Breaking: Brutally Frank DoJ Report Says Albuquerque Police Use Unjustified Deadly Force.

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Breaking: Brutally Frank DoJ Report Says Albuquerque Police Use Unjustified Deadly Force.

by jpmassar

A 46-page report on unjustified police violence in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was just released by the Department of Justice at a highly anticipated press conferencein the wake of the execution of James Boyd, a mentally ill man, by APD last month and the release of a graphic video. A few key points:

Officers too often use deadly force...

Officers use tasers on people who are non-threatening or unable to comply...

Officers use too much force on people who are mentally ill too often.

Here is a somewhat bigger image, easier to read.

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Report just passed out. Here is the first page #DOJAPD. The Feds find #apd has pattern/practice of deadly force
12:05 PM - 10 Apr 2014

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From the report:

We reviewed all fatal shootings by officers between 2009 and 2012 and found that officers were not justified under federal law in using deadly force in the majority of those incidents.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/10/1291021/-Breaking-DoJ-Report-Says-Albuquerque-Police-Use-Unjustified-Deadly-Force#

[Taitertots]

1. How many cops have been fired and/or imprisoned because of this report?

Just hot air until there are consequences for police abuse.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

11. my guess is ZERO

[Half-Century Man]

2. Wonder if the DOJ will do anything besides go, Yep....it's there.

What is the point of having a militarized police, if the police of the police are acting like Andy Taylor handling Otis?

[ConservativeDemocrat]

4. The DOJ *has* done something by saying "Yep.... it's there"

Believe me when I tell you that the courts take notice of these things.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

[Half-Century Man]

6. I have trouble trusting the initiators of the military law enforcement operatus....

...to crack down on the military law enforcement operators.
I mean no personal offense, but, I don't think shit would have been said if there hadn't been a viral video.

[ConservativeDemocrat]

8. This is why we have separation of powers

The courts aren't the initiators of the military law-enforcement apparatus.

Mostly its local police departments wanting new toys to play with, bigger budgets, all paid for by local GOP politicos tapping into that whole "scary non-white person" thing.

But the courts are careful. They only deal in fact. Which is why, when the FBI of all groups, says "these guys are dangerously out of control", it will allow to them to order things they otherwise would not.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

[Half-Century Man]

10. Same courts just transitioned from the abstract to the absurd.

Abstract = Corporate personhood via Citizens United.
Absurd = unlimited financial contributions are not corruptive via McCutcheon et all v. FEC.

I'll give you the courts didn't initiate the militarization of law enforcement, They merely allowed it to happen without complaint.

[Comrade Grumpy]

3. Thanks for posting. There's a reason they had a mini-riot there recently.

[idendoit]

5. It's a lot safer being a cop....

...than having a mental illness while being in their custody.

[davidn3600]

7. And nothing will happen....

At most... someone, somewhere will take an early retirement and step down. And then the media will forget about it.

[U4ikLefty]

13. I fear you are correct. After a number of outrageous verdicts (like the Kelly Thomas case)

I am not hopeful that anyone will see a jail cell.

[lonestarnot]

9. This is just fucking creepy.

Fucking cops.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

12. I wonder if badge sniffers will defend or mimimize this. It's just a few bad apples

it's one police department. Cops are good.

Cops are wonderful. They just have a tough job. See, one brought someone two gallons of milk with a huge pained smile on his face.

[JoeyT]

14. It might've been easier to find the departments that don't

use unjustified deadly force and excessive violence. To find the ones that do will be like moving a beach a grain of sand at a time. At least they're making a start at it, which is better than their predecessors.