Fuck the Police!!!!!!!!!!!

[Braff Zacklin 13289]

That's a hard watch, man.

"Back the Blue" folks will say the young man should've cooperated--and they'd have a point--but what about the 20 or so things that deputy could've done differently that would've resulted in him NOT fatally shooting someone who was not an imminent threat to anyone.

And all for supposedly rolling through a stop sign. JFC.

[Hard Times 285]

14 hours ago, definitely not derka said:

it’s just wild how quickly these fat, slovenly, scared-to-death cops escalate things from “stopped for running a stop sign” to, “i’m body slamming you”, to, “i’m murdering you as you run away from me with your hands up.”

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/s/ulB6wORJSH

I can't read anything you typed but obviously the video is disgusting. How in the fuck does a glass pipe feel like a metal pistol?? Only if you have welding gloves on. 

Another incident that reminds me of the Daniel Shaver murder.

[Derka 5556]

austin dispatch: you didn’t get injured badly enough during your assault for us to do our job:

 

 

 

[Brisketexan 103515]

13 minutes ago, definitely not derka said:

austin dispatch: you didn’t get injured badly enough during your assault for us to do our job:

 

 

 

Austinites are in a tough spot.  On one side, we've got a DA who has done a pretty damned poor job of zealously prosecuting crimes that genuinely make our city unsafe.  On the other side, we've got a PD that has engaged in something that looks a lot like a policing strike in a fit of petulance because 1) the City government won't give them what they want, and 2) the DA won't act as a rubber stamp for whatever the cops say.  Instead, about the only thing APD ACTUALLY shows up for is the chance to crack protestors' skulls.

The security guard shoulda told the dispatcher that he was being attacked at an unauthorized BLM/Pro-Palestinian protest, and 300 cops would have shown up in riot gear in 10 minutes.

[UT_OB1 2197]

On 6/24/2024 at 7:03 PM, HenryJames said:

  Reveal hidden contents

Death of Sandra Birchmore was a homicide, prominent pathologist says

Finding contradicts conclusion of state medical examiner who ruled Birchmore died of suicide

By Laura Crimaldi Globe Staff,Updated June 24, 2024, 3:46 p.m.

Sandra Birchmore. (Family photo)Family photo

Sandra Birchmore. (Family photo)Family photo

Dr. Michael Baden, right, and his wife, attorney Linda Kenney Baden, center, walked to the funeral for Aaron Hernandez in Bristol, Conn., in 2017. Baden reviewed the autopsy of Sandra Birchmore at the request of a lawyer for her estate and concluded she died by homicide. Jessica Rinaldi

In May 2021, the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled that Birchmore, 23, a former participant in a Stoughton police youth program who was pregnant when she died, killed herself by hanging, according to her death certificate.

“I must disagree,” Baden wrote in the letter.

“Ms. Birchmore did not die of suicidal hanging … The cause of Ms. Birchmore’s death is ‘Strangulation’ and the manner of death is ‘Homicide,’” Baden wrote.

Baden’s determination opens a new front in the controversial case that has prompted investigations by the FBI and the state attorney general’s office. Stoughton police also conducted its own internal affairs investigation of the three former officers. No criminal charges have been brought.

Baden’s career has spanned 50 years, and he has been involved in a series of high-profile investigations. He led a panel on a US House committee that reinvestigated the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1970s, conducted autopsies of the bodies of George Floyd and Michael Brown at the request of their families, and testified for the defense at O.J. Simpson’s murder trial. Baden didn’t respond Friday to requests for comment.

Birchmore’s estate is suing three former Stoughton police officers for wrongful death in a complaint that accuses them of engaging in a “near decade long scheme of grooming and repeated assaults,” which culminated in her death.

They are Matthew G. Farwell, 38, a married former Stoughton police detective, patrolmen’s union president, and father that Birchmore met through the department’s youth program, as well as his twin brother, William, and Robert C. Devine, 52 a former deputy chief in Stoughton who previously led the department’s youth program. They resigned from the department in 2022 and deny the allegations in the civil suit.

