Before Obergefell made marriage equality the law of the land in 2015, it was a very live political issue that lots of Republican scumbags vocally opposed and campaigned on hard. Target made a bunch of donations to a lot of those Republican scumbags in the 2010 election cycle because they wanted tax cuts, got called out on it, promised to do better, and then resumed donating to those same people a few months later.
Fair enough, I guess my point (besides just making sure these couple of historical footnotes don’t go down the memory hole) is that this is all totally in keeping with Target’s pattern of pretending to be progressive to get the conscientious consumer dollar and then backtracking the second they think it’s in their interest to do so
If Books Could Kill did a fantastic podcast episode a while back that dove into how completely fucking stupid the 2023 backlash to Target and Bud Light both were and how mainstream media really helped them along by refusing to report it with any depth or detail
A spokesperson for SpartanNash, the parent company of Family Fare, said store employees responded “with the utmost compassion and professionalism.”
“Ensuring there is ample safe, affordable housing continues to be a widespread issue nationwide that our community needs to partner in solving,” Adrienne Chance said, declining further comment.
Warren said the woman was cooperative and quickly agreed to leave. No charges were pursued.
“We provided her with some information about services in the area,” the officer said. “She apologized and continued on her way. Where she went from there, I don’t know.”
I feel like there’s very few opportunities these days to say this, but the cops and business owners in this situation actually seem to have behaved in a very humane and decent way here, so that’s a nice surprise
I mean, I would add on not sticking her with a criminal charge as an important thing they didn’t do here, because the whole story of “oh you missed a court date because we sent the notice to an address you haven’t lived at in years, so now we’re fining you on top of the original criminal charge that brought you in here, [soon] wow, you’ve got a lot of missed court dates and unpaid fines, you look like a career criminal who needs the book thrown at them” happens a lot,
And there’s a very real chance that the contractors looked the other way and then this woman’s residence got discovered they could have lost their licenses or otherwise gotten in trouble
Like, I think what you’re pointing out is a really important perspective and we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that a woman with a home was made homeless here, but I think a lot of relatively powerless people here tried to be as humane as an inhumane system would let them be, and I think that’s important too. I think the way this world gets less shitty is when more people start making these little steps towards revolutionary kindness and then those little steps start getting bigger and bigger.
I think one thing we all should have learned from the past 8 years or so is that there are no dumb questions when it comes to the checks and balances on our various government entities and who is actually going to follow whose authority
That’s definitely one path to go down, another way I would try to figure it out would be to subpoena all the officers who were there that day and make them tell you who gave them their orders, which will probably lead you to some field commander or another mid level person who was given orders who could be subpoenad and asked the same question, and so on
A Bureau of Prisons spokesperson reportedly issued a statement in October 2022 confirming that it was “in the process of introducing the Keefe Score 7c tablet into federal institutions, offering it for sale through the commissaries at a cost of $118.” Initially, the bureau said, the tablets could only be used for music...
These missing cases have included Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey, the force’s highest-ranking uniformed officer, and six deputy chiefs whose assignments include the department’s transit bureau and the Joint Terrorism Task Force.
The allegations against these high-ranking officers include being “discourteous” to a suspect, drinking while on duty, improper use of department property, and wrongful searches, frisks and uses of force.
In the chief of department’s case, Maddrey was docked 45 vacation days over a 2015 incident in which he impeded internal affairs officials who were investigating an altercation with an ex-lover and fellow officer. The incident ended with the officer brandishing a gun at Maddrey. When a reporter looked up Maddrey’s discipline record on Wednesday, the department’s system reported no disciplinary cases against him.
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Imagine how it would go if some NYPD officers walked into a situation where two people who weren’t cops (or friends or cops) were having a breakup fight and one brandished a firearm at the other
Target will only sell Pride Month collection in some stores after backlash in 2023 (abcnews.go.com)
How Originalism Ate the Law: America is captive to a legal theory that dictates our laws on guns, abortion, and so much more. We need to act. (slate.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/originalism-ate-the-law-what-no…
Locked Him Up - Yes, people do go to to jail for gag-order violations in New York (jentaub.substack.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/…/locked-him-up
The NYPD's new sizzle reels aren't just dumb. They're dangerous. (www.motherjones.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/nypd-sizzle-reel-student-protes…
Judge won't reconvene jury after disputed verdict in NH YDC abuse case (www.nhpr.org)
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With 2024 presidential contest looming, Georgia governor signs new election changes into law (apnews.com)
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He Served His Country. In Return, His Country Sent Him Into Exile (thewarhorse.org)
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Supreme Court Rules Against Women Whose Cars Were Seized by the Police (www.nytimes.com)
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Homeless woman was living inside Michigan rooftop store sign with computer, coffee maker (apnews.com)
Catholic Group Defrocks AI Priest After It Gave Strange Answers (futurism.com)
No one will take credit for calling state police on UVa campus protesters: Neither the governor's office nor the school's president nor the university police chief have taken credit for the decision (dailyprogress.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/article_ea6bd3f0-0c0b-11ef-bc6c…
Small-Town Politics, National Consequences: The Supreme Court takes up a Texas power struggle involving allegedly retaliatory arrests of two councilwomen. (www.texasobserver.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/small-town-politics-national-co…
They Bought Tablets in Prison—and Found a Broken Promise (www.wired.com)
A Bureau of Prisons spokesperson reportedly issued a statement in October 2022 confirming that it was “in the process of introducing the Keefe Score 7c tablet into federal institutions, offering it for sale through the commissaries at a cost of $118.” Initially, the bureau said, the tablets could only be used for music...
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U.S. to empower asylum officials to reject more migrants earlier in process (www.cbsnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/immigration-us-asylum-migrants-…
Nirvana - Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (RIP Steve Albini) (yewtu.be)
web.archive.org/…/steve-albini-legendary-producer…
Defense moves for mistrial over Daniels' testimony (abcnews.go.com)
Trump’s defense team has moved for a mistrial over Stormy Daniels’ testimony...
Microsoft Closes Redfall Developer Arkane Austin, Hi-Fi Rush Developer Tango Gameworks, and More in Devastating Cuts at Bethesda (www.ign.com)
Why facial recognition technology makes these campus protests different from those in the past (www.fastcompany.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/facial-recognition-technology-c…