Fucking Cops: Volume II

[Minimalist]

Well, whaddaya know?

One less casualty in "The War On Cops."


http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/illinois...e-reports/

Illinois ‘victim of the war on cops’ actually committed suicide: reports

Officials will announce on Wednesday that an Illinois police lieutenant believed to have been shot and killed actually took his own life, WMAQ-TV and other Chicago outlets reported on Tuesday night.

Fox Lake Lieutenant Joseph Gliniewicz’s death in September sparked a manhunt stemming from his request for backup as he pursued three “suspicious men” in the small community near the border between Illinois and Wisconsin.

Just a variation on the old "Why-no,officer-I-didn't-shoot-myself--some-black-guy-shot-me."

[Faith No More]

I was just going to post that. It turns out he was about to be exposed as a thief.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hero-...m-34958890

[AFTT47]

Interesting. What looked like one of the good cops to die was actually the latest example of power corrupting.

Human beings are flawed and limited. We need to recognize that fact and design our systems to account for it. EVERYBODY needs to have oversight. Nobody should feel like they are part of a system that allows them to get away with bad shit because if they do, they are likely to fall to temptation. People are generally good and well-intentioned - but only to certain limits. We need to acknowledge those limits and account for them. Nobody should be above scrutiny. Not leaders of state, not judges, not scientists, not engineers, not physicians and certainly not police officers. Everybody needs to be on the hot seat to keep them honest. It's no shame or insult; it's just logical acknowledgement of our limitations. Maybe someday we will evolve to the point where we are more individually trustworthy but not now.

[Minimalist]

Nice work, asswipes.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/louisian...eeing-car/

Louisiana police kill 6-year-old boy in passenger seat of fleeing car

Officers said that after the suspect’s SUV backed into one of their vehicles, the marshals got out of their patrol cars and began to fire through the driver’s window.

[Crossless2.0]

Nice work, asswipes.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/louisian...eeing-car/

Louisiana police kill 6-year-old boy in passenger seat of fleeing car

Officers said that after the suspect’s SUV backed into one of their vehicles, the marshals got out of their patrol cars and began to fire through the driver’s window.

As it turns out, the suspect was sort of an honorary adoptee of one of my co-worker's family -- the sort of chronic fuck up whom other people try hard to help to no avail. The boy who was killed was well known by my co-worker and her husband, who is my boss. The poor kid had autism and two useless pieces of shit for parents, and now he's gone because his dipshit father tried to flee a simple arrest warrant and the cops apparently didn't check their background before opening fire.
  
Fucking sad.

[Minimalist]

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/alabama-...-mans-gun/

Alabama cop may lose medal earned for shooting suspect — after video shows he was lying about man’s gun

And that's it?  He loses a medal?  Oh, yeah.  Alabama.

[Minimalist]

No police agency is immune.


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national...-1.2424364

FBI agent guilty of assault after shoving teen to ground, threatening him with gun: ‘If I have to shoot you, I will’

[Minimalist]

I feel better.  I'm not the only one who has noticed.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33535...tary-force

Has the NYPD Become a Paramilitary Force?

Vitale identifies these seven qualities as the principal aspects of the increasingly popular framework of paramilitary policing:

1. Surveillance and infiltration of nonviolent political organizations.
   
2. Denial of protest permits and tight restrictions on demonstration locations.
   
3. Heavy deployment and use of defensive equipment, such as body armor.
   
4. The use of 'less lethal' weapons on non-violent protestors.
   
5. Deployment of highly trained specialized police units to control demonstrations.
   
6. Preemptive arrests and targeting of protest leaders.
   
7. Coordination between local and federal law enforcement officials.
   

Other practices often accompanying paramilitary policing include the use of sophisticated cyber technologies, video surveillance and agents provocateurs.

[Minimalist]

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/if-you-r...from-them/

If you run, you’re done: Here’s why cops go psycho when people run from them

Simply looking at a police officer and taking off running is not a crime. Is it suspicious? Yes. But it’s not a crime….Maybe they’re afraid and just want to get away. We should always remember that a certain segment of the American population has never had a good experience with a police officer.”

[Jackalope]

Or you can just ignore the petulant child and have the principle come ask to speak to them, like a non-psychotic, non-totalitarian human being would do.

The principle does not go to you. You go to the principle.

In handcuffs - or an ambulance - apparently.