Police Reform - Don't Be A Karen About It

[Rhyis.]

And not for nothing, but you can be a delusional psychopath and still know what to say to clear 5 hours of mandated psychiatric meetings with a police department psychiatrist.

Fair point

[Aerin]

https://theintercept.com/2020/06/02/...oll-shootings/
https://www.facebook.com/STIM-Radio-113462384020/
https://www.startribune.com/controve...ief/361517061/

There is a lot to unpack in this article about Bob Kroll and the MPD.

Really wondering how the police chief and Kroll interact with one another. Because the chief seems to have a good head on his shoulders.

[6souls]

Really wondering how the police chief and Kroll interact with one another. Because the chief seems to have a good head on his shoulders.

Not well considering he sued the department in 2007 for discrimination along with four other officers and were awarded $740k for it.

[kuronosan]

i'm kinda curious how do you pass a psych eval with that kind of mindset as a cop

You can pretty easily pass a psych eval with coaching.

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[Yabby]

[Melena]

What's the difference between a bullet and a policeman? When a bullet kills someone, you know it's been fired.

[Yabby]

Dark humor is the best humor.

[Rhyis.]

What's the difference between a bullet and a policeman? When a bullet kills someone, you know it's been fired.

this shits fucking good lol

[kuronosan]

this shits fucking good lol

What's the difference between a battery and a police officer? A battery gets charged.

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[BerenTebogo]

https://twitter.com/Dttg13M/status/1...512315393?s=20

Not protest related, just general police brutality.

[Draylo]

Are cops hated in Britain too?

[Yabby]

Yes, move on.

[Roranora]

imagine posting about "minor scuffles" in the UK like that isn't one of Britain's great pastimes

also conveniently omitted was UK police forces issuing a joint statement they were appalled and horrified by the death of George Floyd

UK police certainly aren't beloved and yet they can also somehow skirmish with the willing without having (read: wanting) to inflict major injury

moreover the case might be made that in the UK and Europe soccer fans are more violent with each other than police are even with the unruly, though I'm admittedly unsure the last time the UK police Sean Cox'd someone

cool vid from The Sun tho~

[kuronosan]

As someone who grew up in England, nobody takes The Sun seriously. It is literally the flagship sensationalist outlet.

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[synistar]

I would recommend watching the first episode of Bodyguard on Netflix so you can understand the police structure of the UK - a bit dramatized but it gets the general structure of police operations down. I had no idea what the fuck an ARV was until I watched it. UK police do not have lethal armaments. And lethal force has to be authorized by a commander.

Or read this bit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_response_vehicle

In short, UK police are trained a lot more than US police about using firearms. You're not going to get shot by a beat cop in the UK.

[Aerin]

Warren, Pressley introduce bill to make it a crime for police officers to deny medical care to people in custody

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) announced Friday they will introduce a bill that would hold law enforcement officers criminally liable for not providing medical care to people in their custody.

The two Massachusetts lawmakers will bring forth the Andrew Kearse Accountability for Denial of Medical Care Act, named after Andrew Kearse. Kearse, a 36-year-old black man, died of a heart attack in the back of a police cruiser in 2017 after begging the officers for help. The officers did not face charges in relation to his death.

[Tymon]

https://publicintegrity.org/inequali...police-unions/

I hate to see this. Lot of labor unions siding with police unions in solidarity. About as backwards from the progressive origins these unions were formed on as possible.

[guartz]

Ok just curious, is it still the correct way of thinking that only police should have firearms, or did that change now?

[Byrthnoth]

https://publicintegrity.org/inequali...police-unions/

I hate to see this. Lot of labor unions siding with police unions in solidarity. About as backwards from the progressive origins these unions were formed on as possible.

AG and I are going to do some union busting, so don't worry about this.

[Cail]

Congressional Democrats are expected to roll out sweeping police reform legislation Monday following nearly two weeks of sustained protests sparked by George Floyd’s death in police custody.

The legislation, called the Justice in Policing Act of 2020, includes an array of measures aimed at boosting law enforcement accountability, improving training and curbing racial profiling by police, according to an outline circulated on Capitol Hill on Saturday and obtained by The Washington Post.

“Persistent, unchecked bias in policing and a history of lack of accountability is wreaking havoc on the Black community,” reads the outline, which lists Floyd’s name along with those of other African Americans who have died in encounters with police officers.

“Cities are literally on fire with the pain and anguish wrought by the violence visited upon black and brown bodies,” it reads. “There are countless others whose stories we will never know.”

The legislation is sponsored by Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), and Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.).

The bill includes provisions to make it easier to prosecute officers for misconduct, changing federal law so that victims of excessive force or other violations need only show that officers “recklessly” deprived them of their rights. The current statute requires victims to show that officers’ actions were “willful.”

Under the legislation, plaintiffs would also have a lower bar for suing officers in civil court for alleged civil rights violations.

The bill would also expand the Justice Department’s powers to investigate and prosecute police misconduct, and would create a “national police misconduct registry” to compile complaints and discipline records, according to the outline.

“While there is no single policy prescription that will erase the decades of systemic racism and excessive policing,” the outline reads, “it’s time we create structural change with meaningful reforms.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...-live-updates/