Police Brutality

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V.25 No.41 | 10/13/2016

The Daily Word in Free Local Food, T-Mobile and Pop Up Weed Gardens

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Most people have stolen something, but have you ever considered stealing Venetian blinds? One man did and almost succeeded.

Is your doctor just pretending they know what they're talking about? Like really, are they even a doctor?

During a demonstration against the US, police got brutal with protesters by beating them with batons and running them over in a van.

What if Donald Trump controlled the NSA?

There's a group in Albuquerque handing out fresh food for free.

T-Mobile was punished by the FCC for being huge liars.

The Philadelphia Museum will host a pop-up weed (as in marijuana) garden on Thursday.

V.25 No.37 | 09/15/2016

The Daily Word in Terence Crutcher, Keith Lamont and Police Brutality

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Two brewing companies are opening up shop Downtown.

Astronomers found some blobs within some other blobs (scientifically speaking).

Archeologists have discovered human remains at the largest shipwreck which was also where the Antikythera Mechanism was found.

Five medical personal were killed after the collapse of the cease-fire in Syria.

A 13-year-old boy was shot this month by police while playing with a BB gun.

Tulsa police fatally shot an unarmed man on Friday.

Charlotte police say fatally shot Keith Lamont Scott was holding a “gun.”

Since Colin Kaepernick has started his silent protest on Aug. 26, 15 black people have been shot during police encounters.

V.25 No.20 | 05/19/2016

The Daily Word in Local Police Brutality, Truck Drivers and Climate Change

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Who could have guessed that vigilante justice could go wrong?

Metal mantra: Fuck the system, not the people oppressed by the system.

Kim Jong Un looks really great, nowadays, huh?

Yeah, let's make truck drivers who drive over 70 hours a week drive more. What a good idea.

BILL! BILL! BILL! BILL!

Yes, killing an 88 year old man who is having a mental breakdown cause by his wife's death with over 60 pepperballs and an attack dog is super professional. Wow, APD, you're so good at your job.

The Catholic Church in Mexico opposes legalization of same-sex marriage but the gang violence can slide.

“God, Riley, Jessica is such a player!” —Every seven-year-old

V.25 No.1 | 01/07/2016

The Daily Word in Bombs, Politics, and Monkeys

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So North Korea did make an H-Bomb?

Sexual abuse and misconduct by law enforcement is barely reported to agencies. Here’s one woman’s experience with following through this appalling ordeal.

The governor of California declared a state of emergency due to a major methane gas leak.

1 million dollars of Chris Christie’s “campaigning” costs will likely end up being paid by New Jersey residents.

Deakin from Animal Collective (finally) finished his solo album.

Remember the Macaque monkey that took a selfie in 2011? Turns out it (and actually, PETA) can’t own the copyright to its own selfie.

If you loved playing Sims as much as I did growing up, you’ll definitely enjoy this.

Parents have been polled, and here are the results.

V.24 No.44 | 10/29/2015

The Daily Word on gentrification, New Horizons, and Dan Webster

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A compilation of the many articles written about local fallen APD officer Dan Webster.

The widow of Robin Williams reveals new information about his pre-mortem state.

A free place to live and get paid to play video games is coming to ABQ, to the excitement of many.

NASA's deep space probe New Horizons has passed Pluto and is steering toward our future.

Rub gentrification into the faces of the impoverished.

Donald Trump's new book is, as expected, full of fluff and stuff.

Tarantino faces the backlash from his newest movie with an honest expression of feelings.

A new app puts modern medicine at new doctors fingertips.

V.24 No.43 | 10/22/2015

The Daily Word in Lego, Sexism, and the possible Alien mega-structure

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Another police brutality case, but this time there's actual consequences.

Learn about the feud between a Chinese artist and Lego.

Pintrest made it look so easy.

A Republican House Speaker is nominated.

Science takes a step away from sexism.

Two NASA astronauts start their first spacewalk today.

There may be new movies with the quality of Jem and the Holograms. Yay.

Scientists getting closer to learning the truth behind the possible Alien mega-structure.

V.24 No.24 | 6/11/2015

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The Daily Word in naked tourists, aluminum foil and a pool party fiasco

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According to the Malaysian government, an earthquake was caused by naked tourists.

There are no health benefits to eating placenta.

Volcanoes are what killed the dinosaurs.

At a music festival in Germany, a lightning strike sent 33 people to the hospital.

Our favorite fast food chains feature some peculiar menu items in other parts of the world.

A police officer flipped out on some bikini clad teenagers at a pool party in Texas.

People in indigenous tribes don't have back problems.

This photographer captures the human side of pets.

In Florida, a man wrapped his house in tinfoil.

