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Remember when every single house Republican voted against investigating the depth of white supremacist penetration into the armed forces and police departments? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-republicans-vote-against-neo-223633093.html
We have decided not to investigate ourselves and found absolutely no evidence of wrongdoing
Some of those that work forces...
Man, it is really depressing having to still qoute a 33 year old RATM song.
I think the line should have been
MOST of those that work forces...
It certainly turns out to be so.
Some... uh... some of those that... ya know, work forces. Just... just sayin'
You mean the same people who regularly shoot unarmed black people, do all kinds of shitty things to get poor people in jail, and work for an institution originally implemented to catch slaves are led by a militant racist?
Color me surprised. Almost like that was obvious a long ass time ago.
This. The fact that u.s. police forces are infiltrated by racist sh*theads is one of the worst-kept secrets on Earth.
“Infiltrated” lol
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This guy is special. He apparently had several plaques in his house with a certain Hemingway quote:
"There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter."
There's an implication that he's killed several people while covered by the state's monopoly on violence, and he liked it. Even among cops, he's a special kind of terrible.
Ahhh, so it is the guy from the Propublica article.
They didn't mention his name, but this is clearly him.
The article does mention him by name. His part of the story starts in section 5 (the detective and the sheriff). I couldn't believe the part where the mole brought a bug to the Kinch's house, his dog stole it, and then he just handed it back without asking questions.
Same guy who bragged about being on a "black squad" and woke up with blood on his hands, wondering if he had killed someone.
Link for anyone who missed the article. It's a long read, but worth it.
Oh shit you're right. My brain just full on ignored that I guess, than you!
Soon to be a member of the Trump administration.
Wouldn't it be interesting if we started an investigation into how many right-wing extremists are currently holding positions in the White House? We already know at least one person opened a door for the Jan. 6th terrorists. I'm willing to bet that the rot goes a lot deeper than that...
I'm certainly interested
https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole
Greta article talking about this very same guy and the mole who helped release the info.
Thunberg wasn't mentioned once in that whole article...
But seriously, I read the whole thing a couple days ago and what a ride. Dude was getting pretty paranoid towards the end, but he got out safely and now we have some knowledge of their inner workings. I hope he takes some comfort in that.
We / our society need many more like that guy, but I wouldn't wish that level of stress on anyone. I'll bet he gave two years off his eventual lifespan for every year undercover. On the other hand, lifespan would be worth so little in a white-supremacist christofascism.
Even if more people were willing, most don't have the skills. That guy very carefully practiced lying in order to infiltrate the group. He decided to use those skills for good rather than, say, defrauding a rich old widow out of her money.
Yes -- surely the eligible pool is tiny at best. And the pull to use skills of deception for profit instead is widespread.
as i always say, ACAN, all cops are nazis
The department attempted to contain the fallout by quietly adopting a new social media policy in July 2015 that explicitly prohibits discriminatory speech and threatens termination for violations.
Makes sense. We don't care if you're racist, just don't advertise it because it makes the department look bad.
shocked...shocked I say!
Somehow not surprised.