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liberalsarecool · 24 days
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'Tough on crime' should mean proactive policies, not reactionary punishments.
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intersectionalpraxis · 4 months
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this cop also did this to another protestor:
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i remember when Instagram mostly banned me from my account for an entire year after posting about police brutality and its' links to white supremacy and institutionalized violence -it was during the height of the BLM movement after George Floyd was murdered. i remember calling out ex-co-workers at the time and people on social media i was mutuals with at the time for saying 'but it's not all cops, some are good,' and my response to that, and will always be: policing systems do MORE harm than good in communities. cops get little to zero training and are allowed to bear arms and have a licences to maim, injure, and kill people (most of whom, are NOT threats). and it's beyond unacceptable. the amount of funding these fucking systems get too when it can be allocated to programs that ACTUALLY do good.
defund the police.
end the occupation and free palestine!
*also, a few people have noted this, but yes, I believe it appears that the cop spat on the memorial candles too. and the fact he will never be fired and told to give up his badge for doing such a heinous thing is just despicable* -and yes all cops are bad.
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somethoughtseeds · 2 years
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callese · 6 months
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danu2203 · 1 year
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THE POLICE ARE NOT YOUR FRIEND
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Boost the hell out of this. Liking is good. Reblogging is better.
I think a lot of people understand why this is bad, but in case some don't let me explain.
The nation was horrified by the recording of George Floyd being murdered. But what if it had never been recorded? Would Derek Chauvin still be out? Would they have tossed the case due to insufficient evidence?
Look, the 2020 protests resulted in laws being passed to hold police accountable. Were they fully successful? No. Does more need to be done? Yes. But there was more being done than I've ever seen.
Now, in the space of a few months we have
The SCOTUS ruling prisoners don't have the right to an appeal.
The SCOTUS ruling that cops can't be sued for failing to Mirandize people.
The SCOTUS rule the government can charge nonIndigenous people for commiting crimes on tribal land, stripping Native Americans of tribal sovereignty.
And in Arizona, people can't record cops within 8 feet of an arrest.
This is not an accident or a coincidence. Conservatives are sending a message that no matter what cops do, they will back cops up. They are saying that they don't like cops being held accountable. These rulings should be taken as retaliation for any policy passed that protects BIPOC and holds police accountable.
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left-reminders · 1 year
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queerism1969 · 7 months
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liberalsarecool · 5 months
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Defund and abolish is making more and more sense. End qualified immunity for police, too.
How many more are buried there?!!!
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wilwheaton · 1 year
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intersectionalpraxis · 3 months
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A regular Thursday evening for a family living in north Edmonton quickly turned to terror as the Edmonton Police Service tactical team banged in their door. Alberta RCMP said officers believed there could be a victim held a gunpoint — but it turned out to be a false allegation. The frightening mistake happened Thursday, Nov. 2 around 5:20 p.m. at a home near 148th Avenue and 75A Street in the Kilkenny neighbourhood, and was captured on security camera video. The family didn’t know why there was an EPS tactical vehicle with ram rod knocking in their front door. At the same time, police stormed the home’s back door and three screaming teenagers were taken outside, where they were told to lay face down on the ground.
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Tagging: @politicsofcanada @abpoli
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odinsblog · 10 months
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Reckless NYPD Officer Caught On Video Trying To Intentionally Collide With Moped Rider
What’s particularly alarming is that the police car executed these dangerous maneuvers without utilizing its lights and siren, and there was no apparent indication of the officers pursuing an arrest.
In the footage, the Ford police car can be observed approaching the moped at highway speeds and then engaging in maneuvers aimed at blocking the rider’s path in the left lane. The officer behind the wheel employs braking and swerving tactics in an apparent effort to impede the moped’s progress.
Despite the perilous situation, the moped rider makes evasive maneuvers, changing lanes in an attempt to avoid a collision. However, the marked SUV pursues the rider, persisting with dangerous swerving maneuvers in an attempt to knock him down. Eventually, at the last possible moment, the rider manages to take an exit, successfully eluding the ordeal enforced by the police without sustaining any injuries.
