It was all her fault, really. It even says in the article:
Imagine the nerve! A black woman being in charge of a town, giving the police “tasks” and “projects” and the like! How are they supposed to continue working under such oppression?
[News] The USA Police State will never satisfy its lust for beating, gassing, and imprisoning minorities
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See? Oppression. What a monster.
GasBandit
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One of the officers being sentenced for George Floyd's death used his sentencing statement to call for the murder of homosexuals.
www.audacy.com
Family of George Floyd unhappy with sentence of Kueng and Thao, and especially with Thao's reaction
The family of George Floyd is again speaking critically of Judge Paul Magnuson’s sentencing of the officers involved in his death. Floyd’s former girlfriend says Tou Thao’s comments prior to sentencing were not respectful to the court or the family.
www.audacy.com
figmentPez
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This reads like a plot for the 34th season of The Simpsons.
Quimby: This great city faces a terrible choice. Officers blindly firing into crowds is just too dangerous. So I have made the decision that the crowds must go! Food trucks are now banned from downtown Springfield.
Officer Lou: But Chief, without the food trucks, what will happen to Taco Tuesday?
Chief Wiggum: That's just a sacrifice we'll have to make, Lou. Being a cop is the toughest job in the world.
figmentPez
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It's not just the US police. Canadian police like to harass minorities too!
Streamer 'Keffals' Held in Transphobic 'Swatting,' Alleges Police Bias
"Keffals, whose real name is Clara Sorrenti, said she was the victim of 'swatting'—the practice of intentionally encouraging law enforcement to harshly respond to a person by filing false reports about them—when she was arrested by police in London, Ontario, on the morning of August 5. The arrested happened after London City Hall was sent multiple fake emails alleging that she had killed her own mother, was in possession of an illegal gun and was planning to travel to City Hall to 'shoot every cisgender person.' "
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"Sorrenti said that police booked her under her deadname and repeatedly used the name to refer to her during interrogation, despite her having changed her name legally more than 10 years earlier."
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"Sorrenti said that she remains the subject of a police investigation and has not yet been given back her electronic devices and important items belonging to her fiancé, even though police found her mother 'alive and well' and discovered no weapons in Sorrenti's home. The items may not be returned for months due to pending forensic analysis."
Streamer 'Keffals' Held in Transphobic 'Swatting,' Alleges Police Bias
"Keffals, whose real name is Clara Sorrenti, said she was the victim of 'swatting'—the practice of intentionally encouraging law enforcement to harshly respond to a person by filing false reports about them—when she was arrested by police in London, Ontario, on the morning of August 5. The arrested happened after London City Hall was sent multiple fake emails alleging that she had killed her own mother, was in possession of an illegal gun and was planning to travel to City Hall to 'shoot every cisgender person.' "
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"Sorrenti said that police booked her under her deadname and repeatedly used the name to refer to her during interrogation, despite her having changed her name legally more than 10 years earlier."
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"Sorrenti said that she remains the subject of a police investigation and has not yet been given back her electronic devices and important items belonging to her fiancé, even though police found her mother 'alive and well' and discovered no weapons in Sorrenti's home. The items may not be returned for months due to pending forensic analysis."
GasBandit
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L.A. County sheriff's deputy charged with sexually assaulting four girls, ages 7 to 13
DA George Gascón said this crime is made worse when it is "committed by someone who has been entrusted to protect them and our community from harm."
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Ex-Louisville police officer pleads guilty to Breonna Taylor cover-up
Kelly Goodlett pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy, becoming the first officer to be held criminally responsible for the botched raid.
www.reuters.com
You know what I notice about this? If this were a POC, you'd see their mugshot all over the article.
Also, lol 5 years for covering up a murder. Cool.
GasBandit
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Just in case you think the police's handling of informants is any better than it used to be, it's not.
They sent a woman wearing a wire to buy drugs from a crackhouse. But the wire was just a recorder, not a transmitter. So they stood around down the block while the informant was raped.
