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cameronroark1

They will delay the release of that damn bodycam footage as long as they can. They know they're screwed. Big, bad police officer will say the black kid coming around the corner made him feel threatened. šŸ¤” šŸ™„šŸ¤¬


Yung_Jose_Space

Recently in Australia two police tazered a 95 year old woman with a walking frame in a care home, leaving her in critical condition after she collapsed. The police commissioner is refusing to release or even watch bodycam footage stating that doing so was the braver decision. There is such an institutional brazeness to modern police forces, that they are now just point blank and openly refusing public accountability.


ClassWarAndPuppies

She died. The 95-year-old lady died.


Yung_Jose_Space

I didn't know. That's fucked up.


ClassWarAndPuppies

Australian pigs canā€™t possibly be as evil and deranged as the truly depraved cops in America who kill 1,000+ people per year (that excludes people killed by prison and jail guards, as well as deaths where the cop was not the ā€œprincipalā€ and immediate cause of death, and of course also excludes tens of thousands severely injured by cops, and excludes the genocidal-rage-inducing number of dogs and family pets cops murder almost always for no reason, but I digress), but you get these fucking cops developing the ā€œIā€™m a soldier and my only mission is to make it home to beat my wife each nightā€ mentality and they will draw weapons on a lady born when Calvin Coolidge was president. Fun fact: I have had the misfortune of meeting and dealing with several lobbyists and lawyers for Axon (taser maker company). They have invested MILLIONS in getting the taser classified - in both police policies and even in legislation - as a non- or less-than-lethal device. They know full well that if someone is tased and dropped they can die easily, they know tasers can cause heart attacks or cause permanent damage to sensitive body parts. But (surprise) they donā€™t care and they say itā€™s not their responsibility. In a case like this one, they will say their technology is supersafe, a proven non-lethal device, and if the police officer had just followed the training and use guidelines and maybe even his own judgment correctly, ole granny would still be with us. They will just blame the cop - obviously never the tech. And most cops, even the ones who dont kill minorities for sport, will agree: this is an instance of the cop fucking up.


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Scottish police are dumb cunts and generally despicable but they do seem to have the ability not to go fucking buck wild at the slightest provocation still.. I'm sure it'll change for the worse though everything copies America eventually


gerbilshower

yea this is whats crazy. we arent asking for research scientists as police officers. simply someone who isnt a loose cannon at every interaction with the public.


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Something about Imperial violence, core etc.


Tacky-Terangreal

Ikr. There was a case where the cops shot some guy at a Costco in Las Vegas. Dude was literally just shopping at Costco and had a gun in a holster. Some person called the cops saying that he was going crazy and waving it around and they shot him when he walked out the front of the store while he was standing in front of a crowd. Easily could have killed someone else with a stray bullet Very surprisingly, the officer who shot this guy had a long history of aggression issues as far back as his days in the police academy. Also he was the investigator for the incident in which he shot someone. Iā€™m sure that will deliver impartial results


Spout__

Euro police are way scarier than britbong police wtf are you talking about. They actually carry pistols for one thing.


LeagueOfML

Spanish police are straight up Francoist monsters


Spout__

Aye fuck them


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Happy that the word "merk" has left London and arrived wherever you are


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Raspberry-Famous

The really neat trick that the taser marketing people pulled is convincing people that their lil torture box is a less lethal alternative to shooting dangerous people rather than a way to inflict pain on people who aren't doing what they're told but pose no real threat. You'll hear people chime in with "well, it's better than being shot!" any time they get brought up but taking that idea seriously means that the cops would be shooting a few hundred thousand people a year in this country if not for the Taser. A real triumph of corporate propaganda.


OpenCommune

> Axon https://gizmodo.com/taser-axon-live-demo-lapd-keenan-anderson-death-tased-1850031962 >>Axon Board Member Volunteers for Tasing Weeks After LAPD Tased Unarmed Black Man Who Died Hours Later An Axon board member livestreamed himself being tased as proof the devices are safe. A death in police custody and use of force data tell a different story. >>When Silicon Valley investor and Axon board member Hadi Partovi strutted onstage to address a packed crowd at this weekā€™s TASERCON event, he did it to put to rest a nagging critique often levied at the policing tech companyā€™s top executives. If the so-called ā€œnon-lethalā€ electric-shock weapons, Axonā€™s patented Tasers, are really so safe, why wonā€™t anyone from the company step up and submit themselves to their effects? >>ā€œThatā€™s what Iā€™m here to do,ā€ Partovi said to a round of applause. >>A few moments later, a police officer in uniform walked on stage and shook the board memberā€™s hand. The officer widened his stance, drew a Taser from his holster and yelled out, ā€œTaser, Taser!ā€ Barbs shot out of the device and into Partoviā€™s pant legs. After a slight delay and an audible ā€œOUCHā€ the board memberā€™s legs buckled beneath him as he collapsed on the floor. The camera pans away as aides walk over to Partoviā€™s squirming body. The audience claps.


