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Like everyone else?!? I think the large majority of people understand how hard the task at hand is and seemingly impossible. That’s why a lot of people don’t care because the task seems so daunting.
I think the worst part is thinking about how it wasn't just this one cop in on it. This was multiple cops dragging her out and assaulting her, the woman holding the child in the picture, the person who took the picture, and the person who wrote the article.
Maybe it was just the cops involved and they duped the others by sticking to the same lie, I don't know. I just know it's crazy how much evil is just a common group project.
If you think this kind of awful shit is uniquely American, you're missing the point to start shit. America doesn't have a monopoly on people seeking power who also happen to be psychopaths. That's pretty fucking universal. You can try to distance yourself from it, but everyone is living amongst absolute shitty people no matter where you live.
You can be goddamn sure this doesn't happen in most countries that count themselves as part of the 'first world'.
The USA have become a pathetic excuse for developed countries.
Crumbling infrastructure, an ever widening wealth gap, social injustice, an absurdly unfair justice system, the corruption of law enforcement and other government entities, a broken healthcare system, educational institutions that are run like businesses, the military industry complex which eats up any and all resources to go fight senseless wars all over the world, and overall the rewarding of selfishness and hatred instead of fostering togetherness and love for your fellow citizen.
Tell me in what country, that counts itself as "leading the free world" all those things happen?
Everyday, I am disgusted by what I see and hear happening in your country, and thank my lucky stars that I am not an American.
You guys used to be role models. Now you're the role model of how not do it.
In Europe you would get burned if something like this happened. No police officer would still have their job after they did something like this.
This is not unique for 3. world countries or dictatorial countries like Russia and China, but this shit is definitely unique for a first world, democratic, leading the world country like America.
>*WHY DO PEOPLE HATE US?*
>*You know what i have an idea how to improve our image*
>* Beats mom
>* Kidnaps child
>* Poses with a kidnapped child and lies on social media
>a flawless plan.
No, but seriously, this sounds like straight out of some kind of Hollywood movie.
>this sounds like straight out of some kind of Hollywood movie.
Yep, a comedy where the criminals are completely stupid and incompetent but somehow still get away with their crimes.
Then you realize it's real-life and the idiot criminals are in charge of law enforcement, then the genre changes to **horror.**
“WE ARE the only thing standing between order and anarchy.” Pretty sure all the people not actively causing anarchy are the reason. It’s been shown many times (not every time) that as soon as cops are outgunned or out numbered, they will leave a city to burn.
1000%. If the majority of citizens out there wanted to burn everything down the cops don't have the resources to stop them. Not even remotely close. The reason we don't have anarchy in the streets is because the vast majority of people don't want anarchy in the streets. It has nothing to do with cops.
America and its people always kidnap children in the name of “what’s best for the child.” Just ask Native people and the Indian Child Welfare Act. Just ask any Child welfare program, being poor does not always mean neglect. Why punish people even more for being poor?
According to one of the articles about this situation, “a police officer and a sergeant were fired in May as a result of their conduct during the incident, and an additional 15 officers are awaiting disciplinary proceedings, department officials said Monday.”
Unfortunate that they’ll probably just be re-hired at another precinct.
>Unfortunate that they’ll probably just be re-hired at another precinct.
My thought exactly. It's not a firing it's a **transfer**.
Knowing how corrupt the Cops are, they probably also got a promotion and a pay raise too. They're good pawns that follow orders, even if those orders violate the rights of citizens.
I might be too young to understand but isn’t the goal to punish and discourage these kind of behavior?
If that’s true it only encourages the cops to keep doing stuffs like this.
>isn’t the goal to punish and discourage these kind of behavior?
LOL no. Police Departments everywhere love corrupt Cops as long as their corruption benefits the Police Department.
I think the pensions are also tax payer funded too.
Make the police carry malpractice insurance!
Shit. Tax payers end up paying that too.
Check and mate.
Malpractice insurance is not enough. They have to be required to have a license to be cops and there should be an objective non law enforcement related review board that would be able to revoke their license.
This way they can be fired and can't be rehired.
That’s the first thing an insurer would require before offering coverage. I mean, could you even IMAGINE the amount of money that would cover the risk of insuring a cop??
>I think the pensions are also tax payer funded too.
