Police behaving badly

[CoffeeHorse]

Let this video put an end to the lie that they followed the wrong protocol, that they treated this as a barricaded suspect rather than an active shooter.

They did not follow any protocol. If they were following a protocol SOMEONE would have known what that protocol was. No one had any idea what the plan was or what their role was. They just wandered around in a daze, constantly sweeping each other with their rifles, wondering what anybody was supposed to be doing.

 

[Paladin]

Extreme Risk Protection Order filed against man accused of threatening to kill Rep. Jayapal

The Seattle man who was arrested on Saturday for making threats against Washington Representative Pramila Jayapal was released Wednesday,

mynorthwest.com

Caught with a gun in front of a Democrat woman of color & they let him go.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

"A 25-year-old black man killed by Ohio police last month had 46 gunshot wounds or graze injuries on his body, an autopsy report has found..."

(Source: - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62184202 )

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

Justice has been served in the UK.

A Metropolitan police officer who punched a handcuffed black child in the face has been sacked.

PC Steven Martin, who was serving in the firearms command, also verbally abused the 15-year-old despite him not resisting, as he tried to arrest him, believing he was a suspect in a knifepoint robbery.

The boy was charged but the case against him was later dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service...

...Martin will be placed on a list of former officers who will never be allowed to serve in the police again.

(Source: - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...r-punching-handcuffed-black-child-in-the-face )

 

[KidTDragon]

...Martin will be placed on a list of former officers who will never be allowed to serve in the police again.

See how easy it is, America?

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

In a country where police unions haven't become stupidly overpowered like an anime student council, sure.

 

[Pocket]

It is sad that the country most associated with "It could happen here... and it probably will happen here, in particular" (see: 1984, The Wall, V for Vendetta) and devolution into a police state has better policies for dealing with misbehaving cops than we do.

On that note, I've noticed that people who say "ACAB" tend to mean one of two very different things. One is that the very nature of policing precludes the possibility of such a thing as a non-bastard cop ever existing anywhere in the world. A borderline anarchistic idea, I'd say, since a world without cops might as well be a world without laws or legislators since there's no one to enforce them. The other is that, in some countries in particular, things have gotten so bad that only a terrible person would want to be a part of the force, and there's not a single jurisdiction in that country where that's not the case.

And I'm curious where y'all fall on that.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

I've had nothing but good experiences with cops, but they're my neighbors. I'm sure it helps. They're not in this neighborhood on assignment. It's their home.

 

[NovaSaber]

It's not "the very nature of policing" that's the problem, but it is a systemic issue in American policing. (And probably in other countries too.)

Good cops who try to stop the bad cops get in trouble for it.
Or in Uvalde, the one cop who was brave enough to risk his life was detained by the cowardly ones.

 

[abates]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1548731332766961665

They could have zerg rushed the classroom with that many.

 

[wonko the sane?]

They could have stood outside tha classroom and waved in the windows, he would have shot himself.

 

[NovaSaber]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1548678076636151808

Maybe if they wanted people to praise them for doing that, they should have actually done it?

 

[Pocket]

"Who are you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?"

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

MSN

Sweet ******* christ.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

When that drugged out Florida Man tried to get in my house last year the police response time was excruciatingly slow, even though they acknowledged they got multiple calls about the guy.

 

[Pocket]

In today's "trash taking itself out" news, an entire police department quits after a black woman was hired as town manager.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

"...
Only one officer involved in the raid - former Louisville detective Brett Hankinson - had been previously charged over the case.
But Mr Hankinson, who fired 10 shots during the incident, was acquitted by a jury earlier this year. He is among the four people to face new charges through the US Department of Justice.

The others are Joshua Jaynes, also a former officer, and serving officers Kelly Hanna Goodlett and Kyle Meany.
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the new charges. He said the officers were being charged with civil rights offenses, unlawful conspiracy, unconstitutional use of force and obstruction.
Mr Garland added that three of the officers - all but Mr Hankinson - had been charged with falsification of a search warrant..."

(Source: - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62427546 )

 

[Ironbite4]

Cool cool...now do Trump.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

"Children's charities say they are are horrified after it was revealed that 650 children were subjected to strip searches by the Metropolitan Police in the past two years. Data shows that almost a quarter of those searches took place without an appropriate adult present and more than half of those searched were black boys."

 

[Patch]

Facebook gave police their private data. Now, this duo face abortion charges

Experts say it underscores the importance of encryption and minimizing the amount of user data tech companies can store

www.theguardian.com

But when local Nebraska police came knocking in June – before Roe v Wade was officially overturned – Facebook handed the user data of a mother and daughter facing criminal charges for allegedly carrying out an illegal abortion. Private messages between the two discussing how to obtain abortion pills were given to police by Facebook, according to the Lincoln Journal Star. The 17-year-old, reports say, was more than 20 weeks pregnant. In Nebraska, abortions are banned after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The teenager is now being tried as an adult.

Reminder: your "privacy" on social media ain't jive when the police state comes knocking.