The estate is also suing the Town of Stoughton for negligence, which it denies.

Before she died, Birchmore claimed the father of her unborn child was MatthewFarwell. Farwell denied he fathered a baby with Birchmore during a 2021 interview, State Police records show.

Last year, State Police Lieutenant John Fanning wrote in an affidavit filed in Stoughton District Court that investigators have looked into whether Farwell could be charged with aggravated statutory rape based on allegations that he began having sex with Birchmore when she was 15 and he was 27.

If true, those actions would be statutory rape; the age of consent in Massachusetts is 16. In court papers, Matthew Farwell has denied having sex with Birchmore when she was underage.

Former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell Stoughton Police Department

Birchmore participated in the Stoughton police youth program from the time she was 13 until she graduated from high school in 2015 and met the Farwell brothers and Devine in that setting.

In a decision in the wrongful death suit earlier this year, Superior Court Judge Brian A. Davis wrote that Devine and William Farwell had sex with Birchmore in their patrol cars when she was an adult. Davis cited an unredacted copy of the Stoughton police internal affairs report as a source.

Sandra Birchmore attended a gathering of a Stoughton Police Department youth program in 2014.Stoughton PD Facebook

Baden’s letter also raised other concerns about the investigation into Birchmore’s death.

While the state medical examiner found that Birchmore was pregnant when she died, the office “apparently did not send fetal tissue for DNA analysis to determine who the father was.”

State Police records show that investigators asked Farwell in 2021 to provide a DNA sample, but he declined.

Swabs from Birchmore’s body, hair and fingernail clippings, and clothing she was wearing were taken for a sexual assault kit. But Baden wrote in his report that it “appears” the evidence was not tested. He said he believes the kit and fetal tissue could still be examined.

Police officer William Farwell. Stoughton Police Department

Spokespeople for the Massachusetts State Police and state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, which helped to investigate Birchmore’s death, didn’t respond Friday to questions about Baden’s claims about the fetal tissue and sexual assault kit. They also declined to comment on Baden’s letter, citing ongoing investigations by several agencies.

On Monday, David Traub, a spokesperson for Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey, said “DNA testing has been done on items with the potential to produce evidence of the potential crimes being investigated, and other items have been preserved.” He declined to provide more details “while multiple agencies continue to investigate.”

On Feb. 1, 2021, surveillance cameras captured Matthew Farwell arriving and then leaving Birchmore’s apartment building in Canton, and he was the last known person to see her alive, according to the Stoughton police internal affairs report. Birchmore’s body was found there three days later.

Asked for comment Friday, a lawyer for Farwell pointed to a March statement in which he denied the allegations in the civil suit. Farwell and another attorney representing him didn’t return messages Friday.

In 2022, Matthew Farwell told the Globe in a statement that he had “not committed any crimes.”

During an interview with State Police two days after Birchmore’s body was found, Farwell gave an account of their encounter at her apartment on Feb. 1, 2021.

He said he told Birchmore that he wasn’t the father of her unborn child, “it was all over,” and he was “blocking her from all forms of communication,” Fanning wrote in a report. .

“Matt said that Sandra was upset, but she did not make any suicidal statements at all,” Fanning wrote. “Matt said that he left and Sandra was standing in the kitchen when he walked out.”

In his letter, Baden wrote that the Stoughton internal affairs investigation found that Birchmore was “happy that she was pregnant.” He also wrote “there was no suicide note.”

Attorney Steven J. Marullo, who represents Birchmore’s estate in the civil suit, said he asked Baden to review records in the case after examining the autopsy conducted by the state medical examiner’s office.

“I saw certain things in the autopsy report that didn’t gel with the conclusion that it was a suicide. I decided at that time we needed to hire our own expert pathologist,” Marullo said Thursday.

