Part 4 of the Fascism Watch catch-up edition is on policing, why I do not believe policing as we know it in the United States can be reformed. I explain why I think it should be torn down, as many functions handed off to other non-police agencies as possible, and then rebuilt from the ground up.

https://solarbird.net/blog/2023/09/04/fascism-watch-for-3-september-2023-the-cops-edition/

#fascism #police #cops #PoliceViolence #PoliceReform

I don’t understand why there haven’t been protests about this. It’s like after George Floyd, and the lack of any real change, we’ve all given up. #policebrutality #policereform #philadelphia

https://www.inquirer.com/crime/eddie-irizarry-shooting-mark-dial-officer-philadelphia-police-20230823.html

Former police officer Tou Thao sentenced in the killing of George Floyd https://politicaliq.com/2023/08/07/former-police-officer-sentenced-in-the-killing-of-george-floyd/ #TouThao #GeorgeFloyd #PoliceBrutality #PoliceReform #Minneapolis #CivilRights #politicaliq #news #politics

https://atlanta.capitalbnews.org/atlanta-naacp-gerald-griggs/

Griggs said. “You can expect the #NAACP to continue to be the #voice of #minority groups, particularly #AfricanAmericans, as we push for #equity, #equality, and push back on #racialintolerance and #discrimination.” #JimmyAtchison, #VincentTruitt and #RayshardBrooks as the cases of alleged #policebrutality that he’s most focused on.
#NAACP #blmjustice #criminaljusticereform #wrongfulconvictions #wrongfulimprisonment #exonerationlaw #endprosecutorialmisconduct #civilrights #GeorgeFloyd #PoliceReform #DefundThePolice #1619Project

I've been thinking about #Uvalde and its insane that risking your life to protect CHILDREN isn't considered part of the job for police. Why did any of them bother responding to the call if they weren't going to do anything? Pretty sure the expectation in the entire rest of the world would have been for them to go in, because, you know, thats their fucking job. In what other line of work could you refuse to do your job and not get fired? #GunControl #GunControlNow #PoliceReform

Big Joel, youtube essayist, summarizes a 3rd party report on the #Minneapolis Police Department regarding the ridiculous extent of their unlawful use of force: https://youtu.be/Y6DGABIcB3w

A frankly shocking video (if you know nothing about cops, which is a lot of ppl of privilege) that poses the question: how are these people not just a street gang?

#acab #policereform #PoliceReformNow #1312 #Antifa

@Radical_EgoCom I am so fucking tired of these thugs.

Cops commit crimes because they know they can likely get away with it. We seriously need to end qualified immunity.

We also need to implement a nationwide database so when scumbag thugs like this get fired for doing shit like this, they cant just go to the next county over or move to a new state and get hired as a cop again.

#ACAB #police #policebrutality #policereform #endqualifiedimmunity

Lesson: Police can act as a deterrent, but only if they are actually respected, & can work much more effectively in concert with other social services. For many years, apologists for American-style policing have deployed a tautological argument re crime. If⬆️then it’s an emergency requiring more$ for police⬇️then police deserve credit & more$ *Purging depts. abusive racists—& diverting$ spent on cop overtime scams to social services—will reduce crime. #PoliceReform #GOPLies https://prospect.org/justice/2023-07-10-learn-from-falling-crime/

Deputies accused a Texas sheriff of corruption and dysfunction. Then came the mass shooting

“The sheriff and his inner circle do whatever they want, regardless of law, with no consequence"

https://ow.ly/i9Wy50P76rz

#PoliceReform

There is an anger building due to the #rightwing take over of the #courts & make no mistake it’s more than #scotus look up the blue card rule. Also due to failed #policereform & ongoing murder & abuse by #cops as well as upcoming #economic pressure from people being kicked off #medicaid lingering effects of #covid #studentloans coming due etc
We are in for trouble not t mention #gop locked state legislatures & draconian #abortion laws

