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Yes! I love when police officers are held accountable for their crimes too.
Yeah, it's such a rare thing.
It's *extremely rare,* but I, too, love to see it. ❤🖤💚
If a cop is attacked, they all turn out to catch the attacker because if someone is willing to attack such an authority they are a threat to everyone.
The corollary is that if someone violated the bounds of their authority they are also held to a higher standard.
Only one of these occurs.
The police are just a state-sanctioned gang.
@@jcspoon573 Amen to that!
This is very necessary. They need to know that they will be held to a high standard. But it makes me really sad that there are so many police that are in the job for the power and corruption and racism.
I always thought the whole "let's respond to people protesting police brutality by brutalizing the protesters" was disturbing. I'm glad something is finally being done about it.
Reminds me of parents who say, "Why are you crying? I'll give you something to cry about!" Crazy...and on camera.
@@zinaj9437 came here to post this exact reply
Rioters*
Well as long as those protesters are white domestic terrorists attacking the capitial...I pray daily for justice reform everyday cause I want police officers that want to do go and adhere to the law be safer...
They must be doing an impossibly good job at suppressing cell camera footage of cops brutalizing protestors. The only footage I have seen is protestors protesting all day and then rioters getting equal force returned to them at night.
Legit protests that cops don’t bother and legit riots that cops do their job to stop can both exist at the same place at different times of day.
"Has not missed the opportunity to ruin lives and careers"
Uh, yeah, let's just ignore the lives ruined and ended by criminal cops, right? 🙄
Preach the truth!!!!
It's all to obvious who needs to be removed next. They just made that perfectly clear.
There's only one right answer to that concern;
"We don't give a fuck."
But think of the careers! Oh, the humanity!
Somehow, those never seem to matter.
"When all you've known is privilege, equality feels like oppression" is a quote that comes to mind.
I thought of this quote immediately.
@@darlenegriffith6186 We should raise people up to equality, not drag other down for equality. I imagine that is how it is viewed, right or wrong.
@@BestWorste In this quote, equality means equal justice, not equal opportunity.
Only one thing stands in the way of peace and prosperity for everyone: _bigotry._
Without bigotry to divide us, we would all stand in solidarity and take back the wealth that has been stolen from us.
I proudly stand in solidarity with anyone who stands for liberty, justice and compassion for everyone! ❤
Very profound indeed.
I think it's important to talk about "less lethal" equipment. Bean bags fired from shotguns, rubber bullets, gas cannisters - they are all less lethal than live ammunition *when not fired directly at a person*. They generally have warnings on the boxes saying "don't directly target". But time and again we see cops trying to get headshots at point blank range - you shoot someone in the head with a 37mm gas cannister from less than 50 feet away, the potential for lethality is about the same as shooting them in the head with a 9mm at 50 feet away. And they know this.
Yeah, basically.
Yep, they're going to try to use the "less than lethal" defense in the media and in court, but I believe that defense is going to get shot down right away. (rim shot)
They also often create the impression that it's ok to use them more quickly than they should be. Less lethal only means less likely to kill, it doesn't mean they're safe for the target and it sure as hell doesn't mean they should be used when no weapon is required.
The key word is "less" which unsurprisingly doesn't mean zero.
Like a restaurant offering a less poisonous menu... thanks!? 😟
@@lilivonshtup3808 : Yea. I was just looking at some images of the wounds caused by these "non-lethal" weapons. Holes in faces and holes in necks, and such a hit to a carotid artery would definitely be lethal too. Holes in eyes also blind people, and such a hit could go into a persons brain. Again there's nothing "non-lethal" about that. Then there are instances like the boy who was sitting on a railing during his lunch break just watching a protest, with his hands clasped, and a cop came up and shot him point blank for just being there.
I love the whole "ruining the lives of" but it's never the same of innocent victims.
Right. Like shooting someones eye out didn't ruin their life far worse than the cop getting fired for doing exactly that.
They never seem to remember that those victims even exist.
@Jon Henson sorry but bean bags are designed to be non lethal. So training to hit the torso shot is the best option, not a shot to the face. Sorry facts offend you, but not really. Have the day you deserve.
Jon Henson looks like a troll account and talks like a troll. If it is a professional troll or spetzpropagandist, it gets $$ every time it is tagged in a response. Please avoid rewarding such behavior.
@Jon Henson Well Jon....... I am a taxpayer who believes that as public servants "earning" taxpayers hard earned monies...... They must be held accountable by and to all taxpayers....even the leftist vermin you are demonizing.
Everyone should be held responsible. No matter what their job is, financial status, fame or sex. All I want is equal application of the Law.
