Heartbreaking video from yesterday's memorial service for George Floyd shows Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey kneeling and crying at Floyd's golden casket. https://t.co/jlZhPae0BK pic.twitter.com/HpdPymxfJm— ABC13 Houston (@abc13houston) June 5, 2020
What a chump
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Sunday, 7 June 2020 04:32 (four years ago) link
Weeping for his political future.
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Sunday, 7 June 2020 10:09 (four years ago) link
A bill:
It would be the most aggressive intervention into policing by Congress in recent memory, and elements of it are certain to meet with staunch opposition from politically powerful police unions and other law enforcement groups that have fought against such efforts in the past. It is not clear whether President Trump, who often aligns himself with law enforcement and has advocated the use of brutal police tactics, will embrace such measures now.
As currently proposed, it would significantly change federal law and require states and localities to make modifications of their own, such as instituting mandatory bias training, to receive federal funds. It would create a national registry to track police misconduct and require that law enforcement agencies report data on the use of force, as well as ban certain chokeholds and other practices that were used in confrontations with the police that left black Americans dead.
“Persistent, unchecked bias in policing and a history of lack of accountability is wreaking havoc on the black community,” House and Senate Democrats who assembled the package wrote in an email to colleagues on Friday accompanying the summary. “Cities are literally on fire with the pain and anguish wrought by the violence visited upon black and brown bodies.”
The effort is being led by Representative Karen Bass of California, the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, the House Judiciary Committee chairman, and Senators Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California, the only two black Democrats in the Senate. They cited the deaths of George Floyd in Minnesota and Breonna Taylor in Kentucky that have inspired protests across the country, as well as other well-known victims of such force in recent years.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 7 June 2020 10:25 (four years ago) link
haha the card in the foreground of that austin police thing is signed "family + friends," just like a real person would sign a card
― contorted filbert (harbl), Sunday, 7 June 2020 15:00 (four years ago) link
xxxp that post about Jacob Frey led to this exchange on Twitter, about which I noted that I did not have "TV comedy robor puppet guy murders Congressman live on Twitter" on my 2020 bingo card, but here we are.
Our white congressman @RepDeanPhillips did this too. Big weepy performance in front of black activists. Not right to make your tears the center of attention.https://t.co/l1dTA7aMlI— Bill Corbett (@BillCorbett) June 6, 2020
― Bougy! Bougie! Bougé! (Eliza D.), Sunday, 7 June 2020 15:23 (four years ago) link
(make sure to read the thread, in which Rep. Peters appears and Bill Corbett drags him to hell.)
― Bougy! Bougie! Bougé! (Eliza D.), Sunday, 7 June 2020 15:24 (four years ago) link
Hell yes
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 7 June 2020 15:45 (four years ago) link
― Boring, Maryland, Sunday, 7 June 2020 16:04 (four years ago) link
Everyone: END POLICE BRUTALITYJK Rowling: I noticed we aren’t talking about me— clean slate (@PleaseBeGneiss) June 7, 2020
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 7 June 2020 22:15 (four years ago) link
guys? mpls city council just voted to abolish the policeam i understanding this correctly?this is wild
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 7 June 2020 22:19 (four years ago) link
yeah i'm speechless
― budo jeru, Sunday, 7 June 2020 22:22 (four years ago) link
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/city-council-announces-intention-to-disband-minneapolis-police-department
it’s being described as a “veto proof majority” but i don’t understand how any of it actually works
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 7 June 2020 22:24 (four years ago) link
The Council’s move is consistent with rapidly-shifting public opinion regarding the urgency of overhauling the American model of law enforcement. Since Floyd’s killing and the protests that ensued, officials in Los Angeles and New York City have called for making deep cuts to swollen police budgets and reallocating those funds for education, affordable housing, and other social services. Law enforcement officers are not equipped to be experts in responding to mental health crises, often leading to tragic results—nationally, about half of police killings involve someone living with mental illness or disability. As a result, public health experts have long advocated for dispatching medical professionals and/or social workers, not armed police, to respond to calls related to substance use and mental health. Polling from Data for Progress indicates that more than two-thirds of voters—68 percent—support the creation of such programs, versions of which are already in place in other cities such as, Eugene, Oregon; Austin, Texas; and Denver, Colorado.
“Our commitment is to do what is necessary to keep every single member of our community safe and to tell the truth that the Minneapolis Police are not doing that,” Bender said Sunday. “Our commitment is to end our city’s toxic relationship with the Minneapolis Police Department, to end policing as we know it, and to recreate systems of public safety that actually keep us safe.”
https://theappeal.org/minneapolis-city-council-members-announce-intent-to-disband-the-police-department-invest-in-proven-community-led-public-safety/
― sleeve, Sunday, 7 June 2020 22:29 (four years ago) link
wow
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 7 June 2020 22:50 (four years ago) link
nyc curfew ends tonight, city is supposed to open tomorrow, deblasio said he's going to start cutting NYPD funding... will believe the last is significant when i see ithttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/nyregion/deblasio-nypd-funding.html
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 7 June 2020 22:52 (four years ago) link
he ended the curfew today, actually, for some reason, and so no curfew tonite
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 7 June 2020 22:55 (four years ago) link
Last night in East Oakland CHP officers shot and killed Eric Salgado during a traffic stop on the 9600 block of Cherry St. His family is out here mourning.Police have not released much information about the incident. pic.twitter.com/e4JxH7Xjln— Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha) June 7, 2020
They also shot his pregnant girlfriend who was in the car with him.
