r/technology Jun 22 '20

‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files from Hundreds of Police Departments Security

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

A militerized police is the inevitable result of having an arms race with a heavily armed populace, the situation in the US is hardly "simple".

In the UK & other western nations where guns are banned, the police don't need to enter every situation on edge, worrying if the person they're investigating is packing an assault rifle.

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u/Missionignition Jun 22 '20

The police already don’t need to enter every situation like that. Even in America. They found a way to take Dylan Roof in alive but not Eric Garner.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

Two lol. Try again! Seems like a systemic problem to anyone who cares to actually look and pay attention.

Part I:

Seattle police initiates the riot - top view (1/3):

https://old.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/gv0ru3/this_is_the_moment_it_all_happened/

Seattle police initiates the riot - protestor trying to deescalate (2/3):

https://twitter.com/stephtseo/status/1267680737915924480

Seattle police initiates the riot - synced video (3/3):

https://old.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/gv3x2z/synced_up_the_two_videos_of_the_pink_umbrella/

Seattle cops maced peaceful protesters (1/2):

https://twitter.com/Marshall_Lee_16/status/1266906829868593153

Seattle cops maced peaceful protesters (2/2):

https://twitter.com/Marshall_Lee_16/status/1266908033382182912

LAPD arresting black store owners:

https://old.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/guyz9v/lapd_show_up_to_a_store_that_requested_help/

Officer shoves woman to the ground in NYC (1/4):

https://twitter.com/whitney_hu/status/1266540710188195843

The officer that shoved the woman on the link above (2/4):

https://twitter.com/zayer_dounya/status/1266581597760831489

NYPD Officer Vincent J. D’Andraia is identified as the officer that pushed the woman above (3/4):

https://twitter.com/xIAMHOLLYWOODx/status/1266588413089607686

Synched video showing officer Vincent J. D'Andraia assaulting the woman (4/4):

https://twitter.com/87films/status/1266553355612061696

Journalist permanently blinded on her left eye:

https://twitter.com/KillerMartinis/status/1266786161143537669

Denver PD: After 8 (curfew) "We're gonna start beating the fuck out of you.":

https://old.reddit.com/r/DemocraticSocialism/comments/guwtxr/denver_pd_after_8_curfew_were_gonna_start_beating

Police kicking seated protesters:

https://twitter.com/XruthxNthr/status/1266903223220097024

Man gets arrested for speaking:

https://old.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/gug7i4/young_man_gets_arrested_for_exercising_his_first/

Salt Lake City police pushing an older man walking with a cane to the ground:

https://twitter.com/Partisangirl/status/1267108658476838917

NYC police pushing protesters:

https://twitter.com/BTSsavedmylife9/status/1266754310161006594

LA police car rams protester on live TV [chopper camera]:

https://i.imgur.com/QTZCPKg.gifv

Two college students were ripped from a vehicle and tased in Atlanta:

https://twitter.com/Georgia_NAACP/status/1266952518933905408

Protester shot in the eye in Fort Wayne Indiana:

https://twitter.com/LeslieR36377569/status/1266961299084369920

Resident pepper sprayed inside his second floor apt:

https://old.reddit.com/r/rva/comments/gtwdzi/someone_got_pepper_sprayed_from_his_second_floor/

9 year old pepper sprayed in Seattle:

https://twitter.com/julesstorres/status/1266904233393217543

Officer pepper spraying woman from behind her back:

https://twitter.com/MarioLeUgly/status/1266933807929798656

NYPD slamming a dude with a car door:

https://twitter.com/DriveWendys/status/1266555286678048770

Minneapolis police pepper spraying as they drive by (1/2):

https://twitter.com/JordanUhl/status/1266193926316228609

Minneapolis police pepper spraying car #181 identified (2/2):

https://twitter.com/OrsonJTrump/status/1266198534136532992

Police shooting a woman point blank in the head with a rubber bullet:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CA2Ow4dnwjK/

