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solarbirdOne of the big items here is polling of police - the vast majority of whom are white men - on race relations and protests. The numbers are... well. They're everything you didn't want to assume, but kind of expected.
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Essential Fox
twitter.com/chipfoxx
5 June 2020
https://twitter.com/chipfoxx/status/1269078317807726592
Police attacked Stonewall AGAIN.
Police opened fired on another LGBT bar not because they were protesting, but because they were treating people's wounds.
[IMAGES AT LINK]
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Philadelphia Police Inspector Joseph Bologna will face assault charges in the beating of a Temple student at a protest
by William Bender and Jeremy Roebuck
Updated: June 5, 2020
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-police-beating-temple-student-joseph-bologna-protest-20200605.html
A high-ranking Philadelphia police official will be charged with assault after video surfaced of him beating a Temple University student with a baton during a protest Monday along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, District Attorney Larry Krasner said Friday.
Krasner, who days earlier had declined to prosecute the student, said Staff Inspector Joseph Bologna Jr. will face counts of felony aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, and possession of an instrument of crime — his police baton.
Bologna, a 31-year veteran of the force, was removed from street duty and had his gun taken away Thursday evening, according to police sources.
The move came just hours after Police Commissioner Daniele Outlaw had pledged a more thorough and methodical Internal Affairs investigation with results that might not be known for some time.
...
By Friday evening, talk was circulating about a “blue flu," or organized move by officers to call in sick in solidarity with Bologna, as another round of demonstrations, with crowds anticipated in the thousands, was set to take place Saturday in central Philadelphia. Command staff warned that such a move would only put other officers at risk.
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'Des Moines is not immune to this': Iowa protesters march for racial justice — and get results
After a week of demonstrations led by black activists, the all-white Des Moines City Council is planning a vote on a ban of racial profiling by police.
June 6, 2020, 2:06 AM PDT
By Tyler Kingkade
[EDITOR: ONLY NOW ARE THEY BANNING RACIAL PROFILING?! HOLY FUCK]
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/des-moines-not-immune-iowa-protesters-march-racial-justice-get-n1225976
Outside of the governor’s mansion in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday evening, Dionna Langford spoke to a crowd of hundreds of protesters with a bullhorn.
“Black people,” said Langford, 28, who is African American, “if you have been harassed, terrorized, bullied by the police, in this city, make some noise.”
A large portion of the crowd clapped and yelled, according to a video of the protest.
“It isn’t just a somewhere-else issue,” she said. “This is a here issue.”
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John Gallagher, Jr.
twitter.com/JohnGallagherJr
5 June 2020
https://twitter.com/JohnGallagherJr/status/1269049255970443264
[THREAD]
I’d like to tell you a story about Bruce Springsteen and the New York City Police Department.
[NEXT]
Bruce Springsteen’s song “American Skin (41 Shots)” is a tender, moving ode to Amadou Diallo. Diallo was a 23 year old Guinean immigrant who was shot 19 times by 4 plain clothes cops outside his NYC apartment in 1999. 41 shots were fired. He was unarmed. The cops were acquitted.
[NEXT]
When Bruce debuted the song in Atlanta in 2000 it was considered controversial. The largest police union in NYC was like “That’s it! The Boss is cancelled!” They called for the NYPD to boycott Bruce and refuse to offer security for his upcoming shows at Madison Square Garden.
[NEXT]
Listening to the song now, it’s hard to imagine what made them so mad. It isn’t angry or accusatory, just sorrowful. It offers up the simple, powerful refrain...
“You can get killed just for living in your American skin.”
[NEXT]
The fact that it made the NYPD so mad tells us a lot about why they are doing what they are doing right now. The party line has always been the same...
Question our authority and become our enemy. It doesn’t matter if you’re a famous rockstar or a citizenry demanding reform.
[THREAD CONTINUES AT LINK]
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jack healy
twitter.com/jackhealyNYT
5 June 2020
https://twitter.com/jackhealyNYT/status/1269112690321977345
[EDITOR'S NOTE: I won't be sharing New York Times stories anymore, but I will share individual reporters.]
A federal judge in Denver has blocked police from using chemical agents or shooting “projectiles of any kind” at peaceful protesters.
[IMAGES: DOCUMENTS FROM FILING]
This is striking language from a federal judge: “The Denver Police Depart. has failed in its duty to police its own.”
