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Weekly thread for news/updates/discussion of George Floyd protests, racial injustice, and policing policy - week of August 3

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This thread is posted weekly - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.

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  1. spit-evil-olive-tips
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    Aurora, Colorado: Police detained and handcuffed a Black mother and four children after mistaking their SUV for a stolen motorcycle from another state Video in this Washington Post article. It's...

    Aurora, Colorado: Police detained and handcuffed a Black mother and four children after mistaking their SUV for a stolen motorcycle from another state

    Video in this Washington Post article. It's heartbreaking.

    Aurora PD was also responsible for the death of Elijah McClain last year.

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  2. spit-evil-olive-tips
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    ‘I absolutely believed I was going to die:’ Protester claims she was denied anti-seizure medication in jail

    ‘I absolutely believed I was going to die:’ Protester claims she was denied anti-seizure medication in jail

    A Seattle woman diagnosed with epilepsy contends she was peacefully participating in July 25 protests on Capitol Hill when police in riot gear tackled and falsely arrested her, then dragged her, handcuffed, unconscious and convulsing, for half a block.

    Samantha Six said when she came to several minutes later, police and corrections officers who took her into custody repeatedly ignored and mocked her pleas for her anti-seizure medication. As a result, Six said, she suffered multiple seizures while detained over a roughly 24-hour period.

    Neither Six nor her husband, Damien Boyd, 38, who was arrested with his wife, have been charged with a crime.

    Police inserted mostly boilerplate language in probable cause affidavits for arresting Boyd and several others, citing the arsons and destruction at the construction site at 12th Avenue and East Alder Street. Six and Boyd were arrested more than a mile away from the construction site.

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    Grzmot
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    There's a thread rising on r/all right now about Ryan Whittaker, another victim of police brutality. In the comments the body-cam footage of the police incident where he was killed was linked and...

    There's a thread rising on r/all right now about Ryan Whittaker, another victim of police brutality. In the comments the body-cam footage of the police incident where he was killed was linked and it is pretty tough to watch.

    Please note: Even though the footage is censored so you don't see any blood or the corpse, you can very audibly hear a man die as his lungs give out because he was hit by 3 bullets while complying with orders, plus the girlfriend of the man begging him to stay alive. It hits different. Gore I rarely have a problem with, but it's a very different beast to watch this kind of suffering.

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        Grzmot
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        Apparently he was having problems with pranksters or something more sinister, but at this point I'm just repeating info from the web, I don't know details.

        Apparently he was having problems with pranksters or something more sinister, but at this point I'm just repeating info from the web, I don't know details.

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          rish
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          It happened at night, it's natural for the man to feel suspicious and take the gun with him. I feel like most police is ill-equipped with adequate training.

          It happened at night, it's natural for the man to feel suspicious and take the gun with him. I feel like most police is ill-equipped with adequate training.

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          1. culturedleftfoot
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            Of course they're undertrained. It usually takes 7 years to practice law in court but something like 20 weeks to enforce it with a badge and gun. It makes no sense.

            Of course they're undertrained. It usually takes 7 years to practice law in court but something like 20 weeks to enforce it with a badge and gun. It makes no sense.

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