THE POLICE PROBLEM

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 22 hours ago

Want to enforce the law? Gotta respect the law first.

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Want to enforce the law? Gotta respect the law first.

ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 22 hours ago

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andros_rex@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Wagoner Co. residents petition for grand jury investigation into sheriff, DA

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Wagoner Co. residents petition for grand jury investigation into sheriff, DA

andros_rex@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

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octopus_ink@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 days ago

Texas Jail Staff Laughed as Army Vet Choked and Died, Lawsuit Says

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Texas Jail Staff Laughed as Army Vet Choked and Died, Lawsuit Says

octopus_ink@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 days ago

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 days ago

Businesses letting cops know they're not needed

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Businesses letting cops know they're not needed

ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 days ago

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 4 days ago

Texas lawmakers advance bill to exempt police from deadly conduct charges

www.fox7austin.com

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Texas lawmakers advance bill to exempt police from deadly conduct charges

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 4 days ago

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InternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

That Dang Dad

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That Dang Dad

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InternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

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TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish · 5 days ago

ICE 'mistakenly' raids wrong home with mother and three daughters home, forces them out undressed, steals their life savings, then leaves.

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ICE 'mistakenly' raids wrong home with mother and three daughters home, forces them out undressed, steals their life savings, then leaves.

TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish · 5 days ago

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TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish · 6 days ago

After killing unarmed man, Texas deputy told colleague: 'I just smoked a dude'

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After killing unarmed man, Texas deputy told colleague: 'I just smoked a dude'

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TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish · 6 days ago

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Stern@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days ago

Washington County to pay $950K to settle whistleblower suit of deputy targeted in ‘salsa gate’ inquiry

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Washington County to pay $950K to settle whistleblower suit of deputy targeted in ‘salsa gate’ inquiry

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Stern@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days ago

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TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish · 8 days ago

Supervising Cop in Texas taunts man who’s son was paralyzed by his fellow officers

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Supervising Cop in Texas taunts man who’s son was paralyzed by his fellow officers

TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish · 8 days ago

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HailSeitan@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days ago

Cops select for bastards

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Cops select for bastards

HailSeitan@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days ago

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 10 days ago

ICE Can Now Enter Your Home Without a Warrant to Look for Migrants, DOJ Memo Says

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ICE Can Now Enter Your Home Without a Warrant to Look for Migrants, DOJ Memo Says

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 10 days ago

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Cows Look Like Maps@lemmy.caEnglish · 11 days ago

Speed, red-light cameras catching dozens of police cars in Ontario city

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Speed, red-light cameras catching dozens of police cars in Ontario city

Cows Look Like Maps@lemmy.caEnglish · 11 days ago

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 17 days ago

‘Terrified by You’: Black Mother Tasered by Officer With Troubled Record

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‘Terrified by You’: Black Mother Tasered by Officer With Troubled Record

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 17 days ago

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 17 days ago

Six charged in Idaho town hall incident where woman was forcefully removed

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Six charged in Idaho town hall incident where woman was forcefully removed

ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 17 days ago

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jordanlund@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 20 days ago

Deschutes County (Oregon) DA's office won't call Sheriff Kent van der Kamp to testify due to concerns he gave false testimony

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Deschutes County (Oregon) DA's office won't call Sheriff Kent van der Kamp to testify due to concerns he gave false testimony

jordanlund@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 20 days ago

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Five@slrpnk.netEnglish · 27 days ago

Native Community Protests MPLS Security Company Who Beat, Maced, and Cuffed Indigenous Man

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Native Community Protests MPLS Security Company Who Beat, Maced, and Cuffed Indigenous Man

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Five@slrpnk.netEnglish · 27 days ago

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gAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

Trump uses power & police to help DOGE access independent agencies: Trump officials have turned to the cops to help the U.S. DOGE Service led by Elon Musk gain control of independent agencies.

