that's from may, i just saw a twitter thread about it. maybe it's already on this thread.
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Friday, 12 November 2021 01:26 (two years ago) link
oh, duh, sorry. part 5 came out today or yesterday. that's why i saw it. and part 5 is very intersting!
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Friday, 12 November 2021 01:34 (two years ago) link
"An Illinois police union on Wednesday ousted from its membership an officer facing criminal charges for exposing a squad car video that showed his fellow officers slapping and cursing a man dying of a drug overdose."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2021/11/12/union-ousts-police-officer-featured-in-usa-today-behind-the-blue-wall-series/6396601001/
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 19 November 2021 17:16 (two years ago) link
HE's's facing charges for...sharing the video of THEM doing that?
wtf
― just staying (Karl Malone), Friday, 19 November 2021 17:26 (two years ago) link
the one cop that wasn't a bastard, eliminated
That headline is a real journey.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Friday, 19 November 2021 17:28 (two years ago) link
just a few bad ah fuck it
― caddy lac brougham? (will), Friday, 19 November 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
union leaders described his conduct as “reprehensible.”
And no, they weren't talking about the officer who shoved a baton in the mouth of a dying black man
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 19 November 2021 18:00 (two years ago) link
The COPS Counseling Act, signed by Pres. Biden on Thursday, aims to help law enforcement officers recover from the ‘invisible wounds’ of the jobRead more: https://t.co/DFbed17lea pic.twitter.com/sH4E5tNBzR— NowThis (@nowthisnews) November 18, 2021
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Sunday, 21 November 2021 19:25 (two years ago) link
(CW: Police violence)Police spray and tase students at Little Elm Highschool in Texas after a walk out for a girl who was sexually assaulted and put on suspension. this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/SEenszaAdD— 🥀_Imposter_🕸️ (@Imposter_Edits) November 19, 2021
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Sunday, 21 November 2021 22:59 (two years ago) link
The excuses being argued in the Ahmaud Arbery case are just beyond bonkers. Like that the shooter was just trying to "de-escalate" the situation - as if a routine afternoon jog is a situation requiring de-escalation. Or that Travis McMichael shot at Arbery in self-defense due to how much danger he was in, never mind the only reason he was in danger is because he and his dad chose to follow and trap him in their pickup truck and point a gun at an unarmed jogger.
Wouldn't be surprised if these defenses work though, standard blame-the-victim stuff, especially with Black victims.
― Lee626, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 19:36 (two years ago) link
If the killers walk, the country will react.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 20:03 (two years ago) link
It would give a blank check to white supremacist vigilantes to harass every person of color and shoot them when they object.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 20:13 (two years ago) link
Also, 'this wouldn't have happened had Arbery refused to talk to us when asked'. An unarmed unarmed jogger has no legal obligation to stop and talk to some gun-toting random strangers who track him down in a pickup truck, even if one of them was an ex-cop (but not a current cop). He had every right to do what comes naturally in that situation, try and get away as fast as possible.
― Lee626, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 20:15 (two years ago) link
I feel like the prosecution has done a great job of laying this out. Also seems like the defense doesn't have a really good defense? (In addition to being racist AF.) But I didn't think Rittenhouse would walk scot free, so what do I know?
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 20:50 (two years ago) link
Tucson cop kills shoplifter, shooting him 9 times in the back as he rolled away in an electric wheelchair. Wtf?! https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/01/us/arizona-wheelchair-officer-shooting/index.html
― BrianB, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 12:33 (two years ago) link
Nine times?!?
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 13:33 (two years ago) link
Saw the body cam video on the morning news. It's baffling, the guy supposedly branded a knife as he was... scootering away.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 14:10 (two years ago) link
Yes, 9 rounds fired from behind! It's baffling. Maybe he was trying to take out the wheelchair motor and hit the guy instead? Even then, and even though he had a knife, he's wheelchair bound! There must be a hundred possible ways to stop him without using a gun.
― BrianB, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 15:04 (two years ago) link
At least they immediately fired the cop and released the video though, I guess that's progress?
― BrianB, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 15:08 (two years ago) link
again: disarm american beat police
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 15:32 (two years ago) link
it's baffling to me that people find this baffling in 2021
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 15:47 (two years ago) link
no personal shade intended
Even then, and even though he had a knife, he's wheelchair bound! There must be a hundred possible ways to stop him without using a gun.
The cop could literally have run over and pushed him off the scooter. But, you know, that would involve running.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 16:54 (two years ago) link
i would have used a nearby wrench to jam up the wheels, thereby stopping the perpetrator in their very tracks
― skull. kneel. kneel. kneel. kneel. (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 16:55 (two years ago) link
a flying jump kick might have worked as well
Jump-kicking someone out of a motorized wheelchair would have been better than shooting them to death but also falls under the umbrella of excessive force. It would be admittedly hilarious excessive force, but still.
