More police brutality than you can shake a stick at.

[GarveyLives]

Met police chief ‘content’ with officers professionalism after boy, 12, handcuffed for playing with toy gun (in his own home)

(Source: as stated in image)

Lucky to be alive? 12-year-old Kai Agyepong - pictured with his mother, Alice Agyepong - was arrested by police who raided his home after reports he had been seen in his home with a gun ​

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"Kemi Badenoch, the minister for women and equalities, has blamed the family of a 12-year-old boy arrested over a toy gun for “inflaming tensions” about police behaviour ..."

UK minister says family of boy arrested over toy gun 'inflamed tensions'

Meanwhile in the real world:

Mother suing Met Police after son, 12, arrested for playing with toy gun

 

[two sheds]

From the Guardian article:

In an interview with the Radio 4 Today programme, Badenoch wrongly claimed the officers had been unarmed during the incident, that the family were using untrue “rhetoric” and that people shouldn’t be using “this sort of language” about the police.

“I think it must be quite a frustrating and sensitive situation to find yourself in. I have been in situations where I have been questioned by the police and at no point did I feel they were going to kill me,” said Badenoch, who is the government’s equalities minister and leading a review into race equality in the UK.

“I don’t think we should be using this sort of language where people feel unarmed police officers try to kill people on the streets. We’re hearing a lot of this rhetoric that is simply not true.

“We should not be trying to inflame tensions in this way by talking about police killing people when this is certainly not true.”

Told by the presenter that the police were armed, she said: “Oh right, I wasn’t aware of that.”

“Well in that case that is something that can be reviewed. I don’t think anyone should be in a situation where they feel frightened.

She added: “It’s not for me to challenge operational policing based on one story in the media.”

The initial report I saw said it was a BB gun. Now it's a toy plastic pellet gun. Realistic but wouldn't you just go and talk to the mum ask her to get it? Instead

Agyepong, 42, has described how during the 11pm raid on 17 July she believed that the officers would shoot if the incident escalated.

She told the Camden New Journal: “I saw there were red dots on my daughters’ heads and I started to get really scared. I honestly believed if the officers got alarmed in any way, they would shoot.

Was thinking of putting this in the Tory incompetence thread.

 

[GarveyLives]

On 13 March 2020, 26-year-old emergency medical technician, Breonna Taylor, was 'mutilated with bullet holes while in her underwear' when she was shot eight times when police officers entered her apartment in Louisville, Kentucky. They were executing a search warrant as part of a drugs investigation, but no drugs were found in the property.
The police officers were investigating two people suspected of selling drugs, neither of whom was Ms Taylor.

Police fired more than 20 rounds of ammunition into Ms Taylor's home.

There is no body camera footage from the raid.

Breonna Taylor

5 June 1993 – 13 March 2020

Rest In Peace ​

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For the first time in 20 years, Oprah Winfrey will not be on the cover of O, The Oprah Magazine. Instead, it will be Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old emergency room technician who was murdered by US police on 13 March 2020:

Oprah Winfrey honours Breonna Taylor with September magazine cover

“Breonna Taylor. She was just like me. She was just like you. And like everyone who dies unexpectedly, she had plans,” Winfrey wrote. “Plans for a future filled with responsibility and work and friends and laughter. I think about Breonna Taylor often. Imagine if three unidentified men burst into your home while you were sleeping. And your partner fired a gun to protect you. And then mayhem. What I know for sure: We can’t be silent. We have to use whatever megaphone we have to cry for justice. And that is why Breonna Taylor is on the cover of O Magazine. The September issue honors her life and the life of every other Black woman whose life has been taken too soon.”​

Source: Oprah Winfrey, Twitter (@Oprah) 30 July 2020

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[a_chap]

Not in the same league as coppers murdering people, but this still makes my blood boil to listen to.

 

[two sheds]

Not in the same league as coppers murdering people, but this still makes my blood boil to listen to.

Good commentary . Nice that the police have so much time on their hands to harass a perfectly polite 16 year old when they could be going after real criminals.

 

[GarveyLives]

Not in the same league as coppers murdering people ..,

Exactly.

The anniversary of this killing was last week:

 

[DaveCinzano]

Useful project:

We Tracked What Happens to Police After They Use Force on Protesters

These 68 videos show clear apparent instances of police officers escalating violence during protests. Here’s what we learned about each case.

projects.propublica.org

 

[krtek a houby]

Brutal sentence. And more proof of systemic racism.

Louisiana court upholds black man's life sentence for trying to steal hedge clippers

 

[cupid_stunt]

Brutal sentence. And more proof of systemic racism.

Louisiana court upholds black man's life sentence for trying to steal hedge clippers

Bloody nutty country.

 

[krtek a houby]

Bloody nutty country.

