Archive for the ‘LAPD’ tag
Chris Dorner believed dead, SOTU review, Valentine’s Day Maniac story!
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Ex-LAPD officer Chris Dorner is believed dead, Allison and Jamie discuss the media’s willingness to pull away from the burning cabin and the alleged police chatter about burning down the cabin, review President Obama’s State of the Union speech, yell at MSNBC for hiring Robert Gibbs, and tell the magical tale of the Valentine’s Day Maniacs.
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Tell a feminist thank you, LAPD hunts anyone who resembles (and doesn’t resemble) Chris Dorner, Fracking Hell
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Allison and Jamie discuss the #TellAFeministThankYou hashtag on Twitter, the Violence Against Women Act passing the Senate with no help from Republican men, the LAPD continues to hunt anyone who resembles (and doesn’t resemble), another black ex-LAPD officer talks about racism within the force, Chris Dorner, fracking hell, and the MSM still epically fails at covering protests.
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Hundreds protest RNC, criminalizing homelessness, Camden loses police force
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Hundreds protest RNC, criminalizing homelessness, Camden loses police force, LAPD screws up and beats up a rich white guy, more on rape culture.
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Occupy LA raided, massive UK strike, Obama flip-flops on ending Iraq occupation, Twitter war
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Occupy LA raided, mayor declares “First Amendment area,” massive UK strike, President Obama flip-flops on ending the Iraq occupation, authoritarian behavior of U.S. mayors and police, Jamie wages Twitter war, and the dark, true story of Christmas.
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LAPD freaks out America with new Orwellian ad
The LAPD has just released a new Orwellian commercial for iWatch, a program that encourages residents to spy on each other and report any “suspicious behavior” (whatever that means) to the authorities, who we’re assured will sort everything out.
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Image from the LAPD's iWatch ad (www.nbclosangeles.com)
Unsurprisingly, many people are reacting negatively to the ad. Huffington Post commenters call the ad “scary,” “hysterical,” and one individual muses about how long it’s going to take Apple to sue the LAPD for copyright infringement. NBC Los Angeles declares that the LAPD is “creeping out America.”
This isn’t the first time a creepy spying ad has hit the airwaves. A reader informed me that the post-9/11 Australian government formed something called the National Security Hotline, a similar program to iWatch:
