…that the curfew the police were “enforcing” was an unconstitutional restraint on speech and assembly—specifically in the literal “town square.” Police “enforcing” an illegal order, even if the force is deemed justified, is still itself illegal.
— Mary Beth Williams (@wampumpeag) April 11, 2022
Category: Police State
Shocked?
Maryland police officers discussed killing Black Lives Matter protesters in texts messages, a Black police officer from the department alleges in a civil rights lawsuit. https://t.co/npInyFNUbA
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 18, 2022
Under duress
Wow. A Russian NGO is reportedly preparing to file a complaint with the Chief Military Prosecutor’s Office alleging that soldiers from all across the country were deceived into heading to the Ukrainian border, and some were beaten if they resisted.https://t.co/0m3MFRBpQj
— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) February 24, 2022
The boys in blue strike again
This what you get for standing up for your rights:
This is why Kaepernick took a knee. https://t.co/4NmT4rODKZ
— Willie Ross Jr. Knee Deep (@RossKneeDeep) February 21, 2022
Serve and protect who?
Grand jurors were considering charges against as many as many as 21 this week — a number that has grown during an ongoing grand jury probe. And the number of indictments are likely to be the highest of any U.S. city following social unrest in Floyd's murder.
— Tony Plohetski (@tplohetski) February 17, 2022
Law and order
Florida court overturns conviction of cop who shot a therapist who had his hands in the airhttps://t.co/MAn0AP8qDO
— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 17, 2022
Crazy
Astonishing. Every paragraph of this is astonishing. https://t.co/ispcBkBTSJ
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) January 19, 2022
History
Fixed it. pic.twitter.com/k1DI6vHkok
— Ayman (@AymanM) November 19, 2021
This stuff is unbearable
ONE black juror in the trial of the killers of Ahmaud Arbery, the judge literally says he sees INTENTIONAL discrimination in the selection process… but he lets the trial go forward ANYWAY.
Sounds. About. WHITE.https://t.co/xMmcPb62E0
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) November 4, 2021
Cop talk
#Archives Above all, police proclaim the necessity of their own existence—no matter what violence that may entail. From @PatBlanchfield, 2020:
https://t.co/Ny0TQPlHpK— The New Republic (@newrepublic) November 3, 2021