Continuation The behaviour of US police officers - part 2

[lobosrul5]

Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey

NYPD official social media account posts flyer encouraging people to prevent bike theft by locking up their bikes to, among other things, street sign posts.

9 days later on the same account, they post a picture of a police van full of bikes they have cut free from sign posts, claiming that locking up to street signs is illegal (a dubious claim in itself)

https://twitter.com/OzzieAraujo/stat...33730131341313

If the NYPD, thru official communication says to do something, then punishes people for doing so, thats a very clear case of entrapment. Not that anyone will be punished or held responsible for it.

[JoeMorgue]

Oh no you see it's totally not entrapment because we're invoking the landmark act of "I say so, now I dare you do do something about it."

[Matthew Best]

Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey

NYPD official social media account posts flyer encouraging people to prevent bike theft by locking up their bikes to, among other things, street sign posts.

9 days later on the same account, they post a picture of a police van full of bikes they have cut free from sign posts, claiming that locking up to street signs is illegal (a dubious claim in itself)

https://twitter.com/OzzieAraujo/stat...33730131341313

Not the same account. One is the 114th Precinct, the other is the 107th Precinct. I have no idea where either of those are, and it's still terrible, but I'm told over and over again on this board that individual police forces are completely separate from each other.

[JoeMorgue]

Originally Posted by Matthew Best

Not the same account. One is the 114th Precinct, the other is the 107th Precinct. I have no idea where either of those are, and it's still terrible, but I'm told over and over again on this board that individual police forces are completely separate from each other.

Precincts within the same police force are not. These are just administrative divisions of the NYPD, not distinct and individual police forces.

[SuburbanTurkey]

Originally Posted by Matthew Best

Not the same account. One is the 114th Precinct, the other is the 107th Precinct. I have no idea where either of those are, and it's still terrible, but I'm told over and over again on this board that individual police forces are completely separate from each other.

My mistake.

Separate precincts of the NYPD are part of the same police force.

[Armitage72]

Originally Posted by Matthew Best

Not the same account. One is the 114th Precinct, the other is the 107th Precinct. I have no idea where either of those are, and it's still terrible, but I'm told over and over again on this board that individual police forces are completely separate from each other.

Google says they're both northern Queens.
"The 114th Precinct is located in the northwestern portion of Queens, and covers Astoria, Long Island City, Woodside, and Jackson Heights."
"The 107th Precinct serves a portion of Northern Queens, containing Fresh Meadows, Cunningham Heights, and Hilltop Village."

It looks like they're about 8-9 miles apart, by road.

[SuburbanTurkey]

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Three Loveland police supervisors signed off on an officer’s use of force after he threw a 73-year-old woman with dementia to the ground in June 2020, according to an internal police report released Tuesday by the woman’s attorney.

Assistant Chief of Police Ray Butler watched the body camera footage of now-former Officer Austin Hopp violently arresting Karen Garner — conduct for which Hopp now faces a felony assault charge — and wrote that Hopp’s use of force was “necessary, reasonable and within policy,” according to the internal police report.

Chief of police lied about supervisors not knowing about this incident. 3 supervisors signed off on barbaric use of force used for the arrest, which has later resulted in the cop being charged with felony assault.

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The thorough vetting through multiple levels of police leadership appears to contradict Chief Robert Ticer’s assertion that police did not become aware of the severity of the incident until Garner filed a federal lawsuit in April 2021. The officer broke Garner’s arm and dislocated her shoulder during the arrest, according to the lawsuit.

“We found out, nearly eight months later, that this had occurred,” Ticer said during a May 19 news conference. “We took swift action at that point… I don’t know if we would have found out about that without the federal lawsuit. Perhaps if it would have come in through a different channel — but that’s how we were notified.”

Oops all bad apples again.

https://www.denverpost.com/2021/09/0...cessive-force/

[ponderingturtle]

Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey

Cops lied about not knowing about this incident. 3 supervisors signed off on barbaric use of force used for the arrest, which has later resulted in the cop being charged with felony assault.

Hey did they get to laugh at hearing her bone break and then locking her in handcuffs for hours? Cop humor is the best.

[lobosrul5]

Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey

Chief of police lied about supervisors not knowing about this incident. 3 supervisors signed off on barbaric use of force used for the arrest, which has later resulted in the cop being charged with felony assault.



