re: Memphis PD bodycam of Tyre Nichols released

not replying to you wawa


some of you need to take the time to go back and read the thread, there are answers and info to pretty much everything some of you are wondering and or misinterpreting about this situation

these five cops are part of a special detail called Scorpion
they are no doubt close knit
they are NOT typical MPD patrol officers, so pulling nichols over for a traffic violation is not really part of their unit focus

they said he was driving recklessly, MPD Chief said there was no evidence of this from traffic cameras

the cop who ran up to the car and opened the door did so with no fear of a gun, did not ask for ID, did not try to identify the driver, and called the driver a bitch. like he knew who he was. they pulled Nichols over about 250 feet from his home

I said earlier shouting “give me your hands” repeatedly while beating on him seemed like cover for the bodycams

if these cops knew nichols and targeted him, it will come out on their cellphones and witness statements. if they didnt know him, then this is a total and complete breakdown in police procedures and ethics

it seems to me like they really wanted to hurt this guy

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You are confusing uvalde with inner city crime and inner city policing. Two completely different problems. You solve school shootings by hardening schools. They are soft targets right now.

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I’m pointing out that funding and more bodies does not always magically fix what are often systemic issues that lead to bad policing.

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In Memphis, the police department’s budget has increased 11.2% since 2017, compared to 7% for the entire city budget. In 2017, MPD’s budget amounted to 38% of the City of Memphis budget. Today, it is 40%.

While protesters call for the “defunding of the police,” the proposed budget for MPD increased from $272.8 million in the current adopted budget to $282.1 million in the proposed budget.

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Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland unveiled a combined 10% pay raise for Memphis police officers over two years during his budget speech Tuesday afternoon.

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"The MPA is very pleased with a 10% raise over the next two years. We have no doubt that this will have an immediate positive impact on recruitment and retention. Given the fierce competition for applicants, we simply couldn’t afford to trail 8% behind the highest-paid local agency," John Covington, the chief steward for the MPA said. "What was needed was a surge to put us back on top and that’s what we got with this raise. It is an important step toward turbo-charging recruitment and retention that needed to be taken."

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Mayor Jim Strickland’s assertion that more police officers leads to less crime. Memphis has been awarded a $160 million grant, and Strickland said last month his ideas for the funds include hiring new police officers, youth programs and violence interrupters, according to The Commercial Appeal.

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I’m saying that what we do with that money is important. At least if the goal is to thread the needle of ensuring a well staffed police force that successfully serves and protects its citizenry, while not brutalizing that same citizenry via hiring and enabling Jack booted thugs that will kill innocent people, or stand by and let children be slaughtered.

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I said earlier shouting “give me your hands” repeatedly while beating on him seemed like cover for the bodycams

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There's definitely acting for the cameras.

It's part of the training so many claim they need more of.

It weirdly reminds me of this video of Trump voters protesting something in the streets and dancing to music while wearing thin blue line flags. The funny thing was that the song was Killing In The Name by Rage Against the Machine, it just shows that a lot of people don’t really pay attention to shite they just see what their side is taking on issues and immediately follow that line of thinking

Defund the police literally meant defund the police and institute “community policing” with counselors and other bullshite.

You’re only changing the definition because it failed spectacularly and those cities had to increase funding after they slashed it

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I’m pointing out that funding and more bodies does not always magically fix what are often systemic issues that lead to bad policing.

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Same with the education system.

What are you even arguing in this thread?

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Their behavior is part of the poor training. You can’t be this dense?

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Are you enough of a low IQ Neanderthal that you need to be trained to not beat someone to death? That throwing haymakers on a restrained guy is out of line. That kicking a dude in the head repeatedly is not acceptable behavior?

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You’re only changing the definition because it failed spectacularly

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His view of the world flows through reddit.

Dawg is a clown college kid who donates to Bernie