police issues

The three cops who were with Derek Chauvin are currently on trail. Their fates are much less cut and dry. Lane in particular probably has a real chance at getting off. 1:It was his first day in the field. 2: Chauvin was Lane's Field Training Officer (FTO) 3: Lane asked twice if they should...

AP style guide: A fine tradition of American journalism is to absolutely abuse the human language when writing about how a cop caused someone's death. Seems like a fine place to collect them: How many times do you have to read this to figure out what happened...

Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty planning to take legal action against Portland regarding false hit-and-run allegations

Someone had mentioned that there needs to be laws in order to deal with the specific issue of police brutality. Perhaps not, seems we just need a willingness to prosecute under existing laws. Chauvin and his three accomplices have just been charged by the feds for criminal civil rights...

I don't know if this belongs here or in the Trials and Errors category, so feel free to move. This trial deserves a stand alone thread. Jury selection has just begun and there have been some interesting updates, such as the following...

"A black man has been shot dead by homeless outreach police in San Clemente, California, after reportedly being stopped for jaywalking. On Wednesday two Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) deputies, who were part of the city’s homeless outreach team, approached a man who is thought to...

Sorry about the title. It fits the general theme though. It happened in Melbourne, Australia yesterday. https://www.9news.com.au/national/epping-arrest-man-allegedly-kicked-in-the-head-by-police-officer/7b6ef2e6-eca5-4a45-ad6e-9d6417a017bf A couple of disclosers. I know the family involved...

Daniel Prude was killed by Rochester Police March 30th after they placed a spit hood over his head and pinned him face down against the street until he died of suffocation. He was completely nude and handcuffed when he was killed by the police. The medical exam concluded that...

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In Seattle, there is a veto proof majority of the City Council that has vowed to cut 50% of the police department. The King County Executive Dow Constantine has also declared that the Seattle jail will be closed and replaced with a center for Community programs. In addition, all youth detention...

I can't verify the video, but if it's true - is this action constitutional? https://twitter.com/sparrowmedia/status/1283436911307218948 There seems no way of identifying the officers - no ID numbers that I could see, just "Police" patches.

I couldn't find a thread on this. I think it deserves it's own one. "Breonna Taylor: Black healthcare worker 'shot at least eight times by police' in own home, lawsuit says." A no knock warrant at the wrong address. I mention it here, because I've often wondered what happens if a citizen...

The full report The Splinter News Article. A few highlights: I would really love to see more reporting like this.

This is the UK sleep walking into major problems whereby a 47 year old female police officer, who does not look like she could fight her way out of a wet paper bag, tazers a 64 year old man, who also does not look like he could do much in a fight...

That someone is posting on a thread, asking for advice on how not to get shot by the police during a routine traffic stop, is evidence that the behaviour of the police in the USA is not what should be expected of a police officer. I hate referring to those people in uniform as cops or police...

Really interesting research into effects of police wearing body cameras: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37502136 Top line: Report can be found here: http://cjb.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/09/21/0093854816668218.full.pdf+html

Research by the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation in Maryland finds that the amount of times people are arrested determines how often the situation turns violent and the race which gets stopped the most is the most likely to encounter violence...

In Milwaukee not agreeing with police fantasies is a good way to get in jail. Even if you are a 75 year old woman. The setup: Joy McFarlin was driving her pickup truck when a car ran a red light and T-boned her. With her driver side door impassable and dangerous she tried to get out through...

Yesterday was not a great day to be the public face of Seattle PD. First, this dashcam video from last summer was released n92zfXkRdnk&x An elderly black man was arrested & held overnight. The arresting officer said he was swinging his golf club at her and at signs. He was using it as a cane...

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26527-police-departments-retaliate-against-organized-cop-watch-groups-across-the-us?tmpl=component&print=1 ETA: The police in some states have been using wiretapping laws to prosecute citizens who video record them. Man arrested for wiretapping after...

From the front lines of our government's morally righteous and ultimately winnable War On Drugs: When a psycho goes on a rampage with a gun, we hear a lot of cries of "not one more!" and calls for increased gun control. But when a SWAT team throws a flash grenade into a toddler's crib in a 3...

A whole lot of Seattle Police officers have filed a civil rights complaint with the city. Apparently, they are upset that their right to beat suspects and shoot civilians is being taken away. This is the police department that, just a couple years ago, the Department of Justice officially...

More police absurdity, this time from the Hawaii 5-0 Vice Squad: Let me see if I can explain the position of the Hawaii police: it's against department policy for undercover police to have sex with prostitutes. However, if they do it then they will do it responsibly. Therefore it's of the...

Cops use cellphone tracking without warrants "due to Non-Disclosure Agreement" The police in Florida have used "Stingray" cell phone tracking technology over 200 times without getting a warrant, or even ever telling a judge about it. It seems the reason for this is that they signed a...

I came across this article in the WSJ the other day and I was interested enough to start reading a new book called Rise of the Warrior Cop, by Radley Balko: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323848804578608040780519904.html Balko's take: it's a relatively new phenomenon that we...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/8466446/French-riot-police-threaten-to-strike-over-alcohol-ban.html The above sounds totally alien to me in the UK and I guess it would raise eyebrows in the US too. Are there any posters from other countries where policeman drinking on...