Ferguson Neverending

[IrezumiKiss]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CEkXLu9UkAATX54.jpg

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/08/baltimore-officer-brian-rice-freddie-gray?CMP=share_btn_tw

 

[NeverEndingMe]

ironic ... cops were black ... chef of police is black ... mayor is black

damn it Jim, the man is trying to hold me down

nonsense, animals are animals

 

[Beco]

ironic ... cops were black ... chef of police is black ... mayor is black

damn it Jim, the man is trying to hold me down

nonsense, animals are animals

But, the ink is black, the page is white
together we learn, to read and write

 

[Beco]

ironic ... cops were black ... chef of police is black ... mayor is black

damn it Jim, the man is trying to hold me down

nonsense, animals are animals

But, the ink is black, the page is white
together we learn, to read and write

 

[NeverEndingMe]

But, the ink is black, the page is white
together we learn, to read and write

the insanity here .... I just don't understand these people. for those that actually do have a job (where welfare isn't the family career path) and bitch about the pay...well find a different job! Don't make sorry ass excuses.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

https://www.tumblr.com/video/illagility/118549860651/500/

Truth

 

[rippitydoo]

ironic ... cops were black ... chef of police is black ... mayor is black

What does the "chef of police" do?!

Also, you... "really need to get a fucking life, idiot"

 

[Boxlicker101]

ironic ... cops were black ... chef of police is black ... mayor is black

damn it Jim, the man is trying to hold me down

nonsense, animals are animals

I don't see anything strange about it. Citizens of all races see career criminals, regardless of race or ethnicity, as the enemies of society.

 

[Beco]

What does the "chef of police" do?!

Also, you... "really need to get a fucking life, idiot"

A police chief leads the police force of a city or town. His or her ultimate duty is to protect the public and public property...

 

[rippitydoo]

A police chief leads the police force of a city or town. His or her ultimate duty is to protect the public and public property...

I know what a chief of police is supposed to do (though recently, fewer have done their jobs)... My question was about the chef NEM referred to.

 

[sr71plt]

Cook the books?

 

[IrezumiKiss]

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Thousands of people have been brought to the Baltimore city jail in recent years with injuries too severe for them to be admitted, newly released records show.

The records, obtained by The Baltimore Sun through a Maryland Public Information Act request, show that correctional officers at the Baltimore City Detention Center refused to admit nearly 2,600 detainees who were in police custody between June 2012 and April 2015.

The records do not indicate how the people were injured or whether they suffered their injuries while in custody. However, they do suggest that police officers either ignored or did not notice the injuries. Suspects are constitutionally guaranteed health care before they are booked into jail.

Baltimore police are under scrutiny for their treatment of detainees following the death of Freddie Gray last month. Gray died of a broken neck that prosecutors said he suffered while riding in a Baltimore police van, and six officers involved in Gray's arrest are facing criminal charges, including one charged with second-degree murder. Gray's death sparked rioting and widespread protests in the city and came amid national scrutiny of how police officers treat suspects, particularly black men.

On Friday, the Justice Department announced that it is conducting a civil-rights investigation of Baltimore police.

The records obtained by The Sun showed that 123 of the detainees who weren't admitted to jail had visible head injuries, the third-most common ailment cited by jail officials. Others had broken bones, facial trauma and high blood pressure.

Police did not comment to The Sun, and department spokespeople did not immediately return messages left by The Associated Press on Sunday.

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Information from: The Baltimore Sun, http://www.baltimoresun.com

RECORDS: THOUSANDS TOO INJURED TO ENTER BALTIMORE JAIL

 

[NeverEndingMe]

I don't see anything strange about it. Citizens of all races see career criminals, regardless of race or ethnicity, as the enemies of society.

if the mayor and chief of police were the most qualified, then that is what's best. what I find funny, is how 50% of the cops arrested in the murder of that punk were black and this Baltimore thing is racial?

no, the animals are looking for an excuse to riot

 

[Sean Renaud]

Yes Jen it is still racial. Evne if 100% of the cops involved had been black it would still be racial at it's core. You seem to think there is something that prevents blacks from developing all the same prejudices as whites.

 

[NeverEndingMe]

we must have welfare

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Baltimore ‘looting’ tweets show importance of quick and easy image checks

by Eoghan mac Suibhne/@buileshuibhne

Anyone who has ever asked me for tips on content verification and debunking of fakes knows one of the first things I always mention is reverse image search. It’s one of the simplest and most powerful tools at your disposal. This week provided another good example of how overlooked it is.