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Trump uses power & police to help DOGE access independent agencies: Trump officials have turned to the cops to help the U.S. DOGE Service led by Elon Musk gain control of independent agencies.

gAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

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TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish · 1 month ago

FBI Becomes Rent-A-Cops for CEOs: Feds are watching your sarcastic posts online as part of Trump's new war on terrorism

www.kenklippenstein.com

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FBI Becomes Rent-A-Cops for CEOs: Feds are watching your sarcastic posts online as part of Trump's new war on terrorism

www.kenklippenstein.com

TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish · 1 month ago

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Five@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 month ago

Agents Provocateurs: Eroding Democracy & Free Speech

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Agents Provocateurs: Eroding Democracy & Free Speech

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Five@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 month ago

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THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.world

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The police problem is that police are policed by the police. Cops are accountable only to other cops, which is no accountability at all.

99.9999% of police brutality, corruption, and misconduct is never investigated, never punished, never makes the news, so it’s not on this page.

When cops are caught breaking the law, they’re investigated by other cops. Details are kept quiet, the officers’ names are withheld from public knowledge, and what info is eventually released is only what police choose to release — often nothing at all.

When police are fired — which is all too rare — they leave with ‘law enforcement experience’ and can easily find work in another police department nearby. It’s called “Wandering Cops.”

When police testify under oath, they lie so frequently that cops themselves have a joking term for it: “testilying.” Yet it’s almost unheard of for police to be punished or prosecuted for perjury.

Cops can and do get away with lawlessness, because cops protect other cops. If they don’t, they aren’t cops for long.

The legal doctrine of “qualified immunity” renders police officers invulnerable to lawsuits for almost anything they do. In practice, getting past ‘qualified immunity’ is so unlikely, it makes headlines when it happens.

All this is a path to a police state.

In a free society, police must always be under serious and skeptical public oversight, with non-cops and non-cronies in charge, issuing genuine punishment when warranted.

Police who break the law must be prosecuted like anyone else, promptly fired if guilty, and barred from ever working in law-enforcement again.

That’s the solution.

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Our definition of ‘cops’ is broad, and includes prison guards, probation officers, shitty DAs and judges, etc — anyone who has the authority to fuck over people’s lives, with minimal or no oversight.

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RULES

① Real-life decorum is expected. Please don’t say things only a child or a jackass would say in person.

② If you’re here to support the police, you’re trolling. Please exercise your right to remain silent.

③ Saying ~~cops~~ ANYONE should be killed lowers the IQ in any conversation. They’re about killing people; we’re not.

④ Please don’t dox or post calls for harassment, vigilantism, tar & feather attacks, etc.

Please also abide by the instance rules.

It you’ve been banned but don’t know why, check the moderator’s log. If you feel you didn’t deserve it, hey, I’m new at this and maybe you’re right. Send a cordial PM, for a second chance.

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ALLIES

• [email protected]

• [email protected]

• r/BadCopNoDonut/

• Randy Balko

• The Civil Rights Lawyer

• The Honest Courtesan

• Identity Project

• MirandaWarning.org

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INFO

• A demonstrator’s guide to understanding riot munitions

• Adultification

• Cops aren’t supposed to be smart

• Don’t talk to the police.

• Killings by law enforcement in Canada

• Killings by law enforcement in the United Kingdom

• Killings by law enforcement in the United States

• Know your rights: Filming the police

• Three words. 70 cases. The tragic history of ‘I can’t breathe’ (as of 2020)

• Police aren’t primarily about helping you or solving crimes.

• Police lie under oath, a lot

• Police spin: An object lesson in Copspeak

• Police unions and arbitrators keep abusive cops on the street

• Shielded from Justice: Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States

• So you wanna be a cop?

• When the police knock on your door

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ORGANIZATIONS

• Black Lives Matter

• Campaign Zero

• Innocence Project

• The Marshall Project

• Movement Law Lab

• National Police Accountability Project

• Say Their Names

• Vera: Ending Mass Incarceration

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