Iran shuts down morality police

December 5, 2022December 4, 2022 ~ susie

They’d better “consider” lifting that hajab rule, too:

Iran's attorney general says the government has abolished the "morality police," who enforce hated rules on hijab (although others also enforce the rules). That would be a major concession, but it's not the end of dictatorship that many protesters seek. https://t.co/FywtAzT6ku

— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) December 4, 2022

Iran disbanded its morality police and is considering altering the requirement that women cover their heads in public, Iran's attorney general said https://t.co/ezLvotXOJE

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 4, 2022

Shooters

October 7, 2022October 6, 2022 ~ susie

We also need to deal with this pipeline. https://t.co/K097UxxTYD

— LizzieShore (@lizzieshore) October 6, 2022

WTF?

October 7, 2022October 6, 2022 ~ susie

For those curious, the cop thought the car was the same one that evaded him the night before. It was not. https://t.co/LV9AO408j5

— SBStrategist (@sb_strategist) October 6, 2022

Accidentally on purpose

October 5, 2022October 4, 2022 ~ susie

"Tipping died after being injured by a fellow officer who was under investigation for sexually assaulting a woman…the assault happened in July 2021 and involved four LAPD officers…one of the officers was present at the training exercise."https://t.co/Lhqqq4xkHI

— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) October 4, 2022

I wondered if anyone noticed

September 9, 2022September 8, 2022 ~ susie

PA Gov Tom Wolf has opened up and investigation after 31 uniformed state troopers posed for a photo with Trump at his rally. Department policy requires prior approval to engage in any activity while in uniform, and to avoid politics while in uniform. https://t.co/m7KeG8mxH2

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 8, 2022

DoJ charges four cops involved in Breonna Taylor death

August 5, 2022August 4, 2022 ~ susie

The arc of the universe is bending in the right direction. Via the Washington Post:

Four current and former Louisville officers are facing federal charges in connection with the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor — including excessive force, falsifying information on the search warrant that led to the killing and staging a coverup, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday.

Kelly Goodlett, Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany are accused of falsifying information on a search warrant before and after Taylor, 26, was killed in March 2020, sparking a wave of racial justice protests across the country. Brett Hankison is charged with two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law.

Hankinson and Jaynes were fired from the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department earlier, after being accused of wrongdoing related to Taylor’s death, though Jaynes is suing to get his job back. A Louisville police spokesperson said in a statement that Chief Erika Shields “began termination procedures” for Meany and Goodlett on Thursday.

The counts announced Thursday are the first federal charges brought against any of the officers stemming from the raid.

Very secretive Secret Service

July 20, 2022July 19, 2022 ~ susie

PURGED — Here’s the news. ⁦Those @SecretService⁩ texts are gone, gone, gone . Agency scoured records and said it found nothing new to give Congress . National Archives now investigating if USSS broke the law https://t.co/ROMnhjXSf5

— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) July 19, 2022

So, the agents were told to back up their texts. Then, the day after a violent insurrection, one in which Trump may have physically put his hands on an SS agent, the agency still not only purges texts, no one checks to see if the agents backed them up? https://t.co/wdR1oV5q5x pic.twitter.com/vxeWwJ65cv

— Jason Karsh (@jkarsh) July 19, 2022

The eternal puzzle

July 15, 2022July 14, 2022 ~ susie

The Yonkers Police Department has been trying to reform for over a decade. And the police commissioner wants to finish the job. But how do you “reform” the police? @NPREmbedded and @marshallporject investigates. https://t.co/SZJ7zPqmhx

— NPR (@NPR) July 15, 2022

Protecting and serving again

July 14, 2022July 13, 2022 ~ susie

Hospital security officers detained a black man they suspected of “casing” a parking garage, beat him, and told him to never come back. He was a patient, looking for his car. He’d been receiving treatment for kidney failure. https://t.co/kLzCT0dsSr

— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) July 12, 2022

Words to ponder

July 12, 2022July 11, 2022 ~ susie

it's just amazing that we have no expectation that cops can stop mass shootings until well after the fact — a real public safety concern that gets to the heart of their alleged mission — but that we'll outfit them with tens of millions of dollars to blow up the homes of citizens https://t.co/bzO4nQ1UNQ

— Joel D. Anderson 🆓 (@byjoelanderson) July 11, 2022