[News] The USA Police State will never satisfy its lust for beating, gassing, and imprisoning minorities

[figmentPez]

This one could also go in the income inequality thread:



Immigrant worker shot dead by police at Oklahoma meatpacking plant

"A worker who filmed the incident and was fired by the company in retaliation told the Guardian that Mariar was fired by his supervisor and then told to finish his shift by human resources. The supervisor confronted Mariar, presumably afterwards, and police arrived to escort him off the premises. Seaboard Foods did not comment on, nor refute this characterization. "

" The worker said that management kept workers on the job after the shooting. 'I worked in maintenance. All they had us do was cover the scene with plastic, and we proceeded to finish what was on the production line.' He added that 'This company fired me for recording the truth they were trying to brush under the mat. They never asked me if I was OK. It was my first time seeing a guy get killed – and then I get fired.' "

“ 'I witnessed the entire thing, from when they [presumably the supervisor] started arguing with him until he was shot,' the worker said, explaining that Mariar 'had a company-issued band-cutter in his hand. When the police got to the plant, the guy was already working, minding his own business.' The video shown to the Guardian showed Mariar doing just this. "

 

[figmentPez]

Police ignored a woman's pleas for help as she died in their custody, they were forcibly removing her from a hospital where she had been refused treatment.



The attorney for the police officers says "these types of scenarios are not unusual". Yeah, we already know that police kill people all the time, stop pretending that's a defense.

 

[PatrThom]

we already know that police kill people all the time

Colorado deputy shoots and kills man who popped an anti-anxiety pill*
The deputy was apparently very, very concerned about what the suspect had just put into his mouth. So concerned, in fact, that there was a struggle which ended with the suspect getting shot three times in the chest.

In the body cam video, McWhorter touches Ward's arm and asks him why he's acting strange. Ward responds that cops make him "nervous" and he "has anxiety." Ward explains to the officers that he has had bad encounters with police in Pueblo before. [...] The sheriff's deputies involved in the case were cleared of any criminal charges by the district attorney, following an investigation that found the shooting justified.

What I don't understand is how a suspect putting something into his mouth is somehow a threat to the officer, a threat which required the officer to respond with lethal force. The only things I can think of that warrant such an extreme response from the officer is either that the officer was concerned the suspect had just attempted to commit suicide by pill (in which case why shoot him to death?) or else the officer was hoping to charge the suspect with possession of a controlled substance and consumption would therefore destroy the evidence.

Ward's mother has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit, and I honestly wish her luck.

--Patrick
*This link goes to another article which references the incident rather than to the original source, which is the police department's YouTube channel with the actual body cam video of the incident, which I did not want to link directly to.

 

[figmentPez]

What I don't understand is how a suspect putting something into his mouth is somehow a threat to the officer, a threat which required the officer to respond with lethal force.

It's possible that the cop has bought into their own propaganda, and thinks that there are drugs that instantly put someone into a rage and give them superhuman strength.

 

[ScytheRexx]

What I don't understand is how a suspect putting something into his mouth is somehow a threat to the officer, a threat which required the officer to respond with lethal force. The only things I can think of that warrant such an extreme response from the officer is either that the officer was concerned the suspect had just attempted to commit suicide by pill (in which case why shoot him to death?) or else the officer was hoping to charge the suspect with possession of a controlled substance and consumption would therefore destroy the evidence.

Okay, I hate to do this, but just to be clear they didn't just shoot him from popping a pill. They attempted to detain him after witnessing him pop the pill, and in the ensuing anxiety driven freak out, the dude attempted to escape and "tackled" the officer that would soon kill him. The two were rolling on the ground in each others arms when the officer pulled out his gun and shot him point blank in the chest, the dying dudes arm still wrapped around the officer. The DA dismissed the case because the officers claim in this moment he was attempting to reach for the same gun that ultimately killed him, which based on the video was possible within a reasonable doubt.

Don't get me wrong, they shouldn't have ripped him out of the car in the first place. He didn't do anything wrong, even if he was taking illegal drugs (which would be stupid directly in front of officers) there was no reason to escalate the issue into a dogpile, but many people seem to make it out like they shot him in the car as he was putting the pill in his mouth or getting instantly shot in the chest as he was pulled out, and none of that is true.

