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I'll probably need to see this documentary about how mundane the militarization of the police is where police meetings say crazy things and no one bats an eye.

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In the class recorded for “Do Not Resist,” Grossman at one point tells his students that the sex they have after they kill another human being will be the best sex of their lives. The room chuckles. But he’s clearly serious. “Both partners are very invested in some very intense sex,” he says. “There’s not a whole lot of perks that come with this job. You find one, relax and enjoy it.”

Grossman closes the class with a (literal) chest-pounding motivational speech that climaxes with Grossman telling the officers to find an overpass overlooking the city they serve. He urges them to look down on their city and know that they’ve made the world a better place. He then urges them to grip the overpass railing, lean forward and “let your cape blow in the wind.” The room gives him a standing ovation.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.95973107eec1

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10-03-2016 , 01:06 PM

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Florida Police Officer Charged with Negligent Homicide of a Law Enforcement Officer When His K-9 Dies After Being Left In Back of Hot Patrol Car

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10-03-2016 , 01:15 PM

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Florida Police Officer Charged with Negligent Homicide of a Law Enforcement Officer When His K-9 Dies After Being Left In Back of Hot Patrol Car

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Sounds pretty reasonable? What would you recommend as a punishment? That is 6 days more that they would get in most other countries.

10-03-2016 , 01:33 PM

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Well I'm not sure that I care what happens in "other countries" but in the country in which the referenced incident occurred the penalties for killing a police K9 are typically quite severe

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=96229

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For those tempted to punch a horse during a demonstration or kick a narcotics dog sniffing at your bag, the U.S. government has a new message: Keep your paws off or you will go to jail.

Harming these four-legged law agents is now a federal offense.

Under the Federal Law Enforcement Animal Protection Act, which went into effect this week, anyone convicted of purposely assaulting, maiming, or killing federal law enforcement animals such as police dogs and horses could be fined at least $1,000 and spend up to 10 years in prison. Previously, the animals were covered by a variety of state, rather than federal, laws.

The United States Police Canine Association and The Humane Society believe the new law will not only provide more protection for the animals they but also deter criminals, particularly in drug stings, from targeting canines.

So yeah six days off almost certainly with pay seems like an appropriate punishment here

10-03-2016 , 04:02 PM

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That quoted law of yours seems to mostly serve as a deterrent. I don't agree with such strict laws and I also don't agree with severely punishing a policeman for endangering a ****ing dog.

10-03-2016 , 10:53 PM

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John Oliver takes on police accountability.

10-06-2016 , 01:05 PM

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A PRISON STRIKE ORGANIZER SUFFERS RETALIATION FOR SPEAKING WITH JOURNALISTS
https://theintercept.com/2016/10/06/...h-journalists/

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A PRISONER AT Ohio State Penitentiary says he is facing disciplinary action for participating in an NPR interview about the nationwide prison strike that started on September 9.

Nearly a month after inmates nationwide embarked on the largest prison strike in the country’s history, the media and the public continue to know little about where and how the action played out, and even less about officials’ retaliation against striking prisoners.

As The Intercept has reported, that’s no coincidence. Prison officials regularly go to great lengths to control the information leaving their institutions, and this strike has proven no exception, despite gradually developing media interest in the protest.

Undeterred by challenges, prison activists have succeeded in releasing sporadic updates on the strike as it spread across the country, and some of them have even used a combination of contraband cell phones and their regularly allotted phone time to speak with media organizations.

But those calls come at a cost.

In an incident suggesting just how difficult and risky it can be for prisoners to communicate with the outside, and with journalists in particular, Siddique Hasan, a prison activist sentenced to death for his role in a 1993 prison uprising, said he was “written up” by a prison investigator for his participation in a September 28 episode of the NPR show “On Point with Tom Ashbrook.”

Hasan is expected to go before the prison’s Rules Infraction Board this week, charged with “unauthorized use of telephone or violation of mail and visiting rules.” He plans to plead guilty to the accusation because he contests its legitimacy, he told The Intercept.

The prison’s warden and Michael Wylie, the prison investigator who first approached Hasan about the interview, did not respond to a request for comment, but Laura Gardner, the warden’s assistant, wrote in an email to The Intercept that “per DRC’s media policy, telephone media interviews are not permitted nor are media interview with Level 5 inmates.”

Hasan told The Intercept that Wylie warned him against presenting himself as an “organizer” and a member of the Free Ohio Movement — a peaceful, prisoners’ right organization he helped found. Hasan also said Wylie told him that he was not allowed to speak on radio programs nor to do interviews with the media, even though that restriction was previously limited to media conducting on-camera interviews on site or reporters bringing in recording equipment during visits. The department of corrections did not respond to a request for comment.

