Wayne Out West

@waynehedges.bsky.social

Old gay guy who occasionally rants at clouds. I go to things like museums and gardens. I enjoy art and music. Not a fan of Nazis and elevator music.

Remember, Police are trained for 840 hours before they can become an officer. Hairdressers must train for 1500 hours before they can curl and tease your Grandma's hair! The government cares more about a bad haircut, than an unlawful arrest! @thetnholler.bsky.social www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Your local police may be trained for violence. They shouldn't be. | Opinion

Apparently, the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis was justifiable. So was the police killing of Eric Garner in New York City.

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NEW: The LAPD announced just became the largest police department in the country to drop its Flock contract. This came after an audit found that, in a two-month period, the LAPD improperly "investigated" 161 people whose cars were flagged as stolen in their ALPR system but were not actually stolen.

LAPD Regularly Pulled Over Innocent People Because License Plate Readers Flagged Their Cars As Stolen

The Los Angeles Police Department let its Flock contract expire over the weekend in part because it was regularly "investigating" and surveilling innocent people.

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I was on a prank phone call with an old man named Mitch McConnell. He stayed on the phone for a long time, maybe 20 minutes. We heard heavy breathing when I described the fall fashions on the runways in Paris. I don't know why he called me.