Cont: The behaviour of US police officers - part 2

Status
Not open for further replies.
Chicago Cop Who Fatally Shot Anthony Alvarez Being Investigated For Pulling Gun In Logan Square Road Rage Clash
Videos show officer Evan Solano confront the driver of a white SUV with his gun out. The Police Department's Bureau of Internal Affairs is investigating the May 21 incident.
Click to expand...

Cop being investigated for pulling a pistol during a road rage confrontation.

https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/05/27/chicago-cop-who-fatally-shot-anthony-alvarez-being-investigated-for-pulling-gun-on-driver-in-logan-square-road-rage-clash/
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Can't read it in the UK, WNEP blocks us.
Click to expand...

I can for some reason. :confused:

The usual level of truthfulness from Solano it seems:

Solano is seen out of his car with his gun drawn, prompting the driver of the white SUV to back away with his hands up, videos show.

The driver shouts, “Dude, I have no weapon. I did not touch you!”

Solano yells back, “You threatened me with that knife!”

The driver says, “No, I did not!”

Sanchez, who witnessed the incident, said the driver had a knife attached to his leg, but he did not remove it or reference it at any point during the argument.
Click to expand...

I suppose that he should be commended for his restraint given that no-one is dead as a result of this incident. :rolleyes:
 
Police lied to justify use of excessive force on anti-police violence protest crowd. Imagine my shock.

Breaking: Oakland Police Chief Armstrong said at a press conference today that his claims that protesters were preparing Molotov cocktails at last year’s 6/1 George Floyd protest were wrong. Police weren’t justified in using tear gas and rubber bullets on protesters.
Click to expand...

https://twitter.com/DarwinBondGraha/status/1400171592064241666

Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong apologized at a press conference today for sharing false information about his department’s response to last year’s George Floyd protests.

But the main subject of the press conference was the OPD’s finding that over 20 officers violated department policies last year when they fired tear gas and arrested protesters during the tumultuous four-day period from May 29 through June 1.

OPD’s announcement follows news that Oakland’s civilian-led Police Commission investigators (who conduct parallel investigations into allegations of misconduct) are also recommending officers be disciplined for last year’s protest crackdown.

Armstrong declined to say how many officers are facing discipline, but he disclosed that his internal affairs investigators sustained 35 allegations of misconduct. A “sustained” finding means that evidence shows an officer violated department policy and should be punished. Armstrong said that some officers were sustained for multiple violations. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf told KTVU this morning that more than two dozen officers will be disciplined.
Click to expand...

https://oaklandside.org/2021/06/02/oakland-police-chief-tear-gassing-of-george-floyd-protesters-violated-policy/

The public demanded police accountability and the cops responded by rioting in the streets.
 
Last edited:
It's not on the level of murder and assault, but it was almost 40 years ago.
Back in the early 1980s, my older brother joined the Air Force straight out of high school. He eventually started dating a woman he met in the first city he was stationed in. I remember my mother asking the state police officer who lived across the street from us at the time if he could contact the police in that state to run a background check on her and report any problems to my mother, and he did. Blatant invasion of privacy is no big deal when an overprotective mother is involved, I guess.
 
Armitage72 said:
It's not on the level of murder and assault, but it was almost 40 years ago.
Back in the early 1980s, my older brother joined the Air Force straight out of high school. He eventually started dating a woman he met in the first city he was stationed in. I remember my mother asking the state police officer who lived across the street from us at the time if he could contact the police in that state to run a background check on her and report any problems to my mother, and he did. Blatant invasion of privacy is no big deal when an overprotective mother is involved, I guess.
Click to expand...

Interesting coincidence, because a cop illegally accessing confidential records was the case that recently ended with SCOTUS ruling that the Computer Fraud and Abuse act is unconstitutionally broad.

Critical support for cops abusing their authority, if it means excessively punitive laws are curtailed.

The 6-3 decision handed down Thursday means federal prosecutors can no longer use the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to charge people who misused databases they are otherwise entitled to access. The ruling comes six months after justices expressed concern that the government’s sweeping interpretation of the law could place people in jeopardy for activities as mundane as checking social media on their work computers, with Justice Neil Gorsuch saying prosecutors’ view risked “making a federal criminal of us all.”


...

The case decided on Thursday, Van Buren v. United States, involved a former police officer convicted of violating the CFAA for searching a license plate database in exchange for a bribe as part of an FBI sting operation. The officer appealed the conviction, arguing that the law did not cover the unauthorized use of a computer system that the user was allowed to access as part of his job.
Click to expand...

