An independent autopsy released last week shows Tortuguita was shot at least 13 times
— Akela Lacy (@akela_lacy) February 9, 2023
Moments after police opened fire on Tortugita, killing them, and Atlanta Police officer can be heard saying, "Man...you fucked your own officer up?" in reference to the trooper that was also shot. pic.twitter.com/qw8G0G34b0
— Atlanta Community Press Collective (@atlanta_press) February 9, 2023
For more than a year, a family says their home home was repeatedly visited by a woman who allegedly insulted her family, stole their mail and damaged their property.
— ABC News (@ABC) February 11, 2023
They credit social media in spurring the police to take action. https://t.co/id3xMovivv
The families of about 3.5 million children—or one in every 20 kids—undergo a Child Protective Services probe each year. More than half of Black children will be the subject of a maltreatment investigation by the time they turn 18. https://t.co/sWBCFXpJUU
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) February 13, 2023
The public shouldn’t have to sue @LAPDHQ every time they want to obtain police video that hasn’t been edited, @sh4keer told @liborjany @latimes, pointing out that other cities across the state such as Sacramento regularly release unedited footage.https://t.co/ji5ahH3KvS
— Stefanie Dazio (@steffdaz) February 13, 2023
St. Louis Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for Three Decades Will Not Receive Reparations https://t.co/83RUrvT7oq pic.twitter.com/jstS8kFx7n
— The Root (@TheRoot) February 15, 2023
going4roses said:
Saw that earlier… but some people say we are just complaining and playing victim.
When you whip up a cover story, one size fits all.oski003 said:going4roses said:
Saw that earlier… but some people say we are just complaining and playing victim.
I am more concerned about criminals killing innocent people than cops killing criminals when trying to stop crimes.
— Peter Hermann (@phscoop) February 16, 2023
A Minnesota State Senator argued against legalized marijuana because it will force police dogs into early retirement.
— The Big Lead (@TheBigLead) February 16, 2023
(The good news is the dogs didn't know they actually had a job.)https://t.co/yoYvSaCZ5C
You probably know that police killings are underreported in the FBI's national crime statistics.
— Lois Beckett (@loisbeckett) February 15, 2023
But did you know that CDC's death statistic have also undercounted police killings by more than 50%--for decades?
That's what a study in @TheLancet found: https://t.co/YIna2b6Rxa
Police killings have not followed the same trend as overall US homicides.
— Lois Beckett (@loisbeckett) February 15, 2023
The rate of police killings rose even when the nation’s overall homicide rate dropped, with the rate of deaths from police violence rising 38% from the 1980s to the 2010s. https://t.co/uB7wRBV3ja
In recent years, nearly 5% of all US homicides, or 1 in 20, are committed by police.
— Lois Beckett (@loisbeckett) February 15, 2023
That's more than 1,100 deaths a year.
In comparison, estimates for the number of Americans killed in mass shootings range from several dozen to 700 people each year:https://t.co/uB7wRBV3ja
The US’s annual number and rate of police killings/ state executions, with more than 1,000 deaths a year, is more comparable to Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Cameroon, Libya and Sudan, than to any country in Europe, according to IHME data: https://t.co/5pSAzHchzY pic.twitter.com/S9KK0KIrl2
— Lois Beckett (@loisbeckett) February 15, 2023
“There is a lot of fear, with mass shootings and gun violence in general, that some stranger will show up wherever you are and kill you," said @samswey, the founder of Mapping Police Violence.
— Lois Beckett (@loisbeckett) February 15, 2023
“But police contribute a large part to those numbers.”https://t.co/uB7wRBV3ja
$653.9 million has been spent to settle crash claims involving the city police fleet over the last ten years https://t.co/hEpIUBeXvm
— Curbed (@Curbed) February 16, 2023
The Chronicle has found that DA Brooke Jenkins has less than half the number of attorneys in the unit that investigates police misconduct as there were under her predecessors. https://t.co/KriMXt4F4B
— SFist (@SFist) February 17, 2023
going4roses said:
Fiscal conservatives never complain about these expenditures
On Wednesday, Michael C. Jenkins was released from the ICU at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He underwent surgical removal of his tongue. As a result, he is unable to talk and now communicates through writing or gestures https://t.co/gTtL216JOL
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) February 18, 2023
okaydo said:On Wednesday, Michael C. Jenkins was released from the ICU at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He underwent surgical removal of his tongue. As a result, he is unable to talk and now communicates through writing or gestures https://t.co/gTtL216JOL
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) February 18, 2023
AunBear89 said:
I am sure a certain contrarian poster will have an explanation why police were justified in their actions.
North Carolina Officer Zachary Price was caught on camera pulling his gun on a 14-year-old girl who was calling her stepdad after the cop began arresting the teen’s mother over an alleged seatbelt violation.
— The Campaign to End Qualified Immunity (@campaigntoendqi) February 17, 2023
pic.twitter.com/8rSO8DxtlG
going4roses said:North Carolina Officer Zachary Price was caught on camera pulling his gun on a 14-year-old girl who was calling her stepdad after the cop began arresting the teen’s mother over an alleged seatbelt violation.
— The Campaign to End Qualified Immunity (@campaigntoendqi) February 17, 2023
pic.twitter.com/8rSO8DxtlG
AunBear89 said:
He has no idea how to hold (and presumably, use) a fire arm. Another tiny white man with a power trip. And you couldn't wait to defend him.
Liars, hypocrites, and morons.
"It was a simple misunderstanding. The cops honestly believed dating white women was a felony and constituted a clear and ongoing danger to the community. They believed persuasive force was necessary to stop the felonies from continuing. When the perpetrator gave them some lip, they took steps to end the lippy behavior. Unfortunately, the tongue was unanticipated collateral damage."AunBear89 said:okaydo said:On Wednesday, Michael C. Jenkins was released from the ICU at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He underwent surgical removal of his tongue. As a result, he is unable to talk and now communicates through writing or gestures https://t.co/gTtL216JOL
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) February 18, 2023
I am sure a certain contrarian poster will have an explanation why police were justified in their actions.
AunBear89 said:
I think you're a better candidate. Your blatant disregard for others and your slavish devotion to authoritarian policing will fit right in. And you get to hold a gun like they do in the movies and act tough to an unarmed teenager on her phone.
I suspect you are aroused already.
AunBear89 said:
Riiiiight. None of this is the cop's fault. I guess the snowflakes need a safe space?
Oh - that's right - they have guns and folks like you love it when they use them. Who needs a safe space when you have qualified immunity and half the country wants you to kill the bad guys who should have complied?
