When police officers are told they’re in a war, they act like it

By artappraiser on Wed, 06/03/2020 - 5:42am |

Interview with Patrick Skinner by Ezra Klein

After George Floyd’s death, a CIA officer turned Georgia cop speaks out - Vox https://t.co/5KRszEJcFG
— ColinPClarke (@ColinPClarke) June 3, 2020

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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/6/2/21277438/police-officer-george-floyd-patrick-skinner-interview-militarization

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Good article.

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— Priyanka Aribindi (@priaribi) June 3, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 06/03/2020 - 9:43pm

WaPo published a guest op-ed by Skinner this evening:

We all matter, or none of us do.

A cop like me should be a neighbor, not an enemy combatant - The Washington Post https://t.co/qbOq3z3N5w
— ColinPClarke (@ColinPClarke) June 4, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 06/03/2020 - 9:57pm

After Police Reform, Crime Falls In Camden, New Jersey - CityLab https://t.co/YABQfnrLIv
— Brentin “900 Number” Mock (@brentinmock) June 4, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 06/04/2020 - 1:43am

When police officers are told they’re in a war, they act like it

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