I don't think people realize how political criminalization is, and how much more overtly political it can become. "People committing crimes"--that's something cops and prosecutors decide. This is the machine that makes people believe that humans deserve dehumanization.
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ryan cooper
intensely frustrating, but I think pretty much beyond question that the Spanish-language info environment was *completely* fucked in 2024
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A much stronger position to start from: Free them all!
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/17/trump-criminal-immigrants-comment
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/21/october-7-taskforce-students-free-speech-mccarthyism