The state medical examiner’s autopsy of Birchmore hasn’t been released, and the records are not public under state law.

In Baden’s letter, he said Birchmore fractured her right hyoid bone, a small, U-shaped bone in her neck. Such an injury “occurs rarely, if at all, in suicidal hanging and does occur in half of homicidal strangulations of women,” wrote Baden, citing a textbook by forensic pathologists Dr. Vincent DiMaio and Dr. Dominick J. DiMaio.

The fracture, along with Birchmore’s other injuries, “are commonly found in homicidal strangulation — manual and ligature — but not in suicidal hanging,” Baden wrote.

Also, autopsy photos showed a ligature was entangled in Birchmore’s hair, which “occurs when there is resistance during homicidal strangulation,” Baden wrote.

Baden said Birchmore would have lost consciousness “within seconds” after the ligature was fastened around her neck and died “within a few minutes.”

He also wrote that the ligature was found tied to a doorknob, adding that he believes that was done to “give the appearance of a suicidal hanging.”

Trauma to the hyoid bone and cartilages in the larynx in suicide cases has been widely researched, with a 2018 article in “Forensic Science International” calling such injuries “one of the most studied and paradoxically contradictory topics in forensic pathology.”

The article described a study of 178 people who died by suicidal hanging over a three-year period and found at least one fracture of the hyoid bone in 39 percent of the cases.

In a 2021 report, State Police Trooper Matthew Dunne described finding Birchmore’s body in her bedroom on Feb. 4, 2021.

He said he found no indications of physical abuse or bruising, swelling, external trauma, or markings suggesting a struggle, the report said.

A toxicology report found Birchmore was taking sertraline, a prescription psychotropic medication usually taken for depression, Baden wrote. The civil suit brought by Birchmore’s estate said she endured “significant mental and emotional problems,” and lost her grandmother and mother who raised her when she was a teenager.

In a statement Sunday , Stoughton Police Chief Donna McNamara said she had read Baden’s findings.

“I was profoundly disturbed and troubled by what I read. While I am not a trained medical examiner, and I am not qualified to draw any direct conclusions, the findings certainly warrant further examination at the highest level,” said McNamara, who was named chief in 2017 after being appointed to lead the department on an interim basis the year before.

Stoughton police didn’t have the authority to investigate Birchmore’s death because she died in Canton, McNamara said, but the force has assisted other agencies pursue the case.

“Sandra received not so much as a sliver of justice during her life, and we will not cease in our efforts to ensure our duty to administer justice,” McNamara said. “Every good and decent police officer should be aware of and angry about the injustices inflicted upon Sandra Birchmore. Sandra idolized police officers and what policing stood for in America, and she was victimized as a result.”

On Friday, Traub, the spokesperson for Morrissey, referred to a 2022 statement in which the office said the investigation to date had found “no evidence of foul play” in Birchmore’s death, but promised that “prosecutors will review any additional information.”

“That includes this report,” he said. “This is an active and open investigation and multiple law enforcement agencies continue to review all information as it comes available. That review is underway.”

Morrissey’s office is under scrutiny by federal investigators over allegations of a police coverup involving the 2022 death of Boston police Officer John O’Keefe in Canton. Closing arguments are expected Tuesday in the second-degree murder trial of O’Keefe’s girlfriend, Karen Read. She has pleaded not guilty.

Police officer Robert Devine.Stoughton Police Department

In March, the Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission, the state’s law enforcement oversight agency, approved an agreement with Matthew Farwell that prohibits him from working as a police officer in Massachusetts and added him to a national database of sanctioned officers. Under the agreement, he didn’t admit to any wrongdoing.

The commission is also seeking to decertify William Farwell and suspend or decertify Devine, records show. Those proceedings are pending.

Shelley Murphy of the Globe staff contributed to this report.