We live in the U.S. though, friendo! To make the Law equal would mean to have fines, etc scale to the amount of money you make. Lawyers would have to scale to your finances, and of course, everyone would need to be prosecuted evenly, instead of predominantly prosecuting the poor and PoC. Oh, and there needs to be a "Corporate Court" where those bastard Trans-Nat Megacorps can be tried as people, because that's what they are according to "Citizens United" (what a stupid ass name for a bill that made corps into "people").
@@Teabahgeue 💯!!!!
@@Teabahgeue I have always wanted a "business" to held guilty of involuntary man slaughter when they buy, sell off and close another business. Or even bankrupt a company.
And that is exactly what the police accountability movement is about. Nothing more, and nothing less, than an equal application of the law.
This
about time that someone hold police accountable for their crimes...the tide is turning against them
They can hold back a pretty good sized tide. Don't count any chickens just yet. There's a reason that idiot is so confident. Hint: the system is rigged.
@@shoveI There is one I can think of - youtuber called That Dang Dad. He's a former cop specifically because he couldn't stomach the way cops treat people. Then again, he is "former".
@Adam Johnson no. It's the NOT holding cops accountable for their extrajudicial actions that does that.
Reminder to everyne reading this thread; *Adam Johnson* (formerly known as John Smith, and occasionally known as Mark Johnson) is just a recurrent far-right troll here that only comments to spew hatred and flame a discussion. He plays dumb when caught and deflects. He's not arguing in good faith. He once let slip being paid to do this, so mind your step here.
@@danielr.y5261 ty. I seriously can't keep up with all the iterations of the bitter little trolls. 🙄
Body cameras should be mandatory for every police officer. If their body camera "fails to record", all their testimony should be considered hearsay and therefore inadmissible. And if an officer is caught turning off their body camera during an interaction with the public, it should be an automatic tampering with evidence charge for that officer.
Absodamnlutely. And I'd love ri see twice the punishment anyone not in law enforcement would face be the default. They're given *way* too much power and trust to ever get an easier ride than anyone else caught doing the same things.
@@RevShifty A lot of state and local legal codes add a separate charge if the person uses their authority to help them commit the crime. It's usually called "abuse of office" or something similar. We just almost never enforce that law.
@@Frostbite08 That's why I said 'love to see'. I know it's technically on the books in a few places, but using it against police is even more rare than holding police accountable in the first place. They should be held to the same damned standards everyone else under their patrols are, and suffer worse punishment when they've done wrong.
Oh no! A politician is actually going to keep his promise and uphold the law. Who'd a thought?
especially in texas...
@@charleshanks6186 Austin is one of the most enlightened areas of Texas.
“DA Garza ran on a platform to indict police officers and has not missed the opportunity to ruin lives and careers simply to fulfill a campaign promise,"
-Austin Police Association President Ken Casaday
So, what I'm hearing is that the new DA ran on a platform of _actual_ law and order, was elected, and now is trying to enact the democratic will of the people as a public servant rather than a Machiavellian ruler...and that the Austin Police Association President sees that as a BAD thing.
Anyone else reminded of how the FBI has been warning (for over a decade now) that white supremacist infiltration of law enforcement was severe enough to constitute a national security threat? Because the comment of Ken Cassaday there sounds closer to "blood and soil" than to "protect and serve" to my reading.
@@machintelligence austin yeah but texas is a big state and has a lot if problems as trump would sa ay its a bigly state with bigly problems ..my brother spent 28 years there .as a cop..and at 84 is appalled at way thing are going...and way police are acting...
Isn't it unconstitutional for an elected public servant to deliver on campaign promises?
"Just to fulfill a campaign promise." God forbid a politician actually carries through with one of those, eh?
Politicians saying they'll do a thing and then doing it? My god, the terror!
What, "just to" fulfill a promise TO THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED THEM TO OFFICE? Got MY vote, by damn! BTW, letting them even get away with SAYING such awful and hateful rhetoric in public is a SURE sign that they WILL try to get away with exactly what it implies they'll try: KILLING DEMOCRACY.
@@danmortenson5274 they already doing all they can to kill destroy democracy...remember 1/6/21. And now you have the repukes and the maga crowd supporting a despot.....smdh
That ending reminds me of the quote, "when all you've known is privilege, equality feels like oppression"
So true !!!!
True.
...🤓...
Far-right people think in hierarchies. The idea of equality registers as a scam to them, they think those who want equality ACTUALLY want superiority, and are being sneaky.
(They tend to be a bit paranoid)
So they think someone has to be on top, and they're determined it's going to be their team.
@@grmpEqweer I never understood why it is always viewed as trying to establish equity for those long denied it, means the "taking away" of it for those who have it now. As if justice, liberty and freedom came in a premeasured package and cannot extend to any outside a certain perameter!
