#cops are thugs

[reasoningdaily]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/09/03/beverly-hills-police-lawsuit/

A Beverly Hills police task force arrested 106 people. All but one were Black, lawsuit claims.

Beverly Hills Police targeted Black people with harassment and arrest for low-level or nonexistent violations in an effort to keep them away from Rodeo Drive, according to a class-action racial discrimination lawsuit filed in California Superior Court Monday by civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Bradley Gage.

The complaint centers on the Beverly Hills Police Department’s “Operation Safe Streets,” a campaign to address safety on the city’s famed luxury shopping destination of Rodeo Drive.

The suit claims that between March 2020 and July 2021, the task force made 106 arrests — 105 of whom were of Black people.

“If 2 percent of the residents of Beverly Hills are Black but almost 100 percent of the arrests are Black [people,] that’s a pretty clear indication something’s wrong,” Gage told The Washington Post Thursday.

“The women and men of BHPD take an oath to protect human life and enforce the law — regardless of race,” Beverly Hills Police Chief Dominick Rivetti said in a statement Wednesday. “Any violation of this pledge is contrary to the values of this department. We take all concerns regarding the conduct of our officers very seriously.“

During a Wednesday news conference announcing the lawsuit, Crump — the attorney best-known for representing the family of George Floyd — framed the alleged racial bias in Beverly Hills as a national scourge that has led to the death or injury of people whose names are now synonymous with racially biased and violent policing.

“If implicit bias goes unchecked and discrimination goes unchecked, it leads to what happened to George Floyd in Minneapolis; what happened to Breonna Taylor in Louisville; what happened to Jacob Blake Jr. in Kenosha, Wis.,” he said. “That’s what happens if the actions of the Beverly Hills Police Department goes unchecked.”

Rivetti in his Wednesday statement said he formed the “Rodeo Drive Team” to address complaints from businesses about a rise in burglary, shoplifting and nuisances such as public intoxication. Rivetti touted the success of the task force, noting that officers arrested individuals with “fraudulently obtained state unemployment benefits” and seizing $250,000 in cash and “ill-gotten debit cards.”

The police did not respond to The Post’s request for the number of arrests or their racial breakdown.

Gage said his team corroborated the figure through a variety of sources, including Beverly Hills police officers who were troubled by the trend that resulted from the 16-month safety operation.

The more than 100 arrestees were cited for a range of noncriminal behaviors such as roller skating or riding a scooter on the sidewalk to low-level infractions such as jaywalking. None of the same behaviors and infractions were enforced against White people, the lawsuit claims.

“The way [police] stop them for trivial things is troubling as well,” Gage said, alleging that Black people questioned by police would face four or five officers or have guns drawn on them. “White people don’t have that.”

The two named plaintiffs in the suit were not California residents but visiting from Philadelphia. During a visit to Beverly Hills last September, Khalil White and Jasmine Williams were arrested while riding scooters on the sidewalk and jailed for resisting arrest. The charges, like most of those that stemmed from the operation, were dropped.

The lawsuit claims that other incidents with police did not end in arrest but indicate a pattern of harassment and over-policing of Black people. Salehe Bembury, then the vice president of men’s footwear at Versace, was allegedly jaywalking and holding two shopping bags from his store last October when police stopped him, asked for his ID and ran his name for warrants.

Bembury filmed the encounter, which went viral.

“So I’m in Beverly Hills and I’m getting … searched for shopping at the store I work for and just being Black,” he said in an Instagram video.

“You’re making a completely different narrative,” a BHPD officer said in response.

The current iteration of the lawsuit focuses on the outcome of Operation Safe Streets, but Gage expects it will broaden to encompass a wider review of discriminatory policing by BHPD and expects the class of complainants to grow tenfold.

“I don’t think Ben or I have had five minutes since the press conference that we haven’t received phone calls. I’ve been getting them since midnight,” Gage said. Since Wednesday, he estimates the legal team has received at least 100 new complaints of racial profiling in traffic stops and other claims of discrimination from around the same period as Operation Safe Streets.

