The George Floyd protest thread (Times & locations across the US this weekend) *Rep for Attendees*

[loyola llothta]

So you can't get sued, you won't lose your $ no matter what you do, and, what's more, you're living in a culture where morality is upside down, bullies rule, and everyone is trained to be both extremely violent and extremely terrified all the time.



Confessions of a Former b*stard Cop
medium.com

A lot of this has been said in a lot of places by a lot of people BUT what one years less about is that this insulation from consequences isn't just toxic on a macro (murder) level, but toxic every damn day. Let's talk about overtime.

As a public defender, whenever I got a case that was just especially, stupidly made-up (think someone arrested for dealing drugs who was at home with no drugs, money, scales, paraphernalia, or baggies on them) the first thing I checked was the cop's schedule.

Inevitably--seriously, ask, like, any defense attorney about this--when you got a really stupid arrest, it would be within an hour or so of the end of the cop's scheduled shift. Shift ends at 6pm? This really bad arrest would be at, like, 5:30.

Why? Well, because processing an arrest takes time, but it's also really easy. So you can make time-and-a-half for sitting in the precinct typing up some papers and waiting to talk to a DA. This REALLY adds up.

Examples...


Defund The Baltimore Police
theappeal.org

Detroit police overtime up 136% over 5 years
detroitnews.com


Police Overtime Running 2X Over Budget | New Haven Independent
newhavenindependent.org


We Need To Talk About Boston's Police Budget
wbur.org

 

[loyola llothta]

Let's not forget that the end-of-shift arrest isn't just an inconvenience--arrests cost people jobs, homes, family unity, sometimes unraveling entire lives. Some of these cops are making close to half a million dollars a year on the backs of the poor and innocent.

So when we look at police budgets that are bloated like this...it's not just military equipment and chemical weapons. It's public officials lining their pockets with taxpayer money by doing terrible things to the people they're supposed to protect.

And uhhh it's a lot--A LOT--of the taxpayers' money.


So when you hear "defund the police" and you get worried about a world where there's no one protecting the public, please remember that EVERY MODEL for doing this envisions a world where someone is on the other end of the phone when you call 911.

*it's just not someone stealing your money by enacting both violence and dishonesty against you and yours.

 

[loyola llothta]

So to recap, the Supreme Court has ruled you CANNOT go after gays and illegals.

But the SAME Supreme Court has said police STILL have "qualified immunity" which is the RIGHT to ASSAULT Black people (no, I am NOT kidding).

So their strategy is totally out in the open

I bring up the 4th circuit appeals decision because yesterday the Supreme Court REFUSED to hear any of the cases regarding qualified immunity.
But your white media didn't mention THAT. Too busy celebrating what amounts to another judicial victory lap for LGBTs and illegals.

 

[DJ Paul's Arm]

 

[GzUp]

Lol

 

[GzUp]

The battery trump put on these people back had them feeling like being a racist was ok.

 

[loyola llothta]

 

[Stir Fry]

As someone who has gotten a cac fired for being hella cacish, it warms my heart every time I see one of these stories posted.

 

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

 

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

 

[CinnaSlim]

FDB. I wonder does she address why these violent crimes that she's so afraid of happen? And how violent crimes have decreased in recent years, and what changes contributed to it?

 

[CinnaSlim]

Jack Saint did a great video essay on how Cops in the Media have influenced these cops out now to think of themselves as loose canons and the Last Action Hero.


John Oliver also excellently spoke about how they go through Warrior Training and how they are instructed to see black & latinos as criminals.


Both speak on how because the police focus their discrimination & oppression on the minority group. Most of America see policing in a positive aspect because it doesnt affect them.

Basically they need to be defunded and reformed. The whole system is full of shyt.

 

[loyola llothta]

 

[FaTaL]

 

[SirReginald]