Unrest in Baltimore, like any other dramatic event these days, created a surge of activity on social media. In the age of the selfie and ubiquitous cameras, many people have become compulsive chroniclers of all their activities — sometimes unwisely so.

Reactions ranged from shock and disgust to disbelief and amusement when a series of images started to circulate showing looters proudly displaying their ill-gotten gains. Not all, however, was as it seemed.

Few things say America like KFC, and it was no surprise to see that the Colonel had fallen victim to the violence:

http://40.media.tumblr.com/33c254c61a9824fc2effd297becd5413/tumblr_inline_no4z0r2Gwv1r1mw0s_500.png

I often get asked about the fundamentals of verification, and one of the first things I alway mention is the ability — and indeed the reflex — to always perform a reverse image search. I also mention, only half-jokingly, that this should possibly even be added to the school curriculum. It’s not as if it would take up much of the school year; it can be taught in approximately 30 seconds.

In the case of the trashed KFC above, a quick check via Google reverse image search or TinEye showed that the photo was taken in Karachi, Pakistan, in 2012.

Several other tweets portraying similar scenes were just as easily debunked:

http://40.media.tumblr.com/a9d7eab517e4978de50ba380427ed9b5/tumblr_inline_no4z1c0lK01r1mw0s_540.png

The photo showing the pile of cosmetics has been online for at least three years.

This photo and the accompanying declaration were admittedly worrying:

http://40.media.tumblr.com/85a8202db13a6d281a124a1f1ad4628e/tumblr_inline_no4z20WH101r1mw0s_500.png

But the young man shown had already been the subject of an April 17 news report from Fox13, a Memphis-based Fox affiliate.

Given the provenance of the images, it should come as no surprise that the profile photographs used on the Twitter accounts are not exactly 100 percent legitimate. The gentleman named as Da’Marious Trufton connected to the KFC photo turns out to be Dupree Johnson, from South Florida.

‘Tanisha’, who appeared to have looted an entire cosmetics counter, was represented by a photograph of a Canadian rapper, Honey Cocaine.

The profile photograph of ‘Jayrome’, who was preparing to take his heat-packing kid brother on a crime spree, actually showed a young man who goes by the name of “VonMar”:

http://36.media.tumblr.com/12db939b88377b05696f62fc25f080e5/tumblr_inline_no4z2uv1lF1r1mw0s_540.png

VonMar appears to be a Chicago-based Jackass wannabe who has a taste for mischief but not, as far as we know, looting.

There are numerous other examples, but you get the picture.

We could speculate all day on the motivations of the people who posted these tweets, from the sinister to the silly. One thing for certain is that they were getting dozens of favourites and retweets, and there was no shortage of people taking them seriously.

Some notified law enforcement officials…

http://41.media.tumblr.com/b27024d9822a2cf7d03a595078e3230e/tumblr_inline_no4z3j9Ao71r1mw0s_500.png

… others were disappointed…

http://40.media.tumblr.com/6ed2ad55922a31865d53701b3e2acb36/tumblr_inline_no4z474tRr1r1mw0s_500.png

… and still others grabbed the opportunity to display the worst side of their own nature:

http://41.media.tumblr.com/ea54d8f6195089080b81ea01a1303469/tumblr_inline_no4z5nSWhd1r1mw0s_500.png

http://40.media.tumblr.com/d92dc26f8f7d0ff77bf38ba70bf8226e/tumblr_inline_no4z6aLmIM1r1mw0s_500.png

The ‘confessions’ were shared widely, being retweeted by plenty of people, half a dozen of them by a blogger with more than 23,000 followers:

http://41.media.tumblr.com/3c4152cac07769d431b030cea9e53dc4/tumblr_inline_no4z6yNJja1r1mw0s_500.png

I approached the blogger ahead of writing this article and, after a bit of back and forth, received some counsel:

http://41.media.tumblr.com/2e783aa5c498961a542816d491040115/tumblr_inline_no4z7isKCU1r1mw0s_500.png

The full conversation is here. https://twitter.com/buileshuibhne/status/593124553938853889

The point, of course, is not whether these things happened or not. The point is that the tweets were not portraying what they purported to be. Worse, they used photos of real people and connected them to these acts.

