Ongoing U.S Police Brutality and Corruption Discussion Thread

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thanks, io

The message that Attorney General Barr delivered to the Fraternal Order of Police in his speech this morning is basically: We are at war, and you must destroy the village in order to save it. https://t.co/ikrnsReFdR pic.twitter.com/KhvafhlPYe

— Carl Takei (@carltakei) August 12, 2019

Local news reporting that eight NYC cops have committed suicide this year.

What's that joke about a thousand lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?

NYPD questioned a boy, offering him a McDonald’s soda. When he left, they took the straw and tested it for his DNA.

It didn't match crime scene evidence, but his DNA was entered into the city’s genetic database. To have it removed, the family had to go to court. The boy was 12. https://t.co/XXlYs7C0kU

— ✨ d o d a i ✨ (@dodaistewart) August 15, 2019

Houston Police were called in to intervene in a man's attempt at suicide by firearm last night. Man pulls trigger on self right when cop pulls trigger on him.

Investigation Pending.

this seems a bit unnecessary

Person in dress crossing street who spat in the general direction of a cop van, then was singled out by one of the riot cops, only to be tackled to the ground moments later by 5 officers. #ThisIsAmerica #PortlandProtest #PortlandProtests #PoliceBrutality #PortlandPolice #PPB pic.twitter.com/WDdH8YK8BU

— queerflatsoda (@feefifofummmm) August 18, 2019

booked for re-spritzing arrest

Cops' first priority is always to enforce respect for their authority

They'll always mistake compliance out of fear for compliance out of respect.

Wow, the NYPD actually fired the cop who killed Eric Garner.

looking forward to the apeshit reaction from pat lynch

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECWV3BXW4AAkof_?format=jpg

murdering unarmed black people is your job you say

Lynch always reminds me of a line from Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye: "There are places where cops are not hated, Captain. But in those places you wouldn't be a cop."

Cops proceeding “with the utmost caution” is probably a good idea. Will probably save lives.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-chicago-cop-cleared-fatal-shooting-20190817-4rkkb7so5ventfu2kehxkj3uii-story.html

Good news, after 3 months they found the gun that a young black man supposedly had when a white cop killed him, a few years after the same cop killed another young black man who was holding a shiny watch.

how charming

https://www.theroot.com/gofundme-for-officer-who-killed-eric-garner-reaches-nea-1837439899

T Donegan needs to be harassed off of the internet forever.

Reported the campaign but it isn't breaking rules so...a futile gesture.

http://inthesetimes.com/article/22026/criminal-justice-mass-incarceration-elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders-plan

LA sheriff's deputy lied about being shot by sniper

Authorities say a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy who said he was shot in a station parking lot was lying.

Assistant Sheriff Robin Limon said at a news conference late Saturday that Wednesday's "reported sniper assault was fabricated" by Angel Reinosa, a 21-year-old deputy.

A department statement on Thursday had said a round hit the top of Reinosa's shoulder, damaging his uniform shirt but failing to penetrate his flesh.

But Sheriff's Capt. Kent Wegener says no bullets were recovered from the scene and detectives saw "no visible injuries." He says Reinosa eventually admitted making up the story and using a knife to cut the two holes in his shirt.

Reinosa has been relieved of his duties and will face a criminal investigation. Wegener says Reinosa didn't explain a motive.

sure it will get just as much attention as jussie smollett

Daniel Pantaleo kept his job for 5 years making $120k/year after murdering Eric Garner on national television and people are still donating to his “family help” fund. Obscene. https://t.co/2CRorcMskM https://t.co/Bs88MnLVrj

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) August 25, 2019

a thread that tells it all

Thread:

Many of the people donating to Daniel Pantaleo’s GoFundMe are police officers. A lot of the names of donors are shared by active NYPD officers, sergeants, lieutenants, etc and many of those individuals have lawsuits against them and post racist social media content.

— Richmond Police (@TheQueerCrimer) August 25, 2019

A pointed opinion piece on the outrage over black citizens New Yorkers dousing cops with water that will be over the heads of a lot of white liberals.

