"demoralize the police" is p good
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 03:08 (three years ago) link
the fatigue games
― Dig Dug the police (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 03:32 (three years ago) link
let 2020 be the year of quitting bad habits, or jobs
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 03:36 (three years ago) link
oh no not the cannabis taskforces!
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 03:51 (three years ago) link
Seattle City Council unanimously banned SPD from buying, having, or using less-lethal crowd control weapons today.
https://southseattleemerald.com/2020/06/15/seattle-council-bans-use-of-chokeholds-and-less-lethal-weapons-by-police/
if you take away the military weapons from cops, only the military will have military weapons
― Dig Dug the police (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 04:45 (three years ago) link
only lethal crowd control weapons from now on!
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 05:26 (three years ago) link
I mean like. Tear gas and blast balls and flashbangs are only used so the cops can avoid the more obvious brutality of beating people up.
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 05:29 (three years ago) link
🚨URGENT SAFETY MESSAGE🚨Tonight, three of our fellow officers were intentionally poisoned by one or more workers at the Shake Shack at 200 Broadway in Manhattan. Fortunately, they were not seriously harmed. Please see the safety alert⤵️ https://t.co/D8Lywivhdu— Detectives' Endowment Association (@NYCPDDEA) June 16, 2020
After a thorough investigation by the NYPD’s Manhattan South investigators, it has been determined that there was no criminality by shake shack’s employees.— Chief Rodney Harrison (@NYPDDetectives) June 16, 2020
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 09:17 (three years ago) link
serious q, why are cops so afraid of milkshakes?
― dip to dup (rob), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 13:31 (three years ago) link
snowflakes are no match for milkshakes
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 13:41 (three years ago) link
they control the ducks
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 14:03 (three years ago) link
The cops've gone from milkshakes to snowflakes in 24 hours.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 14:32 (three years ago) link
problem solved
Chokeholds will be banned unless an officer’s life is at risk, Trump says of his executive order— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 16, 2020
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 16:32 (three years ago) link
"stop resisting" "stop putting my life at risk"
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 16:33 (three years ago) link
this is another executive "order" that doesn't mean shit, right?
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 16:37 (three years ago) link
So does an executive order remove qualified immunity (serious question)?
― DJI, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 16:43 (three years ago) link
This is a huge, huge move that would have been unthinkable in May. All it took was LA paying attention to city government for three weeks.@BLMLA and #PeoplesBudgetLA harnessed that attention and made this happen. One of the most effective organizing efforts ever. https://t.co/P0MKHFg9UY— Hayes Davenport (@hayesdavenport) June 16, 2020
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 17:55 (three years ago) link
any locals have an idea how likely that is to pass?
― dip to dup (rob), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 18:26 (three years ago) link
herb wesson is the outgoing chair of the council, and his cosponsor is nury martinez who is the current chair of the council, so what they say goes. the devil is in the detail. but it seems big, and the BLM LA folks are cautiously congratulatory.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 18:40 (three years ago) link
worth managing expectations though. the LA council are *extremely* bad at literally everything. they are a bunch of frauds and in many cases actual criminals who rely on low turnout to stay in what are probably the most powerful elected positions in local politics in the united states. and the ones that do work cater exclusively to suburban reactionaries.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 18:44 (three years ago) link
this was in response to this special session yesterday
We presented #PeoplesBudgetLA at a special City Council meeting. The data is compelling...with policing as Angelenos' lowest spending priority. It's far-reaching...engaging 50,000+. Most of all, it's a call to courage...a referendum to #DefundThePolice & #ReimaginePublicSafety. pic.twitter.com/ELveQFMYDT— #BlackLivesMatter-LA (@BLMLA) June 16, 2020
click through the wesson tweet for the thread where he notes the importance of that session
and here's BLM LA's response
THIS is the kind of courageous stance we are looking for. No police dispatched for non-violent calls also makes a lot of common sense as it clears the way for those better equipped to handle such situations to do so. Let's do it!#CareNotCops #ReImaginePublicSafety https://t.co/jQNGUJeNKh— #BlackLivesMatter-LA (@BLMLA) June 16, 2020
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 18:47 (three years ago) link
thanks for the details! and yes great news
― dip to dup (rob), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 20:19 (three years ago) link
My awesome local org did a teach-in last night about what defunding the NYPD could look like & could do for communities. Enjoy!
