Do we having a running thread for citizens killed by police yet?

Re: Tasers ... Buddy of mine is a firefighter and deals a lot with police. He said his city's officers have the taser on the opposite hip from their gun in a reverse holster, so you have to reach across your body to grab it. Seems like a pretty simple solution to me. And in response to another earlier post, I think the number of truly racist cops is pretty low. But I think the number of officers who fear black men in these situations is much higher. Maybe that's racist as well, or is it just from dealing with more black crime?

 

I see Dick Cheney, which seems like it works.

 

That's exactly what I thought. Seemed like a bad joke at first.

 

Dick Cheney does not shoot people in the back.

 

Would be better if it was The Hague in the background instead of Tulsa.

 

Forget shooting folks, hitting them with a car is the new hotness.

RT @MashableNews: Dash cam video shows police cruiser running over suspect in Arizona http://t.co/6sMB5dlU8Q

 

Had to be Cobra. Cobra don't mess around.

 

That's unbelievable. I don't even know how he survived that.

 

Chicago pays $5.5 million to settle torture claims of more than 100 black men at the hands of police commander Jon Burge and his cop buddies.

Chicago to offer $5.5 million to victims of torture under Jon Burge | MSNBC

Those black men should have just trusted the police and cooperated. Why didn't they just trust the police and cooperate? Sheesh.

 

Newspaper reports the Tulsa Sheriff's Department falsified training records of the deputy who killed Eric Harris. Not sure how rock solid their information is, but the Sheriff's Department seems to be on its heels.
Report: Tulsa reserve officer's training record - CNN.com

 

Heels?

They're on their back.

 

This is crazy.

Bad enough you let a 73-year-old man buy a badge, but to falsify records to allow his to do so has to be criminal.

Having worked in politics, it's pretty amazing how cheap it is to buy politicians, and other government officials, but it still shocks me.