Ongoing U.S Police Brutality and Corruption Discussion Thread

2004 GOP Convention: The New York Times has also reported on two occasions that the police videotaped and infiltrated protests, as well as acting as agents provocateurs during the protests.

plainclothes cops infiltrating a large protest group to monitor it is one thing and somewhat understandable, but then actively agitating false flag style to discredit it is so loathsome

we were relatively scattered along the block--waiting for enough of our folks to arrive to block the intersection. i headed over to one corner where a small crowd was gathering and saw a guy i thought was a livestreamer i knew. when i said 'hey whats up' and he turned to me i realized he was someone else. guy i'd never seen before. within a few minutes i noticed he was making a concerted effort to ask the names of everyone arriving in the group, without giving his own name. between learning people's names he was hollering at no one in particular LET'S SHUT THIS SHIT DOWWWWN. WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR, LET'S TAKE THE STREET.

we weren't ready. we didn't have a large enough crowd. LET'S FUCK UP THIS TRAFFIC GUYS COME ON

after another 15 minutes or so the crowd had grown enough to take the intersection. we did a die in. i stood up, and he was gone. got names, made transparently bad suggestions very loudly, and disappeared once we actually got moving--that smelled like cop to me.

he was also a larger middle aged white guy which, tbqh, you don't see very many of at a rush hour blockade against police brutality on a weekday.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO

it's not science fiction, it's history

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Darby

by "history" I mean of course "stuff that really happened and is still really happening today"

plainclothes cops infiltrating a large protest group to monitor it is one thing and somewhat understandable, but then actively agitating false flag style to discredit it is so loathsome

― anonanon, Wednesday, December 10, 2014 2:03 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, this is what got me.

btw even the fuckin darbyrat thinks the garner decision was incomprehensible

clear video evidence really does preempt reflexive reactionary handwaving and excuse making

unless you are a staten island grand jury member apparently

http://i.imgur.com/q98KASr.jpg

http://jerriblank.com/tammi110.jpg
"anybody know where I can get some big, fat doobies?"

https://twitter.com/notapoliceman

^
dying

best

http://i.imgur.com/tRFa5Tb.png

man idk if I would have the wherewithal to take a picture of a cop pointing a gun at me

yeah that's terrifying.

Is that cop holding his fucking gun sideways?

looks like he's motioning the photographer to back off

Supercops on television are always holding their handguns sideways, too. Life imitates art.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/f8/54/1d/f8541dcb2fcc65bab36077189a010049.jpg

Otm

Somebody is going to get killed if this trajectory holds

...

A whole bunch of somebodies were killed; that's how this situation came to be

http://gawker.com/unarmed-people-of-color-killed-by-police-1999-2014-1666672349

Yes, that did not come out quite as I meant it.

I mean the results of confrontations in the streets during protests.

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Undercover-cops-outed-attacked-at-Oakland-5951011.php

how appropos re: agent provocateur discussion

those are the ones who were hitting bank windows before T-Mobile got looted!

A coworker who was there last night corroborated the sfgate article. Between this and the CHP firing rubber bullets from a tactical position the other night they're not coming off so well in all of this.

He said before the officers were outed Tuesday, they were able to collect enough information to prevent four more freeway shutdown attempts.

ugh

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/johnson/article/Richmond-man-bruised-bullied-but-advocates-for-5951660.php

Wondering if the group who beat him could have been undercover cops?

I wouldn't rule it out

T or F: an unleaked d'angelo album stealth beyonce released could do serious holiday numbers

I am beside myself over here with laughter

oh for fuck's sake

lol

https://www.change.org/p/pass-the-ordinance-seeking-reparations-for-the-chicago-police-torture-survivors
http://inthesetimes.com/article/16064/sorry_not_good_enough_for_torture_survivors_say_activists

Through his City Council floor leader, Pat O’Connor, and his Corporation Counsel, attorney Steve Patton, Mayor Emanuel has already voiced his reluctance to compensate the survivors who are legally barred from suing the city by the statute of limitations. But in the face of the more than $20 million Chicago has spent defending Burge, Emanuel’s claim that the city is too cash-strapped to make reparations rings hollow.

Tamir Rice death ruled a homicide

still a ways away from bringing charges

Here is a story of a lawsuit brought by the family of someone who was mourned in my hometown. Robert Russ was an excellent student and athlete and gave us all hope for our community, and his acceptance at Northwestern inspired a lot of local kids. He spoke at my sister's high school commencement, she knew him.

The community also suffers when they lose an innocent person, and these insensitive people who comment on Facebook or Fox News ought to be reminded of how these shootings hurt an entire community. We could have used a leader like Russ.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-10-18/news/0310180266_1_russ-family-russ-mother-russ-death

marches across the country today--including one here in DC, where organizers from Ferguson had to fight their way to the front and demand a moment at Sharpton's mic. after about 90 seconds they were cut off and removed by security for "not having VIP passes".

Ugh, fuck THAT.

Waiting at a busstop this evening and two vans loaded down with SWAT passed us this evening as they left downtown Portland.

https://vine.co/v/O6Ttw1OmPMa

^^ sharpton's daughter getting ferguson organizers thrown off the stage

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4yGnUjIQAE-foi.jpg

Is that in Washington Square Park? Fuck, we should have gone out today. Were talking about it but the only event invite I'd seen made today's activities seem really Anonymous-y and, I dunno, hard to verbalize, but the bad side of a lot of the "eager aggressive white college types joining good causes for the wrong reasons" stuff that's been discussed recently in this thread.

still going:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lippylulu

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/14/john-crawford-girlfriend-questioned-walmart-police-shot-dead

CHRIST