gewing Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 https://news.vice.com/article/judge-acquits-cleveland-cop-who-stood-on-hood-and-fired-15-rounds-through-windshield-at-unarmed-couple?utm_source=vicenewsfb It would that jumping on the hood of a car that you and your fellow cops have riddled with bullets and then proceed to unload fiften more rounds gang style is a justfiable action if you have a badge. La Rose. I support police the police most of the time, but I can't imagine voting this way on a jury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 No jury--this was apparently a bench trial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 No jury--this was apparently a bench trial. vote the bum out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massey Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 I saw an article that said the feds are looking into this shooting. Good. There's a real danger here to police. If people start to believe that cops can do anything and get away with it, they're going to start taking justice into their own hands. I know if I was the father of that baby who got a grenade in the crib, I'd be slipping into someone's house at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 I saw an article that said the feds are looking into this shooting. Good. There's a real danger here to police. If people start to believe that cops can do anything and get away with it, they're going to start taking justice into their own hands. I know if I was the father of that baby who got a grenade in the crib, I'd be slipping into someone's house at night. I just pray the world will never have to find out what I might do in such a case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 vote the bum out. Been trying. Too much damn cronyism in this city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Impudite Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 I saw an article that said the feds are looking into this shooting. Good. No offensive, but if you really believe the Feds have anymore honor and integrity than the local yokels, you're in the wrong universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massey Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 No, but I believe they are influenced by different things. A federal judge is a lot less likely to be a "good ol' boy" than a local judge. Ragitsu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 Been trying. Too much damn cronyism in this city. My sympathies. I've lived in cities like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 And while I don't always agree with the DoJ, I think them coming in is necessary. Too many prosecutors on the local level rely on and are in too tight with the local police forces for them to be effective and unbiased imo. The Feds have their own problems, but at least that isn't one of them. massey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 CPD cops posed for photo standing over black man dressed in antlers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Impudite Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Sadly, stuff like this doesn't surprise me anymore. It still makes me facepalm, but it doesn't surprise me. gewing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 They said they wanted to protect the privacy of the unidentified African-American man. Yeaaaaahhh... That was the reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Man Threatens Suicide, Police Kill Him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsider Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 They told him to drop the knife, he didn't do so immediately. So they shot him. Seems like a pretty standard police outcome to me. Of course, it is only standard because we seem to have police that lean more towards sturmtruppen than Andy Griffith. Perhaps the solution is to create a new law enforcement branch that deals with domestic disputes, drunks, suicidal folks and kids, and let the current police just deal with "real criminals". Then, oh, so slowly, downsize most of the current force.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
薔薇語 Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Yeah, we have that. It IS the police. That is why we don't have the FBI or National guard doing normal police work. Besides, no standard City, County, or State department has the funds to run two separate but consecutive forces. Be nice if we had such funding, though. La Rose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsider Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 It may be the police in theory, but it isn't in fact any longer. Or such is my point. Ragitsu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Did you guys hear about the bunch of Swedish policemen on vacation in NYC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted May 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Did you guys hear about the bunch of Swedish policemen on vacation in NYC? I did not. What happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 There was a rumble in the Subway cart they were in, that they defused with their Supreme Peace Officer Skills. There are movies out there, if you want to look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted May 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOEwUuGMaQk Can we have blonde female Swedish police officers serving meatballs, now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Now, don't stereotype. Modern female Swedish police officers serve tacos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 There was a rumble in the Subway cart they were in, that they defused with their Supreme Peace Officer Skills. There are movies out there, if you want to look. Defused with a couple of hammer locks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 "arm lock"? you mean, you don't just cut off their air and watch them turn deeper and deeper blue ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Or draw your sidearm and pull the trigger until you have defused the living s--t out of the situation? Ragitsu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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