Discuss police violence, the victims of police violence (including George Floyd and Breonna Taylor), the Black-led protests against said violence, and related topics.
Chattanooga police arrested man atop building with loaded AK-47 during George Floyd demonstrations
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Officers received a call around 9 p.m. Wednesday about a man, later identified as Kevin Leko, standing atop the building in the 1400 block of Market Street with what appeared to be an assault rifle, according to Hamilton County court documents.
When police arrived, they found Leko with a bag and a rifle sticking out and ordered him to get on the ground, and he immediately complied and was taken into custody, court records state.
Officers found an AK-47 rifle, two 9mm handguns and a revolver, all of which were loaded, according to court records. They also found a broken down PA-224 with loaded magazines and various loaded magazines for each weapon with the exception of the revolver.
Leko also had six beers in his bag and appeared to already be very intoxicated, based on his speech, movement and the smell of beer on his breath, an officer wrote in the criminal affidavit, adding that the man told police he "had been feeling very anxious lately because of the protests in town that had gone by his apartment building."
"His anxiety was also up from watching the riots across the country," officers wrote in the affidavit. "He said that he got home and had some beers and was watching the news of the riots again, making him increasingly anxious and in fear."
So he went to the roof with the intent to defend himself "in the event the protest turned violent and people came [to] burn his building or kill him," court records state.
Neighbors told police they were very concerned but didn't hear him make any threats to anyone or point the firearms at anyone.
Leko was taken to the police station where he was interviewed by agents with the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives before being taken to the Hamilton County Jail. He was charged with possession of a firearm while under the influence. His bond was set at $3,000.
Given his photo I have some guesses as to what news channel was making him anxious and scared.
If there are non psychopaths, hearts hardened by years of fascist indoctrination, could these people be salvageable? Is it possible to extend our compassion to them such they feel that exiting their profession is not a kind of suicide, but a new life?
If that's possible, wouldn't that also be a strategic win?
I don't consider my own ability to read people to be strong enough to know the answers. This is not meant to be a distraction from the goal of dissolution and reformation of the police forces, but maybe a stepping stone? Assuming I'm not being too naive.
So is this an unusually high percentage (100) of bad apples or is the whole bunch maybe spoiled?
BadKen wrote:The former President leading a march against the current White House would be seen as a coup, domestically and internationally. That could escalate very, very quickly. As it is, Obama making national addresses on television is being interpreted as a sign of instability.Agreed, Obama heading up a protest march on DC would be a very bad look.
Your bolded line is going to look mighty prophetic should Trump not win a second term, cos you know he's going to try and pull something like that.
To be fair, Clock is the prophet.
So is this an unusually high percentage (100) of bad apples or is the whole bunch maybe spoiled?
I know I should have some more to say on this but all I have is.
I hear Blackwater's hiring.
After shushing her he tells her that she's "something."
"they were simply following orders"
Can we all, as a species, just finally agree that absolutely nobody does/should find that response to be in any way whatsoever compelling and/or exculpatory?
Please?
After shushing her he tells her that she's "something."
There were 15.3 million people on temporary layoff in May, in addition to an estimated 4.9 million people who had temporarily lost their jobs but were counted as employed but "not at work for other reasons." Including all those ho were potentially on temporary layoff...
So we can safely say those unemployment numbers are the lying sack of sh*t that we know Trump to be.
So is this an unusually high percentage (100) of bad apples or is the whole bunch maybe spoiled?
I accept your resignations and will now make sure that you're not getting paid. You all clearly don't understand right from wrong and are therefore unfit for duty and serving the public. Get the F out and never come back.
Chokeholds were banned when Eric Garner got murdered.
Gremlin wrote:"they were simply following orders"
Can we all, as a species, just finally agree that absolutely nobody does/should find that response to be in any way whatsoever compelling and/or exculpatory?
Please?
I'm pretty sure that's the one time that Godwin's Law is immediately ok.
farley3k wrote:Chokeholds were banned when Eric Garner got murdered.
Nationally?
Use of force guidelines are locally specified and are one of the major causes of variation in police violence and lethal encounter rate.
boogle wrote:farley3k wrote:Chokeholds were banned when Eric Garner got murdered.
Nationally?
Use of force guidelines are locally specified and are one of the major causes of variation in police violence and lethal encounter rate.
Locally banned in NYC, where Garner was murdered by a cop
The entire ERT quit in response to the two cops being suspended for pushing the 75 year old. The team had 57 officers.
No good apples in this barrel
Gremlin wrote:"they were simply following orders"
Can we all, as a species, just finally agree that absolutely nobody does/should find that response to be in any way whatsoever compelling and/or exculpatory?
Completely agree. I won't say it's never been a legitimate excuse for anything, but I sure as hell can't think of a time when it has been a sufficient defense to absolve one of guilt for... well, anything.
Sounds like Buffalo needs to take the nuclear option on their PD just like the Minneapolis city council.
Yep! Time to rethink a lot of things about our society, I'd say.
In neighboring Salem OR a cop was caught on video asking a group of Proud Boys to go hide in buildings or vehicles because the cops were about to start gassing and arresting protestors and don’t want to be seen “playing favorites.”
He's alive for now.
My mom died 2 years after a fall like this. Not caused by a police brutality, just slipping on ice. When her skull fractured it punctured her dura. She suffered from side effects from that or years and kept falling as a result.
She was never right again and eventually she fell in a way that caused an internal injury, an infection and 3 days after that last fall she was dead at 62.
He may recover, but it could also go really badly for him. Either way the cop that shoved him should be brought up on charges.
Yeah but Trump and his new mouthpiece did the same. When do they get charged with felonies?
Yeah but Trump and his new mouthpiece did the same. When do they get charged with felonies?
12:01PM, January 20, 2021.
Stele wrote:Yeah but Trump and his new mouthpiece did the same. When do they get charged with felonies?
12:01PM, January 20, 2021.
I doubt he’ll let that happen right at the start of his second term.
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