#beverly hills #racial profiling #cops are thugs #Black Lives Matter #california racism #A Beverly Hills police task force arrested 106 people. All but one were Black #lawsuit claims. #Youtube

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

This dumb mother f-cker again.

The clown who said his wife could see the future just before the 2020 election.

The clown who physically slammed a young man that was trying to ask Boebert a question in front of Congress.

The clown who’s had 4 wives, owes over $140,000 in back child support and is widely believed to have murdered his first wife.

The clown who was fired from multiple police jobs.

The clown who tried to overthrow the government on January 6th.

Etc…

#republican assholes #Clay Higgins #traitor #deadbeat dad #unchristian #thug #failed cop #married to a witch

[roughridingrednecks]

Parker

#parker #CA #cop #gun #bald #thug #redneck #tats #goatee

[testure-1988]

SCOTT IS OUT OF PRISON

...he was charged on criminal trespassing (IN HIS OWN HOME)

The swat team came....for a trespassing charge!!! Wtffff!!!

#cops are fucking thugs

[hypermorality]

so many of you truly believe strikes and protests are meant to be convenient and accommodate your schedules and lives as much as possible, and complain so shamelessly during a genocide about how they disrupt your lives, when that is the point.

it's too uncomfortable to confront your learned helplessness so you are blaming others for the guilt you hold about it.

#the leftist queers on here who whine that strikes aren't organized comfortably in advance #in my eyes you are the same as the white liberal who preaches nonviolence #who is the same as the racist that calls my people thugs for rioting after seeing another one of us brutalized by cops #you all just blur together

[orangedodge]

I always forget how much of Mekanix is just panel after panel of hurt/exhausted Kitty, resting in Xuan's strong arms. And then reflecting over how all of the men in her life are trash, so that Xuan can brush her hair and go it's okay baby, I'll take care of you. Usually before giving her food or medical attention.

I've definitely reread it more than I have any other comic and it still ends up being surprising how, like, memory understates how obvious the art and writing were.

#x-men #comics #marvel #manh cao xuan #shan coy manh #kitty pryde #comic books #also surprising? everyone remembers this book #for dated copaganda but 90% of the main story #is left outrage wrt the patriot act #every cop or federal agent in this story is an authoritarian thug who supports #the supremacist villains either openly or through personal prejudice for their victims #so it is odd at how imo we all memory hole #the 90s/2000s stories to better fit popular #recollection of what the times were like

[bens-things]

Cops vs. Thugs (1975) dir. Kinji Fukasaku

#Cops vs. Thugs #県警対組織暴力 #Kinji Fukasaku #movie night

[milfbro]

if you've never spent time in a teacher's lounge and you'd like to know what happens in it: racism, mostly

#yes youare correct they shit talk the students to each other is half of what they do #the other half is shit talking admin #the second one is fine #the first one leads to teachers becoming biased against students for no apparent reason on the part of the students #yes if it looks like your teacher suddenly doesn't like you this is probably why #teachers fucking suck down with the man. don't trust 'em. they're the school version of cops #and this includes the fact that in wealthier schools the teachers have a good cop approach #while in less privileged schools its basically a free for all to treat students like they're thugs who are guilty until proven otherwise

[cinemajunkie70]

Happy Birthday to one of the best to ever to do it, Reiko Ike!

#reiko ike #ike reiko #sex and fury #female yakuza tale: inquisition and torture #cops vs. thugs #battles without honor and humanity #graveyard of honor #dogs of fortune #queen bee strikes again #queen Bee’s challenge #girl boss guerilla #girl boss revenge: sukeban #actress #singer #the streetfighers last revenge

[shinkleitus]

Policiais vs. Bandidos (1975), dir. Kinji Fukasaku.

Review originalmente postada: 01/Mar/2023 no Letterboxd.

