(06-05-2020, 01:08 PM)GMDino Wrote: To be fair look how polite the police are to these people.  

POLICE OFFICER TELLS PROUD BOYS TO HIDE INSIDE BUILDING BECAUSE THEY'RE ABOUT TO TEAR GAS PROTESTERS. THE OFFICER SAID HE WAS WARNING THEM "DISCREETLY" BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT PROTESTERS TO SEE POLICE "PLAY FAVORITES." iTs JuSt a FeW BaD ApPlEs #GeorgeFloyd #babygate pic.twitter.com/sbcpbH2iVu

— Taylor (@sprtneo) June 5, 2020

(06-06-2020, 12:35 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I must admit when the Floyd case was first made public I held the other 3 Officers equally accountable; however, discovering they were rookies and he was their training officer changes my opinion. Whomever made this psycho a training officer needs to be held accountable:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/officers-charged-george-floyds-death-190215541.html

(06-06-2020, 03:58 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Wow, that is ridiculous, especially given the, what was it, 17, previous complaints against him.

This whole situation has brought up an interesting conversation about unions on the left. It's pretty clear that the police union and their protectionist attitudes are a serious problem, here. If you take the ways teachers' unions protect their people and ratchet it up a dozen or so notches, you get police unions. The left is pro-labor, but seeing the way this union has operated is making a lot of people think long and hard about this.

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A community activist, who has worked for years to promote understanding between San Jose police and the public, was seriously injured by a riot gun in the George Floyd protest one week ago.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- A community activist, who has worked for years to promote understanding between San Jose police and the public, was seriously injured by a riot gun in the [url=https://abc7news.com/tag/george-floyd/]George Floyd protest one week ago.

I-TEAM EXCLUSIVE: Unarmed black man handcuffed by Alameda police for 'dancing in the street'

He has now retained an attorney and spoke to the I-Team's Dan Noyes.



Derrick Sanderlin knows the San Jose police chief well and has worked with him for three years.

But tonight, he can't help questioning if they've made any progress at all.

When protesters shut down Highway 101 in San Jose last week over the killing of George Floyd, they targeted a blue Mustang.

The owner had a "Blue Lives Matter" license plate frame.

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He later said it was not in support of police, but to avoid speeding tickets.

When a man with a skateboard smashed out his window, 27-year-old community activist Derrick Sanderlin stepped in to calm the situation and escort the driver to safety.

Sanderlin later made his way to San Jose City Hall. SKY7 was overhead to catch the confrontations with police, and ABC7 was on the ground.

Just across the street, Sanderlin saw police shooting rubber bullets at protesters, including young women at close range.



Officer Jared Yuen, who has already been placed on desk duty, is now facing an internal affairs investigation for his aggressive behavior.

"I really just couldn't watch it anymore," Sanderlin said. "And just kind of made like a parallel walkover, put my hands up, and just stood in the line of the fire and asked them to please not do this."

The video shows the officers' training their riot guns on Sanderlin.

RELATED: SJPD chief fires back at critics, says officers 'endured an onslaught of violence'

He stood a good distance away, made no aggressive motions to police, yet they fired on him several times, one round hitting him in the groin.

"I pause for a moment like maybe this isn't, maybe this doesn't hurt and falling afterwards is like the most painful experience," he said.

Derrick and Cayla Sanderlin have been married four years.

They both work for charities helping people who are suffering economically during the pandemic.

After Derrick's emergency surgery for a rupture, the doctors aren't sure they'll be able to have children.

"The doctor had let me know before the operation that there's no way of fully telling until you try to have kids," Derrick Sanderlin said.



"And I just started weeping at the thought of that. You know, we, we do want kids and we're very close to having kids," Cayla Sanderlin said.

They have retained an attorney who is preparing a claim against the city and the police.

"They were aiming for a body part that is prohibited when using those type of riot guns. You're not meant to aim at the groin or the head ever," said attorney Sarah Marinho.

RELATED: ONLY ON ABC7NEWS.COM: Man who helped injured officer in viral video later shot with rubber bullet during SJ protest

This story then takes a turn.

