Cont: The behaviour of US police officers - part 2

[bruto]

And here we have a Wisconsin school kop kneeling on a 12 year old girl's neck. He is complaining now that he's not getting support.

https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-kenosha-53766a0580290b741bb68d2a82b346b6

And of course, the usual routine traffic stop...if you're...you know...one of those...

https://apnews.com/article/business...n-of-justice-f3042b4691a76d5a06cc960a7bceb561

 

[mgidm86]

Georgia cops smell marijuana, search a house party, find less than an ounce, and mass arrest 70 people present. All charges dropped shortly after and city sued for illegal arrest.

Federal civil rights lawsuit going to cost the city $900,000.

https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/poli...e-federal-lawsuit/6TOMFPFSZZHRRIDBJMNFQNS4CM/

I have no desire to visit any state south of my current location. Ever.


This is kinda stupid, but thanks to Trumpism and the scum that has surfaced because of it, I can't stand hearing the songs Georgia, Sweet Home Alabama or many other ones. When I think about these places all I imagine is the racism and authoritarian ******** that we hear about in the news. It isn't fair perhaps but I'm still trying to cope with - ah **** it like I need to explain.

 

[bluesjnr]

I have no desire to visit any state south of my current location. Ever.


This is kinda stupid, but thanks to Trumpism and the scum that has surfaced because of it, I can't stand hearing the songs Georgia, Sweet Home Alabama or many other ones. When I think about these places all I imagine is the racism and authoritarian ******** that we hear about in the news. It isn't fair perhaps but I'm still trying to cope with - ah **** it like I need to explain.

Yeah, I really think you do...

 

[ZiprHead]

Subscriber only link...

In 2014, Dade CI prisoner Mark Joiner accused prison authorities of fatally torturing prisoner Darren Rainey, who was mentally ill, by scalding him in a shower.[2] On the night of his death, the 50-year-old Rainey, (DOC#060954), had served just a few months of a two-year prison sentence. About 7:30 p.m he defecated in his cell and smeared feces on himself and on the walls. Guards put him in the shower, telling him they would not let him out until he cleaned himself. According to the state attorney’s report, Rainey refused to stand under the water. He was found dead about two hours later covered in burns.[3] Originally the police classified the death as unexplained, and the DOC did not punish any staff until the warden was fired two years later. Two officers on duty at the time of the death later received promotions. The police began interviewing witnesses after the Miami Herald obtained public records and made a visit to the prison.[4] After filing a lawsuit, the family received a settlement in the matter of Rainey's death.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Darren_Rainey

 

[gnome]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Darren_Rainey

The only thing missing is from the Herald that says the attention on the incident kicked off many reform initiatives in FL.

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[mgidm86]

Yeah, I really think you do...

I'm saying that, unfair or not, all the right wing politics and racist ******** coming from the south has tainted these places for me and I have no desire to go anywhere near them, or hear their music, or listen to their demented politicians. Guilty by association. That's what I meant in that post. Does it make sense? **** if I know anymore. No it doesn't.

What I'm really really saying though is that I'm fed up and freaked out by the amount of stupidity around me and I'm just trying to cope with it by lashing out and ranting because I don't know what the **** else to do about it right now. I'm kinda losing my mind a bit maybe.

That's as honest as I can be. This stuff is getting to me.

 

[bluesjnr]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Darren_Rainey

Thank you.

 

[bluesjnr]

I'm saying that, unfair or not, all the right wing politics and racist ******** coming from the south has tainted these places for me and I have no desire to go anywhere near them, or hear their music, or listen to their demented politicians. Guilty by association. That's what I meant in that post. Does it make sense? **** if I know anymore. No it doesn't.

What I'm really really saying though is that I'm fed up and freaked out by the amount of stupidity around me and I'm just trying to cope with it by lashing out and ranting because I don't know what the **** else to do about it right now. I'm kinda losing my mind a bit maybe.

That's as honest as I can be. This stuff is getting to me.

My apologies for pushing things.

 

[mgidm86]

My apologies for pushing things.

It's cool and understandable. Been a rough week, or year, whatever. But what I wrote is true, this stuff is getting to me and that concerns me a little. I don't do well with people, especially my family, telling me they believe in crazy stuff, which is why I stay away from the paranormal and conspiracy forums. I just can't take it sometimes.

The amount of lunacy in this country has really thrown me off track. I feel like things are out of control, probably because they are. My life is largely in the hands of madmen.

