they didn’t ticket the people they ran over for scuffing up the paint job (FBI Surveillance Van)

“Protests have erupted in America’s major cities and small town, and to show how not brutally violent they are, the police have responded with absolutely brutal violence. It is horrifying that the authorities are beating, gassing and running over peaceful protesters. They’re so out of control, I’m surprised they didn’t ticket the people they ran over for scuffing up the paint job.” —Samantha Bee

“Moreover, abuse in law enforcement is rarely met with accountability. Derek Chauvin, the officer who killed George Floyd, had at least 17 prior complaints against him. I don’t know the right number of complaints it should take to get a police officer fired, but it definitely should not be more than the number of stamps to get a free smoothie at Jamba Juice. And of the more than 2,600 misconduct complaints against Minneapolis police officers since 2012, only 12 resulted in an officer being disciplined.” —Samantha Bee

“There’s a point where you have to ask yourself, can it even be reformed? One bad flight, and you’re like ‘maybe we can make air travel better.’ But if every flight you take ends up in the Hudson River, you might think it’s time to defund Spirit Airlines.” —Seth Meyers

http://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2016/06/john-hulse-collected-poems-1985-2015.html

“A magisterial collection. An emotional roller coaster. Soon to be a cult classic. 

A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night On Earth and Orwell’s 1984.”

Polls show the majority of Americans support the movement (Good news…? It’s a start)

“On the resilience of the protest movement in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis. Polls show the majority of Americans support the movement; one poll found that support for the Black Lives Matter movement among Americans has jumped to 53% from 42% a month ago. So, just over half of American voters believe Black people have the right to live. Good news…? It’s a start.” —Stephen Colbert

“After three weeks of protests, “now it’s time to put our money where our mouth is…just as soon as we take the slave owners off the money. This moment of economic and social turmoil has offered America a tremendous opportunity, but to do what? There’s incremental reform, such as a bill introduced by House Democrats to ban police chokeholds. And there’s more radical reform, such as the popular call to ‘defund the police’, meaning to divert funding poured into police departments to other community resources such as mental health services, social services and education. Right now, because those other services have been under-funded for years, all of that eventually falls to the police. And that’s way too many things for them to be doing. It’s like in the Middle Ages: it wasn’t a good idea that your barber was also your dentist and your surgeon. And saying ‘defund the barber’ doesn’t mean no one’s getting haircuts —– although admittedly right now, no one’s getting haircuts.” —Stephen Colbert

http://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2016/06/john-hulse-collected-poems-1985-2015.html

“A magisterial collection. An emotional roller coaster. Soon to be a cult classic. 

A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night On Earth and Orwell’s 1984.”