Police Misconduct Catch All Thread

[Angry Floof]

You misspelled 'guillotine'.

I've heard a few people remark about guillotines and it seems to miss the point.

Joseph-Ignace Guillotin's advocacy for the device was prompted by a desire for a more humane means of execution.

I think the desire here, though, is to send a message rather than simply carry out an execution in a painless manner - in which case breaking upon the wheel or hanging by chains in a gibbet are probably more effective.

I think the key point is "execution," specifically the execution of ruling elites by the people.

 

[lpetrich]

If a lot of policing seems to have a Weimar-Republic quality, much softer on the Right than on the Left, here is some evidence:

White supremacists and militias have infiltrated police across US, report says | US news | The Guardian - "A former FBI agent has documented links between serving officers and racist militant activities in more than a dozen states"

White supremacist groups have infiltrated US law enforcement agencies in every region of the country over the last two decades, according to a new report about the ties between police and far-right vigilante groups.

In a timely new analysis, Michael German, a former FBI special agent who has written extensively on the ways that US law enforcement have failed to respond to far-right domestic terror threats, concludes that US law enforcement officials have been tied to racist militant activities in more than a dozen states since 2000, and hundreds of police officers have been caught posting racist and bigoted social media content.

States like AL, CA, CT, FL, IL, LA, MI, NE, OK, OR, TX, VA, WA, WV

Hidden in Plain Sight: Racism, White Supremacy, and Far-Right Militancy in Law Enforcement | Brennan Center for Justice - "The government’s response to known connections of law enforcement officers to violent racist and militant groups has been strikingly insufficient."

 

[Worldtraveller]

And by 'infiltrated', they mean the police departments are knowingly, openly hiring white supremacists.

Seriously, we're well past 'infiltrated' in the US. That may be british understatement, but the media is failing us badly on this topic.

 

[ZiprHead]

[FBVIDEO]https://www.facebook.com/great.america123/videos/740452643188818/[/FBVIDEO]

 

[lpetrich]

Ryan Grim on Twitter: "Turns out police do know how to de-escalate a dangerous situation." / Twitter
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Ricardo Gutiérrez on Twitter: "Somehow this armed anti-BLM protester who trained his weapon onto an entire crowd ended up subdued by a police element who did not automatically lodge seven bullets in his back https://t.co/f812M1YXpJ" / Twitter

It's great to see cops doing their job well. Like arresting that thief of police equipment without beating him up afterwards.

 

[Testy Calibrate]

Hi everyone. Yet another reminder, cops are bastards. All of them.

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R49P9TuFLOQ&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1EGnIdWPPZawoS6ufGYxYHUDxZEfpjpI2wK5-3h25tpfJq6JVpD-4u4l0[/YOUTUBE]

Here's an article:

https://www.azcentral.com/story/new...tal-police-shooting-ryan-whitaker/5459142002/

Nees, who is several feet away from Whitaker at this point, asks the officer if he could handcuff her so she could be near her boyfriend.

After the officer says no, she asks if Ferragamo could check if Whitaker was OK.

"I'm leaning toward the fact that he's not," Ferragamo responds.

According to the police report, Cooke later that night told detectives that he shot Whitaker because he feared for his life. Ferragamo later tells another officer at the scene that he would have done the same, but didn't because Cooke did, according to the video footage and the police report.

Bastards. Cowardly, cowardly bastards.

If I were on a jury, that one is really a tough one to call IMO. What is great about this particular video though, is that you can immediately take racism off the table. Finally, no fucking racism to blabber about!!!

I can understand why the police shot a guy with gun at the door. But I can also understand why a guy would show up at a door with a gun in a bad neighborhood.

Sometimes getting shot by a cop is simply being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

The fact that cops can make so many wrong places and wrong times doesn't bother you?

 

[ZiprHead]

Virginia Cop Arrested, Charged For Allegedly Beating 6-Month-Old Baby to Death

Fairfax, VA — A Fairfax County Police officer turned himself in to authorities this week and was arrested after being charged with multiple counts of child abuse involving the death of his 6-month-old daughter.

According to the State’s Attorney for Frederick County, officer Jason Colley, 38, was indicted on August 24, 2018 and charged with First Degree Child Abuse — Death, First Degree Child Abuse — Sever Physical Injury, and First Degree Assault. The charges are a result of investigation by the Maryland State Police into injuries sustained by his infant daughter, Harper Colley, on September 19, 2017, which resulted in her death.

