sweep_shot
Test Captain
- Joined
- Mar 30, 2016
- Runs
- 47,265
-
Contact the PP Team
[VIDEOS] George Floyd Killing - 4 officers charged - Protests erupt across the United States
- Thread starter MenInG
- Start date
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2004
- Runs
- 217,977
One year anniversary of his death.
Last Monetarist
T20I Debutant
- Joined
- Mar 19, 2016
- Runs
- 7,910
George Floyd: US marks anniversary of the killing
The US has marked one year since the murder of black man George Floyd, whose death sparked global outrage.
Police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted last month of the murder and faces up to 40 years in prison.
Demonstrations took place in cities across the US on Tuesday.
Members of Mr Floyd's family later met US President Joe Biden at the White House, as the Democratic president pushes to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
In a statement Mr Biden said the US faced an inflection point.
"To deliver real change, we must have accountability when law enforcement officers violate their oaths," he said. "We have to act."
Mr Floyd's brother Terrence called the meeting an honour. "I feel it was a very productive conversation and I'm grateful for it," he said.
Legal cases surrounding Mr Floyd's murder continue.
Earlier in May a federal grand jury charged four ex-police officers - Alexander Keung, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao, as well as Chauvin himself - with violating George Floyd's civil rights.
Meanwhile Chauvin's defence team has requested a new trial, accusing both prosecutors and jurors of misconduct. The former officer will be sentenced next month.
How did the US mark the anniversary?
Officials and demonstrators held events across the US to commemorate one year since the murder.
In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio joined civil rights activist Rev Al Sharpton in kneeling in silence for nine minutes and 29 seconds - the time that Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck.
Across the country, demonstrators gathered for a Black Lives Matter protest near City Hall in Los Angeles.
And in Minneapolis, many gathered at the intersection where Floyd took his last breaths, which has been turned into a memorial site.
Events at George Floyd memorial square were briefly interrupted after reports of gun fire. One person was reported injured in the incident.
There were also events overseas. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters George Floyd's death was a "tragedy" and vowed to take more action in Canada to tackle racism, while vigils and demonstrations took place in cities across the UK, including Birmingham, Edinburgh, London, Manchester and Swansea.
What happened to George Floyd?
The 46-year-old bought a pack of cigarettes at a convenience store in May 2020. A shop assistant believed he had used a counterfeit note and called police after Mr Floyd refused to give the cigarettes back.
When officers arrived, they ordered Mr Floyd out of his parked car and handcuffed him. A struggle ensued when officers tried to put a screaming Mr Floyd in their squad car. They wrestled him to the ground and pinned him under their weight.
Chauvin pressed his knee into the back of Mr Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes.
As he was being restrained, Mr Floyd said more than 20 times that he could not breathe, pleading for his mother and begging "please, please, please".
When the ambulance arrived, Mr Floyd was motionless. He was pronounced dead about an hour later.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57245837.amp
The US has marked one year since the murder of black man George Floyd, whose death sparked global outrage.
Police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted last month of the murder and faces up to 40 years in prison.
Demonstrations took place in cities across the US on Tuesday.
Members of Mr Floyd's family later met US President Joe Biden at the White House, as the Democratic president pushes to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
In a statement Mr Biden said the US faced an inflection point.
"To deliver real change, we must have accountability when law enforcement officers violate their oaths," he said. "We have to act."
Mr Floyd's brother Terrence called the meeting an honour. "I feel it was a very productive conversation and I'm grateful for it," he said.
Legal cases surrounding Mr Floyd's murder continue.
Earlier in May a federal grand jury charged four ex-police officers - Alexander Keung, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao, as well as Chauvin himself - with violating George Floyd's civil rights.
Meanwhile Chauvin's defence team has requested a new trial, accusing both prosecutors and jurors of misconduct. The former officer will be sentenced next month.
How did the US mark the anniversary?
Officials and demonstrators held events across the US to commemorate one year since the murder.
In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio joined civil rights activist Rev Al Sharpton in kneeling in silence for nine minutes and 29 seconds - the time that Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck.
Across the country, demonstrators gathered for a Black Lives Matter protest near City Hall in Los Angeles.
And in Minneapolis, many gathered at the intersection where Floyd took his last breaths, which has been turned into a memorial site.
