Posts Tagged ‘police’
the police mind: citizenship vs. nationality
January 5th, 2010 by lifeproof
Turkey is going through hard days. The economic crisis is on the one hand and on the other many other things: the democratic initiative, Kurdish riots, nationalist tensions, the workers’ strike, unemployment as well as the process to establish good relations with as many countries as possible in foreign relations–and the football league is midyear recess. [...]
Tags: Democratic initiative, ethnic tensions, identity check, identity control, Istanbul, Kurdish, Kurdish initiative, Kurdish solution, police, police control, the Kurdish initiative, the Kurdish solution, Turkey
Posted in Black Yogurt Chronicles
Protesters and the Police
October 6th, 2009 by lifeproof
Just a few days ago, I have written about the culture of protest, as a protester has thrown a shoe to the IMFs boss, Mr. Strauss-Kahn. Today we will enlarge our scale and talk about the protesters and their enemy, the police. It’s today’s topic because just a few hours ago–and I still hear the [...]
Tags: culture of protest, IMF, interention, Istanbul, pepper spray, police, pressure water, protest, protesters, riot van, Taksim Square, Tiananmen Square, Turkey, World Bank
Posted in PoliTickles
Early Summer: Nonconformist Blogs Awards
June 11th, 2009 by lifeproof
Here are a few new nonconformist blogs that I will consider for Annual 2009 Nonconformist Blog Awards in the following months. Let’s see the new 5 candidates 5. Mug Hots [the world's hottest mug shots] This is a blog that posts photos of hot ladies that are taken at the jail or police station for [...]
Tags: 2009, animal, arrest, art project, awkward family photos, blog, Brooklyn, club, club animals, clubbing, envelope, extraordinary blogs, family photo, goth, gothic, goths in hot weather, happiest people ever, happy, hot weather, hot women, I got an envelope, jail, mail, mug, mug hots, nonconformist blog awards, party, party animal, Photography, police, prison, project, stink, sweat
Posted in Blogoteque
Police Brutality Against the Occupiers
April 10th, 2009 by lifeproof
Here you can watch the police brutally attacking and pepper spraying the protesters and/or the occupiers, who did not get into any kind of violent action themselves. This clearly is a violation of personal rights… I protest NYPD police officers brutality and inconsiderateness in this situation, where the protesters and occupiers were not involved in [...]
Tags: brutality, civil disobedience, NYPD, occupation, pepper spray, police, protest, The New School, The New School for Social Research, The New School in Exile
Posted in PinPoint, PoliTickles, Reminder