jesus. i live in NY and hadn't heard about that Anna Chambers thing
― Nhex, Thursday, 8 February 2018 01:59 (six years ago) link
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?
― assawoman bay (harbl), Thursday, 8 February 2018 02:05 (six years ago) link
maybe?
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 February 2018 02:55 (six years ago) link
it's kind of in the mass shootings of 5 people or less category. definitely noteworthy, but no longer national news
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 8 February 2018 02:57 (six years ago) link
kind of fucked up
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 8 February 2018 02:58 (six years ago) link
i just assume most cops are doing some kind of dirt now
― j., Thursday, 8 February 2018 03:04 (six years ago) link
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.
― assawoman bay (harbl), Friday, 9 February 2018 01:24 (six years ago) link
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
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Thursday, 8 March 2018 04:53 (six years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/01/police-officer-woman-beach-punched-new-jersey-emily-weinman
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Friday, 1 June 2018 11:47 (five years ago) link
This video of police entering Chelsea Manning's home with guns drawn for a "wellness check" is extremely disturbing. This is how people with mental health issues end up dead. https://t.co/cr0m6drHnr by @micahflee @alicesperi— Jon Schwarz (@schwarz) June 5, 2018
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 16:26 (five years ago) link
"rogue"
The leader of a rogue Baltimore police unit has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Ex-police sergeant Wayne Earl Jenkins, 37, led the elite Gun Trace Task Force until his arrest along with almost every member of the unit in March 2017.
He admitted robbing Baltimore citizens, planting drugs on innocent people and re-selling seized drugs such as heroin, cocaine and prescription painkillers.
Prosecutors depicted him as the rogue officers' once untouchable chief....
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44402948
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 June 2018 17:16 (five years ago) link
After A White Cop Shot A Black Man, He Sued The City For Racial Discrimination
After fatal shootings, police officers may lose their jobs, but they rarely get prison time. This cop walked away with a settlement.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertsamaha/ricky-ball-canyon-boykin-police-shooting-racial
― mookieproof, Saturday, 23 June 2018 03:42 (five years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2018/07/10/an-arkansas-man-complained-about-police-abuse-then-town-officials-ruined-his-life/
― š šš¢šØ (caek), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 14:59 (five years ago) link
This is very common in policing. Looking back on my career, I realize just how often I acted similarly and didnāt even realize it. It was subconscious. I was trained and subtly incentivized to do so. You intentionally create conflict and manufacture noncompliance in order to build your stop into an arrest situation. Because thatās what generations of law enforcers who have been steeped in a fear-based, comply or else, us-vs.-them mind-set do. They arrest people. Arrests are a primary measure of productivity and gives the appearance your department has solved a problem. Most aggressive cops have honed this to an art. They are savvy, know exactly how to weaponize numerous petty laws, ordinances, use-of-force policy and procedure against citizens. This cop was off his game and clumsily went through the motions like a desperate door-to-door perfume salesman. Except when cops manufacture a āsaleā like this, the ācustomerā ends up arrested, criminalized, emotionally and financially devastated, not to mention possibly physically beaten or worse. And the justice system will deem it legal, even when it isnāt. As far as the police leadership and prosecutors, they knew exactly what they were doing. If someone makes a complaint, you find something, anything to charge them with.
This is very common in policing. Looking back on my career, I realize just how often I acted similarly and didnāt even realize it. It was subconscious. I was trained and subtly incentivized to do so. You intentionally create conflict and manufacture noncompliance in order to build your stop into an arrest situation. Because thatās what generations of law enforcers who have been steeped in a fear-based, comply or else, us-vs.-them mind-set do. They arrest people. Arrests are a primary measure of productivity and gives the appearance your department has solved a problem.
Most aggressive cops have honed this to an art. They are savvy, know exactly how to weaponize numerous petty laws, ordinances, use-of-force policy and procedure against citizens. This cop was off his game and clumsily went through the motions like a desperate door-to-door perfume salesman. Except when cops manufacture a āsaleā like this, the ācustomerā ends up arrested, criminalized, emotionally and financially devastated, not to mention possibly physically beaten or worse. And the justice system will deem it legal, even when it isnāt.
As far as the police leadership and prosecutors, they knew exactly what they were doing. If someone makes a complaint, you find something, anything to charge them with.
