This is Otha Thurmond, a 91-year-old Black man from Memphis. In 2017, he asked @MEM_PoliceDept officers why they were in his neighborhood. They responded with disrespect, before handcuffing & aggressively pushing him against their squad car! pic.twitter.com/Kc0gARTTgm

— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) May 1, 2021

Minneapolis-area SWAT team conducts pre-dawn, no-knock raid, batters down two doors, holds family at gunpoint. Wrong house. TV station finds the correct address was easily verifiable. Police also seem to have tried to erase any public record of the raid. https://t.co/ZoSaXCC19X

— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) April 30, 2021

NEW: A Pittsburgh Police officer filed charges against a protester who lost his eye during a 2020 Black Lives Matter demonstration after police shot him w/ a rubber bullet. That protester says same officer accosted him during his recent preliminary hearing https://t.co/DfIuSnXANW

— Ryan Deto (@RyanDeto) May 3, 2021

Los Angeles sheriff deputies frequently harass the families of people they have killed, including taunting them at vigils, parking outside their homes, and following them and pulling them over for no reason, according to a new report:https://t.co/mF7KtHVtR2

— Sam Levin (@SamTLevin) May 4, 2021

okaydo said:

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Los Angeles sheriff deputies frequently harass the families of people they have killed, including taunting them at vigils, parking outside their homes, and following them and pulling them over for no reason, according to a new report:https://t.co/mF7KtHVtR2

— Sam Levin (@SamTLevin) May 4, 2021

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How deep does that rabbit hole go

Two women rented a U-Haul for a move. Then the LAPD swarmed: “We both thought we were going to get shot.” https://t.co/q5chheMMgV

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 10, 2021

Wow how many lives has she terrorized

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMegwyE3M/

640 cases in jeopardy from Two corrupt people?

Think for one second how many lives destroyed?
Multiply that across the department
Multiply that across the state
Multiply that across this nation

Amerikkka is fugged up

Another cold blooded murder
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMesqXx2y/

This happens everywhere. The damage is layered many times over. There is no law and order

Police went to the home of Robert Williams last year, arrested him in front of his family, and put him in jail for felony larceny.

The arrest was based solely on a facial recognition computer program.

But the computer picked the wrong man.#60Minutespic.twitter.com/AXdwJMNuW5

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) May 17, 2021

Results from ramped-up police trainings could take years if at all - Axios


https://www.axios.com/police-training-george-floyd-6ef0c38d-0836-47ba-91a1-43c661c8cf1c.html

yes i am fatalist but i am going with the latter ....

one bad apple spoils the whole bunch

A Black council member protested Andrew Brown Jr. shooting. Police urinated on his property to retaliatehttps://t.co/AI8grEk8Ws

— Lorie Meacham (@LorieMeacham) May 18, 2021

Former officers charged in rough arrest of 73-year-old woman with dementia - ABC News https://t.co/e1KLmlmOAj

— DL Hughley (@RealDLHughley) May 19, 2021

“At one point, Trooper Kory York yanks Greene’s leg shackles and briefly drags the man on his stomach even though he isn’t resisting.” https://t.co/QBTaUbE9g3

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) May 20, 2021

Policing task force calls for national training standards - Axios


https://www.axios.com/policing-task-force-national-training-standards-5a86db50-586f-470e-a1be-c59ba040ed83.html

New: crime app Citizen is driving a security vehicle around LA and won't say why. Citizen confirmed to me it's part of a pilot program. The vehicle is linked to a private security company that describes itself as a "subscription law enforcement service" https://t.co/Kywvt1hxB5

— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021

Well as expected

Progression of third party policing and private property policing

The "real" police can't even get it together

I kinda felt this was the direction they were heading

In some ways I prefer private security. They don't get the benefit of qualified immunity and lose much of the benefits of decades or jurisprudence which defends the misconduct of police officers.

For all of the hysterical talk from conservatives about people not wanting to be police any more (because they aren't allowed to kill unarmed black people without repercussions?), they have effectively no protection as private security. This very much levels the legal playing field from that perspective.

For those who missed this news:

Citizen app apologizes after posting image of wrong man as arson suspect in Palisades fire https://t.co/F0BZ3436PL

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) May 17, 2021

The worldwide protests that Black Lives Matter inspired - Axios


https://www.axios.com/black-lives-matter-global-impact-905ada40-6784-4293-bba0-915d08c23f04.html

Police Mistake Father's Urn Filled with Daughter's Ashes For Drugs https://t.co/huLla8OGBN

— TMZ (@TMZ) May 22, 2021

But there is no racism? GTFOH

This is not simply implied in the video. It is a quote.

