This article contains news with snarky liberal satire. The Seattle police union’s president is being investigated for allegedly publishing the reporter’s press pass on social media, a Seattle TV station reported on Thursday, September 10, 2020. Read story here. Reporter David Obelcz accu[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Police Brutality’
September 2nd, 2020 - 12:49 am § in Law and Courts
Civil rights lawsuit alleges Kenosha police treated protesters and militias differently
This article contains news and liberal commentary. Several protesters who were arrested for violating a 7 p.m. curfew are seeking restraining orders, a declaration the curfew is unconstitutional, money damages, and attorney fees. They claim the early curfew was to prevent them from protesting agains[...]
September 1st, 2020 - 1:35 pm § in Donald Trump, Racism
“Don’t resist the police”
Even if they’re arresting the wrong person. This article contains news and commentary. Tell them your name. Show them your ID. Comply with their demands. Don’t run, struggle, or resist if they take you into custody. Never mind missing medical appointments, losing your job, no one being t[...]
August 28th, 2020 - 5:33 pm § in Misc.
Wrong black man violently arrested after fighting off San Antonio police
A black man accosted by police in a San Antonio apartment complex on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, resisted arrest and was violently thrown into a squad car. At least one of the arresting officers is black. Police responding to a “strangulation family violence” call from the complex told Mathi[...]
August 28th, 2020 - 2:46 am § in Donald Trump, Racism
Not exactly a cask of Amontillado
Does the word “Amontillado” ring a bell? High school English class, maybe? In Edgar Allen Poe’s 1846 short story “A Cask of Amontillado,” a character bricks his hapless victim into a catacombs niche. High school students have been reading it for over 150 years. The stor[...]
August 28th, 2020 - 12:03 am § in Misc.
Jacob Blake’s GoFundMe raises nearly $2M in two days
A GoFundMe for Jacob Blake and his family raised $1.1 million in one day and over $800,000 the second day, The Hill reported. (Click here to donate., or see the current total.) “The description for the campaign states that the funds will go toward ‘Jacob’s medical bills, family expense[...]
August 27th, 2020 - 9:25 pm § in Racism
Jacob Blake no longer ankle cuffed to his hospital bed
Update (8/28/20): Jacob Blake was unshackled and guards left the hospital after the arrest warrant against him was vacated. Story here. His family was outraged over the ankle cuffs and guards. Read story here or watch video below. They claim he committed no crime and only broke up a fight between tw[...]
August 26th, 2020 - 7:47 pm § in Racism
Kenosha cop ID’d
… as Officer Rusten Sheskey. Read story here. Meanwhile, Wisconsin’s attorney general said a knife was found in the footwell of Jacob Blake’s vehicle, and he was “leaning forward” toward it after getting into the vehicle. As previously reported, the witness who took the[...]
August 23rd, 2020 - 9:05 pm § in Racism
White cop shoots black man 7 times in front of his kids, touching off several nights of rioting
A black man trying to break up a fight between two women was shot in the back by one of several white cops responding to a domestic disturbance call when he entered a van occupied by his three young children, touching off several nights of rioting and peaceful protests. Buildings and vehicles were b[...]