What goes through my my mind when I read the news with my morning coffee. …Or for the Simon's Rockers in the group, this is my response journal.
Police used a technique called kettling on Sunday night to box in dozens of people at a busy downtown intersection and arrest them for failing to disperse.
As arrests are made, protesters question the tactics used by St. Louis police | Metro | stltoday.com
hmmmm
Riot police trampled an elderly woman in St. Louis as activists poured into the streets to protest a white former officer’s acquittal for the shooting death of a black man. Judge Timothy Wilson ruled that an audio recording of Stockley declaration that he was going to “kill this motherf*cker” was only an “ambiguous” statement that was not a definite desire to kill.
WATCH: St Louis cops trample elderly woman then handcuff her during police brutality protest
Sigh…
An unmarked police vehicle drove backwards down a street near protests after making an arrest on Sunday night, police said.
VIDEO: Police vehicle reverses through crowd of protesters – KMOV.com
what???
STLPD have confirmed they are investigating this person, who is indeed an officer, but they will not comment further at this time.
Investigation underway after St. Louis officer accused of postin – KMOV.com
hmmm
St Louis Police Officer Caught On Camera Breaking Out Culpepper’s Restaurant Window. Chris Phillips recorded the moment that an officer was caught breaking
St Louis Police Officer Caught On Camera Breaking Out Culpepper’s Restaurant Window
Jeezus….
The detective was fired from his job as a paramedic and is on administrative leave from the department.
Utah hospital to police: Stay away from our nurses – The Washington Post
hmmm
The videotaped arrest of a Utah nurse who refused to allow blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient has raised questions about how far officers can go to collect evidence and has led to policy changes within the Salt Lake City Police Department.
Utah nurse’s arrest raises questions on evidence collection – LA Times
hmmm
Salt Lake City mayor, police chief apologize for officer who handcuffed nurse | TheHill
Stop apologizing. Start arresting, prosecuting, and jailing rogue cops.
Police video shows the moment Detective Jeff Payne snapped at nurse Alex Wubbels after she told him hospital policy barred him from collecting blood samples without a warrant or patient consent.
Until officers of the law are severely penalized for not abiding by the law (or even worse taking it into their own hands) this sort of lawless malfeasance will continue.
Justice would have the officer behind bars.
Lt. Greg Abbott of the Cobb County Police Department reportedly asked the driver to grab her cellphone, but she replies that she’s afraid to move her hands because she has “just seen way too many videos of cops…”
Abbott responds, “But, you’re not black. Remember, we only shoot black people. We only kill black people, right? All the videos you’ve seen, have you seen the black people get killed?”
…Suri Chadha Jimenez, a representative of the driver, said she believes the officer’s response was sarcastic because the woman “gave him some lip,” but nonetheless said, “It makes you cringe when you hear it. It’s unacceptable.”
Officer at DUI stop tells nervous driver ‘we only kill black people’ | New York Post
Whoa!
Ban on some military surplus ordered following police response to 2014 rioting in Ferguson, Mo.
Trump reversing Obama policy blocking military sales to cops
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A federal jury has found Ammon Bundy and his six co-defendants not guilty on all charges for taking over a federal wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon earlier this year.
Jury finds all 7 wildlife refuge occupiers including Ammon Bundy not guilty on all counts | KATU
I wonder if there is a way to conceal the race of a defendant from the jury… Anyone else wonder how long their treasonous asses would be sent to jail for if they weren’t white???
With the confirmation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who ushered in a 1980’s throw-back Department of Justice directive on low-level drug offenses, it remains unclear whether there might be a return to a bipartisan approach to criminal justice reform in the 115th Congress.
…According to a recent Brennan Center analysis, even as crime declined by 10 percent from 1991-1994, prison populations exploded pre-1994 by 400 percent and doubled in the decade following the law’s passage. With today’s well-documented growth in state and federal prison population, most people, including President Bill Clinton, accept that the 1994 incentives he championed were a mistake, rewarding states to build and fill more prisons.
Indeed, in the more than two decades since the passage of the 1994 Crime Bill, the evidence is overwhelming that resulting incarceration rates are harming families, communities, and federal and state budgets. Despite having only 5 percent of the world’s population, the United States has 25 percent of the world’s incarcerated at an annual cost of roughly $80 billion.
In 2007, Texas got smart and increased the availability of drug addiction and mental health treatment for non-violent drug offenders. Then, in 2011, the Texas legislature passed legislation to allow drug offenders to reduce their sentences by completing educational programs. The result was stark — 14 percent reduction in crime, 8 percent reduction in incarceration, saving $444 million in corrections expenses and $20 million direct savings for taxpayers. Recent reports indicate that Texas is on pace to close 8 prisons by year’s end.