"Why can’t we just take ‘em to jail?"https://t.co/IzdeL01mvb pic.twitter.com/9rANOCy54W

— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 24, 2021

At one point in the YouTube video, the actual LAPD does turn up, and even it seems surprised by what is going on.

"Is that your normal protocol, you guys just go search the building?"https://t.co/IzdeL01mvb pic.twitter.com/NmPXG2rYBi

— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 24, 2021

This private security force wants to be able to respond to mental health crisis calls. But these guys look like police. They carry guns. This is an "expansion of police power that’s even less accountable than the current system." https://t.co/IzdeL01mvb pic.twitter.com/OPqsI4ZBp8

— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 24, 2021

Hmm any concerns now?

New: one of the private security forces that is working with Citizen explicitly says in a YouTube video it wants the power to arrest people and take them to jail. Comes after we reported Citizen is testing letting users order private security via the app https://t.co/IzdeL01mvb

— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 24, 2021

going4roses said:

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Hmm any concerns now?

New: one of the private security forces that is working with Citizen explicitly says in a YouTube video it wants the power to arrest people and take them to jail. Comes after we reported Citizen is testing letting users order private security via the app https://t.co/IzdeL01mvb

— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 24, 2021

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If given a choice between an arrest by someone with qualified immunity and someone without qualified immunity, my choice would be the latter.

These private security forces don't have the protection that government employees enjoy which means their employers will have to be far more careful to avoid massive liability. I would expect them to be more risk averse and fewer unarmed black men shot in the back.

So, while I wouldn't say I'm in favor of private security forces generally, I do think that this tends to reduce the risk of brutality. My preference would be to make police less murdery of course, but that's not the question at hand.

Ic ic that's fair and measured

Or shot in the back of the head

Or a family is told a person was in car accident to find out years later he was murdered in custody smfh

Unit2Sucks said:

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going4roses said:

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Hmm any concerns now?

New: one of the private security forces that is working with Citizen explicitly says in a YouTube video it wants the power to arrest people and take them to jail. Comes after we reported Citizen is testing letting users order private security via the app https://t.co/IzdeL01mvb

— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 24, 2021

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If given a choice between an arrest by someone with qualified immunity and someone without qualified immunity, my choice would be the latter.

These private security forces don't have the protection that government employees enjoy which means their employers will have to be far more careful to avoid massive liability. I would expect them to be more risk averse and fewer unarmed black men shot in the back.

So, while I wouldn't say I'm in favor of private security forces generally, I do think that this tends to reduce the risk of brutality. My preference would be to make police less murdery of course, but that's not the question at hand.

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What happens when off duty and retired police are working as private security guards?

As they always have done and during the pandemic even more are picking up extra hours

Another thought the OPD officers working security detail at some local Walgreens locations will their hours go toward retirement/full pension?

dimitrig said:

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Unit2Sucks said:

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going4roses said:

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Hmm any concerns now?

New: one of the private security forces that is working with Citizen explicitly says in a YouTube video it wants the power to arrest people and take them to jail. Comes after we reported Citizen is testing letting users order private security via the app https://t.co/IzdeL01mvb

— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 24, 2021

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If given a choice between an arrest by someone with qualified immunity and someone without qualified immunity, my choice would be the latter.

These private security forces don't have the protection that government employees enjoy which means their employers will have to be far more careful to avoid massive liability. I would expect them to be more risk averse and fewer unarmed black men shot in the back.

So, while I wouldn't say I'm in favor of private security forces generally, I do think that this tends to reduce the risk of brutality. My preference would be to make police less murdery of course, but that's not the question at hand.

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What happens when off duty and retired police are working as private security guards?

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Off duty cops don't have qualified immunity either. 9th circuit ruled on this exact issue a few years ago.

QI has been used to prevent cops from being held accountable and it doesn't apply in any way to these private security forces regardless of who the workers are.

There are all kinds of problems with private security, but criminal accountability isn't structurally inhibited because there is no QI. That's a big deal.

Slave patrols... complete with dogs
https://t.co/gE2xTVD4l1

— Abrahm L (@DrAbrahm) May 27, 2021