Oops all bad apples again.

https://www.denverpost.com/2021/09/0...cessive-force/

“We took swift action at that point… I don’t know if we would have found out about that without the federal lawsuit."

*cough* bull **** *cough*

[SuburbanTurkey]

AP investigation reveals pattern of Louisiana State Police covering up misconduct and complaints of excessive force.

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The most violent videos languished for years, lost or ignored in a digital vault. Louisiana State Police troopers and top brass alike would often look the other way, even as officers took to official messaging channels to banter about their brutality.

In one video, white troopers can be seen slamming a Black man against a police cruiser after finding marijuana in his car, throwing him to the ground and repeatedly punching him — all while he is handcuffed.

In another, a white trooper pummels a Black man at a traffic stop 18 times with a flashlight, leaving him with a broken jaw, broken ribs and a gash to his head. That footage was mislabeled and it took 536 days and a lawsuit for police to look into it.

And yet another video shows a white trooper coldcocking a Hispanic drug trafficking suspect as he stood calmly by a highway, an unprovoked attack never mentioned in any report and only investigated when the footage was discovered by an outraged federal judge.

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An AP review of internal investigative records and newly obtained videos identified at least a dozen cases over the past decade in which Louisiana State Police troopers or their bosses ignored or concealed evidence of beatings, deflected blame and impeded efforts to root out misconduct.

https://apnews.com/article/police-be...d73cc35b0c02f8

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“Hyper-aggressiveness is winked upon and nodded and allowed to go on,” said Andrew Scott, a former Boca Raton, Florida, police chief and use-of-force expert who reviewed videos obtained by AP. “It’s very clear that the agency accepts that type of behavior.”

Most of those beaten in the cases AP found were Black, in keeping with the agency’s own tally that 67% of its uses of force in recent years have targeted Black people — double the percentage of the state’s Black population. AP reporting revealed that a secret panel the state police set up this year to determine whether troopers systematically abused Black motorists was just as secretly shut down, leaving the agency blind to potential misconduct.

[SuburbanTurkey]

Remember when the Philly riot cops surrounded a woman's car during a protest, broke all the windows, dragged her out, beat her, arrested her, then took a photo with her terrified child for a propaganda hit piece?

The city just agreed to pay her 2 million.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philad...-20210913.html

[SuburbanTurkey]

From an article about food delivery drivers organizing after being fed up with being screwed by their employers or violently robbed in the streets

Getting the NYPD to actually care about real crime is like pulling teeth:

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About 30 people showed up to the park at 72nd and Amsterdam and rode honking to the precinct. There, they blocked the street, shouting “No more robberies!” to nonplussed cops. Eventually, a Spanish-speaking officer came out. Tohom stepped forward and listed robbery after robbery — Monday at 150 Central Park, yesterday at 100th, another at 67th, knives, guns, machetes, thefts they reported months ago and received no response about, bikes stolen with GPS that police refused to pursue — as the crowd yelled “Help us.”

https://www.curbed.com/article/nyc-d...y-workers.html

The NYPD is one of the most well funded and sophisticated police forces on the planet, but getting them to get off their asses to actually help solve a crime requires a minor miracle.

[erlando]

Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey

Remember when the Philly riot cops surrounded a woman's car during a protest, broke all the windows, dragged her out, beat her, arrested her, then took a photo with her terrified child for a propaganda hit piece?

The city just agreed to pay her 2 million.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philad...-20210913.html

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Last week, Young filed a lawsuit against the National Fraternal Order of Police, which two days after the incident posted a photo of a Philadelphia police officer holding Young’s then-2-year-old son. Philadelphia Police said investigators could not determine who took the photo.

The nation’s largest police union shared the image on Facebook and Twitter alongside captions that read: “This child was lost during the violent riots in Philadelphia … the only thing this Philadelphia Police officer cared about in that moment was protecting this child.”

The group removed the posts within hours, saying in a statement the next day they took them down after learning “of conflicting accounts of the circumstances under which the child came to be assisted by the officer.”

The lawsuit, filed by Young and her child, seeks damages for invasion of privacy and infliction of emotional distress.

I hope she wins this one as well. Make those lying bastards pay too.

[SuburbanTurkey]

Worst people on the planet teaming up for a collaborative project:

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Tampa police called for hundreds to be evicted. Entire families lost their homes.
Officers sent notices to landlords detailing arrests and encounters with their tenants that put families at risk of eviction even when charges were later dropped.

Since 2013, the Tampa Police Department has taken a hands-on role at more than 100 apartment communities, sending notices to landlords when their tenants are arrested or stopped by officers and encouraging their eviction.

The program, known as Crime-Free Multi Housing, was marketed to landlords as a way to keep violent crime and drug and gang activity off their properties.

https://www.tampabay.com/investigati...t-their-homes/

[Ethan Thane Athen]

Deleted because I didn't read the article properly before posting. Mea Culpa.

[Captain_Swoop]

The police department in Waterloo, Iowa, is in a showdown with its first Black police chief over the removal of the department's longtime insignia that resembles a Ku Klux Klan dragon, the Associated Press reported.

Joel Fitzgerald has faced backlash for his strides to reform Waterloo police that have intensified since last fall when the City Council began pushing for the removal of the department's emblem. The emblem, a red-bodied, green-eyed griffin, which has adorned officers' uniforms since the 1960s, has been compared to a KKK symbol.

Opinions on the emblem have been split, with the Waterloo Commission on Human Rights saying it evoked fear and distrust among some due to its resemblance to a hate group symbol. The Waterloo Police Protective Association, which represents officers, denied racist intent and protested against its removal.

The City Council, in a 5-2 vote last week, ordered the department to remove the symbol from uniforms by the end of September.

https://www.newsweek.com/police-depa...dragon-1630239

[JoeMorgue]

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Opinions on the emblem have been split, with the Waterloo Commission on Human Rights saying it evoked fear and distrust among some due to its resemblance to a hate group symbol. The Waterloo Police Protective Association, which represents officers, denied racist intent and protested against its removal.

If we're being honest I don't really see all that much similarity in the symbol outside of the vague "They are both a dragon (if we want to put on the nerd glasses the police emblem has an obvious beak so its technically a Griffin, but that's iTs nOT a DrAGON it's a WYRim! levels of stupid) and the yellow background.

That being said I'm not overly impressed that the response from the police department seems to be another bog standard "I recognize it bothers you, but I'm going to keep doing it and provide no reason beyond 'because you told me not to.'" piece of contrarianism. Like you can tell the image only meant anything to them when someone else had a problem with it.

I mean maybe just go "While we don't agree that the image is racist and accept no blame in that regard, we acknowledge that the symbol could be misinterpreted that way and cause harm to the community, so we will discontinuing usage of the symbol." You could just, crazy idea, do something nice instead of going "Well I'm not technically in the wrong so I shouldn't change my behavior at all."

There's levels between "Agreeing to stop doing something" and "Agreeing to stop doing something and begging for forgiveness while genuflecting."

[Babbylonian]

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

If we're being honest I don't really see all that much similarity in the symbol outside of the vague "They are both a dragon (if we want to put on the nerd glasses the police emblem has an obvious beak so its technically a Griffin, but that's iTs nOT a DrAGON it's a WYRim! levels of stupid) and the yellow background.

That being said I'm not overly impressed that the response from the police department seems to be another bog standard "I recognize it bothers you, but I'm going to keep doing it and provide no reason beyond 'because you told me not to.'" piece of contrarianism. Like you can tell the image only meant anything to them when someone else had a problem with it.

I mean maybe just go "While we don't agree that the image is racist and accept no blame in that regard, we acknowledge that the symbol could be misinterpreted that way and cause harm to the community, so we will discontinuing usage of the symbol." You could just, crazy idea, do something nice instead of going "Well I'm not technically in the wrong so I shouldn't change my behavior at all."

There's levels between "Agreeing to stop doing something" and "Agreeing to stop doing something and begging for forgiveness while genuflecting."

US police departments are racist organizations. Given that, it's obvious that the officers of this department like that citizens may feel intimidated by the symbol. Anything to **** with non-whites and liberals is worthwhile to cops.

[Armitage72]

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety would like drivers to keep their license, registration, and insurance card in a transparent plastic sleeve, hanging in a highly visible location, so the police are less likely to panic and shoot them during a traffic stop. If only there was some other way to prevent police officers from randomly killing motorists.