Events at George Floyd memorial square were briefly interrupted after reports of gun fire. One person was reported injured in the incident.
There were also events overseas. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters George Floyd's death was a "tragedy" and vowed to take more action in Canada to tackle racism, while vigils and demonstrations took place in cities across the UK, including Birmingham, Edinburgh, London, Manchester and Swansea.
What happened to George Floyd?
The 46-year-old bought a pack of cigarettes at a convenience store in May 2020. A shop assistant believed he had used a counterfeit note and called police after Mr Floyd refused to give the cigarettes back.
When officers arrived, they ordered Mr Floyd out of his parked car and handcuffed him. A struggle ensued when officers tried to put a screaming Mr Floyd in their squad car. They wrestled him to the ground and pinned him under their weight.
Chauvin pressed his knee into the back of Mr Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes.
As he was being restrained, Mr Floyd said more than 20 times that he could not breathe, pleading for his mother and begging "please, please, please".
When the ambulance arrived, Mr Floyd was motionless. He was pronounced dead about an hour later.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57245837.amp
YousafTheBeast
T20I Debutant
- Joined
- Jun 17, 2018
- Runs
- 6,641
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2004
- Runs
- 217,977
Sept 24 (Reuters) - Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has filed notice that he will appeal his conviction and sentence for the murder of George Floyd, arguing that the judge in his case abused his discretion and made multiple errors during the trial.
Chauvin, a white man convicted of killing Floyd by kneeling on the Black man's neck during a 2020 arrest, has no money to hire an attorney and is representing himself, according to court documents filed late on Thursday.
In his appeal, Chauvin plans to raise 14 separate issues, including Judge Peter Cahill's decision to deny Chauvin's request to move the trial out of Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis, because of the intense pretrial publicity.
A jury found Chauvin guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of Floyd. The verdict was widely seen as a landmark rebuke of the disproportionate use of police force against Black Americans. read more
Chauvin was sentenced to 22-1/2 years. He has pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges he also faces.
In court filings, Chauvin argued that the judge improperly denied requests to grant him a new trial, sequester the jury during trial and disqualify "clearly biased" potential jurors during jury selection.
He also said the judge erred in permitting prosecutors to add a third-degree murder charge shortly before trial and in concluding that the man who had been with Floyd on the day of his arrest could not be forced to testify.
Chauvin separately filed a request to put his appeal on hold until Minnesota's Supreme Court reviews an earlier decision to deny him a public defender to represent him in his appeal.
In an affidavit, Chauvin said he has no income aside from "nominal prison wages" and no assets other than two retirement accounts. The Minneapolis Peace and Police Officers Association, which funded his defense, stopped paying for his legal representation after his conviction and sentencing.
The state attorney general's office, which prosecuted Chauvin, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Chauvin, a white man convicted of killing Floyd by kneeling on the Black man's neck during a 2020 arrest, has no money to hire an attorney and is representing himself, according to court documents filed late on Thursday.
In his appeal, Chauvin plans to raise 14 separate issues, including Judge Peter Cahill's decision to deny Chauvin's request to move the trial out of Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis, because of the intense pretrial publicity.
A jury found Chauvin guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of Floyd. The verdict was widely seen as a landmark rebuke of the disproportionate use of police force against Black Americans. read more
Chauvin was sentenced to 22-1/2 years. He has pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges he also faces.
In court filings, Chauvin argued that the judge improperly denied requests to grant him a new trial, sequester the jury during trial and disqualify "clearly biased" potential jurors during jury selection.
He also said the judge erred in permitting prosecutors to add a third-degree murder charge shortly before trial and in concluding that the man who had been with Floyd on the day of his arrest could not be forced to testify.
Chauvin separately filed a request to put his appeal on hold until Minnesota's Supreme Court reviews an earlier decision to deny him a public defender to represent him in his appeal.
In an affidavit, Chauvin said he has no income aside from "nominal prison wages" and no assets other than two retirement accounts. The Minneapolis Peace and Police Officers Association, which funded his defense, stopped paying for his legal representation after his conviction and sentencing.
The state attorney general's office, which prosecuted Chauvin, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Robert
Test Star
- Joined
- Nov 4, 2007
- Runs
- 37,604
- Post of the Week
- 1
Because even a “horrible man” deserves due process.
If he had committed a crime he should have been arrested and charged.
Not murdered on the street in broad daylight.