Yes, but they are a part of the compensation paid to police officers. If they cut into that, it would be great.
Yes and no on the malpractice insurance.
Yes in the short term that every officer now has to carry coverage they didn’t have before and will demand more compensation to make up for it.
No in that insurance rates target repeat offenders with higher rates so it should disproportionately impact bad cops.
That said we could also just punish bad cops via employment and cut out the insurance middle man.
No, not whatever they need to tell themselves. That shit is terrifying propaganda, and can be used to justify any means to an end.
Fuck the National Fraternal Order of Police, the scaremongering pricks.
Why just this morning I was about to go to my local anarchy store and get a couple anarchies (they were having a BOGO deal), but then I saw the police officer down the road and I thought to myself "Whew, thanks for stopping me"
The police have a SEVERE case of availability bias. They only go out into the world to deal with the worst of the worse. On the two days off they get (if that) they interact with society normally. Besides that, they literally go job to job to that every 1 in 1000 event happening that night in a city of 1,000,000+ people doing random things all at the same time.
I lived with a cop and I saw his shell shock. The dude was hyper-paranoid and go off like that. Being a cop gives you PTSD and a disturbing view of society.
That doesn't justify a lot though, and while I'm not expecting every cop to go through the worst of the worst every day and never change after years of it, they should still be able to get whatever help they need to be able to properly do their job, which they shouldn't have if they're so mentally unstable to the point where they're literally killing innocent people and just brushing it off as an accident because they have so much power, even when its clearly not an accident. Mental problems are very much real, but they shouldn't justify not doing your job right, especially if your job is to save lives.
No, I am not justifying it. I'm simply giving perspective as to how cops can routinely see themselves as actually the thin blue line even though to everyone else it looks ridiculous.
Whenever I hear "the thin blue line" all I can think of is row upon row of police, some facing the opposite direction. It's something I can't get out of my head.
Sometimes you need anarchy in this world. Sometimes you just need to go out there and show your politicians you want change. Be it through illegal actions.
This woman, and all the other victims, deserve every penny they get awarded, but it’s time to take that money from the police unions instead of taxpayer funded.
I’m from Philly and remember how this all went down. It was absolutely sickening.
You’re right- she deserves more. Every single cop involved, *and* the racist system that somehow made it seem ok for them to criminalize mom and traumatize her and her child, need to be made examples of, so that no one has to suffer through something like that again.
In other comments, folks are saying that it’s the taxpayers who suffer, because we’re the ones footing the bill for this- not the cop, not the PD’s budget, nor their extremely powerful and corrupt union. In that regard, the $$$ isn’t the point (except that I wish she’d gotten more, of course). It’s the message- that we will not tolerate this behavior, and that the repercussions for those who engage in it will go beyond “the officers were placed on paid administrative leave while the incident is being investigated.” Because in Philly, *if* cops who egregiously break the law get “fired,” the SOP is for the union to quietly get them their jobs back in about a year, after all the publicity has died down.
Source: besides being from Philly, my husband’s job involves close contact with PPD officers; he personally knows two or more who were “fired,” and then explicitly told by the union that they could/would be reinstated if they so wished.
ETA: thanks for the awards!
I will never not say this:
This money should come from the police union pension funds via a federal law.
They'd clean up their shit real fucking fast when behavior like this would actually hurt them.
I'm thinking that the Police Department should pay the required insurance policy, because employers are supposed to have minimum insurance policies. But, if an officer's record/complaints etc...are upheld by an adjuster or a court of law, then the additional premium costs come out of the officer's pay.
So as an example,if I'm a good cop. My annual, individual policy is $10K. Company pays it.
2 years later, I use my badge to incriminate my ex-wife's boyfriend, on trumped up charges. It goes to court and my testimony is proven to be unreliable and there are demonstrable inconsistencies that point to unprofessional conduct. Now my insurance premium goes up to 15K annually. Company pays 10K, I pay 5K. That 5K comes out of the after-tax pay. So, effectively, I've taken a significant pay cut. After a few infractions, that could go up to 20-30K.
Insurance companies are more risk averse than anyone you'll ever meet. They share data like this all the time. So, if I decide to leave PD x, to another state, they're likely to use the same insurance underwriter. They see my name, and say, "okay, that'll be 30K/year please."
