The legal issue here is whether the government can put human beings in cages for living on the street *even if there is no available shelter.* Pretending this barbaric attempt to criminalize the poor is new or a “rare” agreement btw political parties is a lie.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires has enveloped the Kansas City area, leading to poor air quality, hazy skies and the smell of smoke.
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NEW: Ralph Yarl, 16, was shot twice by a white man in Kansas City after accidentally ringing the doorbell of the wrong home. The man shot Ralph in the head through his glass door, and then when Yarl was already bleeding out on the ground, shot him again: https://t.co/w3tYQvcpyj
Thread: As Democrats push for huge budget increases for cops, I'm thinking about my client Cindy Rodriguez. She was a 51-year-old mother of two living with a physical disability. Police arrested for shoplifting from a grocery store. What happened to her next is important.
Hi, I’m a sociology grad student focusing on domestic violence. Here’s why I believe Amber Heard and why I disagree with so much of this trial.
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THREAD. In moments like this, it's important to highlight that the way that unjust laws get enforced against people's bodies is through the state violence of police, prosecutors, and prisons.
Neither a law nor a court can truly justify the revocation of a human right; the most fundamental of our freedoms are inabrogable. The repression of such an essential liberty may be effective, for a time, but it cannot be legitimate.
Someone may have put a lot on the line to warn you of this. It doesn't matter who they are or why they did it: their role is complete.
What matters now is how you respond.
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hard to believe that the stupid fucking moron who wanted to nuke a hurricane is the same stupid fucking moron who wanted to shoot protesters. how did we Nazi this coming
The Supreme Court overturning Roe V. Wade while the whole country is distracted by an inconsequential event celebrating extreme wealth is, unfortunately, the most symbolic representation of America rn
THREAD: There is a hidden scandal behind the story of the cops brutalizing a child over a bag of chips. Did you see what the "policing expert" interviewed by local media said: "They're simply doing their job." https://t.co/YUJDLQoItj