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Re: A collection of videos of police brutality

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Post by tomxor »

loceng wrote: post #77

I think also compiling a list of video and photos of the good police who are joining, supporting police - or protestors who are keeping police safe in certain circumstances - to counterbalance the abuse by reminding people of the humanity. Edit to add for examples: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/gu5pqj/a_veteran_prot... https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/gtx9am/the_police_tak... https://www.reddit.com/r/p…

> think also compiling a list of video and photos of the good police who are joining, supporting police

I think this is really important in any scenario like this where it feels like "us vs them".

Outrage shines a light, but that is merely step one. If people really want change they need to imagine what it feels like to be someone in the other "group", and remember it's not comprised 100% assholes. Those other non-assholes need to know they are supported and appreciated - knowing that makes a huge difference to how likely they are to police themselves and lead by example.

Re: A collection of videos of police brutality

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Post by austincheney »

xwdv wrote: post #106
h3cate wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Depends on the dangerous people you're talking about I suppose

Leaders in black protests have been killed off by white power supremacists over the years. The creator of this site risks the same.

There is no indication this website is a racial thing. It looks like the op is gathering any videos of police brutality.

Re: A collection of videos of police brutality

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Post by downerending »

As always, you have to ask, compared to what? Are the majority of police actions brutality, or only a miniscule fraction? This is the crucial question, and a site like this provides no insight at all. (or so I imagine, since site is down)

If you want to fan the flames, though, add a section for protesters savagely kicking unconscious victims in the head.

Re: A collection of videos of police brutality

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Post by cosmodisk »

jmspring wrote: post #94

The sad thing is, there are good jurisdictions (they may have their issues, but generally fair) around, yet local activists will use issue X in city Y as an excuse to blame their own local PD for some unrelated issue. This is happening in Santa Cruz right now where local homeless “advocates” (more about themselves) are attempting to co-opt a protest to blaming SCPD on perceived slights regarding homeless issues. This…

This is similar to when a large company has lots of divisios,where in one only nice people work,while in other they are all assholes. But the problem is that despite these differences, they all sit under the same hat.In this case, it's the police and one bad action resonates and makes it even more difficult for the good people to do the job.In recent events,it should have been other policemen going out and screaming "this is not normal,we don't work like that".

Re: A collection of videos of police brutality

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Post by h3cate »

jorblumesea wrote: post #73

Is the issue with police brutality a lack of evidence? Not trolling, legitimately asking this. It feels like every year some viral video comes out where police do something horrible, it feels like little progress has been made on the issue. Is it simply a visibility problem?

The way I see it, a viral video pops up and there's outrage then two weeks later we're onto the next outrage. I am guilty of this myself and this is why I think it is important to collect this so it isn't forgotten.

Re: A collection of videos of police brutality

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Post by Lariscus »

alfiedotwtf wrote: post #95

Remember a few years ago it came out that Apple filed a patent to disable cameras in a localised area. Speculation was so that law enforcement could disable cameras during protests and riots. In the next few days/weeks, watch if people start saying that they're in these hot zones and their camera phones stop working

Imagine being asked by your boss to implement such a thing and actually doing it. How spineless and unethical would you have to be to even consider following such an order.

Re: A collection of videos of police brutality

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Post by erentz »

arkadiyt wrote: post #67

Site seems to be down so I can't check if these are already submitted, but here are some: https://twitter.com/JordanUhl/status/1266917228752056320 https://twitter.com/mollypshe/status/1266934680273727491 https://twitter.com/chalametvol6/status/1267059474591879171 https://twitter.com/mollycrabapple/status/126694270336910540... https://twitter.com/zellieimani/status/1267057207172050944 https://twitter.com/stephenjadler…

Here are some more I've collected.

Violence against citizens:

https://twitter.com/stribrooks/status/1266186985041022976

https://twitter.com/chieffymac11/status/1266884475268616197

https://twitter.com/tkerssen/status/1266921821653385225

https://twitter.com/KCJ_Swish/status/1266913464234237954

https://twitter.com/Booker4KY/status/1266895243913367553

Violence against reporters:

https://twitter.com/chieffymac11/status/1266884475268616197

https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/1266921035800199170

https://twitter.com/MikeGeorgeCBS/status/1266919447970942986

https://twitter.com/MichaelAdams317/status/12669452685676789...

https://twitter.com/TinaDesireeBerg/status/12669224135911055...

https://twitter.com/PLBarghouty/status/1266922618122354690

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1266910910137995264

https://twitter.com/NewDay/status/1266315061209030658

Police slashing tires of cars left parked in parking lots:

https://twitter.com/andrewkimmel/status/1266987126467461120

https://twitter.com/brandiiimariiie/status/12669756143781519...

https://twitter.com/val_ebertz/status/1266975058230235137

Examples of good policing:

https://twitter.com/midmichigannow/status/126690773673595699...

https://twitter.com/JoshuaPotash/status/1266895422397779968

Just one for a little bit of laughter in this depressing time:

https://twitter.com/alayahco/status/1266574791307399173

Re: A collection of videos of police brutality

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Post by babbledabbler »

h3cate wrote: post #57
exdsq wrote: post #41

The websites not loading, I assume because it’s #1 on HN right now. If you want help with server costs maybe setup a fund me/patron?

There are people I would much rather that money go to than me. I will upgrade the server now though

I think the issue is that the video files are being hosted on the server so that greatly increases the load that's being consumed for each pageview.

If you host the videos on something like youtube or dailymotion and then embed them it will take the load off your server. Just keep the originals in case they get taken down so you can switch to a different service. Hope this helps! Feel free to PM me if you need assistance.

Some options here: https://kinsta.com/blog/video-hosting/

Re: A collection of videos of police brutality

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Post by komali2 »

loceng wrote: post #77

I think also compiling a list of video and photos of the good police who are joining, supporting police - or protestors who are keeping police safe in certain circumstances - to counterbalance the abuse by reminding people of the humanity. Edit to add for examples: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/gu5pqj/a_veteran_prot... https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/gtx9am/the_police_tak... https://www.reddit.com/r/p…

This is great evidence for sending along to your local police chiefs and mayors. I've been harassing the shit out of my local leaders - look at this evidence. Those cities and towns had almost no rioting, no looting, no violence. All because the cops didn't turn up with spartan armor and kick the shit out of peaceful protesters.

It really is that easy.

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