THE POLICE PROBLEM

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ByteOnBikes@discuss.onlineEnglish · 3 days ago

Mom of 3 'abducted' at gunpoint by 'bounty hunters' in South LA, family says

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Mom of 3 'abducted' at gunpoint by 'bounty hunters' in South LA, family says

ByteOnBikes@discuss.onlineEnglish · 3 days ago

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technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 5 days ago

The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: ‘A police state’

www.theguardian.com

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The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: ‘A police state’

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technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 5 days ago

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ByteOnBikes@discuss.onlineEnglish · 7 days ago

The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: ‘A police state’

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The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: ‘A police state’

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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 9 days ago

FuckLAPD.com lets anyone use facial recognition to instantly identify cops

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FuckLAPD.com lets anyone use facial recognition to instantly identify cops

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 9 days ago

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ByteOnBikes@discuss.onlineEnglish · 9 days ago

ICE impersonators on the rise: Arrests made as authorities issue national warning

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ICE impersonators on the rise: Arrests made as authorities issue national warning

ByteOnBikes@discuss.onlineEnglish · 9 days ago

TribblesBestFriend@startrek.websiteEnglish · 9 days ago

The RCMP’s Rent-a-Cop Policing Led to the Worst Killing Spree in Canada - Star Trek Website

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The RCMP’s Rent-a-Cop Policing Led to the Worst Killing Spree in Canada - Star Trek Website

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TribblesBestFriend@startrek.websiteEnglish · 9 days ago

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vala@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago

Has ICE ever arrested an actual dangerous criminal?

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Has ICE ever arrested an actual dangerous criminal?

vala@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago

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yydr@lemmy.fediverse.jpEnglish · 10 days ago

The ICE List: Tracking Deportation Agents Across America - Crowdsourced database of individuals involved in deportations, ICE operations, and associated abuses. TO CONTRIBUTE, USE TOR FROM THE OUTSET

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The ICE List: Tracking Deportation Agents Across America - Crowdsourced database of individuals involved in deportations, ICE operations, and associated abuses. TO CONTRIBUTE, USE TOR FROM THE OUTSET

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ByteOnBikes@discuss.onlineEnglish · 11 days ago

Since ICE refuses to show their badge and cops refuse to verify, welcome to the future.

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Since ICE refuses to show their badge and cops refuse to verify, welcome to the future.

ByteOnBikes@discuss.onlineEnglish · 11 days ago

fossilesque@mander.xyzEnglish · 13 days ago

Delegation of Immigration Authority Section 287(g) Immigration and Nationality Act - A section that enables ice to arrest people without any warrants.

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Delegation of Immigration Authority Section 287(g) Immigration and Nationality Act - A section that enables ice to arrest people without any warrants.

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ByteOnBikes@discuss.onlineEnglish · 14 days ago

Why do ICE/fake cops need silencers? (Los Angeles)

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Why do ICE/fake cops need silencers? (Los Angeles)

ByteOnBikes@discuss.onlineEnglish · 14 days ago

TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish · 14 days ago

Pregnant US citizen detained by Border Patrol agents: ‘We didn’t do anything wrong’

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Pregnant US citizen detained by Border Patrol agents: ‘We didn’t do anything wrong’

TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish · 14 days ago

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ByteOnBikes@discuss.onlineEnglish · 15 days ago

State trooper arrested for allegedly collecting worker’s compensation while being employed, officials say

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State trooper arrested for allegedly collecting worker’s compensation while being employed, officials say

ByteOnBikes@discuss.onlineEnglish · 15 days ago

ByteOnBikes@discuss.onlineEnglish · 16 days ago

ICE could ‘run out of money next month’ and is already $1bn over budget to carry out Trump’s deportation plans

www.independent.co.uk

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ICE could ‘run out of money next month’ and is already $1bn over budget to carry out Trump’s deportation plans

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ByteOnBikes@discuss.onlineEnglish · 16 days ago

Cows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 16 days ago

Ontario's police watchdog investigating after person falls to death from Toronto balcony

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Ontario's police watchdog investigating after person falls to death from Toronto balcony

Cows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 16 days ago

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ByteOnBikes@discuss.onlineEnglish · 17 days ago

Fuck this ICE mask bullshit

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Fuck this ICE mask bullshit

ByteOnBikes@discuss.onlineEnglish · 17 days ago

Five@slrpnk.netEnglish · 18 days ago

“Somewhere nobody would find her”

www.peoplesfabric.com

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“Somewhere nobody would find her”

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ByteOnBikes@discuss.onlineEnglish · 19 days ago

California police are illegally sharing license plate data with ICE and Border Patrol

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California police are illegally sharing license plate data with ICE and Border Patrol

ByteOnBikes@discuss.onlineEnglish · 19 days ago

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ByteOnBikes@discuss.onlineEnglish · 21 days ago

Florida Cops will kill protesters.

