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If I put someone in a choke hold and they died, I would be in prison.
But give me a badge and it's an accident.
Pinkerton stayed with the St Louis PD until he was “forced out” in 2021. He posted on Facebook:
“For all you mother f—— at the St. Louis Police Department,” one post began last November, “especially the Internal Affairs Division, you can all kiss my a— for condemning me and pushing me out of my decorated career and losing my ability to retire with the benefits I wanted, all because I exposed the corruption behind the prosecution of Derek Chauvin.”
Don’t worry, he immediately bounced to a police department in a nearby town, where he remains on active duty.
because I exposed the corruption behind the prosecution of Derek Chauvin
What did you expose, bud? That cops kill people?
The Missouri Independent is a bastion of journalism in the state. Their journalists do incredible work shining a light in this awful state.
Terrorism.
Cops are terrorists.
It only counts as terrorism if the goal is to terrorize the police! Lol
I believe that you didn't intend to kill someone. You still killed someone.
Four police did the same thing to Manny Ellis
A few of the ex-police that did that live uncomfortably close to me.
This (too) is such a strangely American issue for some reason! In Hungary the police has way way way more power! You can be stopped, identified, searched and held up, even imprisoned any time for as long as they deem it necessary… And police have no body cameras! Yet, I have never even heard of any abuse
You might find this interesting.
Police practices remain unchanged: ethnic profiling, stop and search, and discriminatory fining practices by local police are routine, while excessive use of force against Roma and a culture of impunity within law enforcement remains the norm.
https://www.errc.org/news/how-racist-and-incompetent-policing-cost-romani-lives-in-hungary
I have never even heard of any abuse
I think those are your key words there! Haha