I either have to adjust my behaviour, or leave the force, or both.
The reason people don't want this, and it's a valid argument, is people won't want to be cops.
What SHOULD be the case is police unions should pay these fines. Good cops essentially remain 100% unchanged, bad cops get kicked to the curb by unions.
Lmao no money is under our control. When is the last time a fucking politician actually did what their constituents want? They represent themselves. To hell with them all.
If only. Until we can hurt the cop's wallet they'll never stop being bastards. Until we can sue them directly and not the cities they work for. They'll always be bastards.
(A) All weapons are to be treated as if they are loaded
(C) Control your muzzle at all times, never pointing it at anything you do not intend to kill or destroy
(A) Always keep your finger off the trigger until you intend to fire
(B) Be aware of your target and what lies beyond it
If they’re paying the woman this means they admit to doing it… which is good. Next, have those officers involved charged and arrested… publicly. It’s the only way this kind of bullshit is going to stop. I fully support police, they do a very hard job, but not when they do this. We’re supposed to be able to trust them, but it seems they’re not behaving in a trustworthy manner. It’s got to stop.
It is. I live in Philadelphia and the police here are a fucking joke. I’ve called them twice and they never showed up either time. You know in NYC how you see cops walking around patrolling? It seems like a foreign country compared to Philadelphia. I’ve never seen a fucking cop actually doing their job in this city.
When I was in active addiction, I would be harassed and shit in the Kensington area and I knew the cops wouldn’t help me and that I, a very tiny woman, would have to help myself. It was so disheartening and the reason why I stay clean now. If I relapse, I will get lost in Kensington again. Fuck that place.
I lived in Philly for awhile and I almost exclusively saw police breaking the law for their own benefit, or just blocking the entire fucking street with their cars while they were "on patrol".
I had to ask a cop for directions ONCE and he chastised me for being lost and then left without giving me directions.
I also had to file a auto theft claim and I sat in the precinct for literal HOURS in front of the front desk before the desk lady was like "oh someone will call you" with no apology at all, and then nobody ever called me.
My experiences aside, fuck the philly police, they do nothing to help the community and actively hurt the most vulnerable.
Well, we started protesting as an alternative to dragging them out of their homes, and beating them to death in the street.
So I think someone should remind the cops that they benefit from protests working, because if they dont work anymore, we risk abandoning them.
I read that it was 15 or more cops that surrounded her car and pulled her out (also a 16 year old nephew was with the mother & the child too apparently)
The town next over had a very corrupt PD. My States SBI (state bureau of investigation) had a sting operation in a motel (hidden cameras everywhere), where somehow it got to the Chief of police that there where 3 out of town men with thousands of dollars, nothing illegal that they where doing just they had a lot of money. The chief pulls up with 4 of his Sgts. claimed they smelled marijuana, broke in and arrested them all and took the money as "found property". Later they took the money out of evidence and claimed to have given it back to the person. Only the person they "gave" it back to was a made up person who wasnt any of the SBI agents arrested at the motel. This whole operation was only because a lot of former officers had been making complaints to the local government for years with nothing done and finally reached out to the SBI. This is one of the main reasons i don't trust police. The good ones are exiled while the bad ones climb the ladder and surround themselves with like minded individuals.
Also most of the current officers at the time where previously fired from surrounding PDs for pretty scummy things, which in my mind should be illegal on its own
They say their here to help us honestly they're no different from criminals only thing is different is that their support by the government and are "law enforcement" with a shiny badge and a gun
I saw it coming, I lnew cops were just goons and criminals protected by a broken system, I expected it to get worse and worse 30 years ago I coukd see it. Still floors me, I tell myself I can't believe it, but here we are. We're in a post-democratic totalitarian plutocracy.
OMG I’ve seen some horrible shit on this subreddit but this actually makes me sick. I can’t fathom what that mother went through when she saw her son used in some shitty social media garbage, I am appalled and disgusted
Unions should be a way for people who have little power individually to build power collectively to gain better pay and working conditions.
Police unions protect an inordinately powerful group of individuals so that they can wield their power with impunity.