― š šš¢šØ (caek), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/BLM-protesters-crash-wedding-Sacramento-police-13138483.php
― Īį½ĻĪ¹Ļ, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 21:35 (five years ago) link
Wow, those are some brave and brilliant people.
― Fetchboy, Thursday, 9 August 2018 08:13 (five years ago) link
So hey the police in NYC want to give average Joes $500 for helping them beat people up.
http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2018/08/help-boys-making-noise
― Eliza D., Thursday, 23 August 2018 12:59 (five years ago) link
wtf an actual murder conviction for a cop murdering an unarmed black teen what country is thishttps://www.sfgate.com/news/texas/article/The-Latest-Ex-cop-guilty-of-murder-for-killing-13188610.php
― Īį½ĻĪ¹Ļ, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
FORMER cop.
― DJI, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 20:03 (five years ago) link
He was a cop when he killed the kid
― Īį½ĻĪ¹Ļ, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 20:08 (five years ago) link
key info in there struck me as But his partner told jurors he didn't fear for his life
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 20:09 (five years ago) link
Xpost yea what is the point of that distinction?
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 23:51 (five years ago) link
Just wondering if current cops have more of a quid pro quo relationship with prosecutors than former cops.
― DJI, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 23:52 (five years ago) link
goddamn, and here i was just joking today about hell freezing over
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 23:58 (five years ago) link
A new threshold of police brutality has been passed: Dallas Police Officer Kills Her Neighbor in His Apartment, Saying She Mistook It for Her Own
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/us/dallas-police-shooting-botham-shem-jean.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 8 September 2018 02:47 (five years ago) link
weād be here for days if i listed all the questions i have about this onejust... seriously wtf
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 8 September 2018 14:23 (five years ago) link
Oh i guarantee this explanation will give way to something more sinister soon. Esp since the cops are looking to arrest her and not defending her with some bullshit defense
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Saturday, 8 September 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
another one off to jail: https://myhoustonmajic.com/3323342/terry-thompson-found-guilty-of-murdering-man-outside-dennys-restaraunt/
― Īį½ĻĪ¹Ļ, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/from-defendant-to-top-prosecutor-this-tattooed-texas-da-represents-a-new-wave-in-criminal-justice-reform/2018/11/19/e1dca7cc-d300-11e8-83d6-291fcead2ab1_story.html
By 2015, business was thriving, but Matt Manning, Gonzalezās then-law partner and now chief deputy in the district attorneyās office, said he found Gonzalez in a mood for change one day: āHe said, āBro, the way itās working, itās not working.āāāGonzalez thought defendants were routinely overcharged by authorities who wanted leverage to obtain plea deals. The then-district attorneyās office also faced accusations of hiding exculpatory evidence.Gonzalez launched a long-shot bid to unseat a fellow Democrat in the 2016 primary. To many peopleās surprise, Gonzalez won and then squeaked by a Republican in the general election that November.Gonzalezās opponents highlighted his tattoos and rugged image, but some supporters say the moves backfired.āThe problem with a lot of politicians is they play bigger than what they are,ā said Bryan Gomez, a member of the Calaveras. āMark didnāt roll his sleeves down over his tattoos ā he rolled them up. He wasnāt ashamed of what he was.āSuddenly, a man who once was arrested was running a 75-person prosecutorās office with a budget of more than $4 million and promising major changes. He was sworn in while wearing a Dallas Cowboys jersey.
Gonzalez thought defendants were routinely overcharged by authorities who wanted leverage to obtain plea deals. The then-district attorneyās office also faced accusations of hiding exculpatory evidence.
Gonzalez launched a long-shot bid to unseat a fellow Democrat in the 2016 primary. To many peopleās surprise, Gonzalez won and then squeaked by a Republican in the general election that November.
Gonzalezās opponents highlighted his tattoos and rugged image, but some supporters say the moves backfired.
āThe problem with a lot of politicians is they play bigger than what they are,ā said Bryan Gomez, a member of the Calaveras. āMark didnāt roll his sleeves down over his tattoos ā he rolled them up. He wasnāt ashamed of what he was.ā
Suddenly, a man who once was arrested was running a 75-person prosecutorās office with a budget of more than $4 million and promising major changes. He was sworn in while wearing a Dallas Cowboys jersey.
