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Cate Gable on Police Poetry
SPLAB’s own Cate Gable, intrepid columnist for the Chinook Observer, observes the (ahem) “poetry” of the Minneapolis Police in the Derek Chauvin case: There are several literary devices at play here. Let’s start with understatement. “To note” is an action … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Cate Gable, Chinook Observer, Derek Chauvin, First Thoughts Best Thought, GEORGE FLOYD
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