Ongoing U.S Police Brutality and Corruption Discussion Thread

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

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

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?

I believe so, but also they are all fascist pigs so there's that, too.

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

Good thread

Oh wow, hadn’t thought about Soderberg in forever, good for him, good dude.

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."

#fireshea

ftp

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

Seems really bad

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/judge-rules-seattle-media-companies-must-hand-over-protest-images-to-police/

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.'

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

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

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.

Free speech blah blah— new board description

Lol

Phones at home.
Bring a change of clothes.
No photos.
Cover yr face.
Have a buddy and discuss boundaries.
Bring water and a snack.

Indeed

haha

Flawless

How does 'phones at home' and 'no photos' protesting 101 work in capturing evidence of ongoing police brutality?

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.

on their own, no. but the images are still important.

really not so sure about that given the nature of the modern media landscape

the people who would be swayed by the images don't see them

this entire wave of consciousness and protest is dependent in part of there being video of floyd's death.

in part ON there

Yeah so much of public response has been shaped by video— like the old man being shoved over, the veteran getting clubbed, etc.

true

I need that list of "things that have actually changed" again to cheer me up

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

and THAT'S why you don't skimp on the paperwork lol

ahhhhahahahaha

bwahahaha buncha fucking jadrool cops.

The database: https://projects.propublica.org/nypd-ccrb/

New York City cops ain't too smart

https://www.theroot.com/body-cam-footage-shows-unarmed-man-in-austin-texas-beg-1844532184

awful

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/

even by cop standards that's fuckin ghoulish

Jesus.

In a shocking development: https://www.ajc.com/news/fbi-finds-evidence-antifa-involvement-national-unrest/qVI3U9wb8Q6u1QEvVsJ7AJ/

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

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

What's going on in Austin? Seeing reports of a police crackdown at the Garrett Foster memorial.

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

Also seeing a Livestream from another protest elsewhere in the city that's chill af.

And this was earlier, near the memorial?

Large armed force of Boogaloo boys stationed under I35 in front of Austin Police Headquarters. #austinprotests pic.twitter.com/K7qYtMYF0J

— Taylor Blount (@Third3y3Club) August 1, 2020

Yikes

Video from the #protest in Austin earlier shows police get off the transport busses. #austinprotests #Texas pic.twitter.com/A7Be0EHto8

— The Up2Dater (@UptoDateNewz) August 2, 2020

Comforting to know that @Austin_Police are doing such a good job keeping protesters safe? If there's one thing that says the #1stAmendment is supported, it is exercising that right under the watch of armed snipers. #AustinProtests #BLM #GarrettFoster https://t.co/QpW6YMCirl

— Henry Blank (@HenryBlankJokes) August 2, 2020