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/03/supreme-court-cybercrime-law-491764
 
Cop shoots wife, has gun taken during 9 month investigation, gets gun back and promptly finishes the job of murdering his then ex-wife who had a restraining order against him.

HOOVER, Alabama — Late one night in February 2019, a 31-year-old woman in a troubled marriage was rushed to an emergency room in a Birmingham, Alabama, suburb, with a gunshot wound in her upper right arm.

"He shot me," Megan Montgomery told doctors, according to an investigative report obtained exclusively by NBC News. By "he," she meant her husband, a local police officer named Jason McIntosh.

Police took her husband’s pistol away. Nine months later, the state’s top law enforcement agency gave it back, despite pending domestic violence charges and an active protective order. Just 16 days after that, he used the gun to shoot and kill her during another late-night dispute.
Click to expand...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/state-alabama-took-his-gun-away-when-authorities-gave-it-n1269234?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

Friends don't let friends date cops.
 
Last edited:
Cop Flips Pregnant Woman's Car While She Tries To Pull Over Safely
An Arkansas State Police trooper used a PIT maneuver on a woman who had allegedly been speeding
Click to expand...

https://jalopnik.com/cop-flips-pregnant-womans-while-she-tries-to-pull-over-1847062704?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

Arkansas state troopers used a pit maneuver, sending the woman's car careening into a concrete barrier and flipping her vehicle.

The woman claims she wanted to exit the high speed freeway, which had a very narrow shoulder edged by a concrete wall, before stopping for her speeding ticket. She had reduced speed and turned on her hazard flashers once the cop had turned on his lights and sirens, but the Arkansas State police still decided to use the high risk maneuver.

There's dashcam footage of the incident, and it's pretty obvious that the woman was not attempting to flee this traffic stop before this wildly reckless use of force was used on her.
 
SuburbanTurkey said:
https://jalopnik.com/cop-flips-pregnant-womans-while-she-tries-to-pull-over-1847062704?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

Arkansas state troopers used a pit maneuver, sending the woman's car careening into a concrete barrier and flipping her vehicle.

The woman claims she wanted to exit the high speed freeway, which had a very narrow shoulder edged by a concrete wall, before stopping for her speeding ticket. She had reduced speed and turned on her hazard flashers once the cop had turned on his lights and sirens, but the Arkansas State police still decided to use the high risk maneuver.

There's dashcam footage of the incident, and it's pretty obvious that the woman was not attempting to flee this traffic stop before this wildly reckless use of force was used on her.
Click to expand...

Even if the police officer were entirely correct, was this maneuver really necessary? I doubt she was going 160 trying to flee, and was a danger to others. It's hard to justify.

Very hard.
 
Belz... said:
Even if the police officer were entirely correct, was this maneuver really necessary? I doubt she was going 160 trying to flee, and was a danger to others. It's hard to justify.

Very hard.
Click to expand...

The woman was doing everything right according to the "Arkansas Driver License Study Guide" (pdf)

Pull over to the right side of the road – activate your turn signal or emergency flashers to indicate to the officer that you are seeking a safe place to stop.
Click to expand...

Quite obviously the officer hasn't read that. Or he just wanted to kill someone that day.
 
Last edited:
Belz... said:
Even if the police officer were entirely correct, was this maneuver really necessary? I doubt she was going 160 trying to flee, and was a danger to others. It's hard to justify.

Very hard.
Click to expand...

One would think cops would prefer you find a safe, well lit spot to pull over off the highway. Forget the person being pulled over, it's safer for the cop too. Particularly at night.

What's safer for the cop? Getting out of their patrol car in a well lit parking lot that allows them to see better into the car they pulled over, don't have traffic flying past at 60+MPH, and is harder for the vehicle they pulled over to just speed off suddenly; or, being on the shoulder of a highway in the dark with fast moving traffic?

You'd think that what this lady did is the exact thing they want all drivers to do all the time.
 
bonzombiekitty said:
One would think cops would prefer you find a safe, well lit spot to pull over off the highway. Forget the person being pulled over, it's safer for the cop too. Particularly at night.

What's safer for the cop? Getting out of their patrol car in a well lit parking lot that allows them to see better into the car they pulled over, don't have traffic flying past at 60+MPH, and is harder for the vehicle they pulled over to just speed off suddenly; or, being on the shoulder of a highway in the dark with fast moving traffic?

You'd think that what this lady did is the exact thing they want all drivers to do all the time.
Click to expand...

But she failed to give instant and unquestioning abidance to the cop and so was found in contempt of cop. She should have behaved in a more respectful manner.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Back
Top Bottom