And then they didn't drop any of the charges against her that they probably used to coerce her into cooperating.
apnews.com
They sent a woman wearing a wire to buy drugs from a crackhouse. But the wire was just a recorder, not a transmitter. So they stood around down the block while the informant was raped.
And then they didn't drop any of the charges against her that they probably used to coerce her into cooperating.
Woman's rape cries go unheard in unmonitored drug sting
ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — A woman outfitted with a tiny microphone and hidden camera walked up to a dilapidated drug house on a chilly afternoon last year looking to buy meth from a dealer known on the streets as “Mississippi.”
apnews.com
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Clear Creek County deputies shoot and kill man who asked for help after car crash
Video footage shows the 22-year-old was killed while locked inside his own car after a long, tense, confusing and chaotic confrontation played out between him and Clear Creek deputies and a handful of other agencies.
www.cpr.org
It seems pretty obvious to me the guy was going through some sort of psychotic episode and just needed to stay in his car as a safety blanket sort of thing. He even offered to follow the police to the station after they pushed his car out of the place he was stuck because he would feel safer there then the location they were at. It could even be that something bad happened, like maybe he got into a fight with someone and was worried the person was nearby and would shoot him. Either way, the cops showed once again that it isn't about actually helping people.
They had so many options that wouldn't have ended in his death, like just pushing his car for him or calling a tow truck that could just hitch him out, but they kept trying to force him out of the car because they can't handle interactions where they don't have 100% control of the people involved. They didn't like that he was trying to keep the interactions on his terms, rather then their terms.
They had so many options that wouldn't have ended in his death, like just pushing his car for him or calling a tow truck that could just hitch him out, but they kept trying to force him out of the car because they can't handle interactions where they don't have 100% control of the people involved. They didn't like that he was trying to keep the interactions on his terms, rather then their terms.
GasBandit
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Tampa police called for hundreds to be evicted. Entire families lost their homes.
Officers sent notices to landlords detailing arrests and encounters with their tenants that put families at risk of eviction even when charges were later dropped.
www.tampabay.com
Oh, jesus. When the Tampa mayor (who was chief of police when this was started) was asked about records showing that this disproportionately targeted Black residents she replied "Criminality is not a protected class".Tampa police called for hundreds to be evicted. Entire families lost their homes.
Officers sent notices to landlords detailing arrests and encounters with their tenants that put families at risk of eviction even when charges were later dropped.
Man, that won't ever happen to me because I'm not black and all ,but...What a complete flagrant abuse of the right to privacy. Also, punishing whole families of innocents over one person's infractions is completely unjust. That a lot of these are based on BS charges that are dropped is of course just the icing on the shit cake. And I'd even say that getting evicted is an additional, secondary punishment - which would also be illegal.
While I don't particularly care for the sob story style of the article (that a boy breaking into cars "only" made off with $5 in loot doesn't mean he deserves more sympathy than one who made off with $2000, the damages caused to multiple cars is likely to be far higher than that $5 - which doesn't suddenly mean I think the boy deserves hard labor, eviction or a death sentence! It's just irrelevant and another show of how modern media always want to make a victim as sympathetic as possible...This law/system would be almost just as vile if all people who got evicted had actually committed serious crimes), I can most definitely understand the ACLU fighting this, and I cannot comprehend how anyone might think this might be or even should be legal. It's despicable.
While I don't particularly care for the sob story style of the article (that a boy breaking into cars "only" made off with $5 in loot doesn't mean he deserves more sympathy than one who made off with $2000, the damages caused to multiple cars is likely to be far higher than that $5 - which doesn't suddenly mean I think the boy deserves hard labor, eviction or a death sentence! It's just irrelevant and another show of how modern media always want to make a victim as sympathetic as possible...This law/system would be almost just as vile if all people who got evicted had actually committed serious crimes), I can most definitely understand the ACLU fighting this, and I cannot comprehend how anyone might think this might be or even should be legal. It's despicable.
It really feels like it's impossible to go a day these days without some terrible story about cops abusing power.
