Prolly just a few bad apples, amirite? 
I beg to differ: those are not crucial facts and they in no way justify the killing of Mr. Clark.
I guess you missed my point above. Don’t you realize that he was black and he was pointing a cell phone (according to the cops who killed him?). As I said…
And vandalism is a crime worthy of capital punishment in most jurisdictions.
We should cut these officers some slack. They had no way of telling that these families were not actually runaway slaves.
In all seriousness though, the INTENT of the stop and cuffing of the family was pretty clear. The intent was to frighten them, and to show them (and other black families) that they do not have freedom to travel around a country dominated by a superior race. Really, there is no other logical explanation for the behavior of the police in this case.
This is a powerful opinion written by a Federal Judge criticizing qualified immunity for law enforcement officers.
It’s long, but worth the read if you have any interest in Sec. 1983 litigation (or just justice generally)
Thank you very much for posting that, Procrustus; “powerful” is a good word to describe it.
I’ve saved a copy to my hard drive for further study and so I can share it with others who need to know more about “qualified immunity”.
The daily mail has leaked footage from the body cams in George Floyd’s death. It amazes me that Thin Blue Line crowd will defend things like approaching a suspect in a case of passing a counterfeit $20 bill with a gun pointed at his head, and held gangsta style while swearing like a tough guy, just to show some ‘professionalism’ no less. The guy is clearly terrified but not fighting, and says he’s claustrophobic and is clearly freaking out about the squad car. Why they don’t call for a van or some kind of psychiatric intervention at that point is beyond me - the guy hasn’t attempted to escape or fight, he’s just freaked out. When they decide that it’s time for choking to begin (which seems to be the only part other police openly criticize), they seem significantly more concerned about removing a pebble from the car tire than the human being who’s begging for his life while they choke him to death.
And I wonder if any of the officers arresting Chauvin for his $20,000 theft from the state via tax fraud approached him with a gun pointed at his head? They’d be 1000x as justified in doing so as the murderers of George floyd were in approaching him over the counterfeit $20.
Police bodycam footage shows George Floyd arrest in detail | Daily Mail Online
Hillsborough County, FL:
I don’t know what it is about L.A., but it has always had some shady shit going on in its various police departments in the area.
Wow, just wow. This one takes the fucking cake:
So retweeting a call to out a police officer’s identity is now “felony cyber harassment” in NJ. GMAFB.
I seriously doubt that the charges stand, but that’s not the point: this is going to have a chilling effect, which is what the American gestapo want.
I have long held to the belief that you find scum in every profession and that police are no different, and that this fact doesn’t indict an entire profession. But the police have the same problem that the Catholic church has had. It has too much power to govern itself with little or no accountability.
That is why people are advocating not just “reform” but blowing up the entire system. It’s easy to see why. If you look at the Catholic church, even long after they pledged to investigate and clean their house of pedophile priests, they didn’t; it required a massive outside intervention in the form of the law to expose the extent of the rot within the church and to demand change. That is what it will take to change policing in this country. Massive prosecutions, mass firings, and it might in some cases mean totally de-funding and de-chartering (or whatever we want to call it) police departments and rebuilding them anew. Reform itself won’t work. You have to wipe the foundation clean and start over.
Be careful what you wish for. Or at least understand that what you’re advocating there may be deeper than it seems at first glance.
In Colorado, If you are managing a City or County website that allows for you to look for properties based on last name, LEO’s of any stripe can request that you can not find their property by last name. You can still find the property if say you know the address. But owner name is blocked.
I do understand this, as there are enough nutballs that would burn down someone’s house because they got a speeding ticket, or ruling you didn’t agree with.
Still, I’m a bit uncomfortable with this.
If that were an option available to everyone, then I’d have no problem with that. There are people who are harassed for all manner of reason who would like to keep their address hidden.
That this is something available is not controversial. That is is available only to LEO is bullshit.
Police in some areas are no more than an organized criminal gang.
I would not be surprised to see police in these areas attempt to turn into anonymous black hooded death squads spreading fear to “control” the population.
These are my feelings too. Say you moved because the restraining order or whatever didn’t work. If you purchase (not rent) another house… Well, there you are.
I’ll remind everyone:
Amber Guyger is appealing her conviction:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/07/us/amber-guyger-botham-jean-appeal/index.html
Los Angeles:
3 minute video here:
I can’t find the original 11-minute video; sorry.
Is that the same “concern” Susan Collins displays whenever she confronted with an Individual 1 action?