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Marshall Zelinger
twitter.com/Marshall9News
6 June 2020
https://twitter.com/Marshall9News/status/1269123116917121025
[THREAD]
Wow! Judge: “If a store’s windows must be broken to prevent a protestor’s facial bones from being broken or eye being permanently damaged, that is more than a fair trade. If a building must be graffiti-ed to prevent the suppression of free speech, that is a fair trade.”
[QUOTED TWEET]
Kyle Clark
twitter.com/KyleClark
5 June 2020
NEW: Federal judge issues a restraining order blocking twitter.com/DenverPolice from using "chemical weapons or projectiles of any kind against persons engaging in peaceful protests or demonstrations." #9NEWS
[NEXT]
More from the judge: “Citizens should never have to fear peaceful protest on the basis of police retaliation, especially not when protesting that very same police violence.”
[NEXT]
There’s so much more in this federal judge’s order preventing Denver Police from using chemical weapons on protesters, like the part that ends “the Denver Police Depart has failed in its duty to police its own.”
[NEXT]
Based on temporary restraining order, Denver Police can’t use chemical weapons/projectiles unless on-scene supervisor (Capt or above) authorizes such use of force in response to specific acts of violence or destruction of property that the command officer personally witnessed.
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Man who trains San Jose police about bias severely injured by riot gun during George Floyd protest
By Dan Noyes
Friday, June 5, 2020
https://abc7news.com/man-who-trains-san-jose-police-about-bias-severely-injured-by-riot-gun-during-protest/6234212/
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- A community activist, who has worked for years to promote understanding between San Jose police and the public, was seriously injured by a riot gun in the George Floyd protest one week ago.
He has now retained an attorney and spoke to the I-Team's Dan Noyes.
Derrick Sanderlin knows the San Jose police chief well and has worked with him for three years.
But tonight, he can't help questioning if they've made any progress at all.
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Minneapolis City Council to vote Friday on first changes to police
City Council President Lisa Bender said pledges to "dismantle" the police
By Liz Navratil Star Tribune
June 5, 2020
https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-city-council-to-vote-on-first-changes-to-police/571032682/
Minneapolis City Council members plan to vote Friday on some of the first changes to be made to the Police Department in response to the death of George Floyd.
Representatives for the Minnesota Department of Human Rights and city elected officials were working Thursday to negotiate a stipulated temporary restraining order that will mandate some immediate changes and also set a timeline for the state’s investigation into whether the Minneapolis Police Department engaged in racial discrimination over the past 10 years.
City Council President Lisa Bender said the city was still working Thursday evening on details of the document, which the council planned to vote on during a public meeting Friday afternoon.
If the council gives its blessing, as is expected, the order will also require approval from a judge at a hearing that is likely to be scheduled next week, according to a presentation given to the city’s Commission on Civil Rights earlier this week.
“The timeline for the impact of the [temporary restraining order] is for this weekend,” Bender said. “It’s for immediate accountability measures for the Police Department. It’s not meant to be anywhere near starting this bigger conversation.”
State Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero said, without providing specifics of the negotiated agreement: “We are really committed to working very quickly to making sure we can implement some changes immediately. We continue to have that commitment and continue to move forward with that.”
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How The Police See Issues Of Race And Policing
By Perry Bacon Jr.
4 June 2020
[EDITOR'S TLDR: Most police are white men who think racism isn't an issue and African-Americans just commit more crimes and are inherently more violent. White male police officers also think BLM protesters have no interest in holding police accountable (only 35% do) and overwhelmingly (92%) "said that these protests reflected at least some long-standing bias against the police."]
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-the-police-see-issues-of-race-and-policing/
One important difference between the protests that have spread across the country for the past nine days and nights and other protest movements is their subject. The demonstrators who have taken to the streets in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers are protesting against police violence and the inequities of the criminal justice system, which as others have pointed out, call into question the role and neutrality of the law enforcement personnel who patrol those streets. The police officers firing tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets — and generally roughing up protesters — have seemed in many ways like counterprotesters more than peacekeepers.
In fact, a majority of America’s police officers strongly disagree with the core arguments of the protests. And that’s probably related to the fact that the police and the protesters are much different from each other in terms of politics and demographics. And these underlying differences over identity, politics and policy are creating a toxic and potentially dangerous dynamic as the protests continue.
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DÆ
twitter.com/daeshikjr
6 June 2020
https://twitter.com/daeshikjr/status/1269326575180214272
[THREAD]
Seattle PD dragging mother out of her car while her 9 year old is in the backseat. Officer tells her she has “multiple counts of assaulting an officer. You assaulted me and you assaulted another officer” at a protest couple days ago.
