Ongoing U.S Police Brutality and Corruption Discussion Thread

Kent Gilbert report on last night in Louisville:

Tonight protesters including many Louisville clergy were hemmed in on the grounds of First Unitarian Church. Mayor Fischer had asked churches to remain open for prayer, but LMPD declared the area a riot scene and arrested peaceful protestors both at and on their way to the church. As many as 200 people were essentially trapped at First Unitarian when LMPD instituted curfew 30 minutes early and began arrests and aggressive action in response to a broken window or windows on Fourth Street. I was contacted by clergy on the premises in my role as president of the Kentucky Council of Churches might be able to offer as police closed in on the church courtyard.

Witnesses report that Rep. Attica Scott was arrested steps from the church grounds on the pretense of inciting a riot. We also have reports that police told some clergy and protesters they could leave, but arrested many as soon as they stepped off the church property. If true, this is an egregious abuse of trust and a clear failure to "serve and protect."

In response to requests from clergy present at the scene from many different congregations, I immediately reached out to denominational leaders of churches in the area. I am very grateful for the work of the Unitarian Universalist Association President, Susan Frederick-Gray and for Episcopal Bishop Terry White whose churches were most directly affected.

We all reached out to law enforcement through various channels in an effort to communicate our desire that clergy and peaceful protesters not be confined by armed police, and that they be allowed to return to their vehicles and homes. After some arrests and a tense several hours, the police withdrew, and clergy helped the crowd disperse.

As church leaders who were ASKED TO OPEN OUR SANCTUARIES, the actions of LMPD are particularly disturbing. From clergy witnesses, there is reason to question their tactics of intimidation and confinement. This is a violation of faith community sanctuaries and of citizen trust, both of which should be of sacred concern to law enforcement.

Church leaders will be initiating conversation with the Mayor's office and the Attorney General's office about feelings of entrapment, violations of several first amendment guarantees, and the city's own stated policies for open churches. Feel free to express your own feelings to them on the matter. The more the merrier.

We are all grateful that none were seriously injured tonight, but remind all that until justice, peace and security is as equally available to brown and black citizens as it is to white citizens, we must continue to speak and act. Our faith demands better of us and of those who govern on our behalf.

thanks for sharing that, Sleeve.

I know a lot of people who live there, and they are PISSED

they are also charging protestors with "wanton endangerment" for being in the road, which is... what they charged the fucking cop with.

isn't this a form of entrapment?

yes, only remove "a form of"

and they know prosecutors won't actually pursue charges against most so anybody arrested will be released, after hours of being mishandled, crowded into tight spaces, and treated inhumanely. but of course the prosecution isn't the point. the point is they send the message that 'we're in charge, and we can put you in jail for whatever we want, and disrupt your life indefinitely, anytime you protest', in an attempt to suppress future protests.

fuckin' infuriating

and they know prosecutors won't actually pursue charges against most so anybody arrested will be released, after hours of being mishandled, crowded into tight spaces, and treated inhumanely.

and when they do that, they're going to end up "catching" several people with unrelated charges, warrants, etc, and keeping them in there, sometimes for weeks before releasing them with no charges, and sometimes for good.

if you're very lucky you get released the same night, and the prosecutor basically laughs at law enforcement, but only after the LASD has told literally dozens of lies about you https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-24/los-angeles-sheriff-kpcc-reporter-arrest-josie-huang

Haha but seriously

Parscale, who is having a calm conversation with a police officer, is assaulted by five other police officers armed with automatic weapons.

Is that a new treatment for people with "mental health" issues, or is it just for Trump supporters? pic.twitter.com/2YbhwKW7Or

— August Takala (@AugustTakala) September 28, 2020

I did not believe that was a serious tweet at first

I think he missed, oh, several hundred similar videos over the past few months.

sad lol

Yeah, but this one was, like, different for some reason. Sure, there were reports that he was armed and had weapons in the house and was maybe loading a weapon and probably was beating his wife, but other than that, he looked like he just wanted to party down.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/09/police-officers-qanon/

Cops being the most paranoid, credulous, and yet entitled group means that they can go hog-wild into Qanon and also kill you

This story regarding the Breonna Taylor grand jury is pretty nuts:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/29/us/breonna-taylor-grand-juror/index.html

Basically, one of the members of the grand jury retained an attorney and filed a motion to have the grand jury transcript/recordings released to the public. That is unprecedented afaik. The implication is that what the KYAG has been stating was presented to the grand jury was not accurate.

thanks for posting, I saw that, hope it works

At one point on the first day of grand jury deliberations, one of the prosecutors laments to the jurors that they can’t play all the body cam videos because of time. A juror responds loudly: “We got time!”

