“Police employing video propagandists has become more common after the murder of George Floyd.” — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share Image
“The second job of copaganda is to manufacture crises and panics about this narrow category of threats.” — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share Image
“The concept and terminology of "mugging" as opposed to, say, "robbery" was created as part of the panic, even though there was… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share Image
“If you're an amateur, professional, or aspiring journalist in any city in the U.S., a good story for you would be to… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share Image
“There is a gulf between the image and reality of the punishment bureaucracy. Copaganda creates that gulf. It is the system of… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share Image
“I use the term "punishment bureaucracy" instead of "criminal justice system" because it is a more accurate and less deceptive way to… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share Image
“Copaganda obscures the active role police play in doing bad things. Many people have criticized the police-invented term "officer-involved shooting" because it… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share Image
“Copaganda leaves the public in a vague state of fear. It manufactures suspicions against poor people, immigrants, and racial minorities rather than,… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share Image
“The first job of copaganda is to narrow our conception of threat. Rather than the bigger threats to our safety caused by… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share Image
“Cultural copaganda is all around us--from the CIA , starting in the 1950s funding projects like the Iowa Writers' Workshop or fronting… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share Image
“On the day Chicago police murdered Laquan McDonald, a seventeen-year-old Black teenager, in 2014, Chicago cops had six full-time public relations employees.… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share Image
“The third job of copaganda is to convince the public to spend more money on the punishment bureaucracy by framing police, prosecutors,… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share Image
“The entire genre of police procedurals mythologizes punishment bureaucrats and the allegedly sophisticated technologies they wield. And it's not just Hollywood--fictional copaganda… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share Image
“The entire genre of police procedurals mythologizes punishment bureaucrats and the allegedly sophisticated technologies they wield. And it's not just Hollywood--fictional copaganda planned and… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share
“If you're an amateur, professional, or aspiring journalist in any city in the U.S., a good story for you would be to dig into… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share
“Cultural copaganda is all around us--from the CIA , starting in the 1950s funding projects like the Iowa Writers' Workshop or fronting literary magazines… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share
“On the day Chicago police murdered Laquan McDonald, a seventeen-year-old Black teenager, in 2014, Chicago cops had six full-time public relations employees. As the… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share
“I use the term "punishment bureaucracy" instead of "criminal justice system" because it is a more accurate and less deceptive way to describe the… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share
“The second job of copaganda is to manufacture crises and panics about this narrow category of threats.” — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share
“There is a gulf between the image and reality of the punishment bureaucracy. Copaganda creates that gulf. It is the system of government and… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share
“The third job of copaganda is to convince the public to spend more money on the punishment bureaucracy by framing police, prosecutors, probation, parole,… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share
“The first job of copaganda is to narrow our conception of threat. Rather than the bigger threats to our safety caused by people with… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share
“Police employing video propagandists has become more common after the murder of George Floyd.” — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share
“The concept and terminology of "mugging" as opposed to, say, "robbery" was created as part of the panic, even though there was no evidence… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share
“Copaganda obscures the active role police play in doing bad things. Many people have criticized the police-invented term "officer-involved shooting" because it obscures who… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share
“Copaganda leaves the public in a vague state of fear. It manufactures suspicions against poor people, immigrants, and racial minorities rather than, say, bankers,… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share