“Since I am not a coward or a passive “******” that takes unconstitutional orders from my oppressive captors, I have no intention of passively submitting to such a threat,” Hasan wrote in a message to The Intercept, sent through a monitored prison communication service. “I expect to be put in isolation some time soon, found guilty by their kangaroo court, and then given more phone restrictions in order to excommunicate me from the media and the outside world. If so, come what may and let the wind blow wherever, for I will never capitulate to their unconstitutional demand and this new form of harassment.”

10-07-2016 , 09:09 AM

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Brutal murder underlines increasingly dangerous conditions in Alabama's prison system
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/201...art_river_home

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On this recent Thursday afternoon, alone with more than 150 inmates in the food hall of Holman prison, where chow has been served since 1969, correctional officer Kenneth Bettis lay motionless on the floor in a pool of his own blood, midway through what would ultimately prove to be his final shift.

By the time correctional officers rushed from all parts of the prison to assist Bettis and bring inmates under control, it was already too late, the fatal puncture wound inflicted on his temple by an inmate using a makeshift knife had taken the desired effect.

"He deserved it," said Cleveland Cunningham III, who admitted stabbing Bettis on Sept. 1 after an altercation over food portions, according to officers that arrived on the scene.

Bettis died in the hospital nearly three weeks later from injuries sustained in the attack.

While the execution of Bettis took just moments to carry out, the circumstances that led to his murder have been in the making for decades. After years of mismanagement and neglect, that have resulted in a stark increase in violence, all but one of Alabama's 15 major prisons suffers from inmate overcrowding, while all are also desperately undermanned, according to both currently serving correctional officers and state statistical reports.

This week the U.S. Department of Justice announced a new and broad investigation into the violent conditions inside Alabama prisons.

Unlike the prisons conditions one might see in TV shows or in movies, where the dangerous inmates have their own cell or share with one other, most Alabama prisons use large dormitories that house between 90 and 150 prisoners. Underneath large incandescent lights and large fans, single beds and bunks are just 2 feet apart, while rival gangs occupy different corners of the rooms that more or less resemble large barns. But with fewer and fewer staff, policing what happens inside the dorms has become an increasingly dangerous and sometimes deadly job.

"A prison training officer once went in to confiscate a cell phone from an inmate and after he got the cell they chased him out and told him not to come back," said a current guard at Holman prison who spoke to AL.com anonymously as he was not authorized by ADOC to speak to the media. "I have to ask for permission to enter the dorms and I'll leave when they ask me to leave or I'll have a target on my back."

"We have no real control," added the officer, who said that most inmates have regular access to cellphones, knives and drugs.

Another anonymous officer, who told AL.com that he was seriously considering quitting his job at Holman before the end of the week, said that he used to carry a knife while on shift until it was confiscated by prison officials. "All I have is chemical spray and a baton, and the inmates have knives, so it's no wonder we won't enter the dorms."

Because of the unsafe conditions, correctional officers have periodically gone on offical strike or simply not turned up for work, leaving prisons even more short of correctional officers than normal and staff vulnerable to attack. Guards at Holman prison elected to strike Sunday, citing increased violence directed at them by inmates who had become emboldened by the shortages, say guards. During strikes, correctional officers from other prisons will be brought in or on-shift guards will stay for overtime.

10-07-2016 , 10:07 AM

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Chicago cops basically run a drug ring from inside the police department.

https://theintercept.com/series/code-of-silence/

10-16-2016 , 03:30 PM

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National Guard helicopter buzzes the property and 4 or 5 vehicles with police in military type gear show up over one pot plant that an 81 year old woman grows because she has glaucoma.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/col...targets_single

One of the most galling things to me is what the cops say in response to being asked if they have a warrant.

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“No,” the trooper said. “Are you escalating? Because if you need a warrant we’ll go get one.”

"Are you escalating?"

Really the most galling thing is that I think about 40% of this country can't see anything wrong with this.

10-16-2016 , 03:39 PM

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Really the most galling thing is that I think about 40% of this country can't see anything wrong with this.

The most galling thing it that 60% does see something wrong with this and it doesn't get addressed.

10-16-2016 , 06:44 PM

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Law enforcement is almost completely in the hands of the locals, and they answer to no one.

10-18-2016 , 12:49 PM

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What's (not) surprising about this is this is a off duty event and by every indication there was no danger and yet...

