an immense stride" towards democracy. They were right: which is why scandals like Greensill, and the

Seffi Kogen

seffikogen

This is a great example of the weaselly tendency in intellectual discourse. "Oh, you thought by 'indigenous' he meant the widely understood definition of the word? No, no, he meant

MarkBrahmin☀️

MarkBrahmin

Nick actually clarifies things here quite succinctly and largely correctly. Likewise it seems possible he can be taken at his word here. His work is not revolutionary and does not

Tuqa Nusairat تقى نصيرات

TuqaNusairat

With all the news about #Jordan, some might think the incident with Prince Hamza was the spark that inspired calls for reform. But the reality is Jordanians have been protesting

Marco Chitti

ChittiMarco

I want to argue in favor of road engineers that too often get treated as psychopath or inherently evil human being by many advocates, arguing that the way street space