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    Originally posted by ursus arctos View Post
    so presumably was dying

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      Another dodgy policeman with 100's of successfully convictions outed as a liar.
      https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/n...?smid=tw-share

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        https://twitter.com/bostonglobe/status/1381001539033174020

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          police Unions is about making police unprosecutable, regardless of the offence.

          When I saw there was a new post I thought it was going to be about this

          https://twitter.com/juliancastro/status/1380730817459187715?s=21

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            Awful. Do we know what happened next?

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              I saw one of those jokey "look at this crazy situation!" type videos earlier, that appears to be filmed by a guy sat inside his car in a US supermarket car park, on the phone to the police while some obviously enraged woman outside the car screams at him and attacks his closed windows with her elbow, trying to smash them, before getting in her own car and speeding off. During the filmed call, the guy who we are watching says to the police "yes, she is white". So I wondered what question he was responding to, and why they asked it.
              Last edited by Rogin the Armchair fan; 11-04-2021, 10:50.

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                Here's another one:

                https://www.insideedition.com/la-cop...am-shows-66084


                Poilice called to a domestic violence incident.
                3 blocks away, they see a black man taking out the trash and decide to arrest him.
                The lady who initially called the police comes out and informs them they have arrested the wrong guy, she is ignored.
                The man the police are supposed to be looking for is white

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                  Sporting, Lt. Nazario was ultimately released without charge, but is suing the police department (which is how the video has become public)

                  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/caron-n...-traffic-stop/

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                    The officers let him go without charge as “they didn’t want to ruin his career”.

                    They deserve jail time as well as dismissal.

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                      They stopped him for driving without tags (you can see the tags - aka license plates - in the video)

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                        They never pull their taser when reaching for their gun

                        https://twitter.com/morningedition/status/1381688087965794312

                        There was no justification for using the taser, either

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                          Sweet Jesus

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                            This is a really important point

                            https://twitter.com/radleybalko/status/1381694803423997955

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                              I'm not sure the police spin of "the officer accidentally grabbed the gun rather than the taser" has been thought through. If police are going to accidentally kill people because they can't tell what they have on their belt, clearly the solution is for them to not have guns.

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                                On the contrary

                                https://twitter.com/msjpauly/status/1381714490706718721

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                                  I came on here to post about the Daunte Wright case but you've beaten me to it. If "I accidentally shot my gun instead of my taser" is accepted as a valid excuse, surely that will become the go to excuse of any officer who shoots anyone ever? It's ridiculous.

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                                    Because a curfew against the very people being violently assaulted is the solution, isn't it?

                                    Curfews announced in Minneapolis:

                                    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...t-live-updates

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                                      Originally posted by ursus arctos View Post
                                      My understanding is that per stop/interaction the chances of being shot by police is about the same for Black and white people - a study that conservatives jumped on, of course. BUT, the rate of being stopped, either in a car or as a pedestrian, were way higher for Black people, which is what drives the uneven rates of who gets shot by cops.

                                      AND Black people who got stopped were less likely to have drugs, weapons, etc, than the white people that got stopped. Ergo, the justification for the stop was more likely to be valid if the subject of the stop was white than if they are Black.

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                                        A girl from State College who studies at Macalester in St Paul solicited donations to pay for gas masks so she and her housemates could protest. I sent a few bucks.

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                                          https://twitter.com/daviss/status/1382162743235579904?s=21

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                                            https://twitter.com/davidbegnaud/status/1382367331867897859

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                                              That officer and the chief have resigned. What's the benefit of resigning for the officer? Doesn't she lose the legal protection of the force or the union? Is there an angle I'm missing?

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                                                She was president of the union

                                                I wouldn't think her resignation affects her representation, given that she was a member in good standing at the time of the incident.

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                                                  Punishment for Good conduct reversed

                                                  https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1382697868880928769?s=21

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                                                    https://twitter.com/wkamaubell/status/1382741800725536769

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