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Whether or not one agrees with the implications of Rothe-Kushel’s question, he posed no physical threat to either Ross or the audience, and was simply trying to speak. Woolfolk remained reasonable and polite. The guards’ rapid recourse to shouting and to physical violence to detain Rothe-Kushel and Woolfolk did not seem to have a basis other than that the guards were nervous in the presence of a former top US official and that Rothe-Kushel was a local activist who was well-known for asking confrontational questions at public events. On entering the library, Rothe-Kushel had been identified by Hawkins and subjected to a more thorough search than had the other patrons. The off-duty police acting as guards seem to have been confused about the exact nature of their duties—and about where they were.

http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/10...g-free-speech/

10-18-2016 , 01:09 PM

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Woah, Kansas City public library building is cool.

10-18-2016 , 01:16 PM

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Judge Rejects "Riot" Charges Against Amy Goodman in North Dakota
http://www.democracynow.org/2016/10/...st_amy_goodman

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“This is a complete vindication of my right as a journalist to cover the attack on the protesters, and of the public’s right to know what is happening with the Dakota Access pipeline,” said Goodman. "We will continue to report on this epic struggle of Native Americans and their non-Native allies taking on the fossil fuel industry and an increasingly militarized police in this time when climate change threatens the planet."

District Judge John Grinsteiner did not find probable cause to justify the charges filed on Friday October 14 by State’s Attorney Ladd R. Erickson. Those charges were presented after Erickson had withdrawn an earlier charge against Goodman of criminal trespass. Goodman had returned to North Dakota to turn herself in to the trespassing charge.

The charges in State of North Dakota v. Amy Goodman stemmed from Democracy Now!’s coverage of protests against the Dakota Access pipeline. On Saturday, September 3, Democracy Now! filmed security guards working for the pipeline company attacking protesters. The report showed guards unleashing dogs and using pepper spray and featured people with bite injuries and a dog with blood dripping from its mouth and nose.

Democracy Now!’s report went viral online, was viewed more than 14 million times on Facebook and was rebroadcast on many outlets, including CBS, NBC, NPR, CNN, MSNBC and the Huffington Post.

On September 8, a criminal complaint and warrant was issued for Goodman’s arrest on the trespassing charge.

"These shifting charges were a transparent attempt by the prosecutor to intimidate Amy Goodman and to silence coverage of the resistance to the pipeline," said Reed Brody, an attorney for Goodman. "Fortunately, these bully tactics didn’t work and freedom of the press has prevailed."

The pipeline project has faced months of resistance from the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and members of over 100 other tribes from across the U.S., Canada and Latin America.

10-18-2016 , 01:25 PM

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Cool. I don't know enough about her to be 100% confident in saying this without reservation, but here goes anyway: Amy Goodman rules.

http://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/24/op...te-401291.html

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Ms. Goodman and Mr. Nairn, a correspondent for The New Yorker magazine, were in East Timor on Nov. 12, when more than 100 peaceful demonstrators were killed and many more were wounded. Ms. Goodman and Mr. Nairn were violently beaten by Indonesian soldiers. Mr. Nairn suffered serious head injuries, including a fractured skull. All their equipment and tape were seized.

At great risk to themselves, they reported the attack to news services throughout the world. On Dec. 5, the Indonesian Foreign Office responded to press coverage by censuring and banning them.

10-18-2016 , 01:32 PM

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Cool. I don't know enough about her to be 100% confident in saying this without reservation, but here goes anyway: Amy Goodman rules.

http://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/24/op...te-401291.html

She really does. I've been a fan of her work on DemocracyNow.org for a long time.

Here's the video that went viral because of these charges in the first place:
Warning: graphic language and violence

10-27-2016 , 07:40 PM

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10-27-2016 , 07:48 PM

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Finally white people catch a break

11-02-2016 , 10:22 AM

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Real life cops worse than Vick Mackey and the Strike Team.

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Comeaux told of another instance where drunken off-duty narcotics agents were given only light punishment for beating up two young black men for no reason.

"They went — what I was later told — n***** knockin'," Comeaux said.

Comeaux said Ackal was upset when he learned of the incident, but not because the deputies were out of line.

"He was mad because they got caught and there was a report written on it," Comeaux said.

Prosecutors said Ackal later had that report deleted.

Comeaux said the lesson was clear.

"It was OK to beat on whoever you wanted," he said.

11-02-2016 , 10:27 AM

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The KKK and other hate groups have been very active recently, sending out fliers in many states.

11-02-2016 , 10:36 AM

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11-02-2016 , 11:01 AM

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White guy who ambushed and killed two cops in Iowa captured alive, of course

11-04-2016 , 06:32 AM

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11-06-2016 , 11:01 PM

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http://fox40.com/2016/11/04/woman-fa...ok-food-group/

cliffs: California cops run an undercover sting operation on a facebook potluck recipe exchange group.

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