Racist/Corrupt/Immoral Police Thread.

[gounion]

Iv'e always found this interesting.......

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/ ... c8a9e82b9a
Attractive People Have A Big Advantage In The Job Interview



Now i'm no beauty but i do stand close to 6'3" and have always been in good shape. i might not want to admit it but, over the years i have noticed that it has helped me in certain situations. Given that, why would i not believe it also gave me a bit of an advantage when stopped by a cop. Taking it a little further ya run into the caveat that is sometimes difficult to admit to. i have to admit, i also have an extra added advantage by the color of my skin. Which would make me have to admit that i have a better chance of a police stop going smoothly. It's not fair.

Yep, things would be different if you were a 6’3” black man in good shape during a stop.

[ZoWie]

They'd be different, all right. The cops would probably have one hand near their holsters.

[JoeMemphis]

Iv'e always found this interesting.......

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/ ... c8a9e82b9a
Attractive People Have A Big Advantage In The Job Interview



Now i'm no beauty but i do stand close to 6'3" and have always been in good shape. i might not want to admit it but, over the years i have noticed that it has helped me in certain situations. Given that, why would i not believe it also gave me a bit of an advantage when stopped by a cop. Taking it a little further ya run into the caveat that is sometimes difficult to admit to. i have to admit, i also have an extra added advantage by the color of my skin. Which would make me have to admit that i have a better chance of a police stop going smoothly. It's not fair.

Interesting.

But here is what I think and I believe the stats will back me up, no matter how tall or attractive you are and no matter what color you are, encounters with the police generally work out peacefully. I acknowledge that some do not. However, what we should be teaching young men and women is not to get combative or resist law enforcement officers. We are training many of these folks to fear these encounter rather than how to navigate safely thru those encounters. So what results becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. That is no excuse for bad behavior on the part of law enforcement but there is a time and a place and a process to address those grievances. And I know that we need to improve the standards, processes, training and recruiting of LE. I get all that.

Bottomline, we as a country of laws need law enforcement. They aren’t going away. We should always be looking for ways to improve the system. I don’t think constantly ripping away at it with briars brush attacks and teaching people to fear is a viable way forward. At some point in time, we have to look forward and move ahead understanding that it’s never going to be perfect.

[Glennfs]

Yep, things would be different if you were a 6’3” black man in good shape during a stop.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/585 ... e-by-race/

It seems that about twice as many white people get shot by police than black people.

But, according to you all police are racist and go to work every morning hoping to shoot an African American.

[gounion]

Interesting.

But here is what I think and I believe the stats will back me up, no matter how tall or attractive you are and no matter what color you are, encounters with the police generally work out peacefully. I acknowledge that some do not. However, what we should be teaching young men and women is not to get combative or resist law enforcement officers. We are training many of these folks to fear these encounter rather than how to navigate safely thru those encounters. So what results becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. That is no excuse for bad behavior on the part of law enforcement but there is a time and a place and a process to address those grievances. And I know that we need to improve the standards, processes, training and recruiting of LE. I get all that.

Bottomline, we as a country of laws need law enforcement. They aren’t going away. We should always be looking for ways to improve the system. I don’t think constantly ripping away at it with briars brush attacks and teaching people to fear is a viable way forward. At some point in time, we have to look forward and move ahead understanding that it’s never going to be perfect.

You know, you say that, but the officers that stopped Lt. Caron Nazario were cleared of all wrongdoing. The officer that murdered Philando Castile was acquitted of all charges.

Did the place and process work in those instances? Of course, this is one thing, again, you won’t address.

I could have the numbers wrong, but they’re in the ballpark. In Minneapolis, there were something like 26,000 complaints against officers. Less than 10 resulted in any action at all.

So what you’re doing is saying, shut up and take it.

Tell me, should Rosa Parks have submitted and did as ordered and gave up her seat on the bus? Yes or no?

I’ve been good friends with many black people throughout may life. Not one of them ever told me that blacks have nothing to fear from the police.

[Glennfs]

You know, you say that, but the officers that stopped Lt. Caron Nazario were cleared of all wrongdoing. The officer that murdered Philando Castile was acquitted of all charges.

Did the place and process work in those instances? Of course, this is one thing, again, you won’t address.

I could have the numbers wrong, but they’re in the ballpark. In Minneapolis, there were something like 26,000 complaints against officers. Less than 10 resulted in any action at all.

So what you’re doing is saying, shut up and take it.

Tell me, should Rosa Parks have submitted and did as ordered and gave up her seat on the bus? Yes or no?

I’ve been good friends with many black people throughout may life. Not one of them ever told me that blacks have nothing to fear from the police.

Some of my best friends are black. For that to be true you would have to have a friend.
Maybe you should change that from friends to acquaintances

[gounion]

Some of my best friends are black. For that to be true you would have to have a friend.
Maybe you should change that from friends to acquaintances

Wow, your hatred is strong today, since you know that isn’t the truth.

[Glennfs]

Wow, your hatred is strong today, since you know that isn’t the truth.