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Our troopers, along with several law enforcement agencies across the state, want to make it easier for drivers to store the information and for law enforcement to see when motorists are reaching for documents.

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We recently purchased some Not-Reaching Pouches to help reduce deadly force encounters between law enforcement and citizens during traffic stops. The pouches store a driver’s license, and insurance card in plain sight in the vehicle on an air vent or other visible location.

[Aridas]

Originally Posted by Armitage72

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety would like drivers to keep their license, registration, and insurance card in a transparent plastic sleeve, hanging in a highly visible location, so the police are less likely to panic and shoot them during a traffic stop. If only there was some other way to prevent police officers from randomly killing motorists.





https://i.imgur.com/9LFIMan.jpg

To poke at another PO'd take on that subject to add to that a little...

Minnesota Police Admit They Can't Be Trusted to Not Murder You

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Oh, and then? They doubled down by trotting out the mother of the man they murdered to tout the “please don’t murder me, Officer Krupke” bag. As if they couldn’t be any more tone-deaf.

<snip>

PS: In Minnesota you are not required to carry a copy of your vehicle registration in the car. License and proof of insurance is all you need. So the stupid messaging isn’t even right.

[mgidm86]

Yes, thank you for letting us know that it is the driver's fault that cops are trigger happy. Jebus ******* kripes.

Me in any other country in the world: "American? Nope, not me, eh! We just look similar"

[Aridas]

To poke at something slightly tangential, but related to the topic of this thread -

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The Department of Justice had the kind of pro-police reform week that doesn’t happen every year. In a seven-day period, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a ban on chokeholds and no-knock warrants, an overhaul on how to handle law enforcement oversight deals, and a promise to make sure the Justice Department wasn’t funding agencies that engage in racial discrimination.

[SuburbanTurkey]

Originally Posted by Aridas

To poke at something slightly tangential, but related to the topic of this thread -

A good move for sure, but of limited impact. The vast majority of day-to-day policing is not performed by federal agents, but by local police forces that don't answer to the AG.

[SuburbanTurkey]

Popehat has a nice collection of lesser tales of piggishness by the police. Obviously examples of egregious abuse by the police get more press coverage, but it's important to note that cops are also completely worthless in many petty ways as well.

Tales of cops proving themselves to be unhelpful, cruel, and petty tyrants are incredibly common.

One of several:

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A friend called the cops after her boyfriend broke her ribs and trashed her apt. Stepping through her broken dishes, the cops laughed and joked about what a huge mess she had to clean up then told her to stop writing so many details in her report.

https://twitter.com/ErinSiobhan/stat...75999823163395

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When my son was carjacked at gunpoint, beat up and thrown out of his car into an unfamiliar neighborhood, it was street people, not cops, who found his car for us. The cop who eventually responded told me it looked like a drug deal gone bad, not a carjacking.

https://twitter.com/NotGr8flJstDead/...84962794967041

https://twitter.com/Popehat

More similar anecdotes

Popehat's own story:

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This is a cop story AND a press story I haven’t told in a while. Cops came to arrest a controversial and colorful local politician on Friday of a holiday weekend. Tipped off a reporter and photog from a local paper we’ll call The Angels Times.

But the reporter and photog were late so the cops already had him in the car. They complained. The cops walked the politician in cuffs back into his house and then walked him out again so the photog could get the perp walk shot. Paper ran it.

(That’s because cops will use the press to **** you, and the press will run the picture because they think the picture of a perp walk is news but the cops’ willingness to fake it for you isn’t news.)

Then the cops drove him all over the county for five or six hours so it was too late for him to go to court so he’d stay in custody over the three-day weekend. /end

https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1439761151072473093

[SuburbanTurkey]

24 year old man jailed at Riker's dies after days of medical neglect, screaming in pain and begging for help.

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The family of a gay 24-year-old who died at Rikers earlier this month is seeking answers about the circumstances surrounding his death after they said jail officials ignored his pleas for medical care when other inmates heard him “screaming” for help.

Esias “Izzy” Johnson, a Massachusetts native remembered by his parents as an intelligent, kindhearted young man, was found dead at 9:45 a.m. on September 7 after he spent an entire month trying unsuccessfully to get released on his $1 bail. He is one of 11 people who have died at the notorious jail complex this year alone.

