Standard tactics of colonialism.
You can have this (undesirable) land over here.
No, now that land is desirable and you have to leave. 
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Pro-life, my ass.
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There have to be legal consequences not only for the officer who murdered TaâKiya Young but also for the police chief who continues to lie to protect the murderer.
Youngâs rights were violated. We need federal laws that implement specific penalties for violation of civil rights.
During the Warren and Burger SCOTUS eras, definition was placed around rights granted to individuals in the bill of rights, especially around interactions with police, prosecutors, and courts. So far, the practical effects of thise definitions have been to hinder or block prosecution of those whose rights were violated. In some ways (besides the obvious racism involved) I suspect those perceived limitations on police, prosecutors and judges are part of why police so often execute people they suspect of being âbad guysâ rather than âchance itâ with the legal process.
Police are going to continue to shoot innocent people even if they get fired; even if we overturn the legal concept of qualified immunity. Itâs going to take the probability of jail time to stop them from doing this again tomorrow and the next day and the next day.
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FTA:
Funnily enough, while they are revealing all these details about TaâKiya Youngâs past, I havenât seen one news report confirm that âstolen alcoholâ was actually found on her person or in her car.
And I suspect that if there was incriminating evidence found, it would have been trumpeted just like her past was. Not proof, but the absence is damning.
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There was one article that found witnesses who said she had set aside the bottles she had put in her cart before leaving the store.
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She didnât put them back on the exact shelf? Clearly punishable by a death sentence, right? And of course, fetuses arenât innocent if theyâre in the body of someone like that. Doesnât matter how exhausted she might have felt, as a pregnant person. The police sure solved that little problem for her, permanently.
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I mean, the obvious issue being that many of these businesses wonât even consider tougher means of loss prevention and discouraging theft such as going back to the old ways of keeping product behind barriers/countertops or employing a sufficient number of employees to cater to shoppers, continually claiming that such means discourage shopping. You canât have your cake and eat it, too.
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This is about much more than the song.
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TIL. Alan Arkinâs dad and Pete Seeger together.
(Warning: The video below is extremely 1972.)
Yeah, I grew during the Three Dog Night era, and it was one of many songs that grated on me, even as a nine year old.
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I unironically loved the song, but I grew up in the cusp between Black & white which mostly doesnât exist anymore, as whites have added more and more populations to their Honorary White list. For me, it showed such bright optimism, and at the time I had hoped the changes in the Civil Rights Era were simply a prelude to further, more sweeping changes. Alas, it was not to be. At least, not yet.
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I think my uncomfortable flashback may be due to Three Dog Night the band (with their bare chests 
). We also had to sing their songs during elementary school, and itâs probably because TDN songs were so much easier to teach youngâuns than anything else. I just know that I get anxious when I hear them.
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Iâm one of those who the song hit right at kindergarten through 2nd grade. We would sing this and Joy to the World at multi-classroom gatherings every Friday morning, and my perception is that the school administrators were trying to keep the delicate balance intact before it unraveled.
Bonus: We even had both White and Black Santa visits to the classrooms around Christmastime. Our school was named after General Toussaint LâOuverture (complete with a mural and plaque dedicated to the man in our school entryway).
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You know, my first thought was if itâs not bulletproof, none of the other features really matter. 
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