Ongoing U.S Police Brutality and Corruption Discussion Thread

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

fuckin' christ

One of the Boogaloo Boys at Garrett’s memorial accidentally pointed the muzzle of their rifle at us while scratching an itch. My husband says “if that’s our last line of defense we are all dead” lol #boogaloobois #austinprotests

— 𝓜𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓴 𝓓𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓮 (@merrickdeville) August 2, 2020

this incident happened the day before the primary, back in march

BREAKING: @AGBecerra charges Los Angeles DA's husband for pulling gun on Black Lives Matter protesters https://t.co/ySTOMm4dKq

— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) August 4, 2020

NEW: A Miami Beach cop who knocked out an unarmed Black man at a restaurant in 2018 has been cleared by internal affairs. The officer who leaked the video and sought whistleblower protection faces suspension. w/@ChuckRabin https://t.co/wv4oaQMael pic.twitter.com/O8JHEDG3Yh

— Aaron Leibowitz (@aaron_leib) August 4, 2020

There has been an LAPD Officer-Involved Shooting in the area of Santa Monica Blvd & Wilton Pl within @LAPDHollywood Division. Preliminary info is that officers responded to a suicidal male radio call at approx 2:10pm in the area of Santa Monica Blvd & Wilton Place.

— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) August 6, 2020

good news is no innocent people were hurt despite apparent intentions. bad news is recovery is expected & it sounds like they fucking shot a dog, again (hard to tell with the passive to the point of abstraction voice in these things)

didn’t that racist sex pest- the one trying to unseat the other one- just now demand more funding for the cops? that might help them kill their intended targets more efficiently

Joe Biden's $300 billion will be dedicated to training them to shoot people in the calves.

read that as "shoot people in the cakes"

oh, you were into Beto cause he made your calves cramp? your buddy Joe can top that just you wait

Cakes sounds like slang Biden would use for butts.

"Look at the cakes and gams on that dame."

The dog was also injured during the incident, but it is unclear if it suffered a puncture wound from the scissors or gunshot wounds.

how will we ever know?

https://gothamist.com/news/majority-nypd-officers-dont-live-new-york-city-new-figures-show

Is this the all purpose rioting and looting thread, too? Because from what I was reading this morning some fucked up shit went down in Chicago last night.

I thought this was a succinct and helpful breakdown of the legal, social and ethical issues involved in prosecuting Hankinson, Cosgrove and Mattingly in the murder of Breonna Taylor.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/08/08/why-it-s-not-so-simple-to-arrest-the-cops-who-shot-breonna-taylor

and here's the stories of five people arrested during protests
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/nyregion/ny-protest-arrests.html

On the night of June 4, Dr. Mike Pappas said he decided to volunteer during a protest in the South Bronx as a medic. He recalled that he packed a bag with medical supplies, painted red crosses on his shirt and bags and headed out.

As curfew neared, Mr. Pappas said he noticed a growing police presence behind demonstrators. Then, as protest leaders turned the group down a side street, they found their path blocked by another line of police.

Mr. Pappas said an officer approached and told him, “Come with me, man, everything’s going to be fine.”

“I know the feeling of a police officer holding your arm when you’re going to be arrested,” said Mr. Pappas, who was dressed in scrubs.

He offered to show the officer his ID and explained that he was an essential worker and was permitted to be out after curfew, he said.

“‘You were standing in the road, you’re no longer a medic, you’re a protester,’” Mr. Pappas recalled the officer’s saying.

At the precinct, Mr. Pappas said he was struck by the disorganization. During intake, Mr. Pappas said, he was asked repeatedly to explain the contents of his pockets and record his possessions.

“They must have asked me 30 times how much money I had on me,” he said.

While waiting for the intake process, Mr. Pappas said he saw several officers come in and out of the station house, high-fiving and fist-bumping each other. They called out numbers to each other, he said, joking about how many arrests each officer had recorded that night.

Santa Clarita, California:

Three black teenagers were being attacked by a homeless man and witnesseses called for help.

When police arrived they pointed their guns, and arrested the kids who needed their help. Terrifying them.

On brand. Exhausting...pic.twitter.com/R3dXb6DOtC

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) August 10, 2020

Jesus fuckin' christ