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What the world has learned is that America is never more than one election away from losing its goddamned mindMe on Elite : Dangerous | My WoW charactersOriginally Posted by Howard Tayler
https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-new...FCSB255REDRLQ/
Score one for people and Georgia, the courts just ruled that people have a right to use force to resist unlawful arrest.Christopher Glenn insisted he was doing nothing wrong. So when Athens-Clarke County police officers handcuffed him and took him to a patrol car, he was having none of it.
Kicking and flailing, he strongly resisted arrest. At one point, Glenn lunged forward, smacking a sergeant’s face with his forehead. Soon after that, he was lying atop another officer on the pavement. When officers finally got Glenn into the cruiser, he kicked at the door so violently he damaged its hinges.
As it turned out, the officers had no probable cause to arrest Glenn for loitering and prowling outside Oglethorpe Elementary School in Athens. And Glenn’s appeal of the incident led to a landmark Georgia Supreme Court ruling that relied on centuries-old cases from England to find that not only was Glenn within his rights to use force to resist the unlawful arrest, he could also damage government property while doing so.
"I wish it need not have happened in my time." "So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...nt-there.shtml
And South Dakota courts have decided that if the cops absolutely destroy your home in a warrantless search for a suspect that isn't even there, you're just shit outta luck.
Why? Because I dunno, I guess cops just fucking love legal property damage/destruction. Seriously, if all the folks whinging about antifa damaging private property actually cared about this, they'd be raising hell for the legally protected right of police to dismantle your home for funzies.
“You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.”― Malcolm X
I watch them fight and die in the name of freedom. They speak of liberty and justice, but for whom? -Ratonhnhaké:ton (Connor Kenway)
If they're "looking for a suspect", the courts likely rule that it constitutes probable cause, meaning no warrant necessary.
That's part of the bullshit, of course, but that's how you get around the 4th. My point is basically that the federal courts need to act as a check on State malfeasance on things like this.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/17/us/po...int/index.html
Not a perfect solution, but more steps being taken towards holding police accountable and pushing for cops to stop protecting bad officers.A committee convened by the AFL-CIO, International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Service Employees International Union Friday approved the plan that calls on more than 250,000 law enforcement members and more than 100,000 members in police-adjacent professions to intervene when another union member is doing something wrong.
Unions still have a responsibility to represent members they believe are wrongfully accused, but the framework challenges local unions to look at the merits of an officer's actions when considering whether to defend them.
The program will "empower local union members to speak up and take action if fellow members are violating their professional oath or abusing their power, and ultimately helps the union weed out wrong-doers from union membership," according to the document.
"We'll represent you, we'll be there for you, absolutely. Unless you don't hold up your end of the bargain," said Lisa Titus, who was part of the committee that wrote this plan. "But we'll also hold you accountable. It is a big shift, and it's going to take some time."
Officers in these unions have enjoyed near-absolute union solidarity for decades, but a national reckoning over policing, prompted by the deaths of Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of officers, led many to question whether police unions should even exist. A plan produced by the union committee is their attempt to address problems in their ranks without waiting for police department leadership or elected officials to take the lead.
"This is a huge step for law enforcement to take, and for unions to take," said Fred Redmond, who led the task force that approved this plan. "But at this moment, regarding this profession, I'm not gonna say it's on life support, but we've lost confidence of the public in many areas throughout the country."
The Fraternal Order of Police, an organization which represents 356,000 members in more than 2,100 lodges across the country, was not involved in developing this plan. John Paul Smith, a United Steel Workers staffer who was a police officer for four years and who worked on this project, said that local FOP leaders' "incendiary rhetoric" made labor's job more difficult over the last year.
Jim Pasco, executive director of the national Fraternal Order of Police, declined to comment on the plan. "I'm fascinated by this but don't have anything to say about it," he said.
Haven't seen this posted anywhere else yet and this seems like the appropriate place to put it
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...body-cam-video
Louisiana state troopers were captured on body-camera video stunning, punching and dragging a Black man as he apologized for leading them on a high-speed chase – footage of the man’s last moments alive that the Associated Press obtained after authorities refused to release it for two years.The 2019 arrest outside Monroe, Louisiana, is the subject of a federal civil rights investigation. But unlike other in-custody deaths across the nation where body-camera video was released almost immediately, Greene’s case has been shrouded in secrecy and accusations of a cover-up.
Louisiana officials have rebuffed repeated calls to release footage and details about what caused the 49-year-old’s death. Troopers initially told Greene’s family he died on impact after crashing into a tree during the chase. Later, state police released a one-page statement acknowledging only that Greene struggled with troopers and died on his way to the hospital.This happened 2 years ago...but recently bodycam footage was discovered by a reporter. Be warned, the video is hard to watch at points.The AP last year also obtained a medical report showing an emergency room doctor noted Greene arrived dead at the hospital, bruised and bloodied with two stun-gun prongs in his back. That led the doctor to question troopers’ initial account that Greene had “died on impact” after crashing into a tree.
“Does not add up,” the doctor wrote.
Not gonna watch another lynching, seen too much of that shit. Read the article instead. But this was a fuckin lynching, they murdered that man. Every officer there deserves to serve life in prison, it's no wonder the department did their best to cover it up and lie, which implicates everyone at the police department involved in conspiracy.
This ain't sensational shit. This is how shit would work if the people murdering Greene were anything other than police officers, and their colleagues went to great lengths to cover up the video evidence of their murder.
But it's just a few bad apples, bro.
Seriously though...lying in a report like that should be an actionable offense. I have no idea how it's justifiable that it's not worth at least losing your job, if not facing some sort of civil/criminal charges for covering up a crime.
"If you are ever asking yourself 'Is Trump lying or is he stupid?', the answer is most likely C: All of the Above" - Seth Meyers
That's why I'm of the opinion that all police body- and vehicle-camera footage should be made publicly accessible after two weeks. That's enough time to edit footage if there's something relevant to an ongoing case. Said edits in the case of police malice like this would only be justifiable if said officer had already been criminally charged for their actions and the footage was secured for the prosecution's use in court.
Let the public crawl through those feeds and pull out ANY bad actions they find.