Ongoing U.S Police Brutality and Corruption Discussion Thread

So this is my block...

Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/piFeBcfiLU

— Sam Dolnick (@samdolnick) May 31, 2020

I feel like maybe they didn't need to drive into that group of people, but then again I'm not trained in the subtle art of protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the public

fuck

fuck the fucking police

Fucking crazy. They know they’re being filmed. They must know there’s no accountability in their profession.

.⁦@MayorOfLA⁩ declares a curfew for the entire city ⁦@KNX1070⁩ pic.twitter.com/n87lAH59zz

— Claudia Peschiutta (@ReporterClaudia) May 31, 2020

Fuck, I just saw some street-level phone footage elsewhere of that Brooklyn thing.

yeah AOC shared the street-level angle

Been dealing with a lot lately, physically and emotionally-politically, if you will, hence haven’t ilx’ed in a while. Checking in to see how y’all are doing, esp. the mnpls delegation. Sending love ❤️ and solidarity to all

Where is that Brooklyn footage exactly?

A civilian brought a hunting bow to the #slcprotest and began shooting it at protesters. pic.twitter.com/UYZFtISb9I

— Titania v. 2.0 (@Gingersonfire) May 31, 2020

Just got an alert that Chicago is now on curfew, as well.

Be well, everyone.

<3 collardio

I really really hope the people go off the streets tonight, have it on good authority that Guard will use lethal force

caek, it’s the intersection of Flatbush and St. Marks

prospect heights/park slope

Nashville protest appears to have started positive, turned ugly at the end.
https://www.tennessean.com/picture-gallery/news/2020/05/30/nashville-protesters-gather-solidarity-over-george-floyd-case/5286344002/

Black Hawk helicopters flying overhead

Thanks xxp

ums apparently they're putting out car fires with some of them! lifting the water out of lake nokomis : D

crazy

been amazed the NBC affiliate has gone out of its way to emphasize how peaceful the protests in Miami were until tear gas got fired

The media kept showing shots of a damn burning police car, though.

Share widely: National guard and MPD sweeping our residential street. Shooting paint canisters at us on our own front porch. Yelling “light em up” #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd #JusticeForGeorge #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/bW48imyt55

— Tanya Kerssen (@tkerssen) May 31, 2020

A lot of footage on twitter of cops beating people up in Brooklyn. Surreal.

Uh... @NYCMayor this is happening right here in #Brooklyn. Looks like people are being beat by #NYPD! Hope you take action immediately like you said yesterday you would. #JusticeForGeorge #BarclaysCenter pic.twitter.com/E3KXU1LTJW

— Murad Awawdeh (@HeyItsMurad) May 30, 2020

Right near the barclays center. The guy runs away and they chase him with clubs???

A man just got into a flaming cop car and drove it down the street in Madison, WI pic.twitter.com/aRaLNGZ3HI

— Lawrence Andrea (@lawrencegandrea) May 31, 2020

Does the minneapolis mayor condone the national guard shooting paint cannisters at people standing on their porch?

2020 devolving rapidly

the minneapolis mayor is not exactly calling a lot of shots rn i think

this seemed like a significant day. some sort of turning point. i'm probably just feeling that way because i went out and did something today. but i don't know...in general it seems that way, too.

Very ominous.

i see a lot, a LOT of people who feel the same way i do, today.

Did the obama administration ever attempt serious police reform? Why not?

i don't see it as ominous

xp

i felt uplifted today

XP Republicans

I find the actions of the police and national guard ominous

Oh my God it’s happening in Flint too.

Protesters chanted: “WALK WITH US!!”

So the sheriff and his men joined the protest.#GeorgeFloydProtests pic.twitter.com/igRsMyD5aD

— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) May 31, 2020

Oh wow. Nice

treeship. at 10:38 30 May 20

Does the minneapolis mayor condone the national guard shooting paint cannisters at people standing on their porch?

I think this was MPD

The Alexander McQueen store on Rodeo Dr in Beverly Hills was looted.

xp yeah looked to be, with a guard escort

still, i don't think that means frey has to be doing much

Stolen from fb:

"I'm just going to go ahead and get ahead of this now...Derek Chauvin didn't kill himself."

xpost j. - get the sense Frey got sent to the kid's table

exactly

Protestors having Intense confusion about which way to go, greeted by group of people with bats and clubs pointing away, yelling To get F out of our neighborhood. Say they are Protecting their homes. 26th and Longfellow pic.twitter.com/AZ2kPVEiZZ

— bengarvin (@bengarvin) May 31, 2020

the directive from the cities today has been for residents to batten down hatches, fireproof, form watches with neighbors, etc. this is up the road a ways from where the worst rioting was the other night.

Just got an alert that Chicago is now on curfew, as well.

As I heard it the word didn't get out to the protestors, who were left stranded when they stopped the trains and raised the bridges.

My daughter asked to go to a local (right outside the city) protest tomorrow, told her it's cool with me.

Jesus Christ that hunting bow dude in salt lake... holy shit.

xps i assume these are protesters who were going to cross the lake street bridge over the mississippi into st paul (east of the earlier rioting site by a dozen or two blocks) and were blocked by the guard or cops or whoever

I've got friend in Duluth that just posted on FB that she & her husband can hear commotion and breaking glass outside their apartment (I think they live downtown). They're scared, obviously.

Did the obama administration ever attempt serious police reform? Why not?

― treeship., Sunday, May 31, 2020 3:44 AM (twenty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink]

federalism?

he had a beer with that guy and henry louis gates

Did the obama administration ever attempt serious police reform?

The Obama Justice Dept. investigated civil rights abuses in many city police departments and obtained consent decrees from many of them to pursue specific reforms and take steps to reach measurable milestones. They were pretty active on that front, but there are, oh, tens of thousands of police departments and sheriff's departments in the USA.