Ongoing U.S Police Brutality and Corruption Discussion Thread

I wonder if their lengthy preamble is having an (intended?) effect of getting more people to NOT watch it?

Being in Tennessee, albeit the other end of the state, the Tyre Nichols case is all over the news obviously. It's terrible, and it's good that the cops involved have all been charged. Of course, one can't help but notice that our white Republican governor and many other white Republican state and local officials have been extraordinarily swift to condemn the beating and the cops. Which would seem like a promising development except for the cops being Black. I'm glad Black cops are held to account, because all cops need to be, but I 100 percent guarantee that we would not have all these strong statements coming if the cops were white.

And to Milo's post a few weeks ago about that other Tennessee case, I've been covering that. Here are a couple stories:

https://compassknox.com/2022/12/20/calling-for-accountability/
https://compassknox.com/2023/01/18/racial-tensions-rise-around-deli-incident/

Xpost otm

Radley Balko's latest newsletter is about how every time there's a police brutality case, a lot of "police rescue baby ducks" stories start popping up on the local news. He links to 30 examples.

The unspoken implication being that first police officers are deliberately planting those poor ducklings into the sewers in the first place

https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/littleton-motorcycle-police-shooting-rammed-crash/73-c247ea0c-59ad-432f-a22d-7b2d248e6ebb

On Feb 2, Littleton Police posted a press release saying Stephen Poolson, 41, “was driving a motorcycle and crashed” during a call about a suspicious vehicle. Police said an officer eventually fatally shot Poolson because he “produced a gun.”

there's video at the link, not of the police murdering the victim, but of the earlier part, the "was driving a motorcycle and crashed". you can clearly see the cop swerve and hit the guy on the motorcycle. he was "driving a motorcycle and crashed" in the same way that "a pińata was hanging and then fell down"

https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/fbi-bookstore-spying-in-chicago-eyes-abortion-rights-cop-city-anti-development-activists/

unicornriot.ninja is the only part of that url i can look at without just wanting to melt into ash and even that is a near thing

“This tweet has been deleted” pic.twitter.com/YgUuqcxul3

— People's City Council (@PplsCityCouncil) March 24, 2023

*fewer

nah, scum is uncountable, 'less' is appropriate

fucking Hell. clear the homeowner didn't hear the explanation they were police, is coming out because he thinks there's prowlers, and is shot almost immediately, without being given time to react to any commands or anything

fucking charge em all

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/video-shows-police-wrong-house-fatal-shooting-homeowner-new-mexico-rcna79848

This is good

fdny vs nypd hockey ACAB lmfao pic.twitter.com/2tiKR2RhFm

— fat taurus bitch (@NikosRaves) April 16, 2023

Indeed

Every Sunday morning for 4 years, residents of a block in Greenpoint woke up to hundreds of sheets of paper dumped on their street.

TV guides, Bibles, 70’s porn mags.

The serial litterer was a NYPD sergeant. https://t.co/MyJKEPWJDI

— Bahar Ostadan (@BaharOstadan) July 18, 2023

Gothamist reached Trzcinski by phone but he hung up. He joined the NYPD in 1994 and earned $177,516 last year.

The big brouhaha in Minnesota this last week is all about school resource officers and how the wording of a new law is leading many departments (and school districts) to terminate the use of SROs this school year.

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-gop-representatives-seek-clarity-on-new-law-leading-to-some-districts-pulling-sros/

As you'd expect ...

The portion of the law itself limits district employees -- including SROs -- from placing students into certain holds. Those include putting a student face down on the ground, or putting weight on their head, throat, neck or chest, thereby making it so they can't breathe.

"How can we expect our staff to go to the school and work there every day when they're constantly worried about being sued ... instead of just focusing on their job and developing relationships?" Blaine Police Chief Brian Podany said.

next you'll be telling us we can't handcuff 6 year olds

i guess we missed this

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/04/us/rankin-county-sheriff-torture-black-men-mississippi/index.html

next you'll be telling us we can't handcuff 6 year olds

Our school board literally debated this exact thing and voted against putting it explicitly in policy, instead telling police that they would just really urge them not to handcuff elementary schoolers.

profiles in courage!

we have to leave all options on the table if we’re going to win the war on children

Large briefing underway in French Creek Elementary School Parking Lot. Maybe a foot patrol or sweep during the daytime about to be carried out #ChesterCounty #DaneloCavalcante pic.twitter.com/Vu9SmTZDw7

— BradleyMitchell (@Bmitchell0794) September 12, 2023

Not sure how big this escaped prisoner story is outside of PA, but I'll be surprised if there aren't some dead civilians before this ends.

Well ... at least one Pennsylvania cop is not out looking for the prisoner ...

https://www.wgal.com/article/pennsylvania-state-police-trooper-charged-with-strangulation-official-oppression-and-other-offenses/45273387

(Oh, they caught the escaped guy, hadn't even seen that.)

