By Annaham on 7 December, 2010
Cheryl at Finding my Way: On Privilege, Again It was after this that the almost imperceptible freak out occurred. What am I going to do when it snows? How am I going to get food this winter? People / the county just don’t shovel sidewalks very well and it’s too far to roll in the [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged chronic pain, creative work, daily life, diabetes, justice, justice system, mental health, mental illness, music, police, police officers, policy, privilege, weather
By s.e. smith on 3 November, 2010
Many organisations concerned about violations of civil rights and police brutality put out guides for civilians, providing a framework for interacting with law enforcement. These guides are usually designed to help people safeguard their civil rights and avoid police brutality while smoothing interactions with law enforcement as much as possible. The idea is that, well, [...]
Posted in bad advice | Tagged law enforcement, police
By lauredhel on 4 June, 2010
This post is not spoily for the Dexter TV series to date, except perhaps for the premise. It contains a very minor spoiler for an event that occurs at the start of Dexter By Design. Comments may contain spoilers up to the Chapter Ten of Dexter by Design, but no further please.. At the moment [...]
Posted in books, justice, social attitudes, violence | Tagged assault, book, brutality, dehumanisation, dehumanization, dexter, dexter by design, duct tape, homicide, immobilisation, immobilization, jeff lindsay, lindsay, police, power wheelchair, reading, restraint, thriller, wheelchair
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