I didn't say that he didn't deserve due process.
Robert
Test Star
- Joined
- Nov 4, 2007
- Runs
- 37,604
- Post of the Week
- 1
Well, in answer to your question - some “lefties” are digital thinkers. They divide the world into “us” and “not us”. As a police officer murderer is clearly “not us” - the villain - then Mr Floyd can only be put in the “us” category and becomes the hero in this movie playing in their heads.
Liberals (proper ones, not Fox News caricature ones) won’t think like this as they are pluralist in mental approach.
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2004
- Runs
- 217,977
Police in the US city of Minneapolis have engaged in a pattern of race discrimination for at least the past decade, a state inquiry has found.
The investigation was launched following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020.
Minnesota's civil rights enforcement agency looked into how officers used force, stopped, searched and arrested minorities compared to white residents.
Their analysis found wide disparities in the treatment of different races.
Its conclusions could be used to force the police department to change its practices and policies.
Last year, white ex-police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to over 22 years in prison for the on-duty murder of Floyd.
The analysis of police reports, interviews and body camera footage took nearly two years, revealing what investigators said was a "pattern and practice" of racial discrimination.
While African Americans make up 19% of the population of Minneapolis, they represented 54% of all traffic stops between 2017-20, the inquiry found.
Black people accounted for 63% of police use-of-force incidents from 2010-20.
The 72-page report blames a "paramilitary approach to policing" and a culture that is "ineffective at holding officers accountable for misconduct".
It also charges that officers in the department "consistently use racist, misogynistic, and disrespectful language and are rarely held accountable" for such misconduct.
Officers also created fake social media accounts to monitor black people "unrelated to criminal activity, without a public safety objective", said the report.
Minnesota Department of Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero said on Wednesday the findings showed the city police department "engaging in a pattern of racial discrimination over the last decade".
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, a Democrat, said the findings were "repugnant, at times horrific".
Interim Police Chief Amelia Huffman said the force had already made changes.
"We are committed to promoting public trust and officer safety through ongoing investments in our people, training, policies, and processes," she said.
Other instances of police violence in Minnesota have made headlines while the report was being drafted.
Just this month prosecutors announced they would not press charges against the officers who killed Amir Locke, a black man who was sleeping on a couch in his cousin's apartment when a Swat team entered the home.
A white officer in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center was jailed in February for killing a black man during an arrest after mistaking her gun for a Taser.
Voters in Minneapolis last year narrowly rejected a proposal to abolish the police force and replace it with a "public-health oriented" department of public safety.
Homicides in the city in 2021 were roughly double the average for the years from 2015-19.
BBC
The investigation was launched following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020.
Minnesota's civil rights enforcement agency looked into how officers used force, stopped, searched and arrested minorities compared to white residents.
Their analysis found wide disparities in the treatment of different races.
Its conclusions could be used to force the police department to change its practices and policies.
Last year, white ex-police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to over 22 years in prison for the on-duty murder of Floyd.
The analysis of police reports, interviews and body camera footage took nearly two years, revealing what investigators said was a "pattern and practice" of racial discrimination.
While African Americans make up 19% of the population of Minneapolis, they represented 54% of all traffic stops between 2017-20, the inquiry found.
Black people accounted for 63% of police use-of-force incidents from 2010-20.
The 72-page report blames a "paramilitary approach to policing" and a culture that is "ineffective at holding officers accountable for misconduct".
It also charges that officers in the department "consistently use racist, misogynistic, and disrespectful language and are rarely held accountable" for such misconduct.
Officers also created fake social media accounts to monitor black people "unrelated to criminal activity, without a public safety objective", said the report.
Minnesota Department of Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero said on Wednesday the findings showed the city police department "engaging in a pattern of racial discrimination over the last decade".
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, a Democrat, said the findings were "repugnant, at times horrific".
Interim Police Chief Amelia Huffman said the force had already made changes.
"We are committed to promoting public trust and officer safety through ongoing investments in our people, training, policies, and processes," she said.
Other instances of police violence in Minnesota have made headlines while the report was being drafted.
Just this month prosecutors announced they would not press charges against the officers who killed Amir Locke, a black man who was sleeping on a couch in his cousin's apartment when a Swat team entered the home.
A white officer in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center was jailed in February for killing a black man during an arrest after mistaking her gun for a Taser.
