copaganda: how the police and the media manipulate our news
by Alec Karakatsanis
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Once again asking people to stop imagining that police are essential to maintaining peace or safety in our #transportation system. They are not going to side with you if a driver chooses to assault you with their vehicle. They probably won't even find your car if it gets stolen. They definitely don't prevent crime.
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#Portland cops wanted to make an action movie. 
Yeah that's what it felt like when I was in it on a bike! How much does it cost to smash a few cop cars and why did they start chasing the van driver? #BikeTooter #ACAB #DefundPolice
InstagramPPB Central NRT Bike Squad on Instagram: "🚨 Tried to Run, Got Spiked, PIT’d, and Caught. 🚨
Central NRT attempted a traffic stop, but the driver had other ideas—like driving into oncoming lanes and bike lanes on Naito Parkway. Bad move. Officers deployed spike strips, and the tires didn’t survive.
The vehicle limped southbound until undercover officers spotted it on McLoughlin. A Central NRT officer hit it with a clean PIT maneuver, bringing the ride to a stop.
The driver bailed on foot into a nearby neighborhood… and found out real quick that NRT doesn’t quit. He was caught and taken into custody.
Charges stacked up fast:
• Felony Elude
• Reckless Driving
• Elude by Vehicle
• Reckless Endangerment
• Hit & Run
• Criminal Mischief I
• Interfering with a Peace Officer
• Escape III
• Felony Supervision Detainer
The subject also picked up a self-inflicted leg injury while trying to escape. Cleared at the hospital. Booked in jail.
Moral of the story? If you’re going to run, don’t. Especially not from Central NRT."888 likes, 78 comments - ppbcentralbikesquad on May 16, 2025: "🚨 Tried to Run, Got Spiked, PIT’d, and Caught. 🚨
Central NRT attempted a traffic stop, but the driver had other ideas—like driving into oncoming lanes and bike lanes on Naito Parkway. Bad move. Officers deployed spike strips, and the tires didn’t survive.
The vehicle limped southbound until undercover officers spotted it on McLoughlin. A Central NRT officer hit it with a clean PIT maneuver, bringing the ride to a stop.
The driver bailed on foot into a nearby neighborhood… and found out real quick that NRT doesn’t quit. He was caught and taken into custody.
Charges stacked up fast:
• Felony Elude
• Reckless Driving
• Elude by Vehicle
• Reckless Endangerment
• Hit & Run
• Criminal Mischief I
• Interfering with a Peace Officer
• Escape III
• Felony Supervision Detainer
The subject also picked up a self-inflicted leg injury while trying to escape. Cleared at the hospital. Booked in jail.
Moral of the story? If you’re going to run, don’t. Especially not from Central NRT.".
How the public is bamboozled by institutions that claim to protect us when they are actually worsening public harms.
Two audio segments, on Copaganda and on Zenith's air quality permit from DEQ.
#PortlandOr #DefundPolice #StopZenith
https://kboo.fm/media/127074-old-mole-variety-hour-may-12-2025
KBOO · Old Mole Variety Hour for May 12, 2025 Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments:
So, how many illegal fireworks citations did PPB write last night? Should be a funding windfall coming by the sound of it.
Lmao this is so true
@SarahBreau The photograph of posers in the toot was of the #Uvalde #Police #SWAT team. The #BorderPatrol Tactical Unit is NOT a SWAT team. Apples and oranges. 
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/29/us/border-patrol-tactical-unit-explainer-cec/index.html
#DefundPolice SWAT teams!
Metro Times, Invisible Institute file lawsuit against Michigan State Police for access to records | Detroit | Detroit Metro Times
Metro Times and a nonprofit news organization teamed up to file a lawsuit Monday against the Michigan State Police for refusing to disclose public records about the identities of current and former police officers.
The lawsuit, filed in the Michigan Court of Claims by the University of Michigan’s Civil Rights Litigation Initiative, alleges MSP violated the Michigan Freedom of Information Act by refusing to divulge the data.
Among other things, Metro Times and the Invisible Institute requested the names of all certified and uncertified officers in Michigan, along with information about their employment history. The information is held by the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES), which is housed within the MSP.
The request for the data was part of a project to create a national database to identify, track, and report on “wandering officers” who move from department to department after engaging in misconduct.
#Michigan #News #Politics #PoliceReform #FOIA #Detroit #DetroitMetroTimes #DefundPolice #AbolishPolice
Detroit Metro Times · Metro Times, Invisible Institute file lawsuit against Michigan State Police for access to records
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A Billionaire Conserving Montana Is Funding the Group Bulldozing the Atlanta Forest
Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank is helping fund the forces behind Cop City
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110471619577888008
https://inthesetimes.com/article/arthur-blank-cop-city
MastodonPersagen.com 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️ ☮🏳️🌈 (@persagen@mastodon.social)A Billionaire Conserving Montana Is Funding the Group Bulldozing the Atlanta Forest
Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank is helping fund the forces behind Cop City.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/arthur-blank-cop-city
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#persagen #StopCopCity #PoliceState #PoliceIndustrialComplex #MilitarizedPolice #billionaires #ExistentialThreatOfBillionaires #DisproportionateInfluence #WealthInequality #CopCity #Tortuguita #ManuelPaezTeran
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Private equity Profits f. Destroying Atlanta Forest
Connections to Cop City & Blackhall Studios
https://pestakeholder.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PE-Profits-from-Destroying-the-Atlanta-Forest_March_2023.pdf
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Cop City: Atlanta City Council OKs $67M for Facility Despite Mass Protests & Armed Raid on Bail Fund
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110498034813139445
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/6/6/cop_city_atlanta_vote_bail_fund
https://web.archive.org/web/20230609031916/https://newrepublic.com/post/173275/atlanta-council-approves-cop-city-funding-despite-opposition
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* private equity companies provide DeKalb County Jail, Fulton County Jail, & Atlanta City Detention Center w. commissary, communications, medical services
* profit f. detention of protesters
* other corporations profit f. increased police surveillance
* 2016+ Atlanta paid APF $3.6 million to acquire SWAT equipment, license plate readers, thousands of surveillance cameras for its biggest program, Operation Shield
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* APF one of U.S.’ highest-revenue police foundations
* supports projects that supplement Atlanta Police Department’s $250 million budget
* watchdog organization Private Equity Stakeholder Project investigates ties betw. private equity & APF
* argue that private equity influence is at heart of planned forest conversion (Cop City)
I've watched, listened, and read enough in my 30-odd years to know that #police in the #USA are a terrible solution to the many ills of our society. It's long past time to shrink our bloated, militarized, ineffectual and often harmful police forces so we can divert large chunks of their enormous budgets to programs and services that will actually make life better for all Americans.
Telegraph · DEFUND POLICEIf you're following the news about the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, you're now seeing headlines like these:
Cops Didn’t Stop the Uvalde School Shooting
The Police Timeline of the Texas School Shooting Has a Lot of Holes
Texas school shooting: Questions mount about law enforcement response to massacre
There's good reason for these headlines, and you need to see it for yourself:
Desperate Parents Wait Outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas
As you watch this footage captured by someone outside…