That's a chilling quote
@@grmpEqweer I saw a comment from a righty saying that the Dems just want to make whites the minority. I asked him why that scared him and if he was worried about being treated like "others" have been by white folks. No answer, but I hope made him think.
If so many LEOs feel victimized, mistreated, unappreciated, bullied, disrepected why don't more of them consider a career change? An obvious choice for centuries.
Kinda makes one wonder exactly why they chose that particular job, eh?
Right? They could go into private security, consulting, etc.
It is beyond time for police departments to be held accountable. It is necessary for public trials to be held, so that everyone can see the evidence of what happened. If they are guilty, they need to face consequences. Taxpayer money used to settle claims is far better spent on schools, housing, food, and transportation.
Even if they are found guilty and put in jail.
Taxpayer money will still be paying off the civil lawsuits also.
@@shawnr771 So true. Having out of control law enforcement shouldn't be tolerated even if all you look at are fiscal grounds. It is in every conceivable way a demonstrably Very Bad Thing(tm).
@@ExkupidsMom very true.
Either way the taxpayers are going to pay for it.
I think the fines should go against the unions.
It's beyond time for having cops. It's not working.
@@ernststravoblofeld aaaaaaaaaaaannnddd... 70% of white people reading this just peed themselves.*
*which is to say I cuold not agree more. I am also 100% for the death of capitalism. I don't think I will live to see either of those heinous, deadly things go away in my lifetime.
Amazing the gall of that statement about how holding police accountable for their brutality is "ruining [their] lives" ... as if they were on the receiving end of those bean bags and batons.
If there is any "harm done" to them, it will be self-inflicted.
Yup the cell phone is the cops worst enemy, use rules and act like you're supposed to it's that simple.
Reminds me of The Nightly Show - Police Brutality Video Production 101 with Professor Mike Yard - Uncensored czcams.com/video/U2pXoxpXQK4/video.html
Yeah but thats what they tell us, it's not fair to point that double edged blade at them.😞
@@badmandansanchez1823 I wish I could agree with you but most cops are bad and wrong about how they do everything. The abuse of the law by the police has to stop, or at least try to change there horrendous way of doing things.
Heck, just having a dashcam that's powered and turned on will turn most tickets into 'warnings', because they don't know what's on the footage and don't want to risk walking into a situation where they get caught lying in front of a judge, so they'd rather just go looking for an easier target...... because they're so accustomed to lying to judges that they wouldn't know how to tell the truth even if you are genuinely guilty of a traffic infraction.
Friendly Kiwi. I will forever judge American police by this: czcams.com/video/Kzkl2u-Tc70/video.html
I am 100% in favor of "ruining the lives" of people who spend said lives unnecessarily brutalizing people.
Exactly !!! 👍🤙✌️
Thank god for cameras !!!! I so glad to see police held accountable for criminal actions. For murder, for harassment !
Also, 54 California Highway Patrol have been charged with overtime fraud.
Not expecting any career changes, let alone some prison time, but it's a start
Yes, let’s. Do cops know they are no longer “slave catchers”?
Not in Texas
Fifth! At the Fifth Column! 🥳💐👍🏾
@@TheElive07 I don't want to disagree with you, but I'd also add in the US.
They're still on it. A slave is anyone who isn't wealthy, white, male and xtian to a requblican. That's why they fuss and whine about voting. Voter fraud to them is letting anyone but them vote.
@@SingleTrackMined Tel me, would an xxtian be an atheist?
Thank you Beau for shining light under the rocks here in Texas.
I like how he claims that lives and careers are being ruined and then also being confident that no one will be convicted. How is anyone's life ruined if they're exonerated of wrongdoing?
it also shows he doesnt consider the human beings the police assault as people with lives or careers.
It' Fake Aggrieved Victim doublespeak.
Logic is no friend of his.
What I find interesting is that law enforcement ultimately created their own mess because they didn't bother policing themselves. If they had actively weeded out their barrel full of bad apples, along with better training and recruitment practices, they most likely wouldn't be in this position right now.
I don't know what they thought was going to happen, but when you flatly refuse to police yourself (on the taxpayers dime), you tend to end up with someone else doing it for you. And they'll probably do it in a way that you won't like.
There's still a lot of avowed white supremacists cops. :(
@@jenniferr9519 🎯🎯🎯🎯👍👑
Exactly, Jennifer! They're in this situation because they ultimately chose to prop up hatemongers instead of serving the public. Now, they're finally being forced to sleep in the bed they made for themselves.
Also the police unions will defend a murdering cop to the heavens if they have to.
