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American police are out of control (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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• 16-year-old with hands up shot to death by cops during ‘no-knock’ raid in Alabama, suit says

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• Minneapolis agrees to pretend to overhaul police training and force policies after George Floyd’s murder

• Civilian police oversight in Florida crumbles after new law kicks in

• San Antonio's 'shit sandwich' cop hired again as South Texas police officer

• New autopsy casts doubt over "suicide" ruling in case of black man found hanging shortly after filing lawsuit against cops

• NY prison emergency teams face scrutiny after fatal beating. Inmates call them the 'demon squad'.

• 83-year-old man killed in crash when suspect fleeing traffic stop collides with his car

• Deadly crash in Mississippi highlights risks of police chases

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• Eight California sheriff's deputies sacked for covering up a fellow officer's attack on trans man

• Cops chase motorcyclist into fatal wreck

• Only two years later, Seattle Police Department fires Officer Kevin Dave for killing of Jaahnavi Kandula

• US police killed record number of people in 2024

• Key Oath Keepers leader revealed as former Las Vegas police detective

• California police department where officers exchanged racist messages and bragged of beatings promises to be better

• Ex-N.Y.P.D. leader denies sexual abuse accusations, through his lawyer

• Court cites 'excited delirium' in ruling for Florida correctional officers in inmate death lawsuit
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• Correctional sergeant arrested in child sex abuse materials case in Chowchilla

• Arizona cops walk without criminal charges after colluding with prosecutors to treat protesters as ‘gang members’

• Cops chase stolen car into 90-mph wreck, killing three

• 3 ex-deputies face murder charges in Virginia inmate’s death

• Beyond excessive force: How police abuse women, the poor, the homeless

• Cop who went berserk with gun at Halloween party pleads guilty to eight felony counts

• Deputy pleads guilty to beating of transgender person who flipped him off

Note: When reading news coverage from any corporate-owned source — a newspaper, TV station or network, etc — the facts are generally factual, but the slant favors the rich and powerful.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

If each US city had an occupying paramilitary junta that worked hand in glove with moneyed interests and bullied local elected leaders, what would change?

Fucking zilch.