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priznat
Jul 7, 2009

Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.
Good thing they invested in an armoured vehicle and all that sweet tactical gear. Police militarization is such a loving joke.

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Funky See Funky Do
Aug 20, 2013
STILL TRYING HARD

stealie72 posted:

Whelp, guess the answer to "how can we keep the cops from beating up our protest" is "be armed." Good job, piggies.

No it's to protest for things that cops are generally for. To be an armed protests for anything even vaguely left of centre would lead to a massacre instigated by undercover cops.

The Last Call
Sep 9, 2011

Rehabilitating sinner
https://twitter.com/jessiedcoaching...%5Es1_&ref_url=

They should arrest these people, take their trucks and resell them to make amends to the community.

Also put the scum in jails and break a few skulls.

Sanctum
Feb 14, 2005

Property was their religion
A church for one
Seriously a lot of people missing the point.

The protest is not a protest. The truck convoy is not there to raise awareness or convince people of a their social cause. The protest is a guise for domestic terrorism. They want to harass and threaten people until they get the things they want. That's it. The violence isn't some accident that hurts their cause, it's part of their plan.

abigserve
Sep 13, 2009

this is a better avatar than what I had before

The Last Call posted:

https://twitter.com/jessiedcoaching...%5Es1_&ref_url=

They should arrest these people, take their trucks and resell them to make amends to the community.

Also put the scum in jails and break a few skulls.

brash stupid morons getting exactly the result they want, I'm sure this will end well

LifeSunDeath
Jan 4, 2007

still gay rights and smoke weed every day

Sanctum posted:

Seriously a lot of people missing the point.

The protest is not a protest. The truck convoy is not there to raise awareness or convince people of a their social cause. The protest is a guise for domestic terrorism. They want to harass and threaten people until they get the things they want. That's it. The violence isn't some accident that hurts their cause, it's part of their plan.

It's Qanon. It's a cult. People who have no reason to be mad over something are energized to act violently and outrageously, because they're stupid as poo poo and being manipulated by bigger psychopaths.

AND THE COPS ARE IN ON IT!

gently caress everything. LOL!

Outrail
Jan 4, 2009

www.sapphicrobotica.com
:roboluv: :love: :roboluv:

The Last Call posted:

https://twitter.com/jessiedcoaching...%5Es1_&ref_url=

They should arrest these people, take their trucks and resell them to make amends to the community.

Also put the scum in jails and break a few skulls.

'If someone threatens sexual assault just do whatever they say cos we're not going to help you'

Glad to see modern policing has come so far.

Tipps
Apr 18, 2006


party in the front

business in the back

trickybiscuits posted:

Army to immediately begin discharging unvaccinated soldiers; CDC predicts 75,000 more deaths by Feb. 26: Live COVID-19 updates

I REALLY hope that the vaccine gets approved for under-fives. A friend of mine will maybe have less anxiety once her kid is jabbed (or not, she is a very anxious person generally).

The Army -> Chud Militia pipeline working great. Love to see it!

Steadiman
Jan 31, 2006

Hey...what kind of party is this? there's no booze and only one hooker!

silly sevens

The Last Call posted:

https://twitter.com/jessiedcoaching...%5Es1_&ref_url=

They should arrest these people, take their trucks and resell them to make amends to the community.

Also put the scum in jails and break a few skulls.

What the absolute gently caress? The cops are literally advising that you simply don't wear a mask outside so as not to provoke them and that they're aware people are being harassed (the story gets worse beyond the twitter crop). Like they're supposed to be protecting people from this poo poo. At least pretend to do your drat job, cowards. gently caress all cops.

Sanctum
Feb 14, 2005

Property was their religion
A church for one
https://twitter.com/QasimRashid/status/1484346175884988422

https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1488916558944612352

Kaiju Cage Match
Nov 5, 2012




Convex posted:

happy days



That guy was president!?

InsertPotPun
Apr 16, 2018

Pissy Bitch stan

LifeSunDeath posted:

It's Qanon. It's a cult. People who have no reason to be mad over something are energized to act violently and outrageously, because they're stupid as poo poo and being manipulated by bigger psychopaths.

AND THE COPS ARE IN ON IT!

gently caress everything. LOL!
and the loving chuds would loving beat those cops to death in an instant if they could. meanwhile the cops are desperately sucking them off because the other option is...ew liberals...

