Our Police State

[Pio1980]

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]

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

[Oerets]

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.

[Chicks]

Maryland becomes first state to repeal police Bill of Rights, overriding Hogan veto
The state’s now-repealed police Bill of Rights covers due process for officers accused of misconduct.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/0...an-veto-480731

Good for MD! Here I was, thinking Hogan was a "good" Repube. No such thing, it appears.

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by Chicks

Maryland becomes first state to repeal police Bill of Rights, overriding Hogan veto
The state’s now-repealed police Bill of Rights covers due process for officers accused of misconduct.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/0...an-veto-480731

Good for MD! Here I was, thinking Hogan was a "good" Repube. No such thing, it appears.

I was thinking the same thing too (Hogan). Emphasis on was. He was against both tRump impeachments as well. Of course Repubs will claim it's a dark day for police. Oddly they never put forth anything to increase accountability or make it easier to get rid of bad cops.

[Mark B]

Giving credit where it's due. Pat Robertson criticizes police violence. Thank you Pat.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/...on-ctn-vpx.cnn

[RickeyM]

[QUOTE=Mark B;399889]Giving credit where it's due. Pat Robertson criticizes police violence. Thank you Pat.

Just now...

[Chicks]

More than 17,000 deaths caused by police have been misclassified since 1980

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/01/10419...-misclassified

Deaths involving police have been greatly undercounted in the United States, and African American people die in such encounters at 3.5 times the rate of whites, according to a new analysis by public health researchers.

In an article published Thursday in the medical journal The Lancet, researchers found that deaths from police violence between 1980 and 2018 were misclassified by 55.5% in the U.S. National Vital Statistics System, which tracks information from death certificates.

"For most causes of death, the death certificate filled out by a physician is sort of the gold standard," says Chris Murray of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, who is one of the study's authors. But he says that in this area, the certificates seem to fall short. "There is a pretty systematic underrecording of police violence deaths. "

[bobabode]

"SACRAMENTO — More than a year after George Floyd’s death, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a stack of bills on Thursday aimed at holding California law enforcement officers accountable for misconduct and restricting uses of force that have resulted in death and injury.
The eight measures signed into law by Newsom include raising the minimum age for police officers from 18 to 21, and allowing their badges to be permanently taken away for excessive force, dishonesty and racial bias.

In addition, the new laws set statewide standards on law enforcement’s use of rubber bullets and tear gas for crowd control, and further restrict the use of techniques for restraining suspects in ways that can interfere with breathing.

Newsom’s approval of the slate of sweeping new legislation in California comes in contrast to a lack of progress made on police reform efforts in Congress, where bipartisan negotiations on law enforcement accountability measures recently reached an impasse after months of negotiations.

“I want folks not to lose hope, that just because things aren’t happening in Washington, D.C., that we can’t move the needle here, not just in our state but in states all across this country,” Newsom said at an emotional signing ceremony Thursday at Rowley Gym in Gardena.

He recognized that some communities are on edge over police abuse and the lack of national reform. “I hope this provides a little contrast to that anxiety and fear,” he said of the package of new laws.

The governor was joined at the ceremony by several legislators and state Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta, as well as the tearful family members of people who have died at the hands of police." LA Times

https://www.latimes.com/california/s...justice-system

Hopefully this will help some.

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by Chicks

More than 17,000 deaths caused by police have been misclassified since 1980

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/01/10419...-misclassified

But there's supposed to not be any systemic racism in the good ol' U.S. of A.

#thisiswhywekneel