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we love you Carlos, you dont suck!

Blogs need fresh content to drive viewers to your site, right? How about this… finding two or three other bloggers to write and post so that all of the burden doesn’t fall on your back?

Of all the blogs that I frequent (wwtdd, defamer, technorati, wonkette, etc.) yours is the only one entirely handled by one person. Even Matt Drudge needed Andrew Breitbart. I’m just saying…

Carlos, you’ve turned a personal tragedy into something inspirational. Though I do understand how any project, loved or not, can turn into work. The effort expended provides the fuel for change. It is not wasted.

Remember Newton’s first law…

Best,
Dan

I understand. If you focus on the negative issues 24/7 you’ll just get burned out. I didn’t really understand this concept until I watched The Secret and read a little about the Law of Attraction.

Focusing on the negative draws negative thoughts, feelings, and even events toward you. Focusing on the positive attracts positivity. When I found a balance with the positive elements of my life, my marriage, my children, my career, and my health I found a lot more time and energy for my activism.

BTW, your WordPress auto preview comment plugin is slowing my computer. I have to type comments in a text editor and paste them into the browser.

Long time reader, first time commenter, because you need to know that our country needs your blog.

Might I suggest expanding the scope? Instead of just reporting incidents, you could provide opportunities for action, things your readers can *do* to combat police abuse. Just a thought.

I hope you get your drive and inspiration back. Photographers need all the support they can get and other law enforcement victims also

Packratt over at InjusticeEverywhere has been struggling with discouragement as well.

Take your time Carlos, I for one will be here when you get your mojo back.

maybe u need new business cards?

Keep it up, Carlos!

Thanks for all your reporting and for keeping the important issues before us. It’s a depressing business, all these stories of misconduct, excessive force, and police stupidity with regard to the freedom to photograph. I’m as sick of this crap as you are.

Sorry to do this then:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1784159,chicago-cop-nurse-handcuff-09...

Keep up the good work. I love your site.

Interested in some co-writers?

I agree with the other contributors sentiment. I think that could ease some burden while continuing to shed light on a subject that a lot of us find important.

I’m not so much frustrated by all the stuff happening, but by how many people really don’t give a shit.

Let me elaborate. I don’t mean so much complacency and not caring. I can understand that. It’s people, especially those who I think would care, who defend these actions, and think people deserve to be treated the way they are by police in this country.

“Rob Molecule // Sep 24, 2009 at 1:40 PM

I’m not so much frustrated by all the stuff happening, but by how many people really don’t give a shit.”

That’s the real problem at hand, as long as people aren’t directly affected by police misconduct, NO ONE GIVES A $HIT! It’s this kind of complacency that allows tyrants like Carlos Alvarez to do away with the county’s civilian Independent Review Panel, with the county IRP gone, if your beef with a bad county cop gets thrown out by Internal Affairs, you no longer have anywhere to go. ( http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/1235645.html ).

Good luck Carlos, the Ground Hog Day analogy is perfect.

I never realized that this was YOUR blog: I love this face!!!

As my mother always said, “Don’t start what you can’t finish!” You’ve a job to do, keep it up.

It seems like the U.S. and maybe much of the “west” have become very schizophrenic. I was traveling in a third world country last month and saw very few police there.

Those I did see were quite accommodating. I did take pictures. Police that I did come across had no problem with this and one even offered to point out some nice places to shoot.

The people were left each other alone and were quiet nice. On average much less hostile then the average person back here. Dirt poor and still friendly and cordial.