Absolutely agreed. And if you're a digital person like me, consider having local copies of your music and #selfhosting
I self-host my own (large) music collection, have whole-house audio, and can stream it anywhere there's a connection as well.
Powered by #linux, #mpd, and #snapcast .
HOWTO (bare metal): https://ideatrash.net/2021/08/further-adventures-in-whole-house-audio.html
HOWTO (docker, though I haven't updated it recently):
https://ideatrash.net/2022/10/using-docker-to-get-whole-house-audio-and-streaming-super-easily.html
#snapcast #mpd #linux #selfhosting
Community engagement sessions on Minneapolis Police Department policies and procedures related to non-discriminatory policing, use of force, stops, searches and arrests. Part of the reform process between the city and the MN Dept of Human Rights.
Dates & locations in thread.
#Minneapolis #MinneapolisMN #Mpls #MPS #TwinCitiesMN #TwinCities #MNastodon #Minnesota #MNpol ##MNpolitics #MplsPol #MplsPolitics #MPD #MinneapolisPolice #policebrutality #policeviolence
#policeviolence #policebrutality #MinneapolisPolice #mpd #mplspolitics #MplsPol #MNpolitics #mnpol #minnesota #mnastodon #twincities #twincitiesmn #mps #mpls #minneapolismn #minneapolis
The Minneapolis Police: A Criminal Organization
#mpd #Minneapolis #bigjoel #Police
Pamela Smith named DC’s new Chief of Police
•Smith joined #MPD in 2022 after 24 years with US Park Police
• Smith served as #USPP Chief for one year
•She’ll be the first Black woman to helm the DC #Police Dept. @WUSA9
#mpd #uspp #police #washingtondc #dcpd #pamelasmith #chiefofpolice #blackwoman
Exclusive: Tekle Sundberg’s Parents Recall the Moments Snipers from the Minneapolis Police ‘Executed’ Their Son https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/exclusive-tekle-sundbergs-parents-recall-the-moments-snipers-from-the-minneapolis-police-executed-their-son/ #Police #aaron_pearson #cindy_sundberg #impacted_families #journal_entries #killed_by_police #mark_sundberg #MInneapolis #Minneapolis_Police #MPD #Police_Killing #police_shooting #seward #sniper #sniper_rifle #south_minneapolis #Tekle #tekle_sundb
#police #aaron_pearson #cindy_sundberg #impacted_families #journal_entries #killed_by_police #mark_sundberg #minneapolis #Minneapolis_Police #mpd #Police_Killing #police_shooting #Seward #sniper #sniper_rifle #south_minneapolis #Tekle #tekle_sundb
TBH, configuring #mpd was pain in the ass. Reminded me old alsa adventures ...
Primeiro Ministro de Cabo Verde a discursar na Cerimónia de Assinatura do Protocolo de Colaboração entre @ifsacarneiro e a Fundação Mérito e Democracia ligada ao #MpD, partido irmão do @ppdpsd!
@EPP @ppdpsd https://t.co/O4dy9fV33k
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/mgracacarvalho/status/1674492483609194503
It bears repeating that the #Minneapolis city council president is a #Black #trans woman who in her first campaign for council specifically ran on a housing justice platform. In the meantime, she navigated the political turmoil after the #MPD murdered #GeorgeFloyd by joining the reactionary backlash against the #Defund movement (such as it was) because it had hurt her feelings by challenging her commitment to racial justice. She ran for re-election in 2021 on a cop- and capital-friendly law-and-order platform (and is doing so again this year).
Fuck #AndreaJenkins. This is the liberal weaponization of identity at its finest, and she made a choice to participate. Absolutely cynical and an utter embarrassment.
She could have stopped this vote but she didn't.
#minneapolis #black #trans #mpd #GeorgeFloyd #DEFUND #andreajenkins
John Myles is on a city coordinated team compromised of people from the City (Regulatory, Public Works, CPED, #MPD, and mayors office) as well as MNDOT, Metro Transit, and Parks.
This is the kind of behavior #Minneapolis city leadership directly cultivates. Threats toward unhoused people that have nothing to do with their work and threats toward people like me who ask them to respect fundamental human rights.
This camp is, again, on railroad land. John, of #Minneapolis Parks & Rec, said they would be clearing a camp near Bryn Mawr Meadows that was abandoned last month when #MPD officers falsely made the same claim. John, a remorseless tool who would not give his last name, said that they'd be bringing railroad people with them, and he would be telling the railroad about this tiny camp.
by #SamanthaMichaels in #MotherJones:
"The city of Minneapolis is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit against the police officer who killed Amir Locke during a February 2022 raid that sparked protests."
