Ongoing U.S Police Brutality and Corruption Discussion Thread

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2024/new-orleans-police-child-sexual-abuse-rodney-vicknair/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/14/trial-new-orleans-police-child-abuse/

Why does this seem vaguely familiar?

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/state/2024/04/26/frank-tyson-police-death-canton-ohio-i-cant-breathe/73466345007/

anybody else following this?

whether they were at the wrong house is kinda irrelevant, they were just itching to shoot him :(

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/experts-gun-justify-deadly-force-fatal-shooting-florida-110137002

I wouldn’t say I’m following it closely but it’s definitely made national news.

hello

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/la-sheriff-department-gangs-alex-villanueva-1234691873/

deputies hoping to prove themselves worthy of gang membership routinely seek out violent encounters with the public, the investigation reports

oh cool

A detail from another report on the undersheriff gang member

"Burson testified he knew Murakami for approximately 30 years. He told the special counsel that Murakami has a tattoo of a "caveman" on his ankle."

Awwwww how adorable

sadly, it’s of the Geico caveman

Distressing video shows Missouri cop gun down lost 13-pound deaf and blind dog: ‘What am I supposed to do?’ https://t.co/ehZAKmAZHO pic.twitter.com/PKidqdaZhm

— New York Post (@nypost) May 25, 2024

(i have not watched the video in the link and suggest that you don't either)

https://i.imgur.com/e4tfe1V.jpeg