[URL="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/03/nypd-caught-red-handed-sanitizing-police-brutality-wikipedia-entries/"]NYPD caught red-handed sanitizing police brutality Wikipedia entries[/URL]
"Garner raised both his arms in the air" changed to "flailed his arms about."
[QUOTE]IP addresses linked to the New York Police Department's computer network have been used to sanitize Wikipedia entries about cases of police brutality.

This wouldn't be the first time we've seen nefarious alterations to Wikipedia entries, and it won't be the last. But the disclosure of NYPD's entries by Capital New York come as the Justice Department announced a national initiative for "building community trust and justice" with the nation's policing agencies.

As many as 85 IP addresses connected to 1 Police Plaza altered entries for some of the most high-profile police abuse cases, including those for victims Eric Garner, Sean Bell, and Amadou Diallo, Capital New York said. Edits have also been made to other entries covering NYPD scandals, its stop-and-frisk program, and the department leadership.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=only_human;397667][URL="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/03/nypd-caught-red-handed-sanitizing-police-brutality-wikipedia-entries/"]NYPD caught red-handed sanitizing police brutality Wikipedia entries[/URL]
"Garner raised both his arms in the air" changed to "flailed his arms about."[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]A NYPD spokeswoman said the "matter is under internal review."[/QUOTE]No doubt a review is needed about whether the funds for policing New York not only need to go towards political activities aimed at improving the image of the police but also, as extra, into technical expertise aimed at better disguising their IP addresses to avoid such detection. [/SARC]

[url]http://www.vox.com/2015/5/2/8534943/baltimore-bail-freddie-gray[/url]

[url]http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/06/chicago-approves-55g-package-for-police-torture-victims/[/url]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;401893][URL]http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/06/chicago-approves-55g-package-for-police-torture-victims/[/URL][/QUOTE]

We are still paying the evil creature's pension, here in Chi town. That really rankles.

[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-32800365"]Memorial vigil planned for shot Wallsend cow Bessie[/URL]

Another reported case of an unarmed pedestrian being shot by police.

[QUOTE=xilman;402686][URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-32800365"]Memorial vigil planned for shot Wallsend cow Bessie[/URL]

Another reported case of an unarmed pedestrian being shot by police.[/QUOTE]
We could start a debate in a thread about animal rights and whether human authority should treat animals the same way as it treats fellow humans.

But anyway, thanks to your interesting placing of this article in this thread, we can now at least note that some groups of humans, in some circumstances, are indeed treated in the same way by authority as animals are treated. Shooting dead is the extreme measure which makes the headlines, but systematic repression is equally similar in its application to humans and animals.

[QUOTE=Brian-E;402691]We could start a debate in a thread about animal rights and whether human authority should treat animals the same way as it treats fellow humans.

But anyway, thanks to your interesting placing of this article in this thread, we can now at least note that some groups of humans, in some circumstances, are indeed treated in the same way by authority as animals are treated. Shooting dead is the extreme measure which makes the headlines, but systematic repression is equally similar in its application to humans and animals.[/QUOTE]What it also shows is that some animals elicit the same show of respect after being shot by the police that some humans receive.

My post wasn't entirely serious but the above point is the one I was mostly trying to make if any.

[url]http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/23/us/cleveland-police-verdict/[/url]

[QUOTE]What led to the deaths of Russell and Williams, prosecutors said, was a chase that began when a car driven by Russell backfired -- a noise that officers thought was caused by gunshots -- in Cleveland on November 29, 2012.[/QUOTE]

[URL="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the[QUOTE]After University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing was charged with murdering Sam Dubose, an unarmed black man who had been pulled over on a traffic stop, it was clear that the police body cam video of the shooting played an enormous role in the indictment.[/QUOTE]_slatest/2015/07/29/the_sam_dubose_police_report_is_full_of_falsehoods_from_ray_tensing_s_colleagues.html"]The Sam Dubose Police Report Is Full of Falsehoods from Ray Tensing's Fellow Officers[/URL]

[QUOTE]The police report and the various embellishments or outright lies Tensing’s brothers in arms told in order to back up his account are the clearest evidence supporting Allen’s belief that her brother’s killer would not be facing prosecution without a video.

But it’s not the only evidence. As the Washington Post’s Wesley Lowery and Mark Berman noted, “Police officers are rarely charged after fatally shooting people. A Washington Post investigation found that thousands of police shootings over the last decade have resulted in a few dozen officers being charged.”

[B]According to a Post database tracking police shootings, more than 550 people have been shot and killed by cops this year [I]alone[/I] and only three officers had been charged with crimes.[/B] In two of the previous shootings where cops were actually held accountable in some way, there was video evidence.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]After University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing was charged with murdering Sam Dubose, an unarmed black man who had been pulled over on a traffic stop, it was clear that the police body cam video of the shooting played an enormous role in the indictment.

Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said a prosecution became urgent “especially after we saw the tape.”

“I think it’s a good idea for police to wear them,” Deters said when he was asked if there would have been a prosecution without the video. “[B]Because nine times out of ten it clears them of wrongdoing[/B]. And in this case, it obviously led to an indictment for murder.”[/QUOTE]
So if the prosecutor's guesstimate is right, of the 550 killings this year, 55 could preliminarily be wrong doing.

[QUOTE=only_human;406835]So if the prosecutor's guesstimate is right, of the 550 killings this year, 55 could preliminarily be wrong doing.[/QUOTE]
Of course, those guessed one out of ten videos which don't immediately exonerate the officer will include ones where the relevant evidence simply was not captured on the video for whatever reason. Perhaps you're acknowledging that when you use the word "preliminarily".
Corrected link: [URL]http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/07/29/the_sam_dubose_police_report_is_full_of_falsehoods_from_ray_tensing_s_colleagues.html[/URL]