Fucking Cops

[Crossless2.0]

Yes, well, Crawford was black. Of course they shot him for holding a BB gun in a store. To avoid being shot on sight by the cops, he would have had to be some white Bubba with an actual damn assault rifle slung over his shoulder. You know, constitutional rights, pursuit of happiness, etc.

[CapnAwesome]

The basic problem with police is that it's a shitty job that qualified people don't want to do. You deal with people who hate you all day long and the pay isn't very good. One of the main things you do is paperwork and when the job isn't miserable it's probably boring. So what type of person possibly wants to be a police officer? The type who gets psychological joy out of tormenting and bullying people. Who likes ticketing people, who doesn't give a shit about your problems. That's a huge bonus to the job for some people. Psychological screening will only do so much, considering that people will lie about it.

Another huge huge problem for reforming the police is the idea that more cops=less crime. When Bill Clinton added a bunch of cops to the nation in the 90s it had no effect on the crime rate. A total waste of time. We can also look towards our neighbors for this. Mexico has a massive police presence. Far more police per capita than the U.S. but they do virtually nothing but hassle people for bribes and basically never investigate crime. Some of them are just a branch of cartel muscle. Everytime I come up to Canada (where I've been all summer) it always strikes me how unnoticeable their police force is yet the crime remains low. Until the general public and politicians stop with the idiotic idea that more cops=low crime and start depending on themselves as the first line against crime then we will long have police brutality by state funded thugs.

[Minimalist]

People say we need religion when what they really mean is we need police.
— H L Mencken

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These fuckers really think they are not accountable to anyone.

Time for the governor to step in.


http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/25815...y-mistrust

LA Police Refuse to Release Information on In-Custody Deaths, Community Pushes Back

ommunity activists continue to push the Los Angeles Police Department for transparency after two unarmed men died within days of each other as a result of violent stops by LAPD officers. But to date, no information has been given.

Ezell Ford, 25, and Omar Abrego, 37, died on August 11 and August 2, respectively. Police placed a "security hold" on the autopsy reports of both men on August 15, meaning neither report will be released to the public until the hold is lifted. As of now, the LAPD has not released the names of the officers involved. The deaths happened within blocks of each other, and community outrage coincided with civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri after police there shot unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown to death on August 9. Anger in Los Angeles has taken the form of peaceful marches and rallies seeking legal action against the officers involved.

[Minimalist]

Walking while black in Beverly Hills. Apparently not a good idea.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/26/wa...se-arrest/

A television and film producer’s first-person account of his mistaken arrest by Beverly Hills police has attracted widespread attention, KTLA-TV reported on Tuesday.

Charles Belk’s story has been shared just under 30,000 times since being posted on his Facebook page on Saturday. According to his post, Belk was walking to his car on La Cienega Boulevard when he was detained and ordered to sit on the curb.

[Jaysyn]

I wish we could go one fucking day without adding another 3-4 articles to this thread.

[Minimalist]

Looks like today is not going to be that day.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/27/ge...e-he-died/

Georgia cops fired Taser 13 times ‘as a cattle prod’ to make tired man walk before he died

What do you know? The guy was black and I bet the cops weren't.

[Minimalist]

More:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/27/so...pless-man/

South Dakota cop indicted after being caught on video repeatedly Tasering helpless man

And still more....and here we see the real problem with the system. Us.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/27/of...-drug-use/

Off-duty Texas cop cleared in fatal shooting of teen he suspected of drug use

[Minimalist]

Again...

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/27/si...-his-name/

Sitting while Black in Minnesota: Cops Tase man for not stating his name

Video posted online on Tuesday depicts the arrest and Tasing of an unidentified Black man in St. Paul, Minnesota for seemingly little reason other than his refusal to state his name, the Twin Cities Daily Planet reported.

[Minimalist]

Fucking Florida cops kill innocent bystander...charge man they were trying to kill with her murder.

You can't make this shit up.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/28/fl...er-murder/

Florida cops kill bystander, but charge suspect they were trying to shoot with her murder

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Ask yourself what would happen to YOU in similar circumstances.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/28/ca...e-charged/

California deputy who killed bicyclist while texting and driving on duty won’t be charged

[Minimalist]

Never forget that a fish stinks from the head down.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/28/po...ffic-stop/

Police chief defends cop in video threatening to ‘put a round in your ass’ during traffic stop