Doug Johnson Hatlem

Politics/data. Cop critic. Birder. w/ @johatlem.

[Doug Johnson Hatlem @djjohnso]

6 years ago today, big tech reminds me

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

Officially, Israel says all missiles have been intercepted. But Channel 14 reports an impact in the north

[BBC NEWS فارسی @bbcpersian]

در پی اعلام اسرائیل مبنی بر حمله موشکی ایران به شمال این کشور ، قرارگاه خاتم‌الانبیا در اطلاعیه‌ای گفته است که اسرائیل در صورت گسترش حملات به بیروت، یا پاسخ به اقدام ایران با ضربات کوبنده‌تری روبرو خواهد شد.

https://t.co/EuSzyENlXY

[Arya Yadeghaar (Backup) @AryJeayBackup]

🚨 BREAKING: New launches towards ‘Israel’ from Iran

[leila @ainiladra]

loudest boom in all the volleys of the past two years... with two loud booms behind it ... the missile was reddish light flying faster and lower than previous ones ... three large booms with reverbations as i type ... four ... funny smell too

[Mouin Rabbani @MouinRabbani]

Perceptive tweet from 2022.

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

David Brooks calls Graham Platner a “moral degenerate."

Brooks left his wife of 28 years after having an affair with his research assistant, who is 23 years his junior.

[Pastor Ben @BenjaminPDixon]

"Christian" in Bio

[Status Coup News @StatusCoup]

🚨 “YOU CAN’T TELL JOURNALISTS THAT THEY CAN’T PROTECT THEMSELVES...” 🚨

On Day 16 outside Delaney Hall, @JordanChariton confronts police over orders blocking journalists and protesters from bringing protective gear near the hunger and labor strike.

People have been pepper-balled, gassed, shot at, and hit by cars — and police still refuse to explain the legal basis.

Police suggested the order to endanger protesters and journalists is coming from Newark Mayor @rasjbaraka.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

To claim that dismantling a state, a governing structure, means murdering the people who live there is beyond absurd. Apartheid South Africa was dismantled. The white people there were not mass-murdered. The state simply became a state for all its citizens, with equal rights.

[Abubaker Abed @AbubakerAbedW]

Imagine Qatar in 2022 held an American or English player for seven hours at the airport.

The tournament would be immediately cancelled and taken to a different country.

This competition is going to be the worst ever. Ever.

[Doug Johnson Hatlem @djjohnso]

@malk_al7atab @Terrilltf Free Palestine

[Eoin Higgins @EoinHiggins_]

Just to be clear, if this was the other way around, a Palestinian filmmaker mocking the sexual assault of Israelis, they would be banned from the festival for life

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

Claudia Sheinbaum has approval ratings of between 70 and 80%, thanks to her progressive policies which have lifted over 8 million people out of poverty.

So of course the @NYTimes finds some reason to attack her.

They hate her because she shows what can be done.

[Aliya Pabani @aliyapabani]

The @AP headline on this story is "Israeli troops kill 7-month-old baby in West Bank, Palestinian officials say"

Here's what @CBC changed it to:
"Palestinian baby killed, parents hurt in Israeli shooting in West Bank, Palestinian health officials say"

https://t.co/6jMMfwEXNn

[Michelle Boorstein @mboorstein]

Since a pandemic spike, homicides of all kinds have plummeted — except for domestic violence deaths.

Family and intimate-partner killings are now 1 in 5 of all homicides, a @washingtonpost investigation found

https://t.co/Jchp8ncp4Z

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🏀 The New York Knicks went up 2-0 in the NBA Finals with a victory Friday night, putting them just two wins away from their first NBA title in 53 years.

The team is playing with the UAE government-backed “Experience Abu Dhabi” logo stitched onto its jerseys under a sponsorship deal worth around $30 million per year.

Rep. Jim McGovern (MA) says, “Fans should know that the sport they are enjoying is fueling crimes against humanity. They should know that the NBA is investing in the UAE, and the UAE is investing in atrocities in Sudan.”

The Knicks are the NBA’s only individual franchise with a direct sponsorship arrangement of this kind with the UAE. The broader NBA-UAE partnership is estimated to generate roughly $500 million in advertising revenue.

🎥 Video: @RefugeesIntl

[Ryan Endoh @RyanEndoh]

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8 years of @BradMBradford & all I got was a rusted balcony guard at 500 Dawes.

I recall the discussions I had with Bradford about 500 Dawes. He had no interest in utilizing the City's remedial action powers & spoke highly of the 20k in fines the City imposed at that time.

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨BREAKING: In Chicago, ICE agents were caught on video assaulting a local chaplain for filming, and asking questions, about what was happening on her own street… AFTER the arrest was already made.

In the video, Alley Henny, a Black chaplain, is standing with her back against a parked car while recording.

An ICE agent is already pushing her backward as she simply asks:

“What did he do?”

But here’s what makes this situation even more disturbing…

The man had already been detained… He was already INSIDE the ICE vehicle.

The arrest was over.

That means, there was no active arrest taking place for her to “interfere with.”

Yet, multiple agents surrounded her anyway.

One agent yells, “Get back! We have a warrant for his arrest. Get out of here.”

She responds, “This is my neighborhood.”

The agent’s response?

“I don’t care.”

Then, while she’s already backed against a car, and surrounded by TWO agents… a THIRD agent rushes over, grabs her, and forcefully shoves her down the street while screaming, “GET BACK! I ALREADY TOLD YOU ONCE!”

And just to be clear…

She wasn’t stopping an arrest.
She wasn’t obstructing agents from reaching a suspect.
She wasn’t preventing agents from taking someone into custody.

The suspect was ALREADY IN THE VEHICLE.

So, this entire situation raises serious concerns about excessive force and retaliation against protected speech.

Because once the situation is already controlled, there’s no reason for that level of force against someone who’s just recording and asking questions.

And if that kind of response isn’t checked, and held accountable, it starts to send a very dangerous message…

That recording and questioning government actions can be met with physical violence, and intimidation.

And that’s exactly what the constitution is meant to prevent.

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