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the crackdown

haiku for 12/18/2025

the crackdown

Masked armed thugs from the
government round up people
of color on sight.

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Author Wade KwonPosted on December 18, 2025November 26, 2025Format QuoteTags government, immigration, policing, politicsLeave a comment on the crackdown

pot pourri

haiku for 10/21/2024

pot pourri

His clothes reeked, his hair
reeked. But the officer could
not find any weed.

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Author Wade KwonPosted on October 21, 2024October 4, 2024Format QuoteTags drugs, policingLeave a comment on pot pourri

cop city

haiku for 7/27/2023

cop city

A police training
site that the people don’t want
in their wooded lot.

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Author Wade KwonPosted on July 27, 2023June 28, 2023Format QuoteTags Atlanta, policing, social justiceLeave a comment on cop city

murder city

haiku for 6/9/2023

murder city

Bullets are flying,
people are dying, and the
cops are in the dark.

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Author Wade KwonPosted on June 9, 2023May 31, 2023Format QuoteTags crime, gun, policingLeave a comment on murder city

murder central

haiku for 1/13/2023

murder central

Bodies drop every
day in the city. Nothing
slows down the killing.

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Author Wade KwonPosted on January 13, 2023December 30, 2022Format QuoteTags crime, policingLeave a comment on murder central

breonna taylor

haiku for 10/25/20

breonna taylor

In her apartment,
an innocent bystander
shot by cops six times.

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Author Wade KwonPosted on October 25, 2020October 1, 2020Format QuoteTags #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter, crime, policing, social justiceLeave a comment on breonna taylor

cities under siege

haiku for 8/5/20

cities under siege

Protesters marching
peacefully and lawfully.
Shock troops on the way

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Author Wade KwonPosted on August 5, 2020July 28, 2020Format QuoteTags policing, protestLeave a comment on cities under siege

protection not persecution

haiku for 7/11/20

protection not persecution

What does it look like
when a society re-
thinks its policing?

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Author Wade KwonPosted on July 11, 2020July 2, 2020Format QuoteTags policing, social justice, societyLeave a comment on protection not persecution

covering while uncovered

haiku for 6/22/20

covering while uncovered

Modern media
fired upon by police,
targets of ire.

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Author Wade KwonPosted on June 22, 2020June 2, 2020Format QuoteTags First Amendment, journalism, media, policingLeave a comment on covering while uncovered

for a few corpses more

haiku for 6/7/20

for a few corpses more

We absolutely
need to reform the police
to save our black friends.

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Author Wade KwonPosted on June 7, 2020June 2, 2020Format QuoteTags #BlackLivesMatter, policing, race, race relations, social justiceLeave a comment on for a few corpses more

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