Outrail
Jan 4, 2009

www.sapphicrobotica.com
:roboluv: :love: :roboluv:

Steadiman posted:

What the absolute gently caress? The cops are literally advising that you simply don't wear a mask outside so as not to provoke them and that they're aware people are being harassed (the story gets worse beyond the twitter crop). Like they're supposed to be protecting people from this poo poo. At least pretend to do your drat job, cowards. gently caress all cops.

Serve & Protect

Stoatbringer
Sep 15, 2004

naw, you love it you little ho-bot :roboluv:

How many truckers are they going to find dead of covid in their trucks when they eventually start moving them out?

Steadiman
Jan 31, 2006

Hey...what kind of party is this? there's no booze and only one hooker!

silly sevens
https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1489020720701067266
Just a little joke in good taste.

Outrail posted:

Serve & Protect
& they can't even do that right

trickybiscuits
Jan 13, 2008

yospos
A Louisville cop hit a protester on a night of 'pure chaos.' Now he's going to prison

quote:

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A former Louisville Metro Police officer who bludgeoned an unarmed, kneeling protester on the head with a wooden riot stick and then repeatedly lied to his superiors about it will be going to federal prison.

Cory Evans, who had been an officer for about seven years before resigning from the department in July 2021 after LMPD initiated his termination, was sentenced Tuesday to two years in the May 31, 2020, assault of Marty Chester.

Appearing in court, Evans said he was "embarrassed" by what he'd done during a night of protests that another officer described as "pure chaos," then apologized for his actions and for having "drug (LMPD's) name through the mud."

But in an interview with WAVE3 News published Tuesday night, the ex-cop struck a different tone, describing the moment when "the feds say that I struck him."

"I don't deny that he was hit," Evans said. "I deny that I hit him with the intent or malice."

Evans pleaded guilty to deprivation of rights under color of law last August, admitting he'd struck Chester. He told WAVE3 he did so to avoid a potentially longer prison sentence.

At the sentencing, Chester and his parents spoke publicly, rebuking Evans for abusing his power and beating Chester "like an animal."

Chester suffered a gash on his head, needed three staples and lost his hearing for several months. He also said he has experienced anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder since the assault.

"You have stolen my security, Mr. Evans," Chester said. He urged U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings to give him the maximum sentence and show him "the same lack of mercy he showed me as I bled out."

Because of the felony, Evans said he "lost everything," including both his potential police and military pensions and benefits.

"I was tired. I was broken. I was restless," he said of the night of his crime. It was his anniversary, he said, and he just wanted to be home with his family.

"The only thing I have left is my family," he said.

Prosecutors argued for a sentence of four years in prison, while Evans' attorney asked for probation in lieu of prison.

Jennings told both sides their requests were not appropriate: four years is too much, but no prison is not enough for the "very serious offense." In addition to two years in prison, Evans will also have to pay $1,962.85 in restitution.

Defense attorney Brian Butler was indignant at the prosecutors' suggestion Evans go to prison for four years, saying his client has already been treated "vastly worse" because he is a police officer.

"What's happening to Cory Evans is absolutely draconian," Butler said.

Butler cited Evans' past acts of heroism, both on LMPD and while deployed to Afghanistan in the military, which he said includes saving a woman from a burning car.

"He is the poster child for everything we want young men and young women to be in this country," Butler said.

The protests that began May 28, 2020, in downtown in the wake of the police killings of Breonna Taylor in Louisville and George Floyd in Minneapolis were not just "unrest," Butler said, but "a riot erupted in this town."

Butler repeatedly mentioned the objects thrown at officers by some protesters, that seven people were shot during the first night of protests and there were attempts to set buildings on fire.

"How much stress would that have put on any of us?" he asked.

Chester was in a group of people reportedly committing arson and throwing bricks, Butler said, arguing it was important context.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Gregory reminded the court that Chester was not on trial. While Chester was arrested that night, his charge was ultimately dismissed and expunged, Gregory said, and no officer claimed to have seen him throw bricks or start fires.

While Gregory agreed with Butler that officers were under intense stress under the early days of the 2020 racial justice protests, she said "that doesn't mean it's open season" on residents of the city.

Additionally, Gregory drove home the fact that Evans repeatedly lied about how Chester was injured, telling his supervisor he pulled the victim off a fence he was climbing and he hit his head in the process.

"This was an intentional lie," she said.

In their evaluation of an appropriate punishment, Gregory, who is with the Western District of Kentucky, and Timothy Visser, with the Civil Rights Division in Washington, D.C., said Evans violated the public trust and public safety.

A strong message should be sent to would-be violators who abuse their authority to physically assault those under their control and lie to cover it up, they wrote.

