News Brief: US Media's Incitement Against Homeless Populations and Recent Vigilante Attacks
Added 2023-05-07 01:18:18 +0000 UTCIn this patron News Brief, we examine US media's years-long incitement coverage targeting unhoused populations and the extrajudicial––and legal––violence that results when a society forecloses on systems of care and social welfare.
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Thank you, very worthwhile episode. Just one side comment to share, about the cops + press finding and sharing the old rap sheet of victims. I expect that only those with petty crimes (theft, drunken assault) are okay to murder!! I imagine if the victim were by chance a white collar thief, well connected rich person with past crimes that kind of data wouldn't be shared. It's not germane, right? Thefts without violence are not such "horrid" crimes, they just show intelligence, so should not be stigmatized in the same way. Vigilante killings of this types of criminal wouldn't be ok.
Mark Schneider
2023-05-08 17:26:39 +0000 UTCReally premature for media to call vigilantes heroes like that 🤦🏻♂️ and I didn’t know Jordan was choked to death because all of the headlines said chokehold. And if you are a vet, then “tactical aggression” is encouraged and praised.
Danh Nguyen
2023-05-08 02:02:58 +0000 UTC
