So, funny story. Every cop's body cam is basically an AirTag. I did a talk at DEFCON explaining how you can detect and ID police body cams with your phone.
"Do you know why I pulled you over?" will be illegal in California from January 1, 2024. Now police have to tell you why they pulled you over.
The idea is to stop pre-textual traffic stops, in which an officer pulls over a driver, usually Latino or African-American, intending to find a reason to search their vehicle for contraband.
Research shows that pre-textual traffic stops are a racist practice that nets very little contraband. #acab
#TIL that #StockholmSyndrome was invented by #police and a bad psychologist to discredit a female hostage who didn't trust the cops after they did nothing to protect the captive employees during a bank heist.
Her "crime" was trying to negotiate with the criminals to protect her own life, while the police and the state preferred having dead hostages over closing any deal with the thieves.
A lot of people that claim that MLK jr was somehow loved by all and better than today's civil rights leaders, are just lying.
A lot of people claiming that "Black Lives Matter" or "Defund the Police" are bad marketing, and that they would support these movements if they were named something better like "Non-violent march," are just lying. It's not the phrase that these people object to. It's the underlying principle. They do not accept that current US policing is a negative on reducing crime.
“I have been reporting on political dissent and violent policing for 15 years, particularly in New York City. Compared to Tuesday night, I have never witnessed, at the scene of a protest, the use of police power so disproportionate to the type of demonstration taking place.”
"The practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts...
Since people are talking about Kent State, Ohio, 1970, it's a good time to talk about Jackson State, Mississippi, 1970.
Similar situation, except there was no active protest, just a bunch of students hanging out. The mayor of Jackson declared a riot and called in the pigs. Someone threw a glass bottle, not at the pigs, but they still opened fire. Phillip Gibbs, a student at Jackson State, and James Green, a high school student who was walking home from his job, were murdered by cops. Many others were wounded.
The #NYPD in particular, and #cops in general, are such fucking clowns.
They're claiming the thick chains protestors at #Columbia used when occupying a building are proof that the protesters weren't real students.
In fact, not only are those chains widely used by students all over the city... Columbia itself sells them to students.
Don't fall for the NYPD's attempts to manufacture consent for violently attacking peaceful protesters. #StudentSpring#politics#ACAB
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Police violence is more than just physical assault, more than just shooting, killing, beating.
Every day unhoused people die from living on the street. Police stop them from building themselves houses on the hundreds of millions of acres of unused land, from living in the millions of vacant units in the US. This is also police violence.
Every day millions of people go hungry in the US. Police stop them from eating the millions of tons of wasted food. This is also violence.
Seattle apparently raided a bunch of gay bars over the weekend and made some arrests for lewd conduct. And the ones spared with that were still written up for probably having a taco truck out front that you can eat inside.
Metz : Un #policier qui frappait sa femme et ses enfants relaxé en appel
"Pour la cour, il s’agit seulement d’un « grave et sérieux conflit de l’exercice de l’autorité parentale »"
On parle d'étranglements, coups et brimades envers les enfants et de viols envers l'ex-épouse.
"« C’est un très mauvais message qu’envoie la justice française pour décourager les femmes de policiers et leurs enfants à porter plainte. Ça dit aux autres : n’essayez même pas ! »"
Police in #Asheville used their new drone unit to surveil and harass hundreds of attendees at the grand re-opening of the @firestorm bookstore.
"It’s only been three months since the Asheville Police Department announced the launch of a new Drone Unit. Speaking with the Mountain Xpress, an APD Captain assured the community that the technology would not be used for “surveillance on the unknowing public.” But that’s exactly what is happening..."