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blackponderer · 1 year

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“The End of Policing” by Alex Vitale (pg 100)

#current affairs today #abolition #social justice #police abolition #policing and police forces #homelessness #houselessness

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neyatimes · 10 months

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Iran's morality police resume headscarf patrols, state media says

CNN — Iran’s morality police will resume patrols to make women comply with strict Islamic dress codes, state media reported Sunday, 10 months after the death of a young woman in their custody triggered nationwide protests. Saeid Montazeralmahdi, spokesman for Iran’s enforcement body, Faraja, said police will restart vehicle and foot patrols across the country from Sunday, the state-run Fars…

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#brand safety-nsf crime #brand safety-nsf sensitive #continents and regions #crime #iab-crime #iran #law enforcement #law enforcement and corrections #middle east #middle east and north africa #policing and police forces

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nando161mando · 10 months

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Rehabilitation, not Devastation. Fuck The Police.

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cheekinpermission · 3 months

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Just another day of me wildly misinterpreting lines from the game

Here's how it played out in my head

Petition to let Epel eat what he wants. Someone mentioned an apple fritter. He deserves an apple fritter.

#somehow i completely forgot about vil also policing epel's eating habits??#i originally just had epel's grandma force feeding him #disney twisted wonderland #disney twst #twisted wonderland #twst #twisted wonderland fanart #twst fanart #pomefiore #epel felmier #twst epel #vil schoenheit #twst vil #diasomnia #lilia vanrouge #twst lilia #cheekindraws

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reportwire · 1 year

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Memphis firefighters union defends EMTs in Tyre Nichols case, says they weren't given 'adequate information' | CNN

CNN — The president of the firefighters union in Memphis, Tennessee is defending the actions of EMTs involved in the Tyre Nichols case. In a letter to the Memphis City Council, Thomas Malone, president of the Memphis Fire Fighters Association, said his members “were not given adequate information upon dispatch or upon arrival on the scene” where Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, had been…

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olawaleshuencry · 1 year

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“Policing in this country has a general, population-wide problem with violence, but that violence is also disproportionately directed at Black people.”

#civil rights #human rights #policing and police forces

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uboat53 · 1 year

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You know, there's a fundamental disconnect that I've noticed in discussions about the police in the US that I wanted to dive into.

On the one side are the people who propose police reform and suggest redistributing some police tasks (and at least some of the budget that goes with them) to other agencies and on the other side are people who oppose police reform and argue that more police and more police funding are needed instead.

What's interesting about this is that, if you dig into the arguments a bit, these people actually agree on a good deal. Dig a little bit into the pro-reform arguments and you find that most of them want the police to focus on violent crime instead of things like drug offenses, homelessness, and mental illness. Dig a bit into the anti-reform arguments and you find that they, too, are focused on violent crime and the need to combat it.

Once you understand that, the data on police activity get really interesting. For example, how many people are aware that police only make an arrest in about 20% of reported violent crimes and only achieve a conviction in about 4%? In addition to this, an estimated half of all violent crimes are never reported at all, meaning that only about 10% of violent crimes end in an arrest and 2% in a conviction. (1)

How many people realize that only 4% of police time is actually dedicated to dealing with violent crime at all? (2) A 2020 study in New Haven, CT, for example, found that only 4.4% of police dispatches were related to violent crime. (3) In 1996, "[f]ewer than 5 percent of most cities' total dispatched calls… are made quickly enough for officers to intervene or make an arrest." (4) There's reason to believe that it's gotten better with the proliferation of cell phones which can automatically locate their position, but improvement from a very poor baseline could still leave you with a very poor result.

So if police aren't spending most of their time on violent crime, what are they doing instead? Well, to take one large police force as an example, in 2022 the LA County Sheriff's Department spent about 90% of their time on officer-initiated traffic stops. (5) In fact, as of 2016, there were over 20 million traffic stops nationally. (6) Overall that seems to be by far the largest use of police time and resources.

In other words, one of the biggest issues we face is that police aren't actually spending most of their time (and probably resources as well) on the one thing that most Americans on all sides of the police reform issue seem to want them to be doing. (7)

Those who oppose police reform argue that police need more money, people, and resources to devote to violent crime while those who propose police reform argue that, actually, police need other responsibilities taken off of their plates in order to focus on violent crime instead.

I'll admit, reviewing this data definitely puts me more in the pro-reform camp than I already was, am I missing something here?