 

[PatrThom]

they didn't just shoot him from popping a pill

I did get that part, I just didn't understand why they would choose to escalate the situation over a pill. Any pill.

It's possible that the cop has bought into their own propaganda, and thinks that there are drugs that instantly put someone into a rage and give them superhuman strength.

Must be a Marvel Comics fan.

Thunderbolt (Drug)

The drug grants its user; Incredible euphoria. Heightened strength. Increased endurance. An inability to feel pain. However, it may also cause death within one hour of consumption. 3 appearance(s) of Thunderbolt (Drug) 3 image(s) of Thunderbolt (Drug)

marvel.fandom.com

--Patrick

 

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[Frank]

It's possible that the cop has bought into their own propaganda, and thinks that there are drugs that instantly put someone into a rage and give them superhuman strength.

I can't even begin to tell you the bullshit they fed us.

OH WAIT, yes I can. Let's start with this pile of psuedo-scientific bullshit.

Excited delirium - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

We were literally fed this lie constantly and it is a fucking lie. It's entirely made up excuse for cops to get off scott free from murder.

WE BELIEVED IT. Most probably still do. I was young and dumb and taught that cops were the good guys. My uncle was a cop, he was a good guy. Why would they lie to us about this wholly believable sciencey sounding reason why people die when you taze them 42 times?

God I need so many drugs to sleep at night.

 

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[Piotyr]

Police insist there is no foul play involved here, lawyers and family are urging the feds to investigate since the police won't:

Mississippi man who went missing found with head severed, attorney says

Rasheem Carter, a Black man from Mississippi who went missing late last year after claiming he was being targeted by white men in his community, was found dead with his head severed from his body, according to a recently released independent autopsy. Smith County Sheriff Joel Houston told ABC...

www.yahoo.com

 

[PatrThom]

Was his death ruled a suicide, too?

--Patrick

 

[figmentPez]

EDIT: The music video "Lemon Pound Cake"

 

[Celt Z]

EDIT: The music video "Lemon Pound Cake"

1) You go, Afroman.
2) World's tiniest violin for those cops. Karma is a bitch.

 

[PatrThom]

Hmm…how does that whole “expectation of privacy” thing work when you’re invading someone else’s house?

—Patrick

 

[evilmike]

EDIT: The music video "Lemon Pound Cake"

 

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[blotsfan]

I’m surprised. Cops usually go blind and have ten heart attacks when they come within 50 feet of fentanyl.

 

[blotsfan]

Imagine how bad things would be without our boys in blue.

 

[GasBandit]

Imagine how bad things would be without our boys in blue.

But without cops, who would show up after my house has been robbed to tell me they'll file a report but that I shouldn't hold out hope for seeing any of my stuff again, and shoot my dog?

 

[@Li3n]

But without cops, who would show up after my house has been robbed to tell me they'll file a report but that I shouldn't hold out hope for seeing any of my stuff again, and shoot my dog?

Damn, they only shoot the dog after talking to you ?

You got some well restrained cops where you're from...

 

[GasBandit]

Damn, they only shoot the dog after talking to you ?

You got some well restrained cops where you're from...

I was not trying to imply chronological order in my statement, I apologize for the lack of clarity.

 

[Krisken]

POLICE DO NOT PROTECT PEOPLE THEY PROTECT PROPERTY

I kind of feel like that needs to be said any time the subject of police shows up.

 

[GasBandit]

POLICE DO NOT PROTECT PEOPLE THEY PROTECT PROPERTY

I kind of feel like that needs to be said any time the subject of police shows up.

"And every politician, every cop on the street
Protects the interests of the pedophilic corporate elite"
- Socko, How the World Works, "Inside," Bo Burnham

 

[GasBandit]

Florida Prosecutor's 'Racism Policy' Leaked

An attorney whistleblower from State Attorney Jack Campbell’s office alleges widespread racism throughout Jefferson County office.

ourtallahassee.com

 

[Bubble181]

I'm starting to feel like every other post I make these days on these boards might just as well be the Fry "shocked" gif.

 

[GasBandit]

The shocking part is they actually wrote it down and codified it. Not only did they say the quiet part out loud, they printed it, stapled it, highlighted it, and posted it.