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Join us this week for a lot of cops caught on video doing stupid sh*t, police using stay-at-home orders to keep black folks in the house while whites roam free, a truly excellent long-read dissection of qualified immunity, and other stories that make you wonder wtf is going on in this country. *THANK YOU* to this week’s Show Note Sponsors (Anon, Trey Benfield, Colleen Mahaney, and Michael Teal) and our #Law140 Lovers (Lindsey Bowser, Erica Phillips, Helen Poston, and Joe Sevits)! Show Notes: * Stanford study of 95,000,000+ traffic stops shows persistent racial disparities, “veil of darkness” everywhere [https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/ssoe-psf050620.php] (AAAS) * This is the same basic conclusion of a 2016 RTI study of 20,000 traffic stops in Durham [https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/durham-news/article66663217.html] (News & Observer) * Brutal analysis provides the data on how courts favor police in qualified immunity cases [https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-police-immunity-scotus/] (Reuters) * CALIFORNIA: LAPD officer caught on video beating the sh*t out of random black man for sport [https://ktla.com/news/local-news/video-shows-lapd-officer-striking-man-repeatedly-in-boyle-heights-prompts-investigation/] (KTLA 5) * CALIFORNIA: LAPD officer Ismael Tamayo facing assault charges for trying to kill another LAPD officer during campaign trip [https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-05/lapd-officer-charged-with-assault-with-a-deadly-weapon-after-camping-trip-shooting] (LA Times) * CALIFORNIA: White cop caught on video brutalizing 14-year-old over cigarette possession [https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/04/rancho-cordova-police-department-elijah-tufono-beating.html] (Slate) * COLORADO: Denver PD beat the everlasting sh*t out of motorist for sport, on camera bragging “this is what happens when you elude police” [https://www.kron4.com/news/excessive-force-lawsuit-denver-officer-said-this-is-what-happens-when-you-elude-police-dude/amp/] (KRON 4) * CONNECTICUT: Inmates who test positive for COVID-19 are sent to solitary confinement… with no toiletries, forbidden to bathe [https://theappeal.org/connecticut-covid-19-prison-quarantine-northern-correctional-institution/] (The Appeal) * GEORGIA: Cops protected by sovereign immunity after jailing woman for 94 days for cotton candy they thought was meth [https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/lawsuit-dismissed-for-ga-woman-wrongly-jailed-over-cotton-candy-mistake] (WAGA 5) * GEORGIA: Ahmaud Arbery, unarmed black jogger, summarily executed for sport on camera by retired DA investigator and his son [https://www.nytimes.com/article/ahmaud-arbery-timeline.html] (NY Times) * INDIANA: Former Jasper County judge Robert Monfort facing criminal investigation, bar discipline for defrauding estates [https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/former-northern-indiana-judge-accused-of-defrauding-estates] (Indiana Lawyer) * KENTUCKY: Louisville Metro police summarily execute EMT, in botched drug raid on wrong house after actual suspect already arrested [https://www.wdrb.com/in-depth/attorneys-claim-lmpd-officers-killed-26-year-old-emt-in-botched-police-raid/article_4bb33de6-704e-11ea-bb3c-4785530c8830.html] (WDRB 41) * This same type of screw-up happened in Alabama a few weeks ago (Fsck #98) [https://www.fsckemall.com/2020/02/happy-new-year-episode-98/] * And in Pennsylvania in 2018 [https://www.fsckemall.com/2018/07/traitors-part-2-episode-76/] (Fsck #76) * LOUISIANA: Garbage collectors protest lack of protective equipment, so New Orleans fires them and orders prisoners to fill in [https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/sanitation-workers-say-they-were-fired-for-protests-over-pay-and-protective-equipment/289-1283daf0-9893-4bc1-b51b-f7fa89b7093e] (WWL 4) * MARYLAND: Keith Davis Jr. facing *fifth* murder re-trial [https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-keith-davis-jr-potential-fifth-trial-20200506-hvmtyh7kj5en3kwni7f2hrljgq-story.html] (Baltimore Sun) * MASSACHUSETTS: Five suspended officers, currently facing criminal charges for a cover-up, rehired by Springfield police chief [https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/05/naacp-denounces-reinstatement-of-springfield-officers-indicted-in-nathan-bills-brawl.html] (MassLive.com) * MINNESOTA: Judge seals juror information, normally public, after trial of convicted killer cop Mohamed Noor [https://www.startribune.com/judge-in-mohamed-noor-trial-concerned-about-media-interest-in-jury-deliberations/570243092/] (Minneapolis Star-Tribune) * Our episode on the murder charges [https://www.fsckemall.com/2018/03/happy-birthday-episode-57/] (Fsck #57) * …and the murder [https://www.fsckemall.com/2017/07/thank-god-social-media-episode-16/] (Fsck #16) * …and the police report [https://www.fsckemall.com/2017/07/juror-no-5-episode-19/] (Fsck #19) * …and the prosecutor prepping to lose the case [https://www.fsckemall.com/2018/01/beatdowns-summary-executions-winter-edition-episode-46/] (Fsck #46) * MINNESOTA: Rock County deputies conduct extended roadside rape, in below-freezing temperatures, on video, of passenger in car pulled over for having an air freshener [https://www.startribune.com/lawsuit-southern-minnesota-deputies-conducted-roadside-cavity-search-of-woman-in-freezing-temperatures/570253372/] (Minneapolis Star-Tribune) * NEW JERSEY: White Jersey City police beat the sh*t out of black man for “not social distancing” [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8293081/Shocking-video-shows-white-cop-repeatedly-beating-black-man-not-social-distancing.html] (UK Daily Mail) * NEW YORK: 98% of NYPD arrests for social distancing violations are non-white [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/nyregion/nypd-social-distancing-race-coronavirus.html] (NY Times) * NORTH CAROLINA: New Hanover County deputy J.T. Kita fired, facing criminal charges for leading all-white lynch mob to black teen’s house [https://portcitydaily.com/local-news/2020/05/07/vigilante-group-including-new-hanover-officer-allegedly-threatens-laney-high-senior-in-case-of-mistaken-identity/] (Durham Herald-Sun) * NORTH CAROLINA: UNC System Board of Governors Chairman Randy Ramsey caught lying about his credentials [https://charlotteledger.substack.com/p/silent-on-sam-unc-chairman-eyes-a] (Charlotte Ledger) * The Board called a special meeting the next day, to re-elect Ramsey to a second term [https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1259845828337905664] (Twitter) * OHIO: Whites most frequently defying stay-at-home orders, but blacks 4x more likely to be arrested for violating them [https://www.propublica.org/article/in-some-of-ohios-most-populous-areas-black-people-were-at-least-4-times-as-likely-to-be-charged-with-stay-at-home-violations-as-whites/amp] (ProPublica) The post 3rd Rule of Fsck Remains Undefeated Too (Episode 103) [https://www.fsckemall.com/2020/05/3rd-rule-fsck-remains-undefeated-episode-103/] appeared first on #FSCK 'Em All! 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