not just missouri, best to avoid all cops

[Dugout DickStone]

When will they release the dash/body cam footage from Wichita?

[MakeItRain]

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/stop-fcking-crying-mass-cops-hold-naked-woman-and-kids-at-gunpoint-after-raiding-wrong-apartment/

[CNS]

Dan Carlin did a pretty good Common Sense a year or so ago on no knock raids and early morning SWAT activities.  He noted stats that showed the use of SWAT teams nationally went from something like 300 times in a year to something like 40000 times per year and noted how federal funds are linked to drug raids, which is the vast majority of what they are used for now.

He was basically saying that police depts are funding themselves by SWAT'ing the eff out of anything they can to earn Fed $. 

He linked that to the militarization of the police force and the issues with the war on drugs in the same podcast.  It was a good listen.

[Brock Landers]

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/stop-fcking-crying-mass-cops-hold-naked-woman-and-kids-at-gunpoint-after-raiding-wrong-apartment/

Absolutely disgusting and pathetic.

"but court documents show the man police were looking for had been arrested nearly two weeks earlier and listed another address as his home."

[CNS]

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/stop-fcking-crying-mass-cops-hold-naked-woman-and-kids-at-gunpoint-after-raiding-wrong-apartment/

Absolutely disgusting and pathetic.

"but court documents show the man police were looking for had been arrested nearly two weeks earlier and listed another address as his home."

 the lack of professionalism, appropriate training, and due diligence seems to be a recurring theme in this thread.

[Bloodfart]

crap is not right.

[AbeFroman]

[ednksu]Hey if you don't want to be treated like a criminal, then don't let criminals randomly use your address unknowingly[/ednksu]

[Brock Landers]

Pulled over for DWBAMEC - the acronym will make sense after you read the article

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/08/28/ohio_driver_john_felton_was_tailed_by_police_after_making_direct_eye_contact.html

[ednksu]

[ednksu]Hey if you don't want to be treated like a criminal, then don't let criminals randomly use your address unknowingly[/ednksu]

lol try so hard

[MakeItRain]

I hope Jamycheal Mitchell becomes the face of the need for reforms across the criminal justice system in this country. And when people scoff at #BlackLivesMatter they remember how this guy was treated. But so few will know this story and even fewer will remember. This is the saddest link yet, IMO.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii/black-man-held-for-months-for-stealing-5-worth-of-snacks-fou

[Bloodfart]

Not sure if this aspect of Freddie Gray has been talked about.  The guy had the deck stacked against him his entire life.  He should have had some sort of medical card or something to alert police of his mental status.  I mean they shouldn't have treated him like a regular criminal.



“Jesus,” Dan Levy, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University who has studied the effects of lead poisoning on youths, gasped when told of Gray’s levels. “The fact that Mr. Gray had these high levels of lead in all likelihood affected his ability to think and to self-regulate and profoundly affected his cognitive ability to process information.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/freddie-grays-life-a-study-in-the-sad-effects-of-lead-paint-on-poor-blacks/2015/04/29/0be898e6-eea8-11e4-8abc-d6aa3bad79dd_story.html

[MakeItRain]

This, unbelievably, is not an April Fools prank
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/philadelphia-police-shakedown_55d791c2e4b08cd3359c30f5

W.
T.
F.
????????????

[steve dave]

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/7/22/denver-police-shoot-mentally-ill-native-american.html

[sonofdaxjones]

14 police officers killed in August, 7 in the last 8 days including the ambush on the deputy in Texas.   Last week multiple officers in the KC metro were shot at . . . Can't imagine why law enforcement is on edge.   

[ednksu]

You want to talk about a group of people America has truly mumped over and never had a voice, Native Americans. 

[Dugout DickStone]

You want to talk about a group of people America has truly mumped over and never had a voice, Native Americans.

Pretty terrible

[MakeItRain]

14 police officers killed in August, 7 in the last 8 days including the ambush on the deputy in Texas.   Last week multiple officers in the KC metro were shot at . . . Can't imagine why law enforcement is on edge.

Yet overall the number of officers killed in action is down nationwide. If you're a cop getting shot it is an accepted occupational hazard, having rogue cops barge in your house shouldn't be a hazard of taking a shower.

[sonofdaxjones]

So getting gunned down execution style while pumping gas is "an accepted occupational hazard"?  Fascinating.

Oh and since you'll knee jerk this, I don't support rogue cops either.   

What percentage of the interactions between law enforcement and the public involve "rogue cops", on a nationwide basis?

Is a police officer driving down the road and having his car blasted with a hail of gunfire, "an accepted occupational hazard"?

[Dugout DickStone]

So getting gunned down execution style while pumping gas is "an accepted occupational hazard"?  Fascinating.

Oh and since you'll knee jerk this, I don't support rogue cops either.   

What percentage of the interactions between law enforcement and the public involve "rogue cops", on a nationwide basis?

Is a police officer driving down the road and having his car blasted with a hail of gunfire, "an accepted occupational hazard"?

I think he means "accepted occupational hazard" is something that could happen because you are a police officer.  getting shot at seems to fit that

[puniraptor]

it is apparent that getting gunned down at any time doing anything is an occupational hazard of being an american in america

[sonofdaxjones]

I suppose, what' the generally accepted threshold of gunned down lawn enforcement officers before a national movement to understand the situation needs to be started?

[Dugout DickStone]

I suppose, what' the generally accepted threshold of gunned down lawn enforcement officers before a national movement to understand the situation needs to be started?

I think as rates are going down even as population goes up, you are trending in the preferred direction.  Yes?

[puniraptor]

how many cops were knifed to death in that same timeframe? probably like double?

[Dugout DickStone]

I suppose, what' the generally accepted threshold of gunned down lawn enforcement officers before a national movement to understand the situation needs to be started?

We should arm the cops

[puniraptor]

I suppose, what' the generally accepted threshold of gunned down lawn enforcement officers before a national movement to understand the situation needs to be started?

We should arm the cops

makes sense. if the cops were carrying guns and wearing body armor, attackers would definitely be deterred.