Cops are seeking revenge on protestors.
[MORE]
Woman is at KC JAIL and an attorney spoke to her this morning. This is the day Seattle Mayor “banned tear gas” Enough dancing on Capitol Hill and falling for police propaganda. Law enforcement and twitter.com/MayorJenny has gone to war with their people. #seattleprotests
[MORE]
Description of what was going on during the time of the arrest. One of the cops even rolls up his pant sleeve to show his “wound”. We have to continue to police the police or they will continue fabricating stories to terrorize protestors.
[MORE AT UPPER LINK]
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Mayor Wheeler wants PPB to limit use of CS gas
by KATU Staff
Saturday, June 6th 2020
https://katu.com/news/local/mayor-wheeler-issues-statement-on-use-of-cs-gas
PORTLAND, Ore. — Mayor Ted Wheeler sent out a statement Saturday on the use of CS gas for crowd management during protests.
In his statement, he said he stands in solidarity with the non-violent demonstrators who are sending a strong message that we long overdue for meaningful reform and social justice. He went on to say:
"Our community has serious concerns about the use of CS gas for crowd management, particularly during a time when we’re battling a pandemic. I share those concerns. Today, I directed Portland Police Chief Jami Resch that gas should not be used unless there is a serious and immediate threat to life safety, and there is no other viable alternative for dispersal. I strongly believe that gas should not be used to disperse crowds of non-violent protesters or for general crowd management purposes. It should only be used in response to violence that threatens life safety. My priority and focus are to protect the lives of demonstrators, our first responders, and the people in custody at the Justice Center."
- [NEW YORK CITY] Police attacked Stonewall AGAIN.
- [PHILADELPHIA] Philadelphia Police Inspector Joseph Bologna will face assault charges in the beating of a Temple student at a protest [EDITOR: Police staging "blue flu" walkout in protest of charges]
- [DES MOINES] 'Des Moines is not immune to this': Iowa protesters march for racial justice — and get results
- [NEW YORK CITY] Bruce Springsteen and the NYPD
- [DENVER] A federal judge in Denver has blocked police from using chemical agents or shooting “projectiles of any kind” at peaceful protesters.
- [DENVER] More on the judicial ruling against the Denver police department
- [SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA] Man who trains San Jose police about bias severely injured by riot gun during George Floyd protest
- [MINNEAPOLIS] Minneapolis City Council to vote Friday on first changes to police
- How The Police See Issues Of Race And Policing [EDITOR: It might be even worse than you think.]
- [SEATTLE] Seattle PD dragging mother out of her car while her 9 year old is in the backseat. Officer tells her she has “multiple counts of assaulting an officer. You assaulted me and you assaulted another officer” at a protest couple days ago.
- [PORTLAND] Mayor Wheeler wants PPB to limit use of CS gas
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Essential Fox
twitter.com/chipfoxx
5 June 2020
https://twitter.com/chipfoxx/status/1269078317807726592
Police attacked Stonewall AGAIN.
Police opened fired on another LGBT bar not because they were protesting, but because they were treating people's wounds.
[IMAGES AT LINK]
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Philadelphia Police Inspector Joseph Bologna will face assault charges in the beating of a Temple student at a protest
by William Bender and Jeremy Roebuck
Updated: June 5, 2020
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-police-beating-temple-student-joseph-bologna-protest-20200605.html
A high-ranking Philadelphia police official will be charged with assault after video surfaced of him beating a Temple University student with a baton during a protest Monday along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, District Attorney Larry Krasner said Friday.
Krasner, who days earlier had declined to prosecute the student, said Staff Inspector Joseph Bologna Jr. will face counts of felony aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, and possession of an instrument of crime — his police baton.
Bologna, a 31-year veteran of the force, was removed from street duty and had his gun taken away Thursday evening, according to police sources.
The move came just hours after Police Commissioner Daniele Outlaw had pledged a more thorough and methodical Internal Affairs investigation with results that might not be known for some time.
...
By Friday evening, talk was circulating about a “blue flu," or organized move by officers to call in sick in solidarity with Bologna, as another round of demonstrations, with crowds anticipated in the thousands, was set to take place Saturday in central Philadelphia. Command staff warned that such a move would only put other officers at risk.