 

[ZiprHead]

NYPD union accused of minting racist challenge coins about hunting black people

he American people’s faith in law enforcement has been deeply and likely irreparably damaged by the events of the past year. When protests sprang up over the killing of unarmed Black Americans at the hands of police, cops in cities across the country, with the urging of the president, responded with overwhelming brutal force, tear-gassing innocent civilians on numerous occasions, beating them, siccing dogs on them, and even ramming into them with vehicles in some cases.

The New York City Police Department’s actions proved especially egregious and numerous clips of disturbingly violent police behavior went viral in the weeks following the killing of George Floyd. After such a string of incidents, one might imagine the NYPD would be eager to rehabilitate its image but a new report from The Gothamist indicates no such eagerness. The NYPD has come out in defense of a clearly racist “challenge coin” from 2017 that refers to East Flatbush as “Fort Jah.”

The coin was created by the Police Benevolent Association and sold in the 67th Precinct headquarters. Four other coins have also been found online bearing the markings of the precinct in question along with the “Fort Jah” phrase. One of them bears the image of two white cops hunting a Black man alongside a Hemingway quote about the “hunting” of men. Another image shows a skull with dreadlocks, clearly an attempt to otherize and dehumanize members of the West Indian communities in East Flatbush.

 

[ZiprHead]

Breonna Taylor smeared as a drug dealer by Kentucky prosecutors in ex-boyfriend’s plea deal

Vice News correspondent Roberto Aram Ferdman posted the shocking information about how prosecutors in Kentucky tried to leverage a plea deal for the ex-boyfriend of Breonna Taylor into an excuse to exonerate her police officer murderers of any responsibility for their no-knock home invasion that resulted in the young Black emergency medical technician’s death.

[TWEET]<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On Tuesday, we were told Breonna Taylor’s ex-boyfriend Jamarcus Glover was offered a plea deal, which would have required him to say that Taylor was part of his drug operation. Just now, the family’s attorney shared a picture of a plea deal that appears to show it is true <a href="https://t.co/E9nsWQLKrb">pic.twitter.com/E9nsWQLKrb</a></p>— Roberto Aram Ferdman (@robferdman) <a href="https://twitter.com/robferdman/status/1300474368120819713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>[/TWEET]

This shameless attempt at retroactive victim-blaming to prevent the prosecution of the police officers involved is one of the most despicable prosecutorial maneuvers imaginable in these times when so much of the country has been outraged by police brutality and abuse of power, joining Black Lives Matters protests in record numbers.

 

[Worldtraveller]

Virginia Cop Arrested, Charged For Allegedly Beating 6-Month-Old Baby to Death

Fairfax, VA — A Fairfax County Police officer turned himself in to authorities this week and was arrested after being charged with multiple counts of child abuse involving the death of his 6-month-old daughter.

According to the State’s Attorney for Frederick County, officer Jason Colley, 38, was indicted on August 24, 2018 and charged with First Degree Child Abuse — Death, First Degree Child Abuse — Sever Physical Injury, and First Degree Assault. The charges are a result of investigation by the Maryland State Police into injuries sustained by his infant daughter, Harper Colley, on September 19, 2017, which resulted in her death.

He feared for his life. That baby had a pacifier, which could be used as a weapon.

 

[Worldtraveller]

Breonna Taylor smeared as a drug dealer by Kentucky prosecutors in ex-boyfriend’s plea deal

Vice News correspondent Roberto Aram Ferdman posted the shocking information about how prosecutors in Kentucky tried to leverage a plea deal for the ex-boyfriend of Breonna Taylor into an excuse to exonerate her police officer murderers of any responsibility for their no-knock home invasion that resulted in the young Black emergency medical technician’s death.

[TWEET]<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On Tuesday, we were told Breonna Taylor’s ex-boyfriend Jamarcus Glover was offered a plea deal, which would have required him to say that Taylor was part of his drug operation. Just now, the family’s attorney shared a picture of a plea deal that appears to show it is true <a href="https://t.co/E9nsWQLKrb">pic.twitter.com/E9nsWQLKrb</a></p>— Roberto Aram Ferdman (@robferdman) <a href="https://twitter.com/robferdman/status/1300474368120819713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>[/TWEET]

This shameless attempt at retroactive victim-blaming to prevent the prosecution of the police officers involved is one of the most despicable prosecutorial maneuvers imaginable in these times when so much of the country has been outraged by police brutality and abuse of power, joining Black Lives Matters protests in record numbers.

This continues to show that the DA's and judges are a big part of the ongoing problem.

