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pegothejerk t1_j9cd5hd wrote

> The document alleged that “six white sheriff’s deputies” raided a private residence where Michael Jenkins, 32, and Eddie Terrell Parker, 35, stayed at 135 Conerly Road in Braxton, Miss., “without warning or warrant” in what the Rankin County sheriff later called a narcotics investigation

"Investigation", lynching, they seem fairly interchangeable these days.

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bm_69 t1_j9cejeo wrote

What the actual fuck is wrong with the US? How does this even happen?

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kthulhu666 t1_j9chdtu wrote

This reads less like a raid and more a search for drug money that would have resulted in the unsolved murders of the two residents.

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SpaceChimera t1_j9ckmqi wrote

Police have a long history of torture in this country. If you've ever heard the phrase "give em the 3rd degree" that's where the phrase comes from. You'd have degrees of interrogation with the 3rd being just literally torture for a confession. This was fully legal until 1940 and then continued with prosecutors and judges looking the other way for decades longer. Look up John Burge in Chicago PD to see how tolerated it was. Burge worked at CPD until the 90s and tortured hundreds of black men into giving confessions. On his desk in the police commanders office he kept his "N****r box" for everyone to see. Nobody said shit for decades and tried to cover it up once it came to light. Current CPD and FOP leadership has defended Burge on numerous occasions.

Nowadays police aren't supposed to beat you. They developed things like the Reid technique to essentially mentally abuse you into confessing. You can't physically torture anyone but you can lock them in interrogation for days while repeatedly questioning and leading them to what you want to hear - all the while blatantly lying to you about the evidence, your rights, etc

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westplains1865 t1_j9cwkc9 wrote

Replying to NBAWhoCares (#1,891,522)

Thought I recognized the name Shabazz. The guy is a total piece of shit, proudly anti-Semitic, who was so extreme he was kicked out of the Nation of Islam.

Full investigation on the claims against the police, and everyone gets their day in court, but fuck Shabazz's intolerance.

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StickcraftW t1_j9cyowi wrote

Replying to Ooften (#1,891,479)

I think that these problems have always been there and relevant, and people are only just now waking to how bad things truly are, because it’s directly in front of their faces. Which says something because if they’re willing to just throw this news in peoples faces, it means they’ve gotten away with so much they see no reason to care anymore.

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[deleted] t1_j9d285w wrote

Alleged. But sure, make a headline out of it to stir up shit.

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Cobby1927 t1_j9d5yno wrote

Put the officers in cuffs and give the black community 90 minutes with them.

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gtck11 t1_j9djhg3 wrote

That county is a shithole, I’m not surprised that their police did something so disgusting. Had the misfortune of living there alittle over a year as a kid, when a black family moved into our neighborhood for the first time they got harassed like crazy with KKK sprayed all over their brick house and drive. Also a klan rally was held in the same town.

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Antennae4013 t1_j9drwce wrote

Replying to StickcraftW (#1,892,756)

I know people like to say this for the sake of argument, and it's a good point but it's one factor of many - things are definitely getting worse. Economic inequality is rising, we've had a major pandemic on top of an increase in natural disasters, political divides are bigger than they ever have been, little things like traveling and buying groceries are becoming more and more difficult, people are working more hours, money is flowing freely into our political system so corruption is running rampant, global warming is a very real threat with no solution, violence and mass shootings are becoming more and more common, retirement is starting to look more and more impossible for many. It's bad. It's not just that we're hearing about it now, it's also that our health, security, and happiness are starting to erode.

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mces97 t1_j9e22hv wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,893,117)

Well it's pretty easy to determine entry and exit wounds. So you'll have to tell me how you think a guy got shot out his mouth with the bullet coming out of his neck.

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kstinfo t1_j9e4b4o wrote

Replying to Antennae4013 (#1,895,821)

I was going to expand on your comment but I think you got it all. What remains to be seen is if 'good' people can or will step up to a degree necessary to make a difference.

Ben Franklin, after the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, was asked what kind of government the people could expect. He replied, "A republic, if you can keep it."

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UpperBroccoli t1_j9f3i8j wrote

Some of those that work forces

Are the same that burn crosses

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Pohatu5 t1_j9flut9 wrote

Replying to spacewalk__ (#1,894,757)

While there's obviously problems with our transportation system, are highways are built such that you can just get up and travel 100s of miles in any direction you want at any time, which is kinda nice - especially with the aforementioned parks and national lands system.

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reverendsteveii t1_j9k7rwk wrote

Replying to SpaceChimera (#1,891,407)

Fun fact about the Reid technique: it came into prominence after Reid used it to get Darrel Parker to confess to his wife's murder. That confession was later determined to be false and Parker was paid $500,000 by the state of Nebraska for wrongful conviction.

Which is to say that the cops always knew it was bullshit that's just as likely to get a false confession as a real one, but their job is to arrest people for crimes regardless of whether those people are actually guilty.

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