CRYING ABOUT... Cops ft. Lachlan

Get ready for this mouthful - I bring my trans, disabled, communist, queer friend onto the podcast to talk all things ACAB. 

Links -- 

Timeline: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/27/jesse-baird-luke-davies-alleged-murder-complete-timeline-beau-lamarre-bodies-found-van-nsw-police-gun

Mardi Gras: https://www.mardigras.org.au/history-of-sydney-mardi-gras/#:~:text=The%20Original%201978%20Mardi%20Gras,public%20meeting%20had%20been%20held.

Karen Webb: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-27/nsw-sydney-karen-webb-taylor-swift-lyrics/103515052

Lachlan: https://www.instagram.com/lachlanjeffkins/

My Links: https://linktr.ee/cryingonpurpose

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:00 A bit about Lachlan
• 4:38 Our experiences with Cops
• 17:55 Statistics
• 22:00 Mardi Gras 2024 and the Deaths of Jesse Baird & Luke Davies
• 35:00 78ers
• 40:10 Mardi Gras Board backflipping on promises
• 46:00 DV amongst men and the queer community
• 48:20 ACAB means ALL
• 53:36 Intersectionality
• 57:00 Defund the Police
• 58:15 Abolish the Police
• 1:08:00 The MNM analogy