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American police are out of control (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by DougHolland to c/aiop

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• Memphis police ‘regularly violate’ Black people’s rights, justice department finds

• Protesters demand answers after 18 deaths at St. Louis jail in 4 years; latest death shrouded in mystery
(archived link)

• Police illegally sell restricted weapons, supplying crime
(archived link)

• DOJ investigation proves that if a police department isn’t known for its constant rights violations, it’s because it hasn’t been investigated yet
(archived link)

• Eighth person dies in Tarrant County Jail custody this year after feeling unwell, sheriff says
(archived link)

• Rapist detective dies by presumed suicide as long-awaited criminal civil rights trial set to begin
(archived link)

• Retired detective claims leadership covered up corruption and rapist cop's alleged crimes
(archived link)

• Honolulu pays $175,000 to settle lawsuit over arrest of a 10-year-old girl

• Who were the six white Mississippi "goon squad" cops who tortured Black men in 2023, and why did they think they could get away with it?

• Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approves $4M settlement in Phoenix man's jail death
(archived link)

• El Paso County admits no liability, but pays $1,875,000 to family of man who died in jail
(archived link)

• "I can’t breathe," says New Jersey man right before he dies in police custody
(archived link)

• Seattle Police Dept is still delaying public disclosure by “grouping” records requests, in defiance of 2023 settlement

• "It’s long overdue": Experts call for statewide scrutiny of local jails amid inmate deaths, suffering
(archived link)

• South Jersey detective accused of stealing drugs from evidence room
(archived link)

• Since Texas sheriff Bill Waybourn took office in 2017, 65 people have died while in custody at the county’s jail
(archived link)

• Cop who shot black woman in the head, in her home, will be released with the "least restrictive conditions" until trial
(archived link)

• Mass puppycide ends career of Tennessee deputy who probably never should have been a cop

• "Special inspections" and "enhanced enforcement" planned after 13 inmate deaths at Bexar County Jail in 2024
(archived link)

• Seattle PD fires community liaison suspected of selling stolen items, timesheet fraud

• Family who blamed Klickitat County Jail for son’s suicide to get $2 million settlement
(archived link)

• Don't call the police.

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[–] essell 3 points 4 days ago

I agree. UK police are generally great people in my experience and sincerely want to do their role well.