Sadly, it's something that's been going on in the South for generations. The end of slavery was not the end of trying to rob black people of their lives and dignity:


Peonage, also called debt slavery or debt servitude, is a system where an employer compels a worker to pay off a debt with work. Legally, peonage was outlawed by Congress in 1867. However, after Reconstruction, many Southern black men were swept into peonage though different methods, and the system was not completely eradicated until the 1940s.

In some cases, employers advanced workers some pay or initial transportation costs, and workers willingly agreed to work without pay in order to pay it off. Sometimes those debts were quickly paid off, and a fair wage worker/employer relationship established.

In many more cases, however, workers became indebted to planters (through sharecropping loans), merchants (through credit), or company stores (through living expenses). Workers were often unable to re-pay the debt, and found themselves in a continuous work-without-pay cycle.

But the most corrupt and abusive peonage occurred in concert with southern state and county government. In the south, many black men were picked up for minor crimes or on trumped-up charges, and, when faced with staggering fines and court fees, forced to work for a local employer would who pay their fines for them. Southern states also leased their convicts en mass to local industrialists. The paperwork and debt record of individual prisoners was often lost, and these men found themselves trapped in inescapable situations.


More here but video may not be available in some countries (book is much, much better)

Watch The Film | Slavery by Another Name | PBS

 

[teqniq]

FFS

 

[GarveyLives]

Timur Rustem, the lawyer for 48-year old Marcus Coutain who was detained as a Metropolitan Police officer kneeled on his neck, has demanded an official apology for Mr Coutain.

Mr Coutain, who was filmed pleading with officers to “get off my neck” as he was handcuffed on the pavement in Islington, north London, on Thursday evening (16 July 2020), appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates Court on Saturday (18 July 2020) charged with possessing a knife in public, to which he indicated a plea of not guilty.

Mr Coutain was bailed as the case was sent to Snaresbrook Crown Court for hearing on 17 August 2020. Mr Rustem told the court that Mr Coutain had initially been searched for drugs and had then been told he matched the description of “someone involved in an attack”.

He told the court Mr Coutain had the knife for repairing his bicycle, adding: “He had a lawful reason to have that item on him.” Mr Rustem named officer David Herald in court and read out his statement.

Metropolitan Police Constable David Herald, BSc Crime and Investigation (Teesside University, 2014), Open College Network Level 2 - Conflict Resolution & Mediation:

“I considered I used proportionate, necessary and reasonable force.”​

The 'Independent Office' for Police Conduct has launched an independent investigation into the conduct of two Metropolitan Police Service officers when making an arrest in Finsbury Park, London on 16 July 2020

The 'Independent Office' for Police Conduct want to know if you witnessed PC David Herald's actions.​

 

[DaveCinzano]

A step down from brutality, but still:

Police officer stole cash from vulnerable widower he was called to help

David Bunting, a GMP constable, has been jailed and is now facing dismissal

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

 

[GarveyLives]

The 'Independent Office' for Police Conduct has launched an independent investigation into the conduct of two Metropolitan Police Service officers when making an arrest in Finsbury Park, London on 16 July 2020

The 'Independent Office' for Police Conduct want to know if you witnessed PC David Herald's actions.​

This may assist them:

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[DaveCinzano]

Interesting (as in: fucking maddening) stat thrown out here:

 

[teqniq]

L.A. County deputy alleges ‘Executioner’ gang dominates Compton sheriff station

The allegations revive concerns of inked deputy groups — with monikers such as the Spartans, Regulators and Banditos — operating out of several L.A. County Sheriff's Department stations

www.latimes.com

 

[DaveCinzano]

L.A. County deputy alleges ‘Executioner’ gang dominates Compton sheriff station

The allegations revive concerns of inked deputy groups — with monikers such as the Spartans, Regulators and Banditos — operating out of several L.A. County Sheriff's Department stations

www.latimes.com

Plus ça change

1999:

The Secret Society Among Lawmen

Despite setbacks in court and superiors' disapproval, a tattooed subculture of L.A. County sheriff's deputies is rising again. Are members macho racists or just brothers of the badge?

www.latimes.com

2011:

Are The "3000 Boys" LA's Largest Gang? ~ L.A. TACO

This lengthy blog post with tons of source links and conjecture about past and present police gangs, keys off of a KTLA5 report on the “3000 Boys”, a clique within the LA Sheriff’s Department composed of Central Jail officers. According to the post, the “3,000 Boys” are a group of tattooed thugs...

www.lataco.com

2012:

'Jump Out Boys' sheriff's clique may have glorified shootings with tattoos

The investigation into a secret clique of LASD deputies in the Gang Enforcement Team turns up allegations of matching tattoos that celebrate shootings.

www.scpr.org

2013:

Sheriff moves to fire deputies in Jump Out Boys clique

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links.

latimesblogs.latimes.com

 

[DaveCinzano]

Wisconsin cops shoot man in back a shit load of times

BE WARNED - GRAPHIC VIDEO

Spoiler

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/23/kenosha-police-shooting-video-wisconsin/

 

[cupid_stunt]

Wisconsin cops shoot man in back a shit load of times

BE WARNED - GRAPHIC VIDEO

Spoiler

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/23/kenosha-police-shooting-video-wisconsin/

Fucking hell!

