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Arizonans: Wear. A. Mask.
Research continues to show that masks/face coverings DO help prevent community spread of the #covid19 virus. Please, Arizonans: wear masks anytime you are well, most any place.
Population-wide face mask use could push COVID-19 transmission down to controllable levels for national epidemics, and could prevent further waves of the pandemic disease when combined with lockdowns, according to a British study on Wednesday.
Reuters: Widespread mask-wearing could prevent COVID-19 second waves: study
"Our analyses support the immediate and universal adoption of face masks by the public," said Richard Stutt, who co-led the study at Cambridge.
He said combining widespread mask use with social distancing and some lockdown measures, could be “an acceptable way of managing the pandemic and re-opening economic activity” before the development of an effective vaccine against COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus.
Gnarled old man moment: rewired a workstation in my shop so that 4 outlets powering 4 power tools and an overhead light can all be powered on with a switch.
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What authority does a cop have when off-duty? I had it wrong. http://monkinetic.blog/2020/06/10/is-a-cop-ever-not-a-cop
Is a Cop ever not a Cop?
This story from Slate details how Derk Chauvin (charged with George Floyd's murder) knew Floyd from his work as private security at a club where Floyd also worked security. I didn't know that police officers in some (many? most?) jurisdictions can work off-duty security in their patrol cars:
Chauvin, Santamaria said, had provided off-duty security for nearly two decades and was paid to sit in his police car outside the club and assist with removing patrons when necessary.
Nightclub Co-Worker Says Derek Chauvin and George Floyd Clashed Over Cop’s Treatment of Customers
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This was news to me, naïve suburbanite. Just what kind of authority does a police officer have off-duty?
Does an off-Duty Police Officer Have Authority?
A duly licensed law enforcement officer generally has the authority to enforce the law 24 hours a day, seven days a week, but only after establishing his or her identity as a police officer.
The designation "off-duty" only means the officer is not working a regular shift for the police department, not living as a private citizen with no authority whatsoever. An off-duty police officer can be employed as a private security guard and still have the power to arrest offenders or in many circumstances carry a concealed weapon.
I can't imagine the power-trip this would be to be told that from now on you have permanent, 24-7 permission to deploy violence on your fellow man in the name of law enforcement. This, and backed by a powerful union with the ability to frighten governments, and the emotional support of the entire "boys in blue" fraternity? As they say - hell of a drug. No wonder the force attracts those with power fantasies, and no wonder police forces react with anger when their privileges are challenged by those they enjoy life-and-death power over.
FondLaw -- In St. Louis:
"To clarify, secondary employment allows officers to work security in uniform and carry their department-issued weapons. The officer, while not on duty for the Police Department, still has the same responsibilities and power to affect arrest and the officer operates in the capacity as a St. Louis Police Officer. St. Louis Police Officers work secondary for securities companies, business establishments, sporting events, etc."
I believe it is morally wrong to employ police officers in the trappings of their office for private business. In doing so the private establishment accrues by association all the power and authority of law enforcement to their purposes and policies.
Started listening @SceneOnRadio's "Seeing White" podcast series, which shines a light on whiteness, blackness, the concept of race.
http://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/
Reading lots of interesting ideas in the last few days. But many of them are covered by white authors - "I felt like X as a white person, just imagine how an African-American would feel..."
Instead, let's just listen when they tell us.
It seems such a tiny thing, but perhaps we white bloggers could find Amazon affiliate links for products we link to that would benefit black creators and organizations like #blacklivesmatter?
Protests being co-opted by “Mediators” who control them from inside #blacklivesmatter #georgefloyd
https://backinblackpill.home.blog/2020/06/07/the-cooperation-kettle/
Phoenix has it's own "I can't Breathe" case. The outcome was exactly the same
AZCentral: Phoenix has its own 'I can't breathe' case. The outcome was far different
"Three years ago, Phoenix had its own "I can't breathe" case. But its outcome has so far been very different than that of George Floyd's."
Let's see, black man doing basically nothing at the time:
"In 2017, Muhammad Abdul Muhaymin Jr. tried to take his dog with him to the bathroom at a city community center in west Phoenix. The police were called, discovered he had a warrant for his arrest, and decided to detain him."
Sounds the same to me. Maybe the police response was entirely different?
At least four officers got on top of him and held him down. Some put their knees on his neck and head.
Exactly like George Floyd. Perhaps Muyaymin was released without harm?
"I can't breathe," Muhaymin is heard saying several times in police body camera footage. When officers eventually got off him, Muhaymin had no pulse, according to comments from officers in the video, and lay in a pool of his own vomit.
With the same unnecessarily violent, incomprehensibly callous response from law enforcement, same tragic outcome for a non-violent black man.
The outcome was exactly the same. The "outcome" that matters is the life or death of this black man. The rest is just wrap up.
Once the headline had to say Phoenix had it's own 'I can't breathe' case, it was too late. I want to see the headlines saying "Our community has not had a case of police brutality in 5 years", "...10 years", "... 50 years".
"...a man in tactical gear with a long gun brandished it menacingly at protesters. “Open carry” of firearms is illegal in Illinois. The police had a quick chat with him and sent him on his way unmolested."
https://newrepublic.com/article/157981/police-take-side-white-vigilantes
How's that working out Arizona #covid19 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/states-reopen-map-coronavirus.html
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