And so it goes

I'm beyond outrage. This judge needs to be removed -- she's a danger to the public https://t.co/KxOi8lnDoj

— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) September 26, 2023

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lee-allen-cure-imprisoned-16-years-wrongful-conviction-fatal-shooting-georgia-deputy/

A man who spent more than 16 years in prison in Florida on a wrongful conviction was shot and killed Monday by a sheriff's deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop, authorities and representatives said.

Leonard Allen Cure, 53, was identified by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is reviewing the shooting.

His death was confirmed by Seth Miller, executive director of the Innocence Project of Florida, which represented Cure in his exoneration case.

Miller said he was devastated by the news, which he heard from Cure's family.

This one is enraging. There have been so many "touching tributes" to this fucking dog. Not one word that I have seen about the young man whose life was snuffed out in this incident.

‘Rest well buddy;’ Community remembers Clayton County K9 shot to death by 17-year-old

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/clayton-county/rest-well-buddy-community-remembers-clayton-county-k9-shot-death-by-17-year-old/7VZFNYE63ZGI5IYZEFCXDWCPAY/

Not one word of sympathy, I should have said.

the story Eric posted is incredibly fucked up

k9 thing is additionally disgusting given the mind-boggling number of pet dogs cops kill with impunity

A mother reported her son missing in March. Police kept the truth from her for months.

Bettersten Wade’s search for her adult son ended when she discovered that an officer had run him over — and without telling her, authorities buried him in a pauper’s field.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/elijah-mcclain-death-jury-decision-second-trial-police/story?id=104658159

at least the person was arrested, jfc

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/kamari-hughes-mother-interview-nypd-tow-truck-driver-child-killed/

this kid was buried today

that happened on my commute. I walked past the scene about an hour later. Ironically I had just minutes before had to jump out of the crosswalk to avoid getting hit by a speeding police cruiser.

https://ktvz.com/cnn-regional/2023/11/16/woman-killed-hours-after-rio-rancho-police-respond-to-her-home/

82 year old woman calls the police, says her caretaker is going to kill her. Cops show up, admire the guy's weapon collection and leave. 4 hours later, he kills her.

When Officers left the scene, it did not appear Juneanne was in fear for her safety and there was no probable cause to believe any criminal activity had occurred. Officers did not witness any signs of distress and comments made relating to the use of a firearm appeared to be insincere and made in jest. Officers had no reasonable belief to suspect that either individual was sincerely contemplating an imminent act of violence because the behavior of the individuals observed on scene indicated they cared for one another and were working to solve their long term health care and living situation needs.

Omg fuck off and die

Then, the conversation continues between Cardana and Fannell once the officers say they have to go.

“What did you say?” Fannell asked.

“I said you’re fine until I kill you,” Cardana said.

“All right? He’s threatened to do that,” Fannell said to the Rio Rancho police officers.

“Get out of here now,” Cardana said to the officers. “Go away.”

Totally normal situation here

Very caring. ffs

Just got around to reading this one, free gift link:

The Goon Squad of Rankin County

Breaking: St. Louis Police have now filed felony assault charges against a Bar:PM co-owner. The incident began when police crashed their SUV into the LGBTQ bar in the early hours this morning https://t.co/gMtRUXVyLM

— Riverfront Times (@RiverfrontTimes) December 18, 2023

shame he wasn't allowed bond, because I'd have paid it. fuck the police

I wish that article explained why the SUV plowed into the gay bar.

The incident happened in the city’s Carondelet neighborhood around 12:30 a.m. today, when a police SUV traveling northbound on South Broadway swerved across multiple lanes of traffic and into Bar:PM just as the LGBTQ bar was closing up.

The police are a fucking menace.

bet it was retaliation, homophobia, or both, latter being most likely.

fuck the police.

xp:

The RFT has also viewed the video taken from a different vantage point on South Broadway that shows the collision itself. That video shows the police SUV traveling at what appears to be a high rate of speed northbound on South Broadway. The vehicle suddenly swerves to avoid a car parked against the curb, which the SUV didn't look like it was going to hit anyway. The SUV careens across the turning lane, the lane going in the opposite direction and the sidewalk and then into BAR:PM.

The police vehicle was driven by a 32-year-old probationary officer who had been with the department for less than a year. The official police incident report said that the driver "believed he was traveling too close to a parked car and attempted to correct himself."

However, I found a different article that says police gave the bar owners a different story initially

Pence and his partner, Chad Morris, said police told them an officer swerved to avoid a dog, lost control of the SUV and crashed into the building. The owners said they didn't believe the story.

Later in the day, an incident summary released by police said the officer was trying to avoid hitting a parked car when the officer swerved and crashed into the building without a mention of the dog.

We need to find this dog!

Sounds like they arrested the bar owner for being upset and/or trying to film them.

nobody's going to believe the police swerved to avoid hitting a dog. they should've gone with "we were trying to run over the dog but missed"

The workers say the cop just jumped out and started demanding to see everyone's I.D. When the bar owner said no the cop came at him.