I’ve been thinking a lot about how the police response to attempts at reform might resemble police abolition.
― JoeStork, Friday, 5 June 2020 17:52 (three years ago) link
If we cut their salaries enough they'll all quit, sounds good to me.
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Friday, 5 June 2020 17:53 (three years ago) link
What will you do now that you’ve asked for the public’s help and found out he was a cop? Hi, retired Deputy Chief John Damskey! Did I mention his son, Michael, is a cop? pic.twitter.com/uBoOBSYW7P— Alex (@anywayalexx) June 5, 2020
I'm shocked!! Shocked, I tell you!!
― frogbs, Friday, 5 June 2020 18:14 (three years ago) link
others were saying it was some other guy, so i'm not sure which one is true yet
― contorted filbert (harbl), Friday, 5 June 2020 18:19 (three years ago) link
feels gross that NYT should get to run that sensible Bouie op-ed as if to scrub the memory of the Cotton one, luckily it seems unlikely to work for that purpose
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 5 June 2020 18:24 (three years ago) link
#diversityofperspectives
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 5 June 2020 18:27 (three years ago) link
You need to run op-eds that say black lives matter, and also op eds that say they don't matter, so people can hear from all sides.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 5 June 2020 18:28 (three years ago) link
they claim to represent diverse perspectives and have never let the coronavirus publish an op-ed, wtf
― fatuous salad (symsymsym), Friday, 5 June 2020 18:31 (three years ago) link
Fascism: Is It Worth a Second Look?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 5 June 2020 18:34 (three years ago) link
#BREAKING: I’m told the entire @BPDAlerts Emergency Response Team has resigned from the team, a total of 57 officers, as a show of support for the officers who are suspended without pay after shoving Martin Gugino, 75. They are still employed, but no longer on ERT. @news4buffalo— Dave Greber (@DaveGreber4) June 5, 2020
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:06 (three years ago) link
kind of lol but mostly sad
A special squad on the Buffalo Police department – the Emergency Response Team – has resigned from their posts, according the Buffalo Police Benevolent Association.The announcement comes one day after two members were suspended without pay when a video surfaced, showing them pushing over a 75-year-old protestor, causing injury. “Fifty-seven resigned in disgust because of the treatment of two of their members, who were simply executing orders,” said John Evans, PBA president. The special response unit was formed in 2016 and is deployed to manage mass protests or riots.
The announcement comes one day after two members were suspended without pay when a video surfaced, showing them pushing over a 75-year-old protestor, causing injury.
“Fifty-seven resigned in disgust because of the treatment of two of their members, who were simply executing orders,” said John Evans, PBA president. The special response unit was formed in 2016 and is deployed to manage mass protests or riots.
― mookieproof, Friday, 5 June 2020 19:06 (three years ago) link
two of their members, who were simply executing orders
It is imperative we find out who gave these orders to gravely injure unarmed old men.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:12 (three years ago) link
Thanks!
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:12 (three years ago) link
57 fewer cops, so win win
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:15 (three years ago) link
hey guys, did you hear that 57 officers in Buffalo resigned from the Emergency Response Team
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:17 (three years ago) link
not even really though, they're still on the force
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:17 (three years ago) link
i was reading from the bottom up and thinking maybe they resigned because they were embarrassed. nope.
― contorted filbert (harbl), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:18 (three years ago) link
(I'm a little sad that this story isn't happening in Pittsburgh so we could make some Heinz 57 jokes without reaching)
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:18 (three years ago) link
yeah they didn't quit why bc they are chickenshit
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:19 (three years ago) link
headline should read "57 cops fail to resign for wrong reason"
wait
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:22 (three years ago) link
i hadn't realized that cops could just work whatever beat they wanted to
― mookieproof, Friday, 5 June 2020 19:35 (three years ago) link
it's not a beat it's just a specialized unit with different uniforms and a few thousand extra pay
― contorted filbert (harbl), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
The union president's original statement defended the officers on the grounds that they were "simply executing olders" but legal made them change it
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
not that i know this particular department but it is the same everywhere; some departments name their SWAT team something different so this could be theirs as well xp
― contorted filbert (harbl), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:40 (three years ago) link
Supporting elder abuse to own the Libs— Mitch Robson (@_mitchrobson) June 5, 2020
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:49 (three years ago) link
just got threatened by an ex-military guy who lives here for calling out his racism when he infiltrated a friend's thread with his racist shit. FB profile is a treasure trove of anti-black protester sentiment, and he went after my friends with sexist barbs.