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Although the events leading up to the recorded incident remain unknown, the behavior exhibited by the police officer on duty appears to be unjustifiably reckless. Regardless of any potential prior circumstances, it is expected and mandated that law enforcement officials would follow appropriate protocols when dealing with individuals on the road.
If the moped rider had committed an offense, the police should have signaled for him to pull over. The fact that the police car did not have its lights and siren activated indicates that this was not an official police pursuit.
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callese · 10 months
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driftingleft · 2 years
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closet-keys · 10 months
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Full text of thread by Stephanie Tait (@StephTaitWrites), bolded emphasis by me:
Just a reminder amid all this unbreathable air that when most states had large amounts of unspent Covid relief funds, the Biden admin told them that instead of investing in upgraded air filtration or n95s to pass out to citizens, to give it to police departments instead.
Folks out here trying to rewrite history telling you it's simply not feasible to have safe air in schools or shared buildings because "where would that much money even come from?" We literally gave states the money, and Biden told them to spend it on the police instead.
Wow. Some of y’all are up in my mentions just so SURE this is a lie made up to make Biden/the left look bad. Like even the most basic of googles will provide you a link from almost any news source you can name, from CNN to PBS to even Fox News, all saying the same thing.
Screenshot of Google result linking to NBC reading: Biden urges cities to spend Covid relief money on police, crime prevention May 13, 2022 — President Joe Biden urged states and cities to use unspent money from the $1.9 trillion Covid relief package to fund crime prevention ...
Screenshot of Google result linking to PBS that reads: WATCH: Biden urges local leaders to spend more COVID-19 money on policing May 13, 2022 — President Joe Biden gives remarks Friday on the American Rescue Plan ... “The answer is to fund the police with the resources and training ...
Screenshot of Goggle result linking to Fox News that reads: Biden urges local officials to hire more police using funds from American ... May 14, 2022 — The White House announced Friday its commitment to use $10 billion in funding from the $1.9 trillion COVID stimulus package Biden signed into
Screenshot of Google result linking to CNN that reads: Biden administration urging state and local governments to use Covid relief funding ... Jul 12, 2021 — Adams told CNN following the meeting that Biden is “sending a loud ... That includes funding for 100 new Metropolitan Police Department ...
And most states did EXACTLY as Biden directed and gave large portions of these funds to police, jails, etc. **In fact, less than 10% of the American Rescue Plan funds went to anything related to public health.** So just how much went to cops? Well…
“The majority of all current ARPA obligations, $52.6 billion, were categorized as ‘Revenue Replacement.’ […] Nearly half of this $52.6 billion went to projects that mentioned police, law enforcement, courts, jails and prisons, The Marshall Project found.” But that’s not all…
The piece goes on to explain that was just the $ that was clearly labeled as specifically going to law enforcement/jails/etc, but that much of the money wasn’t labeled for ANYTHING or was labeled for broad slush funds that most likely included law enforcement within them.
Screenshot reads: It’s challenging to parse out exactly how much money was spent solely on criminal justice nationwide, especially because the project descriptions local governments submit to the Treasury can vary in length and detail. They can be as vague as “government service expenses” ($22 million, Laredo, Texas). Or they can be as broad as “salaries and burden for the provision of core government services, which includes personnel costs for all departments” ($106.6 million, Anaheim, California). In many cases, the local government has not earmarked how they are spending the revenue replacement funds at all. In its report to the Treasury, New Orleans, Louisiana allocated all $194 million it received so far under one project: “The City has identified revenue loss replacement as its initial project.” This money, along with other revenue replacement funds, will flow to the city’s general fund, where it could be spent according to the city’s existing budgetary priorities.
