Conflict Commentaries At Center For A Stateless Society
I’ve got new commentaries online at Center for a Stateless Society.
In Video Provides Look Into Policing, I analyze a Liberty on Tour video documenting aggressive police behavior.
If cops will not hold other cops accountable for bad behavior, that will encourage more bad behavior by police. If external pressure is exerted on police forces through videotaping and public commentary, that might compel positive actions.
In Steven Slater and Narratives of Conflict, I take a look at how New York Times coverage characterized Slater’s actions, and offer an alternate explanation.
With constant submission to petty power trips, occupations that could be adventurous, instructive, or otherwise interesting ways to make a living become processes that reduce the worker to an automaton. Causing a scene and grabbing a drink on your way out the emergency chute might just be a rational way to deal with that kind of nonsense.
Check out the full articles at c4ss.org.
