Reprinted from The Washington Post of September 18, 2020. This story's headline says it all: nobody wins when cops lose the public trust. The article is complete and verbatim, except that I have emphasized a few points with pullout quotes, none of which are formatted as pullouts in the original. Tumalo Lookout comments follow below …
“I will tell you something, that’s the way it has to be. There has to be retribution when you have crime like this.”trump, speaking of a criminal suspect killed in a gunfight when US Marshals attempted to arrest him. “Justice With Judge Jeanine” Fox Television, Saturday, September 12, 2020 "Retribution?" I think I vaguely remember …
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“They’re not interested in Black lives. They’re interested in props, a small number of Blacks who are killed by police during conflicts with police — usually less than a dozen a year — who they can use as props to achieve a much broader political agenda.”Attorney General William F. Barr, on the Black Lives Matter …
Here's good news about DCSO, reprinted from The Bulletin. A few brief Tumalo Lookout comments follow below the story. Deschutes County sheriff's deputies to get intervention training Verbal Judo Institute president will teach course By GARRETT ANDREWS The Bulletin Sep 15, 2020 Updated 1 hr ago Deschutes County Sheriff's Office deputy Submitted photo Deputies with the Deschutes …
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Two important issues come up over and over again in cases of police misconduct or police brutality: the methods cops use, or don't use, to manage incidents that start well but end in tragedy; and the frequent failure of cops to intervene on behalf of citizens they're supposed to be protecting. Conflict de-escalation and cop-to-cop …
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American Airlines can’t be like, ‘You know, most of our pilots like to land. We just got a few bad apples that like to crash in the mountains.’Chris Rock, "Tamborine" Netflix Stand-up Special Chris Rock. Credit: The Source Magazine
Rochester Police Chief Le'Ron Singletary announces his retirement days before being fired. Credit: Fox2Now Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren has fired Chief of Police Le’Ron Singletary in the wake of Daniel Prude's death. Daniel Prude. Credit: Prude family photo, via The New York Times Warren fired Singletary and suspended two top city officials following a damning …
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Careful readers and critical thinkers will note that this story from Politico actually makes no mention of mail-in voting or the November elections. The silence is deafening. As always when I reprint news stories from other sources, the story is printed verbatim. Tumalo Lookout comments follow below the story. From Politico: POSTAL SERVICE Postal police …
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Reprinted from The Bulletin. City seeks input on policing Questionnaire responses will be given to city council Bulletin staff report Sep 14, 2020 Updated 52 min ago A Bend Police car. RYAN BRENNECKE/The Bulletin file photo City of Bend officials are seeking public input about law enforcement policy. A questionnaire posted online through Sept. 25 asks respondents about their experiences …
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A great story from Fox News, told in a single photograph taken by a passerby. Kudos, Brownie Lyons, for your wonderful photo. Source: Fox News, July 10, 2020: "Photo of Florida sheriff's deputy eating lunch with homeless man goes viral"
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