Police Behaving Badly

[Bromontana]

Just the tip.

[TomCrac]

"Extended Tamir Rice shooting video shows officers restrained sister"

Callous much..

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index...incart_m-rpt-1

[wolfelot]

Wow. Standing around shooting the shit while a 12-year old bleeds out? Zero attempt at first aide? This was a boy. If they were not going to help the kid at least let the sister.

Riding right the fuck up on him? That will escalate things. Why not use the street? Keep a safer distance to see what is going on before putting themselves in harms way seems safer for all. I'd rather be 50 ft from a gunman instead of 10. From 50 feet away I think you can make a better determination on whether you are in imminent danger for your life. Or am I crazy?

The cop who shot him was fired from his last job for being a fuck head and other depts refused to hire him. Bad move city of Cleveland.

This one keeps getting worse the more I think about it.

I hate this.

[Buster Highmen]

I was told at a Christmas party that the police are not to blame for these deaths.
I was told that the blame lies with the people who don't respect authority.

After gentle conversation I rejoined with the assertion that the real root cause is a lack of respect, not for authority, but simply for each other.

Every crucible of consciousness produces different variations.

[Bromontana]

After gentle conversation I rejoined with the assertion that the real root cause is a lack of respect, not for authority, but simply for each other.

Yes.

[TomCrac]

"NO Knock" joke...

"Kn..BANG!"

"A SWAT Raid Based On Faulty Information Kills a Man Over His ‘Huge Stash.’ Worth Maybe All of $2."

"....When the SWAT team broke down his door, at the permission of a no-knock warrant, Westcott reached for his gun to protect himself from what he thought were robbers. He was met by a wave of gunfire by the SWAT agents, and died in his home."...

http://www.ijreview.com/2015/01/2320...y-information/

[neufox47]

^^^love the cop in the comments saying that the cops did nothing wrong.

[frorider]

http://newsfeed.gawker.com/teen-who-...-aw-1679457816

And:

http://newsfeed.gawker.com/montana-c...ium=socialflow

[iceman]

This shit's only gonna get crazier. People are getting pissed off and the cops know it and feel threatened. Escalation almost guaranteed.

[TomCrac]

http://newsfeed.gawker.com/teen-who-...-aw-1679457816

^Funny(ish) comment from that story ..."Resisting cardiac arrest was later added to the charges."

And:

http://newsfeed.gawker.com/montana-c...ium=socialflow

^ "Montana cop breaks down in tears after shooting unarmed man"

Followed up by ..."Montana officer, Grant Morrison, shoots and kills his second unarmed man. No charges in either case." ... Whos crying now?

[doughboyshredder]

These cops kicking and stomping on this guy after he was subdued from a taser. Not guilty. Of course.

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop...ued-mans-face/

[Dantheman]

DOJ is trying to deport a Tunisian green card holder who earned two masters degrees in the US and became a mathematics professor at his Alma mater. Why? Because he had four Adderall pills in a sock when he was arrested for DUI in 2010.

http://www.npr.org/2015/01/14/377266...-paraphernalia

[doughboyshredder]

Eight year old autistic boy arrested and kept in a straight jacket for an hour in a jail cell.

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/aut...hool-outburst/

At this point I think it's fair to say that I hate cops. Seriously hate the police.

[wooley12]

That happens quite a bit as special needs kids are mainstreamed into regular classrooms. Some cops and school administrators lack the training in dealing with that and tend to go "by the book".

With 800,000 cops in the U. S. that's a lot to hate. Some people hate snow boarders. I hate silver haired skiers wearing Spyder jackets.

[doughboyshredder]

That happens quite a bit as special needs kids are mainstreamed into regular classrooms. Some cops and school administrators lack the training in dealing with that and tend to go "by the book".

With 800,000 cops in the U. S. that's a lot to hate. Some people hate snow boarders. I hate silver haired skiers wearing Spyder jackets.

I know you're right. I also know that I shouldn't hate. It's just that once you open your eyes to the constant injustice it's hard not to.

[My Pet Powder Goat]

I know you're right. I also know that I shouldn't hate. It's just that once you open your eyes to the constant injustice it's hard not to.

He may have a good point.... Maybe if we start treating all cops like corrupt, power hungry sociopaths they'll stop treating all citizens like criminals.

[wooley12]

I know you're right. I also know that I shouldn't hate. It's just that once you open your eyes to the constant injustice it's hard not to.

I knew that you know that. The "constant" is the result of technology. Cops out of control have always been there. There is movement to change the training and attitude because of the awareness. The big hurdle is the ingrained military-like brotherhood of the troops needed to do their job. Blowing in an out of control fellow cop can be fatal. Keep posting.

