It’s been nine months since I filed my first mask complaint against the LAPD. The complaint was sent with video of the cops maskless.
What, exactly, is taking so long?
I’m in the process of filing a complaint against the cop below. Should it really take a 12-18 month investigation to determine if he failed to wear a mask? But that’s what the LAPD is going to do.
Ridiculous.
Let’s say your job required you to wear a mask. And let’s say a customer filmed you without a mask, and filed a complaint with corporate. Would it take corporate 18 months to complete the investigation? Fuck no.
But the LAPD does whatever the LAPD wants to do. And we let them.
I haven’t filed complaints in a month because I wanted to take inventory of vids I have. Thought I could finish in a weekend. Just now getting close to completing. I should have the tape to file 400 complaints (bias policing, illegal searches, 1st amend violations, masks, etc).
2019 LAPD complaints from public:
—Filed: 2,550
—Filmed: 96
What I have right now is enough to quadruple the number of sustained complaints. Only 3.8% were sustained in 2019. My shit is airtight. Gonna be sustaining more than 90%.
All in Mitch O’Farrell’s district, too. 😏
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Been conducting an informal poll where I ask people how much they think the average LAPD makes. Going to get a sample of 100 people, and come up w/ an average.
So far, most think LAPD cops average $45,000-$65,000 annually. When I tell the average is $129,000, they’re stunned.
From what I’m reading, this year there will be $1.75B spent on LAPD pay. With 12,000 total employees (10,000 sworn officers) that works out to an average of $145,000 per LAPD employee.
And they want MORE money?
In past week, I’ve looked up pay for 20+ cops. Only *three* were paid less than $100,000 in 2019 (one was the cop who pointed gun at @ShotOn35mm).
The “kid” cop I confront in this video was paid either $113,000 or $123,000 in 2019 (two cops w/his name).
Looked up the cop from this picture. His pay is indicative finishing the academy in late 2019. That means he just finished up his field probationary training 3-5 month ago. This was probably his first protest action.
He looks scared. Nothing more dangerous than a *scared* cop.
Cops don’t generally scare me, but that’s some scary shit. I don’t know how he was able to keep getting pictures with a shotgun pointed at his mouth.
Thousands of complaints for *biased policing* have been filed against the LAPD. NONE have been sustained. Zero. No bias, huh? Let’s look at the OIG data:
Percent of people who searched for *traffic violations*:
How it started: saw Sgt Willers (chronically doing out-of-policy stuff) and Shapiro, and asked them to put on masks.
They refused, then started with the flashlights and floodlights.
(2/...)
Shapiro is constitutionally illiterate. I informed him it’s a 1st amendment violation to use flashlights to interfere with filming. He said it’s not true. 🥴
The LAPD admits it’s a constitutional violation. Unsurprisingly, an LAPD *supervisor* doesn’t know the basics. (3/...)
Eventually Cali will have an online database of police officer complaint history. Cop unions will try to limit info provided (total number of sustained complaints — not details).
Thats why I write them up for the smallest stuff: may hold the same weight as serious infractions.
If they try to only release “total number of sustained complaints” then a sustained mask complaint will look as bad as “out-of-policy use-of-force” complaint. So I focus on documenting clear violations LAPD policy.
Use their attempt to hide info against them.
“Whoa, I just looked that cop up. Officer Johnson has *12 sustained complaints* against him. What a fucking monster!”
Little will the know those 12 complaints were for being filmed without masks. I don’t give a fuck, either.