Sentences with phrase «about police militarization»

Sometimes it seems like this tragic event has brought every possible issue out of the woodwork, and people are jumping on board, saying «this is about police militarization» or «this is about racism» or «this is about economic inequality.»

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Just the other day, Academy Award - nominated screenwriter Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water) gave an update on the project, saying, «If Sicario is a film about the militarization of police and that blending over, this is removing the policing aspect from it.»

Verhoeven was making a commentary about the militarization of the police and how commercialism and big business was overtaking society.

It has led to important conversations about the criminalization of youth of color, the militarization of the police, and what we can do to end such injustices.

Given the fact that he hasn't shown any substantial amount of work in the States for about two decades — aside from a few group shows, art fairs, and his inclusion in the famously identity - politics - focused 1993 Whitney Biennial, where he showed a series of weapon - like wall sculptures (dealing with notions of surveillance, the police state, militarization) that were pieced together with vintage gun parts, carved branches, and coyote bone among other sundry items — «At the Center of the World» was a rare treat for countless artists, curators, and critics who could only follow Durham from afar while his work continually appeared abroad at august venues like the Venice Biennale, Documenta, and galleries and museums across Europe and Latin America.

It is about the steady militarization of local police forces around the nation and the «war on terror.»

The screening of this documentary about the militarization of police is part of the museum's series of events devoted to the anniversary of the Los Angeles riots of 1992.