Not shootings, just repeated perjury by a group of officers… like, over and over and over again.
https://www.villagevoice.com/2016/11/01/the-incredibles-judges-said-these-cops-cant-be-trusted-so-why-does-the-d-a-rely-on-them/
Jesus, what can you even say to that?
Powerful summary of that interaction. And to top it off, we have a President who exclaims the evils of the press and the same for people who protest. Things are only going to get worse.
What thread does this belong in? Eh, fuck it, this one.
To protect and serve.
Protect and serve!
Service! Keeping us all safe!
An 18-year-old girl says two NYPD officers raped her after arresting her, according to reports.
The officers in question did not deny the sexual acts occurred, but both claimed they were consensual, according to the New York Daily News.
Handcuff and arrest someone, and then have ‘consensual’ sex with them. While on duty. So consensual!
In what world would even consensual sex with an 18 year old that you just arrested be considered a good thing?
The one where cops are above the law and can do anything without fear of reprisal.
This.
Rules, laws and morals are for commoners, not them.
In utmost secrecy, the world’s largest child sexual abuse forum was moved to the other side of the globe. No one was supposed to know who was behind the website’s continued operation.
VG exposed the largest child sexual abuse forum. It was run by the police.
Probably not the right place since it’s like… an international thing as far as I can tell, but WTF.
This isn’t the time to talk about police murder.
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The Uncomfortable Reason Why it Came to This in Dallas Yesterday
This is from the Dallas shooting last year, but I just ran across it today.
Reasonable people can disagree about the prevalence of police brutality in America, and the extent to which race plays a factor in it. I don’t think reasonable people can disagree that excessive police force is punished way less often than it actually happens. And that’s the kind of problem that leads to people taking up guns and committing acts of violence – tragically (and with evil intent) against cops who as far as we know have done nothing wrong.
But people’s willingness to act rationally and within the confines of the law and the political system is generally speaking directly proportional to their belief that the law and political system will ever punish wrongdoing. And right now, that belief is largely broken, especially in many minority communities.
And it’s the blind, uncritical belief that the police never (or only in freak circumstances) do anything wrong that is a major contributing factor to that.
It’s at least as much of a factor, if not more so, than the blind, uncritical belief that the police always do things wrong – which many conservatives today are blaming in entirety for what happened in Dallas.
The truth, as always, lies somewhere in the middle, but acknowledging that requires looking in the mirror in a way that makes us all a little uncomfortable.
This is a flat-out murder. And there are no charges against the officers. Because of course not – the victim was a tall black man.
As a follow-up to the Utah cop who arrested the nurse that wouldn’t cooperate with his unlawful request to draw blood, he has been terminated and his superior demoted two ranks, from Lieutenant to police officer.
Chief fires officer who arrested U. nurse; lieutenant demoted | KSL.com
Salt Lake Police Chief Mike Brown fired detective Jeff Payne on Tuesday and demoted Lt. James Tracy for their involvement in the controversial arrest of University Hospital nurse Alex Wubbels.
Good to hear some real action being taken. I can’t recall from the story: did the superior give the order to arrest the nurse? If so, he should have been fired too, not just demoted.