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“Schools Are an Extension of Police:” Reflections from an Arizona teacher
This August a former student of mine will go on trial for capital murder in Texas. I have no reason to suspect anything other than that he will receive the maximum sentence in the end, which ...
Police Rebellion, Then and Now
Jarrod: A recent New York Times headline sums it up well: “Facing Protests Over Use of Force, Police Respond With More Force.” Even as America’s cult of cop worship implodes before our eyes, it is clear ...
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Fireworks
As the murder of George Floyd set the streets alight, revelers in New York City lit up the night skies with volleys of fireworks smuggled in from out of state. The celebration seemed fitting — the ...
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When the PBA Defends Bad Cops
I wrote the following letter to the editor of The Irish Echo in 2000. Patrick Lynch, the current President of the NYC Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association (PBA), had just been elected to his first term. Suffice it ...
Today We Mourn
Hard Crackers is pleased to publish this recent message from Abahlali baseMjondolo, the Shack Dwellers Movement in South Africa. The message was released on the anniversary of the Soweto Revolt in 1976. We thought it would ...
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“Preserving Our Capacity to Act:” An Interview with Kristian Williams
Hard Crackers: If I understand correctly the argument you’ve made about the efficacy of riots, it’s that they impose, far more effectively than legal limits, that communities can place new limits on police brutality. That seems ...
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In the Streets of Philadelphia
A lot can happen in a week. On Saturday, May 30, a beautiful sunny afternoon, we joined thousands of others at the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum to protest the murder of George Floyd by ...
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In Plain Sight (if we looked)
For the past couple of months, we’ve been seeing news reports and ads that tell us: “We’re all in this together” and “We’re strong” and “We’ll never forget our heroes”. Most of the reports and ads ...
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Bigfoot Cop and the End of Policing
“Goddamnit, Bigfoot!” fumes the Portland police chief. “How many goddamn times do I have to tell you that you can’t go around pulling off people’s arms, smashing goddamn cars, killing suspects – and goddamn civilians – ...
Police Killings, Class, and “Race”
When I was doing research for How the Irish Became White, I looked at the prison population of Philadelphia from 1815 to 1824, and found, to no one’s surprise, that black people made up a far ...