Token Daily - Police shove, make AP journalists stop covering protest

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police officers surrounded, shoved and yelled expletives at two Associated Press journalists covering protests Tuesday in the latest aggression against members of the...

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DracoWasRight 7 months ago

The fact that the cops are targeting the media and political representatives with violence, harassment and general intimidation proves the point that the police unions have created their own enforcer units. All state and local law enforcement officers, sheriff deputies, police, rangers, troopers etc. should be placed under state supervisory licensure board controls, just like attorneys, doctors, engineers and other professions are. The cops are doing to high profile figures what they have been doing do individual blacks and other minorities for far too long. The media should make supervisory licensure boards their focus to stop the future incidents like George Floyd and the hundreds/thousands of others like him.

edit: Licensure board revoking a cops license would mean that the cop could not continue acting as an enforcer above the law. An attorney who steals a client's settlement will be stripped of law license, a doctor who replaces the wrong hip will be stripped of medical license, engineer who signs a construction change causing bridge collapse will be stripped of engineering license. But a cop who shoots and kills an unarmed black reporter will get reassigned, because we have no supervisory licensure board controls for the law enforcement profession!

DracoWasRight 7 months ago

edit (more thoughts): Licensure board revoking a cops license would mean that the cop could not continue acting as an enforcer above the law. An attorney who steals a client's settlement will be stripped of law license, a doctor who replaces the wrong hip will be stripped of medical license, engineer who signs a construction change causing bridge collapse will be stripped of engineering license. But a cop who shoots and kills an unarmed black reporter will get reassigned, because we have no supervisory licensure board controls for the law enforcement profession!

Kodi_Yak 7 months ago

I'm all for due process, but I'm getting real tired of hearing the constant refrain of "this incident will be reviewed," while the bad actions are repeated time and time again. I knew there were serious problems, but I admit to not knowing the full extent of this systemic sickness until this past few days. This makes me ill.

Oracle_of_Knowledge 7 months ago

Hey news orgs, can we maybe stop bleeping expletives? You are covering news of extreme violence and protests, a few four letter words should NOT be of a concern right now.

CharlieDmouse 7 months ago

This kind of stuff is getting me pissed.

dbsweeney68 7 months ago

The president calls the press the enemy of the state. This is the result of what WE (not me) asked for.

shiningPate 7 months ago

What they do in the shadows... you'd almost think the police are afraid someone might shine a light on their actions

KKKLLLNNN 7 months ago

The FBI IS currently requesting videos of individuals instigating violence during peaceful protests. Please submit your video. https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/seeking-information-on-individuals-inciting-violence-during-first-amendment-protected-peaceful-demonstrations

Aurion7 7 months ago

That would seem like a pretty solid reason for terminating your employment in the police force.

Rdan5112 7 months ago

-“Who are you essential to?” “Who are you essential to?!!!!!!”

-Democracy-

kaozennrk 7 months ago

I would expect nothing less than the dismissal of these police from the force. They are not enforcing laws. They are making up their own.

Ne0guri 7 months ago

They should just slap jersey numbers for each officer like a sports team.

Letsgodubs 7 months ago

Hey guys, honest question. Where can I go to for a non-biased coverage of the protests? I'm not looking for the constant flurry of propaganda that reddit spits out every second (having seen how the Hong Kong protests were portrayed). There's no doubt police brutality exists and many police officers are using excessive force but I don't want either side to be painted as completely wrong or right. I want the full picture of all the wrongdoings on all sides.

tdolomax 7 months ago

The best is often to go to international news outlets, at least that’s what is commonly believe by a lot of media scholars. These news organizations and the people who report from them are distant enough to report mostly neutrally about the facts on the ground, because these are events which don’t directly involve them. Keep in mind there is no news organization on Earth that is totally non-biased. These Orgs are made of people and people have inherent biases. With that said, the BBC or Various other news outlets in Europe/Oceana. Some find it a bit more controversy for reasons too complicated to get into here, but Al Jazeera does remarkable reporting, imo, and the opinion of a lot of News media scholars.

jondesu 7 months ago

While they are more removed from the situation, European news sources still tend to favor the left wing of American politics because it closer aligns with many of their viewers/readers views. BBC is still a good option overall, but I’ve still found a fairly noticeable bias in their articles. Doesn’t mean to discount them, but be aware of the bias.

Im_100percent_human 7 months ago

Realize that bias exists in all media. When selecting media sources, try to evaluate how they are funded, because that affects how they report. Also, most news outlets publish their "statement of integrity," which is supposed to govern how they report. I tend to avoid Cable "news," as most of it is heavily editorialized. Good luck.

