Perhaps you’re watching the news and thinking to yourself, but what about these white cops? Aren’t they being discriminated against and more harshly judged every time they kill a black victim? Well, nine Cleveland police officers involved in a high-speed police chase resulting in the death of two unarmed black people are suing for racial discrimination:
Eight white and one Hispanic officer are plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit. They claim the police department has repeatedly punished non-black officers more harshly than black officers in incidents involving shootings of black people. Malissa Williams, 30, and Timothy Russell, 43, died after more than a dozen officers fired 137 shots at the pair’s car over the course of a police chase that went on for more than 20 minutes. Russell, the driver, was shot 23 times. Williams was shot 24 times. Last month, their families were awarded a $3m settlement from the city of Cleveland.
Where do we start with this? They were unarmed. They were shot at 137 times. The only way you can maybe justify that kind of shooting is if the couple tried to kill the president, rob 10 banks, and rape six white women simultaneously.
Team Blackness discussed more protests around the Eric Garner case, further incompetence in police departments around the country, and revenge porn to lighten the mood.
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Tenar Darell
Cole had an animated gif in the previous post, on Cleveland, and I feel exactly that level of frustration. Hopefully I can use those feelings as a goad for action, instead of depression and apathy. Also, you guys are really good, particularly lately. It’s appreciated. Thank you.
C.V. Danes
You can’t be discriminated against if you’re the one with most of the power in a relationship, because you’re the one who can change the rules as you see fit. If these cops feel discriminated against, then the answer is simple: stop shooting black people.
Just sayin’
agorabum
Cleveland cops are terrible…man. maybe it’s something the union is pushing for behind the scenes? Or maybe they think that because everyone else in the department gets away with it, they should too.
OnkelFritze
So according to these cops the Cleveland PD has enough data to establish statistical significance? Wow.
Calouste
137 bullets?
If I remember correctly from a post here a number of weeks back, that’s more bullets than all the police in Germany (population 80 million) fires in a live situation in an entire calendar year.
burnspbesq
This is why the drafters of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure put in Rule 12(b)(6): so that bullshit claims get weeded out expeditiously.
David in NY
If they were involved in that incident, they’re damned lucky to be employed.
Fred
Words fail. Arrogance? No. Insanity? No. Stupidity? Well…no. Words fail.
Sherparick
The depositions are going to be very interesting since the Corporation Counsel offices don’t work with cops and have every reason to make these guys look bad to see if their lawsuits get dropped.