at least the headline says it so why not say the same thing in the tweet
― superdeep borehole (harbl), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
cop-speak is the worst. what was the one case where they shot and killed someone and the official line was "the deceased was killed by a bullet"
― P-Zunit (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
Things could escalate in Chicago today.
BREAKING: The video of Adam Toledo will be released at 2:30pm today, according to Mayor Lori Lightfoot— Eileen O’Gorman (@Eileen_OGorman) April 15, 2021
― too cool for zen talk (Eazy), Thursday, 15 April 2021 17:54 (two years ago) link
More context:
Chicago is releasing bodycam video of the police killing of #AdamToledo, who was a 13-year-old boy.Police claim there was an "armed confrontation" and shot him in the chest. The mayor says she saw "no evidence whatsoever" that Toledo shot at police.(Photo: Elizabeth Toledo) pic.twitter.com/RuqToA9z5X— AJ+ (@ajplus) April 15, 2021
― too cool for zen talk (Eazy), Thursday, 15 April 2021 17:58 (two years ago) link
btw, word is already going out around here - please do NOT share that video, once it's public
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 15 April 2021 18:00 (two years ago) link
please.
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 15 April 2021 18:32 (two years ago) link
Police claim there was an "armed confrontation"
Police are perfectly capable of characterizing having a small rock thrown at them from a distance as an "armed confrontation".
― sharpening the contraindications (Aimless), Thursday, 15 April 2021 18:37 (two years ago) link
chauvin case wrapped up testimony, closing statements monday
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 15 April 2021 18:53 (two years ago) link
Hands up, as the officer instructed.
― too cool for zen talk (Eazy), Thursday, 15 April 2021 19:47 (two years ago) link
toledo footage is exactly as bad as you'd expect.
― akm, Thursday, 15 April 2021 20:25 (two years ago) link
Fuck the police.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Thursday, 15 April 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
I just have no idea what to say beyond “I’m worried about early next week.”
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 15 April 2021 21:09 (two years ago) link
(I haven’t watched any of these videos.)
For any of you who want to know about what the video of Adam Toledo shows but do not want to see the video or any images of it, we've created that version of the story for you. @BlockClubCHI https://t.co/ewFHDT4d5H— Dawn Rhodes 😷 (@rhodes_dawn) April 15, 2021
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 15 April 2021 21:12 (two years ago) link
murder
― P-Zunit (Neanderthal), Thursday, 15 April 2021 21:26 (two years ago) link
FFS there is no end to this shit
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 15 April 2021 23:05 (two years ago) link
By the way, remember when police departments were caught using cutouts of kids and pregnant women for target practice? The line of targets was called "no more hesitation."This is what "no hesitation" policing gets you.https://t.co/RSGVICbnbd pic.twitter.com/4pULHk68GG— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) April 15, 2021
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 16 April 2021 01:39 (two years ago) link
Fucking sickening
― P-Zunit (Neanderthal), Friday, 16 April 2021 01:46 (two years ago) link
The cop who shoots pictures of his own children... pic.twitter.com/fmr8AL7WcC— Cameron (@ComfortableCam) April 15, 2021
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Friday, 16 April 2021 02:11 (two years ago) link
Chris Benoit Police Training Method
― P-Zunit (Neanderthal), Friday, 16 April 2021 02:18 (two years ago) link
fucking chickenshit headline writers "appears to show" toledo with his hands raised fuck you
― new display name (Left), Friday, 16 April 2021 07:48 (two years ago) link
no bump to this thread?!?!? i realize the work is just beginning but it seems worth notingguilty guilty guilty
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 23:37 (two years ago) link
i've seen people wondering exactly how and where and with whom he'll be incarcerated -- and how he'll survive
and you know, fuck him forever; i will never ever shed a tear about his fate. but also it is pretty fucked up how we accept the twisted logic of prisons
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 23:56 (two years ago) link
He’ll survive in protective custody, probably getting treated like a king by the guards.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 00:00 (two years ago) link
xxp decent amount of discussion in US politics thread. grateful for this verdict, as stated by many, not 'justice' but some accountability at long last. george floyd square was mellow, solemn, and celebratory tonight. hope the cops don't riot tonight, since they instigate almost all violence here and everywhere
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
fucked up that it takes *this* case, so obvious, to result in some consequences though
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 00:05 (two years ago) link
I just wanted to make sure the Ilx record showed this thread bumped for this reason Also bless the steel nerves of the bystanders who made this verdict possible ❤️
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 00:11 (two years ago) link
Kim Potter is being charged, right? (Duante Write's killer); what is happening with the officer who shot Toledo? It seems like that hasn't stayed in the news; but with this shit happening every day (it happened today too 15 year old girl) it's getting hard to keep up
― akm, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 02:31 (two years ago) link
Potter's been charged, yes.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 02:58 (two years ago) link
more information on Ma'Khia Bryant shooting: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2021/04/20/one-person-killed-officer-involved-shooting-east-side/7309088002/
warning, there is a video of the incident in it, and I do think it auto-plays upon opening, though it can be disabled rather quickly. but just warning anybody before opening.
