🌎 Discussion: Criminal Justice, Prison Reform, Police Reform, and Other Criminal Justice Issues

[squeekness]

Awful. Hope the ones who did it get busted.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

In the 10 years since a police officer killed Michael Brown, how has policing changed?

Today marks 10 years since a police officer killed Michael Brown. It sparked protests and calls for police reform, but what's changed since then?

www.scrippsnews.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Cori Bush ran on a platform to help vote for legislation to help push police reform and reduce gun violence. Instead she was primaried by a pro-genocide backed Democrat. Our nation's priorities are ****ed up and disgusting. Shame on all who's perceived priorities are to appease corrupt dictators and billionaires using their influence to suppress Truth and Justice. This is not America. This is greed plain and simple!

 

[Lily Adler]

Uvalde shooter’s uncle begged police to let him talk to the gunman

Police videos and 911 calls from the 2022 Uvalde, Texas, school massacre were released Saturday by city officials after a prolonged legal fight.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Lily Adler]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnns-van-jones-secretly-helped-craft-the-weak-trump-police-reform-he-praised-on-tv

Can Van Jones kindly **** off, please?

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

New data shows violent crime dropping sharply in major U.S. cities​

https://www.axios.com/2024/08/12/violent-crime-harris-trump-election

 

[squeekness]

New data shows violent crime dropping sharply in major U.S. cities​

https://www.axios.com/2024/08/12/violent-crime-harris-trump-election

I'm hoping it will get even better with Harris if she can keep spreading that hope and good will around.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

And yet Trump faced no repercussions for falling asleep during his own trial.

 

[blueharvest]

Texas town left with one officer after police mass exodus

The police chief and several officers resigned from the Surfside Beach Police Department following alleged issues with the city council.

www.newsweek.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[Lily Adler]

Lawyer and family of U.S. Air Force airman killed by Florida deputy demand that he face charges

More than three months after a U.S. Air Force airman was gunned down by a Florida sheriff's deputy, his family and their lawyer are demanding that prosecutors decide whether to bring charges against the former lawman.

apnews.com

It had to be ****ing Florida! Nothing's going to happen to that deputy.

 

[blueharvest]

When is deadly force justified? Recent police killings raise questions

The killings of Ta'Kiya Young and Sonya Massey underscore the prevalent use of deadly force by police despite widespread de-escalation standards.

www.usatoday.com

 

[blueharvest]

Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules

Many courts have ruled that law enforcement can hold your property for as long as they want. D.C.’s high court decided that’s unconstitutional.

reason.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

ACLU sues Oregon city over police monitoring of activists and groups

Suit alleges that Medford police illegally surveilled two groups and a person who weren’t suspected of criminality

www.theguardian.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Justice Department watchdog finds flaws in FBI's reporting of sex crimes against children

A Justice Department report finds that the FBI has failed to report all suspected child sexual abuse cases to appropriate law enforcement agencies despite changes prompted by its handling of the case against former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar.

apnews.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Ex-Stoughton police detective indicted in death of Sandra Birchmore

A former Stoughton, Massachusetts, police detective has been federally indicted in the death of Sandra Birchmore, accused of killing her and then staging her apartment to make it appear she had committed suicide.

www.nbcboston.com

 

[squeekness]

Murder is still the leading cause of death for pregnant women. A federal abortion ban won't improve that, I'm sure.

 

[blueharvest]

South Carolina prepares for first execution in more than 13 years

After July ruling that state’s death penalty is legal, a man on death row has a week to decide how he will be executed

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Toronto police's tow truck task force charges 2 teens in 11 separate shootings, 1 homicide

An ongoing turf war within a small segment of Toronto’s tow truck industry has led to an increase in shootings, including 11 separate incidents and one homicide that police allege were carried out by two teen suspects.

toronto.ctvnews.ca

Shootings Soar in One of North America’s Safest Cities. The Culprit: Tow-Truck Gangs​

A turf war has fueled a 50% rise in Toronto shootings, mostly with guns smuggled from the U.S.​

https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/toronto-tow-truck-gangs-shootings-a0a30d63

 

[MagnarTheGreat]