Map Ain't Territory Reminder

Scientific models like causal DAGs are probably much cruder instruments for understanding real-life complex phenomena than I have been hoping recently.

Discrimination & Discretion

Discrimination should be strongest within aspects of the criminal justice system in which cops, lawyers, & judges have the most leeway to push hard or let it slide.

"Not Violence" vs. Nonviolence

A history of "not violence" (as opposed to nonviolence) within the civil rights movement emphasizes the right to self defense against state violence.

Police Defiance Cycle

There may be a vicious cycle between police's dislike of defiance and inner-city citizens' code of defiance.

Are Prisons Obselete?

Angela Davis's case for abolishing prisons is worth taking seriously.

Abolition Over Reform

I align more closely with #8toabolition than #8cantwait.

'Neutral' Laws Favor Cops

The critical race theorist's claim that neutral laws are biased in favor of the powerful applies especially to cops.

Radical Reform

Police reform should be far more radical than my uncritical alief about the subject. (I learned this watching the mass protests surrounding Black Lives Matter throughout the weekend.)