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Great, now do the Dallas and DeSoto, TX police departments who took down my videos of police brutality and violent home invasions with phony take-down notices t

Great, now do the Dallas and DeSoto, TX police departments who took down my videos of police brutality and violent home invasions with phony take-down notices to YouTube in addition to destroying my computers and cameras and stealing computer discs with video of their misconduct from the US Mail with the help of (then DeSoto post master Linda H. Norwood.

rc_mob 3y ago
Have you written about this story anywhere? I feel like multiple subreddits would be very interested in this story.
- galangalalgol 3y ago
  Yeah, that went federal. Very interesting.
- kolanos 3y ago
  Not to mention prominent channels on YouTube that cover police matters like this. [0] [0]: https://www.youtube.com/@LackLusterMedia https://www.youtube.com/@LackLusterMedia
- csomar 3y ago
  I think we have this reoccurring on a frequent basis that it is now part and parcel of living in the US.
smoldesu 3y ago
You probably want to host that sort of content yourself. If your only backup is on Google's server, you have to prepare for a reality where they get rid of it.
- binarymax 3y ago
  Sounds like they did, and it was destroyed/stolen?
  - rokkitmensch 3y ago
    Not a bad use case for backing up to other people's computers.
    - csomar 3y ago
      This seems like a great case for client side scanning. If a file is flagged it gets removed from all devices that go online.
gamblor956 3y ago
If true, that story would make national news... In additional to the state-level crimes committed by local law enforcement, your claim suggests a number of federal crimes as well.
- qingcharles 3y ago
  I know prosecutors, police officers who have committed multiple state and federal crimes. I've tried contact dozens of media outlets and they are all like "Mmkay".
  - gamblor956 3y ago
    I agree with the media outlets on this... Lots of people "know" law enforcement that have "committed" multiple "crimes." But when asked what the crimes were, they can't actually articulate any specific acts, or what they do articulate aren't crimes, or they don't have any evidence supporting their claims. Media outlets love to report on public corruption. It's what gets journalists awards and fame. If they don't believe you, it's not because they're part of some conspiracy, it's because you haven't given them enough evidence to make it worth their while to investigate.
    - qingcharles 3y ago
      There's no conspiracy, it's just that one single person going to the papers with a story usually isn't that compelling. You don't have enough weight to make them interested. I guarantee I gave them enough evidence. I've got over a decade of courtroom experience litigating cases, I gave them citations to the statutes down to the paragraph with supporting documentation for all claims. I also had signed confessions from two of the officers. Due to litigation over the matters they were pulled into court, but refused to take the stand under oath and sat outside the courtroom. As an alternative they suggested just signing a confession so they could leave. They didn't want to get cross-examined as it could potentially open up a larger can of worms -- if you're hiding a lot of dirty laundry you don't know what questions will come up under examination; you don't know what the lawyer might know and surprise you with. Two of them did resign, which protected their pensions/benefits. One of the prosecutors made a come-back as a state legislator though, so a win there for him. (On a side note, while I managed to force that prosecutor to admit to perjury and he was investigated for it, after that incident the state bar regulator seems to have given up -- I got a letter from them regarding another prosecutor stating that they no longer investigate misconduct by prosecutors, only by defense attorneys)

rc_mob 3y ago

Have you written about this story anywhere? I feel like multiple subreddits would be very interested in this story.

galangalalgol 3y ago
Yeah, that went federal. Very interesting.
kolanos 3y ago
Not to mention prominent channels on YouTube that cover police matters like this. [0] [0]: https://www.youtube.com/@LackLusterMedia https://www.youtube.com/@LackLusterMedia
csomar 3y ago
I think we have this reoccurring on a frequent basis that it is now part and parcel of living in the US.

smoldesu 3y ago

You probably want to host that sort of content yourself. If your only backup is on Google's server, you have to prepare for a reality where they get rid of it.

binarymax 3y ago
Sounds like they did, and it was destroyed/stolen?
- rokkitmensch 3y ago
  Not a bad use case for backing up to other people's computers.
  - csomar 3y ago
    This seems like a great case for client side scanning. If a file is flagged it gets removed from all devices that go online.

gamblor956 3y ago

If true, that story would make national news... In additional to the state-level crimes committed by local law enforcement, your claim suggests a number of federal crimes as well.

qingcharles 3y ago
I know prosecutors, police officers who have committed multiple state and federal crimes. I've tried contact dozens of media outlets and they are all like "Mmkay".
- gamblor956 3y ago
  I agree with the media outlets on this... Lots of people "know" law enforcement that have "committed" multiple "crimes." But when asked what the crimes were, they can't actually articulate any specific acts, or what they do articulate aren't crimes, or they don't have any evidence supporting their claims. Media outlets love to report on public corruption. It's what gets journalists awards and fame. If they don't believe you, it's not because they're part of some conspiracy, it's because you haven't given them enough evidence to make it worth their while to investigate.
  - qingcharles 3y ago
    There's no conspiracy, it's just that one single person going to the papers with a story usually isn't that compelling. You don't have enough weight to make them interested. I guarantee I gave them enough evidence. I've got over a decade of courtroom experience litigating cases, I gave them citations to the statutes down to the paragraph with supporting documentation for all claims. I also had signed confessions from two of the officers. Due to litigation over the matters they were pulled into court, but refused to take the stand under oath and sat outside the courtroom. As an alternative they suggested just signing a confession so they could leave. They didn't want to get cross-examined as it could potentially open up a larger can of worms -- if you're hiding a lot of dirty laundry you don't know what questions will come up under examination; you don't know what the lawyer might know and surprise you with. Two of them did resign, which protected their pensions/benefits. One of the prosecutors made a come-back as a state legislator though, so a win there for him. (On a side note, while I managed to force that prosecutor to admit to perjury and he was investigated for it, after that incident the state bar regulator seems to have given up -- I got a letter from them regarding another prosecutor stating that they no longer investigate misconduct by prosecutors, only by defense attorneys)