@@iggyschlepp even if that cop has a skinhead tat and is on trial for a SUS shooting of a black suspect.
If cops in liberal Austin are this bad, imagine how the cops in rural Mississippi are
A very recent report over here in the UK stated that the Met Police has a problem and it is not a 'few bad apples' but widespread within the force and culture. At some point you have to admit that it's not just the occasional bad person but the establishment that is creating and allowing this
It is not a few bad apples.
The whole tree is rotting.
The saying is that a few bad apples spoil the whole barrel, and that's what has happened here, and everywhere. Along with "warrior training" and the attitude that their only job is to get home safe every night, which in the US leads to them using their guns way too often, like against a 5 foot,100 lb woman armed with a paring knife, in front of her pre-school aged children. My ex was a cop, 5'10", 150 lbs soaking wet, and he could have disarmed her. And you're telling me two cops need to empty their magazines into her to stop her?
@@Silverstar98121 💯
Not enough people finish that saying.
This apples thing is getting tiresome. Cops are a bad idea. We haven't always had them. We need to abolish them.
The shirt says it all!
Often, what is on the cop's body cam does not match the report. I've watched thousands of videos as a defense attorney. Plus they seldom remember what is on the camera when they are cross examined. It is great to help them "refresh their recollection."
Same experience here.
Worked on a case not long ago where some officers were being lauded and even given awards for their handling of the case. Their chief, who recommended the awards, was deposed in the civil lawsuit and had never seen the actual footage and just used the information in the reports for their basis.
He was shown the footage, footage which directly contradicted not only the officers' reports, but also their testimony.
He was definitely not pleased.
The case settled quite quickly after that.
@@queensrule4450 Yeah, but did he rescind the awards and promotions? Did he actually reprimand the officers? Was there any genuine accountability? Or did taxpayers just float the settlement while the perpetrators went back to bad behavior?
Videoing the police has become the new public defense., With a system that's built to kick down at the poor. 🌏🌏🌎
"What's on those cameras, that doesn't always match what's in the report."
Humbly request this for Understatement of the Year!
Can only imagine how many people go into law enforcement without understanding how useful those creative writing classes in high school would've been ;)
A few truckloads of bad apples...
a dept dept of bad apples
Hopefully they lose their job and lose their right to arm as well as their pension.
@@chazmcgooski83 Sure it's not. Wanting bad cops to be held accountable for their actions is though.
Not enough; they also need to be behind bars.
@@chazmcgooski83 tell that to all the people they arrest and ruin the lives of.
I live just south of Austin, and Garza is doing the job of holding ALL people accountable.
I was at some of those in Austin and some of the protesters had to be carried away bleeding bc of how we were gassed, but with "non-lethals" and one just shoved a woman off the stairs at the station. The stairs are over 6' high.
Officers are mentored in learning how to avoid being punished whenever they break the law.
Repeat after me: "I thought he had a gun", "he reached for his waistband", "I feared for my life".
These three phrases will ensure that you can kill anyone you want, and no jury will convict you.
(meme)
@@AvangionQ Always love the "fear for my life" crowd of people who are legally distributed guns for their job. 🤦
@@AvangionQ also "Always some crack pebbles ready to sprinkle on the black man's body before the EMT's arrive."
Yeah, I'll stick to the Police in Scotland 🏴. We have The Law of Corroboration, so cops must operate in pairs. Not all cops are Taser qualified. Very few are Firearms Officers, it requires years of on the job experience before you start about two years of training, which after qualification requires ongoing training. Every time weapons are produced there's at least two independent inquiries, if discharged, the officer/officers involved are immediately off firearms duties until the conclusion of all inquiries and,or prosecutions.
Yes a very few criminals have firearms, but because they're exceptionally expensive, including ammunition, and sentencing guidelines are severe, it's almost unheard of for any noncriminal to be involved in firearms violence.
Yes there's problems with knives, but again, if you're not a young male, involved in crime, and don't frequent generally known areas at specific times, in normally cities, the chances of being involved are infinitesimal. So, yes I'll stick to Scotland 🏴!
I think Scotland's society is generally homogeneous, with cultural norms that don't deviate as much as in a heterogeneous society like the U.S.
@@angstvision7108 Glasgow was described the “murder capital of Europe” by the World Health Organization in 2005. The police force subsequently established government funded Violence Reduction Units (VRUs), initiating community partnerships with hospitals, teachers, social workers and local ex-criminals to develop intervention, education and recovery programs to break cycles of violence in the community. Ideas were also taken from the Chicago “Cure Violence” project, Boston’s “Operation Ceasefire” and Los Angeles’ “Homeboy Industries”. Since then Glasgow has seen a 60% drop in homicides, and violent crime has fallen to historic lows. (Ref. Washington Post article 2018/10/27)
@@banjogirl that's great news.