By enacting new laws to eliminate some mandatory sentences for low-level property crimes and improving the parole and probation release process, South Carolina saw a 38 percent drop in violent crime and an 18 percent in their prison population, saving the state $18 million over four years.
What Ever Happened to Mass Incarceration Reform? | Brennan Center for Justice
That time when the ethically correct thing and fiscally responsible thing to do are the exact same thing…
The text accompanying the image read: “When your daughter’s first crush is a little negro boy.”
Louisiana assistant police chief resigns in disgrace after sharing racist meme on Facebook
What idiots don’t understand about the first amendment and free speech is that it protects your right to say things, it doesn’t protect you from the consequences of people hearing that shit you said.
Plus, this guy is a developmentally delayed dinosaur who shouldn’t be working with the public, let alone in law enforcement.
Graphic body camera footage was just released showing Las Vegas police shoot a naked unarmed man in the back as he ran toward a gun.
WATCH: Cops Shoot Naked Man in the Back, Sic Dog on Him
dear lawd….
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/08/09/us/ap-us-gym-bans-police.html
He told the station that people who work out there are generally minorities who are uncomfortable with law enforcement.
Makes sense.
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker is proposing a far-reaching bill that would both legalize marijuana at the federal level and encourage states to legalize it locally through incentives.
…The bill would legalize marijuana at the federal level and withhold federal money for building jails and prisons, along with other funds, from states whose cannabis laws are shown to disproportionately incarcerate minorities.
Under the legislation, federal convictions for marijuana use and possession would be expunged and prisoners serving time for a marijuana offense would be entitled to a sentencing hearing.
Those “aggrieved” by a disproportionate arrest or imprisonment rate would be able to sue, according to the bill. And a Community Reinvestment Fund would be established to “reinvest in communities most affected by the war on drugs” for everything from re-entry programs to public libraries.
Booker introduces bill to legalize marijuana nationwide
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Joe Arpaio, a former Arizona sheriff whose extreme stance on illegal immigration made him a household name, was convicted Monday of criminal contempt of court for ignoring a judge’s order to stop detaining people because he merely suspected them of being undocumented immigrants.
U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton wrote that Arpaio had shown a “flagrant disregard” for the court’s command and that his attempt to pin the conduct on those who worked for him rang hollow.“
Not only did Defendant abdicate responsibility, he announced to the world and to his subordinates that he was going to continue business as usual no matter who said otherwise,” Bolton wrote.
… In 2011, the then-sheriff of Arizona’s Maricopa County was enjoined by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow from detaining people he thought to be illegal immigrants, when they were not charged with any other crimes, as part of a lawsuit. Prosecutors alleged that he continued to do so, and last year, the Justice Department decided to pursue a criminal contempt-of-court case against him.
…his policy of detaining people on mere suspicion was racist and illegal, and his refusal to honor a court’s order to stop was brazen.
Bolton wrote that another judge’s order to Arpaio was clear and that there was evidence he violated it willfully — citing some of Arpaio’s own public comments as evidence. She said even if subordinates actually did the detaining, it was only at Arpaio’s direction and by Arpaio’s failure to tell them otherwise.
Former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio convicted of criminal contempt – The Washington Post
Only the worst people on the planet deserve jail time more than this guy.
The witness was reportedly so close that one of the officers asked him to back off. BCA investigators interviewed that witness Friday.
Witness To Justine Damond Shooting Took Video Of Aftermath « WCCO | CBS Minnesota
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Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau resigned Friday in the wake of the fatal shooting of bride-to-be Justine Damond who had called 911 for help.
Minneapolis Police Chief Resigns in Wake of Fatal Shooting of Bride-to-Be – NBC News
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MINNEAPOLIS — The family of an Australian woman shot to death by a Minneapolis police officer has hired an attorney who represented the family of black motorist Philando Castile, who was also slain by a Minnesota police officer and has strongly disputed claims officers may have feared an ambush.
Lawyer for Justine Damond’s family disputes officers’ ambush fears as ‘ludicrous
hmmmm
Minneapolis mayor and other officials ask why police failed to record fatal shooting of yoga teacher.
Justine Damond: ‘Why did the police not use their cameras?’ – BBC News
F’ing hell….
His parents said he just needed to sleep. A SWAT team came instead.
Sigh…
A tragedy that could have been avoided.
Another case of cops refusing to let things like compassion, human decency, and being charged with protecting -a.k.a. not harming – the citizenry get in the way of needlessly putting another living, breathing human being’s live in danger.
It would have been easier on everyone if the first cop on the scene had just walked upstairs and shot the guy in the head.
Typical, typical, typical.
Sighhhh…..
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