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

In New York City, you can buy a carry permit, a fancy license plate, a parking permit, and even a honorary badge.

But, they don't let you run around with the real cops, in uniform, with a gun.

 

You want to play cop, fine. But you go to the academy first and get trained.

 

Maybe they could make a movie out of it.

 

In 2012, an off-duty Chicago cop shot and killed one of his neighbors during a dispute about a large party. He used an unregistered weapon, and he had gone over to the house after calling 911 about the loud noise. Said the dead woman's male friend came at him and reached into his waistband as if for a gun. Surprise -- no gun!

After the prosecution rests its case and before the defense starts, the judge issues a directed verdict of not guilty. He did so apparently because the shooting was intentional, not reckless, so the charges didn't hold.

Courtroom erupts after CPD detective found innocent in fatal shooting of unarmed woman | Chicago

 

The 73-year-old "deputy" showed up in court today, pleaded not guilty, and then the judge let him go on vacation to the Bahamas:

Deputy in Tulsa shooting pleads not guilty - CNN.com

 

Black people must be really terrible at riding their bikes, which is the only way to explain why 80 percent of the tickets written in Tampa are to black people. Things like riding without a light or having a friend on the handlebars -- obviously the terrible scourges that big-city cops should be dealing with on a regular basis.

How riding your bike can land you in trouble with the cops — if you're black | Tampa Bay Times

There was the 56-year-old man who rode his bike through a stop sign while pulling a lawnmower. Police handcuffed him while verifying he had, indeed, borrowed the mower from a friend.

There was the 54-year-old man whose bike was confiscated because he couldn't produce a receipt to prove it was his.

 

I just threw up a little

 

Dead guy in Baltimore, six cops suspended.

Man died of spinal injury after being arrested by Baltimore police - The Washington Post

Dies of spinal injury.

Also left unexplained is a video from a bystander showing two officers dragging what appears to be a limp suspect to a police van.

 

I was at the Hopkins ER waiting room area last week when the 11 o'clock TV news ran this at the top of the broadcast. I'd say about 90% of the waiting room hopped up and started commenting about how wrong this is. It was a bit eye-opening to me.

A week later, the kid has died. Just not right.

 

I'd say that's unbelievable, but, well, sadly it's not.

 

It's absurd the lengths to which courts will go to protect cops. Porter says that if there's any charge to be made, it's first-degree murder, not involuntary manslaughter. So because the firing was intentional and not reckless, Servin is not guilty of involuntary manslaughter. “... The crime, if any there be, is first degree murder,” he said.

A Judge Just Let A Cop Walk After A Deadly Shooting. Legal Experts Say The Reasoning Is 'Incredible.' | ThinkProgress