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Fun fact:
When a police dog bites and holds, that's a trained response. When it bites repeatedly, that's it having a stress-induced panic response, lashing out to protect itself.
We don't track police dog bites.
But we know they're ususally repeated.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2020/10/02/police-use-of-force-dog-bite-k-9-investigation-excessive-force-arrests-lawsuits/5879123002/ https://twitter.com/Spwncar/status/1325858961128566787
When a police dog bites and holds, that's a trained response. When it bites repeatedly, that's it having a stress-induced panic response, lashing out to protect itself.
We don't track police dog bites.
But we know they're ususally repeated.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2020/10/02/police-use-of-force-dog-bite-k-9-investigation-excessive-force-arrests-lawsuits/5879123002/ https://twitter.com/Spwncar/status/1325858961128566787
If you put your hands up to cover your face or neck while the dog is biting you? You're resisting arrest. A crime.
And (see the above, from the goddamn USA Today, as centrist as they come) there's no real regulation that says you have to be even SUSPECTED of a crime to be sic'd.
And (see the above, from the goddamn USA Today, as centrist as they come) there's no real regulation that says you have to be even SUSPECTED of a crime to be sic'd.
This is not just cruel to the (overwhelmingly black) people who have dogs set on them,
But cruel to the dogs as well.
If you have a dog biting repeatedly, that's a dog who's a victim of traumatic training and circumstances.
But cruel to the dogs as well.
If you have a dog biting repeatedly, that's a dog who's a victim of traumatic training and circumstances.
We know, not from the records the police keep (because they don't), but from the records that the goddamn hospitals keep,
That most bites from police dogs are repeated bites. More accurately described as Maulings. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1572346106000596
That most bites from police dogs are repeated bites. More accurately described as Maulings. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1572346106000596
And we know, from just the things that are made public, that there is a school of thought within police that dogs are to be used... pretty much whenever. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/08/11/salt-lake-city-police-dog/
We know that their use is threatened against (again, overwhelmingly) black men to demand compliance.
Even if they're literally doing nothing wrong.
Like Elijah McClain, who my local @AuroraPD murdered. We hear them threatening to "set the dog" on him. https://www.thecut.com/2020/08/the-killing-of-elijah-mcclain-everything-we-know.html
Even if they're literally doing nothing wrong.
Like Elijah McClain, who my local @AuroraPD murdered. We hear them threatening to "set the dog" on him. https://www.thecut.com/2020/08/the-killing-of-elijah-mcclain-everything-we-know.html
They then use their K-9 units for PR, because people like dogs.
Meanwhile, they kill your dogs often enough for the Justice Department to call it an "Epidemic." https://qz.com/870601/police-killing-dogs-is-an-epidemic-according-to-the-justice-department/
Meanwhile, they kill your dogs often enough for the Justice Department to call it an "Epidemic." https://qz.com/870601/police-killing-dogs-is-an-epidemic-according-to-the-justice-department/
Joking aside? This obvious joke? Is literally the instructions from police and courts.
Attempting to avoid being bitten by a dog is a crime.
Harming the dog who is biting you is a more severe crime.
SAR dogs are heroes. Police dogs are victims. https://twitter.com/SICKOFWOLVES/status/1012045409072570368
Attempting to avoid being bitten by a dog is a crime.
Harming the dog who is biting you is a more severe crime.
SAR dogs are heroes. Police dogs are victims. https://twitter.com/SICKOFWOLVES/status/1012045409072570368
The police are not your friends. https://twitter.com/NomeDaBarbarian/status/1290504214200774657?s=20
The police are not your friends. https://twitter.com/NomeDaBarbarian/status/1180515912513814529?s=20
The police are not your friends. https://twitter.com/NomeDaBarbarian/status/1136134696734142464
The police are not your friends. https://twitter.com/NomeDaBarbarian/status/1108728462263513091?s=20
I cannot say this enough:
The Police.
Are Not.
Your Friends. https://twitter.com/NomeDaBarbarian/status/1217078835344134146?s=20
The Police.
Are Not.
Your Friends. https://twitter.com/NomeDaBarbarian/status/1217078835344134146?s=20
CW: Photos of recent injuries.
I have to circle back: a police dog can be doing this to you, while the officer is trying to wrestle it off of you (not responding to commands), and fighting it off or crawling away is illegal.
His crime?
Drunkenly stealing/joyriding a golf cart.
I have to circle back: a police dog can be doing this to you, while the officer is trying to wrestle it off of you (not responding to commands), and fighting it off or crawling away is illegal.
His crime?
Drunkenly stealing/joyriding a golf cart.
I mean... fuck. That's a whole history on its own.
It goes even further back - Columbus (who is a genocidal fuck) brought and trained War Dogs to hunt down civilians (who he was busy committing genocide against).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/09/02/police-still-use-attack-dogs-against-black-americans/ https://twitter.com/AdenoidHeinkel/status/1325873174974767107
It goes even further back - Columbus (who is a genocidal fuck) brought and trained War Dogs to hunt down civilians (who he was busy committing genocide against).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/09/02/police-still-use-attack-dogs-against-black-americans/ https://twitter.com/AdenoidHeinkel/status/1325873174974767107
And all of this for a Police force that is /objectively bad/ at solving crimes.
According to the FBI, the clearance rates (where anyone is arrested, not convicted, just charges brought) for violent crimes are /dismal/, and property crimes are worse.
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/clearances
According to the FBI, the clearance rates (where anyone is arrested, not convicted, just charges brought) for violent crimes are /dismal/, and property crimes are worse.
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/clearances
Nationwide, almost 40% of murders never have an arrest. It's worse in a lot of jurisdictions.
46% of assaults.
65% of /reported and investigated/ rapes.
70% of robberies.
81% of thefts, 86% of burglaries or car thefts.
Just... no resolution. They just never find a perp.
46% of assaults.
65% of /reported and investigated/ rapes.
70% of robberies.
81% of thefts, 86% of burglaries or car thefts.
Just... no resolution. They just never find a perp.
Not a single police department in the 20 largest cities in the US meets the most basic international standards of human rights.
We have invaded countries for less than our own police do to our people.
And they're not even that fucking good at their job. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/22/us-police-human-rights-standards-report
We have invaded countries for less than our own police do to our people.
And they're not even that fucking good at their job. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/22/us-police-human-rights-standards-report
Also fun fact - Those 20 largest cities? Given the metro areas that they're a part of, do you know how many people are likely to be under the jurisdiction of those police departments?
104,039,046. Fully a third of our population. At least.
104,039,046. Fully a third of our population. At least.
A point that my veteran friends keep making, particularly while drinking. https://twitter.com/ProfBeeman/status/1325884786984939520
They say in Harlan County
There are no neutrals there.
You'll either be a union man
Or a thug for J. H. Blair.
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on? https://twitter.com/NomeDaBarbarian/status/1178658613839056896
There are no neutrals there.
You'll either be a union man
Or a thug for J. H. Blair.
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on? https://twitter.com/NomeDaBarbarian/status/1178658613839056896
But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe what we really need is people who just have to say "I thought it was the right call" to face no charges for shooting you twice in the back on Thanksgiving on a gut feeling.
Maybe that's the argument you're making. https://twitter.com/NomeDaBarbarian/status/1163915535014232064?s=20
Maybe that's the argument you're making. https://twitter.com/NomeDaBarbarian/status/1163915535014232064?s=20
