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#76 Post by SR » Sat Mar 14, 2015 8:28 am

Fuck. NYPD's internal damage control liars are reaching out......

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#77 Post by Essence_Smith » Tue Mar 24, 2015 8:16 am

Artemis wrote:I didn't want to start another cop thread so I'm using this one...


Here's a Toronto cop dancing on duty.
Someone wrote that his motto is to "twerk and protect" :hehe:




At least he's not grinding on some chick like a low life in uniform...

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#78 Post by Hype » Tue Mar 24, 2015 8:45 am

Plus, you can't blame him for moving to the left and to the right. That's pretty much the entire island of Trinidad's national movement.



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#79 Post by chaos » Fri Apr 03, 2015 4:44 pm



http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NY ... 44531.html

Cop in Uber Tirade Video Placed on Modified Duty, Blasted by Bratton for "Unacceptable" Behavior

Cop in Viral Uber Rant Video Sorry, Says Emotions Got Best of Him

Updated at 10:48 AM EDT on Thursday, Apr 2, 2015

The police officer seen on video apparently verbally abusing an Uber driver in an at-times xenophobic roadside tirade in the West Village earlier this week has been placed on modified duty and transferred, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said Wednesday.
"That officer's behavior reflected poorly on everyone who wears our uniform," Bratton said at a news conference before apologizing to the driver and the two passengers.


Officials with the NYPD's detective union said earlier the officer seen in the now viral video is a member of the NYPD's Joint Terrorism Task Force, an elite group that handles counterterrorism cases in the city alongside FBI agents. The union said in a statement that the officer was leaving the hospital, where he was visiting a injured fellow officer, at the time of the rant.

"He really should not be judged by one isolated incident," said Michael Palladino, the president of the union.

The NYPD says its Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating a video that appears to show a man who indicates he is a police officer verbally abusing an Uber driver in an at-times xenophobic tirade in the West Village Monday. (Published Tuesday, Mar 31, 2015)

Bratton disagreed, saying, "In that kind of encounter, anger like that is unacceptable. In any kind of encounter, discourtesy like that and language like that is unacceptable."

"No good cop can watch that without a wince," he said. "All good cops know that the officer just made their jobs a little bit harder."

The altercation, which was captured on video by one of the Uber driver's passengers and has been viewed more than 600,000 times on YouTube, is being investigated by the city's Civilian Complaint Review Board.

The passenger who captured the video, Sanjay Seth, tweeted on Wednesday that he had been interviewed by the body.

According to Seth's YouTube post, his Uber driver honked his car horn at the officer later seen screaming in the video because the officer was trying to park on a Sixth Precinct street in the middle of the afternoon without using any blinkers or hazard lights, and the Uber driver's path to a green light was blocked.

The officer, seen wearing a green tie and blue shirt at points in the passenger video, got out of his unmarked car, which had flashing blue and red lights on the dashboard, and flagged down the Uber driver.


The three-minute video begins as the officer approaches the Uber driver's window and starts yelling at the driver, raising his voice over the Uber driver's muted apologies and efforts to interject.

"Stop it with your mouth, stop it with your, 'For what, sir,'" the officer is heard saying in the video as he curses. "Stop it with that ... and realize the three vehicle and traffic law violations you committed."

"You understand me? I don't know what [epithet] planet you think you're on right now," the officer yells, making fun of the Uber driver's accent.

The officer then slams the hood of the Uber car and walks away; the Uber driver tries to apologize to his passengers, who tell him it was not his fault and inform him a video of the exchange was recorded. One of the passengers said it appeared the officer was on a "power trip"; the other called the man's behavior "really inappropriate."


The officer returns to the Uber car about 90 seconds after slamming the hood and storming off, the video shows, and continues to curse at and belittle the driver. The driver keeps trying to defuse the situation with respectful apologies. Then the officer goes off on him.

"I don't know where you're coming from or where you think you're appropriate in doing that," the man yells, apparently in reference to the car honk from earlier. "That's not the way it works. How long have you been in this country?"

"Almost how long? Two years?" the officer yells after the driver whispers a response. "I got news for you, and use this lesson: Don't ever do that again. The only reason you're not in handcuffs going to jail and getting summonses in the precinct is because I have things to do.

"That's the only reason that's not happening, because this isn't important enough to me, you're not important enough," he says.

The officer turns toward the passengers in the back seat, asks if they are fares and says something about the Uber driver wasting their days, too. The officer hands the driver some kind of piece of paper that looks like a ticket and leaves as the passenger cellphone video pans to the flashing lights on the dashboard of his vehicle, parked behind the Uber car.

Seth posted video of the exchange on multiple social media accounts. On his Facebook page, he wrote, "Our Uber driver, Humayun, was abused by a police officer today in New York. The rage, door slamming, throwing items into the car, threatening arrest without cause was bad enough -- but the officer's remarks at the end really took it to another level."

Seth wrote on Facebook that he reported the exchange to the Civilian Complaint Review Board. According to his profile, Seth works at a nonprofit in the city and used to work for the parks department.

