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American police are out of control (lemmy.world)

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• Florida police department deletes social media comments critical of its prosecution of 12-year-old rape victim

• 22-year old man who died at Thorold jail asked to be put on suicide watch night before his death

• Man arrested for DUI found dead in Orange County jail cell

• LA police sergeant arrested at work hours after fatal drunk-driving hit-and-run

• Ohio families and victims of police misconduct sound alarm on higher fees for body cam footage

• Cops kill man on 'mental health' call: "They didn't talk to him. They just busted in the door, and I didn't see, I just heard the gunshots and the Taser, that was it."

• Tennessee cops chase vehicle into fatal wreck

• Massachusetts cop, convicted of child rape, is release from prison pending re-trial

• Family releases bodycam video of Kansas man's fatal shooting by police

• Prison officials were aware gynecologist was torturing female inmates, says lawsuit

• Washington cop with odd predilection for seeing knives and shooting people in the head is sentenced to 16 years in prison

• $11.5M judgment after New Jersey cop mistakes a driver's stroke for inebriation and arrests her, delaying medical treatment so long she’s now permanently disabled

• Over a traffic stop, cops chase vehicle into fatal wreck

• Inmate dies in Jefferson County Jail

• You'd think it goes without saying, but yes, Autopsy shows New York inmate who was beaten while handcuffed died by homicide

• GBI investigating death of inmate at Gwinnett County Jail

• Inmate identified following jail death

• Cops chase speeding vehicle into fatal wreck

• Coroner identifies man who died in custody at Dorchester County jail

• 40-year-old inmate dead due to 'chronic condition' at Bexar County Jail; first death at facility in 2025

• After DEA's publicized arrest of suspected Venezuelan gang member, case is closed and he walks out of jail

• Hours after inmate dies at hospital, another inmate dies in apparent suicide

• Weirdly counterintuitive: San Francisco police staffing and crime rate are both way down

• Man detained in Pima County Jail dead after fight with inmate

• ICE displays overwhelming force in arrest of sick 61-year-old man

• Under pressure, Cuyahoga County releases video of teen’s shooting by deputy

• Investigation underway into Tift County Jail death

• Another man has died in the Harris County Jail, marking its third death in 2025

Note: When reading news coverage from any corporate-owned source — a newspaper, TV station or network, etc — the facts are generally factual, but the slant favors the rich and powerful.

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[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 weeks ago

That's not amusing, interesting, outrageous, or profound. That's just a banal fact. For many people, the end of childhood is when a parent makes sure they know that.