O diretor Fukasaku manteve seu estilo de direção e quase todo o elenco de Yakuza Papers em seu próximo filme, criando uma conexão quase como se fosse da mesma franquia. Inspirado por eventos reais, o filme utiliza imagens de jornais que dão uma sensação de documentário, agregando ainda mais profundidade à história. Além disso, O estilo de direção de Fukasaku é bem característico, com a utilização de câmera na mão e cortes rápidos, criando um ambiente de tensão e urgência nas cenas de ação. Aqui Fukasaku chega com uma forte crítica social, este filme aborda de forma mais aprofundada a ideia de como o Japão se tornou corrupto no pós-guerra, mostrando como a violência se tornou uma justificativa para os problemas sociais que surgiram na época. Nenhum personagem policial ou político segue a lei, tornando-os ainda menos honrados do que os próprios membros da Yakuza. É curioso notar que um dos personagens policiais é mais preocupado em perseguir comunistas do que em prender criminosos, o que é visto como um fator de ironia e humor no filme. Uma algo que me chamou atenção no protagonista, interpretado novamente por Bunta Sugawara, é a mudança de seu papel em relação ao filme anterior Yakuza Papers. Se antes ele era um bandido honrado, agora ele é um policial corrupto que trabalha em conluio com a Yakuza. Essa transformação revela a versatilidade do ator e sua habilidade em interpretar personagens complexos e distintos, mesmo dentro do mesmo gênero cinematográfico.

#kenkei tai soshiki boryoku #cops vs thugs #kinji fukasaku #bunta sugawara #tatsuo umemiya #hiroki matsukata #mikio narita #reiko ike #masataka iwao #toei #japanese cinema #yakuza film #films i done watched #1975 #somehow even darker than the battles without honor series #or at least #more maudlin #theres a feeling of doom and hopelessness over this film #gotta love that funky soundtrack tho #cinema #movie #japan movies #movies #japan cinema

[giovannigiorgio666]

Tony hawks Underground

#retro gaming #retro #tony hawks pro skater #thug #video games #gaming #tony hawk #cops #acab #screenshot #Xbox #playstation

[ritzcuit]

i want to think about daryan now its been too long (its been 12 hours)

#UEuehehuu #thinking abt him getting into fights Oh baby boy baby baby angel baby. #Oh infant. Oh zygote. oh actual unicellular organism #im always like partially yeah he's cool as hell he's aggro he'll get in fights he's scrappy. CUS HE IS... #But also he's klaviers law abiding best friend in a cop band about cops but not even like thug cops. girl he's in an office. #like he's doing paperwork. #likeeee i need him to be a loser but also i know he and apollo would throw hands. #he has so much depth (making up 99% of this)

[aktionpak]

Young Thug - Twitter Song

Been thinking about the Young [being used as an example] Thug rico case. And also the extent to which RICO cases pose as 'proper' police work but effectively just serve to tear communities apart. Communities that have already fallen into the shit. ACAB. Even this one cop i smiled at the other day who was doing an awesome job of directing car and pedestrian traffic at a intersection without power. I respect those skills. Still.... ACAB. Take those 'good' cops out of the capitalist goon structure and maybe we're talking.

Thousands of years ago, I worked at a cigarette / newspaper /magazine store. Shoved a mountain of TV guides into the Saturday editions at like 4am or whatever. This tape was an always listen. How can a kid like this end up being torn to shreds in some privately-owned prison? America is brutal. The modern structure is fucking broken. These songs though. Fucking magic.

#Young Thug #Cops are state Thugs #One of the best mixtapes #Youtube #Abolish Prisons #We don't need reform we need upheaval

[sbowddoa09]

(sbowddoa09.tumblr.com) Knowing full well how ripely ready Octavia is for him, Jay gets to his knees and slides his cock home into her greedy twat... GO ON...

#She saw some thugs in the neighborhood and called the cops after they wouldn't leave.

[melodyvibes-blog1]

12 cops tackled and arrested one man—but it didn't end there | Police Ac...

#youtube #12 Cops Who Must Be Fired And Arrested Immediately And Pay Massive Lawsuits What A Bunch Gang Of Thugs

[knowledgevariabledarcy]

#hunt for mystery oz lotto winner now $30million richer – have you checked your numbers? #hunt for missing dad brett orme as murder cops join search ten days after his ‘suspicious’ disappearance #hunt athalar #hunt for driver as woman #hunt for thugs including woman who shouted ‘death to all jews’ and men in ‘hamas headbands’ after protest chaos #Youtube