Season 1, Episode 09: ACAB
In this episode, we discuss topics ranging from police at PRIDE to the near-future and Star Trek.
This episode is not sponsored.
Hosted By:
Justin (xe/xem) - https://www.justingrays.org/
Nat MN (they/them)
Sarah (she/her)
Content Warning - Mentions of:
Bob Kroll
Jason Van Dyke
Justine Damond
Mohamed Noor
Police | Police Shootings
Slave Patrols
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This episode was recorded on July 11th, 2021 - Twin Cities Pride was held on July 17th-18th.
Janeé Harteau is a former Minneapolis Chief of Police. She is the first female, openly gay, and Native American police chief in city history.
Police at Pride 2017:
Twin Cities Pride initial release about police in the parade - Facebook Post, 06/20/2017
Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau expresses her disappointment - Twitter, 06/22/2017
No Pride for area police - MPR, 06/22/2017
Twin Cities Pride FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Facebook Post, 06/23/2017
Pride Fest leaders apologize, invite cops to march in parade - MPR, 06/23/2017
We Must Defund and Dismantle the Police
At the time, Justin only could find a Facebook post discussing police wearing the historic badges. It’s unclear if MPD are still wearing these historic badges today.
Jason Van Dyke was convicted in 2018 and sentenced in 2019.
Please vote Yes For Minneapolis on Tuesday, November 02, 2021!
Minneapolis City Council committee votes to deny city resources to assist Bob Kroll in lawsuits - KSTP Channel 5 News
“In 1887, by act of the new Minnesota Legislature and accorded by the Minneapolis City Council, the Board of Police Commissioners was appointed. Vesting all control of the force to the Board, it was an attempt to thwart the corrupt Mayor "Doc" Ames who had replaced the police force with crooks.” - Wikipedia
Lori Lightfoot is the 56th and current Mayor of Chicago. She is the first openly lesbian African-American woman to be elected mayor of a major city in the United States, the second woman to be mayor of Chicago, and the third African-American to be mayor of Chicago.
The Daley family is an American political family from Chicago that is deeply entrenched in the vast political machine system of Illinois. - Wikipedia
Wikipedia has a list of United States political families.
The general election post that Justin wrote in 2020, and the follow-up post discussing other states.
The Star Trek Picard mix-up Justin did was in Episode 2.
Eadweard Muybridge is the person who used multiple cameras to capture The Horse in Motion.
Upon further reflection, Justin was thinking about two far-right French politicians: Jean-Marie Le Pen and Marine Le Pen (the latter expelled the former from the party).
The Historic Disappearance of Louis Le Prince - BuzzFeed Unsolved
Donald Rumsfeld, Former Defense Secretary and Accused War Criminal, Dead at 88 - Teen Vogue
Cover Art by Michelle Chmura | Theme Music by Caleb Kelson | Edited by Rachel Hanson
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