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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 10h

"Body cams are not a solution" | The history of police body cameras tells a different story than the marketing campaign.
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Body cameras are not a solution

The history of police body cameras tells a different story than the marketing campaign

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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 10h

Why are police brotherhoods and certain activists demanding police body cams - for radically different reasons? This article looks at how body cam companies, police groups, and pro-police politicians have spread the lie that the technology reduces police violence.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

The propaganda effort at CBS News has begun in full force.

There's this absurd hit piece saying his election would cause a large exodus at the NYPD.

A paused CBS News video features a close-up of a bearded man in a suit speaking outdoors. Video controls are visible over the image. The headline below reads about NYPD officers worrying about someone becoming the NYC mayor. The CBS News channel name and subscriber button appear at the bottom.

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 1d

the war on drugs is a weapon of state power

its not about drugs

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

Musk demands US troops be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs

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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 4d

Pourquoi les fraternités de policiers et certains militants réclament-ils des caméras corporelles ? Je retrace l’histoire des caméras ici, en montrant comment une tech qui renforce le pouvoir et l’impunité policière en est venue à être vendue comme une réforme.
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Le retour d’une fausse bonne solution, celle des caméras corporelles

Les caméras ne réduisent pas les violences policières et ne contribuent pas à responsabiliser la police.

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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 6d

Transition Montreal's platform on policing blows the old parties away:
(1) transfer non-criminal 911 calls to a civilian response unit,
(2) stop the police from exceeding its budget by $50M/year and use the money to fund violence prevention,
(3) abolish street checks.

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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 6d

They know this, obviously, but Ensemble Montréal is forever on the side of the police brotherhood and Projet stopped pretending long ago that it cares about communities targeted by police.

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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 6d

The two old Montreal parties are promising exactly the same police "reforms": body cameras and mixed squads (police + social workers).
The first policy is demanded by the police brotherhoods to increase police power and impunity. The second just wrecks community work.

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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 7d

Two years of this. Two years of genocide, two years of rising fascism, two years of the tortured justifications and self-destruction of western liberalism, and two years, finally, of Palestinians showing the way to the liberation of all peoples. Free Palestine.

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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 11d

The mayor of Longueuil, Catherine Fournier, was asked what she would do to stop police violence. She replied that we need to trust our public institutions and that she "reiterates [her] full support and confidence in the police, who are extremely affected and shaken" right now.

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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 11d

The thing is, we know where the Airbnb crime group is headquartered. It has an address. But instead of stopping the crime as its source, we are spending tens of millions of dollars of public money to hire inspectors to locate and fine its hitmen.

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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 11d

What exactly is the difference between Airbnb and an organized crime group? What would happen if a mafia don said, "I'm not gonna tell my hitmen to stop killing people, it's up to the police to arrest them"?

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 13d

crisis prevention > crisis intervention

reallocate police spending to improve people's material conditions
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 13d

It was a dream to talk with @queersocialism about the Montreal police, the never-ending "war on gangs," and counter-insurgency politics on my fav podcast. If you're not already listening to MAKC, there's an easy way to make your life better!
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Millennials Are Killing Capitalism: Counterinsurgency Urbanism with Ted Rutland

In this episode, recorded mid-2024, we speak with Ted Rutland about the evolution of policing from the mid-20th century's professional model to the counterinsurgency urbanism that emerged in the 1970s...

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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 13d

The killing of Nooran is another reminder of how policing today operates through routine terror and violence *and* community outreach, dialogue, and inclusion. If you missed it, I explained how this works in Montreal, as best I could, in this interview with MAKC.

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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 13d

"If we are serious about reducing police violence, contact with armed officers must fall. That means defunding: reallocating money from police budgets to services that prevent harm and resolve conflict without guns." Excellent editorial from The Link. thelinknewspaper.ca/article/edit...

Editorial: The only option is defunding, not reforming | Opinions

Nooran Rezayi, a 15-year-old child, was murdered by Longueuil police on Sept. 21. We cannot trust the system to deliver justice to itself. Defunding the police and funding youth and crisis services is...

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Patricia Tessier @patriciatessier.bsky.social · 14d

Quand même hein... TOUS les jeunes ont des sacs à dos... alors on fait quoi... on les tire tous proactivement au cas où?? Que ce discours est honteux!

Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 14d

Tout le monde en parle, the most-watched TV show in Quebec, invited pro-cop reporter Pascal Robidas and ex-cop André Gélinas to talk about the killing of Nooran. Here's a lovely insight from Gélinas: "we know that gang members carry weapons in manpurses, backpacks ..."

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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 14d

«La police s’active à influencer le récit médiatique pour que le public ait davantage peur des jeunes que des flics.» Texte d'Alexandre Popovic à lire absolument dans Pivot.
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Meurtre gratuit de Nooran Rezayi : guerre du récit médiatique – Pivot

Pendant que le BEI essaie de nous endormir, la police travaille à tuer la sympathie populaire envers la plus jeune victime de bavure de l’histoire du Québec.

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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 14d

Tout le monde en parle, the most-watched TV show in Quebec, invited pro-cop reporter Pascal Robidas and ex-cop André Gélinas to talk about the killing of Nooran. Here's a lovely insight from Gélinas: "we know that gang members carry weapons in manpurses, backpacks ..."

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