molly priddy

@mollypriddy.bsky.social

most dogs like me. twin cities, minnesota.

Cop is subject of community complaints (including for punching a driver in the face during a traffic stop). Local newsroom files a public records request about him. Eugene, Ore says sure thing, that’ll cost $2.5 million and take at least 44,000 hours to complete. My latest for @theintercept.com:

Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop

Eugene-based Double Sided Media requested police officer Justin Peckels’s records. The city slapped the publication with an exorbitant fee.

theintercept.com

The MSM has committed malpractice by not reporting that Trump is demented and insane. He falls asleep in most of his appearances in the Oval Office. He is literally incoherent. Why aren’t they interviewing doctors and specialists about Trump‘s incompetent mental state?!

The connections being drawn between the Cornell 7 and Brock Turner bring up something crucial: The outrage at Turner’s insanely light sentence has ultimately made it impossible for him to blend back into society. Where legal redress failed, community stepped in to make sure no one would forget.

why do universities and colleges have their own justice system for rape? it happened 20 years ago when i was in school, still happening now. why is rape a “handle it yourself” crime for schools? why *shouldn’t* rape ruin a young man’s life?

one thing i miss about being a small-town arts reporter was getting to be professionally nosy and cold calling people like, “hey i heard you do art can i watch you do art at your house?” and then boom im in some guy’s wood shop watching him build a grandfather clock.

it's important to arrive at sturdy ethical principles that you can't be annoyed out of. people are annoying as shit