The shots were reported at the end of a protest in Dallas following police shootings of black men elsewhere.
10 Dallas Officers Shot, 3 Dead in Shooting as Protest Ended – NBC News
Whoa, shit is going down in this summer heat.
Category: American Injustice System,
Alton Sterling killed by police after homeless man called 911
The homeless man said he asked Alton Sterling for cash several times — and the 37-year-old responded by flashing a gun.
…Which -for the record- is a legal response, especially if he felt threatened by the homeless man’s persistence or if he did not aim or fire the gun.
Alton Sterling killed by police after homeless man called 911 – NY Daily News
The word of a police officer whose body cam is not functioning should never be taken as anything other than a lie. Ever.
All testimony on that incident -and for that matter any other incident- from any officer whose body cam is not functioning at 100% should immediately be disregarded and declared inadmissible in court and the officer should lose his bade. Permanently.
…And serve real jail time for misuse of tax payer funds, interfering with an investigation, tampering with evidence, and obstruction of justice.
Any police officer who is not OK with being policed 100% of the time is unfit to wear the badge.
anything else is an un-American miscarriage of justice.
Alton Sterling shooting: ACLU questions lack of Baton Rouge police body camera footage – CBS News
Louisiana ACLU says “questions abound” over shooting death of Alton Sterling by two Baton Rouge police officers whose body cams “fell off.” [empahsis – mine]
Alton Sterling shooting: ACLU questions lack of Baton Rouge police body camera footage – CBS News
A malfunctioning body cam should not only result in immediate and permenant suspension, charges should be filed. Every single time.
Minnesota Shooting: Police Stop Ends In Black Man’s Death; Aftermath Is Live-Streamed On Facebook : The Two-Way : NPR
A woman who began streaming video on Facebook immediately after her boyfriend was shot by police in suburban Minneapolis, Minn., says he had been stopped for a broken tail light — and that he was licensed to carry a gun. The killing of Philando Castile, 32, is the second fatal encounter between police and a black man to gain national attention this week.
…”I told him not to reach for it!” the officer yells, as he seems to take deep breaths. “I told him to get his hands up.”
“You told him to get his ID, sir — his driver’s license,” a remarkably composed Reynolds answers.
She then looks at her boyfriend and says, “Oh, my God, please don’t tell me he’s dead. Please don’t tell me my boyfriend just went like that.”
The officer, who works for the St. Anthony, Minn., police department, then tells her to keep her hands where he can see them.
“Please don’t tell me this, Lord, please Jesus don’t tell me that he’s gone,” Reynolds says. She later adds, “Please officer, don’t tell me that you just did this to him. You shot four bullets into him, sir.”
More than a minute into the video, other police officers order Reynolds out of the car. She complies — asking about her daughter as she does so (the video shows that the girl is being held in the arms of an officer).
A police officer then orders Reynolds to get on her knees, where we hear the sound of handcuffs being placed on her. Her phone is tossed onto the ground, but continues to record. The recording then captures the sound of an officer — seemingly the one who shot Castile — periodically yelling an obscenity.
If this continues there will be no good apples in the bunch. If any cop allows or looks the other way while other cops commit cold blooded they are culpable in each of these murders. Until police officers in this country face consequences for their crimes ALL COPS ARE PIGS, ALL COPS ARE MURDERERS.
Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg Loses It On Police Officer Over Alton Sterling Killing “Police Officers Never Want To Say When Ya’ll Do A Bad Job!”
Sterling, a 37-year-old man, was shot by a Baton Rouge Police Department officer several times after he was pinned down to the ground by two officers, who arrived in response to a report that Sterling threatened a person with a gun, while selling CDs outside a convenience store. A firearm, reportedly possessed by Sterling at the time of the incident, was recovered from the scene of the shooting. This led to protests in Baton Rouge. The brief cellphone video commences at the point of confrontation between Stetling and police. It does not show what led up to the confrontation. He was tackled, and allegedly shot at point-blank range.
sigh…
The Counted: people killed by police in the United States – interactive
The Guardian has been counting the people killed by US law enforcement agencies since 2015.