 

1) it looks like this is getting some attention based on the googling i did. So that is good. How the one that clearly raped her as 15 year old isn’t in jail is amazing 

2) she was introduced to the cop in the Explorers program, and due to investigations here they’ve uncovered 150+ other allegations that were ignored. Again, at least getting some attention now

and to really bring it home…

3) The explorers program was started by? You guessed it Albert Einstein the Boy Scouts 

 

 

 

[WhatTheBuck 28604]

19 hours ago, Hard Times said:

How in the fuck does a glass pipe feel like a metal pistol??

It doesn’t. Cops just lie to cover their own ass. Everything is mistaken for a gun so every killing is justified.

Id like to see the dash cam video of the driver allegedly rolling through the stop sign. 

[Jameslaw121 4439]

16 hours ago, UT_OB1 said:

1) it looks like this is getting some attention based on the googling i did. So that is good. How the one that clearly raped her as 15 year old isn’t in jail is amazing 

2) she was introduced to the cop in the Explorers program, and due to investigations here they’ve uncovered 150+ other allegations that were ignored. Again, at least getting some attention now

and to really bring it home…

3) The explorers program was started by? You guessed it Albert Einstein the Boy Scouts 

 

 

 

Whats the cops name?

[UT_OB1 2197]

24 minutes ago, Jameslaw121 said:

Whats the cops name?

Which one?  They are all listed in the articles I read. 

[Brisketexan 103515]

Whats the cops name?

These days? Probably “Chief” something.

[Jameslaw121 4439]

19 minutes ago, UT_OB1 said:

Which one?  They are all listed in the articles I read. 

What you quote just has a pic. I don't see a link

[ultimaton 2947]

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/stoughton-police-chief-to-address-internal-affairs-investigation-friday/2842513/

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Matthew and William Farwell, who are twin brothers, and [Robert] Devine, who was in charge of the youth mentorship program for many years, were all found in the investigation to have committed multiple violations of Stoughton police policy. All three of the men, in addition to a fourth person who now works for another police department, are accused of having inappropriate relationships with Birchmore, according to McNamara. That department has been notified and up to five men may have been involved, police said.

Another article I read, but can't find at the moment, said surveillance video has Matthew Farwell at her apartment four days before her body was found and he is believed to the last person to see her alive (in other words, her murderer).

Edited June 28 by ultimaton

[YGIFS 19445]

You know these sibling cop murder cover-ups just remind me that me and brother never do anything together anymore, dammit.  

[hobbes2702 12516]

On 6/26/2024 at 11:32 PM, Derka said:

it’s just wild how quickly these fat, slovenly, scared-to-death cops escalate things from “stopped for running a stop sign” to, “i’m body slamming you”, to, “i’m murdering you as you run away from me with your hands up.”

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/s/ulB6wORJSH

Shots being fired there is crazy shit. 

[Jkwellborn 6577]

You know these sibling cop murder cover-ups just remind me that me and brother never do anything together anymore, dammit.  

My brother tried to rope me into tag teaming a couple chicks before. I think I’d rather try to cover up a murder.

[Derka 5556]

it’s the third homeless man that he’s killed with a bullet to the head.

Spoiler

EDIT: He had previously killed two others, also with shots to the forehead for which he escaped charges.

 A jury found a suburban Seattle police officer guilty of murder Thursday in the 2019 shooting death of a homeless man outside a convenience store, marking the first conviction under a Washington state law easing prosecution of law enforcement officers for on-duty killings.

Nelson was taken into custody after the hearing. He's been on paid administrative leave since the shooting in 2019. The judge set sentencing for July 16. Nelson faces up to life in prison on the murder charge and up to 25 years for first-degree assault. His lawyer said she plans to file a motion for a new trial.

Nelson had responded to reports of a man throwing things at cars, kicking walls and banging on windows in a shopping area in Auburn, a city of 70,000 about 28 miles (45 kilometers) south of Seattle. Callers said the man appeared to be high or having mental health issues.