The bloody Post is behind a paywall, but I found this link - I am amazed he was taken to hospital still alive after so many shots.

A man has been hospitalized in serious condition following a police shooting in Kenosha that prompted neighbors and crowds to gather and confront officers at the scene.

The Kenosha Police Department said in a news release Sunday that the shooting happened around 5 p.m. as officers were responding to a "domestic incident."

Police did not provide details about what led to the shooting. They say the person was transported to a hospital in Milwaukee for treatment.

Kenosha Police Shoot Black Man, Sparking Protests

A man has been hospitalized in serious condition following a police shooting in Kenosha that prompted neighbors and crowds to gather and confront officers at the scene.

www.wpr.org

 

[GarveyLives]

For the first time in 20 years, Oprah Winfrey will not be on the cover of O, The Oprah Magazine. Instead, it will be Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old emergency room technician who was murdered by US police on 13 March 2020:

Oprah Winfrey honours Breonna Taylor with September magazine cover

“Breonna Taylor. She was just like me. She was just like you. And like everyone who dies unexpectedly, she had plans,” Winfrey wrote. “Plans for a future filled with responsibility and work and friends and laughter. I think about Breonna Taylor often. Imagine if three unidentified men burst into your home while you were sleeping. And your partner fired a gun to protect you. And then mayhem. What I know for sure: We can’t be silent. We have to use whatever megaphone we have to cry for justice. And that is why Breonna Taylor is on the cover of O Magazine. The September issue honors her life and the life of every other Black woman whose life has been taken too soon.”​

Source: Oprah Winfrey, Twitter (@Oprah) 30 July 2020

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And now:

Breonna Taylor appears on cover of Vanity Fair September 2020 issue edited by Ta-Nehisi Coates

 

[Streathamite]

And now:

Breonna Taylor appears on cover of Vanity Fair September 2020 issue edited by Ta-Nehisi Coates

good on both OW and VF.
Let's see Trump have a go at Winfrey now

 

[Donald H]

Are Brits fully aware of the racism problem the US has now? Consider that close to half the people will see nothing but hate in that Vanity Fair cover.

 

[Orang Utan]

Has NOW?

 

[Orang Utan]

Are Brits fully aware of the racism problem the US has now? Consider that close to half the people will see nothing but hate in that Vanity Fair cover.

what hate anyway?

 

[GarveyLives]

"White supremacist groups have infiltrated US law enforcement agencies in every region of the country over the last two decades, according to a new report about the ties between police and far-right vigilante groups."

The background to current events in the US:

Hidden in Plain Sight: Racism, White Supremacy, and Far-Right Militancy in US Law Enforcement

 

[agricola]

This is from May this year. Someone (falsely, as it turns out) calls the cops in Arizona on a neighbour, claiming that there is a domestic. Cops turn up, knock on door, step away from door so the occupant can't confirm through the peephole that they are cops, man opens door with firearm, complies with instructions, gets shot dead on his doorstep.

Spoiler: this is not pleasant viewing

No charges have been filed, both cops are still employed by the state, the family are seeking justice. I hope they get it.

 

[Artaxerxes]

This is from May this year. Someone (falsely, as it turns out) calls the cops in Arizona on a neighbour, claiming that there is a domestic. Cops turn up, knock on door, step away from door so the occupant can't confirm through the peephole that they are cops, man opens door with firearm, complies with instructions, gets shot dead on his doorstep.

Spoiler: this is not pleasant viewing

No charges have been filed, both cops are still employed by the state, the family are seeking justice. I hope they get it.

Saw that yesterday and it's fucking harrowing.

Those cops didn't even give him a chance to put the weapon down or process they were legit cops.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Plainclothes police in Belarus attempt to ghost a protester off the street, get the crap kicked out of them by a swiftly converging crowd:

 

[two sheds]

just hope the protestors don't get identified and whisked away themselves

 

[GarveyLives]

Even if this had been an April Fool's joke, it would have been a pretty sick one. However, it is not a joke:

Officer charged in George Floyd's death argues drug overdose killed him, not knee on neck

Derek Chauvin's defence attorney Eric J. Nelson: "Put simply, Mr. Floyd could not breathe because he had ingested a lethal dose of fentanyl and, possibly, a speedball. Combined with sickle cell trait, his pre-existing heart conditions, Mr Floyd's use of fentanyl and methamphetamine most likely killed him."

Is that what it looks like?​