Seattle police? Seems normal.
Well, you know, to catch a criminal, you have to be able to think like a criminal. It is that newfangled fad called “method acting”.
I don’t know if this case was mentioned upthread, but back in May this year, a copper tasered a 95 year old woman, in a nursing home, on a walking frame, because she was brandishing a knife. Clare Knowland had dementia and was agitated, but really posed no threat because of her frailty. She died a week later, and the cop has now been charged with manslaughter.
From the article.
You think?
I’m predicting this next one will turn into a controversial encounter between law enforcement and civilians, but with a different spin.
Less then 48 hours ago this happened (not my picture):
As soon as the pictures started showing up on facebook people jumped to defend the driver of the car since trucks shouldn’t be on that road. I was surprised that no one seemed to consider that, even if the truck isn’t supposed to be there, the driver still drove into the broadside of a semi (it was making a u-turn). I think he’ll probably not be held liable, but I assume the semi-truck driver will have to deal with a wrongful death suit.
Now, for the controversial part, the driver of that car was an off duty cop. When cops die, people start throwing money at them. A gofundme was set up with a $10,000 goal which is currently at $43,000+. A little birdie told me he was “very drunk” and “probably texting” and an aggressive driver. I have to assume people are going to want their donated money returned when they find out he wasn’t killed in the line of duty (like his partner) or in some freak accident. He was just a drunk guy that slammed into a semi truck.
He wasn’t protecting the community from danger, he was the danger that we should be protected from.
Can you give some details about this, like where it occurred, departments involved, etc.?
or here if that’s paywalled
I see this happened in Wisconsin, where drinking is the state sport and the lege is owned by the taverners guild. I read a story about a guy in, I think, Kaukauna who hit two young women with his car, killing one, but it was their fault for walking in the road at 1am, so his .20 BAC did not count.
Cop and his wife walk into a porn shop, wife picks up a dildo that was “bigger than him” and as he was apparently about to hit her for wanting one that big, the clerk stepped in…
Dewitt responded by saying, “F**k you, I’m a cop.”
…then…
After getting punched, the clerk asked Dewitt to leave, and that is when Dewitt started punching him several more times in the face and the rib cage area, according to the police report.
What a (obviously tiny) dick.
Do we need an omnibus thread for controversial encounters between cops and off-duty cops?
The child called 911 to report that his father was attacking his mother. The officer arrived and, with gun drawn, he ordered everyone out of the house. The child steps out of the house first…and the officer shoots him.
But Star wasn’t the guy police were looking for.
So, instead:
Star was arrested for “resisting/obstructing" and was placed in Waukesha County Jail for three hours until Jones paid $300 bail and Star was released.
And apparently tasing him was “objectively reasonable” and “dictated by Star’s actions and decision-making”
In other words “this is all on you since you look like that other guy”.
From the Journal Sentinel:
[Police Chief] Garcia said the officers had objective reason to use force because of what they knew at the time about the suspect they were looking for and Star’s actions, including Star gripping the steering wheel and emerging from the truck in a sudden way that was “aggressive” and looked like “pre-attack posturing."
He probably got out of house the in a way that was aggressive and looked like pre-attack posturing. Everyone knows that 11 year old Black children are practically super-powered. Or, at least cops think that.
I really can’t imagine how bad things were for people before there were ubiquitous cameras.
Probably sweats fentanyl.
And no charges files.
He was black.
And of course, he was a threat.
My bolding.
Oh, and an interview with the boy.
He’s not one of those 11-year-olds who is 6’ +. He’s still just a kid.
Excellent thread. Journalist summarizes published report, looking at recorded police violence historically and providing shocking statistics about the lack of police accountability.
This must not be allowed to continue.
screw this post
ETA - my deleted post - not yours, TB.