WOAH: four St. Louis officers indicted on federal civi rights charges connected to unconstitutional crackdown on Sept. 2017 protests huffingtonpost.com/entry/st-louis…
“let’s whoop some ass.”
"it's gonna be a lot of fun beating the hell out of these shitheads once the sun goes down and nobody can tell us apart!!!!”
"just fuck people up when they don't act right!”
"people on the streets gog FUCKED UP! Lol”
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"it's gonna be a lot of fun beating the hell out of these shitheads once the sun goes down and nobody can tell us apart!!!!”
"just fuck people up when they don't act right!”
"people on the streets gog FUCKED UP! Lol”
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"Did everyone see these protestors getting FUCKED UP in the galleria???? That was awesome!” huffingtonpost.com/entry/st-louis…
Impossible to read this new indictment in good faith and think of it as an isolated incident instead of reflecting broader systemic problems. But DOJ has backed away from broad reforms in favor of “bad apple” approach. huffingtonpost.com/entry/ferguson…
Notable: despite the widespread, documented police abuses during the Stockley protests, the only victim specifically referenced in the indictment is the undercover officer they didn’t know was a cop.
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Cynically, you’d think the Air Force captain and his wife walking around their own neighborhood might’ve qualified as “worthy” victims here. stlamerican.com/news/local_new…
More:
.@ArchCityDefense: “There is no reason to believe that it was only these four officers engaged in such misconduct, and it is unfathomable that a single undercover officer was the only victim.”
Essentially, the story that St. Louis police are trying to sell is that only this one group of rogue officers criminally assaulted this one protest attendee who — what are the odds! — just so happened to be an undercover officer. stltoday.com/news/local/cri…
After a St. Louis business owner criticized “dimwitted” officers for abusive police tactics he witnessed during Stockley protests, the police union solicited their supporters to harass his pizza shop. huffingtonpost.com/entry/chris-so…
