#201 2015-06-06 19:45:57
The camera captured the Los Angeles police officer hissing a cruel threat at the handcuffed woman, striking at her throat with an open hand and kicking her in the crotch.
The video of the arrest, recorded by a patrol-car camera, persuaded jurors to convict Officer Mary O'Callaghan on Friday of assault under color of authority.
Edit: changed link to more detailed article.
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#202 2015-06-23 18:02:05
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#204 2015-06-29 11:30:43
Emmeran wrote:
The Running Man. Bang, Bang, Bang - Halt!!
Yup, our guys have turned into back shooters.
I find myself perfectly OK that with.
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#205 2015-06-29 13:18:31
I was expecting BigCat to chime in here regarding hunting for sport...
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#206 2015-07-08 20:33:47
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#208 2015-07-27 20:07:08
“The death penalty can only be justified if it’s the only way to defend society,” said Julia Fleming, who heads Creighton University’s theology department. “It’s not a question of how heinous the crime is. The question is: Can you defend society by another means? And if you can defend society by any other means, then you can’t use the death penalty.”
These words should also be applied to the use of force, particularly deadly force. First allow no harm, second do no harm; not a hard mantra to teach our civil servants. Kind of like that Asimov's Robot laws.
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#210 2015-08-17 07:43:03
#211 2015-08-18 10:27:45
#212 2015-08-21 14:30:27
Send in a platoon of Korean shopkeepers.
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#213 2015-09-01 12:37:25
Seriously, you corner a dog and are surprised when he takes a defensive stance?
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#214 2015-09-01 13:30:27
No such thing as private property, as far as the POL-EECE are concerned. Probably cause is defined as, "I have a gun, fuck you!"
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#215 2015-09-16 06:49:01
#216 2015-09-24 07:50:36
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#217 2015-10-20 10:46:23
Lessee: Unmarked car, plain clothes cop, broken down vehicle on freeway, dead citizen.
Yup that all adds up.
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#218 2015-10-21 13:18:14
Serves him right for being in West Palm Beach.
Ironically, Doonesbury is running his old 1985 strips regarding the unashamed racism of Palm Beach.
First comic starts here.
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#219 2015-10-21 15:10:52
Preliminary reports are indicating dude did have a gun on him. That said, how much you want to bet Mr. Po-po failed to ID himself as a cop before brandishing his own pea shooter...
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#220 2015-10-21 15:56:58
XregnaR wrote:
Preliminary reports are indicating dude did have a gun on him. That said, how much you want to bet Mr. Po-po failed to ID himself as a cop before brandishing his own pea shooter...
Yup, guy had a brand new and fully licensed weapon which apparently he decided to keep ready to hand when confronted by an unknown stranger whilst broken down on a lonely stretch of freeway at 3am. (Georgie did I structure that right? It seems a bit ungainly.)
This is the downside to "everyone carries" laws and I have yet to have a reasonable upside suggested.
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#221 2015-11-07 00:38:22
#222 2015-11-13 01:14:48
Yeah, it's just Burlington, but still.
"The militarization of local police departments is a genuine concern in our nation," said Burlington Chief of Police Brandon del Pozo. "There are times when military-style equipment is essential for public safety, but they are very rare. Between our partners in the Vermont State Police and the Vermont National Guard, as well as the other federal and local agencies the Burlington Police Department partners with, we have the resources to handle all but the most inconceivable public safety scenarios. Amassing a worst-case scenario arsenal of military equipment results in officers seeing everyday police work through a military lens. When I realized what a small role the military played in equipping our police, I concluded it was better to return the items and let our 1033 Program memorandum of understanding expire."
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#223 2015-11-13 07:29:53
Smart guy.
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#224 2015-11-18 10:10:30
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#226 2015-11-19 12:39:10
XregnaR wrote:
Failure to fund enforcement at the highest levels of society results in insufficient revenues to fund enforcement at all levels of society leading to enforcement generating revenues from the lowest levels of society: "Bienvenido a Mexico senor, I like your gold chain."
