Texas is a sort of epicenter for test-cases in the will of the people to endure law enforcement overreach.
You have the irony of a "small-government" common-sense in its politics, even though that "small government" entails regular police violence, coupled with the gradual inward reach of federal policing, particularly that justified by border hysteria (see M. Bosque's piece in Harper's this month about inland CBP operations, warrantless searches and so on).
What we have, I fear, is a culture of real authoritarianism, in which policing is given a free rein, so long as it's in service of a dominant white/christian/male culture.
I'm a sixth generation Texan, and I was to some degree radicalized by the cause of Eull Poyner (?) in Graham, Texas, in the late nineties, in which a very elderly man was shot dozens and dozens of times by weekend warrior deputies. His wife called 911 for help getting him back in the house, because she feared he was a danger to himself. The deputies instead arrived and fired wildly, over a hundred rounds, into his trailer and into his body.
This stuff's been going on for a long time in Texas, and the sooner we get a handle on it, the better. I'm very eager to join with colleagues in doing on-the-ground research. Do let me know if I can help in any way.
Best,
Reed Underwood
https://fm2279.xyz/pages/about.html
On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 08:12:29PM +0100, Edward H Sebesta wrote:
> A home is a space in which there are ideas in society concerning.
>
> White Dallas Police officer Amber Guyger claiming to have confused went to Afro-Caribbean Botham Shem Jean's apartment which is directly above hers. Entered. Shot Botham Shem Jean to death.
>
> Botham Shem Jean was a model citizen in every way imaginable to local Dallas mores. Details can been had online at www.dallasnews.com but with reservations. www.dallasobserver.com and www.dmagazine.com as well as CentralTrack.
>
> What is the cultural geography of being shot in your home?
>
> I am working with activists regarding this matter. I am their cultural geographer on another project.
>
> What does cultural geography have to inform the discussion here?
>
> ########################################################################
>
> To unsubscribe from the CRIT-GEOG-FORUM list, click the following link:
> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CRIT-GEOG-FORUM&A=1
########################################################################
To unsubscribe from the CRIT-GEOG-FORUM list, click the following link:
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CRIT-GEOG-FORUM&A=1
|