Gregory and Visser asked for an enhancement because of Evans’ false statements to law enforcement made in an effort to obstruct the investigation.

Though the maximum penalty for the charge is 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release, the prosecution agreed to seek no more than four years in prison.

Butler in court records asked the judge for three years of probation in lieu of prison and the special condition of one year of home detention, so Evans can be with his wife and two young boys.

Prosecutors in the sentencing memorandum said official misconduct and obstruction may easily go undetected and unpunished. A four-year sentence will let other police officers know they won’t get away with a “slap on the wrist,” and would address the abuse of power at the core of Evans’ conduct.

If the victim hadn’t filed a complaint with LMPD’s Professional Standards Unit, Evans might not have been identified as the perpetrator, prosecutors said.

They also wrote that Evans' record suggests he was prone to using force in a “variety of settings,” including 10 incidents in a 16-month period. In one such incident, Evans threw a handcuffed person to the ground who had mouthed off.

A Courier Journal analysis of Evans' use of force history shows he was involved in at least 27 incidents in his roughly seven years as a sworn officer — including two that took place after he was accused of striking the protester.

Of those incidents, 21 took place between 2018 and June 2020. LMPD did not limit Evans' policing powers until July 23, 2020, when he was placed on administrative reassignment.

What happened that night
Evans was assigned to LMPD’s Special Response Team — a group of officers trained to work large events or respond to incidents that require crowd control — during the spring 2020 protests following Taylor's death.

The night of the incident, Evans was with a team following a crowd around South Brook Street and East Broadway to execute arrests for violating the city’s 9 p.m. curfew that had been in place. Chester followed instructions when the officer Evans was with shouted “get down on the ground.”

Though Chester was on his knees with his hands in the air, Evans struck him on the back of the head with a baton, according to court records.

Further, Evans lied twice to his superiors about how he sustained the injury.

Evans did not have his body camera turned on, so the story Evans told about pulling Chester off a fence was used in the official use of force report filed by his supervisor, Sgt. William Keeling.

Both sergeants at the scene reviewed body camera footage from other officers that night, but didn't find his story to be false. They recommended a violation for not having his body camera turned on.

A week later, Chester filed an official complaint with the Professional Standards Unit, though he didn’t know which officer hit him because he was struck from behind.

Officer Joseph Berg testified he recalled seeing Keeling watch additional body camera footage and eventually seeing the incident.

"'drat it, Cory,'" Berg recalled Keeling saying. "'Cory lied to me.'"

Mental health factors mentioned
Evans’ mental health history stemming from his military service and tours in Afghanistan was used by the defense to argue for a lesser sentence.

Evans, in court records, said he avoided a PTSD diagnosis precisely so he wouldn’t be prevented from doing a job that the diagnoses might make him “ill-suited for,” but he said he suffers from anxiety and depression.

Gregory and Vissor in the sentencing memorandum said Evans had an incentive to exaggerate the health claims to diminish his culpability for his conduct. But they also said it’s conceivable that the events leading up to the event, including Evans' response to the mass shooting in Jefferson Square Park, exacerbated his mental health issues.

Excerpts of a 196-page report on his mental health from the Robley Rex VA Medical Center in March 2010, following his two-year stint in the U.S. Army, indicate Evans had major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder and a “plethora” of PTSD-related symptoms.

He was also experiencing social withdrawal, loss of energy, problems at work, loss of appetite and generalized anxiety and paranoia, records show.

Court records also indicate he disagreed with the recommended treatment plan from his doctors.

Both his defense and letters of support to the judge for a lesser sentence pointed to the conditions of the protests leading up to the May 31, 2020, bludgeoning.

LMPD Detective Charles Heller wrote in a letter to the judge that the “riots” can only be described as “pure chaos,” and was like “a scene out of a war movie.” He said thousands of rioters filled the streets, bottles of urine were thrown at them and one member of the Special Response Team caught on fire when a Molotov cocktail hit him.

They had been “beat up for three days straight.”

“It pains me to see what the (Department of Justice) is doing to such a great police officer, veteran and family man. I have personally advised Cory to fight these charges and stand behind him 100%,” Heller wrote.

His mother, Shirly Evans, wrote in a letter that he doesn’t deserve to have his entire family life and two careers ruined because he has “fallen victim to the politics of his time.”

His father-in-law wrote that his time in the Army, as well as his 13 years in the West Virginia National Guard, which has largely been concurrent with his service as an LMPD officer, has left him with two bad knees, a bad back, hearing loss and PTSD.