The article also gives detailed info on just HOW the $ given to law enforcement was spent. They have graphics & examples throughout the piece that show specific purchases made by specific locales - things like armored vehicles, body scanners, “premium pay” & hiring bonuses, etc
Screenshot from the article that reads: Local police agencies have used ARPA funds on law enforcement equipment and capital expenses — from tasers and rifles to cars and shooting ranges. The Marshall Project found five municipalities used funding to purchase armored vehicles. At least 38 governments across the country used ARPA funds for police tasers. Nine spent ARPA funds on police drones.
A screenshot of an example from the piece that says: Josephine County, Oregon Project name: Lenco Bearcat G3 Armored Vehicle for the Sheriff’s Office Obligation: $300k
A screenshot of an example from the piece that says: State of Delaware Project name: DSP Mobile Command Unit Vehicle Obligation: $2.2M
A screenshot of an example from the piece that says: Chautauqua County, New York Project name: New Handguns Obligation: $44k
Don’t miss that last bit here, that “Colorado’s Department of Corrections allocated $1.3 million in “Private Prison Retention Bonuses” to employees who work at the private CoreCivic facility.” They spent 1.3 MILLION in PUBLIC funds on bonuses for employees of PRIVATE company.
A screenshot from the article that reads: Cities and states spent significant ARPA funds on payroll, bonuses, and hiring incentives to police and correction officers. The Los Angeles Police Department received more than $300 million from the city to cover salaries for sworn officers. Phoenix, Oregon, allocated half a million dollars to its police department for “additional [s]taffing of police due to Covid-19 and homeless population.” Greenwood County, South Carolina budgeted more than a quarter-million dollars to give detention center workers each a $10,000 bonus, and offer $10,000 sign-on bonuses to new employees. Colorado’s Department of Corrections allocated $1.3 million in “Private Prison Retention Bonuses” to employees who work at the private CoreCivic facility.
The piece ends with this tidbit where a county debated using 25 MILLION in PUBLIC funds to transfer incarcerated ppl 8 hrs away to a PRIVATE prison. County officials testified that they desperately needed those funds for other important things & none supported the plan. And yet?
Screenshot from the article which reads: In July, commissioners in Harris County, Texas debated whether to approve another $25 million from ARPA to transfer incarcerated people eight hours away to Giles Dalby Correctional Facility, a private prison run by Management and Training Corporation. “We would rather spend that money here on roads and more health initiatives and other more productive things,” County Commissioner Adrian Garcia said in a public meeting. It is inhumane to make people travel for hours to visit their loved ones, but maintaining an overcrowded jail is even more inhumane, he told his fellow commissioners. “While we can weather it for this year and use ARPA funds, that’s at the cost of not doing something else with those ARPA funds”, said County Administrator David Berry. Judge Lina Hidalgo called it “kicking the can down the road.”
“Despite the misgivings and criticism, the commission unanimously approved the spending.” Of course they did.
The piece is more than worth the read & includes way more details and examples than the ones I included here. But the TL/DR is that less than 10% of these federal Covid relief funds went to anything public health related & LOTS went to law enforcement.
And Biden not only *allowed* it, he specially told them to do it. He WANTED them to do it. In fact, he specifically pointed to using these Covid relief funds for police as a win in his State of the Union address that year, while directly criticizing the #DefundThePolice movement.
A screenshot from the same article from the Marshall Project that reads: A year later, ARPA became one of President Biden’s talking points to demonstrate Democrats are not out to defund the police. “[T]he American Rescue Plan … provided $350 billion that cities, states, and counties can use to hire more police, invest in more proven strategies like community violence interruption, trusted messengers,” Biden said during his State of the Union address this year. “We should all agree the answer is not to defund the police,” he continued. “It’s to fund the police. Fund them. Fund them. Fund them with the resources and training — resources and training they need to protect our communities.”
This is who Biden is. No, that’s not “fake news” or misinformation designed to make him look bad. He has ALWAYS been extremely pro-law enforcement. Anyone who took so much as 5 minutes to look at his voting record new that BEFORE he was elected President.
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