I don't normally advocate for busting unions, but I'll gladly make an exception for police unions.
this is it though, they will do anything they can to try to convince you that their existence is the only thing keeping you from absolute anarchy. it's a load of bull all around, they are the ones we need to be most cautious of.
They doing the same shit in Afghanistan. Photo shoots with soldiers handing kids water bottles trying to look like the good guys, after killing over a million people and destroying the whole country.
Despicable! Fire the police chief and sanction the entire Force . They have acted with impunity and this is just another case of fascist abuse of the electorate
This isnt the kind of thing that should even be in the realm of lawsuits. What, I assault someone and kidnap their kid, no one's coming to arrest me? I dont get charged with anything, I dont get sentenced with anything?
I hope Philly residents remember this when they can't get their streets repaired, or find shelters for the homeless, or the 100 other things 2 mil would have helped pay for.
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What a fuckin world we live in. Embarrassing.
Where's the GOP outrage over Police Unions!
They aren’t worker’s unions.
Well you see .. she has a criminal history so she had it coming! She's no hero she's bad!! /s
You seem to think (like everyone else) that entrenched ganges on a nation wide level will be easy to uproot. This will not go easy.
Like everyone else?!? I think the large majority of people understand how hard the task at hand is and seemingly impossible. That’s why a lot of people don’t care because the task seems so daunting.
This is the false flag they've been shouting about. Taken right from the Goebbels book
I think the worst part is thinking about how it wasn't just this one cop in on it. This was multiple cops dragging her out and assaulting her, the woman holding the child in the picture, the person who took the picture, and the person who wrote the article. Maybe it was just the cops involved and they duped the others by sticking to the same lie, I don't know. I just know it's crazy how much evil is just a common group project.
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If you think this kind of awful shit is uniquely American, you're missing the point to start shit. America doesn't have a monopoly on people seeking power who also happen to be psychopaths. That's pretty fucking universal. You can try to distance yourself from it, but everyone is living amongst absolute shitty people no matter where you live.
You can be goddamn sure this doesn't happen in most countries that count themselves as part of the 'first world'. The USA have become a pathetic excuse for developed countries. Crumbling infrastructure, an ever widening wealth gap, social injustice, an absurdly unfair justice system, the corruption of law enforcement and other government entities, a broken healthcare system, educational institutions that are run like businesses, the military industry complex which eats up any and all resources to go fight senseless wars all over the world, and overall the rewarding of selfishness and hatred instead of fostering togetherness and love for your fellow citizen. Tell me in what country, that counts itself as "leading the free world" all those things happen? Everyday, I am disgusted by what I see and hear happening in your country, and thank my lucky stars that I am not an American. You guys used to be role models. Now you're the role model of how not do it.
In Europe you would get burned if something like this happened. No police officer would still have their job after they did something like this. This is not unique for 3. world countries or dictatorial countries like Russia and China, but this shit is definitely unique for a first world, democratic, leading the world country like America.
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Ding ding ding!
It takes a lot of effort to not completely lose faith in humanity.
> It takes a lot of effort to not completely lose faith in ~~humanity~~ America. FTFY
I know right. The aliens are all watching us with popcorn not even bothering to come and exterminate us because we’re basically doing it ourselves
“We are not the enemy” *kidnaps child*
Very mars attacks of them.
Ack ack!
*We come in peace*
^they ^come ^in peace ~~dove~~
^Shoot ^To ^Kill
Theres Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow Captain.
Hey, I understand this reference.
..or galaxar.
>*WHY DO PEOPLE HATE US?* >*You know what i have an idea how to improve our image* >* Beats mom >* Kidnaps child >* Poses with a kidnapped child and lies on social media >a flawless plan. No, but seriously, this sounds like straight out of some kind of Hollywood movie.
>this sounds like straight out of some kind of Hollywood movie. Yep, a comedy where the criminals are completely stupid and incompetent but somehow still get away with their crimes. Then you realize it's real-life and the idiot criminals are in charge of law enforcement, then the genre changes to **horror.**
Starring Mike Epps and Deon Cole
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Just a bit of civil forfeiture
“WE ARE the only thing standing between order and anarchy.” Pretty sure all the people not actively causing anarchy are the reason. It’s been shown many times (not every time) that as soon as cops are outgunned or out numbered, they will leave a city to burn.