The city’s chief medical examiner told Gay City News the cause and manner of Johnson’s are pending “further studies.” A New York Daily News report published just hours after he died cited a source claiming he suffered a fatal overdose — and Johnson’s family learned of that claim in the news — though they have not been informed of any official cause of death and they are hesitant to draw any sweeping conclusions.

“Inmates came forward saying he had been complaining of stomach pain for days,” Johnson’s mother, Tracy Johnson, told Gay City News in an interview on September 19. “Inmates said he had been screaming all night for help, and come morning time, he couldn’t get out of bed. He never got out of bed for breakfast.”

She added, “I think they put a drug overdose to cover up that they weren’t taking care of him or helping him.”

The family’s attorney, Jamie Santana, told Gay City News that he believes “multiple inmates saw and heard” Johnson in pain and “witnessed that he received zero medical attention.” Santana said Johnson’s calls for medical attention “were heard and known by the facility.”

https://www.gaycitynews.com/family-d...ath-at-rikers/

[SuburbanTurkey]

Another tale of copaganda revealed to be a total lie:

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“Officer Mike CAN’T eat a burrito in his car!!” the video says. “Now he faces being put on 16 hours suspension for eating his burrito!”

It’s an oft-repeated story.

In an interview earlier this month union President Shaun Willoughby cited it as an example of a ridiculous and out-of control system brought about because of the court-ordered reform of the Police Department. He said officers are “in trouble constantly,” which has led to rising crime, high turnover and low morale.

But an Internal Affairs investigation shows a markedly different reality — for one thing, the officer was not just eating a burrito. He was driving through city streets and on Interstate 40 — with a prisoner in the back seat — at times steering his cruiser with his knee while he ate three burritos, one after another.

https://www.abqjournal.com/2430850/f...r-burrito.html

Cops tried to gin up a story about "oversight gone mad" because a cop got punished for eating a burrito in his patrol car.

They conveniently left out that fact that he was eating a burrito while driving his patrol car with no hands on the wheel, including on a high speed interstate highway, with a restrained prisoner in the back seat.

[lobosrul5]

Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey

Another tale of copaganda revealed to be a total lie:



https://www.abqjournal.com/2430850/f...r-burrito.html

Cops tried to gin up a story about "oversight gone mad" because a cop got punished for eating a burrito in his patrol car.

They conveniently left out that fact that he was eating a burrito while driving his patrol car with no hands on the wheel, including on a high speed interstate highway, with a restrained prisoner in the back seat.

Our current mayor is being challenged by the former sheriff of the county. His platform is basically the city police are being horribly hamstrung by the super liberal mayor*.. because he is complying with a federal justice department excessive force order. This included shooting a handcuffed man in the back of the head while he was face down on the pavement. They just CANT STOP CRIME AND NOT SHOOT UNARMED PEOPLE IN THE HEAD, ITS OVERSIGHT GONE MAD!!! WE MUST CHOOSE ONE OR THE OTHER!!!

*"funnily" enough the challenger is also a Democrat but he's the equivalent of a RINO.

The Bernalillo County Sheriffs Dept still don't wear body cameras, and go around in military style fatigues and tactical gear even on routine daily patrols.

[mgidm86]

Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey

Another tale of copaganda revealed to be a total lie:



https://www.abqjournal.com/2430850/f...r-burrito.html

Cops tried to gin up a story about "oversight gone mad" because a cop got punished for eating a burrito in his patrol car.

They conveniently left out that fact that he was eating a burrito while driving his patrol car with no hands on the wheel, including on a high speed interstate highway, with a restrained prisoner in the back seat.

I do the same, but I limit it to one burrito and zero restrained prisoners in my van, whatever "restrained" has to do with it.

[tyr_13]

Originally Posted by mgidm86

I do the same, but I limit it to one burrito and zero restrained prisoners in my van, whatever "restrained" has to do with it.

It puts them at higher risk of injury and death in the event of a crash.

[erlando]

Originally Posted by tyr_13

It puts them at higher risk of injury and death in the event of a crash.

And the risk of a crash is markedly higher when the person driving the car is distracted by eating a burrito and doesn't have his hands on the wheel..

These past few stories just goes to show the american way of thinking about prisoners. When you get in the hands of the police you are no longer considered human. You mean ****-all to the people handling you.