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Florida Cops will kill protesters.

ByteOnBikes@discuss.onlineEnglish · 21 days ago

jordanlund@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 21 days ago

Are you ‘jonesing to fire less lethal rounds’ and ‘launch gas canisters’? Oregon State Police SWAT email misses mark

www.oregonlive.com

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Are you ‘jonesing to fire less lethal rounds’ and ‘launch gas canisters’? Oregon State Police SWAT email misses mark

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jordanlund@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 21 days ago

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THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.world

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The police problem is that police are policed by the police. Cops are accountable only to other cops, which is no accountability at all.

99.9999% of police brutality, corruption, and misconduct is never investigated, never punished, never makes the news, so it’s not on this page.

When cops are caught breaking the law, they’re investigated by other cops. Details are kept quiet, the officers’ names are withheld from public knowledge, and what info is eventually released is only what police choose to release — often nothing at all.

When police are fired — which is all too rare — they leave with ‘law enforcement experience’ and can easily find work in another police department nearby. It’s called “Wandering Cops.”

When police testify under oath, they lie so frequently that cops themselves have a joking term for it: “testilying.” Yet it’s almost unheard of for police to be punished or prosecuted for perjury.

Cops can and do get away with lawlessness, because cops protect other cops. If they don’t, they aren’t cops for long.

The legal doctrine of “qualified immunity” renders police officers invulnerable to lawsuits for almost anything they do. In practice, getting past ‘qualified immunity’ is so unlikely, it makes headlines when it happens.

All this is a path to a police state.

In a free society, police must always be under serious and skeptical public oversight, with non-cops and non-cronies in charge, issuing genuine punishment when warranted.

Police who break the law must be prosecuted like anyone else, promptly fired if guilty, and barred from ever working in law-enforcement again.

That’s the solution.

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Our definition of ‘cops’ is broad, and includes prison guards, probation officers, shitty DAs and judges, etc — anyone who has the authority to fuck over people’s lives, with minimal or no oversight.

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RULES

① Real-life decorum is expected. Please don’t say things only a child or a jackass would say in person.

② If you’re here to support the police, you’re trolling. Please exercise your right to remain silent.

③ Saying ~~cops~~ ANYONE should be killed lowers the IQ in any conversation. They’re about killing people; we’re not.

④ Please don’t dox or post calls for harassment, vigilantism, tar & feather attacks, etc.

Please also abide by the instance rules.

It you’ve been banned but don’t know why, check the moderator’s log. If you feel you didn’t deserve it, hey, I’m new at this and maybe you’re right. Send a cordial PM, for a second chance.

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ALLIES

• [email protected]

• [email protected]

• r/BadCopNoDonut/

• Randy Balko

• The Civil Rights Lawyer

• The Honest Courtesan

• Identity Project

• MirandaWarning.org

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INFO

• A demonstrator’s guide to understanding riot munitions

• Adultification

• Cops aren’t supposed to be smart

• Don’t talk to the police.

• Killings by law enforcement in Canada

• Killings by law enforcement in the United Kingdom

• Killings by law enforcement in the United States

• Know your rights: Filming the police

• Three words. 70 cases. The tragic history of ‘I can’t breathe’ (as of 2020)

• Police aren’t primarily about helping you or solving crimes.

• Police lie under oath, a lot

• Police spin: An object lesson in Copspeak

• Police unions and arbitrators keep abusive cops on the street

• Shielded from Justice: Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States

• So you wanna be a cop?

• When the police knock on your door

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ORGANIZATIONS

• Black Lives Matter

• Campaign Zero

• Innocence Project

• The Marshall Project

• Movement Law Lab

• National Police Accountability Project

• Say Their Names

• Vera: Ending Mass Incarceration

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