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We Deserve Better video

We Deserve Better from FosterBear Films on Vimeo.

Check out this video made by my nephew-in-law’s company FosterBear Films (David Bear) in association with BreakOUT in New Orleans. The purpose is to fight discrimination on the part of the NOPD towards the GLBTQ community there.

Yes, we still have to fight these fights in 2012. Depressing, but there you are, and unfortunately, for so many minority communities, including GLBTs everywhere, the cop is generally not your friend. Videos like this help put them on notice. We’re watching. We’re talking. We’re filming it and posting it. And it will stop.

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NYPD corruption… better than fiction

Link to This American Life “Right to Remain Silent”

A couple of amazing stories on This American Life, one about a smart-alecky guy who posted a Fight Club-inspired rant against an Apple Store, another about a cop who recorded all sorts of goings-on inside the NYPD — regarding quotas and a “making stuff up” type of arrest policy. Both are scary in that they’re good reminders of thinking through consequences. Both are also pretty intense confirmation of how our world is changed in the post-911 era. Interesting that both stories take place in the New York City area, though I’m sure (in the case of the second piece) police corruption is hardly just an east coast problem. Worth a listen, it’s the real The Wire.

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