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More police brutality than you can shake a stick at.

DaveCinzano said:
This from Brooklyn Center, Minnesota from a couple of days ago - cops blockading a church which offered sanctuary to people protesting the killing of Daunte Wright at risk of being caught outdoors after curfew

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When you've so many cops in riot gear i wonder how many of them wet themselves during their deployment. After all, you can't nip behind some bushes when you're dressed like that.
 
eu.dispatch.com

Columbus police helicopter spells out 'CPD' as council members criticize skywriting 'joyride'

The flight pattern has drawn criticism from multiple members of the Columbus City Council.
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A Columbus Division of Police helicopter flew and circled over the city early Saturday morning in a pattern that spelled out "CPD" in the air. (You can view the flight path here via FlightAware.)

To some, the discovery was kind of cool. To others, not so much.

The "joyride," as it was described on Twitter by Columbus City Council president pro tempore Elizabeth Brown, has drawn wide criticism on social media today, with Brown writing that she was "beyond frustrated" with the flight path in light of a bill she proposed last summer to decrease the size of the city's helicopter fleet by one. (The measure was eventually tabled after CPD argued the helicopters were essential.)

Council member Rob Dorans, who supported Brown's legislation to reduce the CPD helicopter fleet, also chimed in on Twitter, writing, "We were told over and over again how essential every second of airtime was. This joyride was just plain dumb and a waste of taxpayer dollars."

In June 2020, The Dispatch reported the city's annual maintenance costs for the CPD helicopter fleet at $452,000 and fuel costs at $249,000.

In addition to the wasted dollars, several accounts on Twitter also noted that the flight path, including the skywriting portion of the trek, hewed strictly to predominantly Black neighborhoods.

The city is currently in the midst of renegotiating its contract with the Fraternal Order of Police Capital City Lodge No. 9, which represents 28 law enforcement agencies in central Ohio, including CPD, and pressure on officials to adopt some kind of police reform has increased amid the ongoing Black lives matter protests within Columbus.
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www.theguardian.com

Andrew Brown shooting: anger as family shown only ‘snippet’ of police footage

Lawyers say police trying to hide truth of Brown’s death after 42-year-old was shot and killed by officers in North Carolina
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www.telegraph.co.uk

Andrew Brown shooting: Bodycam video shows man had hands on steering wheel before police opened fire, family says

Lawyer claimed Brown, a black man, did not appear to be a threat to officers as he backed his vehicle out of his driveway
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A black man killed by deputies in North Carolina was shot in the back of the head and had his hands on his car steering wheel when they opened fire, attorneys for his family said Monday after relatives viewed body camera footage.
Attorney Chantel Cherry-Lassiter watched a 20-second portion of body camera video with the family of Andrew Brown Jr., who was killed Wednesday by deputies serving drug-related search and arrest warrants.
Lassiter said Brown did not appear to be a threat to officers as he backed his vehicle out of his driveway and tried to drive away from deputies with guns drawn.
"He was not threatening them in any kind of fashion," she told reporters at a news conference.
When asked whether Brown was shot in the back, attorney Harry Daniels said, "Yes, back of the head."
An eyewitness account and emergency scanner traffic had previously indicated Brown was shot in the back as he tried to drive away.
Lassiter, who watched the video multiple times and took notes, said the shooting started as soon as the video began and that she lost count of the number of gunshots. She said she counted as many as eight deputies in the video, some wearing tactical uniforms and some in plainclothes.
"They're shooting and saying 'Let me see your hands' at the same time," she said.
The family's lawyers also criticised local authorities for sharing only 20 seconds of the video and only from a single body camera.
"They're trying to hide something," attorney Benjamin Crump said.
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Maybe not police brutality as such, but definitely police right-wing-weirdness: Colorado police officer announces he's leaving because Colorado is too communist.

denver.cbslocal.com

Aurora Police Officer: 'I Am Leaving Colorado For ... Less Communism'

An Aurora police officer sent a department-wide email as he announced his retirement, offering some barbs and harsh assessments of the current climate for law enforcement.
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hitmouse said:
Maybe not police brutality as such, but definitely police right-wing-weirdness: Colorado police officer announces he's leaving because Colorado is too communist.

denver.cbslocal.com

Aurora Police Officer: 'I Am Leaving Colorado For ... Less Communism'

An Aurora police officer sent a department-wide email as he announced his retirement, offering some barbs and harsh assessments of the current climate for law enforcement.
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I wonder what will happen with their high turn-over rate. The article said that their turnover had increased by 60% from 2019 to the present. That's obscenely high and evidence of the toxic work environment. With the chief leaving, will that change the turn-over rate? It sounds like they're well rid of him, to avoid lawsuits and the costs of replacing employees, if nothing else.
 
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They've charged the two cops who threw a 78-year-old woman to the ground over $14.

District Attorney Gordon McLaughlin announced Wednesday that Hopp was charged with second-degree assault causing serious bodily injury and attempt to influence a public servant, both felonies. He was also charged with official misconduct, a misdemeanor.

Jalali was charged with three misdemeanors for failure to report use of force by a peace officer, failure to intervene and first-degree official misconduct, McLaughlin said.
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Yuwipi Woman said:
I wonder what will happen with their high turn-over rate. The article said that their turned over had increased by 60% from 2019 to the present. That's obscenely high and evidence of the toxic work environment. With the chief leaving, will that change the turn-over rate? It sounds like they're well rid of him, to avoid lawsuits and the costs of replacing employees, if nothing else.
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A bit more background on what's been going on with Aurora cops: there were fairly large protests connected to the police killing of Elijah McClain, including one where a crowd of people surrounded the police station for several hours and prevented police from leaving, which originally led to protest organizers being arrested on kidnapping(!) charges. All those charges have now been dropped, so I guess that being told that you can't just send protesters you don't like to prison for kidnapping may have been the communist straw that broke the camel's back here?
 
hitmouse said:
A bit more background on what's been going on with Aurora cops: there were fairly large protests connected to the police killing of Elijah McClain, including one where a crowd of people surrounded the police station for several hours and prevented police from leaving, which originally led to protest organizers being arrested on kidnapping(!) charges. All those charges have now been dropped, so I guess that being told that you can't just send protesters you don't like to prison for kidnapping may have been the communist straw that broke the camel's back here?
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In that case, may I suggest he not let the doorknob hit him on the backside on the way out.
 
tony.c said:
Met pc sacked for assault on another officer.
www.uk.yahoo.com

Police officer dismissed from Met only weeks into her job after hitting colleague in the face

A police officer has been struck from the force without notice following a fast-tracked misconduct hearing. Former PC Melissa Sanchez Marulanda, 29, was off-duty when she launched an attack on a fellow officer who she repeatedly struck in the face.
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her behaviour displayed none of the qualities we expect in our officers,” said Chief Inspector Matt Cox, from the Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards.

“A lack of self-control, ill-discipline and a disregard for the law.
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