He wasn't resisting, you jackbooted murder-porn festishist chud.
Now, before you try and convince yourself some more that you really do enjoy deep-throating that side-handle-baton and that if you show pleasure they'll stop; let's just look at what the court document actually said, eh?
Bear in mind, this is what the police claim.
"Gilbert was cooperative throughout the booking process and checked “no” to a question asking whether he had a medical condition of which the officers should be aware. While Gilbert was in the cell, the officers observed him engaging in unusual behavior, including waving his hands in the air, rattling the bars of his cell, throwing his shoe, and bobbing up and down. Officer Jason King then observed Gilbert tie an article of clothing around the bars of his cell and his neck. Officer King stated out loud that Gilbert appeared to be trying to hang himself. After overhearing Officer King’s statement, Officer Joe Stuckey entered Gilbert’s cell but found Gilbert without any clothing tied to his neck. Officer Stuckey cuffed Gilbert’s left wrist but before he could cuff Gilbert’s right wrist, Gilbert began to struggle with Officer Stuckey as well as Officer Ronald DeGregorio and Sergeant Ronald Bergmann, who had entered the cell after Officer Stuckey."
Notice that phrasing. "stated out loud that Gilbert appeared to be trying to hang himself". Might as well start shouting 'stop resisting' at that point. Also, funnily enough, no video footage, which would probably have shown that most of these claims were fictional. Then, based on the unsubstatiated claim of an officer that had already been demonstrated to be a lie, they decided to do an illegal additional restraint without any neccesity. They're putting shackles on him in a cell, based on a claim that they already know is bullshit. Who wouldn't be resisting at that point.
it's literally the sort of action that Judd Nelson's Sheriff character lampoons in Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) - "The hell with this. Let's go back to the station house, and cornhole us a drunk."
That people in a cell are to be toyed with, fucked around with, or otherwise messed about for the perverse amusement of the officers, perhaps to excite people who get off on that sort of thing, even vicariously - people such as your statement make you out to be.
Bullies don't care how much you suck up to them though, they'll stick pick on you just the same, if there's noone else to pick on. The sooner you learn that, the sooner you might have some self respect.
It's amazing how many things they think are normal, and couldn't possibly be thought of or them realise it would be dangerous, or infringing if they're doing it to others, but if it's done to them, it's suddenly assault, and an imminent deadly threat that needs responding with lethal force.
Best example is 'tazer use'. You ask most cops and they'll say tazers are safe, and they know that because they have been hit with one. And you see footage of them experiencing it, and they get to prepare for it, work themselves up, get it when they're ready, in the chest, and have two other guys ready to catch them and lower them slowly to the floor. It's not all of a sudden whap in the back, and you're freaking out, and muscles are spasming as you weren't expecting it, and that is 'resistance', and you're hit again, etc.
And the cops know this.
Thats why last year, the cops shot Rayshard Brooks, because it's 'minimal safe, and injury free' when its a cop weilding it on someone (because then they get QI) but anyone else it's the reality of a dangerous, pretty lethal torture device.
If they want to try that path, and claimed that body survival spasms are actually resistance, then how about a test.
Anyone wanting to claim immunity in this case has to submit to the same handling, and NOT RESIST. I mean, they've no incentive to resist, do they?
If they're still alive at the end of the 15 minutes and haven't resisted, then yes, they get their qualified immunity, if not, they don't. Bet with that standard, you'll suddenly find a lot less claims of QI being made...
It's a good job you can't copyright "being benchslapped for being shitty at attempting to copyright troll" else, Hansmeier and Steele would be also hounding Liebowitz for money.
And lets face it, we'd ALL love to read the legal "handbag fight" between those two groups of incompetents if that were to happen.
"it's difficult to get the FBI director to understand privacy when his whole organization depends on his not acknowledging it"
(apologies to Upton Sinclair)
Of course we're not going to impose these rules on you! What's that, you want it speicifcally spelled out in the bill? why do I need to dot hat? I mean it's clear that I'm telling you it now, so thats good enough, right? I mean I wouldn't lie? Oh yeah, except for then, and then, and those other times sure, but not now, eh!
