race and policing

[thalassa]

white guy tazed: http://america.aljazeera.com/article...acy-group.html

And meanwhile in Virginia, UVA student arrested for saying bad words...(at least they didn't shoot him?)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/19/us-usa-virginia-police-idUSKBN0MF2P720150319

[thalassa]

Re: race and policing

Oh...this is interesting http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/03...businesswoman/

[thalassa]

Re: race and policing

Charleston: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/08/us...eath.html?_r=0

[nbdy]

Re: race and policing

Here's hoping we run out of new stories for this thread.

[B. de Corbin]

Re: race and policing

Here's hoping we run out of new stories for this thread.

Until we become a different type of animal all together, it'll never happen.

People in a position of power are always subject to abuse of power, alas!

[Norse_Angel]

Re: race and policing

I was walking home the other day, when I saw this Caucasian kid with a non-orange tipped bb-gun walking on the opposite side of the street. He's a tad ahead of me, and we are walking in the same direction when a county police officer drives by us. I see him look at the kid, literal head turn, but did not stop, or do anything about it. I ended up running up to the kid, who was maybe 14 or 15. I said to him (which is so true it's not even funny) "If you were black, that officer would have shot you" He laughed, but it's the fact that it's true is severely dark.

[thalassa]

Re: race and policing

I'm looking for a specific video the hubby saw and can't remember the name of...and in the mean time, found these:

http://pix11.com/2014/12/10/retired-nypd-detective-believes-he-was-racially-profiled-during-attack-by-fellow-officers/

Police officer shoots and kills father who punches him after (cop) hits his daughter with motorcycle:

[thalassa]

Re: race and policing

Don't get me wrong, its not all about race (but, statistically speaking, racial disparity strongly exists in the justice system, so it is about race)...the police (as an institution) are just out of control--there are absolutely good cops, unfortunately the system doesn't support them. If they wonder why people don't cooperate with them, they should look at some of their PR.

[thalassa]

Re: race and policing

Damn, these are way to easy to find...

This is local:

And...an interesting site: http://www.copblock.org/apps/

[Norse_Angel]

Re: race and policing

I'm looking for a specific video the hubby saw and can't remember the name of...and in the mean time, found these:

http://pix11.com/2014/12/10/retired-nypd-detective-believes-he-was-racially-profiled-during-attack-by-fellow-officers/

Police officer shoots and kills father who punches him after (cop) hits his daughter with motorcycle:

And all of these are from Illinois... Well yeah, I haven't met one cop in my time of living here, who wasn't an abusive of their power. It's sickening.

[thalassa]

Re: race and policing

And all of these are from Illinois... Well yeah, I haven't met one cop in my time of living here, who wasn't an abusive of their power. It's sickening.

You are upstate, yeah?

[kalynraye]

Re: race and policing

This is upsetting to see. Upsetting because this crap really happens. I have a family full of officers. A grandmother who is retired sheriff department, a grandfather who is still active in the police force and a brother who is a police officer. I know there are good cops out there I know it but it can be hard to find lately.
Something to possibly give a little hope that?

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153225648080763&pnref=story

[Norse_Angel]

Re: race and policing

You are upstate, yeah?

I am very upstate. Waukegan as of now, it's a tad bit more north than Chicago is. We're still considered Chicago suburbs though, whatever that really means, I just like the sound of it

[Jaxxie]

Re: race and policing

After watching the video of Jason Harrison being gunned down at his home by police, while his mother screamed in horror, I can't bring myself to watch police shooting videos any more. It seems there is now an epidemic of these types of shootings. Last month, police just outside of Atlanta shot and killed a naked, unarmed, PTSD-suffering Air Force veteran because they claim "he charged at them". Eyewitness testimonies have said he was walking, not running, toward police. Even still, he was unarmed. When protests formed you had the typical, "if you don't wanna get shot, don't break the law" response from the pro-LEO crowd.

[thalassa]

Re: race and policing

This one is from 2010...a little girl was killed in a police raid on the wrong apartment. Charges have now been dropped on the officers involved.

And there's this one...

And this one...yes, she was drunk...but the apparently cop lied (is should be obvious to anyone that reads what the cop said vs the actual physical evidence).

And this one...

The man that filmed the death of Freddie Gray was arrested for apparently no reason

And the death of 3 deaf persons over the past decade for being unable to comply with police demands