More police brutality than you can shake a stick at.

[Favelado]

They are really only children & don't need this shit in their early life. What did someone do in the first place to provoke it all?

The spark to events still needs some clarification. There was definitely a scrap between a girl and one of the local residents.

One version is the resident told the girl to "go back to her section 8 (public assisted) housing", prompting an angry response and leading to a scrap.

There is a video of such a fight but nothing to confirm the verbal altercation yet.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

A shortish piece in Slate about the history of segregated swimming in the US and the cultural meaning thereof: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_...imming_pool_party_america_s_ugly_history.html

 

[Mr.Bishie]

The pig in the vid, is he a crack/pcp head? Even his colleagues at one point, when he first drew his gun, were a bit 'WTF'.

 

[teqniq]

'Out of control' Texas officer who threw girl to ground at pool party resigns

Eric Casebolt, the Texas police officer who threw a black girl to the ground and waved a gun at other teenagers others during a pool party incident that quickly went viral and led to protests, has resigned from the police force in McKinney, Texas.

Officials were quick to place full blame on Casebolt as “out of control”, seeking to quell international attention on this small Dallas suburb after video footage spread and protesters descended upon the town at a time when relations between police and communities of color are under increased scrutiny.

“Our policies, our training, our practice doesn’t support his actions,” McKinney police chief Greg Conley said at a press conference. He described Casebolt’s actions as “indefensible” – even though Casebolt had been accused of racial profiling before, according to a withdrawn civil rights lawsuit filed against the police department.

Casebolt will retain his pension and benefits....

 

[teqniq]

The only good news about the McKinney pool party is the white kids’ response to racism

 

[Treacle Toes]

Actually, in the opening seconds of the video just for a split second you can see that that tree he's running towards has very big roots. I think he tripped and then turned it into a commando roll so as not to lose face. Quite funny really

Hahahahah in a benny hill sense?

 

[Treacle Toes]

They are really only children & don't need this shit in their early life. What did someone do in the first place to provoke it all?

Whatever happened in the fight beforehand. That out of control CUNT obviously abused, physically assaulted and pulled his gun on unarmed, obviously freakedout kids/teenagers after the said 'fight' had finished. They posed no risk to him. No excuse, no justice, no peace.

 

[Ming]

I was going through customs from BC to Washington and I asked the Greyhound driver if there was anywhere I could smoke while I waited for the rest of the passengers to clear. He goes 'yes round the corner...can't miss it there's a concrete ashtray'. So round the corner I go and indeed a concrete ashtray full of cigarette ends (like a traffic bollard). Spark up and then I hear 'SIR YOU ARE BREAKING THE LAW!!!!!'. Washington cop (with his hand on the butt of his gun). Very aggressive. I made my excuses and left. Scary people. Walking away muttering...fucking ashtray....cigarette butts.

 

[imposs1904]

Via facebook:

 

[Favelado]

Officer holds snowball throwers at gunpoint.

http://anonhq.com/video-police-officer-holds-children-gunpoint-snowball-fight/

 

[teqniq]

ffs

 

[sim667]

Officer holds snowball throwers at gunpoint.

http://anonhq.com/video-police-officer-holds-children-gunpoint-snowball-fight/

Not the first time a cop has taken a gun to a snowball fight.

With relation to the 2015 video, the police have said they didn't draw guns, which is absurd as he's clearly pointing a gun in the video.

 

[Pickman's model]

Not the first time a cop has taken a gun to a snowball fight.

With relation to the 2015 video, the police have said they didn't draw guns, which is absurd as he's clearly pointing a gun in the video.

yeh. but no sketchpad.

 

[Fez909]

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/...-orders-release-of-videos-20150714-story.html

 

[ska invita]

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/...-orders-release-of-videos-20150714-story.html

really could hear the brothers tone of voice in that...heartbreaking hearing him say
"I'm still traumatized by what happened. I'm not doing well," Mendez said. "I know I'm never going to be OK."
very sad...

Wilson’s decision comes as law enforcement agencies nationwide increasingly have embraced the use of cameras worn by officers and placed in patrol cars to record police interactions with civilians. But few agencies have made their videos public, spurring a debate over the need to balance the privacy of those captured on the recordings and transparency in policing.

Privacy? of who, the person they kill?
Chancers

 

[ska invita]

US police strangled unarmed black man in Mississippi: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/0...-chokehold-death-Jonathan-Sanders-Mississippi

"The driver said when he was stopped, Sanders (the man who was killed) asked Herrington (the strangling cop), “Why don’t you leave that man alone?” or similar, said Lumumba. “According to the driver, once the officer saw Jonathan (Sanders), his attention was piqued and he said: ‘I’m going to get that nigger.’”

RIP Jonathan....
more on that one http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/15/jonathan-sanders-mississppi-chokehold

...also this morning I was reading the story of the manhunt for the two jail breakers and this link stuck me:

"Sweat was apprehended by 21-year police veteran Jay Cook, less than two miles from the Canadian border, by a rural road where the sergeant was alone on patrol, away from the hundreds of other investigators. Cook thought the man walking along the road was suspicious, and shouted at him to stop. Sweat took off running into a field.
“At some point in the pursuit Cook realized Sweat was going to make it to a treeline and potentially disappear, so he shot him two times with his handgun,” state police superintendent Joseph D’Amico told reporters.
“I can only assume he was going for the border.”.....

lucky for the cop it was the right guy - seems you are allowed to shoot escaped convicts dead - but at this point all youve got is someone running away from the police...

 

[Treacle Toes]

Sandra Bland Drove to Texas to Start a New Job, so How Did She End Up Dead in Jail?
Police claim that the Illinois woman became combative after she was pulled over for a traffic stop. They arrested her, and two days later she was found dead in her jail cell. Bland’s family and friends suspect foul play.