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=283289663037475
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 20:23 (three years ago) link
The elected official in that video is actually the city council member for my district. I think right now she's being the most outspoken as I've ever seen her be. There's a significant political status quo of ppl who kind of "earned" their positions by waiting their turn and they're usually not particularly progressive. Iirc she was another official's staffer and my recollection is that she kind of inherited the position so it's heartening to see her picking a strong side on this.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 20:37 (three years ago) link
A friend and I are going to Tulsa this weekend to participate in the BLM protest there. If I end up dead or disappeared remember me fondly.
― Bougy! Bougie! Bougé! (Eliza D.), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 01:36 (three years ago) link
<3
― peace, man, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 10:33 (three years ago) link
Don't end up either of those way, Liz.
I just saw a Twitter video of a cop breaking down and crying because her order at the McDonald's drive-thru took too long. It apparently wasn't a parody. I'm not linking it because I don't want to boost its profile but it's super hilarious until you remember that this woman is allowed to carry a gun as part of her job.
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 15:17 (three years ago) link
she had paid in advance, you see
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 15:18 (three years ago) link
how about the cop who murdered her neighbor bc she was confused about where her apartment was :(
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 15:34 (three years ago) link
^^^ amazing there's been so much of this shit that I can go "oh, yeah... forgot that one."
― Album Moods: Rambunctious; Snide (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 15:54 (three years ago) link
I saw that video of the drive-thru cop earlier, jfc. What's worse is how its getting signal boosted as "these poor officers are feeling so unloved right now". Fucking infuriating.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 15:56 (three years ago) link
'paranoid cop cries during confessional social media post about a late mcdonald's order' is trending on TMZ^another now-filled space on my 2020 apocalypse bingo board
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 16:04 (three years ago) link
i wish that woman had cried on social media when she got confused about her apartment rather than murdering her neighbor! the guy was literally just sitting in his own home on his own couch. do we need more than one couch murder to see what the issue is here?! she had been a police officer for 5 years.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 16:11 (three years ago) link
The idea that she was confused is highly dubious
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 16:15 (three years ago) link
now imagine the guy at the McDonalds drive thru has a gun and could murder you in broad daylight with virtually no repercussions
― frogbs, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 16:15 (three years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=UYjof4V7MyY
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 16:23 (three years ago) link
thinking maybe she doesn't need any more coffee
― j., Wednesday, 17 June 2020 16:36 (three years ago) link
lmaoooo
― frogbs, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 16:37 (three years ago) link
La Lechera: Amber Guyger was found guilty and is currently serving a 10-year murder sentence. I feel that is an inadequate apology but it’s a start.
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 16:51 (three years ago) link
https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/new-video-manuel-ellis-chokehold-tacoma-police/281-033c2da5-2189-4b1a-b9c9-f6c544ad3015
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 17:18 (three years ago) link
https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2020/06/mentally-ill-man-spent-nearly-5-months-in-jail-before-body-cam-video-revealed-garfield-heights-officers-beat-tased-and-mocked-him.html
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 17:19 (three years ago) link
what kills me about the “bad apple” argument is that the full expression it comes from literally says that it’s never just one, that in fact it is the whole goddamn bunch!!
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 17:22 (three years ago) link
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/us/rayshard-brooks-atlanta-shooting-wednesday/index.html
FELONY MURDER!
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 20:16 (three years ago) link
UPDATE: OFFICER EGG MCMUFFIN WAS STEALING COP VALOR pic.twitter.com/p4tXzhoWDR— Anansi Pelosi (@Eugene_V_Dabbs) June 17, 2020
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 20:58 (three years ago) link
Lol I was just about to post this
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 20:59 (three years ago) link
Also 👍🏾 on the felony murder charges
Absent these things not happening, the people who do them should be held accountable
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 21:00 (three years ago) link
Maybe I'm naive, but I think it's a fairly big deal that they charged the non-shooting officer and he turned state's witness. Obviously waaaaaaaay more pressure needs to be put on, but maybe it's a sign of some faint cracks in the thin blue wall.
― Night of the Living Crustheads (PBKR), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 22:35 (three years ago) link
I just got off a fundraiser Q&A Zoom call for a college classmate who is running for Manhattan DA and I think if he wins, he will do incredible things for the city; his parents were social workers and a core tenet of his platform involves his office declining to prosecute people for things like drug possession and removing police officers from schools so kids don't end up in jail for acting like kids; he also is very much into defunding the police and reallocating resources to professionals more suited to dealing with (for example) issues caused by homelessness and mental illness. Kind of make me wish I lived in Manhattan so I could vote for him.
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 23:10 (three years ago) link