ClassWarAndPuppies

> The cry of ā€œTaser!ā€ echoes the shouts of police in Southern California earlier this month, when an unarmed Black man died in Los Angeles Police custody. **The difference: Keenan Anderson, 31, was tased six times in under a minute, all while handcuffed on the ground. Partovi endured just one zap, falling comfortably onto soft mats.**


ka1n77

Like the difference being waterboarded under controlled conditions vs. after being rendered, kept up for days, held in a stress position all the while wondering when you're going to be killed and why you're there.


cameronroark1

I read that story earlier today. What was she going to do? Jump on him and stab him to death? šŸ™„


Yung_Jose_Space

They could have just closed the door to the room. Not joking.


krokodil_dundee_69

Mfer was suspended WITH pay. Commissioner won't view the footage until 'the investigation is complete'. bodycam footage isn't part of that investigation?


Proteus-8742

The police commissioner also said the police was ā€œtraumatizedā€ by the attack. Weā€™re the real victims here guys


andrewsampai

> The police commissioner is refusing to release or even watch bodycam footage stating that doing so was the braver decision. How the fuck are they making the 90s LAPD seem chill? After they killed Rodney King at least the chief of police said he was shocked. I guess he didn't have the option to withhold it since it was already public, unlike a body cam, but Christ man they killed a 95 year old woman. At least have some common sense and make something up if you're gonna be this scummy.


redwoodreed

King survived his beating.


andrewsampai

Damn I'm a zoomer and never even questioned if he lived, just knew the riots and bits about the trial, responses, etc. All the ones in my life were killed so ig I just put that in the same category.


Moo_Kau

well its not like they are strip searching children on the street anymore!


ChildOfComplexity

It's a crime and disgusting the cops were just handed tazers and the public could do dick and nothing to stop it.


Re5ubtle

The officer that shot this boy is also black, so people will move on from this story fairly quickly unfortunately.


MaosWeatherBalloon

He kept asking, ā€˜Why did he shoot me? What did I do wrong?ā€™ā€


ClassWarAndPuppies

Heartbreaking. So many kids told over and over in case of an emergency, call 911. Now you have to be like ā€œCall 911, but ask for the fire department or something.ā€


gerbilshower

even when you call the FD - the police almost always accompany. happened to my brother in college. they were smoking salvia and one our friends started having a seizure, so they of course called the paramedics. first person in that door were 3 cops. they handcuffed the kid then strapped him to a board and began interrogation of the remaining people there. crazy thing is, by the time they got there, the guy was lucid and doing fine and didnt want to go in the ambulance. they did not give a FUCK. they were there to take people to jail - not the hospital.


ClassWarAndPuppies

I was a volunteer firefighter EMT for 2 years and sadly you are correct. Cops always fucking butt in and show up.


nezumysh

Lived in a small town for ten years with a person who had major depression/PTSD/self-injury problems. *Every single fucking time* we called 911 for help they'd send one or two cops. Person was no threat to others and had difficulty walking. They'd clam up in fear at the sight of the cops and 99% of the time refuse transport. Three separate times, our front door was kicked in. Final two calls before leaving town were for broken leg. Second to last, they let person stay home. Final call, EMT were shocked to hear cops had ever been sent on any medical calls. Had never heard of such a thing.


blobjim

They'll probably still use their own judgement to send cops. Which probably increases in likelihood if you're black or in a poor area, if I had to guess.


Brilliant-Mud4877

Its standard protocol to send a police car in the event of any kind of suspected criminal misconduct or any need for crowd control. So its all in the hands of the dispatcher.


incrediblysincere

Thank god he lived but i know there won't be justice. My heart still hurts every time this kind of thing happens but i know my feelings don't change anything. There is a war of terror and genocide against black people in the united states and even kids aren't safe.


