Ridiculous Police News (Specific events)

[6souls]

MN Transit cop caught asking for rider's Immigration Status while checking tickets
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/05...gration-status
Video
https://www.facebook.com/ricardolm1/...5465747538755/

[6souls]

MN Transit cop caught asking for rider's Immigration Status while checking tickets
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/05...gration-status
Video
https://www.facebook.com/ricardolm1/...5465747538755/

Transit Officer has been fired as it is not within the power of Transit Police to enforce Immigration checks
Rider was arrested for Fare Evasion and providing a False Identification, is now in the process of being Deported to Mexico
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/05...ut-citizenship

[6souls]

2 Bike Cops ran over in DC by guy in a pickup
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...=.f736bce97383

[6souls]

http://www.fox9.com/news/259936224-story

St Paul, Minnesota police are using Zootopia in their training program.

[Psion]

not sure how this counts as ridiculous, myself. seems like a great way to broach the subject without riling peoples feathers, and more entertaining too.

[Niiro]

Next month they're introducing a new detective training program using episodes of Blue's Clues.

[Byrthnoth]

Inc Finding Nemo courses on the importance of following standard protocol when conducting missing persons investigations.

But really though, I am okay with this.

[6souls]

http://live.mprnews.org/Event/The_tr...eronimo_Yanez/

Yanez verdict reached, still waiting for results. It's a hot summer night, this could be bad.

[6souls]

Not guilty. I guess riot.

[Melena]

I'm actually shocked it's not guilty. If there ever was an open and shut case, this was it.

[6souls]

Not guilty on all counts. Not even guilty of reckless endangerment. He shot wildly into that car. His own partner said that everything he did was not following procedure.

[Melena]

10 white people two black people on the jury. 29 hours, I really wish i could have been a fly on the wall in that jury room.

[archibaldcrane]

As long as a cop can get a jury to believe he was afraid he can get away with anything. Doesn't matter whether his fear is justified or rational.

[Thunder]

I'm reading the guy reached down [for his wallet] after announcing he had a gun. His own girlfriend testified to that, as well :\

read it here, last paragraph, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/u...rial.html?_r=0

[6souls]

I'm reading the guy reached down [for his wallet] after announcing he had a gun. His own girlfriend testified to that, as well :\

read it here, last paragraph, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/u...rial.html?_r=0

Because the officer asked to see his wallet.

[Thunder]

Because the officer asked to see his wallet.

I'm under the impression that the events went like,

Officer: some form of let me see your license/registration/insurance
Castle: I have a legal firearm on me *reaches for wallet*

and that those things happened immediately right after one another

[Melena]

if you watch the video, wasn't even like that. But yeah if the cop was smart, he would have told the guy to put his hands on the steering wheel, open the door, have him get out, put hands on car, remove gun, remove wallet, continue on, and everyone goes home happy and alive. Instead he tells the guy to reach for his wallet then fucking shoots him in the chest repeatedly.

[6souls]

And the officer gave Philando only seconds to react. Instead of telling him to keep his hands on the wheel, he yelled don't reach for it then fired 7 shots into the car. Took only 74 seconds from when the stop started to the officer killing that man.

[archibaldcrane]

Did they ever release the dashcam footage?

[Thunder]

there's video of it? I only watched the facebook stream which starts after he's already shot. Can't find a body cam video, is that what you're referring to, mel?

And the officer gave Philando only seconds to react. Instead of telling him to keep his hands on the wheel, he yelled don't reach for it then fired 7 shots into the car. Took only 74 seconds from when the stop started to the officer killing that man.

hmm, I'd like to see the video mel saw because from reading what the girlfriend said and the cop said it really seems like castle was simultaneously complying to the officer's "let me see your x" and saying he had a firearm

in which case... it's kind of suicide by cop? It takes only a moment from grabbing a concealed gun to revealing it and firing