5 Memphis police officers charged with murder….

[Eagle11]

1 hour ago, CardinalBacker said:

The other day I repeated a claim that one of the officers and the victim had a lady friend in common and that the beating was a result of that… supposedly the cop texted a pic of the victim to the lady friend in real time. This seems like it might be partially corroborated by this recent update. 
 

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CB, I think there is more to this story. It seems very plausible to me

[CardinalBacker]

 

1 hour ago, Eagle11 said:

CB, I think there is more to this story. It seems very plausible to me

My guess is that we'll never hear that angle explored by the talking heads on the news because it doesn't follow the whole "cops are racists and this attack is still the fault of whitey."

I felt like the attack was just to brutal and lengthy to just be reactionary.... it seemed personal.  

[thetragichippy]

On 2/8/2023 at 10:00 AM, CardinalBacker said:

I felt like the attack was just to brutal and lengthy to just be reactionary.... it seemed personal.  

agree.....and not one of them had a clear enough head to realize they went WAY too far. Makes no sense to me ,

[baddog]

What gets me the most is…. If one is going to commit a crime, seems like one would try and get away with it. You being one of many wearing a body cam, how does one expect to get away with anything?

[tvc184]

On 2/10/2023 at 3:49 AM, baddog said:

What gets me the most is…. If one is going to commit a crime, seems like one would try and get away with it. You being one of many wearing a body cam, how does one expect to get away with anything?

 They had likely been getting away with it.

 They didn’t know that he was going to die.This was discovered due to the outcome, not from a use of force complaint. 

 There seems to be two choices. 
A. It was a targeted attack because of some history with the deceased.  
B. It was an arrest that got out of hand but a group of officers that seemed to (choose all that apply):
   a. Be comfortable using excessive force. 
   b. Were poorly trained and/or supervised. 
   c. Should never have been hired but due to shortages and open/lax hiring policies….

[baddog]

8 hours ago, tvc184 said:

 They had likely been getting away with it.

 They didn’t know that he was going to die.This was discovered due to the outcome, not from a use of force complaint. 

 There seems to be two choices. 
A. It was a targeted attack because of some history with the deceased.  
B. It was an arrest that got out of hand but a group of officers that seemed to (choose all that apply):
   a. Be comfortable using excessive force. 
   b. Were poorly trained and/or supervised. 
   c. Should never have been hired but due to shortages and open/lax hiring policies….

Above bold^^^very scary.

To me it’s like a hit squad. Didn’t they have their own name/identity? Not identical, but reminds me of “Magnum Force” but with no cameras. Like Hagar said early on…..”what were they thinking?”

Big Girl, where is your favorite group BLM on this matter? Haven’t heard a peep. I guess if he died from a knee on his neck, the entire country would be ablaze, huh.

 

[tvc184]

2 hours ago, baddog said:

Above bold^^^very scary.

To me it’s like a hit squad. Didn’t they have their own name/identity? Not identical, but reminds me of “Magnum Force” but with no cameras. Like Hagar said early on…..”what were they thinking?”

Big Girl, where is your favorite group BLM on this matter? Haven’t heard a peep. I guess if he died from a knee on his neck, the entire country would be ablaze, huh.

 

In the mid to late 1980s, Miami PD was lowering standards and wanting the push for minority officers.  Part of the results was what was later called (I think) the River Cops and possibly others. About 20 or so Hispanic officers were running basically a mafia type operation within the police department. Murder, extortion, robberies, drug sales, etc. It led the discovery of more corruption and abuse. But they got their Spanish speakers….

 I think we might be seeing the same thing starting to happen again.

Imagine if there was a shortage of doctors and they wanted to target a demographic no matter the qualifications and accepted people who were not qualified in order to fill a slot.

[bullets13]

On 2/10/2023 at 3:49 AM, baddog said:

What gets me the most is…. If one is going to commit a crime, seems like one would try and get away with it. You being one of many wearing a body cam, how does one expect to get away with anything?

Supposedly all of them had turned off or taken off their body cams during the attack.  The most damning video came from a video on a light pole, that was ironically placed in a high crime area to catch criminal acts in progress 

[bullets13]

21 hours ago, tvc184 said:

 They had likely been getting away with it.

 They didn’t know that he was going to die.This was discovered due to the outcome, not from a use of force complaint. 

 There seems to be two choices. 
A. It was a targeted attack because of some history with the deceased.  
B. It was an arrest that got out of hand but a group of officers that seemed to (choose all that apply):
   a. Be comfortable using excessive force. 
   b. Were poorly trained and/or supervised. 
   c. Should never have been hired but due to shortages and open/lax hiring policies….

Allegedly the same officers beat the crap out of someone else a few days before.  Kinda feels like it was just how they did things 

[bullets13]

9 hours ago, tvc184 said:

In the mid to late 1980s, Miami PD was lowering standards and wanting the push for minority officers.  Part of the results was what was later called (I think) the River Cops and possibly others. About 20 or so Hispanic officers were running basically a mafia type operation within the police department. Murder, extortion, robberies, drug sales, etc. It led the discovery of more corruption and abuse. But they got their Spanish speakers….

 I think we might be seeing the same thing starting to happen again.

Imagine if there was a shortage of doctors and they wanted to target a demographic no matter the qualifications and accepted people who were not qualified in order to fill a slot.

There’s not necessarily a shortage, but is how they’re doing admissions to medical school now, which is pretty terrifying 

[tvc184]

2 hours ago, bullets13 said:

Allegedly the same officers beat the crap out of someone else a few days before.  Kinda feels like it was just how they did things 

I keep reading (including on this website) there is more to the story, etc.

Yep, poor hiring practices, police administration and supervision.

Count me as not shocked that they may have been implicated on earlier abuse. The city should be taking a hard look at administration starting with the chief. 

[tvc184]

2 minutes ago, tvc184 said:

I keep reading (including on this website) there is more to the story, etc.

Yep, poor hiring practices, police administration and supervision.

Count me as not shocked that they may have been implicated on earlier abuse. The city should be taking a hard look at administration starting with the chief. 

Ha… I just read an article on the chief. She was on one of the network morning shows in 2021 and called for “sweeping changes and police reform” after the George Floyd incident.

[tvc184]

2 hours ago, bullets13 said:

Supposedly all of them had turned off or taken off their body cams during the attack.  The most damning video came from a video on a light pole, that was ironically placed in a high crime area to catch criminal acts in progress 

It worked…..

[Separation Scientist]

Just another day in Memphis.

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