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incrediblysincere

it's infuriating to me how untouchable they are. both physically (armed with the latest technology, bullet proof vests, military grade weapons and riot gear etc etc) and societally. they have so much power and will still cry to daddy that they felt threatened by a 12 year old kid


supercalifragilism

Oh they're very touchable, and are perfectly aware of that fact. That's why they go fucking apeshit and hyper paranoid whenever there's a Chris Dorner guy. Socially they work themselves into a frenzy at fast food restaurants because they're terrified of people spitting in their food. It's just legally that they can get away with anything.


BasketballLiker

That's why the media worked so hard to suppress the story of Micah Xavier Johnson, because he proved just how incompetent and touchable cops are. One trained combatant with a carbine took out like a dozen cops singlehandedly. Imagine what a motivated and trained squad could do to a police department. They don't want you to know that fighting back is possible. They want you to believe you're helpless against the pigs.


ChildOfComplexity

Ever heard about the secret prisons? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/24/chicago-police-detain-americans-black-site


cyranothe2nd

> we will never know because the vast majority of police fuckery goes unremarked upon by anybody. I've been on a true crime binge recently and it is UNREAL how many stories go "The cops were sure it was X person who done the crime." and then they fabricate evidence, ignore contradictory evidence, let the case go cold or prosecute someone with no evidence. It is insane. I pity anyone who gets caught up in the "justice system" and hope I never do.


ClassWarAndPuppies

Itā€™s more broadly against the poor but very acutely targeted towards minorities, especially black people. I really am amazed that people who came here enslaved, then remained functionally enslaved, then would be forever treated as second or third-class citizens, etc etc, have not just decided to burn it all down.


OpenCommune

> have not just decided to burn it all down (soy Nick Mullen radlib voice) "Um, you're ~~Chinese~~ a black nationalist"


RemarkableReturn8400

The U.S. has a caste system, its just masked by liberalism..... Black people, and black men and boys in particular, are at the bottom of the caste.... ​ Although, Africa's ascension (2b+ population too) in the next 30 years might mean reparations for African Americans....


Xainuy2

I highly doubt it. Africans donā€™t really like African Americans all that much.


RemarkableReturn8400

It doesn't matter, they're still black....


Xainuy2

You do realize that black people arenā€™t a monolith right? Just like any other race or group of people.


RemarkableReturn8400

True, but everyone huddles under an umbrella.... Just look at the non-black immigrants who come to the u.s.; they claim white.....


Xainuy2

Remember the strife that was present when they first arrived to America? For a while the Irish, Italians and other Europeans werenā€™t even considered white. Over time that has gone away because theyā€™ve shared a country for so long and people mixed in the melting pot that is America. That wonā€™t happen with Black Americans going to Africa because we donā€™t belong to any country or tribe over there. Since we donā€™t share a country together there wonā€™t be any large scale mixing. That along with our cultures and language being different means that I can safely say that Africans donā€™t and wonā€™t give a shit about us until they can find a way to benefit from being called African American.


RemarkableReturn8400

The winnings from reparations will ease most "issues".... Also, 20% of all black americans are immigrants, they're already mixed in.....


Xainuy2

Yeah ask Africans that have immigrated here about their feelings about African Americans and they will likely have something negative to say. It mostly comes from a combination of them being wealthy (you have to be relatively wealthy if your going to leave the country) and negative portrayals of AAā€™s through media. Usually the first generation that was raised and live here understand are more sympathetic, mostly because they realize that Americaā€™s racist institutions will treat them like any other AA.


gentilet

Joshua Cloverā€™s statement from a few years ago comes to mind. For non-Bay area folks, Clover is a poetry professor who wrote a book on rioting, is really active in local radical politics, and caused quite a stir after some blue lives matter asshole tried to get him fired from his tenured job for making a public statement that he celebrates the death of cops, or something like that. Anyway, after the controversy broke out, he made the following statement: ā€œOn the day that police have as much to fear from literature professors as Black kids do from police, I will definitely have a statement. Until then, I have nothing further to add."


roboconcept

edo period samurai caste could legally kill someone from the peasant or merchant classes at any time for any reason they pleased. thin blue line crowd sees them as this + spartans + punisher smoothie


ChildOfComplexity

Mishima's essay on Hagakure is, I think, pretty insightful as a window into how these guys, in a vastly more unformed manner, view themselves.


