More police brutality than you can shake a stick at.

[Numbers]

Pepper spraying him in the face when he was in cuffs on the ground, ffs.

 

[8ball]

Fucking psychos.

Officer later resigned and later still was charged with “official oppression” (an offense I hadn’t heard of before) after the family filed a lawsuit.

You wonder what they are telling these officers during training. It’s like they consider themselves at war with the public.

 

[teqniq]

Absolute scumbags.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

How ridiculous:



Fucking Alabama. Let the old ladies feed the fucking cats. By feeding, capturing, and neutering the cats, they're saving the city loads of money.

 

[GarveyLives]

The UK's annual procession against state killings (which includes, but are not limited to, those committed by the police) takes place tomorrow:

 

[8ball]

Not sure Chris Kaba was a death in custody unless lots of us are really wrong about what went down.

 

[teqniq]

Looks to be an execution with no apparent attempt to engage beforehand:

 

[DaveCinzano]

Virginia cop catfishes teenage girl, travels across country, gets into fatal gunfight with California cops, is prime suspect in murder of girl's mother and grandparents:

Who was former Virginia State Trooper turned California murder suspect Austin Lee Edwards?

The suspect in a triple homicide who died in a shootout with police was a Virginia law enforcement officer who police believe drove across the country to meet a teenage girl before killing her family.

www.wtvr.com

 

[GarveyLives]

""Serious failings" of police officers while restraining a man contributed to his death, an inquest jury has concluded ..."

'Serious failing' led to Diss man Krystian Kilkowski's death

(Source: as stated in image)​

Footage seen by an inquest jury showed hand-cuffed Krystian Kilkowski telling officers that he thought was going to die as they placed him in leg restraints.

According to the charity Inquest, the footage shows Krystian being restrained mainly face down for over an hour with officers repeatedly pushing his head down towards the ground. He was clearly frightened for his safety and was expressing concerns that he was going to die. Despite this, and already being in handcuffs, he was taken to the ground where immediately two sets of leg restraints, and subsequently further methods of restraint, were applied to him.

The jury’s conclusions also noted that the police’s “approach lacked leadership” and their “decision making was inadequate”. The jury concluded there was “a serious failure to keep Krystian safe” which “contributed to his rapid physical deterioration during the restraint.”

 

[Indeliblelink]

The Indiana law that lets citizens shoot cops

The Hoosier State now allows people to use deadly force to keep public servants from illegally entering their homes or cars. Police, of course, are not pleased

theweek.com

 

[Orang Utan]

Routine cop barbarism in the US:

 

[teqniq]

E2a from 2021

 

[8ball]

Routine cop barbarism in the US:

I wish people on Twitter would read what they are posting before clicking “send”.

 

[Orang Utan]

I wish people on Twitter would read what they are posting before clicking “send”.

What do you mean?

 

[8ball]

What do you mean?

See first paragraph of post. Then see 3rd pic.

 

[Orang Utan]

See first paragraph of post. Then see 3rd pic.

Yes, and?

 

[Orang Utan]

8ball please explain

 

[8ball]

Why are you laughing? I wasn’t joking.

I know, but it's a laugh or cry thing.

 

[Orang Utan]

I know, but it's a laugh or cry thing.

What?

 

[Athos]

8ball please explain

The paragraph talks about incidents in 2022, whereas the third example is from 2014.

 

[ddraig]

What?

ignore the edgelord dick mate

 

[Orang Utan]

The paragraph talks about incidents in 2022, whereas the third example is from 2014.

The cop wasn’t done for it until 2022

 

[8ball]

The paragraph talks about incidents in 2022, whereas the third example is from 2014.

I was thinking more about there being apparently no real laws against police violence and the copper going down for 25 years.
These things aren't meant to be read with brain engaged. Sometimes I wonder how many of them are made by right wingers to make the left look silly.

 

[Chz]

American police brutality spreads north of the border.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-taser-watchdog-1.6707682

Police force entry without a warrant over a noise complaint and taser the man when he's already on the ground and backing away. The police commissioner thinks this is fine and justified. Canadians might overall be less violent than their neighbours, but their cops are just the same.
(Hard to deny he was being an asshole, but that doesn't get you forced entry and a tasering normally)

 

[hitmouse]

Crossposting here, statement on today's police killing in Atlanta:

PRESS RELEASE – Police murder protestor in Atlanta Forest

January 18, 2023 Submitted to the Atlanta Community Press Collective for publication. Today the police shot and killed a protester in Weelaunee Forest. Dozens of heavily armed DeKalb Police, Atlant…

atlantapresscollective.com

Today the police shot and killed a protester in Weelaunee Forest.

Dozens of heavily armed DeKalb Police, Atlanta Police and Georgia State police shut down Weelaunee People’s Park and nearby streets before entering the tree line with guns drawn and heavy machinery poised to continue forest destruction.

Police have repeatedly raided this public park, flattened community gardens and art installations, attacked protestors with chemical weapons and rubber bullets, and threatened lethal force. During past raids, police have consistently escalated violent tactics on peaceful people who were sitting in trees or walking through the public park. Since June 6, 2022, activists and community members fighting to Defend the Atlanta Forest and Stop Cop City have been demanding that officers stop bringing weapons into the forest after APD pointed their weapons at peaceful protestors.