Others aren't bound by what I say? But I'm a big important person, surely it matters what I say in this entirely unofficial, non-binding pile of worthless platitudes right? No? What do you mean if I meant it I'd be able to put a ring around it on the legislation, it's like you don't trust me.
Wait, you don't trust me? I mean, why wouldn't you? I mean sure the lies, and yeah, I forget things I said when it's convenient, and I flip-flop when it's to my advantage, but come on, trust me on this, eh?
You don't? er... shit... er, ok, it was a joke, er, ok, I'll see what I can change things to, and er, I've got a meeting now, with some important stakeholders, you wouldn't know them, they live in America. No they're not lobbyists, why would you say that? Oh, because I've a history of pandering to lobbyists and only backing down as little as possible when I can't lie my way through? I see your point... to aides RUN AWAY!!
I'll tell you what SHOULD happen, but won't, *ever*
Ok, so they have committed criminal acts of
Threats to Damage building (VA law 18.2-83 - a Class 5 felony)
Use of Threatening language over public airways (18.2-427 - Class 1 misdemeanor)
Prohibited Criminal Street Gang participation (18.2-46.2 - class 5 felony)
(the police here would fall under the definition of such a group under 18.2-46.1 ""Criminal street gang" means any ongoing organization, association, or group of three or more persons, whether formal or informal, (i) which has as one of its primary objectives or activities the commission of one or more criminal activities; (ii) which has an identifiable name or identifying signor symbol; and (iii) whose members individually or collectively have engaged in the commission of, attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or solicitation of two or more predicate criminal acts, at least one of which is an act of violence, provided such acts were not part of a common act or transaction." which defines them pretty accurately here)
Assault and battery (18.2-57 class 1 misdemeanor)
Assault and battery by mob (18.2-42 class 1 misdemeanor)
Stalking (18.2-60.3 class 1 misdemeanor)
Burning or destroying personal property (18.2-81 as it was over $200 in value, it's a class4 felony)
burning or destroying dwelling house (18.2-77 'felony')
Entering a dwelling with intent to commit larceny, assault or other felony, while armed (18.2-91 Class 2 felony)
Conspiracy to commit felony (18.2-22 Class 5 felony)
Forging public records (18.2-168 class 4 felony)
Forgery of other writings (18.2-172 class 5 felony)
Perjury (18.2-434 class 5 felony - includes a ban on ever holding an office of honor profit or trust, which should include law enforcement)
inducing another to give false testimony (18.2-436, same as the line above)
Use of police radio during commission of a crime - this is getting fun! (18.2-462.1 class 1 misdemeanor)
obstructing justice (18.2-460 class 1 misdemeanor)
So, by my quick reckoning,
1 class 2 felony, 1 class 3 felony, 2 class 4 felony, 7 class 5 felonies, one felony of indeterminate classification, and 6 class 1 misdemeanors.
But they're cops, so none of that applies to them, because they're ABOVE THE LAW.
Actually holding cops to account by not only charging them with that, but by adding the aggravating factor of 'doing it while employed as a cop' (on or off duty - they should be naturally held to a higher standard) and an extra aggravating factor of 'doing it under color of law' - combined they should push things to the maximum of the sentencing ranges.
But they won't, because prosecutors are afraid that cops will do this to them.
Finally, lets bring some accountability elsewhere. Judges are all too quick to take sloppy, poorly worded and often improper filings from cops. Be a lawyer and submit too many pages in a motion and a judge will start sanctioning the lawyer, but a cop can lie to their face, give them incomplete paperwork and they'll sign off and not give a shit.
If cops submit fraudulent paperwork, judges need to get penalised too. If they grant paperwork that's incomplete, or improper (like the bullshit boilerplate on the no-knock raid that killed Brianna Taylor for instance, that should have disqualified it from ever being granted) then we should be looking at criminal charges for malfeasance in office. Maybe then they'll start doing their job as diligently there as they do elsewhere.
None of this will happen though, because you can't expect the law to be beholden to the law. Where's the fun in being a cop if you have to follow the rules too, might as well stack shelves.
If we want reform, we have to remember that with power SHOULD come great responsibility. If they don't want the responsibility, they shouldn't have the power.
