“The #DOJ issued a withering critique of #Minneapolis#police, alleging that they systematically discriminated against racial minorities, often violated #ConstitutionalRights and disregarded the #safety of people in custody.
"The Justice Department on Friday released an account of systemic abuses and discrimination by the police in Minneapolis, the result of a multiyear investigation that began after the murder of George Floyd in police custody ignited protests across the country."
Today in Labor History June 16, 1836: The London Working Men's Association was formed, launching the Chartist movement. The Chartists took their name from the People's Charter, which demanded universal suffrage for men, regardless of social class. The movement appealed to skilled workers, not the masses of unskilled laborers. They followed the utopian socialism of Robert Owen. The movement lasted from 1838 to 1857. America’s first cop, Allan Pinkerton, creator of the Secret Service & persecutor of the Molly Maguires, was a radical participant in the Chartist movement before becoming the bulldog of capitalists. While the Chartism was primarily a constitutional movement, there was a radical, insurrectionary wing. Pinkerton was a part of this wing. He fought cops, destroyed property and set fires.
It is well known that the admission criteria for the police in Germany are very high. For example, there is an IQ test with very strict limits. What is less known, the limit applies upwards.
According to the testimonies of survivors, an attempt was made by the Greek Coast Guard to push the ship towards #Italian waters. They tied a rope and started towing them, during the maneuver the boat capsized…
This is cold murder by the #Greek state in coordination with #Europe’s orders and #Frontex
Now #police is threatening survivors not to talk to reporters about what happened or they will be prosecuted as traffickers…
Having lived in #Southampton for perhaps far too long, this doesn't surprise me.
The only question is whether Soton does something substantive about it.
"#HongKong protesters allegedly attacked by #Chinese activists in Southampton...
"...One of the attackers, some of whom were said to be #UniversityOfSouthampton students, could be heard shouting in Mandarin: “Hong Kong belongs to #China” and waving what appeared to be the Chinese flag..."
I used to have a #doctor friend on the bird site who offered tons of insightful comments on #medical questions for fiction #writers. Anyone on #mastodon able to do something similar? Also looking for #police and #LawEnforcebnt folks who can similarly comment on plot points, verisimilitude (!), etc. Anyone know people who might fit the bill(s)? #WritingCommunity#fiction
Rifles, Tasers and jails: how cities and states spent billions of #COVID19 relief
The American Rescue Plan Act gave local governments $350 billion to recover from COVID-19. They spent more than 90% of it on #police, #prison and the #courts
Texas Pulls Funding for Child ID Kits After Investigation Finds Little Evidence of Their Effectiveness
Lawmakers were slated to spend millions of taxpayer dollars for the kits but changed course after a ProPublica and Texas Tribune investigation found no evidence the kits have helped locate missing children.
A 58-year-old white woman antagonized the black children who lived next door. She frequently called them vile names. She threw a pair of skates at them, hitting one of them.
The kids, ages 9 and 12, walked up to her door with their mother and knocked on the door. The white woman then shot the black mother through the closed door, killing her.
The Chinese embassy has been forced to close several unofficial police stations operating in the UK after a government investigation into their “unacceptable”
Both Tyree Nichols & Breonna Taylor were born 30 years ago today—-June 5, 1993.
They were real life human beings who led vibrant lives and, like all of us, had families and friends who adored them.
This is a reminder of how much we’ve lost. When police officers abuse their power and engage in violent behavior, it undermines ALL of society because the principles of justice, fairness, and equality are fundamental to democratic society.
@Deglassco the United States has become the #GunCapital of the world; and it use to be we had to worry about just criminals, crazies, and people who were the #2ndAmendment Crackers; but now in the hands of said #PeaceOfficersoftheLaw they’re in some cases the problem. A gun should be used in all situations as a last resort, tasers and non lethal weapons must become the norm for all #Police and psychological testing must be an ongoing part of the process too. #GunsAreFinality😔😢
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A #Chicago cop got out of 44 tickets by saying over and over that his girlfriend stole his car.
And it worked.
All 44 times, his tickets were dismissed.
At hearings, Jeffrey Kriv often provided what he said were legitimate #police incident reports as evidence of the car thefts. He explained that he got the reports at police HQ.
This Cop Got Out of 44 Tickets by Saying Over and Over That His Girlfriend Stole His Car
#Chicago police officer Jeffrey Kriv used the same alibi to contest dozens of traffic tickets over the years. A deeper look at his career sheds light on Chicago’s troubled history of police #accountability.
“Over-policing Black and brown communities is what leads to police brutality, it’s what ends lives, it’s what destroys families. We can’t talk about police brutality without discussing the role over-policing plays. It doesn’t mean anything that you protested the police who killed George Floyd if you too would’ve made the 911 call that put the police on his neck.” —Olayemi Olurin
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Das 40,00€ teurer gewordene Nachfolgeticket zum 9-Euro-Ticket soll Daten melken. Zwar solle das Ticket übergangsweise nicht nur für Smartphones erhältlich sein sondern auch auf Chip-Karten und kurzzeitig auf Papier mit QR-Code, aber wichtig scheint es den Regierenden vor allem anderen, dass mit dem 49€-Ticket Echtzeit-Verkehrsdaten erhoben werden können.
Positiv klingt zunächst: "Es werde nicht gespeichert, wer von A nach B fährt, sondern nur, wie stark die Verkehrsmittel ausgelastet sind. Für die Fahrgäste könnte das ein Nutzen sein, weil die Verkehrsunternehmen so für ausreichend Kapazitäten sorgen könnten."
Allerdings: Das Ticket wird wohl nur als Abo personalisiert erworben werden können, so dass darüber anfallende Personendaten zukünftig schnell integriert werden könnten. Mit Hinblick auf den aktuellen massiven Ausbau des Überwachungsstaats und der Kontrollgesellschaft in Deutschland und der EU (digitale Personenkennziffer/RegMod, Chatkontrolle, Identifizierungspflicht, Biometrie, eIDAS uvm) ist es doch auch gar nicht die Frage ob, sondern nur wann und mit welchem Vorwand (Anschläge, Pandemie, Jugendschutz, Wahlkampf) personalisierte Datenerfassung und Polizeizugriffe kommen werden, sobald die digitale Kontrollinfrastruktur erst einmal errichtet wurde.
"In collaboration with the Defence Science and #Technology Laboratory, the Office of the Police Chief Scientific Adviser brings you 'Police Futures - A Taste of the Future'. This document has been developed to give you a look at some examples of future S&T, consider new terminology, introduce some futures methods, signpost you to useful resources and bring the future to life through stories."
UK orders China to close secret police stations in Britain (www.thetimes.co.uk)
The Chinese embassy has been forced to close several unofficial police stations operating in the UK after a government investigation into their “unacceptable”