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$50: The amount a police officer in Windsor, Ont., donated, anonymously, to the 2022 Freedom Convoy. Const. Michael Brisco's name was only revealed after the crowdfunding platform was hacked.

Windsor police officer appeals conviction for donating to Freedom Convoy A Windsor police officer has appealed his conviction and “harsh” penalty for donating $50 to the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest.

Those were the days...but wait, were they ever the days?

SIGH!

Where Confidence in the Police Is Highest & Lowest https://www.statista.com/chart/14172/where-confidence-in-law-and-order-is-highest-and-lowest/?utm_campaign=a9dfefbb59-All_InfographTicker_daily_COM_PM_KW25_2023_Mo_COPY&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Statista%20Newsletters&utm_term=0_662f7ed75e-a9dfefbb59-314847425

Do you have confidence in your police force?

Infographic: Where Confidence in the Police Is Highest & Lowest This chart shows Law and Order index results by country (100=highest) in 2021.

Sûreté du Québec spokesperson charged with sexual assault of minor

According to the indictment, a copy of which was obtained by The Canadian Press, Doiron, 60, is alleged to have “for a sexual purpose touched a part of the body of … a child under the age of 14, between May 1 and Sept. 30, 1988.” The alleged victim was 12 years old at the time. Doiron was 25.

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/surete-du-quebec-spokesperson-charged-with-sexual-assault-of-minor via

Sûreté du Québec spokesperson charged with sexual assault of minor The offences are alleged to have occurred in the municipality of Cloridorme, in Gaspésie.

The judge said Rodriguez, 40, was “a one-man army of hate, attacking police and destroying property” at the Capitol.

“You showed up in (Washington) D.C. spoiling for a fight,” Jackson said. “You can’t blame what you did once you got there on anyone but yourself.”

Capitol rioter who shocked police officer with stun gun is sentenced to over 12 years in prison A California man who drove a stun gun into a police officer’s neck during one of the most violent clashes of the U.S. Capitol riot has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison. Daniel “D.J.” Rodriguez yelled, “Trump won!” as he was led out of the courtroom where U.S. District Judge A...

If a black person had shot a white person, how long would it have taken the cops to act?

Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, who is white, was arrested on charges of manslaughter with a firearm, culpable negligence, battery and two counts of assault in the death of Ajike Owens, a Black mother of four, Sheriff Billy Woods said in a statement.

White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor is arrested in Florida The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says a Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud was arrested Tuesday. Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, who is white, was arrested on charges of manslaughter with a firear...

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Don't call it "Justice" when it is bigoted. Don't call it "Law" when it is racist. Don't call it "Order" when it is suppression. Don't call it "Control" when it is illiberal. And don't call them honorable when they are prejudiced.

Montreal rally denounces racial profiling, random police stops https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/montreal-rally-denounces-racial-profiling-random-police-stops via

Montreal rally denounces racial profiling, random police stops "The practice of police racial profiling undermines our humanity," says rally participant Mbai-Hadji Mbairewaye.

The murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, and the fervent protests that erupted around the world, looked to many observers like the catalyst needed for a nationwide reckoning on racism in policing.

For more than nine minutes, a white officer pressed his knee to the neck of Floyd, a Black man, who gasped, “I can’t breathe,” echoing Eric Garner’s last words in 2014. Video footage of Floyd’s May 25, 2020, murder was so agonizing to watch that demands for change came from across the country.

But in the midst of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, economic uncertainty and a divisive U.S. presidential election, 2020 ended without the kind of major police reforms that many hoped, and others feared, would come. Then, 2021 and 2022 also failed to yield much progress.

Anniversary of George Floyd's killing: Changes were made, but short of 'reckoning' on racial justice The murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police was three years ago today, and the fervent protests that erupted around the world in response seemed like the catalyst needed for a nationwide reckoning on racism in policing. Along with a few other cities, Minneapolis has issued bans on....

They called 911 for help. Police arrived. They ended up shot or dead. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/05/27/police-response-911-calls-turn-tragic/70260540007/ via USA TODAY

They called 911 for help. Police arrived. They ended up shot or dead. Recent tragedies involving 911 calls gone bad have renewed calls for reform in emergency response.

