July 11, 2016

• Last night, police in Baton Rouge charged at a peaceful assembly and arrested people for following orders.
• Thousands of protesters shut down freeways in Oakland Saturday night.
• Intentional attacks on police officers are at historically low levels under Obama.
• Because America can't respond effectively to mass shootings, "eventually, even law enforcement would fall victim to one."
• After a deliberate shift in training, excessive force complaints against the Dallas PD dropped by 64% between 2009 and 2014.
• Michelle Alexander: “We cannot 'fix' the police without a revolution of values.”
• Many demonstrators showed up in Dallas last week carrying rifles, confusing police as the attack unfolded.
• Before gun control became a progressive cause, it was a right-wing staple, aligned with the rights of African-Americans.
• Malcolm X told white allies the best they could do was “nothing,” but time changed his mind—a lesson we need today.
• White people assume cops do no wrong, which enables the buildup of tension exploding today.
• White celebrities who rage while sipping cocktails on yachts probably don't help much.
• Andy Murray and Serena Williams win Wimbledon.
• Boris Johnson spent the Sunday after Brexit playing cricket; "in the great public-school tradition, he was a dilettante 'winging it.'"
• See also: Values motivated Brexit voters, not economic inequality.
• Douthat: You may feel that America is unraveling; take optimism from America's great ability to muddle through.
• Japan will lose one-third of its population—40 million people—by 2060.
• China bets big on concentrated solar, which is much easier to store than currently-ahead photovoltaic solar.
• World's first inflight draft beer service to launch this summer on KLM.
• Study finds that e-cigarette use is occurring in teenagers "who would not otherwise have used tobacco products."
• Muggers lure kids with fake Pokémon Go checkpoint in Missouri.
• Bellhop-slash-dealer gives tour of Las Vegas, from drug-fueled hotel orgies to tunnels where homeless live.