So, lack of #policereform #cops still killing, assaulting and in general abusing people, while #scotus strikes down affirmative action for black students, while Trump is polling ahead of everyone in the #gop field, while a heat wave sits over the south this summer, while people get kicked off #Medicaid, while #studentloans kick in again.
Yeah, this will go well for poor people

by #StephenMontemayor & #LizNavratil in #StarTribune:

"In one case, a handcuffed and compliant Black man was thrown to the ground face-first after the officer claimed he had "tensed up" during a search while bent over the hood of a squad car. In another, a white man in a mental health crisis was slapped and punched by an officer for spitting at the officer while handcuffed to a stretcher."

https://m.startribune.com/minneapolis-consent-decree-floyd-justice-department-finds-pattern-discriminatory-policing-police/600283194/

#Minneapolis #Minnesota #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #police #PoliceBrutality #PoliceReform #JusticeDepartment

by #SamanthaMichaels in #MotherJones:

"The city of Minneapolis is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit against the police officer who killed Amir Locke during a February 2022 raid that sparked protests."

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2023/06/minneapolis-is-quietly-trying-to-throw-out-the-lawsuit-against-the-cop-who-killed-amir-locke/

#AmirLocke #Minneapolis #Minnesota #MPD #police #PoliceReform #JacobFrey

by #SamanthaMichaels in #MotherJones:

"Attorneys for the city filed their motion to dismiss Locke’s family’s suit on Thursday, ahead of a pretrial conference next week—and just one day before the Justice Department released a blistering report about widespread racism and brutality by the Minneapolis Police Department. The Justice Department also announced that the city would negotiate a federal consent decree to reform policing. 'This work is foundational to the very health of our city,' Mayor Jacob Frey told reporters about the consent decree. 'We have the power here to effect lasting change, to effect generational change, and we embrace that.'"

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2023/06/minneapolis-is-quietly-trying-to-throw-out-the-lawsuit-against-the-cop-who-killed-amir-locke/

#AmirLocke #Minneapolis #Minnesota #MPD #police #PoliceReform #JacobFrey

"Murder is down about 12 percent year-to-date in more than 90 cities that have released data for 2023"

I'm saving this on my phone so I can brag that Democratic defunding of the police reduced murder. #PoliceReform #CrimeData

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/us-murder-rate-decline-crime-statistics/674290/

#Abolition #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #BlackTwitter #PoliceReform
Creating safe communities requires municipal and state governments to do more than pay lip service to change. Here’s the link for the Alternatives to Policing II programs. The speakers are fantastic and talk about the police issues we are facing and the realistic struggle we face. Talks begin around minute 12:38. Watch it when you have time. https://youtu.be/_EdM4kcYZf4 3/3
Then...do something about it.

#Abolition #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #BlackTwitter #PoliceReform
Former DA Chesea Boudin was recalled as the SF DA and replaced with Brook Jenkins who expanded “The War on Drugs” to help appease the business sector. Now both she and the Black mayor, London Breed are both under attack by the business community. And despite the fact funds have not been devoted to address underlying social causes that contribute to communities being unsafe. And yet everyone is ready to give up on reform. 2/3

#Abolition #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #BlackTwitter #PoliceReform
We are three years past the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. People are still asking for reform...and yet..the reality of reform is that not much has changed. As I have noted before, systems of repression will consistently adjust to eliminate any beneficial reform. Note the increasing attacks against progressive prosecutors who believed they could change the system from within. 1/3

Rhetoric game changer
Once he proposed "defund" too
Then the accusation

#timscott #policereform #defund #politics #haiku #poetry

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/25/politics/kfile-tim-scott-defund-the-police-reform-bill/index.html

A 11 year old boy who called 911 to help his mom was shot in the chest by a police officer, an innocent homeowner legally armed was murdered by police officers who went to the wrong address and an innocent woman legally armed shot in her living room through her window by police. People are afraid to call 911. People are tired of police gunning down innocent citizens then walking away with no consequences to get another job in another city. #PoliceReform
https://nypost.com/2023/05/26/ebay-founder-pierre-omidyar-gives-nearly-2m-to-defund-police/