Asked about the exchange by NBC 4 New York, Seth wrote, "This very unfortunate incident is between the driver, Uber, the officer, and the relevant authorities."


Uber called the behavior in the video "wrong" and "unacceptable," and said it appreciated the NYPD investigating.
"We are in touch with our driver-partner who was subjected to this terrible experience and will continue to provide any support he needs," Matthew Wing, a spokesman for the ride share company, said.

Bratton said Wednesday: "I want to extend an apology to the driver of that vehicle and the two passengers in that vehicle for the behavior of that officer."

The CCRB handles complaints about four kinds of alleged police misconduct: force, abuse of authority, discourtesy and offensive language. Bratton said "the actions engaged by the officer based on the video alone would indicate that those fall under the jurisdiction of the CCRB and their particular areas of jurisdiction."

Published at 3:06 PM EDT on Apr 1, 2015

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#80 Post by Essence_Smith » Wed Apr 08, 2015 1:30 pm

I wonder how often this stuff actually happens and what would have happened in this situation had there not been a video... :no:



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#81 Post by SR » Wed Apr 08, 2015 1:36 pm

It would have been a case of planted evidence resulting in a grand jury's decision to not prosecute as a good kill.

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#82 Post by Essence_Smith » Wed Apr 08, 2015 2:03 pm

SR wrote:It would have been a case of planted evidence resulting in a grand jury's decision to not prosecute as a good kill.
:nod:
Saddest thing is to have the feeling that this really happens more often than we think...on a side note I was at the main entrance of Grand Central Station on 42nd Street the other day and two visibly drunk girls were cursing out a cop and telling him they were going to report him for not doing his job...they got the tourist treatment by a cabbie (he drove them the LONG way to their destination) and they insisted the cop escort them back the the taxi stand and arrest the driver...the officer refused and told them they should call the TLC and report the driver...I felt bad for the guy who did maintain his composure and was polite despite being badmouthed by the sex and the city rejects...

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#83 Post by Pandemonium » Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:45 pm

SR wrote:It would have been a case of planted evidence resulting in a grand jury's decision to not prosecute as a good kill.
There's reports on various news outlets alluding to the cop possibly planting "something" like a gun next to the downed victim based on the complete video clip but it actually looks like the cop may have actually tasered the guy (before the filmer got a clear, steady image of the confrontation) and he started running with the taser wires attached to him (or at least his shirt) dragging the taser gun away from the cop behind him. Then the cop calmly takes aim and shoots the guy in the back as he's running away. Maybe that explains why the cop reportedly said the (victim) "took" his taser. It's like with all the similar high profile shit happening just in the past year, you'd think cops would clamp down hard on this kind of clearly unnecessary gunplay but it actually seems to be getting worse.

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#84 Post by creep » Wed Apr 08, 2015 9:01 pm

Pandemonium wrote:
SR wrote:It would have been a case of planted evidence resulting in a grand jury's decision to not prosecute as a good kill.
There's reports on various news outlets alluding to the cop possibly planting "something" like a gun next to the downed victim based on the complete video clip but it actually looks like the cop may have actually tasered the guy (before the filmer got a clear, steady image of the confrontation) and he started running with the taser wires attached to him (or at least his shirt) dragging the taser gun away from the cop behind him. Then the cop calmly takes aim and shoots the guy in the back as he's running away. Maybe that explains why the cop reportedly said the (victim) "took" his taser. It's like with all the similar high profile shit happening just in the past year, you'd think cops would clamp down hard on this kind of clearly unnecessary gunplay but it actually seems to be getting worse.
if that's the case i doubt he would have got away with it video or not. i'm no taser expert but if the guy was tasered he would have marks and you can't easily reload those things can you?

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#87 Post by Pandemonium » Fri Apr 10, 2015 10:42 am

Larry B. wrote:
Those cops showed a lot of restraint, imo. Hey buddy, now your mommy can bail you out of jail for being a stupid, obnoxious punk.

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#88 Post by Larry B. » Fri Apr 10, 2015 12:09 pm

Really? I thought you weren't supposed to tase people just because, nor force them out of the car for no good reason, nor then try to delete the evidence from the person's phone.

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#89 Post by creep » Fri Apr 10, 2015 6:19 pm

Larry B. wrote:Really? I thought you weren't supposed to tase people just because, nor force them out of the car for no good reason, nor then try to delete the evidence from the person's phone.
but the guy cried like bitch for his mommy. that deserves some bullets in the back.

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#90 Post by Pandemonium » Fri Apr 10, 2015 8:01 pm

Larry B. wrote:Really? I thought you weren't supposed to tase people just because, nor force them out of the car for no good reason, nor then try to delete the evidence from the person's phone.
Come on, the cop didn't tase that guy "just because." He clearly explained why he stopped them and why he wanted them out of the car, and especially the guy did everything he could to provoke a situation obviously knowing he was in the wrong. And where do you get the cop trying to delete the video from the phone besides the cop looking at it? Doesn't look like he was successful. BTW, doing a little background checking on this clip, the kid had a large bag of pot on him and the girl had some in her purse. Case closed.

