I mean, you joke, but there was a police chase like this about a decade ago. A black couple in Cleveland were driving past city hall, and their car backfired. A policeman “claims” he mistook it for a gunshot. So he began chasing this car.
It turned into a 45 minute chase all over Cleveland. Four cop cars joined in the chase, resulting in the chase ending in the parking lot of a school. When it finally ended, the cops opened fire, shooting 137 rounds at 2 people in a car.
This was the year AFTER Tamir Rice, in the same city. So they had reason to fear the police “just doing their job”.
After they searched the car, they found no gun. No evidence of a gun. Nothing illegal in the car. Just 2 dead bodies that they had shot with 137 bullets.
When the cops faced trial, the judge admitted that the cops were in the wrong, were guilty of murder, and had acted under false pretenses of the law.
However, because they could not determine which exact bullet killed them, nor whom of the 8 police officers fired them, they determined that nothing could be done legally to hold the cops accountable to face consequences.
This is insane. If I were to join 7 others and kill someone, we’d all go to fucking prison regardless if only one of us did it. They try people all the time like this knowing damn well only one person could have done it, and they can justifiably do that because they are acting as a group. What kind of lazy dog shit call is this.
Preaching to the choir. That case was so well known here, that the judge had to be put on trial for it, and was HIMSELF found not guilty.
All of this happening, just as the first round of BLM protests were going on nationwide. I was STUNNED when our protests were just a bunch of guys in a public park grilling, and some people with microphones saying it was unjust.
I was expecting L.A. Riots levels of violence. You had Tamir Rice, this couple, the judge who got off not guilty, AND there was video leaked from a Cleveland jail where 6 corrections officers all took turns beating a woman who was handcuffed to a metal chair, with their clubs. And the audio you can hear her screaming, and them laughing. To top it off, she had mental health problems to the point where she wasn’t even sure what was happening, much less why. And they just beat her.
Now in fairness, they did all get fired from that.
But also in fairness, that’s usually just code for “get fired today to create a headline, get hired tomorrow in a suburb city”.
In the UK, we just had 2 12 year olds stab someone to death. Due to the fact they couldn’t determine who murdered the guy, both were found guilty of murder.
I mean, you joke, but there was a police chase like this about a decade ago. A black couple in Cleveland were driving past city hall, and their car backfired. A policeman “claims” he mistook it for a gunshot. So he began chasing this car.
It turned into a 45 minute chase all over Cleveland. Four cop cars joined in the chase, resulting in the chase ending in the parking lot of a school. When it finally ended, the cops opened fire, shooting 137 rounds at 2 people in a car.
This was the year AFTER Tamir Rice, in the same city. So they had reason to fear the police “just doing their job”.
After they searched the car, they found no gun. No evidence of a gun. Nothing illegal in the car. Just 2 dead bodies that they had shot with 137 bullets.
When the cops faced trial, the judge admitted that the cops were in the wrong, were guilty of murder, and had acted under false pretenses of the law.
However, because they could not determine which exact bullet killed them, nor whom of the 8 police officers fired them, they determined that nothing could be done legally to hold the cops accountable to face consequences.
As a Clevelander, yes I’m still upset.
This is insane. If I were to join 7 others and kill someone, we’d all go to fucking prison regardless if only one of us did it. They try people all the time like this knowing damn well only one person could have done it, and they can justifiably do that because they are acting as a group. What kind of lazy dog shit call is this.
Preaching to the choir. That case was so well known here, that the judge had to be put on trial for it, and was HIMSELF found not guilty.
All of this happening, just as the first round of BLM protests were going on nationwide. I was STUNNED when our protests were just a bunch of guys in a public park grilling, and some people with microphones saying it was unjust.
I was expecting L.A. Riots levels of violence. You had Tamir Rice, this couple, the judge who got off not guilty, AND there was video leaked from a Cleveland jail where 6 corrections officers all took turns beating a woman who was handcuffed to a metal chair, with their clubs. And the audio you can hear her screaming, and them laughing. To top it off, she had mental health problems to the point where she wasn’t even sure what was happening, much less why. And they just beat her.
Now in fairness, they did all get fired from that.
But also in fairness, that’s usually just code for “get fired today to create a headline, get hired tomorrow in a suburb city”.
godamn that is disgusting
Yes. Yes it is.
Holy shit.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/05/23/409003419/cleveland-officer-not-guilty-in-fatal-shooting-of-unarmed-suspects
That’s BS. Such a weird legal sitiation.
In the UK, we just had 2 12 year olds stab someone to death. Due to the fact they couldn’t determine who murdered the guy, both were found guilty of murder.