When you first get to Dekalb County Jail, after being cuffed, taken for a ride, patted down, and photographed, you have two tendencies. This is when you are actually put in a cell. The first is to try not to touch anything. You notice before anything else the pool of urine around the toilet in [...]
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Your First Time in Jail
Posted: April 18, 2012 in UncategorizedTags: Decatur, Dekalb, jail, prison, strip search
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Permission and Punishment
Posted: April 14, 2012 in UncategorizedTags: arrest, emory, Illegal, police, Representation, University
A certain economy of illegalities exists at Emory University. The term ‘economy’ here refers to a distribution of things. Distributions can be equal, or skewed in favor of the few. One can say that at Emory University, there is a distribution of illegal activities, and they are administered to differently, rather than entirely eliminated. In this economy [...]
An Update
Posted: December 28, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: arrest, emory, nightmare, police, police voyeurism, sleep paralysis, strip, surveillance
I write to share my thoughts with those who are interested. For some, reading about my experiences may help them to understand better the perspectives of those who have had life experiences similar to mine. I write about my thoughts, even my troubling ones, because they have been thought. As thoughts that have been thought, [...]
Why Was I Arrested?
Posted: December 8, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: arrest, emory, finals, jail, library, police
Why Was I Arrested? and the video At about 11:30 PM, on 12/6/11, during finals, I was arrested in the main library on my college campus. I spent the next 22 hours under full surveillance (including while I was using the toilet), subjected to verbal abuse, being repeatedly uncuffed and cuffed, patted down on my [...]
