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This I can confirm this. Internal affairs never finds fault unless you call a lawyer or the news. I live in Baltimore city and I've experienced the same treatme

This I can confirm this. Internal affairs never finds fault unless you call a lawyer or the news. I live in Baltimore city and I've experienced the same treatment as well. A couple of years ago I moved from the rural county of Baltimore back to my moms in the city. Since I've been back I've been stopped and frisked more than 20 times, my mom was assaulted by police officers on our street (they forced a nightstick into her mouth because they were convinced she swallowed drugs.) My house raided once with a fabricated warrant. I've also experienced a similar situation where I've called for a shift commander and the officers that stopped my mom showed up. Or Another when I called internal affairs because they destroyed/ vandalized my computer equipment in my room, including opening brand new beers and pouring them on my laundry. I called a shift commander and the officers of the raid showed up at my house while I was on the phone with internal affairs. It Baltimore they don't call it Stop & Frisk. They don't check that box off. They check the box called Citizen/Police Contact. The last time I had "Citizen/police contact" I was with my friend who's an eagle scout on our way from the Loyola/Hopkins Lacrosse game when we were stopped by 4 police cars with guns drawn, demanding to see our hands forcing us out of the car, and putting us in hand cuffs while they searched us and the car. The officers reasoning was "You were a black guy (I'm mixed and very light) and a white guy in a beat up car driving through the hood". I still carry the Citizen Copy of that paper ticket/notice/citation whatever it is because that's the day I was almost shot. It's a reminder that we're not safe anywhere. The only thing we can do is try to stay out of their way.

Peaker 13y ago
What if everything is video-recorded clearly with a modern smartphone?
- DanBC 13y ago
  The smartphone is removed and wiped. Or you're arrested for wire-tapping. Or they say the phone is a weapon and they tase you. Or they shoot you and say they thought you had a gun. Or they just beat the fuck out of you. http://www.popehat.com/2013/11/11/encourage-people-to-contact-the-boston-police-departments-bureau-of-public-information-thats-a-jailin/ http://www.popehat.com/2013/11/11/encourage-people-to-contac... Or you get the video, the police-officer's boss agrees with you that the behaviour was outrageous, and sacks the officer. They offer you $1.2 million out of court settlement because all the evidence is so clear. But the officer goes through appeal, and gets his job back, with back pay. Again. http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/06/28/out-control-officers-find-comfort-arbitration/02N6zKhHmM2GM63PDlYIHO/story.html http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/06/28/out-control-of... > Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis fired Williams after concluding that the officer choked a suspect during a 2009 arrest and lied about it to Internal Affairs investigators. Williams appealed the finding to an independent arbitrator who ruled in his favor last week. Absent court intervention, Williams can expect reinstatement and a city check for more than $150,000.
pstuart 13y ago
> The only thing we can do is try to stay out of their way. No. We can't give up. We need fight back with every legitimate tool at our disposal.
- oftenwrong 13y ago
  Sounds like a good way to get shot.

Peaker 13y ago

What if everything is video-recorded clearly with a modern smartphone?

DanBC 13y ago
The smartphone is removed and wiped. Or you're arrested for wire-tapping. Or they say the phone is a weapon and they tase you. Or they shoot you and say they thought you had a gun. Or they just beat the fuck out of you. http://www.popehat.com/2013/11/11/encourage-people-to-contact-the-boston-police-departments-bureau-of-public-information-thats-a-jailin/ http://www.popehat.com/2013/11/11/encourage-people-to-contac... Or you get the video, the police-officer's boss agrees with you that the behaviour was outrageous, and sacks the officer. They offer you $1.2 million out of court settlement because all the evidence is so clear. But the officer goes through appeal, and gets his job back, with back pay. Again. http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/06/28/out-control-officers-find-comfort-arbitration/02N6zKhHmM2GM63PDlYIHO/story.html http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/06/28/out-control-of... > Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis fired Williams after concluding that the officer choked a suspect during a 2009 arrest and lied about it to Internal Affairs investigators. Williams appealed the finding to an independent arbitrator who ruled in his favor last week. Absent court intervention, Williams can expect reinstatement and a city check for more than $150,000.

pstuart 13y ago

> The only thing we can do is try to stay out of their way. No. We can't give up. We need fight back with every legitimate tool at our disposal.

oftenwrong 13y ago
Sounds like a good way to get shot.