RT @swearyanthony: The USA: Where the police have tanks, and the tanks have corporate sponsors http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/11/turning-patrolmen-into-soldiers-how-did-we-let-this-happen/248828/ http://t.co/P69YzzCGZr
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RT @chrismessina: Soon, this'll be what the police respond to drunken disorderly conduct in. http://on.mash.to/1kEY90Z #ferguson http://t.co/q…
In reply to:@mattdpearce They still have guns strapped to their belts though, right?
RT @machikoyasuda: @veganstraightedge don't forget in our own backyard - Kendrec McDade, 19, unarmed, Pasadena, 2012. http://www.scpr.org/news/2012/04/05/31913/several-twists-and-turns-police-shooting-kendrec-m/
RT @machikoyasuda: @veganstraightedge Alfonso Limon Jr., 21, unarmed, Oxnard, 2012. 16 bullet wounds. Blocks from where I used to live. htt…
In reply to:@machikoyasuda Exactly. There are so many people murdered by the police.
In reply to:@powerllama And everyone shot by rubber and wooden bullets or tear gassed or flash banged.
Favorite Mac app for reading .cbr/.cbz files?
In reply to:@veganstraightedge I mean, seems legit. Right? o_O
In reply to:MOVE
Ezell Ford
John Crawford
Jonathan FerrellThe list is too long. And that's just off the top of my head.
Mike Brown
Trayvon Martin
Oscar Grant
Eric Garner
Aiyana Jones
Sean Bell
Amadou Diallo
Rekia Boyd
Jonny Gammage
Miriam Carey
Fred HamptonList of murders by cops.
Each year's list is so long that it's broken up into separate pages per month.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_the_United_States
RT @coketweet: @veganstraightedge Permits? We don't need no stinking permits.
In reply to:@benhuh @chrismessina Cops didn't need bigger guns to do this. More/bigger guns just made it worse.
Staying Safe in the Streets:
“Your assertiveness and willingness to protect each other are your permit.”
@crimethinchttp://www.crimethinc.com/blog/2014/08/14/staying-safe-in-the-streets
In reply to:@caseyneistat Why in the world are you doing this on Snapchat?
In reply to:“1 Black Man Is Killed Every 28 Hours by Police or Vigilantes”
Every. 28. Hours.
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/1-black-man-killed-every-28-hours-police-or-vigilantes-america-perpetually-war-its
#Ferguson and #MikeBrown are wildly important.
But they're far from being the exception. This happens everyday.
RT @seanbonner: #notallcops #yesallcops
In reply to:The police is the domestic arm of the military. It always has been.
As long as there's been police, they've been killing people.
All cops who think #notallcops do this should quit their jobs.
In reply to:@antoniofrench If you're going to quote her, *fucking* quote her. Don't censor the quote. Especially if the censored word is the point.
In reply to:@seanbonner The Israel military must be fucking stoked about Ferguson. "Yay! They're not tweeting about us anymore. …for now."
RT @seanbonner: Cops are the most dangerous gang in the US.
While sitting at my desk in mind-numbing meetings I can see some beautiful bougainvillea flowers through my window. It helps. A little.