Nelson confronted Sarey in front of the store and attempted to get him into handcuffs. When Sarey resisted, Nelson tried to take Sarey down with a hip-throw and then punched him seven times. He pinned Sarey against the wall, pulled out his gun and shot him. Sarey fell to the ground.

Nelson’s gun jammed, he cleared it, looked around and then aimed at Sarey’s forehead, firing once more.

Prosecutors said Nelson punched Sarey several times before shooting him in the abdomen. About three seconds later, Nelson shot Sarey in the forehead. Nelson had claimed Sarey tried to grab his gun and a knife, so he shot him in self-defense, but video showed Sarey was on the ground reclining away from Nelson after the first shot.

Nelson claimed Sarey tried to grab his gun, leading to the first shot. He said he believed Sarey had possession of his knife during the struggle and said he shot him in self-defense. Authorities have said the interaction lasted 67 seconds.

Prior to fatally shooting Sarey, Nelson killed Isaiah Obet in 2017. Obet was acting erratically, and Nelson ordered his police dog to attack. He then shot Obet in the torso. Obet fell to the ground, and Nelson fired again, fatally shooting Obet in the head.  Police said the officer’s life was in danger because Obet was high on drugs and had a knife. The city reached a settlement of $1.25 million with Obet’s family.

In 2011, Nelson fatally shot Brian Scaman, a Vietnam War veteran with mental issues and a history of felonies, after pulling Scaman’s vehicle over for a burned-out headlight. Scaman got out of his car with a knife and refused to drop it; Nelson shot him in the head. An inquest jury cleared Nelson of wrongdoing.

real american hero.

[bolverk 29036]

"He's been on paid administrative leave since the shooting in 2019." 

[Deej 76156]

5 hours ago, Derka said:

it’s the third homeless man that he’s killed with a bullet to the head.

[mchookem 15535]

jesus, that's some real Max Cady vibes

[gofuckyourself 8057]

Blue lives matter! 

Mmmwhat's that? He shot himself?

Well, let's spin it anyway:

[52-80 18982]

On 6/27/2024 at 6:32 AM, Derka said:

it’s just wild how quickly these fat, slovenly, scared-to-death cops escalate things from “stopped for running a stop sign” to, “i’m body slamming you”, to, “i’m murdering you as you run away from me with your hands up.”

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/s/ulB6wORJSH

thats a clear murder

[Reagan1k 3002]

On 7/2/2024 at 10:00 AM, bolverk said:

"He's been on paid administrative leave since the shooting in 2019." 

Douche made sure to flex his shaved quad when the FBI was photographing his tattoos.

“fortune favors the bold.”

 

[HRSchenker 2215]

On 6/27/2024 at 1:39 PM, Hard Times said:

I can't read anything you typed but obviously the video is disgusting. How in the fuck does a glass pipe feel like a metal pistol?? Only if you have welding gloves on. 

Another incident that reminds me of the Daniel Shaver murder.

A glass pipe feels like a metal pistol in the same way an acorn falling from a tree feels like getting shot apparently

https://abcnews.go.com/US/deputy-fires-weapon-after-mistaking-acorn-for-gunshot/story?id=107229338

[RPM 26090]

or lying on your stomach following commands is furtive movement.

 

[YGIFS 19445]

Whatever happened with that AZ murderous dipshit, besides probably being Keri Lake's running mate?  

[RPM 26090]

4 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

Whatever happened with that AZ murderous dipshit, besides probably being Keri Lake's running mate?  

He was rehired long enough to file for a pension.

 

Edited July 3 by RPM

[Brian Fantana 6615]

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/state/savannah-missouri-police-dog-dies-hot-car/63-45f01d69-3dcb-4a0e-a119-f83bd2243553

I'd throw a party for anyone who killed the cop responsible

[Brisketexan 103515]

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/state/savannah-missouri-police-dog-dies-hot-car/63-45f01d69-3dcb-4a0e-a119-f83bd2243553
I'd throw a party for anyone who killed the cop responsible

I dunno. That dog was probably making furtive movements.

