According to her mom and her friends, as reported in WaPo and Guardian, her mom lent her an abaya for attending the prayer service (basically a long dress), and her friends were wearing it as well (though they didn’t wear it under other circumstances). According the WaPo article, her mom was informed by police that…

You’re absolutely right. Some cities are experimenting with giving away housing to homeless people. They find that it costs about $30K/year in city revenue (police, uninsured ER charges, etc.) for someone to be homeless. Simply paying for a year’s rent on a studio apartment is typically less, with obviously better…

Watching her beat the crap out of the guy who is supposed to be the “toughest” prosecutor in the land made an otherwise completely depressing week bearable. I was almost hoping she’d turn to the camera and say “This is how it’s done, in case you were wondering.”

I agree with you on this. Having a national standard for response and training would help a lot.

I agree. This is part of the larger problem of overmilitarization and strong-arm tactics (some of these date back to the beginnings of policing, just ask pretty much any person of color of any age). I do think as the weaponry available has become more sophisticated and violent crime has shot down, they’ve effectively…

The truth is that it’s the middle class that voted for Trump, including many college educated women. Trump didn’t do any better among the working class than any other GOP candidate did (and in some places worse).

I know what you mean. But the main point is that the police don’t seem to have any training or regard for people who aren’t “neurotypical.” I do think the term (or something like it) applies to someone suffering from schizophrenia and depression, or severe developmental disability. People in those conditions may have…

Regarding which? Drugs or credit scores?

Hell YES! You ever see a pothead working at the mixing console for hours until the mix is just right (long after everyone else has gone to bed). They are DETAIL-ORIENTED. :)

(1). People drink alcohol, a much more dangerous drug, and smoke cigarettes, which is horribly expensive and limits their lifespans. Not to mention all the other legal drugs - anti-depressants, anti-anxiety meds, painkillers, hell even anti-allergy drugs - that can cause side effects that impair judgement. Every…

Super-nerd reference here: The Book of G’Kar in Babylon 5. Each copy is reproduced faithfully by hand.

Yes! I’d forgotten that Laurence Gilliard was in it - he was great. There were a ton of great character actors (Callie Thorne, Victor Argo, Cara Buono).

Have you seen any of Brad Anderson’s other films? He’s an underrated filmmaker.

I hope you’re being sarcastic. The last thing we need is more police with more arms in this town.

“At some point?” What do you call the church shooting in SC?

I could ask you to provide sources for your claims as well, but here are a few articles to start. Some of these articles are obviously “lefty” if you will but rely on primary sources that are often compiled directly from government stats (including the NYPD’s own records):

NY Daily News - this cites the Office of the…

I think you’re missing the point. The police pick the spots to “win” on in the first place, directed by policies that are institutionally racist. That’s what the war on drugs and the concommitant “broken windows” tactics have always been about. You absolutely don’t need six guys plus the sergeant to “bring down” their…

I have family members who were cops (they’ve been retired), and have worked for the police (as has my mom). The police have tremendous pressure put on them to make arrests, to issue “C” summonses (quality of life summonses), and over-police certain neighborhoods. So it’s not just about the individual police officer…

I realize that the opening lines were strong. But there is no real debate. The police killed a man over selling loosies. Not even the NYPD debate that (nor the DA nor the coroner’s office). They only debate the arresting officers’ culpability for his state of deadness. There is no hyperbole in the above statement.

Re-read your last sentence. Re-read it again. He was NOT dead before the police decided to harass him... for selling loosies (which he probably paid for in any case). He was DEAD after the police encounter. The POLICE ramped up the encounter (the last of several that day) that was designed to harass him. He “resisted”…

Kudos to you! This is absolutely right - you can see Comey as a ponce and also see Trump as terrible as well.