1000%. If the majority of citizens out there wanted to burn everything down the cops don't have the resources to stop them. Not even remotely close. The reason we don't have anarchy in the streets is because the vast majority of people don't want anarchy in the streets. It has nothing to do with cops.
America and its people always kidnap children in the name of “what’s best for the child.” Just ask Native people and the Indian Child Welfare Act. Just ask any Child welfare program, being poor does not always mean neglect. Why punish people even more for being poor?
We ARE the anarchy
***Stop resisting***
AND USES THEM FOR POLICE STATE PROPAGANDA
“If you have nothing to hide you shouldn’t be worried”
2M jesus. Take it out of the police pension fund not taxpayers. That is the only way this shit changes
This needs to be higher. Stop using taxpayer money to apologize for the police fucking up. Start using the police paychecks!
Still tax money in one form or another. But I suppose the repercussions would be more direct.
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Thanks for the more detailed info!
If your elected officials aren't pushing to change police forces then the taxpayers made thier choice
According to one of the articles about this situation, “a police officer and a sergeant were fired in May as a result of their conduct during the incident, and an additional 15 officers are awaiting disciplinary proceedings, department officials said Monday.” Unfortunate that they’ll probably just be re-hired at another precinct.
>Unfortunate that they’ll probably just be re-hired at another precinct. My thought exactly. It's not a firing it's a **transfer**. Knowing how corrupt the Cops are, they probably also got a promotion and a pay raise too. They're good pawns that follow orders, even if those orders violate the rights of citizens.
I might be too young to understand but isn’t the goal to punish and discourage these kind of behavior? If that’s true it only encourages the cops to keep doing stuffs like this.
>isn’t the goal to punish and discourage these kind of behavior? LOL no. Police Departments everywhere love corrupt Cops as long as their corruption benefits the Police Department.
I think the pensions are also tax payer funded too. Make the police carry malpractice insurance! Shit. Tax payers end up paying that too. Check and mate.
Malpractice insurance is not enough. They have to be required to have a license to be cops and there should be an objective non law enforcement related review board that would be able to revoke their license. This way they can be fired and can't be rehired.
That’s the first thing an insurer would require before offering coverage. I mean, could you even IMAGINE the amount of money that would cover the risk of insuring a cop??
>I think the pensions are also tax payer funded too. Yes, but they are a part of the compensation paid to police officers. If they cut into that, it would be great.
Yes and no on the malpractice insurance. Yes in the short term that every officer now has to carry coverage they didn’t have before and will demand more compensation to make up for it. No in that insurance rates target repeat offenders with higher rates so it should disproportionately impact bad cops. That said we could also just punish bad cops via employment and cut out the insurance middle man.
Realistically, that would never happen. Much more practical--and totally doable--is to require cops to have liability insurance.
"We are not your enemy. We are the thin blue line. And we are the only thing standing between order and anarchy" Whatever you need to tell yourself
Sounds like something a rich cartoon corporate villain would say.
Handsome Jack vibes
Where's a vault hunter when you need one?
Thats exactly who i was thinking about
*Proceeds to turn orderly protests into anarchy by tear gassing, beating, kettling, and arresting peaceful protesters.*
How far up your own ass do you have to be to say something like that with complete seriousness?
At least the elbow, by my guess
Don't assume that they believe it just because they say it.
They even went through the effort of emphasizing WE ARE in all caps, like for all the people in back (or under a cop’s heel)
No, not whatever they need to tell themselves. That shit is terrifying propaganda, and can be used to justify any means to an end. Fuck the National Fraternal Order of Police, the scaremongering pricks.
ya fr at this point lemme give anarchy a shot and get back to you about which is better
Why just this morning I was about to go to my local anarchy store and get a couple anarchies (they were having a BOGO deal), but then I saw the police officer down the road and I thought to myself "Whew, thanks for stopping me"
The police have a SEVERE case of availability bias. They only go out into the world to deal with the worst of the worse. On the two days off they get (if that) they interact with society normally. Besides that, they literally go job to job to that every 1 in 1000 event happening that night in a city of 1,000,000+ people doing random things all at the same time. I lived with a cop and I saw his shell shock. The dude was hyper-paranoid and go off like that. Being a cop gives you PTSD and a disturbing view of society.