Voters in Minneapolis last year narrowly rejected a proposal to abolish the police force and replace it with a "public-health oriented" department of public safety.
Homicides in the city in 2021 were roughly double the average for the years from 2015-19.
BBC
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2004
- Runs
- 217,977
Thomas Lane was one of three ex-policemen who watched fellow officer Derek Chauvin kill Floyd by kneeling on his neck.
By entering the plea, Lane avoided an upcoming trial in June on the more serious charge of aiding and abetting second-degree murder.
Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill has agreed to a three-year jail sentence for him.
The two other ex-officers involved in Floyd's arrest, Tou Thao and J Alexander Kueng, are scheduled to go on trial next month on state charges of aiding and abetting second-degree murder and manslaughter.
There was no word on whether similar plea agreements were under consideration by the pair.
The three were convicted in February on federal charges of depriving Floyd of his civil rights by failing to help him during the restraint that led to the black man's death in May 2020.
Sentencing for all three is pending, with a date yet to be announced.
Floyd, 46, was killed after former policeman Chauvin put a knee on his neck and pinned him to the ground, with the man saying he couldn't breathe.
Lane and Kueng helped to restrain Floyd, who was handcuffed. Lane held down Floyd's legs and Kueng knelt on his back. Thao kept bystanders from intervening during the restraint which lasted more than nine minutes.
Derek Chauvin jailed for 22.5 years
Chauvin was convicted in June 2021 of state charges of murder and manslaughter and sentenced to 22-and-a-half years.
He pleaded guilty in December 2021 to a federal charge of violating Floyd's civil rights and faces a federal sentence ranging from 20 to 25 years after the judge accepted a plea deal earlier this month.
After a month-long federal trial in February, Lane, Thao and Kueng were convicted of depriving Floyd of his right to medical care and the latter two were also convicted of failing to intervene to stop Chauvin during the killing.
Speaking on Wednesday, Attorney General Keith Ellison, whose office prosecuted the state case against Lane, said he was pleased Lane accepted responsibility for his role in Floyd's death.
"His acknowledgment he did something wrong is an important step toward healing the wounds of the Floyd family, our community, and the nation," Mr Ellison said.
"While accountability is not justice, this is a significant moment in this case and a necessary resolution on our continued journey to justice."
Floyd's death was caught on video and sparked racial injustice protests in Minneapolis and around the world.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/worl...sedgntp&cvid=64e140a76d564fc99d502874b3f5575a
By entering the plea, Lane avoided an upcoming trial in June on the more serious charge of aiding and abetting second-degree murder.
Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill has agreed to a three-year jail sentence for him.
The two other ex-officers involved in Floyd's arrest, Tou Thao and J Alexander Kueng, are scheduled to go on trial next month on state charges of aiding and abetting second-degree murder and manslaughter.
There was no word on whether similar plea agreements were under consideration by the pair.
The three were convicted in February on federal charges of depriving Floyd of his civil rights by failing to help him during the restraint that led to the black man's death in May 2020.
Sentencing for all three is pending, with a date yet to be announced.
Floyd, 46, was killed after former policeman Chauvin put a knee on his neck and pinned him to the ground, with the man saying he couldn't breathe.
Lane and Kueng helped to restrain Floyd, who was handcuffed. Lane held down Floyd's legs and Kueng knelt on his back. Thao kept bystanders from intervening during the restraint which lasted more than nine minutes.
Derek Chauvin jailed for 22.5 years
Chauvin was convicted in June 2021 of state charges of murder and manslaughter and sentenced to 22-and-a-half years.
He pleaded guilty in December 2021 to a federal charge of violating Floyd's civil rights and faces a federal sentence ranging from 20 to 25 years after the judge accepted a plea deal earlier this month.
After a month-long federal trial in February, Lane, Thao and Kueng were convicted of depriving Floyd of his right to medical care and the latter two were also convicted of failing to intervene to stop Chauvin during the killing.
Speaking on Wednesday, Attorney General Keith Ellison, whose office prosecuted the state case against Lane, said he was pleased Lane accepted responsibility for his role in Floyd's death.
"His acknowledgment he did something wrong is an important step toward healing the wounds of the Floyd family, our community, and the nation," Mr Ellison said.
"While accountability is not justice, this is a significant moment in this case and a necessary resolution on our continued journey to justice."
