LASD is the worst police force in the country, but luckily the DA responsible for handling this case and all others in LA county ... has a section on her wikipedia page titled "Refusal to prosecute law enforcement", and has a record of going to the trouble of seeking to prosecute exactly one (1) of the 600+ sherrif's deputies and police officers who have killed people since she became DA.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 20:10 (three years ago) link
I had to step way back from Twitter this weekend, all of the "well they shouldn't have been in the road" shit was making me physically ill.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 20:50 (three years ago) link
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-10/3-lapd-officers-charged-with-falsifying-records-to-claim-people-were-gang-members-associates
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 11 July 2020 11:55 (three years ago) link
Not surprising at all but idk where else to put this. Not Apolitical enough for the Apolitical venting thred; too New York is Alive for the is NYC dead thred:
https://gothamist.com/news/nypd-accused-protecting-violent-blue-lives-matter-marchers-bay-ridge
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 13 July 2020 19:45 (three years ago) link
I thought this was quite good, and a nice piece of context for how we got here: https://www.npr.org/2020/07/07/888184490/the-long-hot-summer
― The little engine that choogled (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 05:47 (three years ago) link
breonna taylor was alive for five minutes after being shot; no one tried to treat her for 20 minutes
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2020/07/17/breonna-taylor-lay-untouched-20-minutes-after-being-shot-records/5389881002
― mookieproof, Friday, 17 July 2020 19:53 (three years ago) link
this seems to be the case in every one of these police murders. Are they trained not to assist people they've shot for liability reasons?
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 17 July 2020 20:44 (three years ago) link
I believe so, but also they are all fascist pigs so there's that, too.
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Friday, 17 July 2020 23:15 (three years ago) link
thread
As someone about to publish a book about Baltimore cops with the title "I Got A Monster: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad," I gotta (briefly) address Bret Stephens' op-ed about Baltimore which does not reckon with the full extent of police corruption here— brandon soderberg (@notrivia) July 18, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 18 July 2020 17:52 (three years ago) link
Good thread
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 18 July 2020 19:27 (three years ago) link
Oh wow, hadn’t thought about Soderberg in forever, good for him, good dude.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Saturday, 18 July 2020 20:11 (three years ago) link
https://gothamist.com/news/nypd-commissioner-rails-against-cowards-who-have-screwed-city-police-reforms
"We're not giving this goddamn city back to criminals. We're not," Shea said in a Compstat meeting, according to video obtained by the Daily News. “I don’t know if there’s ever been a period like this where so many systems of government are literally cowards who won’t stand up for what’s right. They’re failing at every possible measure to be leaders and they throw it on the backs of the men and women of this police department. And curse them with one hand and then blame them with the other. How dare they."
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 18 July 2020 21:53 (three years ago) link
#fireshea
― Lady Antibody (Neanderthal), Saturday, 18 July 2020 21:58 (three years ago) link
ftp
― ian, Saturday, 18 July 2020 22:07 (three years ago) link
http://rules.cityofnewyork.us/content/amendment-rules-suspension-or-revocation-press-credentials
https://gothamist.com/news/the-nypds-new-rules-for-journalists-are-actually-a-huge-step-forward
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/opinion/nyc-police-journalists.html
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 20:22 (three years ago) link
Seems really bad
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/judge-rules-seattle-media-companies-must-hand-over-protest-images-to-police/
― JoeStork, Friday, 24 July 2020 18:37 (three years ago) link
Yeah. It's bad, and also why people in far left movements have been telling journalists and photographers to not take photos for years, but were always shouted down by the 'but journalistic integrity and documentation and free speech blah blah.'
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Saturday, 25 July 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
I did appreciate that im the local protests here, organizers were adamant about warning everybody not to take pics, and compliance was near unanimous, but I never thought about Journalists taking pics and exposing everybody
― Lady Antibody (Neanderthal), Saturday, 25 July 2020 15:24 (three years ago) link
Phones at home.Bring a change of clothes.No photos. Cover yr face.Have a buddy and discuss boundaries.Bring water and a snack.
Basic protesting 101 stuff, but so many people are engaging in street struggles for the first time, it's hard to get this sort of basic precautionary stuff out
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Saturday, 25 July 2020 15:30 (three years ago) link
I think a lot of organizers did a great job of communicating it, at least here. cell phones/pics were a problem early on here, and organizers quickly put an end to it very quickly through mere communication on social media/videos etc.
― Lady Antibody (Neanderthal), Saturday, 25 July 2020 15:41 (three years ago) link
Free speech blah blah— new board description
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Saturday, 25 July 2020 17:50 (three years ago) link
Lol
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Saturday, 25 July 2020 17:54 (three years ago) link
Phones at home.Bring a change of clothes.No photos.Cover yr face.Have a buddy and discuss boundaries.Bring water and a snack.
