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ncecire.bsky.social
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166 days ago
Excuse me? 😳
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rmathematicus.bsky.social
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166 days ago
Yer wot????
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weenieweediweeki.bsky.social
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166 days ago
Pigs gonna pig.
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stephaniepalmer.bsky.social
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165 days ago
Frightening, sad
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clancyny.bsky.social
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166 days ago
"a year before Kinch retired" = 2015.
So Las Vegas police stopped calling this unit the "Black squad,” in 2015.
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ohweebeasties.bsky.social
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166 days ago
I had the same thought - outrageous.
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clancyny.bsky.social
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166 days ago
I mean it's a very cop thing to do.
But, some of them are better at PR than this. They get that it will "look bad."
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chrisquixote.bsky.social
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166 days ago
I mean, yes, and … I’m not sure the *name* of a squad specifically assigned to investigate Black suspects is the entire problem.
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clancyny.bsky.social
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166 days ago
Of course not. But, it sets a tone.
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chrisquixote.bsky.social
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166 days ago
Fair … pretty much instructions, ain’t it.
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clancyny.bsky.social
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166 days ago
I suppose. Definitely a mindset.
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martyolliff.bsky.social
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166 days ago
Makes you wonder what they called it originally . . .
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clancyny.bsky.social
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166 days ago
Hmm? Originally?
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martyolliff.bsky.social
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166 days ago
You know the name “Black” came later.
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clancyny.bsky.social
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166 days ago
Well, I doubt they typed another name in reports.
Unofficially, orally, of course there are lots of epithets that would have been used.
Both you and I are old enough that such things would be said in what was considered to be semi-polite company.
I have no illusions.
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martyolliff.bsky.social
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166 days ago
Like you say, the official name and the common name were likely always different.
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So Las Vegas police stopped calling this unit the "Black squad,” in 2015.
But, some of them are better at PR than this. They get that it will "look bad."
Unofficially, orally, of course there are lots of epithets that would have been used.
Both you and I are old enough that such things would be said in what was considered to be semi-polite company.
I have no illusions.