The police and local news are working together to control the flow of information, leaving us with vague news reports that suggest the officer fired at the civilian in self-defense. We know they will say and do anything to prevent an Atlanta officer from being viewed as another Derek Chauvin, including witholding, distorting, or deleting evidence. Supporters of the movement are calling on legal observers and journalists to document the violent police tactics being used against protestors.

Since the fatal shooting, this morning’s operation has continued with Brasfield and Gorrie’s heavy machinery entering the forest and cops shooting pepper balls at people who remain in the park–as if nothing has happened. The loss of our lives remains meaningless to the police. Police killed a forest defender for loving this earth, for taking a stand against the ongoing destruction of the planet and its people. Indiscriminate police murder, unfettered police violence is exactly why people have, for two years, called for the Cop City project to be cancelled immediately. As politicians invest in cops, militarization and police budgets are only increasing. Meanwhile, police murders peaked in 2022: U.S. cops killed 100 people every month.

What is taking place is a classic example of tyrannical government overreach. The public has a right to defend its interests. We are advocates of a free and peaceful society built on cooperation and mutual understanding. The government is escalating this situation pointlessly.

Allow peace to return to our community.

Cancel the Cop City project. Return Intrenchment Creek Park to the public.

Drop the charges against protesters.

No one can bring our friend back to us. An innocent life has been taken and the machines continue.

If you are in Atlanta, come to the candlelight vigil tonight, January 18th, at 6pm at the intersection of Moreland and Euclid.

Wherever you are, we invite you to come to Atlanta Friday, January 20 for a second candlelight vigil at 6pm to remember and grieve our lost friend. We will not go quietly into this dark night. RIP, with love and solidarity.

 

[hitmouse]

Brief obituary for the person killed:

JUSTICE FOR TORT

submitted to Atlanta Community Press Collective for publication We are devastated by the loss of our friend who was killed by the police. Tortuguita was a kind, passionate, and loving person, cherished by their community They spent their time between Atlanta, defending the forest from...

atlantapresscollective.com

Statement of solidarity with the movement to defend the forest:

In solidarity with the movement to Stop Cop City and Defend Weelaunee Forest

We call on all people of good conscience to stand in solidarity with the movement to stop Cop City and defend the Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta.

defendtheatlantaforest.org

And then there's this:

7 charged with domestic terrorism after Atlanta police training site shootout, person killed identified

Updated at 9:02 p.m. Investigators on Thursday released the identity of the person who was shot and killed by law enforcement officers who were trying to clear protesters camping at […]

www.wabe.org

Manuel Esteban Paez Teran, 26, was shot and killed Wednesday morning, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Teran was inside a tent in the woods and did not comply with verbal commands from law enforcement officers trying to clear the area, the GBI has said.

When Teran shot and injured a state trooper, other law enforcement officers returned fire and killed Teran, the GBI has said.

Activists have questioned the police version of events and called for the release of law enforcement body camera footage. However, GBI public affairs director Nelly Miles informed WABE Thursday evening that there is no body camera footage of the incident...

The agency said in a news release that it would not release the name of the trooper involved in the shooting “because disclosure would compromise security against criminal or terroristic acts due to retaliation.”

Isn't it just a remarkably unfortunate coincidence that, during this major police operation, all the body camera footage, that would definitely have proved the police were telling the truth and not lying, just happened to go missing? What are the chances of that, eh?
Decent article on the killing from Rolling Stone here:

Cops Say Slain Atlanta Forest Protester Shot First. Activists Aren't So Sure

Activists are questioning law enforcement's account of the death of a protester at the site of the proposed 'Cop City' training facility in Atlanta.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[hitmouse]

Guardian article about the killing:

‘Assassinated in cold blood’: activist killed protesting Georgia’s ‘Cop City’

Killing of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, who opposed training facility, is ‘unprecedented’ in history of environmental activism, experts say

www.theguardian.com

Think there's meant to be a memorial vigil happening in London, either this Tuesday or the 31st.

 

[Silly Monkey]

David Carrick: Metropolitan Police sack serial rapist police officer - BBC News

Home Secretary Suella Braverman warns there could be "more shocking cases" involving police officers.

www.bbc.co.uk

You’d think they’d have conducted background checks on all police officers done this years ago after the issues with Wayne Couzens !

 

[Pickman's model]

David Carrick: Metropolitan Police sack serial rapist police officer - BBC News

Home Secretary Suella Braverman warns there could be "more shocking cases" involving police officers.

www.bbc.co.uk

You’d think they’d have conducted background checks on all police officers done this years ago after the issues with Wayne Couzens !

You means less than two years ago then. You forget they are institutionally corrupt Met Police ‘institutionally corrupt,’ report into private detective’s murder says

 

[GarveyLives]

Meet the Late Tyre Nichols, who was stopped by police for reckless driving on his way to a local park in Memphis on 7 January 2023 ...

... as a result of this contact with the police, Mr Nichols died on 10 January 2023 from cardiac arrest and kidney failure.

An attorney for Mr Nichols' family said at a press conference. 'It was an unadulterated, unabashed, nonstop beating of this young boy for three minutes.'

(From left) Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills, Jr, Emmitt Martin III, Justin Smith and Tadarrius Bean, all of whom joined the Memphis Police Department in the last six years, were fired last week after an investigation found them to be "directly responsible for the physical abuse of Mr Nichols".

All of them have now been charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression.

"Black Lives Matter"?​