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Saturday, 25 July 2020 17:56 (three years ago) link
Indeed
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Saturday, 25 July 2020 19:01 (three years ago) link
haha
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Saturday, 25 July 2020 19:30 (three years ago) link
Flawless
― Tōne Locatelli Romano (PBKR), Saturday, 25 July 2020 19:57 (three years ago) link
How does 'phones at home' and 'no photos' protesting 101 work in capturing evidence of ongoing police brutality?
― オニモ (onimo), Saturday, 25 July 2020 20:44 (three years ago) link
not sure how useful that is in the actual cases (where they just lie and hairsplit anyway), and it's not like we need more documentation to find out what's wrong.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/03/1002587/sousveillance-george-floyd-police-body-cams/
After years of police body cams and bystander cellphone video, it’s clear that evidentiary images on their own don’t bring about change. What’s missing is power.
― sleeve, Saturday, 25 July 2020 21:20 (three years ago) link
on their own, no. but the images are still important.
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Saturday, 25 July 2020 21:21 (three years ago) link
really not so sure about that given the nature of the modern media landscape
― sleeve, Saturday, 25 July 2020 21:24 (three years ago) link
the people who would be swayed by the images don't see them
― sleeve, Saturday, 25 July 2020 21:25 (three years ago) link
this entire wave of consciousness and protest is dependent in part of there being video of floyd's death.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 26 July 2020 00:16 (three years ago) link
in part ON there
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 26 July 2020 00:17 (three years ago) link
Yeah so much of public response has been shaped by video— like the old man being shoved over, the veteran getting clubbed, etc.
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Sunday, 26 July 2020 14:56 (three years ago) link
true
I need that list of "things that have actually changed" again to cheer me up
― sleeve, Sunday, 26 July 2020 15:55 (three years ago) link
nypd police union sued to prevent the release of 20 years of discipline records but forgot mention pro publica lol
Propublica's release comes as other entities with access to the data- the @NYCLU, the CCRB and the city - have been barred from publishing the same data after a temporary restraining order following a suit by the police union (they forgot to name Propublica in the suit!).4/— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) July 27, 2020
― mookieproof, Monday, 27 July 2020 18:03 (three years ago) link
and THAT'S why you don't skimp on the paperwork lol
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Monday, 27 July 2020 18:04 (three years ago) link
ahhhhahahahaha
― Irritable Baal (WmC), Monday, 27 July 2020 18:10 (three years ago) link
bwahahaha buncha fucking jadrool cops.
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Monday, 27 July 2020 18:14 (three years ago) link
The database: https://projects.propublica.org/nypd-ccrb/
― DJI, Monday, 27 July 2020 18:23 (three years ago) link
New York City cops ain't too smart
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Monday, 27 July 2020 18:26 (three years ago) link
https://www.theroot.com/body-cam-footage-shows-unarmed-man-in-austin-texas-beg-1844532184
awful
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 18:58 (three years ago) link
Vallejo PD on some fucked-up bullshit, officers bending badge tips to mark fatal shootings Detailed investigative story here: https://openvallejo.org/2020/07/28/vallejo-police-bend-badge-tips-to-mark-fatal-shootings/
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 22:09 (three years ago) link
even by cop standards that's fuckin ghoulish
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 22:25 (three years ago) link
Jesus.
In a shocking development: https://www.ajc.com/news/fbi-finds-evidence-antifa-involvement-national-unrest/qVI3U9wb8Q6u1QEvVsJ7AJ/
― DJI, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 22:36 (three years ago) link
for anyone following the LA county DA race, here's a long thread covering a george gascon Q&A. gascon is running to the incumbent's left. gascon is not perfect (see thread, literally was a cop, not in a rhetorical "top cop" sense, but literally an LAPD patrol officer) but the incumbent is truly awful.
there's an LMU hosted convo with Gascon right now, not going to live tweet it, but definitely will give some impressions— Getty House Autonomous Zone (@bushidosquirrel) July 29, 2020
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 31 July 2020 04:42 (three years ago) link
Dozens of videos of NYPD violence at protests show that traditional reforms are not enough to stop the brutality. Proud to have been a part of this opinion piece with 3 brilliant public defenders. https://t.co/gP9e3QjY6d via @NBCNewsTHINK— Jenn Rolnick Borchetta (@JennBorchetta) July 31, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 July 2020 18:47 (three years ago) link
What's going on in Austin? Seeing reports of a police crackdown at the Garrett Foster memorial.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 2 August 2020 00:37 (three years ago) link
APD is kettling and pepper spraying protesters on the sidewalk by Garrett's memorial. People need to come out to 4th and congress! This is ridiculous #austinprotests https://t.co/Ua3HUDf3yT— Mike Ramos Brigade (@mike_r_brigade) August 2, 2020
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 2 August 2020 00:38 (three years ago) link
Also seeing a Livestream from another protest elsewhere in the city that's chill af.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 2 August 2020 00:44 (three years ago) link