 

[ZiprHead]

SAPD Detective Suspended for Social Media Post Asking 'When Can We Kill' Colin Kaepernick

 

[ZiprHead]

[FBVIDEO]https://www.facebook.com/memesRosul/videos/738068173700345/[/FBVIDEO]

 

[Rhea]

Viedo shows Sacremento Police kicking a suspect in the back while he stands in complete compliance

a Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputy using his knee to kick a Black man in the back during an arrest while the suspect is seemingly standing in complete compliance. Although the incident occured in March 2020, it was recently shared by by NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe on Twitter. Doing so has brought about a fresh wave of criticism about police brutality and the officer is now facing national scrutiny.

Sharpe, who tweeted the video on Friday, called out the deputy for the excessive use of force saying ironically, “I thought all you had to do was comply and you wouldn’t be shot or brutalized by police,” he wrote.

To make things even worse, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office revealed that the situation was the result of a case of mistaken identity. According to CBS Sacramento, the man in the video matched the description of a suspect who was wanted on a felony arrest warrant. After conducting surveillance and attempting to arrest him, Sgt. Tess Deterding, the spokesperson, claimed to the news station that the man wouldn’t follow orders to get on the ground. The man was ultimately charged with resisting arrest

 

[ZiprHead]

I had seen that before. The cops definitely escalated that situation.

 

[ZiprHead]

Video: Rochester police put hood on Black man, pinned him before asphyxiation death

In this image taken from police body camera video provided by Roth and Roth LLP, a Rochester police officer puts a hood over the head of Daniel Prude, on March 23, 2020, in Rochester, N.Y. Video of Prude, a Black man who had run naked through the streets of the western New York city, died of asphyxiation after a group of police officers put a hood over his head, then pressed his face into the pavement for two minutes, according to video and records released Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, by the man's family. Prude died March 30 after he was taken off life support, seven days after the encounter with police in Rochester. (Rochester Police via Roth and Roth LLP via AP)AP

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Video: Rochester police put hood on Black man, pinned him before asphyxiation death

In this image taken from police body camera video provided by Roth and Roth LLP, a Rochester police officer puts a hood over the head of Daniel Prude, on March 23, 2020, in Rochester, N.Y. Video of Prude, a Black man who had run naked through the streets of the western New York city, died of asphyxiation after a group of police officers put a hood over his head, then pressed his face into the pavement for two minutes, according to video and records released Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, by the man's family. Prude died March 30 after he was taken off life support, seven days after the encounter with police in Rochester. (Rochester Police via Roth and Roth LLP via AP)AP

According to the man's family, we aren't getting an independent evaluation. Even if they were pressing so hard to cut off breathing (which it doesn't look like, note that the head is not twisted like with George Floyd), two minutes shouldn't be enough to fry his brain. I strongly suspect this is an excited delirium death.

 

[Rhea]

Video: Rochester police put hood on Black man, pinned him before asphyxiation death

In this image taken from police body camera video provided by Roth and Roth LLP, a Rochester police officer puts a hood over the head of Daniel Prude, on March 23, 2020, in Rochester, N.Y. Video of Prude, a Black man who had run naked through the streets of the western New York city, died of asphyxiation after a group of police officers put a hood over his head, then pressed his face into the pavement for two minutes, according to video and records released Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, by the man's family. Prude died March 30 after he was taken off life support, seven days after the encounter with police in Rochester. (Rochester Police via Roth and Roth LLP via AP)AP

According to the man's family, we aren't getting an independent evaluation. Even if they were pressing so hard to cut off breathing (which it doesn't look like, note that the head is not twisted like with George Floyd), two minutes shouldn't be enough to fry his brain. I strongly suspect this is an excited delirium death.

Are you saying if he had never encountered the police, he would have just dropped dead on the sidewalk at the same moment anyway?

 

[barbos]

Are you saying if he had never encountered the police, he would have just dropped dead on the sidewalk at the same moment anyway?

He was on PCP, so yes, there was a decent chance of dropping dead even without the fight with the police.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

According to the man's family, we aren't getting an independent evaluation. Even if they were pressing so hard to cut off breathing (which it doesn't look like, note that the head is not twisted like with George Floyd), two minutes shouldn't be enough to fry his brain. I strongly suspect this is an excited delirium death.

Are you saying if he had never encountered the police, he would have just dropped dead on the sidewalk at the same moment anyway?

We don't know, we don't have good data on what happens in these cases. What appears to happen is the body is put way into overdrive (note the nudity--this is a common hallmark of such cases. The body is in overdrive, they overheat and they strip off clothes to cool down) and then when the come back down the system swings too far in the other direction and the body shuts down--they die without apparent cause. In the old days it was figured they died of the beating they got with nightsticks in an effort to subdue them but as we have captured more of them without the heavy use of force it looks like sometimes they simply die.

Note, also, that simply being arrested could have aggravated the problem. The stress would have pushed an already-overstressed system even further, thus increasing the chance of a lethal rebound.