Our Police State - Page 35

donquixote99 · #1 10-31-2020, 05:51 PM

There will be voting again Nov 3. The footage from this will unsupress a lot of votes.

Chicks · #2 12-19-2020, 12:38 PM

The Bad Cops: How Minneapolis protects its worst police officers until it’s too late

https://minnesotareformer.com/2020/1...-its-too-late/

A deep dive into police corruption.

Chicks · #3 01-13-2021, 07:27 PM

Feds Charge 2 Trump-Loving Cops Who Took A Selfie During Attack On U.S. Capitol
Thomas Robertson and Jacob Fracker took a photograph of themselves during an insurrection and bragged about their exploits on social media.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/polic...77d85ec8162?bh

Dumbasses.

Chicks · #4 02-16-2021, 12:23 PM

Police Forces Have Long Tried to Weed Out Extremists in the Ranks. Then Came the Capitol Riot.
At least 30 law enforcement officers from around the country took part in the rally on Jan. 6 that preceded the riot. Many are now being investigated.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/u...itol-riot.html

Authoritarian a-holes.

Chicks · #5 02-18-2021, 06:10 PM

6 Capitol Police officers suspended, 29 others being investigated for alleged roles in riot

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/18/polit...ded/index.html

Sigh.

RickeyM · #6 02-19-2021, 08:14 AM

The newest excuse from the lawyers of the Capitol rioters is they thought it was OK to enter the Capitol because "the police let them in"

Chicks · #7 03-10-2021, 09:22 AM

Over 700 Complaints About NYPD Officers Abusing Black Lives Matter Protesters, Then Silence
Emails show New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board leaders discouraged staff from confronting the NYPD about a lack of cooperation on abuse investigations. The agency declined to disclose how many officers are facing misconduct charges.

https://www.propublica.org/article/o...s-then-silence

Pio1980 · #8 03-12-2021, 02:01 PM

Minneapolis' failure to fix their PD cost them $27 Mil.
Minneapolis Reaches $27 Million Settlement With Family Of George Floyd https://www.npr.org/2021/03/12/97652...f-george-floyd

RickeyM · #9 03-13-2021, 07:57 AM

Settlements such as this ought to come out of PD funds.

Oerets · #10 03-13-2021, 08:08 AM

Had a very hard time wrapping the head around this.

Now the tax payers will be on the hook for the damages. For many years to come.
Will they fix the issue with police or blame the family?

If it was my town, I'd be very pissed at the police and the city government for allowing this to continue.