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 Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 12:54 pm Post subject: Obama seeks $263m in training, body cameras for local police |
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http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-ferguson-policing-20141201-story.html
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President Obama is ordering up new rules for giving local police agencies access to surplus U.S. military equipment such as the armored vehicles, assault rifles and body armor that police in Ferguson, Mo., used in an unsuccessful attempt to quiet protests this summer.
Obama is also proposing a three-year, $263-million spending package to expand training and increase the use of body-worn cameras for monitoring police interactions with the public. The proposal includes $75 million that would provide matching funds for purchasing as many as 50,000 cameras. Such cameras might have provided more information in the deadly August shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white Ferguson police officer.
The president’s directive comes along with the release of a new White House review that found the so-called “surplus” programs of the Department of Defense and other federal agencies to be a mishmash of rules and practices, with no clear sign that all police are properly trained and certified to use the military-grade equipment they receive. |
If this pans out, the protesters have achieved something concrete and productive. |
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Four Members of Congress Put Their Hands Up in Solidarity With Ferguson Protesters, None Voted to Limit Police Militarization in June
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[F]our members of Congress raised their hands on the House Floor to “show solidarity with the protesters” in Ferugson. Those four are Reps. Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.), and Al Green (D-Tex.). All four voted AGAINST an amendment in June that would’ve limited the transfer of military equipment from the Department of Defense to local police agencies.
It’s just another reminder for protesters more interested in policy reforms than partisan agendas that elected leaders, by and large, are only interested in how they look vis a vis police issues and not what they can do to improve the situation.
President Obama’s announcement on police militarization, for example, included no roll backs, just more bureaucracy, which promises more inertia. Nevertheless, the move was hailed as some kind of progress on the state of policing, including by Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.), who represents Ferguson and also voted against limiting police militarization in June. |
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Lucas
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| Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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| If this pans out, the protesters have achieved something concrete and productive. |
Not really - next time they want to shoot a black person, they'll just cover the camera.  |
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sirius black
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| Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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| If this pans out, the protesters have achieved something concrete and productive. |
Not really - next time they want to shoot a black person, they'll just cover the camera. |
Yes, really. Because if the result is a claim of police abuse the cop will seem pretty damn guilty to cover the the camera. There is a case now out there where a cop's camera was some how having problems each time a case of abuse occured.
I guarantee you it would have saved Michael Brown's life or at the very least indicted Wilson. |
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actionjackson
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 2:29 am Post subject: |
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| If this pans out, the protesters have achieved something concrete and productive. |
Not really - next time they want to shoot a black person, they'll just cover the camera. |
Yes, really. Because if the result is a claim of police abuse the cop will seem pretty damn guilty to cover the the camera. There is a case now out there where a cop's camera was some how having problems each time a case of abuse occured.
I guarantee you it would have saved Michael Brown's life or at the very least indicted Wilson. |
Yep, cameras are going to save lives and get indictments. Oh wait...
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A New York City grand jury decision not to charge a white police officer who killed an unarmed black man with a chokehold sparked outrage and protests on Wednesday, and the U.S. Justice Department said it would investigate the incident.
Eric Garner, a 43-year-old father of six, was illegally selling cigarettes on July 17 when police officers tackled him and put him in a chokehold. Police said he had been resisting arrest. The city's medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.
The deadly encounter on Staten Island, New York City's smallest borough, was captured on video, which quickly spread over the Internet and fueled debate about how U.S. police use force, particularly against minorities. |
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