I bet you are having a big shindig this Sunday or maybe you are going to one or maybe you are going to sit at home by yourself

[gounion]

I bet you are having a big shindig this Sunday or maybe you are going to one or maybe you are going to sit at home by yourself

Doesn’t mean I don’t have friends. Most of them live in different states.

But you don’t care about the truth do you?

[Motor City]

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Family of Jorge Ramirez says 'Killing County' series is a way to hold police accountable

[Motor City]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7NclgmCkGA

Organizers of the press conference later this morning in Raleigh, NC say Darryl Williams' family deserves answers surrounding his death.

Man dies after cops restrained him on the ground, ignored his warning of 'heart problems' and used stun gun on him, video shows

Police in North Carolina released footage Friday showing officers use a stun gun on a Black man who had told officers he had heart issues. At one point the man, who died about an hour later, was held on the ground by officers as he was shocked.

Darryl Tyree Williams, 32, was pronounced dead at a hospital Jan. 17. A police report says officers observed an open container of alcohol and marijuana in a parked car as Williams was in the driver's seat. During an attempt to arrest him, police say Williams was shocked three times and eventually handcuffed by officers in southeast Raleigh.

Six officers are on administrative leave amid an investigation by the Raleigh Police Department's Internal Affairs Unit. The State Bureau of Investigation is also conducting a probe.....

[Motor City]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUp-60XQbtU

Former Memphis Police officer speaks out about Tyre Nichols case

"There is a decency of humanity that every human is supposed to have towards another person regardless," former MPD officer Brandon Williams said on the officers involved in Tyre Nichols' death.

Of inequality and the perverse reasoning inherent to it, And where it keeps leading us.

[ap215]

Lawsuit claims Alabama man froze to death in police custody, was ‘likely’ placed in jail freezer

WALKER COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) – The mother of Anthony “Tony” Mitchell, a Walker County, Alabama man who died in police custody in January, has filed a federal lawsuit against multiple jail officials, including Sheriff Nick Smith, alleging that authorities deprived the man of his constitutional rights by leaving him in the jail’s walk-in freezer “or similar frigid environment” for hours.

“This is one of the most appalling cases of jail abuse the country has seen,” the 37-page federal lawsuit, seen at the bottom of this story, begins. “On the night of January 25 to January 26, 2023, Anthony Don Mitchell (“Tony”) froze to death while incarcerated at the Walker County Jail.”

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing ... l-freezer/

[ap215]

US Attorney Joins Probe Into LAPD’s Handling of Les Moonves Sex Assault Accusations

A federal corruption prosecutor has joined the Los Angeles Police Department investigation into allegations that the department mishandled a sexual assault complaint against former CBS CEO Leslie Moonves, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing the LAPD.

The news follows word that the department opened a probe in November into a now-retired LAPD officer’s alleged efforts to keep accusations leveled against the former CEO in 2017 that dated from the 1980s from going public.

https://www.thewrap.com/les-moonves-sex ... stigation/

[ap215]

Louisiana police officer charged in shooting death of unarmed man

A Louisiana police officer was charged Thursday in connection with the shooting death of an unarmed man earlier this month, police said.

Shreveport Police Officer Alexander Tyler, 23, was arrested after a review of body camera footage and "other relevant evidence" by the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations, the department said in a statement.

https://www.aol.com/louisiana-police-of ... 26301.html

[ap215]

Tennessee officers’ conduct probed in woman’s death

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Four Tennessee police officers are being investigated for their treatment of a woman whose pleas for help they repeatedly ignored as they accused her of faking illness after she was discharged from a hospital. The woman was pronounced dead a day later.

The Knox County District Attorney’s office announced on Monday that it would not press criminal charges after an autopsy determined that 60-year-old Lisa Edwards died of a stroke and that “at no time did law enforcement interaction cause or contribute to Ms. Edwards’ death.”

https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-wo ... 6a0826c256

[Motor City]

Memphis judge blocks release of 20 hours of video, documents related to Tyre Nichols investigation

A Memphis judge ruled nearly 20 hours of additional footage and internal documents related to the city's investigation into the death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols cannot be released until the lawyers for the five former Memphis police officers charged in his death have seen the new video.

Shelby County Criminal Court Judge James Jones Jr. signed a court order blocking the release which was filed Wednesday by Blake Ballin – the attorney representing Desmond Mills, Jr. – and signed on to by the other four former officers.

"The court orders that the release of videos, audio, reports, and personnel files of City of Memphis employees related to this indictment and investigation (to include administrative hearings, records and related files) shall be delayed until such time as the state and the defendants have reviewed this information," the court order read. "The release of this information shall be subject to further orders of this court and, in the public interest, will be ordered as soon as possible."......

[ap215]

7 Virginia deputies, 3 hospital employees charged with murder after inmate held down for 12 minutes: Prosecutor

Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old man who died in police custody earlier this month, was held down by seven Virginia sheriff's deputies for 12 minutes, according to Ann Cabell Baskervill, the Commonwealth Attorney for Dinwiddie County, who described the "cruel" incident Thursday during a court hearing.