"If you want to interact with his old FCC tweets, you better hope he didn’t block you for disagreeing with him in the past.
Or, if you’re me, two weeks after filing a FOIA request for Pai’s tweets you’ll see this:"
HEH
We knew when Pai resigned. Because between noon and 1:20pm on the day of inauguration (after having had twitter change the account handle around 10am that day) me and a bunch of other tech journalists (including Karl) were preemptively blocked.
The only thing bigger than his mug is his sense of entitlement (and my tea mug...) and the only thin thinner than his skin, is the veneer of respectability he put over his shady practices.
So, I ran the numbers.
(and by that, I mean I had to investigate, and then model the device. Luckily, being one of the former tech/safety guys on BattleBots, it's not that hard for me.
My estimates were that it was between 300 and 600J stored in the flywheel (depends on the bar material), and it gets up to speed in about 1.8s (which I know, as I also found the motor they're using).
For comparison, a .32 H&R Magnum is 300J of muzzle energy, while on the upper end, it's around a .38 super.
And depending at the speed the drone is flying at (they show it inching into glass slowly, which isn't good for such a high speed weapon) at 30mph (its capable of 50) that bar could have an inch of penetration.
It's trying to skirt around it being very much an antipersonnel weapon, by marketing it as a glass-breaker (because weapons on drones are a no-no, but there are far better, simpler and more effective ways to break glass (in one of their demonstrations, it shows it bounce off a window)
"Viewers of Battlebots know if a whirling blade comes into contact with a stationary object, at least SOME of the energy is absorbed by the blade."
OOH YEAHH!!
and I say that from direct experience (as in helping make those bots safe after the hits on the show, both the hitter and hittee were often severely damaged)
Of course they're not interested in that whistleblower.
Now if that whistleblower had said they were leaving money on the table, or worse that the Schools were using a loophole or exploit to save money, THEN you'd see AT&T showing some concern for what he has to say.
Come on, it's AT&T after all, their logo is the deathstar for a reason!
And examples aren't exactly hard to find
See Sgt. Javier Esqueda for instance, who committed contempt of cop by releasing a video showing another officer killing a suspect who was handcuffed in the car, a video the department told the court in sworn filings didn't exist. Sure, Lt. Jeremy Harrison, Police Sgt. Doug May and two other officers, Jose Tellez and Andrew McCue may have killed a guy in custody, and then Police Chief Al Roechner covered it up, but That's just murder and corruption, petty-ante shit compared to Esquada's Contempt of Cop. Which is why he's the only one that's been fired, and the one one that's been charged with a crime.
That's because Contempt of Cop is one of the most serious crimes there is. Sure, he killed someone, but he HAD CONTEMPT FOR THE HIRING OFFICERS and lied to them.
It's the one crime serious enough that the thin blue line isn't always a defense.
Why do I get the feeling that the person that made this decision will change their mind, after finding themselves getting sleepy... very sleepy... and a curious tendency to bark if they hear a horn honk.
My street just had our 100yo sewer system updated. One of the things they did was put new wider pipes, and more traps in it (one where the sewer pipes leave the building, and one at the street). You know what might be really easy? sticking a rod down those traps with a "balloon" to block that. If they try and flush anything, it's not going anywhere.
In the UK I've seen similar, where prior to a raid starting, they'll take the soil pipe (many uk homes are multi-story, and the soil pipe goes down the outside), and divert it into some big bin bags or plastic barrels. If things are needed to be inspected, they can do so at their leisure then, after, because it's not gone anywhere. And if there's no sign of anything have been flushed (no toilet refilling on access) then there's no need to worry about any of it. (I know we shouldn't care about quantities that small, but at the same time, why not remove the ability to claim it as an exigent circumstance?)
This video hits me squarely in the feels.
20-odd years ago, I was all set that this video would have been shot by a craft carrying me, landing on Mars. Long before I started dealing with bittorrent, or randomly ranting on this or making experimental glitch timelapses, I wanted to go to Mars. Hence Robotics degree, astrophysics degree, associates in Maths, and chemistry, and nuclear physics.
