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Every. Fucking. Day. (Original Post) live love laugh Jan 2023 OP
racist thugs with a license to kill protected by qualified immunity Fullduplexxx Jan 2023 #1
Systemic Racism Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #2
Yes, and ditto for the loss of a beloved father... pandr32 Jan 2023 #32
Horrifying. We need to say "no more" ck4829 Jan 2023 #3
It's not like we haven't been saying "no more" soldierant Jan 2023 #23
heard about this on the radio. Even the police chief implied the tazing looked excessive. BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2023 #4
No such thing as systemic racism Diamond_Dog Jan 2023 #5
It's the whole system, for sure Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #26
You reform this by putting cops in jail. Martin68 Jan 2023 #6
Exactly. Without deterrent consequences, nothing will change. nt SunSeeker Jan 2023 #17
Absolutely. Delphinus Jan 2023 #27
THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 uponit7771 Jan 2023 #28
+1000 llmart Jan 2023 #31
20 minute body cams video here. including police statement IcyPeas Jan 2023 #7
Fuck Those Police! (and Too Many Are Similar!) electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #8
Mandatory re-training and demilitarization of all American cops. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2023 #9
Training establishes accountability but it doesn't necessarily change behavior. live love laugh Jan 2023 #11
We have to start somewhere and revised training is only one part. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2023 #20
Talked to a cop for 2 hrs and living in the community they serve or at the LEAST tying their ... uponit7771 Jan 2023 #29
You don't reform cancer. Same principle. You KPN Jan 2023 #10
Shameful judesedit Jan 2023 #12
This state sanctioned thuggery has been a plague on humanity for centuries Scalded Nun Jan 2023 #13
"How do you reform this?" Otterdaemmerung Jan 2023 #14
K & R & Boosted! SunSeeker Jan 2023 #15
I couldn't watch it all Jarqui Jan 2023 #16
+1 eom LittleGirl Jan 2023 #25
OMG this is horrible.. whathehell Jan 2023 #18
The LA Police Dept. needs to have a complete overhaul FakeNoose Jan 2023 #19
Agree. The cops need to be mentally competent to get past the first interview Deuxcents Jan 2023 #21
They've tried to do overhauls Genki Hikari Jan 2023 #46
These cops need to be locked away from society for the rest of their lives. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #22
Fucking cops!!! Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #24
How the LAPD has been Genki Hikari Jan 2023 #47
Yep. Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #54
Until powerful police unions are required to pay enormous judgments, the murders will continue dlk Jan 2023 #30
FOR THE FULL VIDEO- FULL STORY packman Jan 2023 #33
Thank you for your post! ⭐️👋 Judi Lynn Jan 2023 #49
The system is unreformable. Abolish it all. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2023 #34
ACAB n/t aocommunalpunch Jan 2023 #35
Totally agree. Fuck the police. Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #41
"Firefox can't open this page" CTyankee Jan 2023 #36
I'm using Chrome on an Android tablet, & I can't see it, either. ShazzieB Jan 2023 #37
In Chrome, the error message is "mastedon.social refused to connect" teach1st Jan 2023 #38
WTF this is supposed to be I have no idea. MicaelS Jan 2023 #39
See post 33. live love laugh Jan 2023 #40
Every day. Every time. czarjak Jan 2023 #42
This message was self-deleted by its author Hugh_Lebowski Jan 2023 #43
Cops who get fired or terminated for just cause Ferryboat Jan 2023 #44
I see only a black box. Genki Hikari Jan 2023 #45
all I see is this Celerity Jan 2023 #48
For some reason the link failed. See post 33. live love laugh Jan 2023 #50
How did you get this screen shot into your post? nt LAS14 Jan 2023 #52
Gyazo Celerity Jan 2023 #53
Well, I'm going to have to play with this a little more. But it looks promising!! Thanks. LAS14 Jan 2023 #55
right click, copy image address and paste it Celerity Jan 2023 #56
Yay!!! Thanks!!! LAS14 Jan 2023 #57
yw Celerity Jan 2023 #58
This message was self-deleted by its author live love laugh Jan 2023 #51

pandr32

(11,586 posts)
32. Yes, and ditto for the loss of a beloved father...
Fri Jan 13, 2023, 12:54 PM
Jan 2023

...husband, son, brother, cousin, nephew, uncle, friend, etc.

soldierant

(6,880 posts)
23. It's not like we haven't been saying "no more"
Fri Jan 13, 2023, 02:02 AM
Jan 2023

for I don't know how long - longer than I've been alive and I'm 77.

We have to figure out how to say it louder and better, so that it has an effect.

electric_blue68

(14,903 posts)
8. Fuck Those Police! (and Too Many Are Similar!)
Thu Jan 12, 2023, 11:13 PM
Jan 2023





Aarrrggggggg!


What a hideous way to (besides being) be Murdered!
His family, friends, colleagues, students!

Prison for these deranged racist bastards!

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,491 posts)
9. Mandatory re-training and demilitarization of all American cops.
Thu Jan 12, 2023, 11:26 PM
Jan 2023

After 911, most cops have been trained to exercise tactics designed to fight serious terrorism attacks and we gave them the equipment to do it. Unfortunately, they've translated that brutal "shoot to kill" training into many routine police activities, mostly driven by shear fear and male ego. Racism and misogyny in the mix then becomes very dangerous and toxic to the public.