That officer didn't know the person he shot has connections or that he knows the San Jose police chief personally.

For three years, Derrick Sanderlin has helped train new police recruits about implicit bias and procedural justice. He wonders now if that work was in vain.

"The way that the way that they've treated people out there has over the weekend has been really heartbreaking because the chief is like a good person, who's really trying to do the right thing," he said.

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ABC7 broke the news to Chief Eddie Garcia about what happened.

This afternoon, he called Derrick Sanderlin and issued a statement: "Derrick has been a real leader in our communities' efforts to reduce bias and discrimination through dialogue. I assured him we will be investigating this incident."

The chief also said he is re-evaluating at what point in a confrontation officers can fire those projectiles.

(06-06-2020, 08:37 PM)GMDino Wrote: Just another "Bad apple" absued by the citizens!

Man being arrested for “Mad Dogging” an officer! This needs to STOP ✋ pic.twitter.com/okGUoeJbyY

— Moni1440 (@monilopez827) June 6, 2020

 

(06-06-2020, 08:37 PM)GMDino Wrote: Just another "Bad apple" absued by the citizens!

(06-06-2020, 11:44 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: egghh, I don't agree with what the cop did, but I lost sympathy for that man when he used the R word. 

(06-07-2020, 10:04 AM)GMDino Wrote: Yeah, completely unnecessary.  But also completely avoidable if the "officer of the law" wasn't in his face almost begging him to do something that would get him arrested for, well, they'll "figure it out".

(06-07-2020, 03:04 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: The cop isn't responsible for him using it. If you're freely using the word, you use it on a regular basis. It's avoidable by not being shitty.

(06-05-2020, 05:33 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/57-buffalo-cops-resign-to-support-suspended-officers-who-pushed-down-elderly-man/

The whole team resigned in protest to them being suspended for that... the entire team supported attacking that man without consequence

(06-07-2020, 08:22 PM)GMDino Wrote: Update!  

They didn't resign in support of the other two officers...just because they are afraid they too may be suspended for doing something in the future.

I think saying they all quit because there’s now a possibility they'll be held liable for our actions is not better.

— I need a new name. (@jamesdena) June 7, 2020

 

(06-07-2020, 11:26 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: I saw them applauding the 2 officers. This is why people are angry. If a teacher shoved a kid who was trying to hand them something they dropped, by no means would you see this.

(06-08-2020, 10:19 AM)GMDino Wrote: Anyway he tells me they are to fired at the ground and "bounced" into crowds to try and disperse them.  And then I though of all the photos again.  And the officer who was aiming the gun at a child.  And that, for the first time, made me not just concerned and worried but mad.  If officers don't have enough training to NOT even AIM a rubber bullet at a person they need removed immediately.  Seems like the kind of thing they would/should be told after being handed the weapon.  

Maybe that's just me.

(06-08-2020, 10:34 AM)Dill Wrote: That is one of the concerns of current police reform. 

There appear to be quite a number of people attracted to police work who are not really fit for it.


PS I would not need "training" to know you don't point any riot control weapon at a child or at someone in a wheelchair.
No one who "needs" that training should be in the pool at all.

(06-08-2020, 03:04 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Michael Harriot of the Root, whose videos I use in class to cover a ton of great history of racial policies, had this great response to people bringing up black on black crime, breaking down the actual statistics compared to white on white crime and the degree to which black people give back to their communities compared to other groups.  

It wasn't long ago that members here were posting links from Stormfront to argue that black people were inherently more criminal. The racism exists, and here's a tool to confront it. Check it out. There's over 20 tweets in this thread, so I won't be able to post them all here

https://twitter.com/michaelharriot/status/1268463768285188096

I have had song pop up in different reiterations on my tiktok 3 times and every time it is a BOP
Credits: alexengelberg, rynnstar and charliecurtisb on Tiktok pic.twitter.com/cr1DErOVuo

— Kaylee Claire ? (@KayworxX) June 8, 2020