United States | News & Politics

2806 readers

565 users here now

Welcome to [email protected], where you can share and converse about the different things happening all over/about the United States.

If you’re interested in participating, please subscribe.

Rules

Be respectful and civil. No racism/bigotry/hateful speech.

Post anything related to the United States.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

308

Eight California sheriff's deputies sacked for covering up a fellow officer's attack on trans man (www.advocate.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

13 comments fedilink hide all child comments

all 14 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] [email protected] 64 points 3 months ago

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In b4 police union challenges, all are reinstated with back pay and city doesn't do any about fascists and bigots.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

As long as they protect their capital, they don't give a shit.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He wasn't beaten for being trans, he was beaten for daring to flip off a cop. Look at the guy. Think the cop knew? Nah, he was just being a cop.

Best part is officers who covered up getting fired. That's a rare thing!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago

Oh sure act all high and mighty but can you really say you wouldn’t…

…abandon the victim of domestic violence in pursuit of honor?

You’re just gonna let protected speech occur even when it hurts your feelings?! Pretty soon you’d live in a world where more than one person might momentarily silently lift a body part in a fully legal manner… without even fearing being killed for it.

[+] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

[removed by mod]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sacked means fired. And they were fired. The Feds may still charge them for obstruction.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Here's what's really fucked up, though: These cops charged their victim with three felonies (these articles don't say which ones) and later dropped them to two misdemeanors when the video came out, then dropped the charges entirely when it looked like they didn't have a case. None of the cops - including the one who left a domestic violence call to beat a man up for flipping him off as he passed - have been charged with anything. The only charges filed in this case have been bogus ones against the victim of police violence.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Please read the article. The police officer who beat the man up was charged and pled guilty. It was federal court and the charge has a maximum sentence of 10 years.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

And they will go somewhere else and continue to oppress and abuse while holding a gun and wearing a badge.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

https://youtu.be/4XZw-sW6G-Y

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Something worth mentioning since this song is both by the offspring and we're in :

If your definition of racism ends at saying the N-word, you need a new definition of racism.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I wonder which gang these deputies belong to?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangs_in_the_Los_Angeles_County_Sheriff%27s_Department

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

The posted article doesn't mention how he was treated differently for being transgender, which is only reported to be during and after questioning about the incident. This CNN article explains. TLDR, he was harassed by an officer during questioning then booked as a female and kept in female quarters.

I guess punching his face in wasn't enough. Makes my blood boil.