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'Des Moines is not immune to this': Iowa protesters march for racial justice — and get results
After a week of demonstrations led by black activists, the all-white Des Moines City Council is planning a vote on a ban of racial profiling by police.
June 6, 2020, 2:06 AM PDT
By Tyler Kingkade
[EDITOR: ONLY NOW ARE THEY BANNING RACIAL PROFILING?! HOLY FUCK]
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/des-moines-not-immune-iowa-protesters-march-racial-justice-get-n1225976
Outside of the governor’s mansion in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday evening, Dionna Langford spoke to a crowd of hundreds of protesters with a bullhorn.
“Black people,” said Langford, 28, who is African American, “if you have been harassed, terrorized, bullied by the police, in this city, make some noise.”
A large portion of the crowd clapped and yelled, according to a video of the protest.
“It isn’t just a somewhere-else issue,” she said. “This is a here issue.”
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John Gallagher, Jr.
twitter.com/JohnGallagherJr
5 June 2020
https://twitter.com/JohnGallagherJr/status/1269049255970443264
[THREAD]
I’d like to tell you a story about Bruce Springsteen and the New York City Police Department.
[NEXT]
Bruce Springsteen’s song “American Skin (41 Shots)” is a tender, moving ode to Amadou Diallo. Diallo was a 23 year old Guinean immigrant who was shot 19 times by 4 plain clothes cops outside his NYC apartment in 1999. 41 shots were fired. He was unarmed. The cops were acquitted.
[NEXT]
When Bruce debuted the song in Atlanta in 2000 it was considered controversial. The largest police union in NYC was like “That’s it! The Boss is cancelled!” They called for the NYPD to boycott Bruce and refuse to offer security for his upcoming shows at Madison Square Garden.
[NEXT]
Listening to the song now, it’s hard to imagine what made them so mad. It isn’t angry or accusatory, just sorrowful. It offers up the simple, powerful refrain...
“You can get killed just for living in your American skin.”
[NEXT]
The fact that it made the NYPD so mad tells us a lot about why they are doing what they are doing right now. The party line has always been the same...
Question our authority and become our enemy. It doesn’t matter if you’re a famous rockstar or a citizenry demanding reform.
[THREAD CONTINUES AT LINK]
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jack healy
twitter.com/jackhealyNYT
5 June 2020
https://twitter.com/jackhealyNYT/status/1269112690321977345
[EDITOR'S NOTE: I won't be sharing New York Times stories anymore, but I will share individual reporters.]
A federal judge in Denver has blocked police from using chemical agents or shooting “projectiles of any kind” at peaceful protesters.
[IMAGES: DOCUMENTS FROM FILING]
This is striking language from a federal judge: “The Denver Police Depart. has failed in its duty to police its own.”
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Marshall Zelinger
twitter.com/Marshall9News
6 June 2020
https://twitter.com/Marshall9News/status/1269123116917121025
[THREAD]
Wow! Judge: “If a store’s windows must be broken to prevent a protestor’s facial bones from being broken or eye being permanently damaged, that is more than a fair trade. If a building must be graffiti-ed to prevent the suppression of free speech, that is a fair trade.”
[QUOTED TWEET]
Kyle Clark
twitter.com/KyleClark
5 June 2020
NEW: Federal judge issues a restraining order blocking twitter.com/DenverPolice from using "chemical weapons or projectiles of any kind against persons engaging in peaceful protests or demonstrations." #9NEWS
[NEXT]
More from the judge: “Citizens should never have to fear peaceful protest on the basis of police retaliation, especially not when protesting that very same police violence.”
[NEXT]
There’s so much more in this federal judge’s order preventing Denver Police from using chemical weapons on protesters, like the part that ends “the Denver Police Depart has failed in its duty to police its own.”
[NEXT]
Based on temporary restraining order, Denver Police can’t use chemical weapons/projectiles unless on-scene supervisor (Capt or above) authorizes such use of force in response to specific acts of violence or destruction of property that the command officer personally witnessed.
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Man who trains San Jose police about bias severely injured by riot gun during George Floyd protest
By Dan Noyes
Friday, June 5, 2020
https://abc7news.com/man-who-trains-san-jose-police-about-bias-severely-injured-by-riot-gun-during-protest/6234212/
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- A community activist, who has worked for years to promote understanding between San Jose police and the public, was seriously injured by a riot gun in the George Floyd protest one week ago.
He has now retained an attorney and spoke to the I-Team's Dan Noyes.
Derrick Sanderlin knows the San Jose police chief well and has worked with him for three years.