The last few years, depression has hit me hard, but after I watched that video, it gave me renewed purpose, to do what I can to push whatever I can in the name of progress, so that one way or another, before I die, I will set foot on Mars. And I don't care how it comes to me, if it's by advancing space policy so it happens by the time I'm 60 (I'm now 40), or by pushing medical science so that I'm still a viable and sprightly 120.
This speaks to what many have lost, their wonder, their desire for adventure, just in the pursuit of becoming the rich master of their own very tiny pond.
On the post: DRM Strikes Again: Ubisoft Makes Its Own Game Unplayable By Shutting Down DRM Server
Ubisoft is registered with the Ferengi Commerce Authority, and all complaints should be sent care of the FCA
... where they'll send it back and charge you for reading it, quoting the following rules of Acquisition
1 - Once you have their Money, you never give it back
17 - A contract is a contract... but only between ferengi
239 - Never be afraid to mislabel a product
299 - After you've exploited someone, it never hurts to thank them. That way, it's easier to exploit them next time
On the post: Supreme Court Rejects Another Questionable Qualified Immunity Decision By An Appeals Court
Re: One Thing
He wasn't resisting, you jackbooted murder-porn festishist chud.
Now, before you try and convince yourself some more that you really do enjoy deep-throating that side-handle-baton and that if you show pleasure they'll stop; let's just look at what the court document actually said, eh?
Bear in mind, this is what the police claim.
"Gilbert was cooperative throughout the booking process and checked “no” to a question asking whether he had a medical condition of which the officers should be aware. While Gilbert was in the cell, the officers observed him engaging in unusual behavior, including waving his hands in the air, rattling the bars of his cell, throwing his shoe, and bobbing up and down. Officer Jason King then observed Gilbert tie an article of clothing around the bars of his cell and his neck. Officer King stated out loud that Gilbert appeared to be trying to hang himself. After overhearing Officer King’s statement, Officer Joe Stuckey entered Gilbert’s cell but found Gilbert without any clothing tied to his neck. Officer Stuckey cuffed Gilbert’s left wrist but before he could cuff Gilbert’s right wrist, Gilbert began to struggle with Officer Stuckey as well as Officer Ronald DeGregorio and Sergeant Ronald Bergmann, who had entered the cell after Officer Stuckey."
Notice that phrasing. "stated out loud that Gilbert appeared to be trying to hang himself". Might as well start shouting 'stop resisting' at that point. Also, funnily enough, no video footage, which would probably have shown that most of these claims were fictional. Then, based on the unsubstatiated claim of an officer that had already been demonstrated to be a lie, they decided to do an illegal additional restraint without any neccesity. They're putting shackles on him in a cell, based on a claim that they already know is bullshit. Who wouldn't be resisting at that point.
it's literally the sort of action that Judd Nelson's Sheriff character lampoons in Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) - "The hell with this. Let's go back to the station house, and cornhole us a drunk."
That people in a cell are to be toyed with, fucked around with, or otherwise messed about for the perverse amusement of the officers, perhaps to excite people who get off on that sort of thing, even vicariously - people such as your statement make you out to be.
Bullies don't care how much you suck up to them though, they'll stick pick on you just the same, if there's noone else to pick on. The sooner you learn that, the sooner you might have some self respect.
On the post: Supreme Court Rejects Another Questionable Qualified Immunity Decision By An Appeals Court
Re: Re: Better idea
Exactly.
It's amazing how many things they think are normal, and couldn't possibly be thought of or them realise it would be dangerous, or infringing if they're doing it to others, but if it's done to them, it's suddenly assault, and an imminent deadly threat that needs responding with lethal force.
Best example is 'tazer use'. You ask most cops and they'll say tazers are safe, and they know that because they have been hit with one. And you see footage of them experiencing it, and they get to prepare for it, work themselves up, get it when they're ready, in the chest, and have two other guys ready to catch them and lower them slowly to the floor. It's not all of a sudden whap in the back, and you're freaking out, and muscles are spasming as you weren't expecting it, and that is 'resistance', and you're hit again, etc.
And the cops know this.
