Michelle Gross
Russians and left-wing activists milking this for all it's worth. How nice.
Posted on 08/16/2014 8:17:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
US policing is steeped racism, and its brutality, misconduct and abuse of authority is a national epidemic, President of Communities United Against Police Brutality Michelle Gross told RIA Novosti Saturday.
"Policing, like much of the rest of American society, is steeped in racism," Gross stated. "Our organization's data on complaints received on our hotline indicate that Blacks are the victims in 60 percent of police brutality incidents. Further, anecdotal evidence shows that Blacks are more likely than any other group to die at the hands of law enforcement."
The protests have been ongoing in Ferguson, Missouri since last Saturday, when a police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black man, for allegedly resisting arrest. US President Barack Obama ordered the FBI and the Department of Justice to conduct independent investigations.
The August 9 killing spurred mass protests due to the appalling nature of this incident, Gross said, underlining that the incident includes a number of elements that are sadly emblematic of American policing.
"Numerous studies show that Blacks, Latinos and other people of color are targeted for stops at rates that far exceed their numbers in the population, despite the fact that stops of whites are much more likely to result in actual evidence of crime," the expert noted.
Gross believes that much of the issue lies with the culture of policing. "Police officers are permitted to use force as part of their role, but have little to no supervision or accountability in the use of that force," she asserted. "A pervasive myth of the danger of police work (which is actually far safer than many other professions) provides abusive cops with legal and political cover for their actions."
Gross reminded that most recently, the federal government has provided many police departments - even those in tiny communities like Ferguson – with military vehicles, weaponry, and other equipment.
"That has turned police agencies into local armies and fed into a "them vs. us" culture that pits local police against members of their community," she said. "This has been evident in the obscene levels of militarized force used against protesters in Ferguson, but also during protests of political conventions and police suppression of the Occupy movement."
"Police brutality, misconduct and abuse of authority is a national epidemic," Gross concluded.
Michelle Gross
Russians and left-wing activists milking this for all it's worth. How nice.
yawn
From what I have seen blacks are more likely to act like thugs. When you act like a thug it will catch up to you sooner or later.
Quoting our great President Obama, “Horse shit.”
Guess she’s projecting for her commie overlords.
Its about time to start hitting back.
Communities United Against Police Brutality
Features a photo from SPLC and a call to sign a petition “Justice for Mike Brown”
And a quote from ColorOfChange.org:
“A Missouri police officer racially profiled and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown.”
“Join CREDO and @ColorOfChange calling on the law enforcement authorities to prosecute all involved officers to the fullest extent of the law and permanently removed from duty.”
She’s with the organizers of these protests.
Here’s a vid of Gross claiming that the government broke into her garage and searched her papers while she was attending a protest against the RNC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ru-fKNZhWM
I also did some searching, and Gross also apparently provides legal advice (or something) to the OWS folks.
So yeah, I’m not putting much stock in anything she has to say. I do agree that there is a legitimate concern about bad cops out there (and there are some), and the amount of MRAPs, etc. winding up in civilian police force departments. But this woman seems to be one of those who sees a criminal every time she someone in uniform.
Is that from Stalag 17?
They probably did. With the left, things don't happen spontaneously.
There is an agenda...a plan to achieve it...a cadre of directors ready to take charge of "events" as they occur...a media prepared to spin them in the desired direction...and an army of mindless followers ready to believe.
We face a dedicated enemy.
Yup! One of my favorite films of all time.
Features a photo from SPLC and a call to sign a petition
a petition for?
begging for someone to restore law and order in their town?
Mike
It’s almost like they had all this stuff prepared ahead of time
XACTLY!
Mike
So, they are saying it is just like our current Federal Government ?
The New Black Panthers are in town in strength, at this moment, to help with keeping the police from interfering with the looting.
The thugs are on the move at this moment. They are at or going past the TARGET store.
Since I live nowhere nearby I could GAS.
Someone is lying. Well at least she did say anecdotal evidence.
National data on shootings by police not collected
The nation's leading law enforcement agency collects vast amounts of information on crime nationwide, but missing from this clearinghouse are statistics on where, how often, and under what circumstances police use deadly force. In fact, no one anywhere comprehensively tracks the most significant act police can do in the line of duty: take a life."
Per Obama’s master plan:
Groundwork for dismantling local police - to be replace with FEDERAL POLICE when the food shortages hit.
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