In court, Butler argued Evans had "already suffered tremendously" even without a prison sentence.

Jennings said Evans' service and his mental health challenges were intertwined, which warranted some leniency.

But, she noted, Evans striking Chester was a "purposeful and deliberate act."

Dapper_Swindler
Feb 14, 2012

Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

SocketWrench posted:

You loving monster!

lovingkrauts



can someone shoop like magahat onto this. maybe other chud poo poo.


in culture chud news.

https://mobile.twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1488288093807513604


https://mobile.twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1488291199148511240

https://mobile.twitter.com/EricWelchWCS/status/1488670848651309060

https://mobile.twitter.com/EricWelchWCS/status/1488671781716176896


in very good news



https://twitter.com/adambonin/status/1488960587736485888

the court is 5 to 2 dem.

Dapper_Swindler
Feb 14, 2012

Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

Steadiman posted:

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1489020720701067266
Just a little joke in good taste.

& they can't even do that right

lol. he is trying to jump districts and primary a dude. he might very well lose.

Xenocides
Jan 14, 2008

This world looks very scary....


https://twitter.com/TristanSnell/status/1488333390105485317

Idiot.

https://twitter.com/BillPascrell/status/1488946061897048070

Grassley is chewing out McConnell for blocking the bill.

https://twitter.com/KaJo503/status/1488676413628510210

LOL

Jelly
Feb 11, 2004

Ask me about my STD collection!

InsertPotPun posted:

and the loving chuds would loving beat those cops to death in an instant if they could. meanwhile the cops are desperately sucking them off because the other option is...ew liberals...
I hope cops dying becomes such an enjoyable thing to witness that demand requires they launch a 24 hour syndicated network that is just non-stop cop death. I would host watch parties with snacks and drinks and just laugh and laugh for hours. Every single day.

tek79
Jun 16, 2008

Kaiju Cage Match posted:

That guy was president!?

Not just President, but a literal cult leader with millions of slobbering human-neanderthal hybrids all willing to fight each other to their deaths at the chance to lick his rear end in a top hat clean if he asked for a volunteer to do it. This is just America now.

NoEyedSquareGuy
Mar 16, 2009

Just because Liquor's dead, doesn't mean you can just roll this bitch all over town with "The Freedoms."

Jelly posted:

I hope cops dying becomes such an enjoyable thing to witness that demand requires they launch a 24 hour syndicated network that is just non-stop cop death. I would host watch parties with snacks and drinks and just laugh and laugh for hours. Every single day.

It's the same thing as the videos they show cops during training to get them all jumpy, but with laugh tracks.

The Last Call
Sep 9, 2011

Rehabilitating sinner
https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1489022856017104899
https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1489024786487521286
https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1489027328902680576

Kung Food
Dec 11, 2006

PORN WIZARD

The Last Call posted:

https://twitter.com/jessiedcoaching...%5Es1_&ref_url=

They should arrest these people, take their trucks and resell them to make amends to the community.

Also put the scum in jails and break a few skulls.

Literally "If you are threatened with rape just change what you are wearing."

Dapper_Swindler
Feb 14, 2012

Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

yeah. i dont think he will last. i doubt he has many friends in the house even among the chuds and unlike greene, i dont think he is safe seat wise.

Teriyaki Hairpiece
Dec 29, 2006

I'm nae the voice o' the darkened thistle, but th' darkened thistle cannae bear the sight o' our Bonnie Prince Bernie nae mair.

Onkel Hedwig posted:

New comic from Ruben Bolling dropped. It is about the banned Maus book:



I just want to say I've read Maus a lot of times and this was obviously done by someone who has also read Maus quite a lot and loves it very much. Like it's all references to specific parts it perfectly apes the style it's all in all really really well done and obviously a loving tribute.

BrigadierSensible
Feb 16, 2012

I've got a pocket full of cheese🧀, and a garden full of trees🌴.

Dapper_Swindler posted:

yeah. i dont think he will last. i doubt he has many friends in the house even among the chuds and unlike greene, i dont think he is safe seat wise.

Wasn't the bloke he had to write an apology note to a senior Republican?

If so, dude is dumb enough to piss off the people who matter, (the higher ups in his party), and not famous/crazy enough to have a dedicated fanbase like MTG and Boehbert.

So is it likely that the Republicans just put another empty suit in his electorate, and drop him for being an annoying tool?

DickParasite
Dec 2, 2004


Slippery Tilde

Steadiman posted:

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1489020720701067266
Just a little joke in good taste.

