So there’s not much accountability on any front: it’s extremely rare for an officer to actually get convicted and incarcerated (handy graphic from FiveThirtyEight below), pretty hard for a police officer to get fired, and they’re protected from facing the financial pain, too.
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Quite the opposite actually, if you look at her simplistic and a little racist trainwreck of a Twitter feed history.
It is Absolutely Feminist for Women to Burn Other Women When Called Upon
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Boy, you nailed that one, Sara. Thanks for calling her out. Stef has the race problem in America all figured out: black folks should shut the hell up, then everything will be more comfortable for Stef, ergo, race problem solved. Next issue?
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I didn’t grow up in this country but I married into this country. My husband is white and military, so as a woman of colour and an immigrant, I inhabit a rather unique position in this conversation. Not so much unique from everyone else, but unique in that I would guess there are fewer of us than you’d imagine. I don’t hold out any illusions that I…
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Hello. I appreciate your response to my article.
Leo Kim
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Thank you for your response in return.
Again, I hope that you would see this rally with a clear mind. Let me share with you of my knowledge to the protest:
Scapegoat is not the same as free bird/scot free. We are not asking for drop of conviction. Between the lines, they are begging for leniency. No…
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If what you say is true and that is, you love yourself, then I really believe you don’t have a problem. You hold on to your standards (and don’t let anyone tell you that your standards are too high), and be patient and I promise you, that the positive aspects of yourself, will attract someone that has similar qualities to you. Where it did not work…
