Fucking Cops

[Jackalope]

Yeah...very convincing story.

Not to a skeptic, but to the average schlub that believes in resurrected-Jesus-on-a-stick, how incredible is a magic gun?

[Pyrrho]

It is hard to say what is going on inside someone's head, though one can make a pretty good guess based on the person's actions.  And obviously, different cops have different things going on in their heads, as is evidenced from the fact that they do not all behave identically.

In this sort of case, though, I suspect that very often the cops do not think of black people as being fully people.  More like animals, or evil demons, or something subhuman.  If they did not think such types of things, they would treat black people like people.

The one thing that needs to be explained then is why black cops are just as vicious towards minorities as white cops?  It is the police mentality that needs to be examined.  The simplistic solution of just hiring more minority cops is not the answer.  We need BETTER cops not just darker cops.

People can be bigoted against their own group.  Blacks can be bigoted against blacks, women can be bigoted against women, etc.  Some years ago, I remember it was common for people to not want to work for a woman.  Even among women.  For my part, I realized that that was pure idiocy.  I liked working for women, because if I just did my job and not give them any extra shit because they are a woman, they always loved me as a worker.

You are certainly correct about what we need.  We need better cops, not simply darker ones.

[Minimalist]

Not to derail the thread but back in my union days we had some really shitty managers.  Male and female.  But there was a difference.

I had meetings with entire groups, 12-15 employees where every one of them denounced the manager as an egotistical fuckhead who did not know his ass from his elbow.  The point is that they ALL hated him with a white hot passion.  These managers were invariably male...and, not to push stereotypes too far...usually short males.  They were equal opportunity bastards who thought that bullying was the way to get the job done.

Then there were the shitty female managers.  Whole different thing.  They practiced 'divide and conquer.'  They would have a small clique, 1 or 2 friends, who they would go out to lunch with and pal around with and every other woman in the group was on the outs.  Their pals would get the choice assignments.  By this time the job was getting to be primarily female so there were few males in the group.  They rarely had any complaints about their female managers but when it was woman to woman you could cut the tension with a knife.  As Chris Rock noted women could rule the world except for one thing:  "Women hate women."

The dynamics were fascinating.

Okay - back to shitty cops.

[Chad32]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avULZpY2ssY

Here's a step in the right direction. Prosecutors can't convince a grand jury not to indict an officer in California now. They'll have to go public with it.

[Minimalist]

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/texas-co...-about-it/

Texas cops attack woman in her own home — then complain when reporters ask about it

Yeah....I can see why they would complain.

Cocksuckers.

[Minimalist]

Arizona.... not so far from Texas.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/arizona-...or-charge/

Arizona detention officer charged with punching unruly inmate jailed on minor charge

[Chad32]

The more power you have, the thinner your skin is. If only being mega rich made you contract a major case of hemophilia.

[Minimalist]

Florida...

https://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/watch-m...nt-reason/

Includes video of a cop apparently deciding to punch a kid who was handcuffed in the back of a patrol car...

WATCH: Miami cop pummels handcuffed teen pot suspect for no apparent reason

The police department suspended the officer during an internal investigation, but the police union president said he expected the officer to be vindicated.

No, fuckhead.  Even if the kid mouthed off that is not an appropriate reason for felonious assault.  Your fucking cops are supposed to be the GROWN-UPs in the room.

[Minimalist]

YOung black kid in Georgia arrested after clerical error.

Lucky to survive unharmed.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/georgia-...-be-alive/

Georgia student arrested due to state’s clerical error — and his dad says he’s lucky to be alive

I bet if his name was Bubba Ray Jones he wouldn't have had a problem.

[Minimalist]

It is up to the police command and the city authorities to deal with this shit.

The video speaks for itself assholes.  It does not matter who took it.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/florida-...hing-teen/

Florida police union uses Facebook photos to smear woman who posted video of cop punching teen