A Vermont listener named Amy is looking for a word to denote a particular kind of light. She has an eye condition that makes her photophobic, which means that ordinary light makes her physically uncomfortable. She wants a word that describes that...
starlight tour n.— «In early February, a First Nation’s man Darrell Night reported that he had been taken outside the city and dropped off by Saskatoon police.…Around the same time that Mr. Night was dropped off, two frozen bodies of First Nations...
starlight tour n. the forcible transfer by police of a person to a remote area for release. Editorial Note: This practice is said to sometimes be accompanied by a beating. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
starlight tour n.— «It has in its numerous recommendations, the seeds for how to erase the cancerous attitudes that permit behaviours such as the “Starlight Tours” by the police.» —“Demanding a police inquiry” by Don Kossick Briarpatch (Regina...
starlight tour n.— «A coldness that means possible death for anyone caught up in what some call the starlight tour where one is taken by the police from the streets of Saskatoon to the outskirts of the city and abandoned.» —“Death by Cold” by Don...
starlight tour n.— «In the case of the men beaten in Stanley Park, police believed they were dealing drugs but couldn’t prove it. Richardson said they took the men on a so-called starlight tour to teach them a lesson the courts wouldn’t...