"All this has inspired two white Republican state assemblymembers, Mike LiPetri and Michael Reilly, to introduce a headline-grabbing bill that would make throwing water on cops a felony, carrying a possible prison sentence of up to four years. Yes, thanks to you, there is now bipartisan support for a new water-to-prison pipeline. Which, to New York City, makes sense. Because, even though New York City police may have beaten and shot and strangled unarmed black and brown people since the NYPD began in 1845, YOU threw WATER on them."

https://www.gaycitynews.nyc/stories/2019/18/ne-er-a-drop-snide-lines-2019-08-15-gcn0.html

WE will find his attacker? Mayor DeBlasio YOU are not part of the WE. YOU are NOT NYPD NEVER were, NEVER will be. NYPD members wearing a uniform DO NOT STAND with YOU. They stand for something GREATER, have HIGHER IDEALS & SACRIFICE more in a day than YOU have in life. You’re OUT https://t.co/QMXXqSnQRt

— SBA (@SBANYPD) August 28, 2019

That's...something else. Absolutely terrifying.

Dude's a legitimate maniac, I'd expect nothing less.

My WIFE left me for HER tennis INSTRUCTOR

— Juggalocialism (@UweBollocks) August 28, 2019

EXCLUSIVE: Ex-NYPD cops accused of raping teen in police van dodge prison time with plea deal --- via @messagetime & @nypost https://t.co/Lqil7DyVly

— Tom Durante (@TomDurante) August 29, 2019

pic.twitter.com/CLGsyBUzxz

— Baltimore City FOP (@FOP3) August 29, 2019

Made the mistake of expressing my doubts about the veracity of a police account of a traffic stop (in which a lawyer of color with a very distinctly middle eastern name purportedly took a "wild swing" at police). WHOO boy, that was not a fun work lunch.

I live for those moments. Good job.

The Los Angeles County sheriffs office is “permeated by criminal gang culture” according to a lawsuit filed by *sheriffs deputies.* They say the sheriffs gang ‘The Banditos’ encourage the planting of evidence on people in order to increase arrest numbers. https://t.co/RPPSB1UqQx

— Ethan Brown (@ethanbrown72) September 18, 2019

i think i've posted about the LASD before. strong case for most fucked up institution in a big US city.

See reaction from @DrPhilGoff to conservative @HMDatMI as she asserts at a House Oversight hearing on policing that concerns about police shooting black people are overstated. pic.twitter.com/FSRaiLNIFL

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) September 19, 2019

amazing either of them can keep a straight face, for totally different reasons

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/09/24/steamy-chat-distracted-an-officer-when-she-entered-wrong-apartment-killed-man-prosecutors-say/

the dallas cop from a while back was ~hornt~

This is a good argument for making officers store their weapons at the precinct

https://wsvn.com/news/local/tamarac-commissioner-confronts-bso-deputy-during-awards-ceremony/

After Gallardo was presented with the award, Commissioner Mike Gelin took the microphone and confronted Gallardo about his previous interaction with the deputy.

“It’s good to see you again. You probably don’t remember me, but you’re the police officer who falsely arrested me four years ago,” Gelin said to Gallardo. “You lied on the police report. I believe you are a rogue police officer. You’re a bad police officer, and you don’t deserve to be here.”

After the confrontation, the room fell silent, and other commissioners said they appreciated the deputies. Gelin, however, walked away.

Nice!

non brutality-related side note: Taramac was named after a country club that was itself named after a chain of car washes called Car-a-Mat.

That was beautiful

this is not

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2019/09/30/jury-consider-castle-doctrine-amber-guyger-murder-trial/

"Stand Your Ground" applying to some random black guy's apartment is some seriously next level America

i expect the way the law is written permits something like a 'reasonable belief' standard due to the legislators not having imagined needing to require actually being in one's own home so as to exclude people who were wrong about believing they were in their own homes

still

The big story in NYC at the moment is about some cop in the Bronx who got shot to death over the weekend while fighting with a suspect (who was also killed), but it seems that the other cops on the scene shot both of them. It's the second friendly-fire cop death this year. Also, this "death of hero cop" story is helping keep the story of another NYC cop who was arrested for molesting a 12-year-old girl at his house out of the news...

Apparently 100% of the nyc cops killed on duty this year were killed by cops.

so they're finally good for something after all

#BREAKING:

GUILTY:
Jury finds former Dallas police officer #AmberGuyger guilty of murder in the shooting death of #BothamJean.

— Jason Whitely (@JasonWhitely) October 1, 2019

I’m honestly shocked.

Wow.