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This is absolutely disgusting.
Former NYPD cop/current DOC leader Louis Molina has continued the atrocities at the racist death camp Rikers Island & even tried to cover up recent atrocities at Rikers!
He should NOT be allowed anywhere near the National Puerto Rican Day Parade!
Former NYPD cop/current DOC leader Louis Molina has continued the atrocities at the racist death camp Rikers Island & even tried to cover up recent atrocities at Rikers!
He should NOT be allowed anywhere near the National Puerto Rican Day Parade!
There have been multiple cases of people dying or being beaten or being tortured at Rikers over just the last few weeks. Louis Molina tried to get the federal monitor to not even mention these atrocities in a recent report.
Louis Molina routinely helps COs get away with committing all kinds of atrocities.
Former NYPD cop Jeremy Jacinto is suing NYPD because he claims that his use of Dr. Bronner's All-One Hemp Almond Pure-Castile Bar Soap made him test positive for THC on a drug test & got him fired.
#CopsLie
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#CopsLie
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"Former Officer Jeremy Jacinto sued the NYPD Wednesday over his termination after a drug test that found carboxy THC — a metabolite of cannabis — in his system, a complaint filed in Manhattan court states."
"Jacinto argues he wasn't toking up marijuana. Instead, he maintains that his soap was to blame."
An article, implicitly about the absolute failure of existing "duty to intervene" policies, itself becomes a call for *more cops.*
"the police department has a supervisor shortage and called the lack of a supervisor at the incident “a major problem.” apnews.com/article/tyre-n…
"the police department has a supervisor shortage and called the lack of a supervisor at the incident “a major problem.” apnews.com/article/tyre-n…
The sophistication of #copaganda is breathtaking. Even an article about how "duty to intervene" policies have existed since Rodney King and existed in both Minneapolis and Memphis before high-profile police killings ends with a call for more cops. It's amazing.
Like I said:
Related:
#ACAB Daily Digest (August 23, 2022)🧵: 
Police are not here to prevent or solve "crime." So when they are tasked to do so, they're not particularly good at it.
Related thread:
#ACAB Daily Digest (Black August 1, 2022)🧵:
This is the one and only correct way to film a demonstration. Not only was the technique (film cops, not protesters) perfect, the result allows us to enjoy the footage of petrified pigs pelted with debris guilt-free for years to come.
This is the one and only correct way to film a demonstration. Not only was the technique (film cops, not protesters) perfect, the result allows us to enjoy the footage of petrified pigs pelted with debris guilt-free for years to come.
Related: "We must love and support each other."
If you're wondering why the top of the thread says "Black August" and not just "August," but are too shy to ask...
#ACAB Daily Digest (May 19. 2022)🧵:
The intersection where environmentalism, migrant justice and our malevolent tech overlords collide: CBP is deploying robot dogs to patrol climate-scorched borderlands. currentlyhq.com/global/border-…
Related:
#ACAB Daily Digest (May 18, 2022)🧵:
Tough job. Remember: cops kill over 10,000 dogs in the USA every year. If you love dogs, you must hate cops.
Tough job. Remember: cops kill over 10,000 dogs in the USA every year. If you love dogs, you must hate cops.
Related (from 2019): 8newsnow.com/news/local-new…
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Wow. In January, NYPD falsely alleged a 16 year-old resisted a lawful search & in the struggle, the teen's gun went off, hitting himself & then the officer's leg. The DA prosecuted. Mayor Adams (wrongly) blamed bail reform. This is how the NY Times presented it. But now...1/2
...a judge who saw video evidence says the officer was lying every which way. The cops were conducting an apparently illegal search, and the teen complied with it and kept his hands up. The teen is, in essence, a victim of a police-involved shooting. nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-c-…
Why did he have a gun? A survey of young people in NYC who carry guns found a large majority had had a family member or friend shot, had been arrested themselves, had been shot at, and more. In their experience, police did not keep them safe. courtinnovation.org/publications/g…
As the media starts quoting the police's press statements, REMEMBER📢#CopsLie all the time. "Whenever there is a killing of Black people by police, the police immediately claim they had reasonable fear for their lives." -@rigodis & I wrote this last year. nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-ope…
#CopsLie "to justify violating constitutional protections and due process of Black and brown communities, and they do this with impunity...Perhaps most disturbing of all is when these lies are used to absolve the police of murder." -me and @rigodis gothamgazette.com/opinion/9594-e…
The same old arguments for police reform will get recycled. Don't fall for it.
I had the honor of handling this case for a wonderful young person. He was getting groceries for his job when cops assaulted him because they thought his motor scooter was stolen. They tasered him & gave him a concussion. When asked if they used force, cops wrote “no.” #CopsLie
Lt Henry Daverin, wearing a shirt w a “dont tread on me” symbol on it while assaulting a Black teenager on video, had at least 10 prior complaints. NYPD cleared them of wrongdoing after an internal investigation. DA spox initially denied TASER use since NYPD didn’t turn over ppw.
That TASER/force ppw later surfaced. It not being included initially was chalked up to an honest mistake. So was checking “no” on use of force. So was telling numerous lies captured on video, uncovered by our investigators. They’re all still arresting people, to my knowledge.
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S1 Ep1: The one where a cop pulls a knife on my client in the courthouse and gets caught lying about it.
A thread.
August 2006. I had just finished trying a case in front of a new-ish judge and was about to pick a jury in another.
S1 Ep1: The one where a cop pulls a knife on my client in the courthouse and gets caught lying about it.
A thread.
August 2006. I had just finished trying a case in front of a new-ish judge and was about to pick a jury in another.
This wasn't unusual. I was a Public Defender at the time and often went back to back, picking a jury in a case while the jury in the last case was deliberating. SOP.
The new jury would hear a gun/drug case. My client had made bail and was in the hallway waiting to get started.
The new jury would hear a gun/drug case. My client had made bail and was in the hallway waiting to get started.
Suddenly he comes back into the courtroom looking frazzled, his equally anxious gf in tow.
"Cop pulled a fucking knife on me just now!" He said, breathless.
I have to admit, even with all I knew about routine police misconduct, it sounded farfetched.
"Really?" I asked.
"Cop pulled a fucking knife on me just now!" He said, breathless.
I have to admit, even with all I knew about routine police misconduct, it sounded farfetched.
"Really?" I asked.
A THREAD. @bala_nyc As public defenders we’re sharing our firsthand accounts of how officers lie to illustrate for you the reality of policing and why defunding is necessary. Join and share yours. #CopsLie #CopsLiesMatter. Here are a few of my stories:
I represented a teenage boy who officers lied + said threw a Capri sun on the ground. They arrested him him for littering which is a violation and not a crime, they tased and beat him so many times he peed himself, was bleeding, had cuts running down his legs and couldn’t walk
Even the judge was appalled. The prosecution still refused to dismiss the case.
As PDs we are witness to the lies told by cops to justify their racist policing and prosecutions. #COPSLIE. Police plant evidence, falsify documents, lie about why they arrest or use force and lie while testifying under oath. Please read these stories, share & tell yours: 1/
An undercover told a person he was a veteran whose war injuries were hurting. He was given a pain pill, said he recognized it to be a controlled substance based on his “training,” & arrested the person he lied to. After months in court, labs showed it was an OTC pain med. 2/
Cops denied using any force in arresting a person who had TASER burns across their body. 2/