After a while, this militaristic attitude becomes ingrained and difficult to reverse. They need to be re-programmed but always held accountable..

It feels good to call for arrests and dismissals but that won't bring people like this young man back. The family will sue and probably get a big payoff but that won't bring this young man back either.

They also need very frequent and improved anti-racism training.

KY

live love laugh

(13,113 posts)
11. Training establishes accountability but it doesn't necessarily change behavior.
Thu Jan 12, 2023, 11:30 PM
Jan 2023


As a former trainer/educator, some things can’t be trained.

It’s the accountability piece that is missing.

Even if they are trained, they still have qualified immunity and corrupt unions that interfere with accountability.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,491 posts)
20. We have to start somewhere and revised training is only one part.
Fri Jan 13, 2023, 01:13 AM
Jan 2023

I feel our community members are far too isolated from the workings of our police forces even though they are an absolute necessity for a civil society.

Some other things that should help:

1. Police recruiters should avoid gung-ho and gun-nut type personalities, as those are almost certain to come with prejudicial baggage, and recruits with hints of psychopathic personality profiles should be avoided at all cost.

2. Those so-called "internal incident investigations" should have mandatory civilian participation on the investigative boards and have mandatory periodic public reporting required.

3. Police need better weapons for disabling violent suspects other than by using lethal force.

4. Our police forces need effective PR campaigns to inform the public of the thousands of good things they do every day, whereas we typically only see the bad events.

On the other side of the fence, our general public needs better ways to connect in a community environment with our police, such a community meet-and-greet gatherings. Cops exist in their bubble and we in ours and that must end.

After all, cops are of us, they come from us, and they ARE us just as are all government employees.

KY......

uponit7771

(90,344 posts)
29. Talked to a cop for 2 hrs and living in the community they serve or at the LEAST tying their ...
Fri Jan 13, 2023, 08:40 AM
Jan 2023

... involvement in the community to service record counts.

The police who screw up the relationship in the community they live in wont lost long

KPN

(15,646 posts)
10. You don't reform cancer. Same principle. You
Thu Jan 12, 2023, 11:28 PM
Jan 2023

remove it, you starve it, you nuke it. Perhaps you can target specific elements and thereby reform or at least make it go into remission?

Scalded Nun

(1,236 posts)
13. This state sanctioned thuggery has been a plague on humanity for centuries
Thu Jan 12, 2023, 11:41 PM
Jan 2023

and honest to God I have no idea how to actually get rid of it. Nothing seems to work.

Otterdaemmerung

(73 posts)
14. "How do you reform this?"
Thu Jan 12, 2023, 11:48 PM
Jan 2023

By challenging the police department to produce a positive result from a drug test administered by an outside disinterested party. When they can't produce it, sue the ever-living crap out of them for murder, slander, defamation of character, and falsifying documents.

Jarqui

(10,125 posts)
16. I couldn't watch it all
Fri Jan 13, 2023, 12:01 AM
Jan 2023

Video after video like this.
When will it stop?

Another young black man is dead from excessive force after pleading for his life.

Very upsetting and disturbing ... sickening.

I've run out of things to say. It has all been said so many times before.

FakeNoose

(32,639 posts)
19. The LA Police Dept. needs to have a complete overhaul
Fri Jan 13, 2023, 12:13 AM
Jan 2023

The guilty cops MUST answer for this citizen's needless death, of course. But there are many others with the same mindset. All the racist cops must be purged, the rest need to be retrained. This horror must end.

Deuxcents

(16,223 posts)
21. Agree. The cops need to be mentally competent to get past the first interview
Fri Jan 13, 2023, 01:21 AM
Jan 2023

No amount of training can change racist DNA

 

Genki Hikari

(1,766 posts)
46. They've tried to do overhauls
Sat Jan 14, 2023, 04:56 AM
Jan 2023

And were even forced into them (look up LAPD Consent Decree). It's like foreigners trying to rule Afghanistan--nothing works because the system there is so broken.

Sky Jewels

(7,107 posts)
54. Yep.
Sat Jan 14, 2023, 02:59 PM
Jan 2023

The Rodney King attack was 32 years ago. And it started well before then.

Retired LAPD make up a significant part of the white supremacist colonies in Idaho.

dlk

(11,566 posts)
30. Until powerful police unions are required to pay enormous judgments, the murders will continue
Fri Jan 13, 2023, 08:56 AM
Jan 2023

Too many of us have become numb to these endless tragic losses and don’t demand police reform.

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Ferryboat

(922 posts)
44. Cops who get fired or terminated for just cause
Fri Jan 13, 2023, 07:21 PM
Jan 2023

Should go on a Federal database for a do not hire list.

Insurance policies for cops for excessive force?

Premium goes up with each documentation of excessive force. No Insurance. No job.

LAS14

(13,783 posts)
55. Well, I'm going to have to play with this a little more. But it looks promising!! Thanks.
Sat Jan 14, 2023, 04:10 PM
Jan 2023

Do you know why your capture showed in your post, whereas I only got the link?

https://gyazo.com/c4f3ed5a8a8307e8d86c3e16d100792e

Celerity

(43,383 posts)
56. right click, copy image address and paste it
Sat Jan 14, 2023, 04:51 PM
Jan 2023

here is a snap of what I pasted (went to your link and right clicked, copied image adress)








it came from this





Response to live love laugh (Original post)

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