THE POLICE PROBLEM

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 16 hours ago

Canadian provincial police officer, Sgt. Sébastien Plouffe Threw Away Dead Teen's Skull After Mom Complained About Police Misconduct. Gets Two Week Suspension

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Canadian provincial police officer, Sgt. Sébastien Plouffe Threw Away Dead Teen's Skull After Mom Complained About Police Misconduct. Gets Two Week Suspension

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 16 hours ago

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 16 hours ago

Chief Larry Clay Jr of Fayette County, West Virginia, accused of paying $100 to rape a teen — and trying to cover it up.

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Chief Larry Clay Jr of Fayette County, West Virginia, accused of paying $100 to rape a teen — and trying to cover it up.

ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 16 hours ago

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TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish · 1 day ago

Who to Call for Help When You Don’t Want to Call the Cops

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Who to Call for Help When You Don’t Want to Call the Cops

TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish · 1 day ago

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octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day ago

Video shows Oklahoma City police officer throwing elderly man to ground

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Video shows Oklahoma City police officer throwing elderly man to ground

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octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day ago

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TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish · 2 days ago

Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town

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Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town

TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish · 2 days ago

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HailSeitan@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

The Police Solution

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The Police Solution

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HailSeitan@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 days ago

Merced PD Officer Leah Garcia caught in bed with gang member

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Merced PD Officer Leah Garcia caught in bed with gang member

ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 days ago

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Five@slrpnk.netEnglish · 9 days ago

ICE is Training Civilians to Conduct Violent Raids on Immigrants

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ICE is Training Civilians to Conduct Violent Raids on Immigrants

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Five@slrpnk.netEnglish · 9 days ago

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Prunebutt@slrpnk.netEnglish · 10 days ago

German police shows how to feminism

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German police shows how to feminism

Prunebutt@slrpnk.netEnglish · 10 days ago

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 11 days ago

Man waiting to get to a hospital gets stopped by Bowie Police Sergeant Robert Warrington, who proceeds to shoot at him

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Man waiting to get to a hospital gets stopped by Bowie Police Sergeant Robert Warrington, who proceeds to shoot at him

ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 11 days ago

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blindbunny@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 days ago

New Mexico Riot Ducklings are based af

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New Mexico Riot Ducklings are based af

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blindbunny@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 days ago

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militaryintelligence@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days ago

I have no words

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I have no words

militaryintelligence@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days ago

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 12 days ago

Ohio Sheriff's Lieutenant in hot water after social posts; "I am sorry. If you support the Democratic Party, I will not help you"

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Ohio Sheriff's Lieutenant in hot water after social posts; "I am sorry. If you support the Democratic Party, I will not help you"

ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 12 days ago

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pinkystew@reddthat.comEnglish · 14 days ago

Trooper Shot on Long Island

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Trooper Shot on Long Island

pinkystew@reddthat.comEnglish · 14 days ago

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atro_city@fedia.io · 16 days ago

Can 1 Cop Defend Himself Against 20 Criminals? | Surrounded | Jubilee

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Can 1 Cop Defend Himself Against 20 Criminals? | Surrounded | Jubilee

atro_city@fedia.io · 16 days ago

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blindbunny@lemmy.mlEnglish · 16 days ago

Video shows Phoenix police burning man during arrest: ‘Like acid on my skin’

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Video shows Phoenix police burning man during arrest: ‘Like acid on my skin’

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blindbunny@lemmy.mlEnglish · 16 days ago

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 17 days ago

Shot at him and put him in the hospital and police refuse to do anything until a lawyer was involved

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Shot at him and put him in the hospital and police refuse to do anything until a lawyer was involved

ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 17 days ago

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gAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days ago

How The Opioid Crisis Turned Pharmacists Into Cops

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How The Opioid Crisis Turned Pharmacists Into Cops

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gAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days ago

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EleventhHour@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days ago

NYPD is hiring "Homeless Services Police" and ramping up "enforcement" against the unhoused. Just got this email from NYC HRA.

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NYPD is hiring "Homeless Services Police" and ramping up "enforcement" against the unhoused. Just got this email from NYC HRA.

EleventhHour@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days ago

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Five@slrpnk.netEnglish · 21 days ago

THE GREATEST BRIEF EVER FILED - Legal Eagle

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THE GREATEST BRIEF EVER FILED - Legal Eagle

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Five@slrpnk.netEnglish · 21 days 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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