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#91 Post by Pandemonium » Fri Apr 10, 2015 8:14 pm

Now here's a situation that is flat out fucked up that just happened yesterday:


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#92 Post by crater » Sat Apr 11, 2015 9:20 am

I know this is a "behaving badly" thread, but the cops did everything right here. I'm of the belief that if this family had been anything other than white they would all be dead.

One Dead After Christian Street Performers Brawl With Cops



Story here: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/12- ... /25612513/

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#93 Post by Pandemonium » Sat Apr 11, 2015 10:01 am

crater wrote:I know this is a "behaving badly" thread, but the cops did everything right here. I'm of the belief that if this family had been anything other than white they would all be dead.

One Dead After Christian Street Performers Brawl With Cops



Story here: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/12- ... /25612513/
Wow, what a mess. It was really hard to figure out what's going on until I watched this on fullscreen mode and could better see the one guy wrestling with the cop and his gun shooting the cop and the other cop shoots the other guy right in the head who was looking to pile on the wounded cop. Not surprised this was in a Walmart parking lot.

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#95 Post by Essence_Smith » Tue Apr 14, 2015 10:03 am

I won't ever condone the police shooting and killing unarmed people in general, but if you run from the police you should expect to get your ass kicked at the very least...That being said just the fact that dude stole a horse is hilarious imho... :lol:

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#96 Post by mockbee » Tue Apr 14, 2015 11:00 am

Essence_Smith wrote:I won't ever condone the police shooting and killing unarmed people in general, but if you run from the police you should expect to get your ass kicked at the very least...That being said just the fact that dude stole a horse is hilarious imho... :lol:

About 12 years ago I was in the NYC subway, going through the turnstile, my metrocard wasn't functioning properly (I had money, it just wasn't accepting it) I was late for an important meeting and there was a line at the teller person, so without thinking it through I jumped the turnstile, which amounted to a simple step since I am tall. My luck, there were 4 police officers standing there and they rushed at me, I stopped in my tracks thinking oh, fuck, that was stupid. I go through the whole thing and get a ticket, they couldn't figure out what my name was and what state "Oregon" is..... but I get the ticket, then a train comes by, and I was like great, and asked politely, "am I allowed to go?" They said yes, so I book it to the train, I get on and the doors close. ANd then they do a double take and rush after me, they pounded on the train to stop, the train kept going.......stupid me, I was wondering why they rushed the train? ...... I still hadn't paid the fare. I wonder what would have happened if the train had stopped.............or if I were black. :scared:

I paid that ticket that night. :nod: :dunce:

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#97 Post by Essence_Smith » Tue Apr 14, 2015 11:44 am

mockbee wrote:
Essence_Smith wrote:I won't ever condone the police shooting and killing unarmed people in general, but if you run from the police you should expect to get your ass kicked at the very least...That being said just the fact that dude stole a horse is hilarious imho... :lol:

About 12 years ago I was in the NYC subway, going through the turnstile, my metrocard wasn't functioning properly (I had money, it just wasn't accepting it) I was late for an important meeting and there was a line at the teller person, so without thinking it through I jumped the turnstile, which amounted to a simple step since I am tall. My luck, there were 4 police officers standing there and they rushed at me, I stopped in my tracks thinking oh, fuck, that was stupid. I go through the whole thing and get a ticket, they couldn't figure out what my name was and what state "Oregon" is..... but I get the ticket, then a train comes by, and I was like great, and asked politely, "am I allowed to go?" They said yes, so I book it to the train, I get on and the doors close. ANd then they do a double take and rush after me, they pounded on the train to stop, the train kept going.......stupid me, I was wondering why they rushed the train? ...... I still hadn't paid the fare. I wonder what would have happened if the train had stopped.............or if I were black. :scared:

I paid that ticket that night. :nod: :dunce:
I was late for class during the college years and had the same thing happen. I hopped and heard the cops yelling at me...I also notice at the top of the stair case of the station the train was there waiting so I booked for the train. The only thing that saved me was an old lady who stuck her hand in the door and held it for me. I got on the doors closed on the cops and the train pulled off, but I NEVER tried to either hop or run from police again. If that ever happened again I know I would NOT make it...I am 17 years older and 40 lbs heavier... :lol:

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#98 Post by Essence_Smith » Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:47 pm

So let me get this straight...in the last few weeks alone, Walter Scott, Phillip White, Eric Harris, and Freddie Gray all killed while in police custody... :no:

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#99 Post by Hype » Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:00 pm

I'm still annoyed that they killed Stanley Williams. And that dude was actually guilty. :confused:

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#100 Post by Essence_Smith » Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:26 pm

Adurentibus Spina wrote:I'm still annoyed that they killed Stanley Williams. And that dude was actually guilty. :confused:
They wanted to make an example of out him and they did...I'm surprised they haven't executed Mumia yet...

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