Floyd's death was caught on video and sparked racial injustice protests in Minneapolis and around the world.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/worl...sedgntp&cvid=64e140a76d564fc99d502874b3f5575a
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2004
- Runs
- 217,977
The 2020 police killing of a motorist in the car park of a Georgia fast-food restaurant was legally justified, a special prosecutor has ruled.
Rayshard Brooks, 27, was fatally shot about three weeks after the killing of George Floyd sparked international racial justice protests.
Brooks, who was black, was gunned down after fighting with two white officers who were trying to arrest him.
Civil rights groups said a grand jury should have reviewed the case.
Brooks was detained during a traffic stop outside a Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta on 12 June 2020.
Bodycam footage shows that he was asleep at the wheel and blocking a drive-through lane when officers approached.
For around 41 minutes of questioning, Brooks complied with the officers' requests. After he failed a breath test the officers moved to arrest him on suspicion of drink driving, and he began fighting them.
CCTV shows he grabbed a Taser from an officer, then turned and fired it at them as he ran away.
Officer Garrett Rolfe opened fire on Brooks, hitting him twice in the back. He had initially faced 11 charges related to the death, including murder. If convicted, he could have faced the death penalty.
Officer Devin Brosnan was charged with aggravated assault and violation of oath.
Peter Skandalakis, the prosecutor assigned to the case, said on Tuesday that the shooting was justified because the Taser would be considered a deadly weapon.
He added that race was not believed to be a factor.
The leader of the local chapter of the NAACP, the nation's oldest civil rights group, criticised the ruling, saying: "Race is absolutely a part of it."
A lawyer for the two officers said they were relieved that the state had "finally made the right decision".
After the shooting, the Wendy's restaurant was burned down and the site was briefly taken over by protesters.
Amid the disturbances a month later, an eight-year-old girl, Secoriea Turner, was fatally shot while being driven near a barricade erected by gang members.
BBC
Rayshard Brooks, 27, was fatally shot about three weeks after the killing of George Floyd sparked international racial justice protests.
Brooks, who was black, was gunned down after fighting with two white officers who were trying to arrest him.
Civil rights groups said a grand jury should have reviewed the case.
Brooks was detained during a traffic stop outside a Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta on 12 June 2020.
Bodycam footage shows that he was asleep at the wheel and blocking a drive-through lane when officers approached.
For around 41 minutes of questioning, Brooks complied with the officers' requests. After he failed a breath test the officers moved to arrest him on suspicion of drink driving, and he began fighting them.
CCTV shows he grabbed a Taser from an officer, then turned and fired it at them as he ran away.
Officer Garrett Rolfe opened fire on Brooks, hitting him twice in the back. He had initially faced 11 charges related to the death, including murder. If convicted, he could have faced the death penalty.
Officer Devin Brosnan was charged with aggravated assault and violation of oath.
Peter Skandalakis, the prosecutor assigned to the case, said on Tuesday that the shooting was justified because the Taser would be considered a deadly weapon.
He added that race was not believed to be a factor.
The leader of the local chapter of the NAACP, the nation's oldest civil rights group, criticised the ruling, saying: "Race is absolutely a part of it."
A lawyer for the two officers said they were relieved that the state had "finally made the right decision".
After the shooting, the Wendy's restaurant was burned down and the site was briefly taken over by protesters.
Amid the disturbances a month later, an eight-year-old girl, Secoriea Turner, was fatally shot while being driven near a barricade erected by gang members.
BBC
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2004
- Runs
- 217,977
A cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors died hours after he was repeatedly Tasered and restrained in the street by Los Angeles police.
Keenan Anderson, 31, a teacher and father, died at a hospital in Santa Monica.
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) have released body camera footage of the 3 January encounter.
It shows Mr Anderson begging for help as officers hold him down.
At one point he can be heard saying, "They're trying to George Floyd me!" - a reference to the May 2020 murder of a black man in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by a policeman.
A cause of death for Mr Anderson - who lived in the Washington DC area and was visiting Los Angeles - has not been officially determined.
BBC
Keenan Anderson, 31, a teacher and father, died at a hospital in Santa Monica.
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) have released body camera footage of the 3 January encounter.
It shows Mr Anderson begging for help as officers hold him down.
At one point he can be heard saying, "They're trying to George Floyd me!" - a reference to the May 2020 murder of a black man in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by a policeman.
