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F is for Fascism (Ferguson MO)

PhDeac said:
Deacs89, why don't you think the guy was arrested immediately for sucker punching a man right in front of cops? It was only after "race tactics" (the facts came out) that he was charged.

It takes a real piece of work to claim stating the facts does more harm than good.
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Doesn't matter. You're black.
 
North Carolina deputies put on probation for botched response to Trump rally attack

The department’s attorney, Ronnie Mitchell, confirmed that the disciplinary measures stemmed from the incident involving Rakeem Jones, who was sucker-punched by 78-year-old Trump supporter John McGraw during the event in Fayetteville last week. Three of the deputies were demoted and suspended for five days without pay, while the other two were suspended for three days without pay.

“The actions of the deputies and their failures to act in situations such as that which occurred during the Trump rally at the Crown Coliseum have never been and will not ever be tolerated under the policies of this office,” said Sheriff Earl “Moose” Butler in a statement.
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How Chicago racked up a $662 million police misconduct bill

More than 80 percent of officers have fewer than four complaints for the bulk of their careers, he says, while a small number have accumulated more than 50 in five years and haven't been disciplined.

Futterman faults the Chicago police for not addressing patterns of abuse, noting that with some officers, "there was not just a trail of bread crumbs, but a trail of steak that if anyone would have bothered to look, it would have raised serious eyebrows."

He points to Officer Jason Van Dyke, charged in the McDonald shooting, who'd been the subject of 20 civilian complaints, including allegations of excessive force, records show. One person who claimed he was injured when Van Dyke and a partner arrested him received $350,000 in civil damages.
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Shocking force: Police in Maryland didn't follow Taser safety recommendations in hundreds of incidents

The Sun's analysis of Taser use in Maryland found:

• Nearly 60 percent of those hit by Tasers in Maryland were described by police as "non-compliant and non-threatening," according to data from 2012 when the state began collecting data through 2014.

• In one out of every 10 incidents, police discharged the weapon for longer than 15 seconds — a duration that exceeds recommendations from Taser International, the U.S. Department of Justice and policing experts. The data downloaded directly from the devices often shows more activations than officers document in police reports.

• Officers fired the weapons at the chest in 119 incidents in 2014 — even though Taser has warned since 2009 that doing so could cause cardiac arrest. Data from earlier years only shows when police struck the "front torso," which includes the chest. That happened hundreds of times.

• According to police reports and other accounts, three people died after being repeatedly hit by a Taser in "drive-stun" mode, when the hand-held device is pushed directly onto the body, and two died after being hit with multiple Tasers at the same time. Both practices are discouraged by Taser and policing experts. In another death, a coroner determined a man was in handcuffs and face-down on the ground when an officer hit him with a Taser.
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Anthony Howard's sister, Robbin, said that she and her family have been asking questions about his death but have gotten few answers. The family abandoned legal action against Montgomery County after police declined to turn over any videos they had obtained from neighbors who recorded the incident on their mobile devices. Two bystanders told The Sun that when police returned their devices, their videos had been erased.
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So people are worried about bathroom molestations meanwhile cops can molest people on the side of the road.

And we have posters who claim a guy should just let some dude put his fingers up their ass because that dude is a cop. Not to mention the lady cop who felt up his girlfriend.
 
Police killing of Navajo woman holding scissors sparks #justiceforloreal campaign

Winslow shooting witness speaks out

Benally said he stayed at the scene and told a Winslow police officer he witnessed the shooting and wanted to make a statement, but the officer did not act.

A short while later, Benally said he approached a Navajo County Sheriff's officer and told him he was a witness. That officer brought over an officer with the Winslow Police Department who, Benally said, took down his information and said he would contact him soon.

Hours later, Benally said he had not heard from the police department and called to ask about making a statement, but was told over the phone that all officers were busy at the moment.

A fourth attempt was made several hours later when Benally made another phone call to the department, but a statement was never taken.
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Yes. You've never heard "black don't crack?"

The myth that black people have a higher pain tolerance comes in police violence cases in which black victims are alleged to continue pursuing a cop after being shot multiple times.
 
At this point I, personally, wouldn't call the police in that type of situation. People believe that police officers are trained to handle those situations and they really aren't.
 
myDeaconmyhand said:
At this point I, personally, wouldn't call the police in that type of situation. People believe that police officers are trained to handle those situations and they really aren't.
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I hear you, but God forbid any of us get put in a situation where we need help with a mentally ill family member - in most communities there's absolutely no one to call for help except the police. Such a f'd up system.
 
Deacon923 said:
I hear you, but God forbid any of us get put in a situation where we need help with a mentally ill family member - in most communities there's absolutely no one to call for help except the police. Such a f'd up system.
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This is the first problem. And although you wouldn't know it from the news, a lot of places ARE starting to better train police in dealing with the mentally ill. Obviously it isn't making the news when they get it right. But there also isn't much standardization in the training at all from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
 
wfumike02 said:
... Obviously it isn't making the news when they get it right...
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That is true. I am absolutely sure that most individual acts of courage and bravery go unrecognized. My distrust is not with individual officers, it's with a system that places such a high priority on police officers proactively defending themselves.
 
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