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King County Cops Beat Up Teenage Girl

Artcile on incident, including why she was there

Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America

Balloon juice links to Cato@Liberty, which has the sidespiltting hilarity from Scalia:

The following, from Justice Scalia’s opinion in Hudson, is an absolute joke:

Another development over the past half-century that deters civil-rights violations is the increasing professionalism of police forces, including a new emphasis on internal police discipline. Even as long ago as 1989, we felt it proper to “assume” that unlawful police behavior “would be dealt with appropriately” by the authorities, but we now have increasing evidence that police forces across the United States take the constitutional rights of citizens seriously. There have been “wide ranging reforms in the education, training, and supervision” of police officers (cite omitted).
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Moreover, modern police forces are staffed with professionals; it is not credible to assert that internal discipline, which can limit successful careers, will not have a deterrent effect. There is also evidence that the increasing use of various forms of citizen review can enhance police accountability.
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They also link to Shredding The Bill of Rights, by Gore Vidal.
Let us not even begin to delve into police and POC relationships. Suffice it say, I don't trust them. I try to avoid them.

See also Womanist Musings bringing the knowledge:

Black women get beat by the police too

LaTanya Haggerty was catching a ride home with her friend when they were pulled over for double parking. Within minutes she lay dead when the officer confused her cell phone with a gun. Though her family received 18 million in a settlement I am sure they would have preferred to have their daughter in their lives. Caroline Sue Botticher, an unarmed African American woman, died after police in West Charlotte, N.C., fired 22 rounds at the car in which she was a passenger when it failed to stop at a police checkpoint in April 1997. There was no evidence to suggest that anyone in the car was armed. Sandra Antor was lucky enough to escape with her life after being pulled over for speeding. She was however yanked out of her car, and wrestled to the ground by Lance Corporal W. H. Beckwith. MORE

While you are at it, see: Georgia On My Mind Now That Police Have Beaten Jimmy Blackwell Blind Trigger Warning: GRAPHIC pic attached.

This man was beaten by Patrol officer Bobby C. Mitchell. He is currently on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation. Mitchell is 26 years old and Blackwell is 51.
Since Obama has been elected our post racial world has gone an vicious war against black men and the police have been used as their soldiers. Unfortunately there are no witnesses to this brutal beating and the case will come down to Blackwells word against Mitchell, but from the condition of his body how can one doubt that this is clearly a case of abuse of power on the part of a police officer.
According to the Hartwell Sun, the Blackwell family was not allowed to see Jimmy or inquire about his condition until Feb 17. Jamiya the sister of Jimmy Blackwell further states that she was threatened with arrest for asking too many questions.

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