I noticed that. as he just coming our of the store with his snack when they pitched a tear gas his way?
It's only fair, since too many revolutions will result in an empty stomach.
"Dude, did you shoot a tear gas canister at me? Can you not see these Doritos? I AM EXTREME, MUTHERFUCKER!"
I took my kid to the playground yesterday. For 2 hours. I know exactly of what I speak.
It's going to be a huge battle, but at least it's doable. Frankly, I believe a lot of the police departments in this country have grown to rely on their toys a bit too much. The big thing used to be officers macing suspects instead of getting compliance verbally, then that turned into officers tazing people at the drop of a hat for similar reasons... now the big thing is using a SWAT level response for EVERYTHING because now they have the equipment to do it. We really need to set national standards for police response, training and equipment, because it's becoming impossible to trust them anymore.
The whole thing about "we have to use our budget or it goes away" and funneling that into weapons, they need to funnel it into training.
They need to funnel it into a wireless sound and video recording system that officers are required to wear anytime they aren't working undercover. There is NO REASON they can't do this with their budgets, when such a device would cost less than a fucking iPhone per an officer. Public officers have no expectation of privacy while on duty so there is no legal reason why this shouldn't have already happened.
That, too. Allegedly there were no dash cams present during the Ferguson police movement.
I'm pretty sure that whenever police departments enact that, it ends up being "Well gosh darnit, lookit that! Turns out the cameras weren't working for some completely unknown, but highly fortunate reason!"
At which point you throw out the case and suspend the officer without pay. It's the responsibility of the police department and the officer to ensure their equipment is in "working order".
True, but the destruction of evidence in such an obvious and open manner would only make the jury suspicious. Legally, all that needs to happen is to require it to be working at all times.
The other night they were violating the curfew to continue protesting. On the one hand, the governor announced the curfew and it should be followed, but on the other hand, it was announced to stop the protesting and the police were out two hours beforehand anyway.
Didn't we already have this screaming match on Thursday?
Great... now we're going to have week end warriors causing problems. Call me when we actually send in the army to shut down the entire fucking town, because maybe then something will actually get done.