― talkin' about his flat tire (DJP), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 16:59 (two years ago) link
that's true. this leads us to the final idea, the most failproof but also the least practical: the door that leads to a hallway of banana peels
― skull. kneel. kneel. kneel. kneel. (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 17:06 (two years ago) link
They could've just followed him around until his battery ran out.
― BrianB, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link
Fucking disgusting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkeS_0NQUZs
― DJI, Friday, 3 December 2021 21:41 (two years ago) link
According to district attorney’s records reviewed by The Times, one officer sent a text message referring to a deposition he gave after shooting.“They believed our lies. Good job sticking to the script,” he wrote. “LMAO, that’s what they call a W.” https://t.co/1qHfKFlHIp— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) December 8, 2021
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 11 December 2021 18:47 (two years ago) link
LATimes headline: Torrance police traded racist, homophobic texts. It could jeopardize hundreds of cases.
Better headline: Racist, homophobic Torrance police jeopardize hundreds of people with false imprisonment.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 11 December 2021 19:01 (two years ago) link
God cops really are dumb: “congrats on lying under oath, which is a crime, which we planned to commit and indeed committed. A crime.”
― A Pile of Ants (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 11 December 2021 19:04 (two years ago) link
If you're going to be evil, might as well be stupid too
― Nhex, Wednesday, 15 December 2021 15:14 (two years ago) link
Y'all, the conservative media is running with this for different reasons, but you cannot make this shit up.
Eric Adams’ new NYPD commissioner is being appointed in front of a mural featuring Malcolm X, Nat Turner, Angela Davis, Huey Newton and Assata Shakur. pic.twitter.com/TshnCS3U31— Matthew Chayes (@chayesmatthew) December 15, 2021
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Thursday, 16 December 2021 19:23 (two years ago) link
what a coincidence
Two Dems who support police reform carjacked less than 24 hours apart https://t.co/jushwinWqX pic.twitter.com/F3Jtfusdfl— New York Post (@nypost) December 23, 2021
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 December 2021 16:11 (two years ago) link
I used to know someone who did radical anti-police/pro-BLM organizing and she ended up with cops parked on her street relentlessly ticketing her on purpose until she had to stop driving because she couldn't afford it.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Thursday, 23 December 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
kim potter verdict to be delivered shortly. manslaughter seems like a slam dunk but what do i know. also haven't watched any of this, whereas i basically saw the whole chauvin trial
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 23 December 2021 18:11 (two years ago) link
I had to listen to my dumb sister in Prior Lake list all the ways this poor guy was in violation of various laws and how the poor lady cop’s actions were an accident bla bla bla and all I could say to her besides ‘accidents are manslaughter’ was ‘none of these things you say about him are reasons he should be dead’.
― the thin blue lying (suzy), Thursday, 23 December 2021 19:35 (two years ago) link
She’s guilty
― A Pile of Ants (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 24 December 2021 01:39 (two years ago) link
"Mistakes were made ..."
https://laist.com/news/criminal-justice/lapd-chief-says-officers-appear-to-have-accidentally-killed-a-14-year-old-girl-in-burlington-coat-factory-dressing-room
― nickn, Friday, 24 December 2021 06:08 (two years ago) link
Shopping for her quinceañera. Brutal.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Saturday, 25 December 2021 15:51 (two years ago) link
Not their fault; it was that dastardly bullet.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FHZdSREXMAUaiBt.jpg
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 25 December 2021 16:22 (two years ago) link
STRAY BULLET KILLS, it was just a coincidence that police fired their guns at the same time.
So heartsick. I hate it.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Saturday, 25 December 2021 16:37 (two years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/26/us/police-deaths-in-custody-blame.html
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Wednesday, 29 December 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
In the session, conducted by Lexipol and titled “Arrest Related Deaths: Managing Your Medical Examiner,” he suggested that such deaths were outside the control of officers.“Decades ago we used to prosecute mothers for crib deaths and sudden infant death syndrome, and then we figured out it really wasn’t their fault,” he said at one point in the training session, adding later: “Hopefully in the future we’ll have something like sudden infant death syndrome, just ‘arrest related death syndrome’ so we don’t have to automatically blame the police officer.”
“Decades ago we used to prosecute mothers for crib deaths and sudden infant death syndrome, and then we figured out it really wasn’t their fault,” he said at one point in the training session, adding later: “Hopefully in the future we’ll have something like sudden infant death syndrome, just ‘arrest related death syndrome’ so we don’t have to automatically blame the police officer.”
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 29 December 2021 19:33 (two years ago) link
~i fucking love science~
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Wednesday, 29 December 2021 19:39 (two years ago) link
https://www.tiktok.com/@billytibbsinator/video/7044760294098275589
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 21:55 (two years ago) link
Not sure if this belongs here, except for the bogus 'citizens arrest' part
Ahmaud Arbery's killers sentenced to life in prison
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/ahmaud-arbery-killing-mcmichael-bryan-sentencing/index.html
Life without parole for two of them
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 7 January 2022 21:05 (two years ago) link
omg "arrest related death syndrome" !!!!!!!
― sarahell, Friday, 7 January 2022 21:15 (two years ago) link