On July 9, 28-year-old Sandra Bland of Naperville, Ill., drove to Texas to start a new job at her alma mater, Prairie View A&M. On July 10, police stopped Bland just outside the campus for allegedly failing to signal while changing lanes. Police claim that during the stop she became combative, was thrown to the ground, arrested and charged with "assault on a public servant."

On July 13, around 9 a.m., before her family could bail her out, Bland was found dead inside a Waller County, Texas, jail cell. Police claim she died from "self-inflicted asphyxiation." Her family and friends say that is impossible; that the woman they know, who fought strongly against police brutality and had just gotten a new job, would never have committed suicide.

http://www.theroot.com/articles/new...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

 

[Artaxerxes]

...also this morning I was reading the story of the manhunt for the two jail breakers and this link stuck me:

"Sweat was apprehended by 21-year police veteran Jay Cook, less than two miles from the Canadian border, by a rural road where the sergeant was alone on patrol, away from the hundreds of other investigators. Cook thought the man walking along the road was suspicious, and shouted at him to stop. Sweat took off running into a field.
“At some point in the pursuit Cook realized Sweat was going to make it to a treeline and potentially disappear, so he shot him two times with his handgun,” state police superintendent Joseph D’Amico told reporters.
“I can only assume he was going for the border.”.....

lucky for the cop it was the right guy - seems you are allowed to shoot escaped convicts dead - but at this point all youve got is someone running away from the police...

This image really strikes me, its like hunters showing off a kill, a man treated like a lump of dead meat when shot and wounded.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-escaped-inmate-captured-20150628-story.html

 

[Pickman's model]

This image really strikes me, its like hunters showing off a kill, a man treated like a lump of dead meat when shot and wounded.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-escaped-inmate-captured-20150628-story.html

 

[Treacle Toes]

A Black Teen Died This Week In An Alabama Jail Cell, And Authorities Say It Was Suicide
The jailhouse deaths of two young women this week have led to questions.

Nick Wing Senior Viral Editor, The Huffington Post

Posted: 07/17/2015 | Edited: 07/17/2015 04:03 PM EDT

An Alabama teen died in her jail cell earlier this week, just over an hour after she was booked into the facility. Authorities claim the cause of death was suicide by asphyxiation.

According to AL.com, officials with the Homewood City Jail said Kindra Darnell Chapman, who was black, was processed on Tuesday at 6:22 p.m., following an arrest for first-degree robbery. Police say Chapman, 18, stole a cell phone from another individual on the street.

Chapman was last seen alive at 6:30 p.m on Tuesday, when staff conducted an initial welfare check. At 7:50 p.m., jailers returned to find Chapman unresponsive. Authorities say she hanged herself. She was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kindra-chapman-death_55a9063fe4b04740a3dfa844

 

[albionism]

Australian police going a bit mental with the capsicum spray against Anti Fascists.
https://vine.co/v/erQxOzJXY6e

Oh, and on the same day on the same demo, there
was this comradely handshake between fascist and pig.

 

[Treacle Toes]

#ifIdieinpolicecustody

https://twitter.com/hashtag/ifidieinpolicecustody?src=hash&vertical=default&f=tweets



Kimerie G. ‏@KimerieG 2 hrs2 hours ago

#IfIDieInPoliceCustody Remember who I was and that I was never aggressive no matter what they try to tell you.



AnnalisePope ‏@EmLeNoire 33 mins33 minutes ago

#IfIDieInPoliceCustody I DID NOT kill myself. Never resisted. Never assaulted an officer. I DID know my rights & informed them frequently.

 

[ddraig]

ugh

 

[Treacle Toes]

Sandra Bland Cover Up Exposed: Dashcam Video of Arrest Appears To Be Edited

Monday Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis said prosecutors will handle the Bland death in police custody “as it would be in a murder investigation,” saying that it was “too early” to determine exactly what happened.

Tuesday, Texas Department of Public Safety authorities have announced they are looking into the alleged edits to a 52 minute dashcam video of the traffic stop and arrest of Sandra Bland. Bland was found dead in her jail cell just three days after the arrest.

http://urbanintellectuals.com/2015/...dashcam-video-of-arrest-appears-to-be-edited/

They Killed Her. They Fucking Killed Sandra Bland
Damon Young, 7/21/15

http://verysmartbrothas.com/they-killed-her-they-fucking-killed-sandra-bland/

 

[Barking_Mad]

Plenty of suggestions she didn't hang herself and that the mugshot was taken after she'd died.

From what I can see there's many points people are suggesting that she was dead when that photo was taken:

1) Her dreads appear to be falling backwards (away from the camera), not hanging down
2) The photo background does not resemble other those of many other mughsot backgrounds taken in the same jailhouse. See images here: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKkTZjoUMAAHon0.jpg and here: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKjMRtDUkAAE5lJ.jpg
3) The photo background could be the floor in the jailhouse as seen in this photo
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKjdm-wWoAAWFtx.jpg:large
4) She would not have been wearing an orange jumpsuit BEFORE having her mugshot taken.
5) Suggestions that the drooping on one side of her face was caused by oxygen deficiency.
Edit:

6) Her right shoulder (and possibly arm) is raised, which would be unlikely if she were stood up.

 

[Barking_Mad]

Much has been said of the apparent 'jumps' in the video which some have said suggests the tape being edited. Police said it was just 'technical problems'.

 

[Quartz]

Police said it was just 'technical problems'.

How convenient.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

"A Virginia police officer tased and used pepper spray on a man who was reportedly having a stroke because he wasn't responding."

 

[Numbers]

"A Virginia police officer tased and used pepper spray on a man who was reportedly having a stroke because he wasn't responding."

That is truly horrible

 

[Barking_Mad]

Dear God.