Thats why last year, the cops shot Rayshard Brooks, because it's 'minimal safe, and injury free' when its a cop weilding it on someone (because then they get QI) but anyone else it's the reality of a dangerous, pretty lethal torture device.
On the post: Supreme Court Rejects Another Questionable Qualified Immunity Decision By An Appeals Court
Better idea
If they want to try that path, and claimed that body survival spasms are actually resistance, then how about a test.
Anyone wanting to claim immunity in this case has to submit to the same handling, and NOT RESIST. I mean, they've no incentive to resist, do they?
If they're still alive at the end of the 15 minutes and haven't resisted, then yes, they get their qualified immunity, if not, they don't. Bet with that standard, you'll suddenly find a lot less claims of QI being made...
On the post: 2nd Circuit Upholds Non-Monetary Sanctions Against Copyright Troll Richard Liebowitz
It's a good job you can't copyright "being benchslapped for being shitty at attempting to copyright troll" else, Hansmeier and Steele would be also hounding Liebowitz for money.
And lets face it, we'd ALL love to read the legal "handbag fight" between those two groups of incompetents if that were to happen.
On the post: FBI Director Ignores More Than 500 Ongoing Capitol Raid Prosecutions To Complain That Encryption Is Keeping Criminals From Being Caught
"it's difficult to get the FBI director to understand privacy when his whole organization depends on his not acknowledging it"
(apologies to Upton Sinclair)
On the post: Corporations Are Being Forced To Take Consumer Complaints Back To Court After Arbitration Push Backfires Spectacularly
The best justice that money can buy
...until it becomes too expensive to get the guaranteed victory, so they have to settle for the mostly certain victory.
Remember kids, it's not about being right, honest, or just, it's about being profitable!
On the post: Minister Behind Canada's Social Media Bill Now Says It Will Regulate User Generated Content
let me translate
Of course we're not going to impose these rules on you! What's that, you want it speicifcally spelled out in the bill? why do I need to dot hat? I mean it's clear that I'm telling you it now, so thats good enough, right? I mean I wouldn't lie? Oh yeah, except for then, and then, and those other times sure, but not now, eh!
Others aren't bound by what I say? But I'm a big important person, surely it matters what I say in this entirely unofficial, non-binding pile of worthless platitudes right? No? What do you mean if I meant it I'd be able to put a ring around it on the legislation, it's like you don't trust me.
Wait, you don't trust me? I mean, why wouldn't you? I mean sure the lies, and yeah, I forget things I said when it's convenient, and I flip-flop when it's to my advantage, but come on, trust me on this, eh?
You don't? er... shit... er, ok, it was a joke, er, ok, I'll see what I can change things to, and er, I've got a meeting now, with some important stakeholders, you wouldn't know them, they live in America. No they're not lobbyists, why would you say that? Oh, because I've a history of pandering to lobbyists and only backing down as little as possible when I can't lie my way through? I see your point...
to aides RUN AWAY!!
On the post: Lawsuit: Cops Trashed An Attorney's Home In Retaliation For Successfully Defending A Suspect Against Murder Charges
I'll tell you what SHOULD happen, but won't, *ever*
Ok, so they have committed criminal acts of
Threats to Damage building (VA law 18.2-83 - a Class 5 felony)
Use of Threatening language over public airways (18.2-427 - Class 1 misdemeanor)
Prohibited Criminal Street Gang participation (18.2-46.2 - class 5 felony)
(the police here would fall under the definition of such a group under 18.2-46.1 ""Criminal street gang" means any ongoing organization, association, or group of three or more persons, whether formal or informal, (i) which has as one of its primary objectives or activities the commission of one or more criminal activities; (ii) which has an identifiable name or identifying signor symbol; and (iii) whose members individually or collectively have engaged in the commission of, attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or solicitation of two or more predicate criminal acts, at least one of which is an act of violence, provided such acts were not part of a common act or transaction." which defines them pretty accurately here)
Assault and battery (18.2-57 class 1 misdemeanor)
Assault and battery by mob (18.2-42 class 1 misdemeanor)
Stalking (18.2-60.3 class 1 misdemeanor)
Burning or destroying personal property (18.2-81 as it was over $200 in value, it's a class4 felony)
burning or destroying dwelling house (18.2-77 'felony')
Entering a dwelling with intent to commit larceny, assault or other felony, while armed (18.2-91 Class 2 felony)
Conspiracy to commit felony (18.2-22 Class 5 felony)
Forging public records (18.2-168 class 4 felony)
Forgery of other writings (18.2-172 class 5 felony)
Perjury (18.2-434 class 5 felony - includes a ban on ever holding an office of honor profit or trust, which should include law enforcement)
inducing another to give false testimony (18.2-436, same as the line above)
Use of police radio during commission of a crime - this is getting fun! (18.2-462.1 class 1 misdemeanor)
obstructing justice (18.2-460 class 1 misdemeanor)
So, by my quick reckoning,
1 class 2 felony, 1 class 3 felony, 2 class 4 felony, 7 class 5 felonies, one felony of indeterminate classification, and 6 class 1 misdemeanors.
