In my opinion there is no legitimate 'monopoly on violence'— each person/group and action needs to be evaluated on its own merits. But if media organizations are going to give official representatives of government an implicit aura of legitimacy, that has to be reserved for agents of the state that put some minimal effort into looking and acting the part. Secret police in rented or stolen cars wearing full face masks and off-rack camouflage, vests, or sweatshirts cannot be allowed to claim the supposed legitimacy of "law and order" while violating Constitutional rights, basic traffic laws, and any sense of human decency. (And yeah, police do all those things, but at least they look the part of government agents!)

#Minneapolis #ICE #media #police

Today, in honor of Black History Month, we remember the Orangeburg Massacre, which occurred on February 8, 1968 in South Carolina, when highway patrolmen opened fire on black student protesters from South Carolina State, who were trying to integrate a bowling alley. They killed 3 African American students and wounded 33. These were the first student demonstrators killed by the police in the 1960s. 2 days prior, students held a sit-in at the bowling alley. When the police arrested them, hundreds of students arrived from Claflin College and South Carolina State to protest the arrests. As tensions grew, the governor called out the National Guard and Highway Patrol to “keep the order.” 9 cops were charged with deprivation of rights under color of law, but all were acquitted. But one of the student protestors, Cleveland Sellers, was convicted of several riot charges. In 1960, students and others marched through Orangeberg to protest segregation. Police and firefighters attacked them. They arrested 400 and imprisoned them in outdoors in a cattle stockade.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #orangeburg #massacre #racism #jimcrow #africanamerican #civilrights #police #policebrutality #students #protest #blackhistorymonth #BlackMastodon

Today, in honor of Black History Month, we remember the Orangeburg Massacre, which occurred on February 8, 1968 in South Carolina, when highway patrolmen opened fire on black student protesters from South Carolina State, who were trying to integrate a bowling alley. They killed 3 African American students and wounded 33. These were the first student demonstrators killed by the police in the 1960s. 2 days prior, students held a sit-in at the bowling alley. When the police arrested them, hundreds of students arrived from Claflin College and South Carolina State to protest the arrests. As tensions grew, the governor called out the National Guard and Highway Patrol to “keep the order.” 9 cops were charged with deprivation of rights under color of law, but all were acquitted. But one of the student protestors, Cleveland Sellers, was convicted of several riot charges. In 1960, students and others marched through Orangeberg to protest segregation. Police and firefighters attacked them. They arrested 400 and imprisoned them in outdoors in a cattle stockade.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #orangeburg #massacre #racism #jimcrow #africanamerican #civilrights #police #policebrutality #students #protest #blackhistorymonth #BlackMastodon

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/116029593231712335

Two huge things impact what makes us think Black and poor neighborhoods are “high crime”:

- Cops spend way more time in these neighborhoods and by virtue of their presence, record more crime. This accounts for the 57% difference in crime rates. https://direct.mit.edu/rest/article/107/6/1734/117710/Smartphone-Data-Reveal-Neighborhood-Level-Racial

- Officer discretion (the ability for a cop to decide the outcome of an incident, including warnings, tickets, arrest, or ignoring it all together) is very different by neighborhood. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047235221000490

#police #racism

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/116029593231712335

Two huge things impact what makes us think Black and poor neighborhoods are “high crime”:

- Cops spend way more time in these neighborhoods and by virtue of their presence, record more crime. This accounts for the 57% difference in crime rates. https://direct.mit.edu/rest/article/107/6/1734/117710/Smartphone-Data-Reveal-Neighborhood-Level-Racial

- Officer discretion (the ability for a cop to decide the outcome of an incident, including warnings, tickets, arrest, or ignoring it all together) is very different by neighborhood. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047235221000490

#police #racism

In my opinion there is no legitimate 'monopoly on violence'— each person/group and action needs to be evaluated on its own merits. But if media organizations are going to give official representatives of government an implicit aura of legitimacy, that has to be reserved for agents of the state that put some minimal effort into looking and acting the part. Secret police in rented or stolen cars wearing full face masks and off-rack camouflage, vests, or sweatshirts cannot be allowed to claim the supposed legitimacy of "law and order" while violating Constitutional rights, basic traffic laws, and any sense of human decency. (And yeah, police do all those things, but at least they look the part of government agents!)

