These cops kicking and stomping on this guy after he was subdued from a taser. Not guilty. Of course.
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop...ued-mans-face/
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These cops kicking and stomping on this guy after he was subdued from a taser. Not guilty. Of course.
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop...ued-mans-face/
DOJ is trying to deport a Tunisian green card holder who earned two masters degrees in the US and became a mathematics professor at his Alma mater. Why? Because he had four Adderall pills in a sock when he was arrested for DUI in 2010.
http://www.npr.org/2015/01/14/377266...-paraphernalia
Eight year old autistic boy arrested and kept in a straight jacket for an hour in a jail cell.
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/aut...hool-outburst/
At this point I think it's fair to say that I hate cops. Seriously hate the police.
That happens quite a bit as special needs kids are mainstreamed into regular classrooms. Some cops and school administrators lack the training in dealing with that and tend to go "by the book".
With 800,000 cops in the U. S. that's a lot to hate. Some people hate snow boarders. I hate silver haired skiers wearing Spyder jackets. :)
I know you're right. I also know that I shouldn't hate. It's just that once you open your eyes to the constant injustice it's hard not to.Quote:
Originally Posted by wooley12
He may have a good point.... Maybe if we start treating all cops like corrupt, power hungry sociopaths they'll stop treating all citizens like criminals.Quote:
Originally Posted by doughboyshredder
I knew that you know that. The "constant" is the result of technology. Cops out of control have always been there. There is movement to change the training and attitude because of the awareness. The big hurdle is the ingrained military-like brotherhood of the troops needed to do their job. Blowing in an out of control fellow cop can be fatal. Keep posting.Quote:
Originally Posted by doughboyshredder
I really want more insight into what goes into the jury's decision to render a not-guilty here. What evidence were they presented (or not) with to make that decision? How do you arrive at a "not guilty" of excessive force after seeing that video?Quote:
Originally Posted by doughboyshredder
Fired Cop With History Of Brutality Gets Job Back (And A Raise)
By: Carey Wedler
Des Moines, Iowa police officer Cody Grimes, a fired police officer with a history of brutality and abuse, has had his job reinstated. He was fired in December of 2013 for domestic abuse that caused injury and fourth degree criminal mischief.
At the time, his superiors said he was fired because he “violated the department’s policies on standards of conduct and obedience to laws and orders.”
During the domestic dispute, he “choked his former girlfriend, threw her down the stairs of his Des Moines house and then threw her in his kitchen after she threatened to report him. That caused her to hit her head and hand.”
At his court date in May of 2014 (until which he was on paid leave), he plead guilty to the lesser charge of criminal mischief, avoiding jail time and paying $1,000 instead. Prosecutors dropped the domestic abuse charge but he was ordered to take a class on abuse.
Today, the Des Moines Civil Service Commission, as expected, reinstated his job, saying firing was too severe a punishment. Some would argue, however, that it was not severe enough. In addition to domestic abuse, Grimes had a history of professional abuse which the commission acknowledged as it gave him back his job. It openly stated he was fired previously for “misconduct and prior discipline for excessive force.”
In 2010 he shot at a photojournalist from KCCI-TV and was put on paid leave for two weeks. He claims he thought the photojournalist was a suspect and no charges were filed. In 2011, he punched a restrained man so hard he broke bones in his face. It was John Twombly’s wedding day when he allegedly got in a fight that Grimes inserted himself into. Twombly was found not guilty on related charges and the other man’s charges were dropped. Grimes was cleared of any wrong doing in his department but Twombly was eventually awarded $75,000 from the city.
Grimes’ case in particular demonstrates a painful reality: there are always multiple avenues for the state to help police abuse citizens. Usually, police refuse to reprimand officers and charges are rarely pressed by the justice system or the city (the Department of Justice just declined to charge Darren Wilson with civil rights violations). Aside from Grimes, the city of Des Moines resinstated the job of another officer fired for excessive force, but he never took back his job because he was convicted by a federal jury of violating civil rights and obstructing justice.
In the case of Grimes, the police department (in a rare showing) attempted to deal with him but was overrun by the city itself–in spite of the fact that he cost it $75,000 in damages (and thousands more in paid leave).
This is not the only chunk of $75,000 the violent officer is costing the city. Now that he has is job back, he has received a raise. Whereas he used to make $68,500 a year, he now will earn $73,000.
Before he can have his job back, he will undergo a one to two week training to reacclimate. Sgt. Jason Halifax explained
“He will be required to complete some refresher training as is typical for officers who are gone for an extended time.”
There were no known conditions given for Grimes rehiring, meaning that if he commits another act of abuse, there is no guarantee he will be permanently fired.
Stupid bitch
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ng-Badly/page7
By Thursday, [chief] O’Toole said she had put Whitlatch on desk duty following the discovery of Facebook posts attributed to her. The Stranger reported those comments included her decrying “chronic black racism that far exceeds any white racism in this country. I am tired of black peoples paranoia that white people are out to get them.”
Well, they were definitely right to be paranoid around one Butch/SPD patroller.
http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/01/3...man-cell-phone
More SPD violence.
SPD is getting sued for this one.
Some sort of financial-incentive-driven peer pressure is needed. Currently when a shitty cop takes actions that create a slam dunk settlement for the citizen involved, there's no real direct blowback. If settlements exceeded $ X per year per capita, a portion of the amount in excess should be garnished collectively from all cops on the force. This would create a great incentive for fellow cops to beat the living shit out of a cop who tends to use excessive force or show poor firearm judgment.