#AmirLocke #Minneapolis #Minnesota #MPD #police #PoliceReform #JacobFrey
#samanthamichaels #motherjones #AmirLocke #minneapolis #minnesota #mpd #police #policereform #JacobFrey
by #SamanthaMichaels in #MotherJones:
"Attorneys for the city filed their motion to dismiss Locke’s family’s suit on Thursday, ahead of a pretrial conference next week—and just one day before the Justice Department released a blistering report about widespread racism and brutality by the Minneapolis Police Department. The Justice Department also announced that the city would negotiate a federal consent decree to reform policing. 'This work is foundational to the very health of our city,' Mayor Jacob Frey told reporters about the consent decree. 'We have the power here to effect lasting change, to effect generational change, and we embrace that.'"
#AmirLocke #Minneapolis #Minnesota #MPD #police #PoliceReform #JacobFrey
#samanthamichaels #motherjones #AmirLocke #minneapolis #minnesota #mpd #police #policereform #JacobFrey
by #SamanthaMichaels in #MotherJones:
"On Friday, the department released a blistering report showing that for years, the Minneapolis police have discriminated against Native Americans as well as Black residents, creating the conditions that led to Floyd’s death. The police are much more likely to stop and search people from both minority groups, the feds found, and to use force against them—especially in certain neighborhoods: In the Third Precinct, where many Native Americans live, the cops used force 69 percent more often during stops with Native Americans than in similar stops with white people from 2020 to 2022. They were 49 percent more likely to use force against Black people in the area."
#NativeAmericans #Native #Indigenous #Minneapolis #MPD #police #PoliceBrutality #racism #JusticeDepartment
#samanthamichaels #motherjones #nativeamericans #native #indigenous #minneapolis #mpd #police #policebrutality #racism #justicedepartment
by #EamonWhalen in #MotherJones:
"The MPD used excessive, and at times, deadly force. The investigation found that the MPD had discharged firearms without assessing if a person presented a threat. They highlighted previous high-profile cases of fatal police shootings, including Jamar Clark, Justine Ruszczyk, Thurman Blevins, Chiasher Vue, and Amir Locke. They also noted the repeated use of the style of neck restraint that Chauvin used to kill Floyd. 'Until 2020, MPD did not consider neck restraints to be deadly force, instead classifying them as ‘less-lethal’ force,' the report states."
#GeorgeFloyd #JamarClark #JustineRuszczyk #ThurmanBlevins #ChiasherVue #AmirLocke #Minneapolis #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #CivilRights #MPD #police #PoliceBrutality #PoliceMisconduct #PoliceShooting #DepartmentOfJustice #DOJ #NeckRestraint
#eamonwhalen #motherjones #GeorgeFloyd #JamarClark #justineruszczyk #thurmanblevins #chiashervue #AmirLocke #minneapolis #blacklivesmatter #blm #civilrights #mpd #police #policebrutality #policemisconduct #policeshooting #departmentofjustice #doj #neckrestraint
Nothing here is a surprise. And "really bad" is an understatement. #Minneapolis #MPD https://racketmn.com/doj-report-minneapolis-cops-are-really-bad
Nothing here is a surprise. And "really bad" is an understatement. #Minneapolis #MPD https://racketmn.com/doj-report-minneapolis-cops-are-really-bad
The conclusion seems clear: Derek Chauvin was not an anomaly.
After a two-year Department of Justice investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department—that involved a review of thousands of documents, incident files, body-worn camera videos, and department data—Attorney General Merrick Garland revealed his findings today. They were damning. If you look at “MPD as a whole,” Garland said in Minneapolis, there were clear “systemic problems.”
https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2023/06/george-floyd-merrick-garland-doj-report-minneapolis-police/
#DerekChauvin #GeorgeFloyd #MerrickGarland #DOJ #MinneapolisPolice #MPD
#mpd #MinneapolisPolice #doj #merrickgarland #GeorgeFloyd #derekchauvin
The #DOJ finds that the #Minneapolis Police Department (#MPD):
⚖️ Uses excessive force, including unjustified deadly force and unreasonable use of tasers;
⚖️ Unlawfully discriminates against Black people and Native American people in its enforcement activities, including the use of force following stops;
⚖️ Violates the rights of people engaged in protected speech; and
⚖️ Along with the city, discriminates against people with behavioral health disabilities when responding to calls for assistance.