The Counted: people killed by police in the United States – interactive
sigh…
Cleveland Just Demanded Tamir Rice’s Family Pay $500 for His Ambulance Bills | VICE News
The city’s claim comes two months after a grand jury failed to indict the officers who shot 12-year-old Rice as he played with a toy gun in a park.
Cleveland Just Demanded Tamir Rice’s Family Pay $500 for His Ambulance Bills | VICE News
Cleveland = Corruption
Outrage after video captures white Baton Rouge police officer fatally shooting a black man
A video surfaced showing two white La. police officers in a deadly physical altercation with a black man. One of the officers appears to shoot Alton Sterling several times at point-blank range.
Murder, tampering with evidence, and lying in the course of an investigation.
Hohum.
Nothing to see here, move along.
Black NYPD cop claims superiors retaliated after exposing racism
A black NYPD highway cop claims in a new lawsuit that superiors retaliated against him after saying “racism is routine” in the elite unit.
Black NYPD cop claims superiors retaliated after exposing racism – NY Daily News
Sigh…
Dozens of Rikers staffers get paid to do nothing – YouTube
Jeezus Kerrr-eyest!
Jurors Are Refusing to Serve the Judge Who Sentenced Brock Turner | TIME
Prospective juror told Judge Aaron Persky, “I can’t believe what you did”
Jurors Are Refusing to Serve the Judge Who Sentenced Brock Turner | TIME
good for the jurors!
Louisiana judge to stop jailing defendants over fees – Houston Chronicle
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana judge accused by a rights group of running a modern-day debtors prison agreed Monday to temporarily stop jailing defendants for nonpayment of fees and assessing certain costs on defendants, according to a court filing. Last week, the organization filed a lawsuit accusing Black of sending poor defendants to jail when they can’t pay fines and fees and charging them a questionable “extension fee” to avoid jail time.
…Civil rights lawyers in September filed a similar lawsuit in New Orleans alleging that hundreds of people had been locked up because they lacked the money to pay court fees and thousands more are threatened with arrest each year for nonpayment of court debts.
Louisiana judge to stop jailing defendants over fees – Houston Chronicle
hmmm
California unarmed white teenager is shot dead by police in Fresno triggering protests
Dylan Noble, 19, was gunned down by cops in Fresno, California, on Saturday night after he allegedly failed to comply when they pulled him over for speeding.
oh my…
My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard: A Mother Jones Investigation
This is the biggest investigation we’ve ever published.
My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard: A Mother Jones Investigation | Mother Jones
Nothing surprising and all seriously horrifying.
Sonia Sotomayor’s Ringing Dissent in Utah v. Strieff
Citing writers from W.E.B. Du Bois to Ta-Nehisi Coates, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented from a ruling on unlawful searches.
Sonia Sotomayor’s Ringing Dissent in Utah v. Strieff – The Atlantic
Sigh…
NYPD corruption probe nets 4 officer arrests so far
FBI examining whether officers accepted gifts and trips for police escorts, special parking privileges and other favors
NYPD corruption probe nets 4 officer arrests so far – CBS News
Only 4? How hard can they be looking?
The Stanford Rape Case Judge’s Controversial History
How the Stanford case presided over by Judge Aaron Persky represents a maddeningly incremental kind of progress
The Stanford Rape Case Judge’s Controversial History | Rolling Stone
CIA medical staff gave specifications on how to torture post-9/11 detainees
Office of Medical Staff detailed exactly how to enforce sleep deprivation, limit food intake, waterboard and use ‘confinement boxes’, declassified report
CIA medical staff gave specifications on how to torture post-9/11 detainees | US news | The Guardian
GRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Prosecutor bumps Stanford sex assault judge from new case
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) A Northern California judge at the center of a recall campaign after his handling of a Stanford University sexual assault case was removed from a new sexual assault case Tuesday by the local district attorney.Santa Clara County District Attorney
Prosecutor bumps Stanford sex assault judge from new case | KOMO
Good. Right or wrong, officers of the law and the court must be held accountable for their actions.