But tonight, he can't help questioning if they've made any progress at all.
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Minneapolis City Council to vote Friday on first changes to police
City Council President Lisa Bender said pledges to "dismantle" the police
By Liz Navratil Star Tribune
June 5, 2020
https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-city-council-to-vote-on-first-changes-to-police/571032682/
Minneapolis City Council members plan to vote Friday on some of the first changes to be made to the Police Department in response to the death of George Floyd.
Representatives for the Minnesota Department of Human Rights and city elected officials were working Thursday to negotiate a stipulated temporary restraining order that will mandate some immediate changes and also set a timeline for the state’s investigation into whether the Minneapolis Police Department engaged in racial discrimination over the past 10 years.
City Council President Lisa Bender said the city was still working Thursday evening on details of the document, which the council planned to vote on during a public meeting Friday afternoon.
If the council gives its blessing, as is expected, the order will also require approval from a judge at a hearing that is likely to be scheduled next week, according to a presentation given to the city’s Commission on Civil Rights earlier this week.
“The timeline for the impact of the [temporary restraining order] is for this weekend,” Bender said. “It’s for immediate accountability measures for the Police Department. It’s not meant to be anywhere near starting this bigger conversation.”
State Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero said, without providing specifics of the negotiated agreement: “We are really committed to working very quickly to making sure we can implement some changes immediately. We continue to have that commitment and continue to move forward with that.”
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How The Police See Issues Of Race And Policing
By Perry Bacon Jr.
4 June 2020
[EDITOR'S TLDR: Most police are white men who think racism isn't an issue and African-Americans just commit more crimes and are inherently more violent. White male police officers also think BLM protesters have no interest in holding police accountable (only 35% do) and overwhelmingly (92%) "said that these protests reflected at least some long-standing bias against the police."]
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-the-police-see-issues-of-race-and-policing/
One important difference between the protests that have spread across the country for the past nine days and nights and other protest movements is their subject. The demonstrators who have taken to the streets in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers are protesting against police violence and the inequities of the criminal justice system, which as others have pointed out, call into question the role and neutrality of the law enforcement personnel who patrol those streets. The police officers firing tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets — and generally roughing up protesters — have seemed in many ways like counterprotesters more than peacekeepers.
In fact, a majority of America’s police officers strongly disagree with the core arguments of the protests. And that’s probably related to the fact that the police and the protesters are much different from each other in terms of politics and demographics. And these underlying differences over identity, politics and policy are creating a toxic and potentially dangerous dynamic as the protests continue.
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DÆ
twitter.com/daeshikjr
6 June 2020
https://twitter.com/daeshikjr/status/1269326575180214272
[THREAD]
Seattle PD dragging mother out of her car while her 9 year old is in the backseat. Officer tells her she has “multiple counts of assaulting an officer. You assaulted me and you assaulted another officer” at a protest couple days ago.
Cops are seeking revenge on protestors.
[MORE]
Woman is at KC JAIL and an attorney spoke to her this morning. This is the day Seattle Mayor “banned tear gas” Enough dancing on Capitol Hill and falling for police propaganda. Law enforcement and twitter.com/MayorJenny has gone to war with their people. #seattleprotests
[MORE]
Description of what was going on during the time of the arrest. One of the cops even rolls up his pant sleeve to show his “wound”. We have to continue to police the police or they will continue fabricating stories to terrorize protestors.
[MORE AT UPPER LINK]
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Mayor Wheeler wants PPB to limit use of CS gas
by KATU Staff
Saturday, June 6th 2020
https://katu.com/news/local/mayor-wheeler-issues-statement-on-use-of-cs-gas
PORTLAND, Ore. — Mayor Ted Wheeler sent out a statement Saturday on the use of CS gas for crowd management during protests.
In his statement, he said he stands in solidarity with the non-violent demonstrators who are sending a strong message that we long overdue for meaningful reform and social justice. He went on to say:
"Our community has serious concerns about the use of CS gas for crowd management, particularly during a time when we’re battling a pandemic. I share those concerns. Today, I directed Portland Police Chief Jami Resch that gas should not be used unless there is a serious and immediate threat to life safety, and there is no other viable alternative for dispersal. I strongly believe that gas should not be used to disperse crowds of non-violent protesters or for general crowd management purposes. It should only be used in response to violence that threatens life safety. My priority and focus are to protect the lives of demonstrators, our first responders, and the people in custody at the Justice Center."
