More police brutality than you can shake a stick at.

[GarveyLives]

A recent Channel Four news report and interview highlights the fact that many people in the UK appear to be more concerned with deaths in police custody in the USA than they are with deaths in police custody in the UK:

Filmmaker Ken Fero: ‘There are serious problems here in terms of deaths in police custody’

 

[teqniq]

from the article

When Golda Barton dialed 911 on Friday, she hoped emergency responders could help hospitalize her 13-year-old son, who has Asperger syndrome and was having a mental crisis.
Instead, a Salt Lake City police officer repeatedly shot Linden Cameron after he ran away, leaving the boy in serious condition with injuries to his intestines, bladder, shoulder and ankles. Barton says he was unarmed, and police said they didn’t find a weapon at the scene...

 

[GarveyLives]

Two years later ...

Lest We Forget​

Inquest to examine police restraint of black man in mental health crisis Kevin Clarke

Unsurprisingly:

Kevin Clarke death: Mother says son had 'fear of police

 

[krtek a houby]

Christ

According to data compiled and regularly updated by the Washington Post, 1,254 people with a mental illness have been shot dead by US police since the beginning of 2015. This represents 22% of all people shot and killed by police across the country over that period.

Police shoot autistic boy after mum calls for help

 

[GarveyLives]

Last Friday would have been Breonna Taylor’s 27th birthday:

Breonna Taylor's legacy: Caring, 'super goofy' and a devoted paramedic

It's been six months since Breonna Taylor died and activists aren't letting the world forget

And now ... no-one to be held accountable for killing her?:

Breonna Taylor: Police officer charged but not over death

 

[Artaxerxes]

 

[Lorca]

This story is pretty mad, even by US standards - a man has been charged with a felony assault on a police officer for breaking the cops fist with his face while the cop was battering him!

Court hearing: Man charged with assault after breaking Ozark cop's hand ... with his face

A judge ruled Tuesday that the case should move on to circuit court.

eu.news-leader.com

 

[Numbers]

That’s nuts.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Ex-officer charged in George Floyd's death freed on $1M bond

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd posted bail Wednesday and was released from state prison, leading Minnesota's governor to activate the National Guard to help keep the peace in the event of protests.

apnews.com

 

[Streathamite]

Ex-officer charged in George Floyd's death freed on $1M bond

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd posted bail Wednesday and was released from state prison, leading Minnesota's governor to activate the National Guard to help keep the peace in the event of protests.

apnews.com

I'd really like to know who punted up the dosh

 

[skyscraper101]

Inquest to examine police restraint of black man in mental health crisis Kevin Clarke

Unsurprisingly:

Kevin Clarke death: Mother says son had 'fear of police

No surprise on the verdict. I'm sure I won't be surprised either when little to nothing happens to those responsible.

Kevin Clarke: 'Inappropriate' police restraint of man in mental health crisis contributed to death, inquest jury finds

Kevin Clarke was heard moaning in police body-worn camera footage while he was being handcuffed.

news.sky.com

 

[teqniq]

It's been six months since Breonna Taylor died and activists aren't letting the world forget

And now ... no-one to be held accountable for killing her?:

Breonna Taylor: Police officer charged but not over death

And now this:

A Month Before Louisville Drug Warriors Killed Breonna Taylor, They Knew the 'Suspicious Packages' She Supposedly Was Receiving Came From Amazon

 

[GarveyLives]

A recent Channel Four news report and interview highlights the fact that many people in the UK appear to be more concerned with deaths in police custody in the USA than they are with deaths in police custody in the UK:

Filmmaker Ken Fero: ‘There are serious problems here in terms of deaths in police custody’

Ken Fero's follow-up to Injustice will be screened at the BFI London film festival tonight at 6.30 p.m.:

Ultraviolence: the shocking, brutal film about deaths in police custody

 

[GarveyLives]

And now this:

A Month Before Louisville Drug Warriors Killed Breonna Taylor, They Knew the 'Suspicious Packages' She Supposedly Was Receiving Came From Amazon

A round-up of recent developments in this shocking case:

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[DaveCinzano]

Oh jesus titty fucking christ, Canada:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/detective-who-beat-blind-doctor-gets-5-months-jail-1.1253812

 

[GarveyLives]

"Nigerian security forces have responded to overwhelmingly peaceful protests against police brutality with more violence and abuse ..."