I saw a video where the cop WALKS ACROSS THE STREET, to pepper spray a young Black chick who simply shouted, "We want change !" Even IF she used profanity (SHE DIDN'T), pepper spray was EXCESSIVE AND UNCALLED FOR.
The Austin PD has long been nasty, especially during protests that do not involve the right-wing. They have been videoed riding bicycles & horses into crowds, then arresting the people they run over with assault on a police officer. It doesn't stop with APD, either, because the DPS officers are just as bad or worse. They literally break protesters necks & are never held accountable. The prior DA's office wasn't opposed to stacking jury pools with their neighbors & DPS officers. There a LOT of valid reasons why this DA won. I hope he gets a conviction on every one of these cops. During those protests, the cops shot people in the face with rubber bullets, caused brain damage in at least one person. A group of folks trying to bring an injured person to the police for help were fired on, by the cops, from the steps of the police department. There are a number of officers who openly sport white supremacist tattoos. APD needs a house cleaning.
The entire nation needs a house cleaning. The fascists have become too entrenched and powerful.
I'm absolutely disgusted by all that, but in no way surprised. Especially coming from Texas. Do you have the names of any victims so I can learn more?
I swear I've seen an alarming amount of White Supremacy tats lately... moreso than I'd seen in years prior >.>
@@RevShifty Christen Warkoczewski is one. She was shot in the face with a bean bag which broke her jaw and had to be surgically removed from her face. Also look at Justin Howell, Anthony Evans - they both received settlements from the City of Austin of several million dollars.
There were live streams of that event in Austin happening all over Facebook. We all saw what the police did that day. They have it coming.
I'm sure that Abbott and DeSantis have a running bet going. Which can be the worst? Every time one does something despicable, the other says, "Hold my beer"
The reality is tragic, but your analogy made me chuckle. Thank you for the dark humor.
Beau: "Today, we're going to talk about Texas..."
Me: Oh, JFC, this won't be good. I'm glad I live in WA.
Same...seems it's always Texas !
Lucky you, I'm stuck in the middle of these idiots trying to stay sane.
@@MrStacy1974 Me too. Of course, the GOP will spin this as liberal Austin citizens trying to disrupt the 'law abiding' status quo. They sure want all the California companies to move here, but they want the money and not the people.
@@janicehotchkiss3786 or Florida!
@@lynnbetts4332 They haven't figured out that the California people will bring their attitudes and ideas as well as their money.
Texas electing a DA who ran on going after cops, wow, that's something I didn't know. Seems to say a lot about people's Police trust even that state.
It is Austin.
What happens in Austin is an anomaly in Texas.
@@shawnr771 yeah, Austin is the Seattle of Texas.
@@Silverstar98121 Since Austin started on its trip a bit earlier Seattle is the Austin of Washington.
We just have better weather.
@@shawnr771 Nah, our folks don't freeze to death in freak storms, or usually die of the heat in the summer. And you rarely have to shovel rain. I've been to Texas, was accidentally born there, I'll stay here, thank you very much.
@@Silverstar98121 you just have the occasional Volcanic eruption,earthquakes and mud slides.
I have lived there also.
I can't thank you enough for all the work you put into educating us. I learn a lot and that is valuable to me.
Having done investigations I can tell you that no DA would indict anyone unless they were almost dead sure they will win. Especially in a case involving public servants. You are also spot on when you say the DA was elected because the public felt the police were overstepping their authority. In a representative democracy, elected leaders DO reflect the constituents.
Well, they've F around for a long time. And maybe they won't find out today, or even tomorrow. But in the near future? They're gonna find out REAL hard.
This is just the beginning. The world, not just USA, is getting fed up with these types.
Yes. Yes we are fed up. Disgusted even.
Change is coming. Change is the only constant.
I bet the Governor will pardon them if they get convicted.
This is why a 20 minute old presentation has 1.7 k views . Way to go Beau
In addition to bean bags, we need to discuss the illegal use of rubber bullets. According to The Geneva Convention rules, rubber bullets are never to be used above the chest, preferably used on legs. Firing at the head and neck is expressly forbidden. How many pics did we see of peaceful protesters w/holes in their head or eyes shot out?
In addition, dozens of lawsuits have been filed against the cops by members of the press who were legally documenting the protests, wearing their press passes on a lanyard, clearly visible. Yet we all saw in real time as cops attacked the press who were standing off to the side, out of the violence, legally, peacefully doing their job. Thousands of cops all across the country started the violence and rioting in the BLM protests, yet very few, if any will face the consequences of their crimes.