Tineye and Google image search provide browser add-ons, meaning these kinds of checks can be performed in seconds. Cultivate the habit — increased credibility is only a right-click away.

https://medium.com/@Storyful/baltimore-looting-tweets-show-importance-of-quick-and-easy-image-checks-a713bbcc275e

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

*reads and looks*

The major media distributors are getting caught at it.
Only the stars know why others do it.
We know why the trolls do it.

Hated reading about Baltimore's practice concerning injured prisoners.
System is rotten, from the head down.
The stench is reaching many noses.

 

[rippitydoo]

*reads and looks*

The major media distributors are getting caught at it.
Only the stars know why others do it.
We know why the trolls do it.

Hated reading about Baltimore's practice concerning injured prisoners.
System is rotten, from the head down.
The stench is reaching many noses.

The stars know nothing more than many of us "regular people", & people being ID'ed as trolls or alts are often none of the above.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CE6ps0gW8AIKvkw.jpg:large

Rest in peace, Tamir.

 

[JackLuis]

It’s Been 6 Months Since Tamir Rice Died, and the Cop Who Killed Him Still Hasn't Been Questioned

When the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department made its first public comments on Tuesday about its ongoing investigation into the death last November of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, it provided few details. Nearly six months since Cleveland police fatally shot Rice at a community center park where he had been waving around a toy gun, questions are mounting as to why the investigation has taken so long, especially given explicit surveillance footage of the shooting and the troubling police record of the officer who pulled the trigger.

Isn't there a case to be made for "Obstruction of Justice" against the authorities for not interviewing the officers, or concluding the investigation, after six fucking months?

Maybe if the Sheriff was slammed up against the wall a few times we could get his fucking attention?

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Why did Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and Police Chief Calvin Williams decide to send the militarized police in riot gear to kettle and arrest the protesters?

Eye witness account-


Flannery's and Zocalo were spilling over with baseball fans in hometown gear. Two hours worth of post-baseball beers had been merrily imbibed.

The patios of Lola, Wonder Bar and Greenhouse were packed with the affluent suburban crowd — at least two of whom declared audibly that watching the protesters made them "physically sick" — and the protesters, many of whom had been shouting and walking all day, were energized by the effect.

Some of the internal commentary centered on the idea that a lot of money stood to be lost if demonstrators camped out on 4th. This would send a message, some of them said.

E. 4th, for the non-locals, is for all intents and purposes a pedestrian-only street running North-South in the heart of Cleveland's downtown. It's near Progressive Field and Quicken Loans Arena and has emerged, in recent years, as a bona fide "entertainment district" with restaurants by local celebrity chefs, glossy branding campaigns and low-slung nighttime lights. It's eclectic, photogenic, real nice.


Before I saw the red drink go airborne-


I heard several women shout "NO" — my interpretation then, as now, is that nearby protesters saw hostile words being exchanged and wanted to prevent a confrontation at all costs. But it was too late. I heard (did not see) that some additional things were thrown, and an open space began to form, not unlike the ring that forms around a central dancer at wedding receptions.

Enough people were eager to see peace preserved that reps on both sides corralled the respective offenders. I saw a woman on the Greenhouse Patio screaming and crying as a man held her back. Among the protesters, a young black man with a scarf over his face (who was later arrested) was held back by a few guys.


Protesters later said that the scarfed man was indeed saying some things that would upset the sensibilities of the white Saturday cocktail crowd, but said also that there was racist heckling being lofted from the other side. (For those who aren't aware, this happens at every protest, the heckling. It's gross. It's very sad, sort of the bigoted, self-righteous, and often unconscious underbelly (or maybe just belly) of white America's vastest ideological swath.

A red drink was flung.

A protester I spoke with later in the night said he was close enough to have gotten splattered with it. Said it was very sticky. Said also that the flinger's friends (or at least those seated nearby) then threw their drinks at protesters and the protesters threw plastic water bottles back at the Greenhouse patio in retaliation. Some shoving evidently transpired before the seas were calmed. There was shoving everywhere. Everyone was shoved.


The protesters were forced out fully onto Euclid by the cops in a situation that was bearing greater and greater resemblance to a standoff, and one protester was being arrested against the hood of a police vehicle.



http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and...d-the-arrival-of-the-riot-police-in-cleveland

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

A press conference about racial injustice turned ugly Wednesday when a small group of protesters, including a white supremacist, disrupted the event with shouts about "black criminals."