Cabell Baskervill described the incident as "a demonstration of power that is unlawful" and "it killed him."

https://abcnews.go.com/US/7-virginia-de ... d=97875603

[bird]

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanc ... 3/fulltext

This link is loaded with jargon but it is interesting.

Kinda points out Glen’s simplistic statistics are misleading. I would also add that theoretically there should be far more whites killed by police violence than what Glen posted based upon population percentages.

[Motor City]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jM180izV6M

New details from an independent autopsy of the activist fatally shot by Atlanta police in January concludes their hands were raised up and in front of their body when they were killed.

Georgia State Patrol shot Manuel "Tortuguita" Terán during a raid on an encampment of forest protectors who oppose the construction of Atlanta's $90 million police training center dubbed "Cop City." An independent autopsy released Monday also shows 26-year-old Tortuguita was likely seated cross-legged when they were shot 14 times.

Tortuguita's family on Friday sued the city of Atlanta after the release of more video evidence of the shooting was blocked. "There's no reason to withhold this evidence. The public deserves to know. More importantly, the family deserves to know," says civil rights attorney Jeff Filipovits, who is representing the family.

He adds that despite law enforcement claims that Tortuguita may have fired on officers, there is no evidence of that.

When watching the videos I counted over 20 shots and the way the police/swat team/gbi officers were walking in groups it didnt look like they had to good of an awareness of each other. The type of thing that makes one nervous just to watch like they could have shot each other by being at intersecting angles.

[ap215]

DOJ investigates deputies accused of shoving guns in mouths of 2 Black men

BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Several deputies from a Mississippi sheriff’s department being investigated by the Justice Department for possible civil rights violations have been involved in at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another with lasting injuries, an Associated Press investigation found.

Two of the men allege that Rankin County sheriff’s deputies shoved guns into their mouths during separate encounters. In one case, the deputy pulled the trigger, leaving the man with wounds that required parts of his tongue to be sewn back together. In one of the two fatal confrontations, the man’s mother said a deputy kneeled on her son’s neck while he told them he couldn’t breathe.

https://thehill.com/homenews/3919774-do ... black-men/

[ap215]

New Mexico police shot and killed a man after they went to the wrong house while responding to a domestic violence call

(CNN) — Authorities are investigating the shooting of a man killed by police at his northwestern New Mexico home after they arrived at the wrong address, police said.

Robert Dotson, 52, was killed Wednesday night by officers with the Farmington Police Department after they received a call reporting a domestic violence incident around 11:30 p.m. and went to his house instead of the one across the street, according to local and state police.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/07/us/new-m ... index.html

[Motor City]

Minneapolis to pay $8.9M over Chauvin's actions before Floyd

....At a news conference Thursday, Mayor Jacob Frey apologized to all victims of Chauvin and said that if police supervisors “had done the right thing, George Floyd would not have been murdered.”

“He should have been fired in 2017. He should have been held accountable in 2017,” Frey told reporters.

Both lawsuits named Chauvin and several other officers. The lawsuits alleged police misconduct, excessive force, and racism — Pope and Code are Black; Chauvin is white. They also said the city knew that Chauvin had a record of misconduct but didn’t stop him....

[Motor City]

New Mexico police shot and killed a man after they went to the wrong house while responding to a domestic violence call

(CNN) — Authorities are investigating the shooting of a man killed by police at his northwestern New Mexico home after they arrived at the wrong address, police said.

Robert Dotson, 52, was killed Wednesday night by officers with the Farmington Police Department after they received a call reporting a domestic violence incident around 11:30 p.m. and went to his house instead of the one across the street, according to local and state police.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/07/us/new-m ... index.html

The police had shined the light on the man, likely blinding him, he wouldn't have been able to see anything like whether it was police or someone pretending to be police.

Police realized they were at wrong house before killing man, video shows

The release of the video comes more than a week after Robert Dotson, 52, was killed by police in Farmington, N.M., on April 5, when officers showed up to the wrong house in response to a domestic violence call. Three officers who fired their weapons have been placed on paid administrative leave, and the fatal mix-up is being investigated by the New Mexico State Police.

After the officers appeared to laugh at the notion that they mixed up the addresses, police backed away and shined a light on Dotson once he came to the door of what authorities thought was the house with the domestic violence report, video shows.....

[ap215]

“This Is A Hate Crime”: Kansas City Black Family Demanding Justice After A White Man Shoots Black Boy, Ralph Yarl, In The Head Twice For Ringing Doorbell Of The Wrong Home, White Man Released By Police Hours Later

KANSAS CITY, MO – Ralph Yarl, a 16 year old Black boy, was shot twice by a white man in North Kansas City after accidentally ringing the doorbell of the wrong home while attempting to pick up his sibling. The white man reportedly shot Ralph in the head through the glass door, then when Yarl was already bleeding out on the ground, shot him again. The family has described it as a hate crime, and community members are calling for justice for the young victim.

“This was not an ‘error’; this was a hate crime. You don’t shoot a child in the head because he rang your doorbell. The fact that the police said it was an ‘error’ is why America is the way it is,” said Dr. Faith Spoonmore, the aunt of Ralph Yarl.

https://kansascitydefender.com/justice/ ... alph-yarl/