[SuburbanTurkey]

Tough on crime Republican DA forcibly rapes work colleague after years of being a sex pest.

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A Republican district attorney in Pennsylvania who styled himself as a tough-on-crime prosecutor—while refusing to pursue charges against anyone cited for disregarding state mask mandates—now stands accused of violently raping a female acquaintance in her own home, according to Pennsylvania State Police.

Somerset County DA Jeffrey Lynn Thomas, 36, allegedly attacked the unidentified woman on Sept. 18, having first contacted her on Snapchat to say he’d be coming over in a few minutes, according to police. A criminal complaint obtained by the Somerset County, Pennsylvania Tribune-Democrat states that the woman knew Thomas in a professional capacity and that she had for years rebuffed his persistent sexual advances.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffre...rged-with-rape

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In addition to rape, he was charged with indecent assault, strangulation, simple assault, and criminal trespass.

[erlando]

Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey

Tough on crime Republican DA forcibly rapes work colleague after years of being a sex pest.



https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffre...rged-with-rape

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The woman’s child was home during the attack

**** that guy.

[shemp]

Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey

Tough on crime Republican DA forcibly rapes work colleague after years of being a sex pest.



https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffre...rged-with-rape

I wonder how big a slap on the wrist he's going to get.

[mgidm86]

Originally Posted by shemp

I wonder how big a slap on the wrist he's going to get.

Hey they need to get him back out there fighting crime ASAP.

[SuburbanTurkey]

Originally Posted by shemp

I wonder how big a slap on the wrist he's going to get.

From the way it's reported, it's hard to imagine he won't fry. They claim there's literal snapchat logs where the lady tells him to go away, then he shows up and forcibly rapes her. It really sounds like an open and shut case that will be hard to bury.

[Planigale]

Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey

24 year old man jailed at Riker's dies after days of medical neglect, screaming in pain and begging for help.



https://www.gaycitynews.com/family-d...ath-at-rikers/

What makes it even more tragic was that he was in pre-trial detention apparently for lack of a $1 bail! Whatever crime he must be accused of would seem to be trivial, and the costs of detention in jail would appear to be excessive, it would be cheaper for the city / state to pay the bail than detain him.

What an awful avoidable tragedy. Abdominal pains can be excrutiating, not only no medical acre but no pain relief.

[Planigale]

Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey

Tough on crime Republican DA forcibly rapes work colleague after years of being a sex pest.



https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffre...rged-with-rape

This is a thread on the behaviour of the police. It seems to me we have enough posts that we could have one on the behaviour of DAs?

[SuburbanTurkey]

Minnesota government is offering branded document pouches to drivers to help reduce the odds of one of their cops freaking out and spraying the car with gunfire.

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We recently purchased some Not-Reaching Pouches to help reduce deadly force encounters between law enforcement and citizens during traffic stops. The pouches store a driver’s license, and insurance card in plain sight in the vehicle on an air vent or other visible location.

https://twitter.com/MnDPS_DPS/status...84957597896711

[ponderingturtle]

Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey

Minnesota government is offering branded document pouches to drivers to help reduce the odds of one of their cops freaking out and spraying the car with gunfire.



https://twitter.com/MnDPS_DPS/status...84957597896711

Well at least they know their officers.

[SuburbanTurkey]

Cops respond to fight outside football game that escalated to gunfire by showing up and shooting 4 people, killing an 8 year old girl.

4 of the 5 people wounded by gunfire at the fight were shot by police.

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Stollsteimer said a group of young males got into a fight that turned into gunfire Aug. 27 as spectators were leaving after the game between Pennsbury and Academy Park high schools. Three Sharon Hill officers were positioned opposite the exit, and as the gunfire broke out a car turned onto the street directly in front of the officers, he said.

“We have concluded that the gunfire, combined with the movement of the vehicle, precipitated responsive gunfire from the Sharon Hill police officers,” Stollsteimer said in a statement. “Our initial ballistics analysis has concluded with near certainty that four of the five gunshot victims, including Fanta Bility, were tragically struck by shots fired by the Sharon Hill police officers. We await final forensic reports.”

https://apnews.com/article/sports-fo...aeb895186ed8d2

Protecting and serving by opening fire into a crowd. #ThinBlueLine