So obviously I must be completely bonkers at this point. I feel like many of my posts lately have been knee-jerk rather than informative. I dunno. I'm pissed off and scared I guess.

Today is a new day.

 

[jimbob]

https://www.rawstory.com/accelerationists/

Cop among first to squeal when neo-Nazi terror cell busted for plot to attack the power grid

 

[TurkeysGhost]

The top watchdog for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has identified more than 40 alleged members of gang-like groups of deputies that operate out of two sheriff’s stations.

In a letter dated Monday, Inspector General Max Huntsman said his office has compiled a partial list that includes 11 deputies who allegedly belong to the Banditos, which operate out of the East L.A. sheriff’s station, and 30 alleged Executioners from the Compton sheriff’s station.

He wrote that the list is based on information gleaned from investigations conducted by the Sheriff’s Department. Huntsman did not name the deputies and said his office has identified additional possible members from other sources.

“LASD has never thoroughly investigated allegations of gang corruption, and this case is no exception,” Huntsman told The Times.

LASD continues to insist that gangs of cops is no big deal and you shouldn't worry about it.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-03-22/sheriff-deputies-executioners-banditos

 

[jimbob]

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article259871695.html

Three state prison guards brutalized a 65-year-old handcuffed inmate at a western Illinois lockup four years ago, leading to the man's death and prompting the officers to attempt a coverup, a prosecutor said Monday at two of the guards' federal trial.

Read more at: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article259871695.html#storylink=cpy

I think we had this when the story broke, but it's shocking

 

[Aridas]

I think we had this when the story broke, but it's shocking

I think that the worst part is that it's NOT actually shocking (for me, at least). Horrific, sure, shocking, no.

 

[jimbob]

I think that the worst part is that it's NOT actually shocking (for me, at least). Horrific, sure, shocking, no.

Correction accepted.

And in the sister thread about UK cops, the situation is better but only in comparison to the US. The most important police force in the country, the Metropolitan Police force, has been found to be "institutionally corrupt" to go with the "institutionally racist" of the 1990s.

 

[Checkmite]

https://www.rawstory.com/accelerationists/

That's very curious, as in the past few weeks I had remembered and started thinking about the Metcalf sniper attack, whose perpetrators were never caught, and which was cited by the right-wing terror group in your article as one of their inspirations.

 

[smartcooky]

That's very curious, as in the past few weeks I had remembered and started thinking about the Metcalf sniper attack, whose perpetrators were never caught, and which was cited by the right-wing terror group in your article as one of their inspirations.

Very fine people... on both sides!

 

[TurkeysGhost]

Don't protest the police or they'll knock your teeth in.

A Chicago police officer with a history of violent interactions with the public is facing renewed calls for his firing in light of newly released video imagery showing him punching a social justice activist and knocking out one of her front teeth in 2020.

Miracle Boyd says she was using her mobile phone to record video of police officers arresting Black Lives Matter protestors in the city's Grant Park when Officer Nicholas Jovanovich, a 17-year veteran of the force, suddenly rushed toward her. Police reports and body-cam images obtained by the Chicago Reader and South Side Weekly - although highly redacted - show Jovanovich rushing toward Boyd and punching her in the face with a balled-up fist as she attempts to back away from him.

As the Reader reports, "When the blow lands, her cell phone flies to the pavement and she stumbles away, bent double." She was reportedly bleeding heavily from her mouth. Boyd, who was 18 at the time of the protest and assault, is an activist with the anti-gun-violence organization Good Kids Mad City.

https://www.rawstory.com/new-evidence-emerges-of-chicago-cop-assaulting-social-justice-activist/

Pig ran across the street to punch this nonviolent protestor in the mouth.

 

[ponderingturtle]

Don't protest the police or they'll knock your teeth in.



https://www.rawstory.com/new-evidence-emerges-of-chicago-cop-assaulting-social-justice-activist/

Pig ran across the street to punch this nonviolent protestor in the mouth.

She was recording him that is very threatening to their professional lives, so you have to expect violence.

 

[Matthew Best]

Maybe she made a joke about his alopecia.

 

[sarge]

I have no desire to visit any state south of my current location. Ever.


This is kinda stupid, but thanks to Trumpism and the scum that has surfaced because of it, I can't stand hearing the songs Georgia, Sweet Home Alabama or many other ones. When I think about these places all I imagine is the racism and authoritarian ******** that we hear about in the news. It isn't fair perhaps but I'm still trying to cope with - ah **** it like I need to explain.

It is fair, and it is accurate enough to justify your reaction.