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He assaulted a dementia patient. She failed to intervene and report the assault by her colleague. They fist-bumped afterward. Meet Loveland Police Officer Austin Hopp, who assaulted 73-year-old Karen Garner after he stopped her on the suspicion of shoplifting. And Meet Loveland Police Officer Daria Jalali, who neither intervened in Hopp's assault on Garner, nor …
Continue reading Loveland Colorado Cops arrested for brutalizing 73-year-old woman with dementia.
This subject is horrific to read about. I've never been able to do it justice. It's like reading about the Sand Creek Massacre, or any of hundreds of other massacres of Native Americans by Euro-Americans. So I'm just forwarding The Washington Post's story. Here it is. This is superb writing by DeNeen L. Brown, and …
Continue reading Tulsa Race Massacre: May 31 – June 1, 1921.
Here are tonight's headline stories: NYT, May 18, 2021: New York’s Attorney General Joins Criminal Inquiry Into Trump Organization Politico, May 18, 2021: New York state investigation into Trump is now a criminal probe WAPO, May 18, 2021: Investigation of Trump Organization now exploring possible criminal conduct, N.Y. attorney general’s office says Meanwhile, Trump's lackeys …
Continue reading Trump’s Organization now under criminal investigation. Cops support him anyway.
May 18, 1896 marks the day that the United States Supreme Court issued one of its most infamous rulings: "separate but equal" is fine with us. Plessy v. Ferguson: Thus began over a half-century of Jim Crow laws. And thus was enshrined forever the institutional racism upon which this nation was founded. Not until the …
“There is absolutely no reason that these convicted cop-killers should be put back on the street.” Patrick J. Lynch, president of the New York City Police Benevolent Association, quoted by The Washington Post, March 5, 2021 Oh, really? No reason? How about, because their convictions were unconstitutional? Failing to alert the defense to the potential …
They'll keep fighting change until it's forced on them. But don't take my word for it. Read what three generations of Black police officers have to say. Or if you won't read it, at least listen to the interview. It's only 8 minutes long. ...there have been very few changes, and I think that's evidenced …
One of the differences between a cop and a pig is that a pig believes it is entitled by law to be treated with deference. Peace officers know better. Some cops do, too. Pigs act out their anger and aggression when they don't get subservience from people.
Even bank robbers are smart enough to wear masks. But not cops. "It's a personal choice that everyone's going to make." Steve Grammas, a Las Vegas detective and president of the city’s police union. Quoted by The Washington Post, May 2, 2021. Here's a study by The Washington Post that finds what we all know: …
Continue reading Herd immunity. Against compassion and intelligence.
We're cops. We don't have to be honest. Timothy Loehmann, then-rookie Cleveland cop, shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014. He was fired in 2017 for lying on his employment application, and now wants the Ohio Supreme Court to reinstate him. The Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association is helping him to get his job back. …
Continue reading This is what makes cop unions so loathsome.
The rest of the world has known it for EV-ER. Credit: BBC News, October 27, 2014. Here's a story from The Washington Post about a judge's ruling against the Columbus PD. "Run amok" are his words, not mine. But it's not like we didn't already know. Columbus police may not use tear gas, rubber bullets …
Continue reading Federal Judge acknowledges American cops run amok.
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