But they're cops, so none of that applies to them, because they're ABOVE THE LAW.
Actually holding cops to account by not only charging them with that, but by adding the aggravating factor of 'doing it while employed as a cop' (on or off duty - they should be naturally held to a higher standard) and an extra aggravating factor of 'doing it under color of law' - combined they should push things to the maximum of the sentencing ranges.
But they won't, because prosecutors are afraid that cops will do this to them.
Finally, lets bring some accountability elsewhere. Judges are all too quick to take sloppy, poorly worded and often improper filings from cops. Be a lawyer and submit too many pages in a motion and a judge will start sanctioning the lawyer, but a cop can lie to their face, give them incomplete paperwork and they'll sign off and not give a shit.
If cops submit fraudulent paperwork, judges need to get penalised too. If they grant paperwork that's incomplete, or improper (like the bullshit boilerplate on the no-knock raid that killed Brianna Taylor for instance, that should have disqualified it from ever being granted) then we should be looking at criminal charges for malfeasance in office. Maybe then they'll start doing their job as diligently there as they do elsewhere.
None of this will happen though, because you can't expect the law to be beholden to the law. Where's the fun in being a cop if you have to follow the rules too, might as well stack shelves.
On the post: Anatomy Of A Bogus DMCA Scam Run By A Plagiarizing Website
Oh for shame!
How dare you!
Don't you know I wrote this article first! back on April 31st 1957? How dare you try and claim it as yours!
On the post: I Guess They're Not All On The Same Side: Cops Brutalize Soldier For [Checks Notes] Leading Them To A Well-Lit Area
I've said it before
... and I'll say it again.
If we want reform, we have to remember that with power SHOULD come great responsibility. If they don't want the responsibility, they shouldn't have the power.
On the post: Ajit Pai Should Not Still Have His Government Twitter Account
"If you want to interact with his old FCC tweets, you better hope he didn’t block you for disagreeing with him in the past.
Or, if you’re me, two weeks after filing a FOIA request for Pai’s tweets you’ll see this:"
HEH
We knew when Pai resigned. Because between noon and 1:20pm on the day of inauguration (after having had twitter change the account handle around 10am that day) me and a bunch of other tech journalists (including Karl) were preemptively blocked.
The only thing bigger than his mug is his sense of entitlement (and my tea mug...) and the only thin thinner than his skin, is the veneer of respectability he put over his shady practices.
On the post: Drone Company Wants To Sell Cops A Drone That Can Break Windows, Negotiate With Criminals
Re:
So, I ran the numbers.
(and by that, I mean I had to investigate, and then model the device. Luckily, being one of the former tech/safety guys on BattleBots, it's not that hard for me.
My estimates were that it was between 300 and 600J stored in the flywheel (depends on the bar material), and it gets up to speed in about 1.8s (which I know, as I also found the motor they're using).
For comparison, a .32 H&R Magnum is 300J of muzzle energy, while on the upper end, it's around a .38 super.
And depending at the speed the drone is flying at (they show it inching into glass slowly, which isn't good for such a high speed weapon) at 30mph (its capable of 50) that bar could have an inch of penetration.