― j., Tuesday, 20 November 2018 04:54 (five years ago) link
thank you for that bright spot
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 16:40 (five years ago) link
LA sheriff's department (i.e. county jails and local policing in unincorporated areas) is having a real banner year. e.g. this is from one journalist in the past 2 months
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-deputy-svu-rape-20181119-story.htmlhttps://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-villanueva-campaign-finance-20181116-story.htmlhttps://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sheriff-freeway-stops-20181115-story.htmlhttps://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-deputy-pot-arrest-20181107-story.htmlhttps://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-sheriff-tattoo-secret-societies-20181024-story.htmlhttps://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-sheriff-deputies-on-leave-20181004-story.html
― š šš¢šØ (caek), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 17:16 (five years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/19/nyregion/body-cameras-police-marijuana-arrest.html
― j., Friday, 23 November 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/nieves-v-bartlett-court-rules-police-confrontation/576595/
As one can imagine, Arctic Man revelers sometimes attract the attention of law enforcement. One such meeting led to a case called Nieves v. Bartlett that will be argued before the Supreme Court on Monday, and that may finally resolve the question of whether a citizen can ignore or even talk back to police officers without fear of consequences.In theory, the First Amendment protects a citizenās right to talk back. But anyone who has ever been around citizen-police confrontations knows that, on occasion, officers (who are as human as anybody else) decide theyāve had enough and place the loudmouth under arrest.When can the citizen sue for āretaliatory arrestā? More properly, what if the citizen has done, or seems to have done, something that gives the officer āprobable cause,ā but that offense might have gone unnoticed except for a āretaliatory motiveāāthe desire to shut the citizen up?
In theory, the First Amendment protects a citizenās right to talk back. But anyone who has ever been around citizen-police confrontations knows that, on occasion, officers (who are as human as anybody else) decide theyāve had enough and place the loudmouth under arrest.
When can the citizen sue for āretaliatory arrestā? More properly, what if the citizen has done, or seems to have done, something that gives the officer āprobable cause,ā but that offense might have gone unnoticed except for a āretaliatory motiveāāthe desire to shut the citizen up?
― j., Tuesday, 27 November 2018 02:13 (five years ago) link
also, http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2016/04/in-defense-of-defensive-violence-against-government-agents/ , why not
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/30/former-dallas-police-officer-indicted-murder-charge-after-killing-man-his-apartment/
― j., Friday, 30 November 2018 22:50 (five years ago) link
"former" doing some work there.
― š šš¢šØ (caek), Friday, 30 November 2018 22:52 (five years ago) link
ugh
https://www.theroot.com/st-louis-cops-giddily-planned-to-beat-protesters-they-1830770504
― omar little, Friday, 30 November 2018 23:07 (five years ago) link
Niagara police officer in stable condition after being shot by fellow officer
This is an odd story. Also contains a fine example of police shooting passive voice:
"I can only tell you that there was an altercation, a firearm was discharged and one officer was struck."
― jmm, Friday, 30 November 2018 23:19 (five years ago) link
https://www.twincities.com/2018/11/30/intentional-murder-charge-sought-against-mohamed-noor-minneapolis-cop-who-killed-justine-damond/
― j., Saturday, 1 December 2018 02:54 (five years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/us/florida-stand-your-ground-police.html
MIAMI ā Police officers in Florida can avail themselves of the stateās āStand Your Groundā self-defense law, the State Supreme Court ruled Thursday, offering broader immunity to law enforcement officers in a decision that could make it harder to hold police criminally responsible in disputed shootings.The court said in its ruling that police officers have the same rights as other Florida citizens who win immunity from prosecution under the law.
The court said in its ruling that police officers have the same rights as other Florida citizens who win immunity from prosecution under the law.
