Chauvin’s trial to begin Monday

I'm completely biased about this one. Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd, right in front of our eyes, with all the reptilian callousness of a true sociopath. Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd in front of the whole world on May 25, 2020 George Floyd's death was far from the beginning of my awareness of …

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Your pigs are showing again.

This is classic cop culture: see the Press as your enemy, and hassle them whenever you can. Use your badge and the law against them, whether or not it's justified or necessary. And enlist your local prosecutor, too. From AP News, March 5, 2021: Reporter faces trial in case seen as attack on press rights …

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This is why cops can’t be trusted to write their own body camera policies.

We're good, no witnesses (laughs)....Hey, can you go turn my cameras off? Just the front camera?Unidentified Salisbury, NC, cop, speaking to another as the two watch a third cop handle (or mishandle) his police dog. From a Fox 46 news video, March 2, 2021 The following story from the New York Times describes an apparent …

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“Unbelievable,” says the officer who pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old child.

Just how despicable and criminally stupid are Rochester pigs, you ask? Well, let's see.... From The Washington Post. You just can't make this shit up. Rochester police handcuffed and pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl, body-cam footage shows. By Jaclyn Peiser Feb. 1, 2021 at 3:28 a.m. PST Handcuffed and sobbing, the 9-year-old girl screams “I want my …

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How much will NYPD racism cost New York–and will it make any difference?

Don't think you can talk your way out of this, FOP. You may win in a court of law, but you always lose in the court of public opinion. Because you can't set the rules there. And that just kills you, doesn't it? Well, you bought it, and you're going to pay for it, so …

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Seattle pig runs bike over protester’s head.

Death from a thousand cuts: Police respectability. Another little incident of cop misconduct caught on video, and another little self-inflicted wound on public trust of, and respect for, cops. Note to cops: If you can't hack the job, hit the unemployment line. You aren't wanted. No doubt, the pig thought he was being clever. Source: …

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When cops lose public trust.

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 …

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Rochester police chief fired following damning report on death of Daniel Prude

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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Cop shoots yet another Black citizen, in back, point-blank, seven times.

Verbatim from The Washington Post, August 24, 2020. Opinions We need Black Lives Matter. The police who shot Jacob Blake prove it. Demonstrators march Monday in Kenosha, Wis., to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake by police. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Opinion by Eugene Robinson Columnist August 24, 2020 at 1:38 p.m. PDT The Black Lives Matter …

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