The Geneva and other Conventions (with very few exceptions) are not applicable with respect to domestic law enforcement
I’m always hesitant to point out misuse of non-lethal weapons because they take any pushback on those as an excuse to discontinue those tools in favor of bullets.
@@lizledbitter6711 While not normally legally binding to domestic law enforcement, the Geneva Conventions about what is acceptable during war are a relevant point of comparison. If you're violating the Geneva Conventions, you're almost certainly doing something very wrong.
@@AnkhAnanku The technical term is "less lethal" for a good reason.
BTW: Torture devices are generally not lethal... Just a thought
@@travcollier less lethal = still lethal
Good cops like it when such DAs exist. It makes their job easier and safer.
Good cops would have arrested their co workers for breaking the law.
These kind of cops are the main reason good cops don't last long in the system before they're driven out. At a certain point, you need to throw out the entire department's staff and start fresh if you want good cops actually in the system.
@@carrieullrich5059 If there is no one to prosecute their coworkers, they wouldn't. I watched a place I used to live in finally get rid of a corrupt police chief. The FBI took care of the corrupt DA. His replacement started an investigation of the local sheriff which led to the bad cops resigning or getting indicted. It took a lot of work for the good cops to be able to do their job. Never as simple as arresting the bad cops, you have to change the entire culture.
@@carrieullrich5059
Sure. It's that easy. Because it's not like there's office politics in police departments. It's not like the bad cop has no friends still on the force who might make life miserable for the good cop who busts him.
@@carrieullrich5059 A good cop would want to arrest them. A good cop who wants to keep being a cop or doesn't want death threats to self and family may wonder if it's worth the risk when those in power will refuse to investigate the bad cops or protect the whistle blower. Not saying it's right, just that I understand their fear. A cop who reported police misconduct may someday call for back-up when in danger. They won't be surprised when every patrol car reports being too busy to respond. Or worse, we have no way of knowing how many "rats" are killed by other officers. More good officers will speak up when we vote out anyone who helps keep that system crooked. Some changes need to come from the top.
It’s crazy that it’s taken this long honestly . Keep being kind my dudes
As long as it is properly executed, it's ok if it take time.
Business as usual in Austin, Texas. Smh..
Justice runs slow. "Conservative media" will not report this. I hope the DOJ does not run this slow with Trump and friends.
Good morning Beau and internet folks. Cell phone cameras have defeated "We write the report"? I guess that's true in some cases. Like George Floyd.
I bet Steve Jobs didn't think he'd change the world *this* way. But the law of unintended consequences holds sway over every new or widely popularized invention.
When was the last time you heard an elected official being castigated for FULFILLING a campaign promise?
The shift in attitude in Austin has only moved from "It's the cops, what can you do?" to "All right, I'm fucking tired of this! It's time to do SOMETHING!"
Incidentally, I live in Austin!
Yup. One cop actually walked up to a boy (not man) sitting on the berm, hands clasped, just watching, raised his gun and fired on him point-blank. He was stuck downtown on his lunch break.
The Trumps in NY and now 19 cops in Texas. I'm in a little disbelief.
I'm starting towards hopeful...more decent folks not allowing bad stuff to slide. Positive vibes from New Hampshire, remember to be kind to each other and yourself during this pandemic and social crisis
🤞🤞👍🤙✌️
From "the way it's always been" to "the way things are now." To quote Bob Dylan, "The times they are a-changing."
Poor police union chief. Change is hard...until not changing is harder.
That song sure fits so many things happening now. One could say it was prophetic. Someone quoted the first verse for the climate video Beau did yesterday..
Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'
And it seems the fourth verse fits this video..
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'
Change is the only constant. It's each of our jobs to guide that change for the betterment of all.
@@aylbdrmadison1051 absolutely!
I would like to know more about WHY LEOs have such ramped up fear that it has become shoot first and ask Qs third or fourth or maybe not at all.
Where did that come from? Why did that happen? Some kind of post-911 militarization of not just police equipment but police attitudes?
27 8x10 color glossy pictures with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was?
You can have anything you want at Alice's restaurant.
Excepting Alice.
"To be used as evidence against us" "Obie looked at the seeing eye dog"
The militarization and fear based training started in the 80s, under Reaga. The rookies of that time or the Captains and the Chiefs and the academy instructors. It's a decades long shit show
Progress comes irregularly, but if we keep the pressure up, it does keep coming.
I want to thank everyone in society who keeps up the pressure for positive change in whatever way you do that.
