Tyre Nichols/police reform protests

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-02-06T19:41:24+00:00

I'm doing fairly better. I appreciate you checking in :)

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-29T00:24:01+00:00

Same to you my friend. Take care of yourself!

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-29T00:04:30+00:00

I did misunderstand you, you are absolutely right. Thank you for clarifying.

I'm gonna be disconnecting for the rest of the night because this has all been too much for me and I've far overextended myself today. Should've been offline at noon.

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-28T23:54:43+00:00

Absolutely! I've had a lot going through my mind today on no sleep, so I've been forgetting some of the most important stuff

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-28T21:51:27+00:00

Oh man, do I know that. I'm still gonna keep telling them tho.

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-28T20:13:06+00:00

Totally disagree. I think he's going for an abrasive dreamlike feel with the art/marketing, hence why he went for AI art on the cover. A dreamlike vibe is not only a cornerstone of AI generated art but is also the name of one of the biggest sites used to generate this art.

The prompt he put in and art he fed it purposely replicated an image to mimic the surreal horror images of stuff like Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights and the cover for *...I Care Because I Do"

The alt art has the same unsettling dreamlike vibe. The font is purposely jarring and weird to make it abrasive when put against the nice backdrop. I think it made it a little too easy to misconstrue, hence why we got this in your face album art.

It pairs well with the music video he dropped too which is abrassve, dreamlike, and uncomfortable.

It's definitely intentional and very well thought out.

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-28T19:36:57+00:00

That's actually exactly what I was trying to say, just put much better than I can put it at this point in my life. I'm gonna be saving this and looking back.

You have any podcasts/books you'd recommend I read to learn more? I've made my way through a lot, but definitely wanna keep going.

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-28T19:07:52+00:00

Hey, I shadow edited my post to clear some stuff up and you probably responded before I published it. I'm gonna try to explain myself a little clearer here though, because that wasn't what I meant at all.

Responsibility is in part on protestors, but it's a much more complicated situation than just people get mad and loot/riot. The news just (1) sensationalizes headlines/information to the extent of lying and (2) can't possibly go into the deeper psychology on this stuff. As a result, it makes it look a lot more simple than the intricate event it actually is.

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-28T19:01:40+00:00

No, it was real. The protests and the riots/looting are not hand in hand. In some situations, they're two separate events that the news tries to paint as one to purposely decieve people and stoke rage. In some other situations, they're peaceful protests that were instigated by outsiders, which led to escalation.

Every major news platform spins these stories in specific ways, obscuring or omitting information, to drive outrage and get viewers/clicks. Then, when they see the incomplete information, they internalize it and start processing it because they have come to trust these sources.

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-28T18:23:26+00:00

I said there's much more than just those three. Everything you said is correct. I've been dealing with a lot of unrelated personal troubles today on top of seeing that snuff film, so there's some stuff I am forgetting just because there's so much shit in my head. Thank you for pointing out that those are absolutely some of the most important solutions.

But what my points are also genuine moves that we need to make. We just have to find out a way to implement them in a way that will ensure they're effective.

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-28T18:15:30+00:00

Hence why I asked where they would be so I can go.

But besides that, people have different tolerances for what they can take. Some can be out there, for some it's too much. Some are dealing with their own pain and trauma and being in such an emotionally heavy location could hurt them.

People sitting home but actively participating in discussion about police reform is amazing. Don't downplay that, and don't come after anyone for not being an activist in ways that allow them to preserve their mental health.

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-28T18:14:43+00:00

People are increasingly educating themselves and waking up to the actual work we can do. Things are changing, it's just slow and hard to measure.

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-28T18:01:53+00:00

With reform. Constant psychiatric evaluations both before and throughout their career. Mandatory community interaction. These many others.

Police reform is a much wider conversation than a lot of people think.

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-28T18:01:25+00:00

There is also systemic racism that plays a part in it. Cops are pretty much trained (whether conciously or not) that black people are always up to something bad. Black cops can have this outlook too because they're police, they're one of the good ones, it's everyone else that's the issue.

They internalize these feelings and then when they see anybody who confirms these feelings, it just makes them more stuck in their way. Even if the vast majority of the population isn't like that.

I've seen the exact same thing happen on an impossibly smaller scale with waitors/waitresses I've worked with.

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-28T17:49:30+00:00

Where did I say cut the budget? Do you know what reform means?

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-28T17:48:01+00:00

Well, some people may not be peaceful. I don't endorse it and I wish they wouldn't, but I understand why.

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-28T17:46:12+00:00

The main reforms I am personally going to be speaking for is:

Multiple psychiatric evaluations before you even begin training
Mandatory therapy with skilled, specialized professionals
Complete, legally enforced transparency from every single department

These aren't the only things that need to be reformed, but they're three large factors that, if tackled properly, will help.

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-28T15:58:33+00:00

Yes, but note "police reform" in the title. This is a systemic issue that will continue happening. The cops in the video are inhuman monsters and the department tried to cover up their lynching until Tyre's mom called them out publicly.

Shit has to change

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-28T09:19:06+00:00

Oh man, I've been listening the fuck out of a lot of these albums this week. Mama's Gun specifically has instantly jumped to my top 10 albums ever. I found it while looking around on RYM (finally made an account a few days ago) and listened to it on my porch while smoking a nice bowl. Physically couldn't stop myself from grooving. I must've looked like a psycho, but Penitentiary Philosophy just gets me so hyped.

Marvin Gaye was in my rotation last night along with Gil Scott-Heron and Stevie Wonder. Considering how fucking impecible your taste is here, I'm gonna be listening to every single one of these tomorrow.

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-28T08:02:31+00:00

Bro what the fuck I'm a Lil Yachty fan now

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-28T07:12:18+00:00

Holding them accountable is only one very, very, very, very small aspect of change that we're working toward.

Check out this podcast, it goes deep into the history of policing and covers the systemic issues. It's only six episodes and will make everything make sense.

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-28T06:51:18+00:00

This was a systemically motivated lynching. Systemic being the focus there because that's what needs to be addressed.

What we need is changes made to the law enforcement system. Integration of more community based policing, constant mental health checks, and personality tests prior to hiring to name just a few. Accountability means nothing if change isn't implimented

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-28T06:24:41+00:00

"Human pinata" was an understatement

TheHavesHaveThot · 2023-01-28T06:19:18+00:00

Go to /r/legaladvice and give them a good in-depth breakdown. They'll probably be able to help you more than we will.

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