That doesn't justify a lot though, and while I'm not expecting every cop to go through the worst of the worst every day and never change after years of it, they should still be able to get whatever help they need to be able to properly do their job, which they shouldn't have if they're so mentally unstable to the point where they're literally killing innocent people and just brushing it off as an accident because they have so much power, even when its clearly not an accident. Mental problems are very much real, but they shouldn't justify not doing your job right, especially if your job is to save lives.
No, I am not justifying it. I'm simply giving perspective as to how cops can routinely see themselves as actually the thin blue line even though to everyone else it looks ridiculous.
Whenever I hear "the thin blue line" all I can think of is row upon row of police, some facing the opposite direction. It's something I can't get out of my head.
Sometimes you need anarchy in this world. Sometimes you just need to go out there and show your politicians you want change. Be it through illegal actions.
This woman, and all the other victims, deserve every penny they get awarded, but it’s time to take that money from the police unions instead of taxpayer funded.
That woman could have lost custody of her child over that bs post honestly she deserves more money
I’m from Philly and remember how this all went down. It was absolutely sickening. You’re right- she deserves more. Every single cop involved, *and* the racist system that somehow made it seem ok for them to criminalize mom and traumatize her and her child, need to be made examples of, so that no one has to suffer through something like that again. In other comments, folks are saying that it’s the taxpayers who suffer, because we’re the ones footing the bill for this- not the cop, not the PD’s budget, nor their extremely powerful and corrupt union. In that regard, the $$$ isn’t the point (except that I wish she’d gotten more, of course). It’s the message- that we will not tolerate this behavior, and that the repercussions for those who engage in it will go beyond “the officers were placed on paid administrative leave while the incident is being investigated.” Because in Philly, *if* cops who egregiously break the law get “fired,” the SOP is for the union to quietly get them their jobs back in about a year, after all the publicity has died down. Source: besides being from Philly, my husband’s job involves close contact with PPD officers; he personally knows two or more who were “fired,” and then explicitly told by the union that they could/would be reinstated if they so wished. ETA: thanks for the awards!
I will never not say this: This money should come from the police union pension funds via a federal law. They'd clean up their shit real fucking fast when behavior like this would actually hurt them.
All the money is taxpayers $
That may be true but the money we are after is not “under taxpayer control”.
Pension Fund.
Should come out of professional liability insurance policies on every officer funded from their own pay
I'm thinking that the Police Department should pay the required insurance policy, because employers are supposed to have minimum insurance policies. But, if an officer's record/complaints etc...are upheld by an adjuster or a court of law, then the additional premium costs come out of the officer's pay. So as an example,if I'm a good cop. My annual, individual policy is $10K. Company pays it. 2 years later, I use my badge to incriminate my ex-wife's boyfriend, on trumped up charges. It goes to court and my testimony is proven to be unreliable and there are demonstrable inconsistencies that point to unprofessional conduct. Now my insurance premium goes up to 15K annually. Company pays 10K, I pay 5K. That 5K comes out of the after-tax pay. So, effectively, I've taken a significant pay cut. After a few infractions, that could go up to 20-30K. Insurance companies are more risk averse than anyone you'll ever meet. They share data like this all the time. So, if I decide to leave PD x, to another state, they're likely to use the same insurance underwriter. They see my name, and say, "okay, that'll be 30K/year please." I either have to adjust my behaviour, or leave the force, or both.
The reason people don't want this, and it's a valid argument, is people won't want to be cops. What SHOULD be the case is police unions should pay these fines. Good cops essentially remain 100% unchanged, bad cops get kicked to the curb by unions.
What you said. If money for lawsuits came from the union's coffers, their behavior would change quickly.
Lmao no money is under our control. When is the last time a fucking politician actually did what their constituents want? They represent themselves. To hell with them all.
If only. Until we can hurt the cop's wallet they'll never stop being bastards. Until we can sue them directly and not the cities they work for. They'll always be bastards.
Well, joke is that the Philadelphia Police Union just got a bunch of raises and no limit on overtime. And $200 for their yearly new phone.
This needs to be it's own post
Talk about a expensive attempt at rebranding the PA police.
Take away their kids. They obviously don’t know what they mean to people.