Keep being you !! ^-^
Back atcha, aylbdr.🙂
Well said my friend!! 🌼👍✌
I certainly try. Everyone tells me I'm very trying. 😉
🤜🚔🤛 we are closing in on them. Remember to always film police in public whenever you can. Let them lie before they know they have been filmed. You are under no obligation to inform them they are under surveillance while in public.
Reminder: Adam Johnson is a self admitted paid republican troll. He will literally say anything to get replies, be it triggering the "libs" or pandering to people as if he actually cares about anything or anyone. But reply to him and you will soon find out you're only being baited as he starts into his extreme right-wing disinformation, projection, and whataboutisms. Paid trolls are paid per each reply we give them, but are easier to debunk when needed by instead replying to another commenter about them.
This particular troll never needs debunking though and it's best to simply ignore him until he goes away and creates another account to start the whole process over again. His last account was John Smith (the account he mistakenly admitted on that he's a republican paid troll), and on that account kept this up for at least a year and a half that I personally know of.
If needed though, it's easy enough to reply to OP or whoever and type "@AdamJohnson", then debunk what you see as needing debunking. No problem.
Hope everyone has a great day/night. ^-^
Cops being held accountable in Texas? Wonders will never cease!
This is in Austin where I live. Austin is just about as liberal as San Francisco on most social issues. So when you hear stories about Google, Tesla and other tech companies relocating to Texas, remember that they are all coming to Austin, not necessarily Texas. Funny aside, when Obama won in 2008, there was a petition from Texans for Texas to withdraw from the USA that got tens of thousands of signatures... at the same time, there was a petition for Austin to withdraw from Texas....
Sad thing is, Austin (state capital and home of giant Univ. of Texas) was always the single breath of fresh air in Texas, the only place in Texas not absolutely swallowed up in violent deep-south racism and hate.
Austin also has always been really racist in how it policed minorities living on the east side where they were pushed during segregation by the city's master plan. and most of the city council power under the old at large system favored wealthy west side interests... so the problems on the east side were always ignored.. the liberal veneer is pretty thin here - both in that and in real estate and housing policy
This is one of the best stories in the news this year.
Isn't "confident they won't be convicted" something people for the defense say?
Maybe, if a DA candidate won on that platform, cops should stop with the outrage and playing the victim and find out why a majority of Austin citizens don't trust them.
👍spoken like a local ❤
GODDAMN RIGHT
I'm down 100% with "union strong". The police union is not organized labor representation. It's organized crime.
Absolutely!
Just like James in NY. They both are doing what they told their constituents they would do. Crazy concept to conservatives….
There is hope for Texas.💙
I am hoping Garza has security.
Morning Beau and fellow internet peeps!
Great segment beau.
Thanks for your insight! 👍
We need to root out corruption at every level of Public (and Private) Trust. It’s time to eliminate the “Bad Apples”.
His confidence is a spit in the eye of the public.
Beau and coffee in the morning.
Now to Google bean bag shots and Austin...
I prefer tequila shots!
@@railroad7401 I'm sippin tequila guy.
@Flowing River
Please take your proselytizing somewhere else.
I am happily Metaphysical with Wiccan tendencies.
@@railroad7401
Bit early for me...
Prefer OJ and grenadine with mine.
And since I have a self imposed limit of two...
@@elenavaccaro339 Wiccan tendencies? Now I am intrigued! I'm kind of a swamp wizard.
I have two friends who are street medics that are part of the law suits. The damages to them and two young adults both head injuries peacefully protesting (no aggression by any of street medics nor these two young adults) who are forever changed by these "non-lethal" bean bag rounds that were all shot in less than 5 ft which can be deadly.
That was the worst part of a summer full of shitty, terrible things. Medics were constantly beaten or their supplies destroyed while offering no resistance or displaying no force, and often while they were far removed from the current protest areas. I watched countless videos of street medics, doctors, and volunteers in the designated medical areas being beaten or having their supplies destroyed or stolen long before any protesters even reached their area, meaning there was obviously less than zero reason for it. Well, I gues spite counts as a reason for some.
It was just a bunch of ass clowns in black masks and badges destroying supplies meant for helping anyone hit with a pepper round or gas canister, or having their splints or bandaging material confiscated or flat out destroyed. I remember one video of an almost elderly doctor who was there just to make sure no one was hurt too badly getting all his supplies destroyed by a smug dick bag of a masked cop who snuck up behind him to cause the maximum amount if damage before the dr could even realize it.
I'm furious all over again just remembering it all. They weren't even pretending there was any reason or even justification for it all, like you'd expect. They were just maliciously trying to bake sure no one got any help. I hope your friends not only do well in court, but they make out like pirates. I hope their pensions and any hopes for any future in the police are long over by the time your friends are done with them.
