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#endqualifiedimmunity

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#EndQualifiedImmunity
Just read that San Jose CA settled a Civil Lawsuit, soaking their Taxpayers for $650,000 while the violent civil rights violating cops continue to 'Serve and Protect.'

“The fact that these officers are still on the force, it’s completely consistent with what families here in San Jose have been talking a lot about for a long time, which is officers who kill or injure continue to move up the ladder within the police department,” he told San José Spotlight. “If they went to trial, it would resurface how violent and out of control the San Jose Police Department was during, before and after that period.”

Every §1983 Civil Lawsuit needs to demand, as a condition of settlement that the police officers who violate people's civil rights be stripped of their POST certification. This is the only way to prevent these tyrants from victimizing another innocent person. Money is not going to make you whole. Knowing that this police officer has been effectively excommunicated from the vocation and can never work in Law enforcement again is much more comforting in my opinion.

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I've told 6 different #Canadian cop detachments that the reason almost all citizens hate them is due to their ongoing #SystematicRacism, zero protection for whistle-blowers, giving raises to worst of the worst police brass, not challenging their corrupt union leaders & "just following orders" like fucking Hitler SS.

Don't defend fucking institutionalized cowards - with badges/guns - over defending innocent citizens killed/maimed by those same fucking cops/corporate mercenaries you tried to defend.

For those who care about 'good cops' - why the fuck are you not fighting, tooth n nail, for genuine public accountability & protections for the very few brave enough to be #police #WhistleBlowers?!?!?

Why aren't more BC/Canadian citizens angry as heck over the fact our governments gave BILLIONS to RCMP/RCMP CIRG to break the law & assault activists & protect industry over humanity? Because of fucking corporate lobbyists powers. MONEY & POWER - #Colonizers bent on capitalism - never really change their selfish & inhumane priorities/policies unless forced to.

#Trump courts #BlackVoters in #Philadelphia, asks #Christians to back him

If elected, Trump told a rally at #TempleUniversity, he would give #police "immunity" to do their jobs & "surge" federal resources to cities battling violence.

'I believe in exceptions': Trump's comments at a speech to Christian activists prompted chants of 'No dead babies!"

#MilitaryState #EndQualifiedImmunity #BodilyAutonomy #ReproductiveRights #BidenHarris2024
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@Radical_EgoCom I am so fucking tired of these thugs.

Cops commit crimes because they know they can likely get away with it. We seriously need to end qualified immunity.

We also need to implement a nationwide database so when scumbag thugs like this get fired for doing shit like this, they cant just go to the next county over or move to a new state and get hired as a cop again.

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@KashifShah @msquebanh
I don’t think the current US police CAN be reformed. They are largely a part of generational bigotry (“police families”) and have created a work culture to match. They have no legal requirement to help people in the US. They have little to no accountability for the abuses they commit. They put training money into learning how to be more, not less, lethal. You can’t start with people who don’t value the lives of other humans and expect that they will improve if you throw money at them or give them even more discretion to be terrible. And the police union is the only one that I absolutely will not support, as it has repeatedly sheltered murderers and protected officers who should be in prison for their crimes.

The whole enforcement system needs to be reworked with very small and heavily accountable armed forces only for actual emergencies. A larger group of unarmed civilians who are qualified witnesses can deal with petty crime complaints, minor vehicle accidents, small crimes, etc. where the threat level is low and paperwork needs to be filed. They can call in help if needed, but the vast majority of police work is this kind of thing. And also give a much more active role for various government agencies to step in with assistance to tackle root causes. And create a robust low cost and free mental health system to help those who need it, instead of putting them in jail (to die in some places).

And active policing like license plate scanners connected to databases of regular people’s movements, cell phone call interceptors (stingrays) at malls and outdoor gatherings, and other major time-wasting and privacy violating technology should be stopped. Local cops don’t need facial recognition cameras at peaceful public protests or large public events, ffs!

And has been pointed out to me today, a retrained call center is vital to properly classify and describe situations before the correct people are dispatched. These are front-line workers and should be trained and treated as professionals.

#ACAB
#ReplaceThePolice
#HomesForAll
#MentalHealthUS
#EndQualifiedImmunity

ɪ ᴀɢʀᴇᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ꜱᴄᴀʀꜰᴀᴄᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɢᴇᴛᴏ ʙᴏʏꜱ. ᴄʜᴀɪɴ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴀɴᴅ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴏᴛ ᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴘᴏʟɪᴄᴇ ʙᴇʜᴀᴠɪᴏʀ. ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴀꜱ ᴄʜᴀɪɴ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪᴄᴛᴀᴛᴇꜱ ᴍɪʟɪᴛᴀʀʏ. ʙᴇʜᴀᴠɪᴏʀ ᴏꜰ ᴘᴏʟɪᴄᴇ ʙʀᴜᴛᴀʟɪᴛʏ ɪꜱ ʀᴏᴏᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴄʜᴀɪɴ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ ɪᴛ. ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇꜱɪᴅᴇɴᴛ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇꜱ ɪᴛ, ᴏʀ ɪᴛ ᴡᴏɴ'ᴛ. #EndQualifiedImmunity

It’s easy for people who don’t have a target on their back to tell people who do that they must be peaceful

Look where decades of “peaceful protests” has gotten us

Telling someone to be peaceful is basically telling them to not fight back or defend themself. And that has emboldened the police because they know they will face no resistance to their abuse

We don’t need peace. We need action