Chicago Officer on Desk Duty Over Stomping Arrest Video
Chicago Officer on Desk Duty Over Stomping Arrest Video – ABC News
Officers who commit illegal assaults like this one need to be fired immediately and then prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Anything else is aiding and abetting.
Documents Reveal Snowden Tried to Register Concerns About Surveillance With the NSA
Documents obtained by Vice News through the Freedom of Information Act show that Edward Snowden tried to express his concerns about government surveillance to the NSA before handing over files to journalists. These revelations contradict federal agencies’ assertion that Snowden never went through “proper channels” to address concerns over the constitutionality of certain NSA practices.
Documents Reveal Snowden Tried to Register Concerns About Surveillance With the NSA
Sigh….
Judge in Stanford sexual assault case faces recall effort over light sentence
Stanford law professor leads campaign against judge who gave six months to the former Stanford swimmer who sexually assaulted an unconscious woman
hmmm
Ex-Stanford swimmer’s dad calls son’s 6-month sentence for rape ‘a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action’
The father of an ex-Stanford University swimmer who was sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman last week believes his son should have received probation because the 20-year-old has already suffered for “20 minutes of action.”
On Thursday, Brock Turner was given a six-month prison sentence for his sexual assault of a woman in January 2015 outside a fraternity party on the school’s Palo Alto campus. His dad argued that Brock’s label as a sexual offender, his loss of appetite and a swimming scholarship is punishment enough.
Ex-Stanford swimmer’s dad calls son’s 6-month sentence for rape ‘a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action’
Absolutely no question about where this young man got his skewed sense of responsibility for his own actions and the effects those actions might have on others. Piss poor parenting. It’s never absent in cases like this. It is all well and good to have your kid’s back and see the best in them but come on!
His parents should be ashamed of themselves for bringing up the inconveniences their son experienced because of his own, thoughtless, immoral, and 100% criminal assault on an unconscious individual. His suffering will never begin to reach the level of the suffering he has inflicted on the actual victim (You know, victim… As in, not the perpetrator) in this case.
I hate to blame the parents for the actions of a legal adult but in this case I would say that they deserved to be tarred and feathered on their way out of town.
Letter A Rape Victim Read To the Assailant in Court
Unfortunately, after reading the defendant’s report, I am severely disappointed and feel that [the assailant] has failed to exhibit sincere remorse or responsibility for his conduct. I fully respected his right to a trial, but even after twelve jurors unanimously convicted him guilty of three felonies, all he has admitted to doing is ingesting alcohol. Someone who cannot take full accountability for his actions does not deserve a mitigating sentence. It is deeply offensive that he would try and dilute rape with a suggestion of “promiscuity”. By definition rape is the absence of promiscuity, rape is the absence of consent, and it perturbs me deeply that he can’t even see that distinction.
On the other hand, as a society, we cannot forgive everyone’s first sexual assault or digital rape. It doesn’t make sense. The seriousness of rape has to be communicated clearly, we should not create a culture that suggests we learn that rape is wrong through trial and error. The consequences of sexual assault needs to be severe enough that people feel enough fear to exercise good judgment even if they are drunk, severe enough to be preventative.
…How fast [the assailant] swims does not lessen the severity of what happened to me, and should not lessen the severity of his punishment. If a first time offender from an underprivileged background was accused of three felonies and displayed no accountability for his actions other than drinking, what would his sentence be? The fact that [the assailant] was an athlete at a private university should not be seen as an entitlement to leniency, but as an opportunity to send a message that sexual assault is against the law regardless of social class.
Here’s The Powerful Letter The Stanford Victim Read To Her Attacker – BuzzFeed News
Amen.
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