[AUS-97HORN 11550]

this one popped up in the youtube algorithm today, settlement reached a few days ago.   $250k for a police force that claimed it just kinda sorta, broke the constitiution by just a teeeeeny bit. no harm no foul

 

long story short.  ~70ish, white male is told to drop expired prescips off at the police station.

Dude drives to station, walks accross the parking lot, as hes walking in, he notices cop car is running and wants to ask the cop about the gadgets inside. 

looks in the window, realizes its running without a cop inside.  as he starts to head into the station a white car barrels into the parking lot, a random dude pops out of the car and "screams what the fuck are you doing!!" to the guy... old guy responds "fuck you" thinking hes dealing with a looney.

proceeds to walk into the police station, gets the receptionist to help drop off the pills in the dropoff container. 

guy walks outside and is immediately surrounded by 6 cops, handcuffed, but NOT told he was under arrest, then throwing against a metal rail by the looney in the white car, who turns out to have been a plainclothesed detective who never bothered to ID himself and is clearly roid raging hard because he was told fuck you...

 

claims that old white dude was in the process of STEALING A POLICE CAR PARKED IN SPOT 1 DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE FRONT DOOR... then decides that charge wont stick so he pops him with obstruction.   old white guy shit his pants when thrown against the rail, and the cop rides him the long way to jail, then makes him sit in his cell for 4+ hours until guy's wife made bail, all while sitting in his own shit.

 

just a minor mistake the Sheriff claims.... "wasnt their best day"

 

P.S. judge lost his MIND on the police, told them they had no right to even detain the guy and told the prosecutor that 1. charges dropped, 2. you need to hold them accountable......  of course, no penalty at all for the cops.  city meanwhile coughs up a quarter mil.

 

 

Edited July 5 by AUS-97HORN

[RPM 26090]

But they made it home safe, right?

[hookemATL 11503]

Fat fucking cunts. 
 

fuck the police. 

[High Plains Drifter 10930]

 

 

 

 

[Derka 5556]

cop uses all of his government issued gear to work a private security job, and then when he is reported to other law enforcement they more or less circle the wagons and tell the reporting citizen to gtfo. heroes!!!

 

[BrazilHorn 6563]

Until settlement monies are paid from pension funds nothing will ever change. Hit cops where it hurts if you want systemic change to occur. Otherwise don’t be shocked when a zero accountability model doesn’t hold cops accountable. 

[MissingInAction 24324]

I'm happy the pigs in Austin have quiet quit, but not happy the cocksuckers are still getting paid.

Edited July 10 by MissingInAction
Wut

[SarkAfterDark 1683]

On 7/8/2024 at 8:40 PM, BrazilHorn said:

Until settlement monies are paid from pension funds nothing will ever change. Hit cops where it hurts if you want systemic change to occur. Otherwise don’t be shocked when a zero accountability model doesn’t hold cops accountable. 

Those pussies would just stop doing their jobs in protest, which would likely still benefit us all.

[DigglerontheHoof 20512]

This shit's only going to get worse... a lot worse. 

[Brisketexan 103515]

Those pussies would just stop doing their jobs in protest, which would likely still benefit us all.

They have already quiet quit in Austin. We should fire all of them. Every. Single. One. Because they aren’t doing the thing we pay them for because they are pouting because we won’t praise them for being abusive shitheels.

[MissingInAction 24324]

Absolutely fucking worthless

https://www.kvue.com/video/news/local/resident-living-at-south-austin-apartment-complex-raising-concerns-over-apd-response/269-b013a474-6ace-459f-bfce-bf2d50871c9e

 

[Brisketexan 103515]

Absolutely fucking worthless
https://www.kvue.com/video/news/local/resident-living-at-south-austin-apartment-complex-raising-concerns-over-apd-response/269-b013a474-6ace-459f-bfce-bf2d50871c9e
 

This.
When are the people of Austin going to fully grasp that at present, WE DO NOT HAVE A PD?

