Catherine Pugh, Esq.

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Smith? Check. Now Clean Up the Rest of Your Hot Mess, AMPAS.

Whether we individually oppose or support the Smith ban, we collectively oppose disparate treatment. Well, the Academy just gifted us with a textbook case. Shamelessly. I have done all the leg work, found all of the players, and asked and answered all of the questions to challenge the Academy’s dual…

Race

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Smith? Check. Now Clean Up the Rest of Your Hot Mess, AMPAS.

Published in CIVIS ROMANUS

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♃There Is No Such Thing as a ‘White Ally’ — “TNSWA” Part I.

Part I of TNSWA series. Racism is not mine, it’s yours, and it’s not called “help” when it’s your mess we’re cleaning. ∻📁TNSWA/CRI INDEX∻ I never use the term “White Ally” when I talk with family and friends. That’s because I detest it. A little twang…

Racism

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♃There Is No Such Thing as a ‘White Ally’ — “TNSWA” Part I.

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⚖PART I: We Can’t Fix Policing Because We Have Been Looking the WRONG WAY for Decades.

Let’s dispense with theory and cut to the truth — it is not “police can’t,” it is “their supervisors refuse.” ↞LAST ∺ ∺∺∺∺WE ARE LOOKING THE WRONG WAY∺∺∺∺∺ NEXT↠ “Mr. George Floyd’s tragic death was not due to a lack of training — the training was there.” …

Leadership

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⚖PART I: We Can’t Fix Policing Because We Have Been Looking the WRONG WAY for Decades.

Published in The Shadow

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Ah, White Woker: Our Respect Will Be Mutual or Our Teeth Will Be, Friend.

When 2021 whispered to me “let’m fuck around and find out, then.” — “And that, my friends, is when 2021 whispered ‘let’m fuck around and find out, then.’”

Social Media

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♃Ah, White Woker: Our Respect Will Be Mutual or Our Teeth Will Be, Friend.

Apr 10

Of course.

Tony Atkinson

Mmm, laid bare? Quite true. But by whom? And how and when and why and to what end?

Mmm, laid bare? Quite true. But by whom? And how and when and why and to what end? Tony, we have developed some very dangerous habits engendered by the "many hands" (make work light) presumption. Those bad habits DEFEAT the process, not advance it. The first is this: we habitually…

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Aug 9, 2021

Dear Pam: It’s Not That We Are Afraid to Die.

Pam is a perfect example of why armchair PhDs can be fatal. I read an exchange between my sister and her friends about the wisdom of hosting or attending potential COVID superspreader events. Take your pick: this Sunday’s 2021 Sturgis Rally, Day 1, Obama’s birthday party last weekend, yesterday’s Colorado…

Covid 19

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Dear Pam: It’s Not That We Are Afraid to Die.

May 31, 2021

⚖LMPD: It’s the Supervisors, Stupid.

Originally published in the Courier Journal by Catherine Pugh, Opinion Contributor Published 6:42 a.m. ET May 20, 2021 The Breonna Taylor raid team should have worn department-issued body cameras, but did not. …

Police

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Apr 29, 2021

♃Humor Me: Let’s Play “Spot the White Supremacist.”

When Our National Approach to Henhouse Safety Is “Trust the Fox.” It is time for the President to stop using ‘White Supremacy’ as if it is something more than the racism we face on a daily basis. During his first joint address to Congress Wednesday night, President Joe Biden got…

Racism

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♃Humor Me: Let’s Play “Spot the White Supremacist.”

Apr 24, 2021

⚖There Is No GDMF Such Thing as a GDMF BAD APPLE

It is long past time to call BS on the whole “bad police apple” narrative. Occasionally using the Minneapolis Police Department (“MPD”) as a surface-scratch case study, here are five reasons why there is no such thing as “bad apple” when it comes to American policing. “When it comes to…

Leadership

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⚖There Is No GDMF Such Thing as a GDMF BAD APPLE.

Apr 23, 2021

That they will never answer questions about racism works since I never bring the subject up.

That they will never answer questions about racism works since I never bring the subject up. Don't have to - I'm not trying to cure racism. Nor need I, to end disparate policing. When you fire sergeants and lieutenants and captains and majors and deputies and chiefs for failing to…

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