Fucking #JillStein didn't get arrested at a pro #Palestine protest in 2024 just so that y'all could call #BernieSanders & #AOC a revolutionary while he silently watches #cops drag away #protesters at his rallies.
At least the crowd has some values.
It's already been an authoritarian police state. Some of us just had the privilege to ignore what happens to the people the cops trample with impunity.
#Cops Shoot #Weezer Bassist’s Wife During Frantic Manhunt For Hit-And-Run #Suspect In #LA
https://www.boredpanda.com/weezer-bassists-wife-jillian-shriner-arrested-during-hit-and-run-manhunt/
@ProPublica The worst part is there are so many ignorant #Americans including #cops who think this is reality. They have no clue about the science or technology behind the cases.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2025/04/05/bystanders-man-with-long-gun-arrested-after-altercation-in-downtown-lafayette-anti-trump-protest/82949910007/
(In all fairness I own several guns, including ARs, Semi-Auto Pistols, revolver and a shotgun)
Big man, had to go and get a #gun to “defend” himself against an #unarmed person.
I’m sorry, but if you get your nose hurt because you get out of the car and #escalate, don’t be surprised if you get hit.
Also, that’s not an excuse for self defense.
The #shitty #southern #cops picked the wrong side.
>> Yes! There's always that danger in a society so openly #racist. I am a PoC myself. That's why I linked to #CivicSolidarity — #Cops kept #protesters safe! #BlackMastodon
This is a #MoralMoment — #CoryBooker
We need a broad coalition with civic solidarity, not just solidarity within racial or other groups targeted by haters.
If #Trump and #Musk have riled up SO MANY AMERICANS in just the first 100 days, they've #AwakenedASleepingGiant
>>>> The protests were not perfect. Anecdotally and observationally, they were very #white—not exactly representative of the #Democratic coalition.
>> Might that be because #POC are more likely to be arrested than #white people during protests?
Yes! There's always that danger in a society so openly #racist.
I am a PoC myself. That's why I linked to #CivicSolidarity — #Cops kept #protesters safe! #BlackMastodon
>> The protests were not perfect. Anecdotally and observationally, they were very #white—not exactly representative of the #Democratic coalition.
#Chicago has a significant population of #BlackPeople and other #POC. I took hundreds of pictures, some of which are in this thread https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/114288703437767643. It was obvious that #BlackAmerican community was underrepresented.
Also see #CivicSolidarity — #Cops kept #protesters safe!
#American shakedown: #Police won't charge you, but they'll grab your #money
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/american-shakedown-police-won-t-charge-you-but-they-ll-grab-your-money-1.2760736 (from 2014!)
"#US police are operating a co-ordinated scheme to seize as much of the public’s cash as they can"
"[...] in the eyes of thousands of cash-hungry #cops you’re a rolling ATM."
The article ends with some travel advice.
My advice: avoid the USA if you're not located there for a couple of decades.
@TucsonSentinel Suing #cops and towns for violating the law brings a smile to my face. I hope the judgement strips the cops of their pensions.
@ProPublica #Cops can't be trusted in any way, shape or form. Every cop must have their body cam video and audio enabled at all times, even in the bathroom. Every cop must keep their firearms unloaded and stored in a lock box in the trunk. Every cop convicted of violations of law must forfeit their pensions. Every cop cannot be trusted, ever.
Arresting officers realize they can lie to secure confessions. Senior officers know they can exaggerate to lobby for bigger budgets. For some, a form of “noble cause corruption” is at play—a sense that any means will justify the ends of securing social order and making sure the bad guys go to jail.
https://thewalrus.ca/why-do-cops-keep-lying/#:~:text=Arresting%20officers%20realize%20they%20can,bad%20guys%20go%20to%20jail
#Cops #AboveTheLaw #Lying #Police
This is also why they are in support of #ABA, #conversion therapy, denying #trans kids #puberty blockers, putting #cops in #school, destroying the #education system, refusing to pay for #schoollunches, #wars & #genocides that kill swathes of #children overseas, those "troubled #teen" camps & #child marriage.
Topacio checked his wife’s criminal history and obtained her mug shot before their first date.
He later abused police databases to run background checks on his wife’s relatives and friends at least eight times at their request.
This is your occasional reminder that there have been literal gangs in the LASD for decades.
https://knock-la.com/tradition-of-violence-lasd-gang-history/