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It seems to me the state essentially gave him time to settle financial loose ends, draft his will, and spend his final days mustering the courage to end his own life.
 
I'm "gifting" an article that was just published today about the extent of police brutality. I know not all police fall into this category, but the bad ones sure make it hard for the good ones.

https://wapo.st/40c8eKI

In Worcester, Massachusetts, police officers enforcing anti-prostitution ordinances coerced women to touch their genitals and perform sex acts.
In Phoenix, officers clearing homeless encampments illegally disposed of personal belongings of the people who lived there, including tents, sleeping bags, identification cards and medicine.
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In Lexington, Mississippi, officers jailed those unable to pay fines for minor offenses and added more fees, a scheme one federal prosecutor likened to a “debtor’s prison that Charles Dickens wrote about.”

These abuses, and others like them, are documented in exhaustive Justice Department reports that followed sweeping police misconduct investigations in those three cities and five others — Minneapolis; Louisville; Memphis; Trenton, New Jersey; and Mount Vernon, New York.
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But beyond the most shocking examples of police violence, the reports have highlighted something else: the pernicious ways that other patterns of unlawful policing can disrupt and cause deep harm to local communities.
Investigators detailed how officers sexually assaulted women, mistreated the homeless, exploited poor people, threatened and abused minors, taunted and arrested people suffering from mental and behavioral health episodes and punished protesters exercising their constitutional rights to free speech — especially those who denounced police violence.
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There's more in the article if you care to read it. It's rather sickening what some police do and it's easy to understand why sometimes people find it difficult to comply with the police. Some police are criminals themselves and it can be hard to tell the good ones from the bad ones.
 
southernhybrid said:
I'm "gifting" an article that was just published today about the extent of police brutality. I know not all police fall into this category, but the bad ones sure make it hard for the good ones.
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It's what I keep saying--it's this sort of abuse of power that's the real problem. Shootings which are almost always justified are a distraction.
 
I don't THINK this one has been covered here yet:
Police in Kentucky come across a residence with a house fire. A man living there and his adult son are attempting to put out the fire. The police, naturally, proceed to demand that the residents immediately stop keeping the elder man's house from burning down. When the pair refuse, the police tase the man and beat him to a bloody pulp; and arrest both.

Bodycam footage of the incident (warning: violence and gore)

The police initially claim that they were assaulted and threatened by the man and his son. Leading to the local district court charging the pair with several counts of assault, endangerment of police officers, and menacing.

Case then gets taken before a grand jury, who proceed to watch the bodycam footage; then drop all charges against father and son and instead indict one of the arresting officers.
 
Well, this may not actually fit here but:

www.indystar.com

Pardoned Jan. 6 man shot by police in northern Indiana traffic stop

The Indiana State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting, which led to the death of Matthew Huttle, 42, from Hobart, on Sunday.
www.indystar.com

JASPER COUNTY, Indiana — An Indiana man recently pardoned for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol was fatally shot by police during a traffic stop Sunday.

The Jasper County coroner has identified the dead man as Matthew Huttle, 42, of Hobart.

The shooting occurred about 4:15 p.m. Sunday after a deputy with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department stopped Huttle's vehicle near the Pulaski County line, according to a release sent out by Indiana State Police.
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Toni said:
Well, this may not actually fit here but:

www.indystar.com

Pardoned Jan. 6 man shot by police in northern Indiana traffic stop

The Indiana State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting, which led to the death of Matthew Huttle, 42, from Hobart, on Sunday.
www.indystar.com

JASPER COUNTY, Indiana — An Indiana man recently pardoned for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol was fatally shot by police during a traffic stop Sunday.

The Jasper County coroner has identified the dead man as Matthew Huttle, 42, of Hobart.

The shooting occurred about 4:15 p.m. Sunday after a deputy with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department stopped Huttle's vehicle near the Pulaski County line, according to a release sent out by Indiana State Police.
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Good fucking riddance.
 
blastula said:
Justice Department deletes database tracking federal police misconduct - Wapo

www.yahoo.com

US Justice Department cuts database tracking federal police misconduct

The U.S. Justice Department has removed a database tracking misconduct by federal law enforcement, a list proposed by Republican President Donald Trump during his first term and formally created by Democratic former President Joe Biden. The removal was reported first by the Washington Post...
www.yahoo.com www.yahoo.com
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Like Covid: if we don't record it there will be no cases. Problem solved!!
 
Lots of this stuff that you read about as to what happens in these incidents are without a knowledge of the actual facts of the case and what the law says.

With that statement shat out...

Fuckin' cops, man. I deal with them on the civil side and every client married to one comes in like a wet, half-dried cat that's just escaped from a doberman pinscher. They're threatened with loss of the children and loss of assets. It's coercive, dishonest, frightening, and most important of all, the cop is wrong, full of shit, and knows it.

Oh, and the level of organized harassment that can be brought to bear on an estranged spouse is shocking. I do lots of DV work and have handled all kinds of harassment matters, but when it comes to the cops, holy shit.

The good part of these cases, where domestic violence is involved, is that I've never had to take one of those to trial. Cops cave instantly when faced with the threat of having their firearms confiscated and suspension from their jobs--and they pay attorney's fees to avoid trial. And when a DV situation occurs, I can always get them removed from the home (AKA "kickout order").

So, Fuck the PO-LEES?

A lot of times, yes.
 
Here (San Diego Police Man shoots fleeing teenager) is a report with more information on the story marc reported.

Mr. Wilson was fleeing a teenager who shot and missed him when the Officer Gold (2 year veteran of the police) shot Mr. Wilson. While administering CPR to the dying teenager, the police report finding a handgun under the right thigh on Mr. Wilson.
 
blastula said:
Derec said:
"Unalived"? Is that a word now?
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It's to get by social media automated censors.
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Yep. Its gotten pretty pathetic seeing youtube commentators tying themselves into knots trying to avoid saying certain, common words. Suicide is "unaliving yourself", rape is now "grape", etc. Many have given up and gone to other platforms to avoid the word policing.
 
laughing dog said:
Here (San Diego Police Man shoots fleeing teenager) is a report with more information on the story marc reported.

Mr. Wilson was fleeing a teenager who shot and missed him when the Officer Gold (2 year veteran of the police) shot Mr. Wilson. While administering CPR to the dying teenager, the police report finding a handgun under the right thigh on Mr. Wilson.
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Quite an exercise in the reporters not wanting to say things which aren't truly proven.

If the gun was found under his thigh it pretty much has to have already been out. And out pretty much has to be in his hand.
 
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