The meeting was sponsored by a group of Cincinnati ministers who said they want to use the All-Star Game spotlight to speak out about the criminal justice system and the recent deaths of black men in custody.

It quickly degenerated, however, into a series of shouting matches, with the ministers struggling to be heard over the half-dozen protesters.

At one point, a frustrated Bobby Hilton, leader of Word Deliverance Ministries in Forest Park, urged the protesters to leave if they couldn't talk about the issues without yelling.

"If you can't have an intelligent conversation, move on," Hilton said. "Let's come together. Can we come together?"

"Not at all," replied Robert Ransdell, who did most of the shouting.

Ransdell is a former candidate for senate in Kentucky and a member of the National Alliance, a group the Anti-Defamation League identifies as a white supremacist organization. "How many decades are we going to accommodate the behavior of black criminals?" he shouted as Hilton and the others tried to speak.

Other protesters carried signs that read, "Diversity means chasing down the last white person, #whitegenocide."

A minister stated he was willing to sit down at a table and discuss everything, but it not the time or place.

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/new...rgets-hunter-trial-racial-injustice/27591013/

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

A Cleveland police officer, who in 2012 fired 49 shots at an unarmed black couple in their car, has now been acquitted of manslaughter charges following a bench trial.

On November 29 of that year, officer Michael Brelo, who is white, was one of many cops who had been pursuing the couple, Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams, in a 20-mile car chase that involved more than 60 police cars.

When the chase finally ended in a middle-school parking lot, police fired 137 rounds at the couple, and prosecutors said Brelo delivered the fatal shots by climbing onto the hood of the car and firing at least 15 times at close range.

During the chase, officers had radioed dispatch to report they heard what they thought was a gunshot coming from the car, but no gun was ever found.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/05/cleveland-cop-who-shot-black-couple-acquitted.html

In a nearly hour-long verdict, O'Donnell cited testimony from a doctors for the prosecution and defense, saying he believed that while Brelo had delivered at least one fatal shot to both Russell and Williams, it was impossible to determine beyond a reasonable doubt that Brelo's shots — and not those of a dozen other officers — were the ones that killed.

The judge said that Brelo and fellow officers involved in the shooting perceived that Russell and Williams posed a threat. Among other things, when officers responded to the call on November 29, 2012, they were doing so based on an incorrect report that the suspects had fired from their 1979 Chevy Malibu.


http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...-guilty-in-fatal-shooting-of-unarmed-suspects

http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and...-cleveland-police-shooting-discipline-records

Officers' 'Reverse Racism' Lawsuit Will Force City To Release Five Years of Cleveland Police Shooting, Discipline Records

In November, nine of the 13 Cleveland police officers who shot Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams in 2012 filed a federal lawsuit against the city and department leaders alleging discrimination (see our reporting on that). The group — including eight white and one Hispanic officer — say they were treated harsher (extended gym duty and a longer "cooling off period," for example) for shooting black people than when black officers shoot black people.

In another filing in April, the officers, including some who refused to to testify in the trial against their colleague Michael Brelo, squarely place blame on Brelo saying their own shots did "no harm." Filed in the midst of the Brelo trial is this:

The plaintiffs' use of deadly force resulted in no harm much less death. They are similarly situated to a larger number of officers who have used deadly force and who did not cause harm. They are not similarly situated with officers who used deadly force but caused physical injury.

The plaintiffs' were involved in a lengthy pursuit on November 29, 2012. They all discharged their weapons. The discharge was justifiable according to the report issued by the Ohio Attorney General. One officer involved in the pursuit and who is not a plaintiff in this case [Michael Brelo] fatally injured two people. His conduct was determined not to be acceptable under the circumstances. He is facing a criminal trial at this time for manslaughter.

http://www.npr.org/2014/12/05/368640547/doj-probe-cleveland-police-engaged-in-unreasonable-force

The Justice Department examined incidents between 2010 and 2013. And the department found a pattern of excessive force by Cleveland police. The 18-month federal civil rights investigation also found police supervisors failed to document and investigate claims of brutality.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

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[JackLuis]

I guess it doesn't take much to scare the bejesus out of a cop.

Here Are 13 Killings by Police Captured on Video in the Past Year

Why are our cops so afraid of the people in their own communities?