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Joined April 2009
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If the compromise for trains and density is data centers, Flock cameras and a bloated police budget I am not on that side
Replying to @BornToChill
It's been so eye-opening to see "progressives" completely gloss over Nithya's complete turn around on the supposed principles on which she ran the first time and got her elected. If you needed any further proof that YIMBY is how fascism infiltrates "the Left", this is it
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The US cops exist for no reason except to beat you into submission, filled with domestic abusers, rapists, nazis and murderers. Defund the Police.
Police punch Hispanic man already pinned to ground—22 times. Officer had already shot him with taser. "He stiffly hit the ground after being tased, and his head banged on asphalt," said witness. "Cop mounts him and starts beating—later 3 more piled on." Just because man was standing in the road blocking some traffic. Witnesses say he looked like he was having a mental episode—and was not trying to harm anyone. Emergency crews were called and took the man to the hospital. Local police confirmed the incident occurred at 3:15 pm—but released no other details except to say it was "under review." Incident occurred on Auburn Way near 37th Street NE in Auburn, Washington.
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When you skip the $1.75 Metro fare
GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: This video contains police violence that may be distressing. On October 28, an Auburn, Washington, police officer was filmed striking a 33-year-old man in the head and face approximately 20 times after using a Taser. Police say the encounter began because the man was running into traffic and attempting to enter passing vehicles. The man was hospitalized, and the officer has been placed on administrative leave. Unacceptable. Every human being deserves dignity. Allegations against someone do not excuse excessive force. 🎥: @valandnews
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What’s a polite way to tell someone, “I’m not discussing this with you because your entire understanding of the subject is built on so many interconnected misconceptions that correcting them would require uninstalling your current worldview and starting the tutorial from birth”?
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Average Carceral Urbanist
Replying to @BornToChill
I would feel safer in public if there were more cops like this.
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Fare enforcement arguments aren't about transit, they are about police
Replying to @humantransit
Fare evasion is a social contract problem. We know enforcement can't be zero because that causes the problem to snowball. But it also makes no financial sense for labor-intensive enforcement to be really high. 5/
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Lmao. Being a white person in LA and wanting more police is straight up white supremacist
This is the main point of @LaInaMinute’s whole media play about this incident “There needs to be a narrative shift where kids and people want to be police officers” What’s really going on here???
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This is blind reasoning from fare enforcement advocates. That somehow transit cops are going to be different from regular cops, despite a sea of evidence to the contrary It is a willing blindness to the realities of policing as an institution in America
Replying to @ArgsAdventures
Just to add one key piece of context to your thread, we oppose the pointless and counterproductive "visual TAP inspections" currently done by LAPD and LASD. We want all fare checks to be done by Metro TSOs, using handheld validators, as originally agreed to in 2017.
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If you in any way defend police as an institution or want to talk about some "nuance" or how it's a "complex situation", you are the enemy of the people
Police handcuff Black 14 year old boy—for standing on his own front porch. "I didn't do nothing. I'm a kid," the boy cries dropping to his knees. "I don't give a shit!" officer yells. "You fit the description." The kid was just walking out his front door with his backpack on. Cops were supposed to be searching for Kenneth Moore Jr—an adult suspected of stealing a car. Police Chief said two officers’ actions are "under review." Incident occurred in Canton, Ohio. Posting first full length and credited video on this platform to help raise awareness.
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The premise that cops keep anyone safe is a white supremacist dog whistle. Includes transit cops
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The cops that keep transit riders "safe" according to Carceral Urbanists. They want more of this
Auburn PD isn't releasing this guy's name, but we'll get it. Just like we found the six J6 officers. Just like we found Kevin Dave's name Just like we found the names of the cops who smothered Leon Davis Just like we found the cops who knelt on Keenan Pearson's neck.
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NYC (Brooklyn) A suspected drunk driver plowed into six people — including three children — during a Halloween event outside a Brooklyn NYPD precinct, cops and sources said. The 56-year-old motorist lost control of his black sedan around 4 p.m. and mounted the curb — hitting the victims at the “Trunk or Treat” event outside the 83rd Precinct stationhouse on Knickerbocker Avenue near Bleecker Street in Bushwick, police said. He also struck a private ambulance stationed outside for the event, authorities said. (Imagery via David Burns/@FD4D) @NYCEMSwatch @EMSPAC1 @FDNY @NYPDPC @NYPDnews @NYPDDCPI @NYPD83Pct @NYPD1stDep @BushwickDaily @NYCMayor
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This is where Carceral Urbanists and I differ: "police are there to help". Living in a whole (white) different world
Almost nobody gets arrested for first-time fare evasion unless they refuse to accept their ticket or do something very aggressive. The MTA is losing hundreds of millions of dollars a year to fare evasion, so I'm glad the police are trying to help. Working-class people deserve quality public services.
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This is why I don’t believe that Israelis are “brainwashed”. They know exactly what’s happening, actively support it and collectively lie to the world to cover it. We aren't dealing with an ignorant society, but a fundamentally evil cult.
Israeli actress Chelli Goldenberg said she is no longer proud to be Israeli during a live interview. After discovering the conversation was broadcast live, she expressed shock and later apologized for her remarks.
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Is cops warrantless spying on citizens bad? 🤔 “idk 🤷🏻‍♂️ I’ll get back to you on that”. -Zohran Mamdani.
Mayor Mamdani says he’s opposed to mass surveillance, but he declines to say whether he thinks the NYPD should use stingray devices that track cell phones — even though his admin is moving forward w/ contracting a firm to operate them “I'll get back to you,” he says.
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If you thought the NYPD couldn’t be even more useless, it takes six cops to detain a person for fare evasion. Then another three to slam someone against a wall for $3.
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Enforce the Fares is a police union Psy op
6 NYPD officers, each likely making close to $200k, to arrest a random guy for skipping a $3 fare. Fare enforcement is fiscally irresponsible
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6 NYPD officers, each likely making close to $200k, to arrest a random guy for skipping a $3 fare. Fare enforcement is fiscally irresponsible
• So many complaints about fare evasion enforcement, but so few volunteers ready to step forward and compensate for the loss of revenues. • Whoever was making those comments needs to be made to clean the floors in the station. He seems to feel that things are "just there", without effort or expense.
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western chauvinism is crazy because your entire society is run by landlords pedophiles and religious fanatics, you can do nothing to stop them, they have stalled progress in your country for generations, yet somehow you still have the temerity to call other leaders "dictators"
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Police do not prevent crime; they respond to it. Crime is prevented by higher wages, guaranteed health care, food security, high-quality child care, housing, good schools, and addiction treatment.
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The built environment does not fit who we are as humans. Car-centric infrastructure contributes to anxiety, depression, and a host of other problems. Bird's eye view of Everywhere, USA:
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