& they can't even do that right

This is outrageous. I won't stand for it.

explosivo
May 23, 2004

Fueled by Satan

:stare:

https://twitter.com/franklinleonard/status/1489031559592046593

Strong Sauce
Jul 2, 2003

You know I am not really your father.





remember when that chud congressman yelled, "you lie" during obama's SOTU? lmao they learned you can get more money doing that so thats what they're all doing now. decorum sucks money owns.

Bogus Adventure
Jan 11, 2017

More like "Bulges Adventure"

SocketWrench posted:

Well poo poo


lmao

Rod Hoofhearted
Jun 18, 2000

I am a ghost




Dapper_Swindler posted:

yeah. i dont think he will last. i doubt he has many friends in the house even among the chuds and unlike greene, i dont think he is safe seat wise.

His current seat had a single-digit Republican advantage. He's trying to jump to a R+20 district that was tailor made specifically for the current GOP state senate majority leader. AFAIK, that state senate majority leader decided not to run when Maddie went for his district.

I just feel like not that long ago, this is the part where The Party (whether he was Dem or GOP) would basically ruin him. For some reason, the state senate majority leader if afraid to butt heads with him. Wonder why. :ussr:

Dapper_Swindler
Feb 14, 2012

Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

Rod Hoofhearted posted:

His current seat had a single-digit Republican advantage. He's trying to jump to a R+20 district that was tailor made specifically for the current GOP state senate majority leader. AFAIK, that state senate majority leader decided not to run when Maddie went for his district.

I just feel like not that long ago, this is the part where The Party (whether he was Dem or GOP) would basically ruin him. For some reason, the state senate majority leader if afraid to butt heads with him. Wonder why. :ussr:

i suspect its a game of chicken, they are probably trying to "hit him" right as he "jumps" so he gets hosed out either seat.

Rod Hoofhearted
Jun 18, 2000

I am a ghost





gently caress this poo poo.

Bogus Adventure
Jan 11, 2017

More like "Bulges Adventure"

Very disappointed that Scherzinger didn't join Jeong and Thicke walking off. Not surprised by McCarthy, though.

Hazo
Dec 30, 2004

SCIENCE




This makes sense, Nicole and Jenny are the dumbest members on the panel and they probably didn't grasp the implication of engaging with a greasy, disgraced, insurrectionist, sex assaulting, pedophile, mentally-ill traitor and trump defender.

SilvergunSuperman
Aug 7, 2010

Jelly posted:

I hope cops dying becomes such an enjoyable thing to witness that demand requires they launch a 24 hour syndicated network that is just non-stop cop death. I would host watch parties with snacks and drinks and just laugh and laugh for hours. Every single day.

Isn't it crazy the network head shot himself 75 times?

MrMojok
Jan 28, 2011

Just looked at the tweeter, and LOL at the chud politicians and chud shitposters cackling with glee at Zucker resigning.

Zucker created The Apprentice, he gave Donald Trump a TV show when he'd all but vanished from the public sphere. Years later he turned CNN into TrumpTV. You can make a real argument that Zucker is more responsible than anyone for making Trump into a household name.

What they're laughing about is just another case of Everything Trump Touches Dies, an absolutely immutable law of nature that not one single chud is ever able to comprehend.

Rod Hoofhearted
Jun 18, 2000

I am a ghost




MrMojok posted:

Just looked at the tweeter, and LOL at the chud politicians and chud shitposters cackling with glee at Zucker resigning.

Zucker created The Apprentice, he gave Donald Trump a TV show when he'd all but vanished from the public sphere. Years later he turned CNN into TrumpTV. You can make a real argument that Zucker is more responsible than anyone for making Trump into a household name.

What they're laughing about is just another case of Everything Trump Touches Dies, an absolutely immutable law of nature that not one single chud is ever able to comprehend.

He also greenlit Fear Factor with Joe Rogan :lol:

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NoEyedSquareGuy
Mar 16, 2009

Just because Liquor's dead, doesn't mean you can just roll this bitch all over town with "The Freedoms."

MrMojok posted:

Just looked at the tweeter, and LOL at the chud politicians and chud shitposters cackling with glee at Zucker resigning.

Zucker created The Apprentice, he gave Donald Trump a TV show when he'd all but vanished from the public sphere. Years later he turned CNN into TrumpTV. You can make a real argument that Zucker is more responsible than anyone for making Trump into a household name.

He even took hiring advice from Trump directly on who should be brought on to defend him. Remember Jeffrey Lord, who got booted from CNN for tweeting out Nazi salutes?



Hand picked by Trump.

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