Ongoing U.S Police Brutality and Corruption Discussion Thread

Wifebeaters, sadists, and cowards, all of them.

idk sounds contentious

is this about anything specific

not that i don’t think cops should get fucked but i’m wondering if something happened to inspire this outburst

“something happened” i guess i mean on the streets recently, not the entire history of racist policing etc.

Idk Silby didn't seem to need a specific 'something' to go off in the past. Which is fine imo.

i know i’m just worried about the cops hurting people, as always

get fucked

not during a pandemic

Every time one of you posts ACAB I briefly think I'm on a Genesis thread.

But yeah, it is amazing that no lunatic has opened fire. I have seen a couple of videos of old white people ranting and raving while surrounded by peaceful protestors. They mostly just fume and froth until the police lead them away, but it could easily go the other way. Then again, the closest I've seen (recorded) of kooks threatening violence have been, for example, the SLC crazy with the bow and arrow, or that guy with the chainsaw. The guys with the bigs guns seem to (no surprise) prefer posing symbolically, so as threatening as they are at least they apparently have the discipline not to shoot. Or at least the discipline to pretend to be disciplined.

There was the guy with the quadruple knives in his hand who tried to run over those protesters on the sidewalk.

he seems fun
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-wolverine-blm-george-floyd-protesters-overpass-suv-surrenders-20200604-vgxcvb2to5eyrkq7avclryxoci-story.html

What to make of the fact that there are so many legally bought and wielded assault weapons on display, but that the people getting arrested are the ones threatening people with arrows, chainsaws and wolverine claws?

almost like 'good guys with guns' are scared shitless of, and/or totally in cahoots with, the 'bad guys with guns'

while we're celebrating the relative lack of violent rightwing protestors, let's not forget that the fascist scum formerly known as "cops" have killed at least 11 people since this started, injured and terrorized countless others, illegal arrested hundreds, etc etc

a primer
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/06/08/the-short-fraught-history-of-the-thin-blue-line-american-flag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZPeD2miyF8

not familiar with AGNB, but will def start following now. Just letting people speak for themselves and be heard is so rare.

If I mysteriously disappear, this will be why pic.twitter.com/DAV8GgZfC5

— iancanwrite (@iancanwrite) June 7, 2020

is this about anything specific

May have something to do with SPD spending most of last night bombing the shit out of 11th and Pine with tear gas and flashbangs to a degree that's shocking even after a week of constant brutality. I was hearing explosions from midnight through 2:30 in the morning. People half a mile away had tear gas coming into their houses.

wow fuck that

yeah the cops were totally out of control in Seattle and PDX last night

defund them all

guess that tear gas ban in seattle is off to a great start

yep.

anyway I made a cool new website yesterday

http://isjennydurkanstillthemayor.com

not familiar with AGNB, but will def start following now. Just letting people speak for themselves and be heard is so rare.

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, June 8, 2020 10:23 AM (thirty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

otm

LA had this guy (dressed up as Natl Gd and stood with them for a while at city hall), who a friend said is also involved in cosplay conventions.

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/gregory-wong-la-protest

not familiar with AGNB, but will def start following now. Just letting people speak for themselves and be heard is so rare.

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, June 8, 2020 11:23 AM (fifty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

he also does the same at flat earther conventions/don jr book signings etc. they're great for a completely different reason than that video though. the tallegeda speedway one is truly appalling

yeah this was totally different from what he normally does

Person who drove into crowd and shot protester was the leader of local KKK

oh worm?

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jesus

extremely thorough reconstruction of the st. john's church photo-op: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/06/08/timeline-trump-church-photo-op

off topic: anybody have an opinion about subbing to WaPo? Is it worth the investment for digital do you think?

i'm tempted with that $29/yr deal going on right now. but how much depressing news can I read in a day? do i need that AND the NYT?

SPD currently vacating and boarding up the East Precinct building, site of two weeks of occupation and protest, and multiple nights of tear gas deployments.

Just use Paywall Bypass and don’t make Jeff Bezos richer

Re: mookieproof’s post, it’s been mentioned before but the podcast Running From COPS is u&k on the influence of reality TV including Live PD

The guy on the left is the former public defender for our county here in Tennessee, he just retired last year. He is nominally a Republican, although his bona fides have always been suspect. He's posing with the only Democrat on our County Commission.

https://i.ibb.co/ydTszbH/103177661-2994443623938568-7962910037832991075-n.jpg

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<3 to both of you

SPD currently vacating and boarding up the East Precinct building, site of two weeks of occupation and protest, and multiple nights of tear gas deployments.

The police have just removed themselves to my part of the neighborhood and are waiting for something to happen. Since they had the fire department go around warning nearby businesses that the precinct may burn tonight, it's pretty clear what they're waiting for. I feel like I'm being insanely paranoid, but the words "Reichstag Fire" keep flitting through my head. I hope I'm wrong.

ST. PAUL [WHITE] MAN ARRESTED FOR BURNING DOWN OF MINNEAPOLIS POLICE PRECINCT

https://www.kimt.com/content/news/St-Paul-man-arrested-for--571111961.html

Disappointed it's not Tim Kaine's Antifa Son

shit Eddie Redmayne burned it down?

I’ll be honest with you I usually don’t check what thread I’m posting in

there is only one thread, i'm on the same page. literally

same

Re WaPo, I cancelled my online subscription recently since I looked at my credit card bill and realized how much I was paying for it. It is an excellent resource that tends to have more
insider-baseball angles wrt the administration than NYT, though NYT has a ton too. I’ve already hit their pay-wall a couple of times, so I may re-subscribe, though I can’t even keep up with all the terrible news in the NYT right now.

LA Times is also good (and a lot cheaper) for a West Coast view. I was going to cancel it during this same attempt to lower my credit bill, but you have to actually call and speak to someone to cancel so I’ve kept it for now.

That convinces me to never subscribe to LAT tbh w/u

there is a firefox extension that gets you past paywalls if u want