One was a couple that was beaten, shot with a riot gun, and tased because they got angry about being evicted from a hotel. The cops felt they were packing too slow and once the man cussed at the cop, they got freaking slammed by like 10 cops. They ended up getting paid $400,000 from the city.
The second was two cops on the way to a domestic disturbance issue. They were supposed to look for this white guy harassing his ex, but instead saw this black guy taking out his trash and immediately went over to handcuff him. The guy put up a fight because he didn't know what was going on, and the cops couldn't answer him because one of the cops even admitted "I don't know who I'm looking for yet".
If I find the articles I will post them later, they were just on my mind but I don't have a computer in front of me right now.
One was a couple that was beaten, shot with a riot gun, and tased because they got angry about being evicted from a hotel. The cops felt they were packing too slow and once the man cussed at the cop, they got freaking slammed by like 10 cops. They ended up getting paid $400,000 from the city.
The second was two cops on the way to a domestic disturbance issue. They were supposed to look for this white guy harassing his ex, but instead saw this black guy taking out his trash and immediately went over to handcuff him. The guy put up a fight because he didn't know what was going on, and the cops couldn't answer him because one of the cops even admitted "I don't know who I'm looking for yet".
If I find the articles I will post them later, they were just on my mind but I don't have a computer in front of me right now.
EXCLUSIVE: Couple celebrating birthday Tased, beaten by San Jose police after hotel noise complaint
DISTURBING INCIDENT: A hotel guest called in a minor noise complaint against a young couple celebrating a birthday, but that led to them being Tased, shot with a riot gun, and beaten by San Jose police.
abc7news.com
Cops Arrested a Black Man Taking Out His Garbage While Looking For a White Suspect
“Yo, you’re looking for the people upstairs, bro,” the man, a music producer known as Tone Stackz, told the officers.
www.vice.com
Neither story is particularly recent.
Thanks. I knew they were not recent, but it seems like the body cam footage only just got released to the public recently, which is why they are getting more interest now.
Arizona Legislature won't defend law limiting police filming
The Republican leaders of the Arizona Legislature won't try to defend a new law limiting up-close filming of police that has been blocked by a federal judge.
apnews.com
Good.
--Patrick
Video shows train hitting Colorado police car with person handcuffed inside
Yareni Rios-Gonzales hospitalized after officers fail to pull her from car they had parked on tracks
www.theguardian.com
This was pretty close to where I live, and I do not even see how it could have been an accident, wtf.
Alameda sheriff strips 47 deputies of service weapons, admitting they failed psych exams and shouldn’t have been hired
The action comes at a time when law enforcement agencies across the Bay Area are...
This is fucking insane.
Abolish the police. Holy shit.
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This is the county where I grew up. I always heard from friends and family that stayed in the area that the sheriffs there were assholes, but this is taking it to a whole new level.Alameda sheriff strips 47 deputies of service weapons, admitting they failed psych exams and shouldn’t have been hired
The action comes at a time when law enforcement agencies across the Bay Area are...www.sfchronicle.com
This is fucking insane.
And the best part is that the sheriff’s office is trying to spin this as “Look at how good we are! We’re cleaning house and removing unfit officers!” Never mind that these are the same people who allowed those unfit officers to stay the whole time…
Yeah, that apple's rotten to the core. That shit needs to be cleared and restarted from scratch.
Let me TELL you how lax those psyche exams are, at least up here. The questions that you are bombarded with are as black and white as Is it cool to talk about raping a coworker with your friends? A) No B) No C) The Answer is No D) I'm a piece of shit.
If you don't pass the fucking thing, your moral compass is that of a Catholic bishop.
Let me TELL you how lax those psyche exams are, at least up here. The questions that you are bombarded with are as black and white as Is it cool to talk about raping a coworker with your friends? A) No B) No C) The Answer is No D) I'm a piece of shit.
If you don't pass the fucking thing, your moral compass is that of a Catholic bishop.
Are they even cleaning house? The article I read, it sounded like these guys were being put on paid leave until they can pass the psyche exam.