It's trying to skirt around it being very much an antipersonnel weapon, by marketing it as a glass-breaker (because weapons on drones are a no-no, but there are far better, simpler and more effective ways to break glass (in one of their demonstrations, it shows it bounce off a window)
On the post: Drone Company Wants To Sell Cops A Drone That Can Break Windows, Negotiate With Criminals
"Viewers of Battlebots know if a whirling blade comes into contact with a stationary object, at least SOME of the energy is absorbed by the blade."
OOH YEAHH!!
and I say that from direct experience (as in helping make those bots safe after the hits on the show, both the hitter and hittee were often severely damaged)
On the post: Whistleblower Says AT&T Has Been Ripping Off US Schools For A Decade
Of course they're not interested in that whistleblower.
Now if that whistleblower had said they were leaving money on the table, or worse that the Schools were using a loophole or exploit to save money, THEN you'd see AT&T showing some concern for what he has to say.
Come on, it's AT&T after all, their logo is the deathstar for a reason!
On the post: Appeals Court Decision Shows The Cleveland PD Cares More About Being Lied To Than About Officers Killing Children
Re:
And examples aren't exactly hard to find
See Sgt. Javier Esqueda for instance, who committed contempt of cop by releasing a video showing another officer killing a suspect who was handcuffed in the car, a video the department told the court in sworn filings didn't exist. Sure, Lt. Jeremy Harrison, Police Sgt. Doug May and two other officers, Jose Tellez and Andrew McCue may have killed a guy in custody, and then Police Chief Al Roechner covered it up, but That's just murder and corruption, petty-ante shit compared to Esquada's Contempt of Cop. Which is why he's the only one that's been fired, and the one one that's been charged with a crime.
On the post: Appeals Court Decision Shows The Cleveland PD Cares More About Being Lied To Than About Officers Killing Children
Well of course
That's because Contempt of Cop is one of the most serious crimes there is. Sure, he killed someone, but he HAD CONTEMPT FOR THE HIRING OFFICERS and lied to them.
It's the one crime serious enough that the thin blue line isn't always a defense.
On the post: After 40 Years Of Being Wrong, Texas Rangers Finally Decide Hypnosis Isn't A Viable Investigative Technique
Why do I get the feeling that the person that made this decision will change their mind, after finding themselves getting sleepy... very sleepy... and a curious tendency to bark if they hear a horn honk.
On the post: John Oliver On Drug Raids: Why Are We Raiding Houses For Drug Quantities That Could Be Easily Flushed Down A Toilet?
toilets and flushing
My street just had our 100yo sewer system updated. One of the things they did was put new wider pipes, and more traps in it (one where the sewer pipes leave the building, and one at the street). You know what might be really easy? sticking a rod down those traps with a "balloon" to block that. If they try and flush anything, it's not going anywhere.
In the UK I've seen similar, where prior to a raid starting, they'll take the soil pipe (many uk homes are multi-story, and the soil pipe goes down the outside), and divert it into some big bin bags or plastic barrels. If things are needed to be inspected, they can do so at their leisure then, after, because it's not gone anywhere. And if there's no sign of anything have been flushed (no toilet refilling on access) then there's no need to worry about any of it. (I know we shouldn't care about quantities that small, but at the same time, why not remove the ability to claim it as an exigent circumstance?)
On the post: What Landing On Mars Again Can Teach Us, Again
Too True
This video hits me squarely in the feels.
20-odd years ago, I was all set that this video would have been shot by a craft carrying me, landing on Mars. Long before I started dealing with bittorrent, or randomly ranting on this or making experimental glitch timelapses, I wanted to go to Mars. Hence Robotics degree, astrophysics degree, associates in Maths, and chemistry, and nuclear physics.
The last few years, depression has hit me hard, but after I watched that video, it gave me renewed purpose, to do what I can to push whatever I can in the name of progress, so that one way or another, before I die, I will set foot on Mars. And I don't care how it comes to me, if it's by advancing space policy so it happens by the time I'm 60 (I'm now 40), or by pushing medical science so that I'm still a viable and sprightly 120.
This speaks to what many have lost, their wonder, their desire for adventure, just in the pursuit of becoming the rich master of their own very tiny pond.
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