Everything that has been revealed this election year…Everything that We the People have demanded based on these revelations…
Our government has basically ignored us…
I don’t fear one particular candidate over the other anymore…either way, I now believe the end game has nothing to with them
Honestly… Fraud! I’ll say it again, Fraud! Whether by an individual or by an organization. Fraud did not stop this election. I’m talking about, on both sides (this illusion of choice). Why? Why did the government get shutdown because of Healthcare Reform but not for a racist candidate using taxpayer money for personal gain or for another candidate whose party officials rigged the election process? The same reason why there aren’t All Lives Matter protests when a child gets gunned down by those sworn to protect and serve. The same reason why video doesn’t indict but reaching for a wallet is grounds for execution.
Black Lives Matter (BLM), the activist group that campaigns agasint police brutality and racial injutice, have just come out with their plan to help fix the issues that plague police forces up and down the country.
Their plan – “Campaign Zero” – focuses on 10 points where they would like the law to change. They believe that these changes will help stop racial profiling and lessen the dangers everyday citizens face when dealing with the police.
To get an idea of what they are asking for we thought we’d provide a breakdown of their plan:
1. End “broken windows” policing, which aggressively polices minor crimes in an attempt to stop larger ones.
“Broken windows” policing is the idea that vigorously enforcing small crimes (like vandalism) will prevent larger crimes from happening. This law has allowed police to increase “stop and frisks”, which BLM claims enables racial stereotyping. They argue that Black men and women are unfairly targeted by police using this law as an excuse, and that this policy ultimately led to the death of Eric Garner (remember the guy that was choked to death after he was caught selling loose cigarettes). This is their first point in their plan, and probably the most controversial.
2. Use community oversight for misconduct rather than having the police department decide what consequences officers should face.
Rather than the police deciding how an officer is punished after they’ve committed a crime (like when an officer who caused a death is ‘punished’ by being put on paid leave for six months), they want an independent group to review all cases and dole out the punishments. Since, you know, the police department might be a tad on biased.
3. Make standards for reporting police use of deadly force.
A lot of reports of police using deadly force aren’t released to the public. This skews the statistics when it comes down to who died by police hands and it leaves the public in the dark about how the police operate. BLM want to standardize the reporting methods and make the whole process more transparent.
4. Independently investigate and prosecute police misconduct.
Much like point two, BLM doesn’t want the police investigating crimes committed by the police since it’s proven to be a recipe for trouble. Instead, they want an independently run government body to investigate whether or not an officer has violated the law. The short version: if a cop shoots someone, someone other than the cops should look into the case to see if that shooting was lawful.
5. Have the racial makeup of police departments reflect the communities they serve.
This one is simple enough to ask for, harder to carry out in practice. BLM want the police force to be racially representative of the areas they protect. If a community is 50% Black, 30% Hispanic, and 20% White, they want to see a police force that reflects those demographics. Hypothetically, for every two White officers they’d hire, they’d also hire five Black officers and three Hispanic officers.
6. Require officers to wear body cameras.
This policy has already been implemented in several different police forces across the country – and withgreat success in some cases. However, the debate starts when it comes down to when and why an officer can turn the camera off. For example, you wouldn’t want people watching you when you went for a piss, would you?
7. Provide more training for police officers.
More training is never a bad thing. Many supporters of BLM believe that a lot of the issues between police officers and citizens have been instigated by rookie cops that are a little too eager to prove themselves in the field, and they feel a little extra training could help that out.
8. End for-profit policing practices.
This is a biggie. As of now, the police can legallytake any money or property that they “believe” is in some way linked to a crime, and they can use that money and property as they see fit, even if you’re never convicted of that crime. It’s called Civil Forfeiture and the police in many areas have used this “right” to fund their own agencies and precincts. This is a major issue, and many people from different walks of life see it as legalized robbery. For more information check out John Oliver’s take on it, as he explains it far more eloquently than I ever could.
9. End the police use of military equipment.
BLM argues that the police should be working withthe community to provide peaceful resolutions to society’s issues and that the use of military equipment shows an intent to abuse their power over citizens. It drives home the Us vs Them mentality. Big guns and body armour = scared citizens. Open dialogue and transparency = happy citizens.
10. Implement police union contracts that hold officers accountable for misconduct.
So, police unions have a history of protecting police (shocking, I know). Police officers accused of misconduct are no exception, but other members are oftendiscouraged by their unions to speak out against those accused. This can delay convictions and stop valuable information or evidence from coming to light which prevents real justice. While the police need unions to protect their rights, BLM argue that the unions should play their part in weeding out the bad apples. If not, the abuse of power will continue because the bad officers know they can get away with it.
Chicago police officers could be heard saying “Typical f—ing n—–s” and “Black lives matter, my a–” in a dispatch recording that surfaced Monday.
The exchange happened Saturday morning over the city police department’s public radio feed for Morgan Park and other Far South Side neighborhoods, DNAinfo reported.
The slurs appeared to come from a couple of officers around 12 hours after protests and clashes postponed a campaign event for Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.
The roughly 8:30 a.m. exchange started with a dispatcher joking with a police officer that it was “too early to be bothering you.” They said a friendly good morning to each other.
Another cop asked, “How many boyfriends do you have?”
The dispatcher replied with a joke. “Why you all in my Kool-Aid? Why you over here?”
Another voice said, “You can answer that again,” and a muffled voice said something that sounded like, “You got busted over the air again.”
Two seconds later, a man’s voice said, “Typical f—ing n—–s.”
A police officer asked the dispatcher to “find out what radio that comment came from” and she said she couldn’t track its location but had alerted her boss.
A few indecipherable noises followed before another voice said the ethnic slur again.
“Black lives matter, my a–. F—ing n—–s,” the voice said. The minute-long recording then ended.
Unbelievable…I am at a loss for words to even attempt a comment. Yeah, we all know enough cops who always talk like this
without a moment’s hesitation. Many of them only become cops because they have a chip on their shoulder. It’s not to protect and serve. It’s for ego and to bully people.
#BlackLivesMatter…. #KKK members are in our schools, churches, grocery stores, suicidal services, law enforcement, et al.
“There is another disease that can result in Jails, Institutions, and Death… The double standard, hypocritical epidemic known as The American Justice System.”