[Plainview]

These cops kicking and stomping on this guy after he was subdued from a taser. Not guilty. Of course.

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop...ued-mans-face/

I really want more insight into what goes into the jury's decision to render a not-guilty here. What evidence were they presented (or not) with to make that decision? How do you arrive at a "not guilty" of excessive force after seeing that video?

[powpig]

Fired Cop With History Of Brutality Gets Job Back (And A Raise)

By: Carey Wedler

Des Moines, Iowa police officer Cody Grimes, a fired police officer with a history of brutality and abuse, has had his job reinstated. He was fired in December of 2013 for domestic abuse that caused injury and fourth degree criminal mischief.

At the time, his superiors said he was fired because he “violated the department’s policies on standards of conduct and obedience to laws and orders.”

During the domestic dispute, he “choked his former girlfriend, threw her down the stairs of his Des Moines house and then threw her in his kitchen after she threatened to report him. That caused her to hit her head and hand.”

At his court date in May of 2014 (until which he was on paid leave), he plead guilty to the lesser charge of criminal mischief, avoiding jail time and paying $1,000 instead. Prosecutors dropped the domestic abuse charge but he was ordered to take a class on abuse.

Today, the Des Moines Civil Service Commission, as expected, reinstated his job, saying firing was too severe a punishment. Some would argue, however, that it was not severe enough. In addition to domestic abuse, Grimes had a history of professional abuse which the commission acknowledged as it gave him back his job. It openly stated he was fired previously for “misconduct and prior discipline for excessive force.”

In 2010 he shot at a photojournalist from KCCI-TV and was put on paid leave for two weeks. He claims he thought the photojournalist was a suspect and no charges were filed. In 2011, he punched a restrained man so hard he broke bones in his face. It was John Twombly’s wedding day when he allegedly got in a fight that Grimes inserted himself into. Twombly was found not guilty on related charges and the other man’s charges were dropped. Grimes was cleared of any wrong doing in his department but Twombly was eventually awarded $75,000 from the city.

Grimes’ case in particular demonstrates a painful reality: there are always multiple avenues for the state to help police abuse citizens. Usually, police refuse to reprimand officers and charges are rarely pressed by the justice system or the city (the Department of Justice just declined to charge Darren Wilson with civil rights violations). Aside from Grimes, the city of Des Moines resinstated the job of another officer fired for excessive force, but he never took back his job because he was convicted by a federal jury of violating civil rights and obstructing justice.

In the case of Grimes, the police department (in a rare showing) attempted to deal with him but was overrun by the city itself–in spite of the fact that he cost it $75,000 in damages (and thousands more in paid leave).

This is not the only chunk of $75,000 the violent officer is costing the city. Now that he has is job back, he has received a raise. Whereas he used to make $68,500 a year, he now will earn $73,000.

Before he can have his job back, he will undergo a one to two week training to reacclimate. Sgt. Jason Halifax explained
“He will be required to complete some refresher training as is typical for officers who are gone for an extended time.”

There were no known conditions given for Grimes rehiring, meaning that if he commits another act of abuse, there is no guarantee he will be permanently fired.

[PNWbrit]

Stupid bitch

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ng-Badly/page7

By Thursday, [chief] O’Toole said she had put Whitlatch on desk duty following the discovery of Facebook posts attributed to her. The Stranger reported those comments included her decrying “chronic black racism that far exceeds any white racism in this country. I am tired of black peoples paranoia that white people are out to get them.”

[wooley12]

Well, they were definitely right to be paranoid around one Butch/SPD patroller.

[doughboyshredder]

http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/01/3...man-cell-phone

More SPD violence.

SPD is getting sued for this one.

[frorider]

Some sort of financial-incentive-driven peer pressure is needed. Currently when a shitty cop takes actions that create a slam dunk settlement for the citizen involved, there's no real direct blowback. If settlements exceeded $ X per year per capita, a portion of the amount in excess should be garnished collectively from all cops on the force. This would create a great incentive for fellow cops to beat the living shit out of a cop who tends to use excessive force or show poor firearm judgment.

The politician brave enough to introduce this legislation could position it as improving the quality of policing. No Cop Left Behind.

[doughboyshredder]

Yep. When a police department is sued it doesn't have any effect on the cop that caused the lawsuit. Really the only people that get screwed are the tax payers.

[frorider]

Or follow the medical industry model and have cops arrange personal malpractice/liability coverage...when a swat team attacks the wrong house, forexample , the culpable idiot would have to be identified.