Absolutely fucking worthless
https://www.kvue.com/video/news/local/resident-living-at-south-austin-apartment-complex-raising-concerns-over-apd-response/269-b013a474-6ace-459f-bfce-bf2d50871c9e
 

This.
When are the people of Austin going to fully grasp that at present, WE DO NOT HAVE A PD?

[Derka 5556]

they’re so scared of us.

 

[Hard Times 285]

15 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

Absolutely fucking worthless

https://www.kvue.com/video/news/local/resident-living-at-south-austin-apartment-complex-raising-concerns-over-apd-response/269-b013a474-6ace-459f-bfce-bf2d50871c9e

 

Just remember, when you call the police there's about a 50-50 chance on the problem being better or the problem being a lot worse. As we have seen, there's a chance you or a family member may end up murdered by the police.

[DigglerontheHoof 20512]

6 hours ago, Derka said:

they’re so scared of us.

 

That stupid cunt is going to murder a black man. 

[nineliveslost 2686]

56 minutes ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

That stupid cunt is going to murder a black man. 

Sheeeeeeit

ANYONE

She should disciplined , retrained or fired... or all 3 

[AUS-97HORN 11550]

they are now trained that if their commands are questioned, no matter if the order is legal/constitutional or not, that if you, in ANY way question, balk, request additional information, or dont immediately comply, you are immediately assumed to be a Tier 1 suspect (Tier 1 meaning murderer,rapist, car thief)....  htf they consider a stolen car on part with being a murderer, I have no fucking idea.

they are not trained on what they can and cannot do.. and the bullshit umbrella of officer safety keeps them in a safe cocoon for just about any fuckup they do.

 

 

[hobbes2702 12516]

On 7/10/2024 at 10:15 AM, Brisketexan said:

They have already quite quit in Austin. We should fire all of them. Every. Single. One. Because they aren’t doing the thing we pay them for because they are pouting because we won’t praise them for being abusive shitheels.

“But guys if we defund them then there will be anarchy because we can’t just have no cops”

[hookemATL 11503]

1 hour ago, AUS-97HORN said:

they are now trained that if their commands are questioned, no matter if the order is legal/constitutional or not, that if you, in ANY way question, balk, request additional information, or dont immediately comply, you are immediately assumed to be a Tier 1 suspect (Tier 1 meaning murderer,rapist, car thief)....  htf they consider a stolen car on part with being a murderer, I have no fucking idea.

they are not trained on what they can and cannot do.. and the bullshit umbrella of officer safety keeps them in a safe cocoon for just about any fuckup they do.

 

 

[UpperWestside 6017]

Dave McKenna wrote this article and he has covered this ongoing miscarriage of justice. Some of y’all I know subscribe to Defector and while most of the content is sports they do not limit themselves to solely covering that and report on a plethora of other topics. They will write about pretty much whatever they want as the employees collectively own the company. McKenna is a Tech grad I believe, but is a DC lifer outside of his time spent in Lubbock for college so this is a story that hits really close to home for him. The picture taken by a neighbor of this child less than a minute before he was murdered is so heartbreaking and infuriating.
 

https://defector.com/u-s-court-of-appeals-rules-against-cop-who-killed-peyton-ham

 

Quote

Peyton Ham will get another day in court.

This morning, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Va., threw out a lower court’s summary judgment in favor of Joseph Azzari, a Maryland State Police officer who shot and killed 16-year-old Ham in Leonardtown, Md., in April 2021. The ruling, which came via a 2-1 vote of the judges on the appeals court panel, sends Boyle v. Azzari, the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Ham’s mother against the officer, back to the U.S. District Court in Maryland. And Ham’s family, which had been denied access to key records from the initial investigation of the killing before the case was thrown out, including even a full autopsy report, will now finally be entitled to discovery.

