Ongoing U.S Police Brutality and Corruption Discussion Thread

There are so many possible ways for body cams to fail on top of that, and even if they were proven to make a dent in brutality, they still can't be anywhere near the only strategy

i wasn't saying they should be the only strategy

i'm wondering what it would take for a national "weinstein moment" in police violence against people of color to happen. video of men and women being murdered doesn't seem to do it. On tape white teen killed among a group of black teens?
it's a fucking cold country.

It would take white celebs getting assaulted.

the "weinstein movement" already happened when it comes to liberals. but the police and the government are controlled by republicans.

there are still people on the left who deny that police violence is a serious issue of course but the consensus seems to be pro-police reform, pro-accountability.

this event won't tip things if tamir rice didn't

none of the cameras or whatever matter as long as they're trained to say 'in fear for my life' and the law is written to permit juries to let that fly

I've never understood owning more than one belt at a given time

― Simon H., Friday, December 8, 2017 2:21 PM (thirteen seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh christ wrong c&p error

I profoundly regret watching that.

― Andrew Farrell, Friday, December 8, 2017 1:47 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

meant to quote this

ugh i feel so depressed

everything is so fucked

maybe you should just give a second belt a try

I hate how much that sequence of posts just made me laugh

On the plain-shown corruption end of the thread: several friends are among the 200 defendants on trial & facing 80 years in prison after the mass arrest of inauguration day protesters. (boy do i have stuff to say about this in a more appropriate thread)

These notes from the first days in the courtroom have several instances of cops denying things on the stand only to be immediately confronted with contradicting video or audio evidence.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9kdb3a/dystopian-sketches-from-inside-the-inauguration-protesters-trial

i laughed too thanks j

it was brilliant timing

this is just crazy and so sad
https://www.yahoo.com/news/alleged-swatting-hoax-ends-death-223700818.html

damn. is this officially the first time swatting has lead to death?

Looks like it

looks like the LAPD have arrested a suspect. while the kansas cop who actually fired the shots is on paid administrative leave. sigh.

what an absolutely senseless nightmare for that family.

this is infuriating. now instead of suicide by cop, it's "homicide by cop".

undoubtedly the police apologists will say "it's the fault of the person who made the false report" and yeah that's true to an extent, but for fuck's sake some level of threat assessment has to be done at the scene prior to shooting!

Abolish gamers

otm

they arrested the person who made the false report and of course in the statement by law enforcement, all blame for the death was placed on him. which tbf, yeah he invented a scenario where he killed his father and poured gasoline around the house, but....idk maybe check it out before shooting guys?

(I mean yes, it was equally false reporter's fault and he should see heavy jail time as they've done this like ten+ times apparently)

i'm sure more details will come out but.. did this SWAT cop just see an unarmed man open the door and shoot him? really?

the claim is that he thought he saw the unarmed man's hand "moving towards his waistband" bleagh

I'm honestly surprised that you (or anyone) is surprised that yet another murdering pig scumbag has murdered someone for no fucking reason yet again and will no doubt get away with it yet again

i am not surprised fwiw.

yeah shame on me i guess

but bear in mind swatting has happened many many times in the last decade, this is (as far as I know) the first time it finally ended up with someone getting killed

John Cole:

Obviously, this does not excuse the evil behavior of those who called in the hoax, but jesus fucking christ, maybe we have a policing problem when they show up and start shooting before they even know what the hell is going on? What if that had been a hostage coming to the door (as it was, it was already a completely innocent person)? Why bother calling the cops in a hostage crisis if they are just going to open fire, kill ’em all, and let god sort it out.

Just thinking outside the fucking box, here, but maybe decades of pretending the police are infallible and deserve our complete unflinching support and that we bow down at their feet for people who have a job less dangerous than a lumberjack combined with shitty pay, long hours, no chance of punishment for fuckups, and arming them to the teeth with weapons they do not need is also a problem here?

idk gamers still suck for sounding like they're just realizing all of this in 2017

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/black-man-says-tulsa-cops-arrested-him-for-over-obeying-during-traffic-stop-no-matter-what-i-did-i-was-going-to-lose/?utm_content=buffer0b2d9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

motherfucker!

https://nypost.com/2018/01/21/police-union-slashes-number-of-get-out-of-jail-free-cards-issued/

fucking fucks
https://www.theroot.com/baltimore-cops-kept-toy-guns-to-plant-just-in-case-they-1822546984

When Anna said she was raped by two on-duty cops, she thought it would be a simple case. She had no idea she lived in one of 35 states where officers can claim a detainee consented.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/06/tennessee-sheriff-caught-on-tape-killing-suspect-lawsuit

Blood is fucking boiling rn

jesus. i live in NY and hadn't heard about that Anna Chambers thing

i think someone bumped another thread about this a couple weeks ago but is there any non-local news coverage (other than one nyt article) about the baltimore police trial? is it that boring and common to have cops rob people now?

maybe?

it's kind of in the mass shootings of 5 people or less category. definitely noteworthy, but no longer national news

kind of fucked up

i just assume most cops are doing some kind of dirt now

yeah, it's true, what karl said. i just have so much to say about how sublimely bad these cops were. and how many other, un-charged cops they have testified about, and how people are still on this "but most cops are still heroes who keep my family safe" tip.

not really "police brutality" but consider it a cousin:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/03/07/barbarism-texas-judge-ordered-electric-shocks-to-man-during-trial-conviction-thrown-out/?utm_term=.805a5f29de17

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/01/police-officer-woman-beach-punched-new-jersey-emily-weinman