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Eric Lawton<p>Newspapers who use a stock photo of a police badge or car, for every story about crime, traffic incidents, without bothering to take a more relevant picture, are just normalizing our feelings of how essential cops are.</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/copaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>copaganda</span></a>.</p>
Eric Lawton<p>Head-on collision in North York leaves three pedestrians and two drivers injured.</p><p>Why do media reports of car crashes feature an image of police badges or cars?</p><p>They&#39;re not relevant. They don&#39;t stop crashes.</p><p>We don&#39;t need an armed paramilitary force to investigate.</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/copaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>copaganda</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/head-on-collision-in-north-york-leaves-three-pedestrians-and-two-drivers-injured/article_4cb07f95-adc8-5cb7-a30e-e2a5654330eb.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestar.com/news/gta/head-on-c</span><span class="invisible">ollision-in-north-york-leaves-three-pedestrians-and-two-drivers-injured/article_4cb07f95-adc8-5cb7-a30e-e2a5654330eb.html</span></a></p>
Eric Lawton<p>&quot;Police hunt for suspects in Baltimore mass shooting&quot;.</p><p>Why does the headline centre police? Of course they&#39;re looking for suspects.</p><p>So why is &quot;police&quot; the first word when describing a horrible mass murder?</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/copaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>copaganda</span></a><br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaQPKDOySnM" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=UaQPKDOySn</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a></p>
Eric Lawton<p>Top police chief says Met has no ‘God-given right’ to exist without public trust<br /> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/20/top-police-chief-martin-hewitt-met-has-no-god-given-right-to-exist-without-public-trust?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/20/top-police-chief-martin-hewitt-met-has-no-god-given-right-to-exist-without-public-trust?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a></p><p>&gt;Martin Hewitt, outgoing NPCC chair, says new leader deserves time to turn things around after series of scandals</p><p>Yet he says there&#39;s nothing fundamentally wrong and offers no plans.</p><p>Probably thinks a coat of <a href="https://spore.social/tags/copaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>copaganda</span></a> will fix it.</p>
Eric Lawton<p>Canadian police chiefs condemn death of Tyre Nichols following beating by Memphis police </p><p>Windsor police Chief Jason Bellaire said Nichols&#39; death and similar events affect &quot;police credibility&quot; globally, and it will take the police a long time to rebuild relationships and restore trust with the community</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/copaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>copaganda</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/defundThePolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>defundThePolice</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-chiefs-reaction-tyre-nichols-1.6729445" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-chie</span><span class="invisible">fs-reaction-tyre-nichols-1.6729445</span></a></p>
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