A cause of death for Mr Anderson - who lived in the Washington DC area and was visiting Los Angeles - has not been officially determined.
BBC
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2004
- Runs
- 217,977
President Joe Biden is urging protests in Tennessee to remain peaceful as officials plan to release video of an arrest that led to a motorist's death.
Five Memphis police officers have been fired and are facing murder charges after Tyre Nichols, 29, died three days after a traffic stop on 7 January.
Bodycam footage of the encounter is expected to be made public on Friday evening local time.
Lawyers for the Nichols family said it will show him being severely beaten.
"I'm sickened by what I saw," Tennessee Bureau of Investigation director David Rausch said on Thursday after reviewing the footage, describing the officers' actions as "absolutely appalling".
The city of Memphis is reported to be on edge and police have stepped up patrols there as they prepare for possible demonstrations.
BBC
Five Memphis police officers have been fired and are facing murder charges after Tyre Nichols, 29, died three days after a traffic stop on 7 January.
Bodycam footage of the encounter is expected to be made public on Friday evening local time.
Lawyers for the Nichols family said it will show him being severely beaten.
"I'm sickened by what I saw," Tennessee Bureau of Investigation director David Rausch said on Thursday after reviewing the footage, describing the officers' actions as "absolutely appalling".
The city of Memphis is reported to be on edge and police have stepped up patrols there as they prepare for possible demonstrations.
BBC
Technics 1210
Test Debutant
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2019
- Runs
- 15,088
The public outcry in this case is deafening. No doubt the case of Tyre Nichols is far more brutal and inhumane compared to the Floyd case but the reason the radical left and BLM supporters are silent is because the 5 cops charged with murder are ALL BLACK officers.
This proves 2 things. The 1st is that police brutality isn't just a white crime; the 2nd, the radical left and BLM supporters are racists themselves and only interested in inequality and injustice if and when white officers are involved. Poor hypocrits, they cannot even use the 'cops are racist' excuse anymore.
Images and names of all 5 Black officers charged with murder:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64435109
Where are you BLM supporters now?
Not just that , most of them are political and socio economic opportunists who wanted to squeeze something for them by manipulating and mobilizing gullible man on the street. The few who are actually idealistic and neutral and truly fight against racism and equality first gets used (their fault for allowing it to be politicized) and then gets dumped. This is not to say that there are no racial elements in the original acts but to paint it with a singular narrative of white oppression while completely ignoring the potentially complex threads meshed together, they have caused great harm to the truly oppressed.
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2004
- Runs
- 217,977
The Memphis Police Department has disbanded the so-called Scorpion special unit, whose officers are accused of murdering Tyre Nichols.
Scorpion stands for "Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods".
The unit is a 50-person unit with the mission of bringing down crime levels in particular areas.
But now it is being abolished after its officers were seen beating Mr Nichols, 29, in the videos from 7 January.
In a statement, the department said "it is in the best interest of all to permanently deactivate" the unit.
"While the heinous actions of a few casts a cloud of dishonour on the title Scorpion, it is imperative that we, the Memphis Police Department, take proactive steps in the healing process for all impacted," it added.
Mr Nichols' family welcomed the decision in a statement from their lawyers, calling it "both appropriate and proportional to the tragic death of Tyre Nichols, and also a decent and just decision for all citizens of Memphis".
The unit was launched in October 2021 with a focus on high-impact crimes, such as car thefts and gang-related offences.
The five officers - Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr, Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith - were fired last week.
They were taken into custody on Thursday and each faces charges of second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression.
Four of the five posted bail and were released from custody by Friday morning, according to jail records.
Lawyers for Mr Martin and Mr Mills have said their clients will plead not guilty.
BBC
Scorpion stands for "Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods".
The unit is a 50-person unit with the mission of bringing down crime levels in particular areas.
But now it is being abolished after its officers were seen beating Mr Nichols, 29, in the videos from 7 January.
In a statement, the department said "it is in the best interest of all to permanently deactivate" the unit.
"While the heinous actions of a few casts a cloud of dishonour on the title Scorpion, it is imperative that we, the Memphis Police Department, take proactive steps in the healing process for all impacted," it added.
Mr Nichols' family welcomed the decision in a statement from their lawyers, calling it "both appropriate and proportional to the tragic death of Tyre Nichols, and also a decent and just decision for all citizens of Memphis".