Ham had called 911 on himself during what his mother, Kristee Boyle, described as a mental health crisis. Azzari said he began firing almost immediately upon showing up on the scene when Ham pointed what turned out to be a toy gun at him. A small pocket knife belonging to Ham with a 2.5-inch blade was also found on the scene. No video of the shooting exists, because Azzari was not wearing a body cam and did not activate the dash cam on his SUV during the encounter. Audio tape from a nearby security cam shows that after an initial round of 11 shots, some of which had hit Ham in the arm and shoulder, Azzari waited around one minute before firing four more shots into Ham’s neck and torso, killing him. A photo taken by a neighbor 47 seconds before he was killed shows Ham on his knees in a gravel driveway, with lots of blood running down his right side, and Azzari standing over and behind him within an arm’s length. 

Several months after Ham’s death, three witnesses told Defector that Azzari’s kill shots came while the teen was on his knees and posing no threat to the trooper. 

“Peyton was murdered in my driveway,” said Michelle Mills, a neighbor.

 

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Dave McKenna wrote this article and he has covered this ongoing miscarriage of justice. Some of y’all I know subscribe to Defector and while most of the content is sports they do not limit themselves to solely covering that and report on a plethora of other topics. They will write about pretty much whatever they want as the employees collectively own the company. McKenna is a Tech grad I believe, but is a DC lifer outside of his time spent in Lubbock for college so this is a story that hits really close to home for him. The picture taken by a neighbor of this child less than a minute before he was murdered is so heartbreaking and infuriating.
 
https://defector.com/u-s-court-of-appeals-rules-against-cop-who-killed-peyton-ham
 

Peyton Ham will get another day in court.
This morning, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Va., threw out a lower court’s summary judgment in favor of Joseph Azzari, a Maryland State Police officer who shot and killed 16-year-old Ham in Leonardtown, Md., in April 2021. The ruling, which came via a 2-1 vote of the judges on the appeals court panel, sends Boyle v. Azzari, the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Ham’s mother against the officer, back to the U.S. District Court in Maryland. And Ham’s family, which had been denied access to key records from the initial investigation of the killing before the case was thrown out, including even a full autopsy report, will now finally be entitled to discovery.
Ham had called 911 on himself during what his mother, Kristee Boyle, described as a mental health crisis. Azzari said he began firing almost immediately upon showing up on the scene when Ham pointed what turned out to be a toy gun at him. A small pocket knife belonging to Ham with a 2.5-inch blade was also found on the scene. No video of the shooting exists, because Azzari was not wearing a body cam and did not activate the dash cam on his SUV during the encounter. Audio tape from a nearby security cam shows that after an initial round of 11 shots, some of which had hit Ham in the arm and shoulder, Azzari waited around one minute before firing four more shots into Ham’s neck and torso, killing him. A photo taken by a neighbor 47 seconds before he was killed shows Ham on his knees in a gravel driveway, with lots of blood running down his right side, and Azzari standing over and behind him within an arm’s length. 
Several months after Ham’s death, three witnesses told Defector that Azzari’s kill shots came while the teen was on his knees and posing no threat to the trooper. 
“Peyton was murdered in my driveway,” said Michelle Mills, a neighbor.

 

Who are you to question how our heroes protect us and make sure they make it home safely? You should thank the cop, or if you don’t like it, move from this country, commie libtard!

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43 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

 

Who are you to question how our heroes protect us and make sure they make it home safely? You should thank the cop, or if you don’t like it, move from this country, commie libtard!

The cop made it home safe that night right? That’s all the matters. 

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Apologies if this has already been discussed in here, but there is a documentary on Netflix that examines the history of policing in America, and paints a dire picture for any future hopes of significant reform.