I live less than two hours away from Austin and I didn't even know this was happening. That should also charge the former police chief as well.
Nobody is above the law. Not even those who enforce or create those laws.
Every Cop out there had to make the decision that they should be the guy with the gun, who gets up in everyone's business, and gets to tell people what to do.
They are all authoritarians, at the least.
I hope all 19 cops get life in prison. The response to the protests and demonstrations after the murder of Floyd were shameful and disproportionate. Honestly since the protests started out as a prayer vigil for justice and those praying were assaulted by cops I think that all police who attacked protesters should go to prison for life.
It's the new strategy. Say something that is obviously not a guarantee IS a guarantee so that way when it goes bad you can tell your base that the other side is corrupt and cheated.
Good morning people!
Second!!! 💐👍🏾
😊🥈
I live in Austin & this incident was appalling. The protests were for the most part peaceful & the police overreacted. There were many serious injuries including head traumas. Even police must be held accountable.
To everybody that says "we back the badge" and want to cast me as hating all police.... which is not even close to being true..
I do say this:
"Don't be upset with ME because corrupt and power hungry police officers are getting caught"..
Ha! I'm a Garza, I used to live in Austin. I was taken advantage of by Austin PD. I hope the cops get the book thrown at them.
Accountability! How about that.
Can everybody just take a moment to applaud this DA (and the voters) for one thing.
The DA made a campaign promise and appears to be living up to said promise.
All too often now, politicians don't even make promises anymore, or worse make promises customized to whomever they're talking to, with no intention of actually following through with said promises.
We the People deserve better.
"Phew!" -- Florida
Finally! May Brad Levi Ayala and his family receive justice.
Good talk
Given the fact of the power that cops are given over us, they should get extra penalties when they commit a crime. 🤪 Maybe then they'd dial down the power trip a little bit.
I always feared the thought of "Big Brother" always watching and cameras everywhere infringing on your privacy, but in today's world with lunatic cops, excessive force, lying on reports and falsely arresting innocent people, and the constant violating of constitutional rights by police, I have to admit that the fact that cameras everywhere is a good thing.....the sad part is that our society has devolved so much that the only way to get justice or prove your innocence in this new millennium, is to have video proof.
Never thought I'd have reason to support the home state I left years ago, but LET'S GOOOOOOOO!!!
Thanks Beau 👍
My Home STATE and My 2nd Home City in Texas.
.... All My EX's Live in Texas and Prejudice against anything but RICH FOLKS
is intense.
That's why they think only rich men should vote.
If this is happening in progressive Austin, it's not difficult to imagine what's happening in other Texas towns 😟
Sandra Bland comes to mind.
The exact oppisite.
Austin is the anomaly in Texas.
We are run by Aggies from College Station.
Think the word cult to describe the indoctrination and the Alumni society.
Hope you do a follow up on this story? Thanks Beau.
"To Protect and Server" our fellow officers, and to heck with the public.
The point of a police union is to be sure the police do not have to respect the will of the people. It's worked well so far - hopefully it won't continue to do so, but among the things to blame on chuckles here, I cannot count that expectation.
Dirty cops, why they're always worse than dirty criminals! Nothing changes about that! Those We trust in.......... Right?
Makes you wonder what It'd be like if everyone, regardless of employment, was held responsible for their own BS.
Thanks for your time and point of view.
It’s far past time to hold police to the law.
I have wore a badge for almost 30 years and I love this.
4 brothers were badges. 1 in texas and he is disgusted at way police a t now..he is 84 bad health but sees this stuff and gets pissed at the police doing stupid sh!t and getting away with it..
I've mostly received only negativity from cops, but I did know one named Tony who I was proud to call my friend.
He was genuinely a super cool person, regardless of what job he would have had. When we were teenagers hanging out in our local park, most of the cops just came there to harass us and usually told us to leave because we "had no business being there." But Tony would always come down and actually hang out with us and join our conversations about music, sports, books or whatever for 5 to 10 minutes.
Those where the days when no one caused any trouble, if they started to the rest of us would reprimand them, and you would see teenagers helping a mother with her groceries in the store parking lot next to the park, or playing frisbee with one of the younger kids in the park, and all of the beer cans would magically make it into a garbage can.
People learn best from the examples they see set by others. Tony always left everyone feeling a sense of community. I would venture a guess you were a "Tony."
Thanks for your service. ^-^
Given your attitude on this subject, thank you for your service.
Strange how "law and order" mean such different things to different people.
I thought you were to fulfil campaign promises? And I agree with you on indictments! How is he so sure?!Thank you ,Beau, for all you do to keep us informed!
Time to retrain police. They did in St Louis about 5 years ago.