I immediately called him out on what it was, and he backed off of it ("what threat, we're just talking, you civilian!"). but i'm plenty taking it serious.
reported him to FB - what's the over/under on whether they actually remove his shit and ban him, or if they ban me instead for the names i called him?
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Friday, 5 June 2020 20:20 (three years ago) link
boy you would think people would know better than to give the nazi "just following orders" defense anymore
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Friday, 5 June 2020 20:24 (three years ago) link
that was crowdsourced even more telling. nobody said "hmm I think I've heard this phrase before"?
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Friday, 5 June 2020 20:27 (three years ago) link
#ZBELLION
Documents obtained by @nickturse via FOIA reveal the Pentagon has planned for "a scenario in which members of Generation Z, driven by malaise and discontent, launch a 'Zbellion' in America in the mid-2020s." https://t.co/cigpi9ubkV— Sam Biddle (@samfbiddle) June 5, 2020
― mookieproof, Friday, 5 June 2020 20:48 (three years ago) link
I fear for Bouie's health: he's been deservedly blasting Andrew Sullivan and Noah Rothman on Twitter all afternoon.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 June 2020 20:51 (three years ago) link
don't everybody like the smell of Z-bellineburn motherfucker, burn American dream
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 5 June 2020 21:07 (three years ago) link
Bouie was a fantastic hire for the NYT -- he's probably their best columnist these days.
― jaymc, Friday, 5 June 2020 21:19 (three years ago) link
just got threatened by an ex-military guy who lives here for calling out his racism when he infiltrated a friend's thread with his racist shit. FB profile is a treasure trove of anti-black protester sentiment, and he went after my friends with sexist barbs
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Friday, 5 June 2020 21:46 (three years ago) link
it's because the PUSSIES in the GOVERNMENT wouldn't let us FIGHT to WIN
― j., Friday, 5 June 2020 21:55 (three years ago) link
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQqd5fBXhIe8rGOYSUBzjTJvPVFZcaD-PJcADeSwB-nkkA9bPmr&usqp=CAU
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 June 2020 21:57 (three years ago) link
Zbellion
This is an even more stupid neologism when you're British, btw. Took me a while.
― emil.y, Friday, 5 June 2020 21:58 (three years ago) link
Zedbel Without a Cause
― Captain Beeftweet (Tom D.), Friday, 5 June 2020 22:03 (three years ago) link
Or Canadian.xp
― pomenitul, Friday, 5 June 2020 22:04 (three years ago) link
My enemy, from a google search, lives 3 miles from me. He sent me this PM. He flirting with me?
https://i.ibb.co/z4PjYFL/FB-IMG-1591397360575.jpg
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Friday, 5 June 2020 22:49 (three years ago) link
yeah he wants to bone
― contorted filbert (harbl), Friday, 5 June 2020 22:55 (three years ago) link
discreet
― j., Friday, 5 June 2020 22:58 (three years ago) link
Tell him to hog out or log out
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Friday, 5 June 2020 23:03 (three years ago) link
time to have the cops he loves so much pay him a visit.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 5 June 2020 23:07 (three years ago) link
That'd be irony!
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Friday, 5 June 2020 23:10 (three years ago) link
they'll probably just hang out and high fives over their mutual love of stepping on people's necks, but still...
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 5 June 2020 23:11 (three years ago) link
Seattle's mayor announced a 30 day moratorium on the use of tear gas as a crowd control tactic to uh…give…someone…time to…study the issue?
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Friday, 5 June 2020 23:45 (three years ago) link
"Study: Tear Gas is good for u!"
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Friday, 5 June 2020 23:46 (three years ago) link
people listening to scanners there saying there was indications they...ran out of tear gas
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 5 June 2020 23:47 (three years ago) link
she sucks, incidentally
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Friday, 5 June 2020 23:50 (three years ago) link
Someone I know just posted video of what definitely appears to be US military staging in Chicago. Not national guard.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 6 June 2020 00:06 (three years ago) link