Abracadaver2000 7 months ago

Democracy truly dies in darkness. This shit has to stop before 2020 becomes 1984 for good.

jsnaggler 7 months ago

Police should all have a number/letter combination somewhere on their gear, large and clearly visible

Aurion7 7 months ago

They have badge numbers. Some people like to tape them over to prevent identification which *really* seems like something that ought to be instant cause for any other officer who sees it to run the asshole in.

stein63 7 months ago

“get the f—- out of here you piece of s—-.”

This piece of should be one of the fist to go!

MBAMBA3 7 months ago

I have read over 100 journalists have been attacked by police in these demonstrations.

Trump has instigated this BS. He needs to go.

TEMPLERTV 7 months ago

But the Chief of NYPD took a knee. I thought that solved everything there. /s

faman00 :flag-wa: Washington 7 months ago

More criminal activity from the police. The police need to b incarcerated.

Rabbidlobo 7 months ago

NYPD union is like NRA. Made of fucking imbeciles and have enough lawyers to make trumps bankruptcy and pedophile charges look like Misdemeanors. Want to change the cops dismantle their unions and reshape them to match the community they suppose to take care of. Nypd union are headed by mafia and dudes that live in gated communities

-banned- 7 months ago

Honest question: If the journalists had refused to obey an unlawful order from the police and had instead elected to be arrested, would there have been consequences for the police?

Im_100percent_human 7 months ago

IDK. Actual journalists usually do everything they can to comply. It is a lot easier to report a story when you are not in jail.

-banned- 7 months ago

Wow, that Fox News bit? The one chance we had to get film of police brutality on a conservative TV network, and the protesters attack the news crew. Real smart guys, I wonder which film they ran with...

Raddiikkal 7 months ago

and here is another example to why people dont give a fuck when these pieces of shit get killed. these people are traitorous filth. fuck them all.

kazuyamarduk 7 months ago

America needs to retire the police forces—we don’t need this shit! They’ve shown us everyday these past couple of days that there are more assholes behind badges than “good ones.” Watching is like watching a live action version of GTA.

We have FBI agents in every state, so why not have them look into issues until a replacement can be made. We need a higher set of standards and values for people who’s job it is to protect the rights of citizens. I don’t know what the requirements for law enforcement are, but a degree in law should probably be mandatory...as well as common sense.

manycommentsnoposts 7 months ago

There aren’t enough FBI agents available to handle every traffic stop, drunk driver, over-loud frat party, shoplifter, and so on across the USA. The FBI handles counterterrorism and investigation of federal crimes, (including the arresting of people suspected of committing said federal crimes) while their limited uniformed division is primarily responsible for ensuring the security and safety of key facilities and personnel, including the J. Edgar Hoover building and FBI director. Degrees cost a small fortune in the USA, which means that requiring applicants to the police force to have a degree would restrict the eligible pool of applicants to those who are wealthy, and would also require cities and states to pay higher salaries in order to compete with private companies, such as law firms. Most police officers have a basic understanding of the laws they are required to uphold. The issues we’re seeing are complicated, in that for whatever reason the police appear to be viewing the protesters as adversaries, which may be a result of being called out to crimes in which they are ridiculed, abused, demeaned, et cetera more often than they are not. (Along with the protesters making the police the targets of their ire.) It may be a better idea to try to make the police feel valued and appreciated by their community, either through small gestures such as members of the public writing letters saying thank you for protecting our community or contracting a local bakery to bring them treats on a semi-regular basis, complete with thank-you note (don’t set a schedule, otherwise they’ll get used to it and it won’t have an effect. Vary the reward.) members of the media asking for information about and genuinely being interested in an officer’s menial, day-to-day tasks, (most people love to talk about themselves, and they love to feel important and valued) or on a larger scale an annual parade in full ceremonial dress. I don’t know enough about police training to comment on how this could be adjusted or improved. Given that racial bias appears to be the issue, perhaps introduce the police to a wide variety of people who are helping their communities alongside them as a part of their training? (Such as people of colour and other minorities who are running charities to get people fed or off the streets or trying to put disadvantaged kids through school, for example. People whose roles make it very difficult for them to come across as “bad people,” with an end result that people’s opinions of these people of colour is shifted. I’d need to do more research into stereotypes to figure out how those can and should be changed.) “In every town there’s the village idiot” as the saying goes, and there will always be some people in every community who aren’t there for the right reasons. In this scenario the objective is to limit their impact on how the wider organisation is perceived. Hopefully this helps. If not, downvote me.

MooxiePooxie 7 months ago

You want the purge? Take every cop off the streets and leave it to 20 FBI agents based out of an office 6 hours away.

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