skinnylatte, (edited )
@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io avatar

WTF

https://sfstandard.com/2024/03/22/bart-rider-detained-charging-phone/

I hope everyone who has advocated for 'BART Police' is happy with themselves (I know they are, which is maybe the point)

tess,
@tess@mastodon.social avatar

@skinnylatte I mean, are you surprised?

I'm starting to think that you should not be able to charge or convict someone with "resisting arrest" unless they're charged and convicted (respectively) with some other crime.

Because every time I see that shit it's a way to fuck a brown person after engaging in racial profiling.

msquebanh,
@msquebanh@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@skinnylatte I'm not surprised.

[This a reminder to the world that the police tactics used on George Floyd that got him killed was established in Israel, a Zionist state that uses the same tactics to oppress the Palestinians on a daily level is now commonly being used by US police forces.]

https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-police-forces-trained-israel-knee-neck-tactic-used-george-floyd-same-tactic-used-palestinians/5714997

LauraLangdon,
@LauraLangdon@hachyderm.io avatar

@skinnylatte And of course it shouldn’t matter whether the cops believed he was committing a crime; the only thing that matters is whether he was committing a crime, and but this “independent police auditor” is fully ready to let the cops police by vibes instead of laws.

“Bloom said an important part of the investigation will be to look at the language of the warning near the electrical outlet and whether officers can say specifically why they believed Robinson was committing a crime.”

skinnylatte,
@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io avatar

@LauraLangdon can't be coincidence that the only Black director on BART's board had to be the person issuing the statement.

ALSO https://www.kqed.org/news/11939071/bart-board-member-faces-censure-for-racially-offensive-comment (he's still on the board)

LauraLangdon,
@LauraLangdon@hachyderm.io avatar

@skinnylatte Of course!

And 😱🤬😱 to the other board member. I’d missed that when it happened.

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