Police behaving badly
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Draconian new policing act has resulted in journalists covering recent environmental protests arrested and their homes ransacked by police.
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‘They Know Who I Am, They Know What I’m Doing’: Arrested Journalists Speak Out over New Policing Act
Josiah Mortimer talks to Tom Bowles and Rich Felgate who were locked up for covering an environmental protest, and reports on more repressive legislation to come.
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More info on this:Draconian new policing act has resulted in journalists covering recent environmental protests arrested and their homes ransacked by police.
‘They Know Who I Am, They Know What I’m Doing’: Arrested Journalists Speak Out over New Policing Act
Josiah Mortimer talks to Tom Bowles and Rich Felgate who were locked up for covering an environmental protest, and reports on more repressive legislation to come.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-63582532
Translation: "We know what we did, we did it on purpose, and you can't do anything about it." Heck this man, his entire life, and everything he stands for.
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I thought he got away safely as the pig only shot at the car?
No, he was hit multiple times and has been in a coma until the other day. He was very close to death.
Oh wow, you're right. I didn't appreciate just how bad that incident was. Luckily, the ex-officer has been arrested/charged too.
(Source: - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...driving-stolen-car-when-shot-cop/10482048002/ )
SFPD authorized to kill suspects using robots in draft policy
A policy proposal heading for Board of Supervisors approval next week would explicitly authorize San Francisco police to kill suspects using robots. The
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Three Georgia jail guards charged over beating caught on video
Three officers face battery charges for September attack on Black man detained for traffic violation and drug possession
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Another example of abuse from those wearing a badge.
Here's the thing that bothers me. You know you're on camera. You know the cells have a direct feed to offices for crisis monitoring. You know others will see this, possibly in real time. This is not something that was done with any idea of concealing it.
So why? Why throw away your career, your life, your future?
I could understand, but not condone, a defense of one person losing their head to stress, overwork, what have you. But this was a group that worked together to enact a more effective beating.
The only thing I can think of is such behavior has been allowed in the past. That things of this sort have happened before and been swept under the rug.
I just don't understand.
Because they're used to having no consequences. Only time will tell if that actually meaningfully changes.
I guarantee you they’ve all done this before.
They’ll probably drag things out, plea to some lesser charge and go three towns over and keep doing it until if/when they’re caught again.
Rinse and repeat.
If you’re a violent sociopath and want to brutalize others with almost no legal repercussions and practically no societal ones you definitely can’t do better than being a Cop or Corrections Officer.
They’ll probably drag things out, plea to some lesser charge and go three towns over and keep doing it until if/when they’re caught again.
Rinse and repeat.
If you’re a violent sociopath and want to brutalize others with almost no legal repercussions and practically no societal ones you definitely can’t do better than being a Cop or Corrections Officer.
The SFPD has clarified that their robots authorised to use lethal force will not be equipped with firearms. Instead they will be armed with explosive charges.
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You don't say.
SF police clarify lethal robots would have bombs, not guns
Amid blowback from civil rights groups, the SFPD has offered more details on a draft policy that would allow police robots to use lethal force.
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You don't say.
So instead of killing one target, it'll kill the target AND kill or wound anyone near them.
There is precedent for this.
www.latimes.com
For those not interested in the article, a man decided he wanted to kill cops. He got 5 of them before being holed up in a building where there was only one way to get to him. A kill funnel. He was armed to the teeth and his stated goal was to kill as many cops as he could before they took him.
So they strapped a pound of c4 onto their bomb drone, sent him up the corridor and blew it up.
Given those circumstances, I don't disagree with this decision.
Dallas police used a robot to kill a gunman, a new tactic that raises ethical questions
Negotiators had been talking for hours with the hunkered-down killer of five police officers in downtown Dallas when the man suddenly resumed firing with an assault rifle.
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For those not interested in the article, a man decided he wanted to kill cops. He got 5 of them before being holed up in a building where there was only one way to get to him. A kill funnel. He was armed to the teeth and his stated goal was to kill as many cops as he could before they took him.
So they strapped a pound of c4 onto their bomb drone, sent him up the corridor and blew it up.
Given those circumstances, I don't disagree with this decision.
Yeah, I kinda do. This is just the precedent they need to switch up to military drones.
In certain, extreme, and very specific cases, it may be justifiable. Rhinox's example is one; the gunman clearly had no intention of surrendering or any goal beyond mass murder. But in general? It's a terrifying idea.