The Shooting Gallery: Police Violence MEGATHREAD

[Valmy]

Well, if you choose to be a part of an evil "elite" bent on oppressing the masses, you should be prepared to face the wrath of the people.

You, of all people, should cheer on this. 

Nah this kind of thing always leads to a Thermidorian Reaction.  The principles of those calling for oversight and reform of the police will be blamed for this by counter-revolutionary forces. 

[derspiess]

Wow, as if things weren't bad enough in that town.

Wonder if this is what Holder wanted.

[Valmy]

Wow, as if things weren't bad enough in that town.

Wonder if this is what Holder wanted.

See Marty?  See?

[derspiess]

You're welcome.

[CountDeMoney]

derCracka sez, "Nigga's be niggin'!"  :klanhat:

[derspiess]

I blame the commie outside agitators, actually.

[Razgovory]

I blame the commie outside agitators, actually.

Along with the whole civil rights movement.

[CountDeMoney]

I blame the commie outside agitators, actually.

Along with the whole civil rights movement.

Same thing, Red Raz.

[derspiess]

In one of the videos where the cops get shot, you can hear some voices taunting the cops and they are clearly nerdy white voices.

[Razgovory]

They don't have much choice.  People want police protection but are unwilling to pay for it.  Municipality needs to generate revenue somehow.

Police Departments get money from the municipality yes but also from State and Federal sources.  If the State governments wanted to do something about this they could and, in many places, do.  It is not like every municipality is equally notorious for this sort of thing.

Most municipalities in Missouri are guilty of this.  There is a cap on how much revenue a city can get from traffic fines, and Ferguson didn't break that cap.  There is a bill in the General assembly that will lower the cap.  Urban and Suburban communities can only get 10% of their money from fines but small towns can get 15%.   I think the current cap is 30%.  That law was created because of the notorious town of Macks Creek, which got most of it's funding from speeding tickets.  Two years after the law passed capping how much money a town can get from fines Macks Creek went bankrupt and dissolved.  So while stopping this practice seems like an easy solution, it can have negative consequences.

[CountDeMoney]

In one of the videos where the cops get shot, you can hear some voices taunting the cops and they are clearly nerdy white voices.

Level 2 tech support?

[CountDeMoney]

Wow, as if things weren't bad enough in that town.

Wonder if this is what Holder wanted.

Lulz, stop reading directly from the cue cards, derFoxandfriends. 

'Fox & Friends' tweet links Eric Holder, shootings of police in Ferguson

[grumbler]

You're welcome.

I hear a nerdy white voice coming from the back of Languish.  Coincidence?

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

They don't have much choice.  People want police protection but are unwilling to pay for it.  Municipality needs to generate revenue somehow.

Sure they do.  They can cut unnecessary crap from their budget.  Dallas manages to have a $2.2B budget, with $736M for "public safety", while collecting only $36M in fines from all sources.

If a municipality really cannot survive without a massive influx of fine revenue, it doesn't deserve to exist.

[The Minsky Moment]

You're welcome.

I hear a nerdy white voice coming from the back of Languish.  Coincidence?

There are nerdy white voices from the back, front, middle and every side of Languish, 360 degrees round.