The politician brave enough to introduce this legislation could position it as improving the quality of policing. No Cop Left Behind.
Yep. When a police department is sued it doesn't have any effect on the cop that caused the lawsuit. Really the only people that get screwed are the tax payers.
Or follow the medical industry model and have cops arrange personal malpractice/liability coverage...when a swat team attacks the wrong house, forexample , the culpable idiot would have to be identified.
^^cop chick must be riding the cotton pony.
Why not sue the cop personally?
Very difficult to do, they have immunity unless there's willful misonduct and proving that is hard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stonepa
http://civilrights.findlaw.com/civil...il-rights.html
Because the city will still pay for his defense and any judgement. And if they didn't the cops will stop enforcing like they did in NYC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stonepa
I wonder how much juries and grand juries who let these guys off are influenced by cop shows on TV where the cops are always being abused and falsely accused by internal affairs and their superiors. Has anyone ever seen a cop show where a cop is disciplined for abusing a citizen? There are bad cops on TV--corrupt and worse--but it's always a fellow hero cop who brings them down, never management. (The closest I've seen to a cop show in which the cops weren't heroes was Southland--too bad that one killed off the best (very flawed) character and went off the air.)
Here's an article about police shootings in Albuquerque: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...2/son-deceased
Albuq is such a shit hole.
Surely insurance is not the answer.
I like this. I've known places where if you break the merchandise they take equal amounts out of every sales persons' paycheck A) so it doesn't make it so one employee has such a deduction that he can't make rent, and 2) tends to make everyone accountable, and slightly begrudging to work with affected co-workers for the next few days. I dig it. Really makes you want to not fuck up.Quote:
Originally Posted by frorider
How about if they break the law we prosecute them and put them in jail if they're found guilty?
and likely very illegalQuote:
Originally Posted by guroo270
but hey, communism works as long as you don't call it communism
Because currently prosecutors don't have much incentive to get the grand jury to indict a cop?Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
http://gawker.com/video-cop-pulls-gu...brendanoconnor
Snowball fights are serious business
This was in the comments for that link. Black guy picks up air rifle in the sporting goods section of a WalMart and walks around the store. Cops show up ten minutes later and gun him down on-sight.Quote:
Originally Posted by frorider
http://www.theroot.com/articles/cult..._shooting.html
This New Yorker article is worth reading for insight into attempts by APD to intimidate the DA. She even said at the presser "I won't be intimidated" for putting murder charges against cops up for review by judge.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
"Detroit Cop Who Killed 7-Year-Old Aiyana Stanley-Jones Walks Free"
"Detroit police office Joseph Weekley, 38, shot and killed the sleeping 7-year-old with an MP5 submachine gun as he led a SWAT-like team into her home in search of a murder suspect."
"At trial, Weekley claimed he didn’t know his gun had fired or had hit Aiyana in the head as she slept beneath a “Hanna Montana” blanket on the couch with her grandmother. He also testified that Aiyana’s grandmother, Mertilla Jones, grabbed for his gun, causing him to pull the trigger."
http://newsone.com/3086905/aiyana-stanley-jones-news/
"Police Seek DHS Grant to Deal With “Extremist” Hippy Group Which Stresses ‘Non-violence, Peace and Love’"
http://wearechange.org/police-seek-d...ce-peace-love/
"Missoula police are seeking a quarter of a million dollar Homeland Security grant to help them spy on “extremist” organization The Rainbow Family, a loosely affiliated hippy group which stresses non-violence, peace and love.
The mayor signed off this week on a proposal that if approved would net the Missoula Police Department $254,930 from the DHS to purchase a mobile command unit that would be used to spy on The Rainbow Family, which is listed as an “extremist” organization in the proposal. The unit will also be used by other first responders during emergencies and natural disasters.
The mobile command units, offered to police departments by the DHS after 9/11, are designed to deal with hostage situations, active shooter calls and mass-casualty incidents.
The Rainbow Family “describes itself as a nonviolent group spreading the message of peace and love.” The group has only met twice in Montana in the last fifteen years, once in 2000 and once in 2013. The extent of the “threat” posed by the group is that one of its gatherings was described by the U.S. Forest Service as “rowdy”.
Former Marine Corps Colonel Peter Martino, who was stationed in Fallujah and trained Iraqi soldiers, responded to the proposal by warning that the Department of Homeland Security is working with law enforcement to build a “domestic army,” because the federal government is afraid of its own citizens."
Wanna be military-type cops are more dangerous to the U.S. than ISIS. Mind bottling, but I believe that's true. Smh
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Originally Posted by TomCrac
This is like sending the Marines to attack the Amish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bromontana
They're a group, so they must be infiltrated and forced to comply.
The outcries are here and there but what is actually going to need to be done to end the madness?
It starts with not giving out all your personal info. just to buy a lift ticket :rolleyes:
So dumb. This is concerning.
Really? REALLY?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bromontana
A mind is a terrible thing to taste.
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Originally Posted by Bromontana
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Originally Posted by PaSucks
It's like the old new Coke. But chunky.Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
It's kind of shocking to me that you didn't know about this a long time ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
I guess it shouldn't. The only reason they get away with indiscriminately murdering people is because of societies general apathy.
A lot of answer here. A good listen. I learned a few things from both sides and how to change things. Get the cops out of cars for one.
http://shar.es/1ol9Tw