#Accountability of Police

[massivelyspeedyobject]

The real story of prosecution of minorities by Hitler & the resemblance

Credit: quora The prosecution of minorities under Hitler’s regime, particularly targeting Jews, is a dark chapter in history. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party implemented policies of systematic discrimination, persecution, and ultimately extermination of various minority groups, most notably Jews, but also including Romani people, disabled individuals, homosexuals, and others. The persecution…

[lectorel]

Got permanently banned from a subreddit for saying law enforcement shooting someone dead in the street was still a bad thing even when the victim was a violent right-wing fanatic.

Gotta say, I did not expect that to be such a controversial statement. So repeating it here: law enforcement shouldn't kill people. Even violent assholes have a right to be taken in alive, and it's a failure of practice and policy when someone is killed in the process of an arrest.

[polyamorousmood]

Be poly, do crimes

[saywhat-politics]

[messiahzzz]

friendly reminder that creators within fandom (whether it be gifs, edits, meta, fanfiction or fanart) choose to take time out of their day to provide you with new content for free.

it’s easy to take it for granted since it only requires a few seconds/minutes to scroll through your dash, but it’s important to remember that behind that there are often hours, if not even days, of work and dedication.

[soberscientistlife]

[heyyytheredelilahh]

matt come do something about this

[patron-saint-of-lesbeans]

If you could please pray for me and other students suffering from trauma related to last year’s police brutality on campus, especially for my friends A. and S., who are having a very hard time with the anniversary.

[captainjonnitkessler]

You know the first time I watched Nimona I was pretty firmly in the “Ambrosius is being a shitty boyfriend” camp. But the more I think about it, the more I think that if my boyfriend murdered someone in front of me, vanished off the face of the planet for potentially weeks?? and didn’t bother to so much as send me a text message explaining what the fuck happened, probably leading me to believe that I’d accidentally fucking killed him, and then he suddenly showed back up at my job, apparently totally fine, to commit a little light domestic terrorism before booking it the second he saw me . . . I would also probably not be in much of a listening mood the next time I saw him

[massivelyspeedyobject]

The real story of prosecution of minorities by Hitler & the resemblance

Credit: quora The prosecution of minorities under Hitler’s regime, particularly targeting Jews, is a dark chapter in history. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party implemented policies of systematic discrimination, persecution, and ultimately extermination of various minority groups, most notably Jews, but also including Romani people, disabled individuals, homosexuals, and others. The persecution…

[questions-about-blorbos]

“why are you posting about (x) here, you are a gimmick account.” “ever think about something else that isn’t (x)” “omg stop posting about (x) and stick to what you’re supposed to post about”

1. it’s my blog. I can post whatever I want without having to ask for a stranger’s permission

2. I run this blog for fun. and for free. pay me and I’ll only post about what you want me to post, otherwise, shut the fuck up

3. gimmick blogs are not your slaves. we do this for fun. we’re not doing it because it’s our job and we certainly aren’t doing it to please strangers

4. again, either pay us to only post about what you want us to post, or shut up and stop being entitled by telling strangers what they can and can’t post on their blogs

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Phillip Jackson at HuffPost:

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced a bill Wednesday that would give federal and state officials more power to hold police departments accused of bad behavior to account. The Enhancing Oversight to End Discrimination in Policing Act, led by Warren and in the House by Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-Wash.), would strengthen the power of state attorneys general to launch investigations into police departments involved in civil rights violations if the Justice Department fails to act on them. The bill would also task the Justice Department with looking beyond “traditional law enforcement mechanisms” when providing reforms to selective police departments such as mental health support, civilian oversight bodies, and community-based restorative justice programs, according to Warren’s office.

Warren had introduced a version of the bill in 2020. This newest version of the measure would also revitalize the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, granting an increase in funding to pursue civil rights investigations into police departments and other government offices accused of discriminatory practices. It would increase funding for the civil rights division to $445 million per year over a 10-year period. (For scale, the 2023 budget for the division was $189.9 million.)

Warren first introduced her bill following the death of George Floyd in 2020. That earlier draft also called for Attorney General Merrick Garland to rescind a 2017 memorandum from his predecessor, Trump-era Attorney General Jeff Sessions, that limited the DOJ’s ability to initiate consent decrees on police departments — a key way of stopping bad behavior. (Garland rescinded that memorandum in April of 2021.)

Nine senators co-sponsored the bill: Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii). Several civil rights organizations are backing Warren’s new bill, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the National Urban League and others.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and 9 other co-sponsors in the Senate are supporting the Enhancing Oversight to End Discrimination in Policing Act to strengthen police accountability. Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) is pushing this in the House.

[soberscientistlife]

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Police misconduct allegations are now viewable to the public online. One of B.C.'s police watchdogs—the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner (OPCC)—has launched the Discipline Decisions Digest, a public database that shows substantiated allegations of misconduct against police officers and corresponding disciplinary measures. "Transparency is a fundamental pillar for police accountability and enhancing public confidence in policing," said Prabhu Rajana in a statement from the OPCC.

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[liquidloz]

[thewalrusespublicist]

For those confused about my last post, @destrokkit kindly informed me that there's currently some drama on Beatles twitter. Apparently in 2016 the day Carrie Fisher died this 15 year old twitter user essentially sent a troll message to Sean Ono Lennon about his net worth and he responded by going on a long rant about his inheritance and his mum and dad (from vibes not great stuff about John). She pretended to listen and encouraged him to say more and screenshotted the whole thing.

This is potentially going to be some ongoing thing as the user doesen't like Sean due to his liking transphobic comments/Elon Musk support/Rachel Zegler shit and is maybe going to post more so stay tuned i guess??