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Interesting language in this article. They're trying their hardest to make it seem like members of LA street gangs are running the LAPD, but, really, it's just
by dfxm12 4y ago
Interesting language in this article. They're trying their hardest to make it seem like members of LA street gangs are running the LAPD, but, really, it's just cops being cops. This type of stuff happens even in PD's where there are no deputy gangs to join:
Deputies eager to join a gang are notorious for “chasing ink” — or engaging in violence toward county residents... This has led to a rash of “excessive force or other forms of unconstitutional policing,” the report says.
I'm more worried about white supremacists gang members in law enforcement: https://whyy.org/articles/oath-keeperes-membership-data-police-elected-officials/ https://whyy.org/articles/oath-keeperes-membership-data-poli...
- aceazzameen 4y agoThis is my worry too.
- xbar 4y agoEveryone gets to have their own favorite fear of law enforcement, but corruption in law enforcement is bad--everywhere. Cops killing cops and their families in gang initiations and power struggles makes for nice FX shows, but it is bad for communities, no matter what race the cops are.
- ajmurmann 4y agoIMO, it's among the worst forms of crime and should be punished accordingly. The damage goes far beyond the immediate action, since it undermines the public's trust in the system as a whole. It should be punished accordingly.
- carlosjobim 4y ago> I'm more worried about white supremacists gang Why? Does it feel nicer to be beaten or murdered by cop depending on their political affiliation?
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- kevviiinn 4y agoI didn't know that "white supremacist" was a political affiliation?
- carlosjobim 4y agoHow could you not know that?
- kevviiinn 4y agoWhy should I have known that? Which political party on the US is centered on the white supremacy ideology?
- carlosjobim 4y agoWhite supremacy is a political ideology and a political movement. You can search Google if you're interested in specific parties.
- duped 4y agoJust a nit, this is talking about the LA County Sheriff and not the LA police department. The language might be a bit confusing to outsiders but the gang problem in the sheriff's department is well known to angelenos and isn't confused with street gangs. It's been going on for years.
- mangosteenjuice 4y agoDid you actually read the article? The LASD is not the LAPD. These are police gangs that are not directly under street gangs in terms of culture or leadership structure. These aren't former or current street gang members who became cops. There are white supremacist LASD gangs. Google "Lynwood Vikings".
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- anoonmoose 4y agoThe US's police force, like the country at large, is only 10% black, so unless you have some data to suggest some pretty extreme differences in white and black police participation rates in supremacist groups, it seems fairly unreasonable to be equally concerned about two groups when we can estimate one being nearly ten times the size of the other.
- ipaddr 4y agoThe beatings / deaths happen in big cities where higher % of black cops are the norm. The cops who attack Floyd were black and this happened in a large city. Randomly I will pick Atlanta. 58% https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Police_Department#:~:text=Male%3A%2082%25,Caucasian%2F%20White%3A%2037%25 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Police_Department#:~...
- anoonmoose 4y agoYou know that we can all very easily check Google Images for "george floyd murder" and see the white guy with his knee on Floyd's neck, right? Multiple people have pointed out that your statements on the racial makeup of the people who killed George Floyd have been- and this is being generous- extremely misleading.
- ipaddr 4y agoDoes that mean you accept the stats you specifically asked for to prove the higher % of black police in metro vs country? I did mistake a mistake I meant to say Tyre Nichols: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/01/20/tyre-nichols-memphis-police-fired/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/01/20/... Have you had a chance to do a google search on that?
- p0pcult 4y ago>it's just cops being cops Tell me you need police reform without saying it.
- fnordpiglet 4y agoI’m not sure I understand. They pretty reliably referred to them as deputy gangs and no where did I see anything that made me think they were referring to street gangs. They also discussed they’re racially segregated and biased, to your race gang point of concern. I didn’t see anything that seemed ok or normal, either. I think some semblance of this happens in a lot of police departments in some subcritical state, but this sounds organized, structured, and operating with impunity - which is not normal.
- dclowd9901 4y agoI noticed that too. I think it’s an attempt to change the narrative in order to make the story new again and hopefully shock people out of complacency. Thing is, I think most people just don’t care, and they won’t until they have a violent run in with an officer.
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