{"id":29646,"date":"2015-04-14T13:09:36","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T17:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=29646"},"modified":"2015-04-14T13:09:36","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T17:09:36","slug":"how-to-cope-with-a-police-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2015\/04\/how-to-cope-with-a-police-encounter.html","title":{"rendered":"Surviving a Police Encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

$\"Bears$ <\/p>\n

Sometimes satire is the only way to give voice to immense frustration and anger about something that\u00a0has happened. The Onion<\/em> did it well with its article about the Department of Justice deploying smartphone-carrying bystanders to the nation\u2019s streets. I think the above image does an admirable job too. Because let\u2019s face it, if you can take an infographic about bears and substitute \u201cpolice,\u201d\u00a0and it makes sense, there\u2019s a serious problem.<\/p>\n

For a non-satirical approach to the topic, see this SALT Project<\/a> video with ten rules to getting home safely:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/christopherkeelty.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The image at the top comes from\u00a0Christopher Keelty<\/a>; HT <a href=\"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2015\/04\/08\/sound-advice\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">PZ Myers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes satire is the only way to give voice to immense frustration and anger about something that\u00a0has happened. The Onion did it well with its article about the Department of Justice deploying smartphone-carrying bystanders to the nation\u2019s streets. I think the above image does an admirable job too. 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