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Alec Karakatsanis
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“thought of James Baldwin’s letter to Angela Davis as she languished in a jail cell forty-eight years ago. “Dear Sister,” he began. “One might have hoped that, by this hour, the very sight of chains on black flesh, or the very sight of chains, would be so intolerable a sight for the American people, and so unbearable a memory, that they would themselves spontaneously rise up and strike off the manacles. But, no, they appear to glory in their chains; now, more than ever, they appear to measure their safety in chains and corpses.”
― Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System
― Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System
“Because of the fearmongering about poor people and unhoused people through around-the-clock coverage of anecdotal stranger crimes, the news has conditioned people to misunderstand the nature of risk and vulnerability.”
― Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News
― Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News
“If you're an amateur, professional, or aspiring journalist in any city in the U.S., a good story for you would be to dig into the budget and number of employees that your local police department devotes to all forms of public relations. There's a reason they try to hide it.”
― Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News
― Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News
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