May 14, 2018

Policing White Space (Episode 64)

1 hour 3 minutes

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms listening in! Join us this week as T. Greg rants about Yankees who “aren’t from ’round here,” plus an in-depth look at the Palantir “predictive policing” software, Illinois policing insisting they’ll kill their dogs if politicians legalize weed, and nearly a dozen stories about white folks weaponizing the police against minorities in white spaces.

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Show Notes:

Rob Smith of Harvard’s Fair Punishment Project is clueless about North Carolina (Twitter)

Arrogant twit Senator Joel Ford mollywhopped in Democratic primary (Charlotte Observer)

Sen. Ford was one of the main cheerleaders for H972, the bill that made all police video a state secret (Twitter)

Former General and Trump apologist John Kelly is a scumbag, Part 514 (Business Insider)

In-depth look at Palantir, the “predictive policing” software departs are using to violate your civil rights (Bloomberg)

Our episode on Louisiana using Palantir for a secret policing program (Fsck #55)

ARIZONA: Border Patrol killer cop Lonnie Swartz acquitted of murder in death of Mexican teen; will be retried for manslaughter (Arizona Daily Star)

Our episode on Swartz shooting the teenager in the back (Fsck #11)

CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles PD is using Palantir to create an evergreen list of “probable offenders” (In Justice Today)

CALIFORNIA: Unnamed Morgan Hill PD officer “accidentally” shoots 14-year-old girl in the eye during traffic stop, given paid vacation (Mercury News)

COLORADO: White mom summons police on Native American students for wearing heavy metal t-shirts (Inside Higher Ed)

CONNECTICUT: White Yale student calls police on black Yale student for falling asleep in common room while studying (NY Times)

DC: Metro PD cop Richard Wince illegally sold guns to murderer (CNN))

GEORGIA: Cook County police arrest, jail Canadian student for crime of (legally) driving with a Canadian license (CBC)

ILLINOIS: VP of shopping mall apologizes to black teens who were kicked out of mall for no reason (Chicago Sun Times)

ILLINOIS: Macon County cop Chad Larner says weed can’t be legalized, or they’ll have to kill all their drug dogs (Reason)

LOUISIANA: Kevin Smith imprisoned 8 years without trial; when drug charges are dismissed, his parole is revoked over address change (New Orleans Advocate)

LOUISIANA: Shreveport PD officer Gary Thomas on paid vacation for assaulting black teen over noise complaint (KSLA 12)

MARYLAND: Carroll County deputy on video blowing away groundhog for blocking traffic (WBAL-TV 11)

MASSACHUSETTS: State Trooper Alfred Burgos arrested for DWI leaving Irish-American Police party (Springfield Republican)

MISSOURI: 3 black teens falsely accused of theft at Nordstrom Rack, released without charges (KMOV 4)

NEW YORK: Entire Galway PD department indicted for falsifying records (The Saratogian)

NEW YORK: NYPD officers summoned to “burglary” as black man moves into new apartment (Washington Post)

NORTH CAROLINA: Duke University VP Larry Moneta has coffee shop baristas fired for playing Spotify rap song (Indy Week)

NORTH CAROLINA: Campaign page for Durham Sheriff Mike Andrews says “Amen!” to racist Facebook rant (Durham Herald Sun)

Sheriff Andrews was obliterated in last Tuesday’s primary election (Durham Herald Sun)

NORTH CAROLINA: Moore County deputy Tracy Carter fired for helping cover up drunk driving of Sheriff Neil Godfrey’s deputy-son Brent (Southern Pines Pilot)

Sheriff Godfrey was defeated in last Tuesday’s primary election (Fayetteville Observer)

NORTH CAROLINA: Moore County deputy Tevin Cadell charged with assault on a female (Fayetteville Observer)

NORTH CAROLINA: Warsaw PD officer Frank Moss on video beating, choking tuxedoed black man at Waffle House (Fayetteville Observer)

PENNSYLVANIA: White owners of Grandview Golf Club call police on black women for “golfing too slow” (NY Times)

PENNSYLVANIA: Black men arrested in Starbucks settle for $1 apiece, expungement, $200K school program (USA Today)

TEXAS: White elementary school principal Shanna Swearingen “jokes” about fake gun call to police regarding black student (KPRC 2)

TEXAS: White manager of Sambuca 360 in Plano on video kicking out black diners so white man could have table (WFAA 8)

TEXAS: Federal judge rules San Antonio police officers Raphael Medel and Sergio Villanueva repeatedly lied in warrantless search of man’s car (DocumentCloud)

TEXAS: Judge reduces death row inmate’s sentence to life without parole after discovering that prosecuted lied at trial (Texas Tribune)

VIRGINIA: Maryland Klan leader Richard Preston Jr. found guilty of firing gun at black counterprotestor at Charlottesville rally (The Hill)

Our episode when the video of Preston went viral (Fsck #24)

VIRGINIA: White supremacist Jacob Scott Goodwin found guilty in savage beating of DeAndre Harris at Charlottesville rally (Washington Post)

VIRGINIA: Customs & Border Patrol killer cop Mark Cochrane charged with felony puppycide (WRC-TV 4)

WASHINGTON: White manager of Tacoma Fuego store on camera loudly reading shoplifting policies outside black woman’s dressing room, kicks her out (The Grio)

WISCONSIN: Hennepin County Minnesota deputy Jeffrey Masek charged with child sex crimes (Twin Cities Pioneer Press)

AUSTRALIA: Mobile phone footage shows officer deliberately running down indigenous teen for sport (NITV)

UNITED KINGDOM: 9 police officers under investigation for killing mentally ill man during welfare check (UK Guardian)

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