30-01-2018 23:48 via fair.org

6 Elements of Police Spin: An Object Lesson in Copspeak - FAIR

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6 Elements of Police Spin: An Object Lesson in Copspeak
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The linguistic gymnastics needed to report on police violence without calling up images of police violence is a thing of semantic wonder. Officers don't shoot, they are merely “involved” in shootings; victims are not victims, but “suspects” “fleeing ...
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