― P-Zunit (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 23:55 (two years ago) link
Dave Grossman, who trains police departments across the nation, tells a group of cops, the best sex is after killing a person. He calls it a “perk of the job,” followed by laughter from the police in attendance.This is policing in America. pic.twitter.com/QkaEVOQcUX— Travis Akers (@travisakers) April 22, 2021
“Killology” is a science Dave Grossman created and popularized, which instructs his students to be less hesitant to use deadly force.https://t.co/tCWtLyfm0n— Travis Akers (@travisakers) April 22, 2021
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 23 April 2021 09:35 (two years ago) link
I'm not clicking on it, but jfc the description of that first is sickening.
― keto keto bonito v industry plant-based diet (PBKR), Friday, 23 April 2021 11:04 (two years ago) link
really need a “Dexter” but for ‘bad apple’ cops
― Washington Generals D-League affiliate (will), Friday, 23 April 2021 17:21 (two years ago) link
There's a Behind the Bastards podcast episode about Dave Grossman.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Friday, 23 April 2021 18:04 (two years ago) link
Iirc the short answer is, as always, it's a grift.
Former Dallas police officer asks appeals court to throw out murder conviction for killing Botham Jean
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/27/us/amber-guyger-appeal-botham-jean-murder/index.html
Fuck this noise, stay in jail
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 22:25 (two years ago) link
The court has to hear her appeal, but they sure as fuck don't have to grant it.
― sharpening the contraindications (Aimless), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 22:34 (two years ago) link
There's this:https://www.cbsnews.com/news/andrew-brown-jr-shooting-civil-rights-investigation-fbi/
And this:https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/us/mario-gonzalez-alameda-police.html
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 13:17 (two years ago) link
The latter seems like a clear case of a man who had altered mentation and was probably in need of mental health and addiction treatment. But now, he's dead.
Alameda is a racist shithole, tho, ngl.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 13:18 (two years ago) link
If I had a child that was special needs in any way shape or form, I would feel terrified calling the police in any scenario that involved them.
they outright don't know how to handle them and will kill them when they don't comply because they simply don't understand what's going on.
like the infamous Down's syndrome child who was gunned down in a movie theatre for 'refusing to leave the movie'.
― Filibuster Poindexter (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 13:57 (two years ago) link
During the Adam Toledo marches, I saw signs about justice for Anthony Alvarez. Another video coming out likely today.
Mayor Lightfoot and Anthony Alvarez’s lawyers have released a statement calling for peace as city prepares to release video of police shooting Alvarez — per family lawyer, it was while he was running away pic.twitter.com/2ZPKmzuKcI— Gregory Pratt (@royalpratt) April 28, 2021
― too cool for zen talk (Eazy), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 14:01 (two years ago) link
like the infamous Down's syndrome child who was gunned down in a movie theatre for 'refusing to leave the movie'.― Filibuster Poindexter (Neanderthal), Wednesday, April 28, 2021 9:57 AM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Filibuster Poindexter (Neanderthal), Wednesday, April 28, 2021 9:57 AM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
He was an adult with Down's syndrome and he was asphyxiated by the police.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-police-department-quietly-hired-a-deputy-involved-in-the-death-of-a-man-with-down-syndrome-then-one-man-decided-to-make-noise/2020/08/05/f0af5940-d73e-11ea-930e-d88518c57dcc_story.html
― peace, man, Wednesday, 28 April 2021 14:09 (two years ago) link
thanks peace man, I misremembered the details - and yet the reality is even more terrifying.
― Filibuster Poindexter (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 14:10 (two years ago) link
I live in Frederick County, where the killing of the autistic man happened. Our sheriff is a Trumper who, since we're close to DC, gets to be on Fox News occasionally. He's a racist who profiles Latinx people, and he used to run unopposed until recently, but the reform candidate gets creamed. (when he was unopposed one election, I wrote in "A monkey with a tuxedo" as my vote).
― Van Halen dot Senate dot flashlight (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 14:29 (two years ago) link
we passed a referendum to amend the county charter to make the sheriff an appointed rather than elected position, elected sheriff is such a wacky throwbacky america thing
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 14:55 (two years ago) link
We also vote for “Circuit Court Clerk” and “Register of Wills” lol.
― Van Halen dot Senate dot flashlight (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 16:42 (two years ago) link
Good news!
― DJI, Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:25 (two years ago) link
Yes
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:25 (two years ago) link
kind of moot at this point, but this was an interesting side note to the Chauvin case and how the current admin is looking at this stuff
https://www.startribune.com/feds-plan-to-indict-chauvin-other-three-ex-officers-on-civil-rights-charges/600051374/
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link
special level of shitty human herehttps://wsvn.com/news/us-world/cop-accused-of-hurting-womans-arm-ready-for-the-pop/
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 April 2021 16:30 (two years ago) link