If you live in the United States, you should be disgusted with your country

[Nikose Tyris]

Originally Posted by https://abcnews.go.com/US/nypd-preparing-potential-protests-eric-garner-grand-jury/story?id=27335275

"If they engage in criminal activity, such as vandalism -- actual crime -- they will be arrested, quite simply," he said. "But we have the ability to have a level of tolerance -- breathing room, if you will," Bratton said.

You're a fucking snake, I'm glad you got blood thrown on you, How dare you make a pun about your murder by strangulation, you piece of shit.

[Nique]

I just read about the Garner case. I don't know what to say except that I'm fucking disgusted right now.

[Nikose Tyris]

STL made a nice lengthy facebook post (crossposted to twitter) blaming the 12 year old Rice for getting shot for holding a BB gun. Within 2 seconds of cop arrival. On video.

It's been 'retracted' and the STL spokesperson says the post was not authorized.

In related news STL is still cranky at the Rams for protesting and not giving them a 'real apology'.

the mind fucking boggles.

https://twitter.com/jonswaine/status/540522706127835137

"The @stlcountypd tweet/FB post on Tamir Rice was written by police officer Aaron Dilks, he tells me. I asked if he regretted it. He hung up."

https://twitter.com/jonswaine/status/540518734814015488

"Asked if @stlcountypd thinks Tamir Rice tweet/FB post was inappropriate, dept. spokesman paused, claimed: "I haven't even read it""

[Nique]

BUT GUYS WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE THAT THIS WASN'T SELF DEFENSE. THE POLICE ARE HEROES. GOD BLESS AMERICA HURR

[Nikose Tyris]

Originally Posted by Nique

BUT GUYS WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE THAT THIS WASN'T SELF DEFENSE. THE POLICE ARE HEROES. GOD BLESS AMERICA HURR

With the video evidence of Tamir Rice and Eric Garner, even the sarcasm isn't funny anymore.

[Nique]

I'm sorry - I'm beyond upset and I don't really have any other emotional outlets to express myself. It's truly not meant to be funny but I'm still sorry for coming across as flippant.

[Nikose Tyris]

I didn't intend to dress you down. I was just expressing off your own sarcasm how frustrated I am. I apologize for coming across wrong.

[Nique]

Not at all! And I understand. It really isn't funny. It's sad how polarizing it is.

e.g. Charles Barkley is awful

[Kim]

An older story but one worth sharing...

12 Year Old Dymond Milburn was severely beaten by 3 plainclothes police officers because they thought she was a prostitute. Even though they beat her with a flashlight and caused injuries to her head, spine, throat and ear, the cops charged her with assault.

Sean Stewart, one of the cops involved, later received “Officer of the Year”

According to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Galveston, Dymond Larae Milburn went outside her home to flip a circuit breaker at about 7:45 p.m. on Aug. 22, 2006.
Responding to a call that three white prostitutes were soliciting in the neighborhood, the plainclothes officers jumped out of an unmarked van on Gomez's orders and one of them grabbed the girl, who is black, the lawsuit states.
The girl contends that the officers did not identify themselves as police and that the officer who grabbed her, later identified as Roark, told her, "You're a prostitute. You're coming with me."
Her parents heard her cries for help and came outside to see the hysterical girl hanging on to a tree and screaming "Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!" while two officers hit her about the head, face and throat, the family alleges.

Officer David Roark had his hand over the mouth of Milburn when her father came out on the balcony after hearing his daughter’s cries for help. The other officers, Justin Popovich and Sean Stewart, beat Dymond’s face, head and throat while their supervisor, Sgt. Gilbert Gomez, watched on in approval.

Dymond’s parents approached the cops and said “That’s our daughter. She’s twelve.” Roark responded “I don’t care if she’s twenty-two, thirty-two, or forty-six.”

The examining physician found that the girl had injuries from multiple blows to the head, face, neck, lower back, left shoulder, and left hip/waist area. She suffered a contusion to the back of the head (where she was struck with a flashlight). There were abrasions on her arm and wrist. Dymond’s throat was swollen; she had difficulty swallowing, nausea and vomiting, and hoarseness of voice due to being struck in the throat. She had black eyes, scalp lacerations, tenderness of the vertebrae. She was experiencing double vision and loss of hearing. Dymond’s ear drum and nose were also injured (blood in ear, bruised nasal septum, and nose bleed).

After the attack, Dymond suffered from PTSD, nightmares, and an inability to concentrate in school.

When she finally healed enough (physically) to return to school a horrible surprise was waiting for her. Police showed up to Austin Middle School and arrested Dymond for resisting and assaulting a peace officer. A twelve year old girl!

In a blatant disregard of logic and common sense, the court system in Galveston felt these charges were justified and Milburn was actually charged with assault on an officer and tried, twice! After three years and two mistrials, the DA finally dropped her case.

Immediately after her criminal trials, the family filed a civil suit, naming the four officers as plaintiffs. After multiple appeals by officers, including asking the court to dismiss the case based upon qualified immunity, meaning that the officers were just doing their job and are thereby shielded from civil liability, a settlement has yet to have been reached.

None of the officers were fired. In fact Gomez went on to work for the department up until 2012 when he started his own private detective services. 2 years after he beat a 12 year-old girl to the point of hospitalization, Officer Sean Stewart was named Galveston “Officer of the year”!

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There is no shortage of examples of "just a few bad cops" doing awful shit and getting away with it. Their fellow officers, allegedly "good cops", allow this to happen again and again. They let these cops get away with this. They watch on the sidelines, saying nothing, doing nothing, and occasionally awarding the officers who beat and murder children awards for their service.

Fuck "good cops". The institution is corrupt and any good cop should see that, document the abuses, send them to the press, and then leave.

[Nikose Tyris]

One every 28 hours: Here's the latest cop murder.