The unit was launched in October 2021 with a focus on high-impact crimes, such as car thefts and gang-related offences.
The five officers - Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr, Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith - were fired last week.
They were taken into custody on Thursday and each faces charges of second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression.
Four of the five posted bail and were released from custody by Friday morning, according to jail records.
Lawyers for Mr Martin and Mr Mills have said their clients will plead not guilty.
BBC
Abel Reames
Debutant
- Joined
- Jun 23, 2021
- Runs
- 278
Tho there have been protests it is true that they are nowhere near the scale of protest after Floyd. I guess it is something about the human condition, similar to Muslims only being vocal when Muslims are killed by Amreekans or Zionists and somewhat muted when it is Muslim on Muslim killings.
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2004
- Runs
- 217,977
The lawyer representing Tyre Nichols' family has called on the US Congress to pass urgent police reform legislation in the wake of his death.
Mr Nichols, 29, was fatally beaten by five police officers in January.
Speaking to US media, Ben Crump urged President Joe Biden to use Mr Nichols's death to gain support for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
And he said Mr Nichols's mother was coping with her son's loss by hoping that his death could lead to change.
"She believes in her heart Tyre was sent here for an assignment and that there is going to be greater good that comes from this tragedy," Mr Crump said.
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act was introduced in 2021 after Mr Floyd was killed by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes. His death sparked international protests.
The bill would see a federal ban on the use of chokeholds by police and make it easier to bring charges against offending officers.
Lawmakers in the House of Representatives - which was then controlled by the Democratic Party - passed the bill in March 2021, but it was later held up by opposition in the Senate.
Mr Nichols, 29, was fatally beaten by five police officers in January.
Speaking to US media, Ben Crump urged President Joe Biden to use Mr Nichols's death to gain support for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
And he said Mr Nichols's mother was coping with her son's loss by hoping that his death could lead to change.
"She believes in her heart Tyre was sent here for an assignment and that there is going to be greater good that comes from this tragedy," Mr Crump said.
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act was introduced in 2021 after Mr Floyd was killed by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes. His death sparked international protests.
The bill would see a federal ban on the use of chokeholds by police and make it easier to bring charges against offending officers.
Lawmakers in the House of Representatives - which was then controlled by the Democratic Party - passed the bill in March 2021, but it was later held up by opposition in the Senate.
daytrader
ODI Debutant
- Joined
- Jul 11, 2015
- Runs
- 10,850
- Post of the Week
- 1
Black people seven times more likely to die after being restrained by police, analysis finds
Official data suggests black people die at twice the rate of white people in or following police custody, but the charity Inquest says data never made public shows black people are more than seven times more likely to die
Black people are seven times more likely to die than white people after being restrained by police, according to new analysis.
A report by the charity Inquest alleges that the British system for investigating deaths after contact with police fails black families and ignores the possibility that racism could be a factor.
It said that, between 2012/13 and 2020/21 there were 119 deaths involving restraint recorded by the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
Of those, 23 were black people, 86 were white, five were Asian and four were mixed race.
The report added: "Assuming constant demographic profiles over the period considered, black people are 6.4 times more likely to die than the proportion of the population they represent.
"For white people the comparable figure is just 0.84.
"Using these figures, black people are seven times more likely to die than white people when restraint was involved."
...
https://news.sky.com/story/black-pe...-restrained-by-police-analysis-finds-12815606
Official data suggests black people die at twice the rate of white people in or following police custody, but the charity Inquest says data never made public shows black people are more than seven times more likely to die
Black people are seven times more likely to die than white people after being restrained by police, according to new analysis.
A report by the charity Inquest alleges that the British system for investigating deaths after contact with police fails black families and ignores the possibility that racism could be a factor.
It said that, between 2012/13 and 2020/21 there were 119 deaths involving restraint recorded by the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
Of those, 23 were black people, 86 were white, five were Asian and four were mixed race.
The report added: "Assuming constant demographic profiles over the period considered, black people are 6.4 times more likely to die than the proportion of the population they represent.
"For white people the comparable figure is just 0.84.
"Using these figures, black people are seven times more likely to die than white people when restraint was involved."
...
https://news.sky.com/story/black-pe...-restrained-by-police-analysis-finds-12815606
Similar threads