― wmlynch, Sunday, 7 June 2020 23:09 (four years ago) link
my partner is surrounded by cops in an intersection right now, in a peaceful group. surrounded by cops in riot gear. it's a peaceful protest. they turned their sirens off and are calling in backup.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 7 June 2020 23:38 (four years ago) link
i'm so angry, and terrified. i didn't go with her this afternoon. i could have. i stayed home and rested instead.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 7 June 2020 23:39 (four years ago) link
I'm so sorry Karl :(
― trapped out the barndo (crüt), Sunday, 7 June 2020 23:41 (four years ago) link
I'm so sorry <3 - hoping for her and the group to stay safe from those chickenshits. don't blame yourself for resting - everybody has to at some point.
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Sunday, 7 June 2020 23:42 (four years ago) link
i am sitting here listening to the scanner, giving updates to the signal thread for ride/legal support. and my downstairs neighbor drove down to be nearby and update us. but my heart is breaking to not be there.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 7 June 2020 23:45 (four years ago) link
hope they are ok Karl
― Dan S, Sunday, 7 June 2020 23:54 (four years ago) link
she turned her phone off an hour ago. they've been surrounded since then. also there is a LRAD (sound weapon) van a block away. i've seen multiple photos of it and compared it to other LRAD images online - I know the exact model. fucked up
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 7 June 2020 23:58 (four years ago) link
trying to send them messages to put in ear plugs if possible and to protect their ears
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 7 June 2020 23:59 (four years ago) link
Benn & Gear on Youtube experimented with LRAD blocking in a video that went up this week. Printer paper and glossy posterboard were the most effective blocking it.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Monday, 8 June 2020 00:01 (four years ago) link
thank you. She has cardboard but I let her know for others
― Karl Malone, Monday, 8 June 2020 00:03 (four years ago) link
also try to get perpendicular to the plane of its surface
― sleeve, Monday, 8 June 2020 00:08 (four years ago) link
i.e. to the side
how dangerous are they? just very general advice, please. i know that they're considered to be risky by ACLU because of potential hearing damage, but that they're still doing studies?
― Karl Malone, Monday, 8 June 2020 00:13 (four years ago) link
there are a million other things going on that i'm also monitoring and communicating, and want to make sure it's prioritized appropriately
I know they’ve been found to constitute excessive force in some courts.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Monday, 8 June 2020 00:17 (four years ago) link
this seems like a very extreme example of use in terms of time and proximity, but:
The NYPD is being sued by six plaintiffs who claim they were assaulted by an LRAD during a 2014 protest in Manhattan in support of Eric Garner. In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs claim that two officers sustained the “deterrent” or “alert” mode continuously for 15 to 20 minutes on targets who were within 10 feet of the device.
According to the suit, the plaintiffs suffered intense pain, permanent tinnitus, migraines, dizziness, confusion, and vertigo. One plaintiff claimed that he was temporarily blinded from the officers’ pepper spray, rendering him helpless to get away from the LRAD. The sonic pressure from the device pushed a bone in his ear inward, impacting and damaging a nerve in his ear, according to the lawsuit.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-lrad-went-from-a-pirate-deterrent-to-a-police-crowd-control-tool
― sleeve, Monday, 8 June 2020 00:37 (four years ago) link
Hope your partner is ok, Karl.
Meanwhile, Minneapolis city council has just pledged to dismantle its police department.
― pomenitul, Monday, 8 June 2020 00:42 (four years ago) link
she is ok.
i was trying to rest, today. but it's pointless - if she's there, i'm restless, locked at my computer doing all the scanner listening and trying to figure out what's going on from a distance. i should have been there with her.
seriously, #ACAB
― Karl Malone, Monday, 8 June 2020 01:52 (four years ago) link
glad to hear she's ok
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Monday, 8 June 2020 01:53 (four years ago) link
yeah same
― sleeve, Monday, 8 June 2020 01:53 (four years ago) link
glad you heard good news here. get some rest if you can.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 8 June 2020 02:43 (four years ago) link
Karl, any updates?
― Everything's Blue In This Whorl (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 8 June 2020 03:09 (four years ago) link
Also
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/us/lynching-federal-hate-crime.html?smid=fb-share&fbclid=IwAR2TwOoJvvDHnyTejdeEq63cmIje3J0DcYQX4uESG1_lYduE5c55srfWCjk
― Everything's Blue In This Whorl (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 8 June 2020 03:20 (four years ago) link
Losers scrambling for their jobs
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 8 June 2020 03:28 (four years ago) link
(This is an absolute good but I feel like 5 months ago this wouldn’t have been on the table)
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 8 June 2020 03:31 (four years ago) link
"YOU ABOUT TO LOSE YOUR JOB"
“You about to lose your job!” #DefundThePolice #nycprotests #nycbudgetjustice pic.twitter.com/YakieTl9AK— Samantha Lee Robles (@Samanthaleenyc) June 8, 2020
― sleeve, Monday, 8 June 2020 03:38 (four years ago) link
Raymond that appears to be from 2018?
― sleeve, Monday, 8 June 2020 03:39 (four years ago) link
yeah there was a Lynching bill that passed the Senate unanimously in 2018, but it expired because the House didn't pass it by the time Congress ended, and that's what the article is talking about. the current bill is a revised version of the 2018 bill, which is why Kamala Harris was incredulous that Rand Paul was objecting to it now.
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Monday, 8 June 2020 03:43 (four years ago) link
ah thanks
― sleeve, Monday, 8 June 2020 03:44 (four years ago) link
lol that imarkkeyz took off as expected
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 8 June 2020 04:02 (four years ago) link
Ty for that xp
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 8 June 2020 04:07 (four years ago) link