Wolf, you're right. The man was *unnamed* while the authorities attempted to locate his family before releasing the name. Thanks for pointing that out. As for skid's strange assumption about my lack of knowledge about the Pacific Northwest: it would only take a cursory search of my bio (or google) to figure out that Seattle is, indeed, where I live. I've been a permanent resident for a decade and in that time, I've won 12 regional awards for excellence in reporting from the W. Washington Society of Professional Journalists. I was a Rocket writer, specializing in the area's hip-hop and reggae …
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Silja J.A. Talvi
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Hipster wave? Oy. I was making fun of your microbrewing/indie rock comment. It's just silly to put stuff like that out there, and to presume that I couldn't possibly be a Seattle resident, and you deserved to be called out on that. I'm no more a hipster than I am a hippie, which is to say I'm neither. You're trying to throw a dart at the wrong dartboard. Back up your accusations and ease up on the stereotypes. You can engage in constructive discourse without resorting to those things, and coming across as a passive aggressive Seattleite. (I know, those stereotypes …
Posted to Seattle Battles the Homeless
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There was a misprint here: the OK rates are indeed from 1977 to 2004. Thanks for catching that.
Posted to Women Behind Bars
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FLOZELLE IS FREE! All indications are that she will be released this week. The issues underlying her case are still relevant to thousands of other women in the California system and elsewhere, but this is a truly significant victory, for Woodmore, her family, and for those of us who have argued for her freedom for years. --Silja
Posted to Justice Denied
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Thanks for the kind words about the piece. ITT took this piece very seriously, and it was a pleasure to work with them over the course of a few months on pulling it all together. No, the report wasn't suggesting that, but I get your drift. In general, what we're seeing is that Tasers appear to be being used with increasing *frequency* with the mentally ill, and that's what the report was trying to address. In interviews with people like former Seattle chief of police Norm Stamper, Sheriff Hennessey, and others, professionals in the field kept emphasizing the need for law …
Posted to Stunning Revelations
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It's interesting, in this sense, listening to these calls for complete prison abolition. The remainder of this post has nothing to do with my strong position opposed to prison medical experimentation, which I am adamantly opposed to for the aforementioned reasons. It has more to do with my objection but with this call for "prison abolition." I've walked the prison yards and had lengthy discussions with both repeat murderers and serial rapists. As a result, I cannot make the case--and I will not--that a simple abolition of prisons is the solution in this time and day. Having said that, I will …
Posted to End Medical Experimentation on Prisoners Now
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Our rate of female incarceration is actually quite significant, although I can see how a "mere" seven percent might seem like nothing, at first. Women are, in fact, the fastest growing segment of the prison system(s), not only in the federal system, but in all 50 states. A new report commissioned by the Institute on Women & Criminal Justice finds that female imprisonment in the U.S. has grown no less than 757 percent since 1977. For more on this, please visit the Women's Prison Association site, for their report, "Hard Hit."
Posted to Convict Nation
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The ethics of our profession are clear on this: informed consent for someone's words to be published isn't an afterthought, it is an absolute must. Both Abramsky and Bogira are very rigorous in this regard, and will often repeat the question that I, too, will ask repeatedly, esp. when dealing with people not usually quoted in the press: "Are you aware and comfortable that you will be quoted?" "Is this on the record," and so forth. Both authors discussed this with me at length, and it is par for the course for anyone disciplined in and committed to this profession. For …
Posted to Reporting on Americas Most Unwanted
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I like the idea of using ear trumpets to spy on devious deaf people. Genius.
Posted to How is the government spying on us now?
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Thanks for all of this feedback, folks. Re: Bahesmama's powerful comments, it's worth saying that Dr. Leary does make a number of comments (in her book and in person) about how these issues interrelate to those of other ethnic, cultural and religious groups. But her work is unequivocally rooted in the African American experience.
Posted to Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
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In 2006, to read a post like the one above should be considered an extraordinary, utterly jarring experience. Unfortunately, it simply exemplifies the most crude form of the "sickness" of which Dr. Leary writes and speaks so eloquently.
Posted to Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
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