(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)

#politics #us politics #police #police reform #us policing #policing and police forces

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marzipanandminutiae · 8 months

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Of course, the burkini ban is messed up on grounds of religious freedom and racial discrimination. But also

Under any other circumstances, people would be HORRIFIED at a government mandate that women have to show a certain amount of skin. Like. That’s fucking dystopian, and the absolute opposite of feminism. If a government tried to pass a law that all women had to wear tube tops and miniskirts to go outside, people would rightfully be up in arms demanding blood

But because it’s targeting a marginalized religious group, many folks are lauding the blatant forced sexualization of women. Appalling

(apparently the ban also outlaws things like sun – protecting bathing suits if they cover too much skin. Which like. Yes, let’s give everyone skin cancer just so we can spite a religion we’ve decided to hate. Sounds like a good plan </s>)

#mini rant #Religious discrimination#misogyny #feminism #sexualizing women #islamophobia #I was just thinking about this in terms of the “women fought not to have to dress like this #that I’ve heard once or twice in reference to my own historically – inspired wardrobe #and how much I would absolutely hate it if someone tried to force me to show more skin in public #for me it’s an annoying comment here or there. For Muslim women in France it’s actual legal discrimination #I swear we’ve gone from people measuring flappers’ swimsuits on the beach #to make sure they covered enough. to police forcing women to strip #because they’re covering too much. We just can’t fucking win #especially women from marginalized racial or religious groups

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sleepyleftistdemon · 1 year

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Pargas’ resignation comes ahead of a rare Saturday “special meeting” that was called by the city to decide his fate. His resignation is effective immediately, according to McLaughlin.

Pargas, 65, was expected to be terminated during Saturday’s scheduled meeting, if he had not been terminated by then.

He was placed on administrative leave by McLaughlin in July when videos from body-worn cameras raised questions about whether he had taken any action to assume command. A recent CNN report demonstrated Pargas was aware students were alive and needed rescue during the shooting but failed to organize help.

Supposedly he was going to be fired (and lose his retirement benefits), and he saw the writing on the wall.

#resignations #crime #law enforcement and corrections #law enforcement #policing and police forces

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blackponderer · 1 year

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“The End of Policing” by Alex Vitale (pg 96 - 97)

#current affairs today #social justice #abolition #police abolition #policing and police forces

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deadassdiaspore · 1 year

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#Stuart Hall #Caribbean Writers #Sociology #Political Education #policing and police forces #Police state #Fuck 12

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creativitytoexplore · 2 years

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Paul Pelosi suspect charged with attempting to kidnap House speaker and attempted murder | CNN Politics

CNN — Paul Pelosi “is making steady progress on what will be a long recovery process,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement Monday, following the announcement of state and federal charges against the man accused of attacking him. “Since the horrific attack on Paul early Friday, we have been deluged with thousands of messages conveying concern, prayers and warm wishes,” the statement…

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reportwire · 1 year

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China's security apparatus swings into action to smother Covid protests | CNN

China’s security apparatus swings into action to smother Covid protests | CNN

CNN — China’s vast security apparatus has moved swiftly to smother mass protests that swept the country, with police patrolling streets, checking cell phones and even calling some demonstrators to warn them against a repeat. In major cities on Monday and Tuesday, police flooded the sites of protests that took place over the weekend, when thousands gathered to vent their anger over the…

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useless-englandfacts · 8 months

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her name is dame nia griffith, labour MP for llanelli since 2005. she is speaking in a june debate about whether we should alter the category of ‘sex’ to mean ‘biological sex’ in the 2010 equality act.

the scottish MP who also speaks up is hannah bardell, SNP MP for livingston since 2015.

#i mean using the police force was a bad example there but still good #politics #lgbt #trans rights #trans #nia griffith #hannah bardell #video #admin dominique

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kindgreenape · 9 months

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i think kim is just as complex of a character as harry, but i think a good amount of players (not all, but a chunk) choose to unflinchingly characterize him as “the Good Cop” and leave it at that.

#kim was a child of the revolution. he has faced racial discrimination all his life #even in a position of authority he still encounters overt racism while on the clock #but he has also killed. it's implied that the majority of his kill count comes from his time working with juveniles #he defends a police force that is corrupt and does jackshit- a tool of the coalition #the same coalition that was likely responsible for the death of both his parents #he used to be a moralist and claims to be apolitical #and yet there are times where he takes what are decidedly un-moralist left-wing stances #there is just so much there.

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narnour-momo-007 · 1 year

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Chesecak <3

#sam and max #sam and max freelance police #my art #narnour's art #saw the meme and couldn't resist #there's probably an unholy amount of food under that couch.#and Leonard died after being force-fed with some of the couch food #shitpost

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