Musa al-Gharbi
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Students are More Ideologically Diverse Than You Think - Page 2 of 2 - Musa al-Gharbi
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Students are much more ideologically heterogenous than faculty or administrators. Apparent homogeneity is often misleading.
Musa al-Gharbi For those parents who are worried about indoctrination, or would be tempted to argue that universities *did* indoctrinate your child, or a child you know, I would refer you here: 3d
Students are More Ideologically Diverse Than You Think - Musa al-Gharbi
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Students are much more ideologically heterogenous than faculty or administrators. Apparent homogeneity is often misleading.
Musa al-Gharbi Also, , as it relates to the idea that universities are places of 'radical left indoctrination, not education,' I might refer you here: 3d
Building Institutions in an Age of Platforms and Hashtags | Front Porch Republic
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Bodycam footage reveals new details about Black man's death in custody
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With at least three officers on his legs and back — and yet another applying a knee to his head and neck — the Black man in his 40s cries out "I can't breathe" multiple times.
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Musa al-Gharbi "Please, Allah" "Allah? He's not going to help you now." Police mock a brother begging for his life, moments before he dies. His crime? Trying to bring his service dog with him into a bathroom. For this, someone called the cops on him. He ended up dead 3d
A Springfield Detective Shared Photo Of Her Niece At A Black Lives Matter Rally. She Was Fired
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A Springfield police detective was fired two weeks ago after sharing a post of her niece at a Black Lives Matter rally holding a protest sign that appeared to suggest people should "shoot" "back" at police, according to a report from MassLive.
Musa al-Gharbi Again, the ubiquity of this kind of content, widely disseminated by cops, and tolerated by their departments, makes the firing of Florissa Fuentes all the more striking -- terminated for approvingly posting an pic of her niece at a #BLM protest 4d
Cops Across The US Have Been Exposed Posting Racist And Violent Things On Facebook. Here's The Proof.
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A review of the Facebook accounts of thousands of officers around the US — the largest database of its kind — found officers endorsing violence against Muslims, women, and criminal defendants.
Musa al-Gharbi Follow-up: of the police agencies reviewed by , 1 in 5 active police officers, 40% of retired officers, made Facebook posts “displaying bias, applauding violence, scoffing at due process, or using dehumanizing language” 4d
The Atlantic Daily: Police Abolition Is an Opportunity
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Calls for police reform continue. What’s the best way forward for American policing? Four writers share their thoughts.
The Protesting of a Protest Paper
The Chronicle of Higher Education 4d 8 tweets
Critics conceded that Omar Wasow’s findings might be true, but they still objected.
Yes, And—
Medium 5d 8 tweets
On open letters, open debate, and how the arguments against illiberalism could be even stronger
Why Reflexivity is Important for Research and Activism - Musa al-Gharbi
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Reflexivity is a social research principle that theories should also apply to the theorists themselves, the institutions they are embedded in, etc.
Musa al-Gharbi White liberal elites are a trip sometimes. I did a whole series on this 5d
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Musa al-Gharbi It's like a strange inverse of previous concerns about miscegenation. Now it is *whiteness* that is held to be corrupting your racial purity. White liberal elites are a trip sometimes. I did a whole series on this 5d
Kanye West Says He’s Done With Trump—Opens Up About White House Bid, Damaging Biden And Everything In Between
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Across four hours of interviews, the rap billionaire says he’s never voted, has recovered from Covid but doubts vaccines and envisions running a presidency modeled on Wakanda in Black Panther.
Case Against Amy Cooper Lacks Key Element: Victim’s Cooperation
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Ms. Cooper, who is white, is charged with filing a false police report after she claimed a Black birdwatcher threatened her in Central Park during a dispute over her dog.
Musa al-Gharbi Christian Cooper tells he doesn't want Amy Cooper charged, and says he won't cooperate with the Manhattan DA: "She’s already paid a steep price— that’s not enough of a deterrent to others? Bringing her more misery just seems like piling on.” 5d
Activists Catalog Nearly 600 Videos of Officer Violence Against Protesters
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The documentation serves as a counter-narrative to repeated denials of responsibility from the police.
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Musa al-Gharbi Indeed, Fuentes was fired for an *internet post* supporting #GeorgeFloyd protests. Yet cops are regularly caught on camera beating up these protesters for sport *in real life,* as documented by . Distressingly few have faced consequences 7d
Inside hate groups on Facebook, police officers trade racist memes, conspiracy theories and Islamophobia
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Officers in law enforcement agencies across the country have joined private hate groups on Facebook, participating in the spread of extremism.
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Musa al-Gharbi Meanwhile, an in-depth investigation by identified hundreds of active duty police officers participating in hate groups. Even when precincts were made aware of these behaviors, most participants were not terminated 7d
Massachusetts Detective Is Fired Over Black Lives Matter Post
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Florissa Fuentes of the Springfield Police Department shared a photo on Instagram of her niece at a Black Lives Matter protest holding a sign that her colleagues said was offensive.
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Musa al-Gharbi Just days later, Detective Florissa Fuentes was fired from the Springfield Police Department. Her crime? Sharing an post of her niece participating in a #BlackLivesMatter protest 7d
The Routledge Handbook of Anarchy and Anarchist Thought
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This Handbook offers an authoritative, up-to-date introduction to the rich scholarly conversation about anarchy—about the possibility, dynamics, and appeal of social order without the state. Drawing on resources from philosophy, economics, law,...
La fuerza bruta
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La violencia y los abusos en EE.UU. demuestran que la policía está fuera de control. En los últimos cinco años 5.408 civiles fallecieron por disparos de agentes. Cientos mueren cada año por balas de goma, estrangulamiento, etc.
Musa al-Gharbi Mi artículo reciente sobre la violencia y la policía, ahora disponible en español: Traducción de Álvaro San José. 9d
Opinion: Reading 'White Fragility' and canceling your friends won't make you an anti-racist
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Sorry, but performative social media posts about Venmo'ing your black colleagues won't help us either
Musa al-Gharbi "How might one live an authentically anti-racist life? In my view, the crucial first step is to renounce the scapegoat mechanism, which has been an important driver of white identity politics and of white radicalization." By 10d
Police Punish the ‘Good Apples’ — The Atlantic
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Law enforcement needs to protect those who prioritize their sworn duties above loyalty to their peers.
Real Cops Who Stood Up To Corruption In Their Departments (And What Happened To Them)
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These whistleblower cops should be counted among the most honorable and noble police officers because of their dedication to justice.
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Musa al-Gharbi I was shocked at how many incidents I came across of good cops standing up to misconduct and malpractice – and getting punished and pushed out rather than lauded or rewarded. Here are several more, for instance: Just the tip of a really depressing iceberg 11d