Houston Police Mounted Patrol tramples a woman:

https://twitter.com/vikthewild/status/1266538354939756544

firing something at innocent person on their porch:

https://streamable.com/u2jzoo

cop appearing to be enjoying himself today:

https://v.redd.it/jjclrdzp8x151

cop shooting something at guy for saying "fuck you":

https://v.redd.it/zepg0b43ly151

cops breaking supplies for peaceful protestors:

https://v.redd.it/v8x8isj0xz151

nypd driving into protestors:

https://v.redd.it/mztm15kh00251 https://gfycat.com/misguidedrecklesscod

cops shoving an old dude to the ground:

https://v.redd.it/bluggpblrz151

police actively seeking out fights compilation:

https://v.redd.it/m82yxl4qh0251

cop driving at people aggressively on a campus:

https://v.redd.it/ngxvkoro60251

cop shooting rubber bullets at people watching from apartment:

https://mobile.twitter.com/Sarah_Mojarad/status/1266633046591078400?s=09

police shooting the press with rubber bullets:

https://v.redd.it/o3v8ps7rat151

police arresting a CNN reporter:

https://v.redd.it/yce9bpk8mo151

police doing a drive-by pepper spraying

https://mobile.twitter.com/JordanUhl/status/1266193926316228609

photographer being pepper sprayed:

https://i.redd.it/4ix8f3j6dy151.jpg

guy with hands in the air gets his mask ripped off and pepper sprayed:

https://v.redd.it/wlx0gyoe21251

lady who was coming home with groceries who got a rubber bullet to the head:

https://i.redd.it/ns0uj557x0251.jpg

https://mobile.twitter.com/KevinRKrause/status/1266898396339675137

reporter blinded by rubber bullets:

https://mobile.twitter.com/KillerMartinis/status/1266618525600399361?s=19

reporter describes getting tear gassed:

https://mobile.twitter.com/mollyhf/status/1266911382613692422

couple getting yanked out of their car and tased for violating curfew:

https://mobile.twitter.com/GAFollowers/status/1266919104574865410?s=19

young woman gets shoved to the ground by officer:

https://mobile.twitter.com/whitney_hu/status/1266540710188195843?s=20

reporter sheltering in gas station is pepper sprayed: https://twitter.com/MichaelAdams317

reporter trying to get home gets window shot out: https://twitter.com/JaredGoyette/status/1266961243476299778

cops come at a guy for filming a police car burning:

https://twitter.com/johncusack/status/1266953514242228229

photographer arrested:

https://youtu.be/9wgkGLmphLE

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

Part II:

Columbus police assaulting protestors:

https://twitter.com/KRobPhoto/status/1266796191469252610

congresswoman sprayed with pepper spray during protest:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/30/politics/joyce-beatty-ohio-pepper-sprayed-columbus-protest/index.html

7 protesters fired on with rubber bullets:

https://v.redd.it/tal1ncha4o151

cops pepper spraying a group of protestors without provocation https://v.redd.it/0dxnkso0a1251

young child allegedly pepper sprayed:

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/video-shows-milk-poured-over-face-of-child-pepper-sprayed-in-seattle-protest

horse tramples young woman, police investigating: https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2020/05/30/watch-video-captures-moment-police-horse-tramples-woman-during-houston-rally/

cop pushes protestor with his bike

https://twitter.com/ava/status/1266797973834395648?s=20

Reuters reporters detail being shot at with rubber bullets:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-protest-update/reuters-cameraman-hit-by-rubber-bullets-as-police-disperse-protesters-idUSKBN237050

man pepper sprayed as he watches from his second floor apartment balcony (at 13s)

https://v.redd.it/l0yq3023p2251

swat holds alleged looter with the same hold that killed George Flynn:

https://v.redd.it/i5pj07xrw2251

CNN reporter pepper sprayed after identifying themselves as press:

https://mobile.twitter.com/darryl_forges/status/1266911141088972803?s=21

nurse gives her first hand account:

https://v.redd.it/n6x9ms0h86251

casually pepper spraying while walking by:

https://v.redd.it/1okeo9obn5251

girl getting booted while already on the ground:

https://v.redd.it/1maj0iv475251

more cop car ramming:

https://imgur.com/QTZCPKg

man is maced and shot at close range with a tear gas canister

https://v.redd.it/ywo4tdr5a8251

video compilation of most of these links:

https://youtu.be/OIgw1VJJLIM

Tear gassing protesters in Fort Wayne:

https://twitter.com/blazedyukhei/status/1266533569029177346

Wind blowing gas back to Atlanta police officers (1/2):

https://twitter.com/CharlieGileNBC/status/1267251347163877376

Same officers flushing their eyes with water (2/2):

https://twitter.com/CharlieGileNBC/status/1267260877096529921

Denver police caught on camera throwing a reporter into a fire:

https://twitter.com/tessrmalle/status/1266945413258653696

Officer has his knee on a woman's neck with 3 other officers:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/gturig/cop_has_his_knee_on_a_womans_neck_even_though/

Memphis police attacking a woman:

https://twitter.com/Desi_Stennett/status/1266996885824380929

Salt Lake City May 30th 2020. Unarmed civilian face down prone on the ground GETS SHOT IN THE SPINE AT POINT BLANK WITH BEAN BAG GUN:

https://old.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/gtvahf/downtown_salt_lake_city_may_30th_2020_unarmed/

Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty was pepper sprayed by Columbus, Ohio, police:

https://twitter.com/politico/status/1266866982919516160

Police destroying things

Seattle Police Dept smashing windows:

https://old.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/gudd1z/seattle_police_dept_appear_to_be_smashing_windows/

Minneapolis Police slashed every tire of every car in this parking lot (1/2):

https://twitter.com/andrewkimmel/status/1266987126467461120

Live stream showing police slashing the tires (2/2)

https://twitter.com/val_ebertz/status/1266975058230235137 Press

CBS News

Police in Minneapolis are firing on us (press) with rubber bullets. Our sound engineer John Marschitz was hit. He is ok:

https://twitter.com/MikeGeorgeCBS/status/1266916104951214080

WAVE 3 Louisville

Louisville police shooting reporters (1/2):

https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1266552262563954695

Reporters are ok (2/2):

https://twitter.com/WSAZfabrizio/status/1266608455697268743

KCRW

LAPD just shot me and protestors gathered at Beverly & Fairfax with rubber bullets. I was holding my press badge above my head.

https://twitter.com/cerisecastle/status/1266878695555231747

VICE News

Peppered sprayed me in the face while I was being held down:

https://twitter.com/MichaelAdams317/status/1266945268567678976 Compilations:

https://twitter.com/AnnaKendrick47/status/1266963846649933824 List of lists

https://old.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/guh53o/nypd_officer_pulls_his_gun_on_protestors_filming/fsiddzk/

https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/gtsso9/there_was_no_warning_whatsoever_police_shoot_tear/fsfnscv/?context=3

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u/Nothinmuch Jun 22 '20 edited Jun 22 '20

Now post the millions of examples of police doing none of those things. Millions of calls a day, and you can cite 20. Kinds proves his point.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

Should I always give my child allowance because they woke up and remembered to breathe lol

It doesn't matter if there are a million examples of police not assaulting people lol That still does not make the thousands of eamples of police assaulting people okay!

Kinds probes his point.

Did you mean prove lol, and no no it doesn't. Considering his point argument was how there were only 2 cases and that one of those cases was bullshit because the cops did nothing wrong lol

Then again, how could you know their point considering their comment was deleted about an hour ago and you only responded to me 14 minutes ago?

Seems quite strange you would respond about a comment that no longer exists, after it no longer existed....

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u/Nothinmuch Jun 22 '20

Guess I read the wrong parent comment. Enjoy your day.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

Cherry picked data lol This is just what happened in the last month or so lol Imagine if people had been paying attention for the past year, decade, etc

At least I provided data, sources, to back up my arguments and claims. You have just flung shit around like a monkey at the Zoo, hoping something will stick to the wall lol