Content Warning: discussion of police brutality, acts of violence, and racism 

“No, I don't think 'urgh' is the magic word, if one would *call* it a word. And even then it's certainly not a magic one."

The Scooby Duo rip into this episode that plays police brutality and sensitivity training for laughs. Kara’s background as a prosecutor really comes in handy illuminating some of the realities of the criminal justice system. The wide ranging tangents include: infomercials, Mad Men, Nickelodeon Slime, Jane Austen, media depictions of daddy issues, Herb Saunders from Baltimore, gangsters at the gym, rape culture, diet culture, the patriarchy (of course), the history of policing, art vs. commerce, David Tenant, and weasely lawyers, and we have a Still Slaying first, a double “Does Not Still Slay.”

Next time, we’ll be covering Buffy, Season 4, Episode 6,  “Wild at Heart.”

Be a rainbow… not a painbow. 

Keep Slaying!

News Links/Referenced Links

Original WB Promo for Sense and Sensitivity

The History of American Police Brutality - https://thenationaltriallawyers.org/article/the-history-of-american-police-brutality/

Police Violence overview on Amnesty International - https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/police-brutality/

Article “War on Drugs Policing and Police Brutality” by Hannah LF Cooper in Volume 50, 2015 - Issue 8-9: Fifty Years Later: Ongoing Flaws and Unfinished Business - 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4800748/

Information on the Ruby Ridge Standoff - 

https://www.britannica.com/event/Ruby-Ridge

Information on the Waco Seige - 

https://www.britannica.com/event/Waco-siege

Information on the 1996 arson of black churches - 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/18/us/19blackchurch.html

Information on the murder of James Byrd - 

https://www.britannica.com/event/murder-of-James-Byrd-Jr

Information on the assault of Abner Louima - 

https://www.wnyc.org/story/twenty-years-later-look-back-nypd-assault-abner-louima-and-what-it-means-today/

Information on the killing of Tyisha Miller - 

https://oxfordaasc.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195301731.001.0001/acref-9780195301731-e-50609

Information on the killing of Amadou Diallo - 

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/amadou-diallo-killed-by-police-new-york-city

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