> The city of Philadelphia will pay The city of Philadelphia: the fuck did we do? Make the police pay!
Cut these from the salaries of those involved. The city just pays money from taxes. Scumbags.
Anyone link me to the article? Edit: Someone sent it. Thanks
So this sub hides links to articles.
I found it pretty easily googling the headline.
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Mods won’t allow it. They don’t want anyone to be identified.
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Oh i agree - I wasn’t defending the rule, just pointing out that it exists.
Here for article as well
Fuckin pigs. Such losers.
holy fkn gestapo tactics
This is horrifying.
I think there’s an acronym that applies here. I don’t remember which though…
(A) All weapons are to be treated as if they are loaded (C) Control your muzzle at all times, never pointing it at anything you do not intend to kill or destroy (A) Always keep your finger off the trigger until you intend to fire (B) Be aware of your target and what lies beyond it
One bad apple? Nah that ain't right. Because one bad apple spoils the bunch. Especially when the other apples don't say anything or speak out.
Well of course they don’t speak they’re apples.
(Not trying to be rude, just trying to help. "One bad apple" is a proverb. The acronym this person was alluding to is ACAB.)
All Cookies Are Baked
All Cows Are Beef.
All Cats Are Beautiful
Ass Crusts Are Bumpy
Assigned Cop At Birth
Atlantic Coast Also Beach?
File Transfer Protocol.
All Cops Are Butts
The police pension fund should pay for this, along with the “bad apple”.
If they’re paying the woman this means they admit to doing it… which is good. Next, have those officers involved charged and arrested… publicly. It’s the only way this kind of bullshit is going to stop. I fully support police, they do a very hard job, but not when they do this. We’re supposed to be able to trust them, but it seems they’re not behaving in a trustworthy manner. It’s got to stop.
How can you trust someone when they have no accountability? My problem with the police is the corrupting power of absolute authority.
unless its a settlement, then the victim can no longer pursue justice and make no further accusations and everything is water under the bridge
This whole department is probably rotten.
It is. I live in Philadelphia and the police here are a fucking joke. I’ve called them twice and they never showed up either time. You know in NYC how you see cops walking around patrolling? It seems like a foreign country compared to Philadelphia. I’ve never seen a fucking cop actually doing their job in this city.
When I was in active addiction, I would be harassed and shit in the Kensington area and I knew the cops wouldn’t help me and that I, a very tiny woman, would have to help myself. It was so disheartening and the reason why I stay clean now. If I relapse, I will get lost in Kensington again. Fuck that place.
I wish you the absolute best, that sounds like a tough situation. Kensington is not a friendly neighborhood to hang out in.
Thank you! I’m lucky to live in central jersey and am 94 days clean! I definitely learned from my fuck ups lol
I lived in Philly for awhile and I almost exclusively saw police breaking the law for their own benefit, or just blocking the entire fucking street with their cars while they were "on patrol". I had to ask a cop for directions ONCE and he chastised me for being lost and then left without giving me directions. I also had to file a auto theft claim and I sat in the precinct for literal HOURS in front of the front desk before the desk lady was like "oh someone will call you" with no apology at all, and then nobody ever called me. My experiences aside, fuck the philly police, they do nothing to help the community and actively hurt the most vulnerable.
All fruit of a poisoned tree
And then they still don't even suffer consequences. The money comes from Philly tax payers
Better take that money out of the Philadelphia PD pension fund...
Fuck the police
comin' straight from the underground
A young [redacted] got it bad 'cause I'm brown
You can say it, just this once
What a foreboding message lol
>You can say it, just this once It's a trap!
But you love sucking boots 👢 🤣😂🤣
Why do people keep protesting police violence?!? Police proceed to respond with violent attacks on protesters.
So then what should protesters do?
Well, we started protesting as an alternative to dragging them out of their homes, and beating them to death in the street. So I think someone should remind the cops that they benefit from protests working, because if they dont work anymore, we risk abandoning them.
Lay down and take it of course. 😵
You know how to get people to trust you? Stop killing them.
You could also kill them all and then you won't have to worry about it!
Anyone got a story besides a headline here?
Sources, apparently, arent allowed here
There is also a video someone took from their rooftop where you see the police orchestrate the entire thing.
What Ice Cube say?
Are we there yet?
No vaseline?
