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Uncle Joe

(58,366 posts) Fri Aug 21, 2015, 01:50 AM Aug 2015

6 Police Officers Across the US Were Charged with Murder This Week, Proving Strength of Protests

After months of sustained #BlackLivesMatter protests, there have been a seemingly unprecedented six indictments of police in the last four days. This signals a stunning departure from the long trend of non-indictments, most notably in the cases of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, and Tony Robinson.

The uptick in police indictments is not unique to this week, either. In fact, the rate of indictments has increased by 5 times over the course of the last 5 months, according to data compiled by criminal justice professor Philip Stinson.

The sharp rise in indictments isn’t the only change following the anti-police violence protests sweeping across the country. Americans’ confidence in police is at a 22-year low, according to a Gallup poll conducted last month.

The six indictments that took place since Monday include two former East Point, Atlanta officers charged with murdering an already handcuffed black man. Two Albuquerque police were indicted for killing a homeless man who had surrendered. A former Fairfax, Virginia officer was charged with murder for shooting a man who’d had his hands up—in his own home. Just today, a Maryland officer was charged with attempted murder for shooting an unarmed suspect who had already surrendered. Following his surrender, the police officer called him a “piece of shit” and shot him in the groin.

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http://usuncut.com/news/six-indictments-of-killer-cops-this-week-proves-blacklivesmatter-is-working/

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6 Police Officers Across the US Were Charged with Murder This Week, Proving Strength of Protests (Original Post) Uncle Joe Aug 2015 OP

Lets hope some convictions follow soon. cui bono Aug 2015 #1

Right and.... ReallyIAmAnOptimist Aug 2015 #3

Which we all know is usually never the case. lonestarnot Aug 2015 #8

A much needed start! Live and Learn Aug 2015 #2

FINALLY! It is murder, plain and simple and has been over and over. emsimon33 Aug 2015 #4

you mean like this guy (one of the examples) hfojvt Aug 2015 #14

Thanks be to social media! eridani Aug 2015 #5

Thanks to technology and protests malaise Aug 2015 #7

I was hoping for more alien and ghost sightings! Not this!! logosoco Aug 2015 #12

Good to hear! drm604 Aug 2015 #6

Yes. Somebody is feeling the heat. n/t Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #9

It's a start. Iggo Aug 2015 #10

It must be getting hard for 'cop apologists', they have to pick and choose which OP to post in. Rex Aug 2015 #11

Cop Apologists DonaldChump Aug 2015 #15

Good Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #13

if that's true, G_j Aug 2015 #16

I agree, G_j. Uncle Joe Aug 2015 #17

cui bono

(19,926 posts)

1. Lets hope some convictions follow soon.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 02:46 AM

Aug 2015

I was going to say enough is enough, but really, too much is too much.

Time for it to stop. (and by it, I mean the murders by the police, not the indictments)

ReallyIAmAnOptimist

(357 posts)

3. Right and....

Reply to cui bono (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 04:15 AM

Aug 2015

... Indictments will be hollow unless followed with convictions.

lonestarnot

(77,097 posts)

8. Which we all know is usually never the case.

Reply to ReallyIAmAnOptimist (Reply #3)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 10:29 AM

Aug 2015

Convictions for cops are rare.

Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)

2. A much needed start!

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 04:09 AM

Aug 2015

Following his surrender, the police officer called him a “piece of shit” and shot him in the groin.

Seriously??? I can barely even stand to read the horrific details these days. If ISIS did the same we would be up in arms about it but police officers think they can do this with immunity. Sickening.

I think we need to apply the "broken window" philosophy to law officers instead of citizens. Start forcing them to maintain appropriate language and manners at all times. No brutality, force can be applied only if absolutely necessary and only for the absolute time needed. In essence, once you have them on the ground and 'essentially' but not necessarily completely immobilized, knock it off.

Stop allowing profanity to be used without an exceptional circumstance (like the officer has been shot or injured). Why shouldn't officers be held to the same standard as other local government employees? I work for a government agency and we can be fired for much less.

emsimon33

(3,128 posts)

4. FINALLY! It is murder, plain and simple and has been over and over.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 04:22 AM

Aug 2015

Now let's get these racists jailed for life.

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)

14. you mean like this guy (one of the examples)

Reply to emsimon33 (Reply #4)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 02:45 PM

Aug 2015

Torres (is he Hispanic?) who killed a white guy ? http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/fairfax-police-officer-adam-torres-killed-john-geer-in-2013-is-fired/2015/08/07/8dc14b14-3d41-11e5-8e98-115a3cf7d7ae_story.html

eridani

(51,907 posts)

5. Thanks be to social media!

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 04:46 AM

Aug 2015

Rubbing the details into everyone's faces seems to actually be having an effect. Thank heavens.

malaise

(269,054 posts)

7. Thanks to technology and protests

Reply to eridani (Reply #5)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 10:24 AM

Aug 2015

Cell phone cameras started a revolution. We are all photo journalists now.

logosoco

(3,208 posts)

12. I was hoping for more alien and ghost sightings! Not this!!

Reply to malaise (Reply #7)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 02:25 PM

Aug 2015

But I am glad it has come to light. I have seen it for years but it is still shocking and stomach turning to see just how much and how awful it really is.

drm604

(16,230 posts)

6. Good to hear!

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 09:23 AM

Aug 2015

Let's hope that these examples deter other police from behaving similarly.

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)

9. Yes. Somebody is feeling the heat. n/t

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 12:31 PM

Aug 2015

Iggo

(47,558 posts)

10. It's a start.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 12:34 PM

Aug 2015

Rex

(65,616 posts)

11. It must be getting hard for 'cop apologists', they have to pick and choose which OP to post in.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 12:39 PM

Aug 2015

They have to cherry pick which stories to reply to, thankfully they have dwindled down to just a handful of meta disruptors er 'cop supporters'.

DonaldChump

(9 posts)

15. Cop Apologists

Reply to Rex (Reply #11)

Sat Aug 22, 2015, 02:33 AM

Aug 2015

Oh, wow...

There are cop defenders here???

...

That's surprising to me. I mean, I know there's always going to be *at least* one person no matter where you go, but even a "handful" is a lot more than I expected.

How could anyone defend the police anymore? ...And why?