I will raise my voice whenever the fuck I want! – Arizona cop
I laughed so hard at this video Brooke Magnanti shared with me that I just had to pass it along. The links above it were provided by Jesse Walker (“Gifaanisqatsi”); Radley Balko (“headline” and “wedding”); ACLU (“teen”); Cop Crisis (“infant” and “invasion”); and Popehat (“Village”).
- Gifaanisqatsi.
- Headline of the week.
- Cop beats up quadruplegic teen.
- It’s like RAY-AY-AIIIIIIN on your wedding day…
- Armed home invaders threaten to murder infant.
- Gang sexually assaults woman during home invasion.
- If the Village People were formed today, would they have a cop?
From the Archives
- This wasn’t a “mistake”; it was both deliberate and government-approved.
- One day, reporters will get that “People Work To Make Money” isn’t news.
- Man’s garbage will have a more lasting effect on this planet than he will.
- He could’ve copied this from other parrots without even leaving London.
- Everett defends its sick need to control women’s clothing as “feminism”.
- It’s no surprise conservatives like sleazy entrapment schemes so much.
- It’s good to see so many questioning the “human trafficking” narrative.
- The popular but dangerous belief that masturbation is harmful to men.
- Scumbag gets comeuppance thanks to Sydney Brownstone’s diligence.
- Declare anything a “public health crisis” and it can be harassed at will.
- My regular escort suggested dinner off-clock; should I tip her anyway?
- It’s rare for an organization to prioritize ethics over the heckler’s veto.
- Why must people be subjected to police theatrics in order to get help?
- Cops, karma, headlines, myths, Lovecraft, zoetropes and much more.
- One day, “small businesses have landlords” will not be seen as news.
- Cops, Washington, ghost ships, Japan, commercials and much more.
- Can Nevada brothel workers collect disability for work-related injury?
- Not for any reason whatsoever. No, your reason is not an exception.
- lawsuits are for the present our best weapon against prohibitionists.
- An interesting history of Annie Sprinkle’s salon in 1980s New York.
- The second stupidest claimed “cause of sex trafficking” of all time.
- Persecution of sex workers invariably affects other women as well.
- May this presage the end for the evil, deranged Sunitha Krishnan.
- Prohibition has been proven to be unsafe to humans in any form.
- Are there still people who believe the French are sexually liberal?
- How many fakumentaries there will be before the hysteria ends?
- Arizona says anyone even accused of a sex crime is subhuman.
- A retrospective of my blogging from November 2014 and 2015.
- There’s so much disinformation here it’s almost mind-boggling.
- The mainstream media is a font of disinformation on sex work.
- Why do sex workers and others believe in “immunity” policies?
- Shitty strip-club management as “evidence of sex trafficking”.
- My first proper sit-down feast in my own place since the ’90s.
- Weeping quietly over memories of beloved things now lost.
- Did he really think more than 30 bodies would stay buried?
- It’s a little reassuring to see somebody else recognize this.
- A good criticism of “slavery” talk on Laura Agustín’s blog.
- Pigs and prohibitionists say one is “as many as 150”.
- It’s good to see this getting more attention lately.
- Another attempt at library internet censorship.
- Good riddance to bad anti-whore rubbish.
- Rapist cops of the week, 2017 and 2018.
- OK, so maybe she was listening after all.
- Liz Brown on the “sex robot” fantasy.
- I called this one three years earlier.
- Prohibitionists call this “rescue”.
- “Correcting” people to death.
- Safety first.