Links #185

Maggie McNeill

10 years ago

You should view each interaction with the cops with an extreme caution bordering on paranoia, as you would handle a dangerous wild animal.
– Ken White

Lots and lots of links this week, but a very small average per contributor; even the leader, Radley Balko, had only three (counting the first video, which is extremely funny and well worth ten minutes of your time). The second video was mentioned by Cliterati back before Christmas, but if North America gets another severe cold snap maybe this will help. The links between the two videos were provided by Jemima (“Beowulf”), Clarkhat (“four”), Cthulhuchick (“tased”), Jesse Walker (“journalism”), Walter Olson (“chefs”), Aspasia (“atheists”), Nun Ya (“headline”), Laura Lee (“lede”), Grace (“child support”), Mike Siegel (“Hell” & “Barbie”), Mistress Matisse (“link”), Popehat (“texting”), Jason Kuznicki (“prohibitionists”), Lucy Steigerwald (“cage”), Korhomme (“never call cops”), and Jasper Gregory (“Nazi”).

Beowulf in 100 tweets.
Cop beats 4-year-old into a coma.
Lawyer for cops says being tased is fun.
Cop murders woman for being paranoid.
Hard-hitting, well-researched journalism.
Welcome to our world, chefs and atheists.
Headline of the week and lede of the week.
Man jailed for paying too much child support.
I’m destined for the 7^th circle; how about you?
For when you absolutely MUST link the Daily Mail.
Retired cop murders man for texting in a theater.
Not exactly the way I played with Barbie, but close.
Cops harass woman because her child “looks cold”.
Prohibitionists aren’t limiting themselves to humans any more.
If you want imprisonment done right, you’ve got to do it yourself.
I love the tender scene where he screams, “Put the cage on Julia!”
Never call cops for any reason whatsoever. Don’t TALK to them, either.
While promoting criminalization of the word “Nazi”, Israeli politician says “We allow too many freedoms“.

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