joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social
Author POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT (Oct. 2025) on civil rights activists vs. state violence, surveillance, undercover officer infiltration | Historian, University of Baltimore | Bylines at The Nation, Jacobin, Slate joshuaclarkdavis.com
👤 Joined on 11 November 2024
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@joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.socialPolice Against the Movement by @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social tells about how NYPD set a guy up for the bombing of the Statue of Liberty.
Show PostIt’s not a big deal at all, but my state fair operators have demolished the food stands that make the fair a fair and replaced it with a big grey box that will have a food hall. At this point, just cancel fall and cancel me. nothing matters anymore.
Show PostContrary to traditional narrative, 1960s activists confronted police violence head on. CORE & SNCC staged sit-ins at precinct stations, blocked city streets to protest police, & much more. Read "Police Against the Movement" by @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social www.zinnedproject.org/materials/po...
Show PostBaltimore Magazine’s @humanpoweredcity.bsky.social interviewed Police Against the Movement author @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social on how the Civil Rights Movement tackled police injustice and how their efforts inform modern activism:
Show PostAmazing to me that people keep screaming about security failures in a situation where security did not fail. Bad things didn't even happen to bad people, so you can stop pretending to be worried about that. Stop whining for a bigger, badder police state.
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