The word "#overpolicing" is fast entering the American lexicon, was used last week in a decision by a federal judge:http://www.citypaper.com/blogs/the-news-hole/bcp-maryland-judge-draws-line-on-overpolicing-20150116,0,2901514.story …
@Lollardfish Curious: what are some of the less-soft alternatives? "Police state"? "Police brutality"?
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@ChMadar Yeah. Those were the ones on my mind. -
@Lollardfish I think of "overpolicing" as encompassing not just police violence but all the petty overpolicing (fines that make up 23% of… -
@Lollardfish …Ferguson's municipal revenue). Also as including expansion of crim law, police power, into new spheres of life-world. -
@ChMadar yeah, that makes sense. I'm not arguing with the phrase, just thinking out loud about it. -
@Lollardfish I hearya. This issue of names, and rectifying the names, is very worth talking about, essential to how ish is framed.
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