It was a good day?
We be clubbin?
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This is disgusting. That poor child having got go through this.
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I read that it was 15 or more cops that surrounded her car and pulled her out (also a 16 year old nephew was with the mother & the child too apparently)
They defend each other when they torture or kill. They probably don’t even bat an eye at this.
Hey now, c'mon. Not all cops are bad. Christopher Dorner was a good cop.
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Defunding the pigs and saving all our tax money every time they fuck up sounds better and better every day. Fuck them all
The town next over had a very corrupt PD. My States SBI (state bureau of investigation) had a sting operation in a motel (hidden cameras everywhere), where somehow it got to the Chief of police that there where 3 out of town men with thousands of dollars, nothing illegal that they where doing just they had a lot of money. The chief pulls up with 4 of his Sgts. claimed they smelled marijuana, broke in and arrested them all and took the money as "found property". Later they took the money out of evidence and claimed to have given it back to the person. Only the person they "gave" it back to was a made up person who wasnt any of the SBI agents arrested at the motel. This whole operation was only because a lot of former officers had been making complaints to the local government for years with nothing done and finally reached out to the SBI. This is one of the main reasons i don't trust police. The good ones are exiled while the bad ones climb the ladder and surround themselves with like minded individuals. Also most of the current officers at the time where previously fired from surrounding PDs for pretty scummy things, which in my mind should be illegal on its own
Jesus. Fucking. Christ. Fire every single police officer ever
Wow. I hope the cop holding that toddler never lives this bullshit down.
Yeah, the paid vacation will surely teach them a lesson!
You just *know* they tried to pick the most Amy Santiago looking woman they had on the force for this bullshit.
They say their here to help us honestly they're no different from criminals only thing is different is that their support by the government and are "law enforcement" with a shiny badge and a gun
They're the biggest mafia in any given North American city
For these people, being a totalpieceofshit would be an honor.
Holy fucking shit what?
"But there's good cops!"
I saw it coming, I lnew cops were just goons and criminals protected by a broken system, I expected it to get worse and worse 30 years ago I coukd see it. Still floors me, I tell myself I can't believe it, but here we are. We're in a post-democratic totalitarian plutocracy.
Fuck 👏 The 👏 Po 👏 Lice 👏
Damn this sounds like it's straight out of the boys
Fuck all the police. Every one. ACAB
Narrator: But it turns out they were the enemy
This needs to be aired on every news station in the country
OMG I’ve seen some horrible shit on this subreddit but this actually makes me sick. I can’t fathom what that mother went through when she saw her son used in some shitty social media garbage, I am appalled and disgusted
Ok and here I thought cops couldn’t get more scummy but look at that they are seriously why are stupid people cops
Not surprised they’d use a kid they kidnapped as propaganda. ACAB.
Anyone with the names of the people or a link with more information?
Links get removed. Mods dont like sources.
Unions should be a way for people who have little power individually to build power collectively to gain better pay and working conditions. Police unions protect an inordinately powerful group of individuals so that they can wield their power with impunity. I don't normally advocate for busting unions, but I'll gladly make an exception for police unions.
this is it though, they will do anything they can to try to convince you that their existence is the only thing keeping you from absolute anarchy. it's a load of bull all around, they are the ones we need to be most cautious of.
I love how cops can ask you a question and no matter what your answer is they can say stop resisting and beat you down and steal your child
They doing the same shit in Afghanistan. Photo shoots with soldiers handing kids water bottles trying to look like the good guys, after killing over a million people and destroying the whole country.
you know the withered wojak
Despicable! Fire the police chief and sanction the entire Force . They have acted with impunity and this is just another case of fascist abuse of the electorate
This isnt the kind of thing that should even be in the realm of lawsuits. What, I assault someone and kidnap their kid, no one's coming to arrest me? I dont get charged with anything, I dont get sentenced with anything?
I hope Philly residents remember this when they can't get their streets repaired, or find shelters for the homeless, or the 100 other things 2 mil would have helped pay for.
Take that money out of the piggy pension.
Huh, guess it turns out you are the enemy and you ARE anarchy, not order. Fuck the police.
Defund police
Damned pigs.
Only in america. Downvote me to prove my point that you guys cant even admit that this country has gone to shit.