― j., Monday, 17 December 2018 02:34 (five years ago) link
bye, fucker
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cover-trial-officer-shot-teen-sentenced-060317624.html
― Īį½ĻĪ¹Ļ, Saturday, 19 January 2019 00:09 (five years ago) link
I have to say it's nice to see juries start to wise up when it comes to these trials
― Īį½ĻĪ¹Ļ, Saturday, 19 January 2019 00:10 (five years ago) link
it's too bad the three cops who tried to cover up what happened were declared not guilty yesterday, though. van dyke gets 7 years, the cops who perpetuate the code of silence, which is just as big of a problem, go free
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 19 January 2019 02:06 (five years ago) link
you guys saw he's only going to be in jail for like three years right
― na (NA), Saturday, 19 January 2019 02:12 (five years ago) link
doesn't really feel like a victory
Jesus this story about the guy who filmed Eric Garner's murder is harrowing.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/13/18253848/eric-garner-footage-ramsey-orta-police-brutality-killing-safety
āEat, inmate,ā a CO commanded, banging Ortaās cell with a baton. The guards were all standing too close, watching too intently as the others ate. This kind of attention was unusual. He saw others from his cell block staring down into their meatloaf, forks frozen in midair.āWeāre not going anywhere until you eat,ā a CO said and entered Ortaās cell. He hit Orta with his baton, hurled slurs, promised a citation for refusing orders. āHow many days in SHU you want?āOrta rattles his chair as he tells me this part of the story. āHe tried to bend me up,ā he says, then shows me how, miming his arms being twisted behind his back.Some of the prisoners had eaten everything quickly, and now they had strange looks on their faces. Orta could see a man in a nearby cell. He opened his mouth and Orta leaned forward to hear what he had to say, but instead of words, blood flowed from the manās parted lips. He was vomiting blood. Others were vomiting blood; some were on the floor of their cells, clawing at their own bodies.Later, in depositions, the affected would say their stomachs were on fire. Some felt pain in their chests and worried they were having heart attacks. Others were so dizzy they couldnāt stand. They writhed on the floor of their cells. Some claimed the guards walked by, watching, laughing, flipping them all the bird. The stench of vomit and feces permeated the cell.No one was taken to the infirmary. Orta had wrapped up his meatloaf in a napkin, hoping it could be tested for the poison he was certain was there. When he looked closely at the meatloaf, he saw the top was a speckled bluish-green.Court documents filed six days later alleged that the prisoners had suffered and continued to suffer from ānausea, vomiting, pain, dizziness, aches, headaches, stomach/intestinal pains, dehydration, diarrhea, nosebleeds, throwing up blood, diarrhea with blood, and/or an overwhelming sense of illness.ā The symptoms were consistent with human consumption of rat poison, and when the tainted meatloaf was finally tested, the results found that the blue-green pellets visible in the meatloaf were brodifacoum, the active ingredient in rodenticide.
āWeāre not going anywhere until you eat,ā a CO said and entered Ortaās cell. He hit Orta with his baton, hurled slurs, promised a citation for refusing orders. āHow many days in SHU you want?ā
Orta rattles his chair as he tells me this part of the story. āHe tried to bend me up,ā he says, then shows me how, miming his arms being twisted behind his back.
Some of the prisoners had eaten everything quickly, and now they had strange looks on their faces. Orta could see a man in a nearby cell. He opened his mouth and Orta leaned forward to hear what he had to say, but instead of words, blood flowed from the manās parted lips. He was vomiting blood. Others were vomiting blood; some were on the floor of their cells, clawing at their own bodies.
Later, in depositions, the affected would say their stomachs were on fire. Some felt pain in their chests and worried they were having heart attacks. Others were so dizzy they couldnāt stand. They writhed on the floor of their cells. Some claimed the guards walked by, watching, laughing, flipping them all the bird. The stench of vomit and feces permeated the cell.
No one was taken to the infirmary. Orta had wrapped up his meatloaf in a napkin, hoping it could be tested for the poison he was certain was there. When he looked closely at the meatloaf, he saw the top was a speckled bluish-green.
Court documents filed six days later alleged that the prisoners had suffered and continued to suffer from ānausea, vomiting, pain, dizziness, aches, headaches, stomach/intestinal pains, dehydration, diarrhea, nosebleeds, throwing up blood, diarrhea with blood, and/or an overwhelming sense of illness.ā The symptoms were consistent with human consumption of rat poison, and when the tainted meatloaf was finally tested, the results found that the blue-green pellets visible in the meatloaf were brodifacoum, the active ingredient in rodenticide.
― DJI, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 16:49 (five years ago) link
jfc
― gbx, Thursday, 14 March 2019 00:04 (five years ago) link
yeah, that's absolutely horrifying and obscene.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 14 March 2019 01:59 (five years ago) link
I wonder why people are skeptical of the Chicago Police Department in this Jussie Smollett business https://t.co/YCmb4kXXH4— Chase Madar (@ChaseMadar) March 27, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 11:41 (five years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/24/florida-police-broward-county-delucca-rolle
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Thursday, 25 April 2019 07:28 (four years ago) link