Nigeria: Crackdown on Police Brutality Protests

In photos: Nigerians protest police brutality

(Source: as stated in image)

On 17 October 2020, Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen called for an end to police violence in his home country on Saturday after scoring his first goal for Napoli in a 4-1 Serie A win over Atalanta in Naples.​

 

[platinumsage]

And they're still shooting people in the back. The guy isn't armed, isn't attacking them and clearly just wanted to get away.

Atlanta police shoot, kill Black motorist on video in Wendy's parking lot

The guy was armed with a taser he just stole from the cop chasing him, he turns and fires it at the cop, and that's when the cop shot him.

Excellent analysis here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0L-2_75Ark
Wikipedia article: Killing of Rayshard Brooks - Wikipedia

It'll be interesting to see what comes of this, as the cop was charged with murder.

The only thing that's happened so far is that the Wendy's drive through has been demolished.

 

[GarveyLives]

Nigeria: Crackdown on Police Brutality Protests

In photos: Nigerians protest police brutality

(Source: as stated in image)

On 17 October 2020, Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen called for an end to police violence in his home country on Saturday after scoring his first goal for Napoli in a 4-1 Serie A win over Atalanta in Naples.​

The Nigerian Army have now taken over where the police left off (and their activites are, by definition, beyond the scopre of this thread):

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[krtek a houby]

Horrific

US Ice officers 'used torture to make Africans sign own deportation orders'

 

[MrSki]

 

[teqniq]

The Nigerian Army have now taken over where the police left off (and their activites are, by definition, beyond the scopre of this thread):

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UK government finally admits it trained and equipped Nigeria’s homophobic SARS unit

 

[teqniq]

Philly police pulled a woman from SUV during unrest, beat her, separated her from her child, and handcuffed her at the hospital, attorney says

 

[Artaxerxes]

Philly police pulled a woman from SUV during unrest, beat her, separated her from her child, and handcuffed her at the hospital, attorney says

Gets worse.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Cop Vs cop in Canada

Niagara police sergeant who shot a fellow officer is now suing the constable he shot - CHCH

A Niagara police sergeant who shot a fellow officer while both were on duty in 2018 is now suing the constable he shot.

www.chch.com

 

[A380]

 

[teqniq]

Police probed after black woman punched during arrest

 

[SpookyFrank]

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Police: the real victims here. Never mind the bit about them violently defending a neoliberal state that systematically runs down housing provision, mental health services, education etc etc. They could put down the 'drug posession' rock by simply not locking up drug users, and the 'homelessness' rock by not tormenting the homeless; or maybe by locking up the actual criminals who throw people out on the street in the first place, given that this is one of the most destructive things you can do to a person. But evicting someone who has nowhere else to go is not a crime is it? Because laws are made by (drumroll) the same neoliberal state violently defended by the police.

 

[krtek a houby]

42 years on and remembering prolific murders connected with reforming the San Francisco cops

Harvey Milk's murder is a stark reminder of the persistence of police brutality

 

[mx wcfc]

I have no idea why I can't copy stuff from Twitter to here, but today a copper was sacked for stealing some donuts. Krispy Kreme price swap PC sacked for gross misconduct

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown made this point.

police officer sacked for not paying for donuts. How many officers are sacked for assaulting black people or spying on, entrapping and seducing legit activists?

 

[hash tag]

There was a big report on the police in Belarus overnight that would take a beating. The police sound like a law unto themselves. A police officer with a conscience who left Belarus