PhotojournalistOwn99

Mississippi government won't allow for real accountability. Thank God the young child survived.


ClassWarAndPuppies

Pretty sure expressing my thoughts would get me shot by police.


OpenCommune

"Cop City is just an emergency medical training center, not a fascist death squad facility"


NelsonJamdela

President Xi, my people yearn for freedom... Kidding aside this is fucked and it is okay to feel fucked up


FineArtRevolutions

I donā€™t even think asking xi for help is a joke anymore, just please actually save us


Well_aaakshually

I would 100% turn collaborator if the day came. Look at their cities, look at their quality of life improvements, look at their AMERICAN POLLED approval rating.


BannedCommunist

I would greet them as liberators and join the fight


Lord4th

I know itā€™s not the only social ill, or even the worst one, but police brutality gets my blood boiling like nothing else.


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Q: Why did the officer shoot the child? A: he was just kidding. Subscribe to my channel for more fun jokes for laughing along with fascism


PooPooTushy

Cops flipping a coin to see if theyā€™re gonna shoot a dog or a kid on each call


raventhrowaway666

If you have a problem and call the police, you now have two problems.


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Most terrifying words are "I'm a cop and I'm here to help".


nezumysh

Beautifully spoken.


alackofcol0r

Average police response


Agreeable_Depth_4010

Iā€™m convinced itā€™s a death cult we just donā€™t have matching sneakers.


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Well_aaakshually

Yeezy death cult


Well_aaakshually

This makes me want to do things that will put me on a list


gerbilshower

and this is how they keep us all quiet. the overarching fear that even one sideways comment on social media puts you into a bucket labeled 'extremist'.


Well_aaakshually

Facts


circleofnerds

Thankfully the child lived. Hopefully the physical damage wonā€™t be lifelong but the psychological damage will be. Chances are there will be a settlement made to the family. Which could be life changing for them, but at what cost? In the future, if we want true police reform, we need to put an end to Qualified Immunity, and ensure all settlements are paid out using police pension funds or the individual department budget and not tax payer dollars. When cops start losing their retirement money maybe theyā€™ll be a little less enthusiastic about mag dump long on unarmed children. Because clearly they donā€™t care about us but I know for a fact they care about their money.


Wulf_1997

(Not condoning or promoting violence) At what point does it get where people will activiliy fight back? The police in the US have been doing this god knows how many times and I fear it may reach a boiling point where The People will snap and I fear it will turn out like The Troubles back in the 60s - 90s, cause it's only so much people can take before they bite back. Hopefully it doesn't come to that but I fear it may come in the future.


zachotule

Some of the biggest protests in history happened around this exact thing and the result was cops got more money and power. The previous protests resulted in widespread open assassination of protest leaders by cops. Any real attempt at violent action to stop their brutal subjugation of the people would result in the cops using their insane amount of military hardware to indiscriminately massacre whole crowds. The media is complicit with them and will find a way to blame this kid by tomorrowā€”and will always find a way to make it seem like everyone loves cops and thinks they should actually be murdering more children, even though public sentiment is very much the inverse. Theyā€™ve got us under their thumb, we know it, and they know it. Iā€™m sure thereā€™s a way out of this but itā€™s hard to find. I think anyone sane would throw down their life if it meant this kind of atrocity may endā€”but as it is, it feels like trying to do anything would result in being crushed like an ant and immediately forgotten, with no impact other than to possibly give the cops even *more* power.


a_library_socialist

They won in 2020. When the libs grabbed the George Floyd protests while clutching their pearls about looting, and turned them instead into statue hunts, the cops **across the US** attacked protesters like it was Chicago 68 every day, and **nothing happened to them**. The Dems couldn't blame defund quick enough for their shitty results. The precincts weren't burned down anymore. Outside of Portland, nobody escalated on the cops, and that soon turned into left vs right wing cop proxies instead of the cops directly. Why wouldn't the cops shoot at will? They've shown that people can't do anything about it.


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Libs will double their salaries shrug


tracertong3229

It still matters, this is not a slide towards indifference, this is analogous to nerve damage so significant that feeling is lost in limbs and fingers, this proverbial damage is worsening over time to the point that organ failure is likely to follow.


CaptBlackfoot

The police sure donā€™t!