— Roberto Aram Ferdman (@robferdman) October 2, 2020

The timing of this sucks, because it is getting swept away by Trump's positive covid test. Preliminary reports sound like the prosecutors just threw some shit in front of the jury and said, "What do you think?", which afaik is not how these things usually work.

Full statement from Alameda DA Nancy O’Malley on reopening investigation of 2009 killing of Oscar Grant by BART PD: pic.twitter.com/F8KlfmoXnb

— David DeBolt (@daviddebolt) October 5, 2020

wow. bout time.

Sheriff connected to 2 members of the terrorist group that planned to kidnap governor. Defends them.

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/10/10/michigan-sheriff-spotted-at-rally-with-men-charged-in-scheme-to-kidnap-kill-governor/

Sherriff should be arrested. "hey we didn't know if they were going to kidnap the governor or just make a totally valid citizens arrest?" Is that really his argument?

I had not heard about this: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/12/us/galveston-horseback-arrest-lawsuit-trnd/index.html

jfc, that's joe arpaio level

Looks like Philly PD smashed the windows of a passing vehicle that was trying to turn around, then dragged the parents out and beat them on the ground in front of their terrified children. [@MrCheckpoint] pic.twitter.com/dNBf0aLGAf

— Chad Loder (@chadloder) October 28, 2020

That's a five minute walk from my house.

Seriously, just one good cop. Just aaaaaaaany minute now.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/30/philadelphia-fop-posts-toddler/

the latest is Kevin Peterson Jr.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/30/kevin-peterson-police-shooting-washington-hazel-dell

1312

16,425

(that's the number of reported cases of murder in the United States in the year 2019. I just like numbers)

wow all those murders with all those cops on the force? kinda seems like theyre not doing a great job of deterring crimes.

without the police, there would have been 2.23 billion murders

whoa that's a lot of murders!

In 2019, there were 697,195 full-time law enforcement officers employed in the United States.

"Wawaweewah!" - Borat Sagdivey, referring to the very nice number of law enforcement officers employed in the United States relative to the number of actual murders and prospective murders by which people may compare and contrast and draw conclusions! :)

393,347,000 - estimated number of civilian firearms in the United States

2,230,015,245 murders

that's the number of prevented murders + actual murders every year in the united states

3.5 years

that's how long the humanity would survive, if the U.S. police weren't out there preventing billions of murders each year

no one knows about this one because this murder was declared a Perfectly Executed Murder claiming the Self-Defense Exemption by the Police Department. it's cool though, the candle & flower memorial is still a block from my office and I walk past it several times a week

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2-bU9NjCvs

but did the cop who shot him mock the memorial on his instagram afterwards? they're still investigating

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2020-09-28/sdpd-investigates-claims-that-officers-social-media-post-made-light-of-memorial-for-man-he-fatally-shot

all cops and non-cop murders are bastard people + all other non-violent bastard people who are still, like, maintaining a social order of murder culture and shit

J.B.A.K.H.T.B.I.O.Y.H. (that means "Joe Biden and Kamala Harris The Blood Is On Your Hands" which I just made up and think sounds p kewl)

are you?

☐ FOR ALL POLICES or
☑ AGIANST ALL POLICES

Rock. The. Vote.™

memorial for a guy for whom we're still trying to determine whether or not it's ok to be mad at the cops who killed him

correct me if that's grammatically incorrect

https://i.imgur.com/EvC7XjP.jpg

do you think this human interest story is?

☐ TRAGICALLY INTERESTING or
☑ TRAGICALLY NOT REALLY THAT INTERESTING BUT THAT PICTURE SURE IS INTERESTING

"There are good cops"

https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article246849952.html

Gov. Andy Beshear and others reacted with outrage Friday after learning Kentucky State Police training materials used quotes from Adolph Hitler and advised trainees to become “the ruthless killer.”

The story was initially reported by two student journalists at duPont Manual High School in Louisville and published online by the school’s newspaper, the Manual RedEye.

The presentation used in the past was immediately denounced by some for emphasizing violence from police rather than minimizing force and reducing conflict.

The slideshow titled “The Warrior Mindset” includes a quote from Hitler’s Mein Kampf: “The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence.”

“It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge,” states another quote attributed to Hitler in the PowerPoint presentation, which the student newspaper posted online.

if there were some Good Cops I feel like there have been ample opportunities to flex recently

"if we're such bad cops, then why won't you admit we're not?"