ot. Freddie gray.

[scaredyclassic]

“911 Is A Joke”

Hit me
Going, going, gone
Now I dialed 911 a long time ago
Don’t you see how late they’re reactin’
They only come and they come when they wanna
So get the morgue embalm the goner
They don’t care ’cause they stay paid anyway
They teach ya like an ace they can’t be betrayed
I know you stumble with no use people
If your life is on the line they you’re dead today
Late comings with the late comin’ stretcher
That’s a body bag in disguise y’all betcha
I call ’em body snatchers quick they come to fetch ya?
With an autopsy ambulance just to dissect ya
They are the kings ’cause they swing amputation
Lose your arms, your legs to them it’s compilation
I can prove it to you watch the rotation
It all adds up to a funky situation
So get up get, get get down
911 is a joke in yo town
Get up, get, get, get down
Late 911 wears the late crown

911 is a joke

Everyday they don’t never come correct
You can ask my man right here with the broken neck
He’s a witness to the job never bein’ done
He would’ve been in full in 8 9-11
Was a joke ’cause they always jokin’
They the token to your life when it’s croakin’
They need to be in a pawn shop on a
911 is a joke we don’t want ’em
I call a cab ’cause a cab will come quicker
The doctors huddle up and call a flea flicker
The reason that I say that ’cause they
Flick you off like fleas
They be laughin’ at ya while you’re crawlin’ on your knees
And to the strength so go the length
Thinkin’ you are first when you really are tenth
You better wake up and smell the real flavor
Cause 911 is a fake life saver

So get up, get, get get down
911 is a joke in yo town
Get up, get, get, get down
Late 911 wears the late crown

Ow, ow 911 is a joke

[scaredyclassic]

to me, the problem isnt really the officers giving a beatdown on the tapes.

its how their partners stand by all cool like, business as usual. an dlie lie lie for their bud

thats what makes it all seem so casual…

its the critical mass of cell cameras and social media that is making it all come to a head.

[scaredyclassic]

shoot, fear of a black planet and 911 is a joke is 25 years old. feel like only yesterday i bought the cassette for my walkman.

imagine all the unrecorded beatdowns from 1990 forward….

[scaredyclassic]

one perspective is this is just a few bad apples, lets look individually case by case and assume most cops are acting in good faith.

another possibility, not unsupported by tapes and the behavior of the nonaggressor cops, is that this kind of violence is acceptable and toelrable within the law enforcement community.

i just dont see outrage as undermining police authority.

i think outrage is what might preserve police authority.

tolerance is intolerable…

[Anonymous]

Some progress in the legislature:

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article20444133.html

(The headline is confusing.)

By banning the use of grand juries, the decision to prosecute officers would rest solely with local district attorneys. Mitchell said forcing district attorneys, who are elected, to deal with these cases would provide accountability.

It’s too easy to meddle with grand juries. Take them out of the process when law enforcement is charged with a crime.

[ltsddd]

[quote=CA renter]
Yes, police brutality exists, and I want to extinguish it as much as anyone, but riots, mass hysteria, and killing cops isn’t going to make it any better. If anything, it will make these problems worse.[/quote]

I don’t condone the riots and the destruction that came with it. But sometimes that’s the necessary evil. It’s the only thing that people feel they can do to get their voices heard.

Let’s be realistic here. If it wasn’t for the riots and the looting this thread wouldn’t have as much life as it does, let alone major coverage with the news media.

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=scaredyclassic]to me, the problem isnt really the officers giving a beatdown on the tapes.

its how their partners stand by all cool like, business as usual. an dlie lie lie for their bud

thats what makes it all seem so casual…

its the critical mass of cell cameras and social media that is making it all come to a head.[/quote]

Exactly. Now we have the data.
The powers that be needs to analyze the data and come up with reforms.

[no_such_reality]

[quote]The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand a civil jury verdict against two Los Angeles police detectives for concealing evidence that kept an innocent man in jail for 27 months awaiting trial.

The justices turned down an appeal Monday from the Los Angeles city attorney who contended that because the innocent man was freed before his trial, the police officers could not be sued for withholding evidence.[/quote]

LA Times Article today

[CA renter]

I think most of us would agree that this is a positive development…

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/18/president-obama-limits-supply-military-style-equipment-police

Still needs to go further, IMHO, as the police should not be militarized.

[scaredyclassic]

Militarized is a state of mind.

[scaredyclassic]

Was thinking about THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW. Loved it. But really where’s the black people. Barney and Andy would been thumping the crap out of any darks kinned folk if they had the temerity to appear on screen with actual thoughts. That show soothed anerica as the civil rights movement got going. Couldn’t be a faker view of southern cops I think.

Now we internalize the lessons of andy. That he’s a good fair fella. Just ignore that boot he and barney have on the black man’s throat.

[no_such_reality]

Yes, militarized is a state of mind. I don’t want Andy Griffith either however I don’t want people that are signing up in response to videos that look like they’re made for the latest action shooter video game either.

We all remember the Newport Beach Police recruiting video from 2008?

[Author]

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