Boz Scaggs turns 71 today!

V.24 No.20 | 5/14/2015

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The Daily Word in typhoid, grenades, breast milk and Glenn Danzig

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Self-driving cars are having accidents.

Drug-resistant typhoid may be the next pandemic.

Chris Christie allegedly spent over $80,000 of taxpayers' money on snacks and booze at football games over a 3-year period.

The artist curently known as Prince performed a surprise concert in Baltimore to promote peace after two weeks of protests.

The World Health Organization is very concerned about how diseases are named.

A W.W.II grenade was donated to a Goodwill in the state of Washington, causing an evacuation and shutting down the store for several hours.

A woman in New Zealand drank her own breast milk for sustenance while lost in a forest for 24 hours.

Salvador Dali was born on this day in 1904. Here are a few things you didn't know about the eccentric artist.

Glenn Danzig: some things never change.

V.24 No.3 |

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The Daily Word in how to do literally everything, APD and Lars von Trier

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We want to teach you how to do everything. Our first effort toward that lofty goal is the first installment of our How to Do Literally Everything issue.

Amelia Olson drops mad skin care kitchen science.

M. Brianna Stallings proposes strategies for surviving ABQ Ride.

Eva Avenue hips you to how to score work as an extra.

Carrie Murphy, a local doula, shares her guidance in creating your birth plan.

Mark Lopez teaches you how to make mixed media masterpieces.

And I want to show you how to fall in love with music again.

Test your knowledge of an APD shooting that made international headlines with this week's Crib Notes.

In other Alibi-related news, contributing writer David Correia was interviewed by website The Real News Network about the struggle against police brutality in Albuquerque. Read more on the subject in his Alibi articles "Is There Justice For James Boyd?" and "Life and Death and APD: Albuquerque's police violence problem."

"Chaos reigns."

But both the theatrical and extended cuts of Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac Volumes I and II are streaming on Netflix. Plus Antichrist and Melancholia. Not convinced? Scope our reviews of Nymphomaniac Volume I and II and Melancholia. Now take your antidepressants and screen some film.

Download OTD = London-based label Blackest Ever Black's latest show on Berlin Community Radio

V.24 No.3 | 1/15/2015
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Crib Notes

Crib Notes: Jan. 15, 2015

Test your recall of an Albuquerque police shooting that made international headlines.
V.23 No.48 |

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The Daily Word in a 9-year-old's arrest, an Austin shooting and Barbie's decline

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An Ohio teacher is recovering from her sixth surgery after four teens dropped a 4.5lb rock on her car and crushed her skull.

Forget Barbie. It's all about the Frozen toys this year.

Today, the UN Committee Against Torture urged the US to “fully investigate and prosecute police brutality and shootings of unarmed black youth.”

Due to an injunction for acting like a taxi company, Uber has suspended its transportation operations in Nevada.

Police in Austin, Texas, fatally shot a man who opened fire on several government buildings.

KRQE's got you covered of you wanna read a little about Black Friday before venturing out into the unknown (if you haven't already done so).

Wanna see all the crazy stuff the TSA has found in people's bags? Note: Be glad they check this stuff.

A 20-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a teenage couple last month in Santa Fe is being returned to the City Different.

The new I-25/Paseo overpass currently in construction will be “cast in colors that mimic the sun hitting the Sandia Mountains.

A 9-year-old girl was arrested and charged with battery for allegedly punching her 6-year-old sister in the head.

V.23 No.35 | 8/28/2014
From left, the Hutchinson Family Singers, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez and N.W.A

Aural Fixation

Revolutions Per Century

A brief history of American protest music

American August March examines the storied history of the aural tradition of protest in the USA.
V.23 No.25 | 6/19/2014

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Albuquerque Spring

A season of police violence and civil disobedience

Wherein academic and activist David Correia considers an “Albuquerque Spring” and the state of APD reform as prelude to Saturday’s March to End Police Brutality.
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V.23 No.16 |

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The Daily Word in King Arthur's parliamentary run

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Good morning, it's Wednesday, April 23, 2014

and some jerk robbed my bank yesterday,

a UNM football player has been charged with rape and kidnapping,

and APD would like to point out that they "worked hard" to not shoot and kill a man who was upset that APD had shot and killed his fiancé.

Meanwhile,

the US Supreme Court upheld a ban on affirmative action in college admissions,

people who like bad movies and talking robots are buzzing with rumors that MST3K may return,

the New York post revealed that creepy R&B singer R. Kelly has been paying millions of dollars out to "dozens" of women who have accused him of being creepy over the last decade,

and King Arthur, the Raised Druid King of Britain, plans to run for parliament.