Cities across the country were bracing for protests once video is released on Friday showing Memphis police officers fatally injuring Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop earlier this month. Mayor Jim Strickland of Memphis said city officials had made sure Mr. Nichols’s family could view the video privately before it was released to the public. He said the city expected to do so after 6 p.m. on Friday.
Like many police forces across the country, the New York Police Department was heavily criticized for its handling of protests after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020. The city’s Department of Investigation found that the department had used aggressive tactics that heightened tensions and violated demonstrators’ rights.
Bellerophon or Bellerophontes is a hero in Greek mythology who is best known as the man who tamed the winged horse Pegasus. Bellerophon was the son of Poseidon the god of the sea and horses and Euynome, though his mortal father is given as Glaukus, the king of Corinth.
As the story goes, Bellerophon had killed two men in Corinth, and for this he was sent to the court of king Proteus in Argos to be purified. Proteus ritually cleansed the hero but, while at court, Anteia, the beautiful wife of the king, became enamoured with the visitor and Bellerophon refused her advances with his virtuous will. Anteia went to her husband and told him falsely that Bellerophon had tried to force himself upon her, and that he should be killed. Proteus didn’t want to be the one to actually kill Bellerophon as it violated the rites of hospitality, and so instead he sent him to Lycia with a tablet that stated that he had to be killed.
“Books are too expensive” -> GET A LIBRARY CARD!!!
“E-books are too expensive” -> GET A LIBRARY CARD!!!
“Audiobooks are too expensive” -> GET A LIBRARY CARD!!!
“Video games are too expensive” -> GET A LIBRARY CARD!!!
“Subscriptions to magazines/newspapers are too expensive” -> GET A LIBRARY CARD!!!
For real, get a library card for your local public library and you will have almost unlimited access to all kinds of media for free. Libraries also often have many different kinds of classes you can take, often for free or very cheap. Oh, and don’t forget the computers and internet access you can also use for free.
In conclusion, yet a library card.
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY!!!
Don’t forget movies, internet, zoo tickets, etc. we also have fun kits for old people.
At my library you can even check out musical instruments.
