The Problem With the Thin Blue Line
Jun 15, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Episode description
Adam and Jeff talk to Danger Van Gorder about the disturbing history of the Thin Blue Line flag and what it says about how police view the general public.
REFERENCE LINKS
Negotiated Management, The Madison Model, and the 1999 WTO Protests
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/06/01/why-so-many-police-are-handling-the-protests-wrong
The History of the Thin Blue Line Flag
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/06/09/the-short-fraught-history-of-the-thin-blue-line-american-flag-309767
“The Ferguson Effect” Myth
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/10/james-comeys-crime-creationism/412585/
Reactionary Grievance
https://theintercept.com/2020/06/06/police-brutality-protests-blue-lives-matter/
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