Byeeee. || 50 Police Officers Step Down From a Crowd Control Unit in Portland https://t.co/tbYiuMY3ld
— Amy (@ameseh) June 17, 2021
Category: Police State
Open season
‘I’m not releasing the video – This is done’: NC DA gets defensive after announcing no charges in police shooting https://t.co/Ev4PcVhxw3
— Raw Story (@RawStory) May 18, 2021
So we’re the only ones, huh?
Foreign cops on "qualified immunity": Whut?! https://t.co/UwIvEqGJ42
— Tom Sullivan (@BloggersRUs) May 12, 2021
Deja vu all over again
Black man killed by police shot in back of head, attorney says https://t.co/vcDmtMzIta
— WPBF 25 News (@WPBF25News) April 27, 2021
How it happens
One officer was indicted, accused of pepper-spraying a handcuffed woman, filing a false report & encouraging others to fake reports.
He received no jail time or probation, but entered a “pretrial intervention” program that wiped charges from his record. https://t.co/8bDxYj0bTw
— ProPublica (@propublica) April 25, 2021
DoJ announces Minneapolis investigation
The investigation announced Wednesday is known as a "pattern or practice" and will be a more sweeping probe of the entire department. https://t.co/5TTsCR6FOl
— Action News on 6abc (@6abc) April 21, 2021
A start
The Chauvin Verdict Has to Be Just the Beginning via @thenation https://t.co/dLaE6VusRD
— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) April 20, 2021
Breathe
WATCH: Derek Chauvin declared guilty on all counts of murder and manslaughter in George Floyd's death. https://t.co/olDOHgU9BV pic.twitter.com/bw6gKPqo4q
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 20, 2021
George Floyd’s brother Philonise Floyd references Emmett Till and Daunte Wright while speaking after the Chauvin verdict: “It seems like this is a never ending cycle.” https://t.co/IczJvbX0rR pic.twitter.com/CIGcarDKCR
— CNBC (@CNBC) April 20, 2021
Philonise Floyd, George Floyd's brother: "Today, we are able to breathe again."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 20, 2021
Agreed, forget the Oscars or any other award show for any media type…the most captivating, compelling, effectual video of 2020-2021 (& years to come) was shot by Darnella Frazier, the 17-year-old girl who took out her cell phone and recorded Derek Chauvin killing George Floyd.
— Alicia Pena-Dzamonja (@DzamonjaPena) April 20, 2021
Minneapolis Mayor Frey says a jury convicting Derek Chauvin of murder in George Floyd's death marks one "important step in our pursuit of racial justice in Minneapolis" as part of a "much longer journey." https://t.co/VLCcYpYzrQ
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 20, 2021
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison: "I would not call today's verdict justice, however, because justice implies true restoration. But it is accountability, which is the first step toward justice."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 20, 2021
Accountable
— mike luckovich (@mluckovichajc) April 20, 2021
Life in the city
The cops are trying to pin anything they can on Krasner while he’s running for reelection, because they hate that he’s dropped cash bail on most charges. Kind of ironic they’re going after him on this, because they’re such gun-huggers themselves:
[Wiping hands on rag, pointing under hood:] Whole thing could use a tune up, but you gotcher big problem right here: "Krasner’s office said it has seen little evidence that those accused of carrying guns illegally are responsible for driving the violence." https://t.co/Du6QQ5s9qo
— Peter Moskos (@PeterMoskos) April 15, 2021