Three former police officers who were indicted by a Mississippi grand jury joked around about a Black man who died in their custody, with one of them questioning whether to call an ambulance for the man immediately, body-camera footage shows.

Officials in the state capital of Jackson announced Wednesday that a Mississippi grand jury had indicted two former police officers on murder charges and another ex-officer on a manslaughter charge in the death of Keith Murriel, who is seen on video being pinned down and repeatedly shocked with stun guns during a New Year’s Eve arrest.

Body-cam footage shows indicted ex-police officers laughing at man who died in their custody Body-camera footage shows former police officers who were indicted by a Mississippi grand jury laughing about a man who died in their custody. The footage also shows one of them questioning whether to immediately call an ambulance for the man. Officials in the state capital of Jackson announced Wedn...

A Mississippi police officer who shot and wounded an unarmed 11-year-old Black boy in the child’s home should be fired, an attorney for the child’s mother said Thursday.

The child, Aderrien Murry, was hospitalized five days for a collapsed lung, lacerated liver and fractured ribs after an Indianola Police Department officer shot him in the chest early Saturday, attorney Carlos Moore said. Aderrian returned home to Indianola on Wednesday.

“We are demanding justice,” Moore said during a protest that his law office showed on livestream video.

Officer who shot an unarmed 11-year-old boy in his home should be fired, family attorney says An attorney says a Mississippi police officer who shot and wounded an 11-year-old Black boy in the child’s home should be fired. Attorney Carlos Moore says Aderrien Murry was shot in the chest early Saturday in Indianola. Moore says the child's mother, Nakala Murry, asked her son to call police be...

Should cops have to pay their own fines and/or settlements?

US to pay $5 million to parents of man shot dead for slowly driving away from cops A $5 million settlement will reportedly end a years-long civil suit brought against U.S. Park Police officers who purportedly killed Bijan Ghaisar as he slowly drove his Jeep Grand Cherokee away from them in 2017.After Ghaisar's untimely death, federal prosecutors declined to charge the officers, an...

Jacksonville Sheriff's Office strip-search called 'outrageous, unwarranted, embarrassing' Last September, Jacksonville sheriff’s officers stripped a 45-year-old man on a public road in view of his aunt and others, likely in violation of department policy.

The videos, taken from two wounded officers’ lapels, offer a rare perspective of police officers responding to a massacre that killed five and injured eight others Monday. One, a rookie officer, was shot in the head within minutes of arriving at the scene, as his partner was grazed by a bullet and sought cover while still trying to take down the shooter.

Video Shows Louisville Police Under Fire From Bank Shooter Body camera video shows Louisville police officers being fired upon as they arrive at the bank where five people were killed.

An environmental activist who was fatally shot in a confrontation with Georgia law enforcement in January was sitting cross-legged with their hands in the air at the time

Autopsy: 'Cop City' protester had hands raised when killed DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — An environmental activist who was fatally shot in a confrontation with Georgia law enforcement in January was sitting cross-legged with their hands in the air at the time, the protester’s family said Monday as they released results of an autopsy they commissioned.

https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2023/02/24/brian-lande-and-jeff-rojek-believe-that-american-police-need-better-training

Brian Lande and Jeff Rojek believe that American police need better training A criminologist and a sociologist with policing experience want changes to budgets—and culture

Former Memphis police recruiters told The Associated Press of a growing desperation to fill hundreds of slots in recent years that drove the department to increase incentives and lower its standards.

Amid soaring crime, Memphis cops lowered the bar for hiring MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Beyond the beating, kicking, cursing and pepper spraying, the video of Tyre Nichols’ deadly arrest at the hands of young Memphis police officers is just as notable for what's missing — any experienced supervisors showing up to stop them.

The militarization of policing must stop. Cops are part of the gun violence problem, not the solution. Just saying....

“We have agreement on how we will continue to work forward both from a legislative standpoint as well as executive and community-based solutions, but the focus will always be on public safety,” Rep. Steven Horsford of Nevada

Biden, Black caucus agree on path forward on police reform WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the Congressional Black Caucus left a meeting Thursday with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris with an agreement on how to address the issue of policing in America after the recent killing of Tyre Nichols.

Are cops making our cities safer?

Is there a better way?

REALLY, Florida?