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A woman in Florida interrupted police who mistakenly began an eviction attempt that was meant for her neighbor -- -- by yelling at them through her Ring doorbell. https://cnn.it/3zAFkWi
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6:00 PM · Aug 5, 2022
Those arrogant assholes.
SunSeeker
(51,898 posts)I need to get a ring camera.
albacore
(2,411 posts)I wonder about the outcome if she "sounded black"...
rsdsharp
(9,260 posts)Were gonna have to, uhhhh, youre gonna have to fix your lock, so its good they actually did it for her. Shes wrong about the dogs being in shelters, though. If they had barked at them if they got inside, the cops would have killed them. Officer safety, dont ha know.
Abolishinist
(1,342 posts)For the life of me, I don't understand this. Them getting the wrong address seems to be an everyday occurrence, how freakin' hard is it to get this right the first time? EVERY time this happens, the person responsible needs to be not only fired, but any pension they've built up is donated to the victims of their ignorance.
rsdsharp
(9,260 posts)excuse me 🎼THE ACADEMY🎼 wont take an applicant whose entrance exam demonstrates an IQ above 104. They think those applicants who are smarter will get bored with the work, and quit. 104 is the UPPER limit. Most applicants are below that level; many well below. They want applicants who will do what they are told with questioning it, and without the mental acuity to question.
Abolishinist
(1,342 posts)I checked a few sources and yeah, although not true in all states, it does seem to be common practice.
Also, there are studies that show a relationship between a higher level of education/IQ and police brutality, the higher the IQ, the less they are likely to use blunt force. They are also more open to making policy/procedural changes.
rsdsharp
(9,260 posts)train them from day one that its us versus them, and drill into them that absolutely nothing is more important than officer safety. When they get out of the academy, they have qualified immunity. In most cases, there will be no civil consequences for their actions, and if there are, the taxpayers bear the burden, even those most of these guys are making 6 figures with, at best, a high school education.
In my state the training is only 16 weeks. Most of that involves physical training of various types, and weapons training. There is very little on the actual laws or Constitutional rights. Most of the class work is on investigative techniques, report writing and the like. There is one hour of ethics training. Not one credit hour; one hour period.
They are taught to lie and trick people into giving information which the Supreme Court has held is legal. In every state you do not have to ID (traffic stops excepted) unless the have reasonable articulable suspicion you are, or about to be, involved in a crime. Many cops actually believe they can demand ID from anyone, at any time, for any reason. They think policy, or local ordinances trump the Constitution a Constitution they swore to protect and defend from all enemies, foreign and domestic, and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same. A Constitution most have never even read.
Policing in this country is bad, and its getting worse.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,559 posts)Evictions are violence. Here's hoping this bought her neighbor some time.
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