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#227 2015-12-30 12:12:06
#228 2015-12-30 14:18:19
Fucking Brownshirt tactics, do you even want to start to imagine how angry that dude is now? Blood feuds have been sworn out for far less...
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#229 2016-01-04 12:02:00
Here, in broad outline, is the same news story I've read and written myself countless times over 40 years. It's pervasive pathology coast to coast, and never seems to change.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/04/nyreg … yt&emc=rss
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#232 2016-02-09 13:09:25
choad wrote:
https://cruelery.com/sidepic/serveandprotect.png
Here, in broad outline, is the same news story I've read and written myself countless times over 40 years. It's pervasive pathology coast to coast, and never seems to change.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/04/nyreg … yt&emc=rss
And not limited to just the Police. Sometimes, the entire local government is at fault.
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#233 2016-02-09 14:02:36
Baywolfe wrote:
And not limited to just the Police. Sometimes, the entire local government is at fault.
That was the point I tried to make. Newspapers, where they still exist, aren't watching and neither are voters. Hah, who votes anymore?
“What we can do is that first step,” Durbin [,U.S. attorney for San Antonio,] told the AP. “In the end, it falls back on the citizens to make the next decision on who they put in those offices, because that’s how the system works.”
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#234 2016-02-10 11:24:03
#236 2016-02-17 11:48:28
Thus putting an end to the myth that we've outlawed debtor's prison.
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#237 2016-02-17 12:35:02
#238 2016-02-17 14:38:28
No surprise there, I thought everyone knew that when summoned you will appear one way or another.
At the same time I've noticed a trend of publicizing "Officers being heroes" in the media lately (as if that wasn't their job to begin with), along with extensive "Tragic officer shooting" articles. The propaganda machine is trying to offering up free rose colored glasses to any who will take them.
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#239 2016-03-05 16:50:39
#240 2016-03-07 11:13:34
Emmeran wrote:
A 17-year-old Somali refugee critically wounded in a high-profile police shooting in Utah fled to the U.S. from a refugee camp where food was scarce, scorpions scurried everywhere and a toilet was a hole in the ground.
Funny, that was my experience with the state of Utah.
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#241 2016-03-14 02:14:28
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#242 2016-03-16 23:30:38
Monkeyboy writes...
Man becomes homeless, destitute and desperate. ✓
Begs on the street and gets busted for it. ✓
Sues and wins, embarrassing the state of New Hampshire and two police departments. ✓
Twice, uhhh? ✓✓
Man gets busted for drugs and soon found murdered in his cell by "persons unknown". ✓
Quite a mystery.
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#243 2016-04-03 23:15:23
Doesn't matter who we elect anymores. Why should the police state let a pesky thing like elected branches of government get in their way? Even defunding them has no effect.
It’s worth repeating that we did not make the decision to defer Equitable Sharing payments
lightly, and it was always our intent to resume payments as soon as it became financially feasible.
Thus, in the months since we had to make that difficult decision, we explored alternative options,
while also keeping a close eye on incoming receipts. And now, we are finally at a point where it is
no longer necessary to continue the deferral. Therefore, effective immediately, we are resuming
payments and agencies will receive the full amount of their share of any approved Equitable
Sharing payments.
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#244 2016-04-08 13:17:58
#245 2016-04-08 23:56:17
Hm. I suppose his defense is just that he was trying to find out how they wear 'em.
Sorry.
Couldn't resist.
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#246 2016-04-09 01:11:09
whosasailorthen wrote:
Hm. I suppose his defense is just that he was trying to find out how they wear 'em.
Sorry.
Couldn't resist.
Well, he'll have to pay the bill now.
Likewise.
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#248 2016-07-09 05:22:35
Thanks, Obomber!
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#249 2016-07-10 07:45:18
Perhaps, even more accurate: http://killedbypolice.net
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#250 2016-07-14 03:48:51
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.
Tacitus
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