Cops behaving badly ...

[Rigby5]

The familiar paraphrase:
- Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton



Why do you suppose such persons chose police work? A U.S. government paycheck is a license to kill.


When in U.S. history have government agents functioned so shamefully? Koramatsu?

Let's not overlook the facts. Trump's federal "agents" are not in uniform, wearing masks, and murdering citizens.

The Koramatsu case was interesting and I had not heard of it before.
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Fred Korematsu, 23, was a Japanese-American citizen who did not comply with the order to leave his home and job, despite the fact that his parents had abandoned their home and their flower-nursery business in preparation for reporting to a camp. Korematsu planned to stay behind. He had plastic surgery on his eyes to alter his appearance; changed his name to Clyde Sarah; and claimed that he was of Spanish and Hawaiian descent.
...}

 

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"Fred Korematsu, 23, ... had plastic surgery " R5 #361

Fred Korematsu, 23, ... had plastic surgery in a failed attempt to circumvent the government agents determined to usurp his Constitutional rights.

Some may have witnessed a veteran's contingent at an Independence Day celebration, and may have noticed a silent tear shed from a member of that group.
It may confirm pseudo-patriotic bias to misinterpret that silent tear as an unqualified endorsement of United States governments.

But more objective, better informed observation may recognize it might instead be an acknowledgement of failure.

All men are created equal? Tell it to MLK.

We won't be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law?

- piffle -

 

[Shiftless2]

Sounds like the cop was upset that his was smaller than Aunt Tifa's



A grandmother wore an inflatable penis costume to a protest in Alabama. Now they’re trying to put her in jail.

62 year-old Renea Gamble bought the costume at Spirit Halloween. She put it on, grabbed a homemade sign that read "No Dick Tator," and showed up to a No Kings rally in Fairhope, Alabama, last October.

A thousand people came out in deep-red Baldwin County. There were unicorns. There was a blow-up chicken. And there was Gamble, a 7-foot inflatable penis holding an American flag.

Everybody was laughing. Except Corporal Andrew Babb of the Fairhope Police Department.

Body camera footage shows what happened next. Babb pulls up in his SUV, marches past other protesters, and points straight at Gamble.

He tells her the costume is unacceptable. She asks if she's being detained. He ignores the question and keeps scolding her. She turns to walk away. He grabs her from behind and throws her on the ground.

Two more officers help pin her down and handcuff her. She screams in pain as they try to stuff her into a squad car, the inflatable costume too big to fit through the door.

When they peeled the suit off and asked for her name, she said, "Aunt Tifa."

The video went viral. It aired on Colbert. A local radio station held a listener poll for Alabamian of the Year and "Inflatable Fairhope Protest Penis" won.

Everyone assumed the charges would quietly disappear once someone with sense intervened.

Instead, the city doubled down. Prosecutors added more charges. “Disturbing the peace”. “Giving a false name”. Her trial is set for April 15.

Her lawyer, David Gespass, a veteran civil rights attorney, called the whole thing "absurd." There are no witnesses, no recordings showing her breaking any law. The officer's own report says he responded to complaints about "traffic hazards," not anything Gamble did. No provision of Fairhope's disorderly conduct ordinance covers wearing a costume. Gespass filed a motion to dismiss. The judge denied it in a single line.

The mayor backed the arrest before seeing the evidence: "This type of behavior or display is not acceptable and will not be tolerated in Fairhope." A local Moms for Liberty activist celebrated on Facebook, calling Gamble's behavior "typical ANTIFA."

Meanwhile, the No Kings protests in Fairhope have grown. The most recent rally drew nearly 1,200 people. They put up barricades this time. The protest advertised itself as the "Official Site of # PenisGate." Signs read "Free Speech is A-PEEling" and "Don't Be a Meanie, It's Just a Weenie."

And Gamble showed up again. Masked, in sunglasses and a bandana. Carrying the same "No Dick Tator" sign. Wearing another inflatable costume.

A cop threw a grandmother on the ground for wearing a Halloween costume at a protest. The city is prosecuting her for it. She showed up again anyway. That's what resistance looks like.

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