#Minneapolis #ICE #media #police

Just out - our long-read report on #spycops officer James Thomson's appearance at the Undercover Policing Inquiry. He not only deceived women into relationships, he deceived his bosses too. They realised he was fiddling expenses & defying orders, yet he wasn't sacked, just moved to VIP protection duties.

https://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2026/02/05/ucpi-daily-report-5-10-nov-2025-james-thomson-evidence/

#undercoverpolicinginquiry #ucpi #undercover #police #policing #undercoverpolice #undercoverpolicing #spy #spying

Just out - our long-read report on #spycops officer James Thomson's appearance at the Undercover Policing Inquiry. He not only deceived women into relationships, he deceived his bosses too. They realised he was fiddling expenses & defying orders, yet he wasn't sacked, just moved to VIP protection duties.

https://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2026/02/05/ucpi-daily-report-5-10-nov-2025-james-thomson-evidence/

#undercoverpolicinginquiry #ucpi #undercover #police #policing #undercoverpolice #undercoverpolicing #spy #spying

Imagines, t'es flic, tu fais des faux pv pour faire accuser des gens qui n'ont rien fait.
Ils passent plusieurs années en taule, et toi t'as rien.

Non j'déconne, ça se peut pas.

Mais imagines.

#Police
#Justice
#Impunité
#ACAB

Imagines, t'es flic, tu fais des faux pv pour faire accuser des gens qui n'ont rien fait.
Ils passent plusieurs années en taule, et toi t'as rien.

Non j'déconne, ça se peut pas.

Mais imagines.

#Police
#Justice
#Impunité
#ACAB

About ICE Surveillance Is Here:
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#ice #usa #immigrant #migration #politics #racism #fascism #trump #palantir #surveillance #freedom #society #protest #fear #government #news #police #policestate #justice #humanrights #fail #problem #ethics #immigration #law #resistance

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/116013686974718857

Body cameras *are not* instruments for holding ICE agents accountable. This has been proven over the course of at least a decade with the use of body cameras on municipal police.
1. They control the footage.
2. They use the threat of what the footage may show to get civilians to retract complaints.
3. They do not decrease use of force incidents over time.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0093854820970583 #BodyCameras #BodyWornCameras #BWCs #police #ICE

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/116013686974718857

Body cameras *are not* instruments for holding ICE agents accountable. This has been proven over the course of at least a decade with the use of body cameras on municipal police.
1. They control the footage.
2. They use the threat of what the footage may show to get civilians to retract complaints.
3. They do not decrease use of force incidents over time.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0093854820970583 #BodyCameras #BodyWornCameras #BWCs #police #ICE

Sixth man charged over alleged Sydney-based 'satanic' paedophile ring https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-04/sixth-man-charged-in-sydney-over-alleged-satanic-sex-abuse-ring/106302516 #ChildSexualAbuse #Police #Courts

The July 11, 1912 edition of the IWW’s “Little Red Songbook” included the song: We’re Bound for San Diego, about the bloody Free Speech fight that occurred there in February.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Vhm1u8P3Y&list=RDb9Vhm1u8P3Y&start_radio=1

#IWW #workingclass #LaborHistory #freespeech #police #policebrutality

Stay safe, stay healthy, destroy dangerous police equipment.



#acab #allcopsarebastards #police #healthrisk #staysafe #protest #activist #activism #riotpolice #lrad #sabotage #policebrutality

The July 11, 1912 edition of the IWW’s “Little Red Songbook” included the song: We’re Bound for San Diego, about the bloody Free Speech fight that occurred there in February.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Vhm1u8P3Y&list=RDb9Vhm1u8P3Y&start_radio=1

#IWW #workingclass #LaborHistory #freespeech #police #policebrutality