by Ken JP Stuczynski | Aug 1, 2020 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
Let’s get my one-paragraph soapbox out of the way: I used to find it intolerable that people don’t understand or accept that protest can be both peaceful and unpeaceful. After all, it may be peaceful all day across one or more cities, but then things seem...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jul 26, 2020 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
TEACHERS. LAWYERS. MOTHERS. JOURNALISTS. MEDICS. VETERANS. The equivalent of Federal SWAT teams have been tear-gassing and “arresting” them, even breaking international standards for WAR by destroying medical supplies used to combat their unlawful use of...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jul 18, 2020 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
In what is possibly the most counter-productive proposal under a head-shaking euphemism of police “reform”, a county Sherriff is urging lawmakers to double down on the very things people are trying to fix. Instead of listening to the community to...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 24, 2020 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
Someone asked what would have happened on 9-11 if the police had been “defunded”. The assumption is a worse disaster, and they may be right. There were a number of heroes in blue that fateful day in Manhattan when the towers were hit, and we should be...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 11, 2020 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
If you learn anything from Gandhi and Dr. King, et alia, it’s that the power of peaceful protest is to demoralize those who are doing violence against them. Only the most psychopathic souls can keep abusing people day after day, even if they are ordered to and...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 7, 2020 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
If someone is hurt in the course of police action, it’s not always the police’s fault. But when it is, making it about the rap sheet of the victim or what they may have done to not comply or “provoke” law enforcement is irrelevant. The Police...