Current Events > Louisiana State Trooper who spoke about police brutality to lose job

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/a-black-trooper-in-louisiana-who-spoke-out-against-police-brutality-could-lose-his-job-in-45-days/ar-AAPAmVA

TLDR: Troopers tell guy's family that he died in car accident. Good trooper doesn't believe it and does some digging. Video gets leaked to the press showing troopers beating dude and leaving him unattended in handcuffs for nearly ten minutes (the video is pretty fucking brutal). Good trooper says "it's pretty clear there was a cover-up" and gives some interviews about it. Officials accuse good trooper of conduct unbecoming of an officer in seeking publicity and violating public statement and department loyalty policies and are now trying to fire him.

Loyalty to the department is always more important than finding the truth. More important to protect murdering and lying cops than anything else.

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<_< He needs to move ASAP. He's in some serious danger.

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yeah he probably shouldn't stay there anyway

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the system is rotten

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Something has to be done.

Not all cops are rotten. But the ones who are hold immeasurable power. The police are essentially the president's boss as the police unions financially back both political parties. That's why Obama couldn't touch that cop who shot the Black professor. They're untouchable even at the highest level.

The only way to bring about change is through threatening someone -- threatening them with loss of finances, loss of livelihood, loss of property, or harm to bodily person. I prefer to find nonviolent methods to bring about police change. I'm just trying to figure out what that would be. How do you put a hurting on police institutions to weed out the cops like the ones who did this coverup?

If it means replacing of 80% of the police force, it still has to be done.

That "not all cops are rotten" remark wasn't in response to Golden Eel. We just happened to choose the same adjective.

FortuneCookie posted...

Something has to be done.

Not all cops are rotten. But the ones who are hold immeasurable power. The police are the president's boss as the police unions financially back both political parties. That's why Obama couldn't touch that cop who shot the Black professor.

The only way to bring about change is through threatening someone -- threatening them with loss of finances, loss of livelihood, loss of property, or harm to bodily person. I prefer to find nonviolent methods to bring about police change. I'm just trying to figure out what that would be. How do you put a hurting on police institutions to weed out the cops like the ones who did this coverup?

If it means replacing of 80% of the police force, it still has to be done.

Unless you change the role that police play in our society you could fire 100% of them and nothing will change. You'll just replace them with more bad people doing terrible things. I would recommend Alex Vitale's book The End of Policing. To along with it I would recommend Robert Evans podcast Behind the Police, which is a deep dive into the history of policing in the US and how we ended up where we are at as a good start to understanding the predicament we find ourselves in.

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Wonder how darkprince will bootlick this one.
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lol he gonna dodge this topic like the plague. Or say a generic canned response that in no way admits this is indicative of a much bigger problem with police and police culture in general.

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sktgamer_13dude posted...

Wonder how darkprince will bootlick this one.

He doesn't lick the boots, he is the boot.

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Ving_Rhames posted...

lol he gonna dodge this topic like the plague. Or say a generic canned response that in no way admits this is indicative of a much bigger problem with police and police culture in general.

He'll admit that it was bad and that procedures were not followed properly. But will not admit that this is part of larger problem in policing.

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ScazarMeltex posted...

He'll admit that it was bad and that procedures were not followed properly. But will not admit that this is part of larger problem in policing.

Especially if what Ive read about Louisiana is true, a larger problem about that entire state.

Parishes that are super corrupt, failing education system, literally poor government, etc.
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Louisiana sucks
Only the food is good
And mardi gras

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sktgamer_13dude posted...

Wonder how darkprince will bootlick this one.

@darkprince45 I summon thee

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Good cops arent allowed to continue being good cops, example #4727592658265826

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You don't break the blue wall. That's why police brutality and misconduct take so long to get to the public eye. Bad police officers routinely get other jobs in other jurisdictions, but good police officers get blackballed and blacklisted for whistleblowing to the public.

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What needs to happen now is another state needs to hire him. Show that your career isn't over as soon as you do the right thing.

Who am I kidding they all are probably cheering him getting fired

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theAteam posted...

What needs to happen now is another state needs to hire him. Show that your career isn't over as soon as you do the right thing.

Who am I kidding they all are probably cheering him getting fired

No other Police Union will allow him to be hired.

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Alucard188 posted...

You don't break the blue wall. That's why police brutality and misconduct take so long to get to the public eye. Bad police officers routinely get other jobs in other jurisdictions, but good police officers get blackballed and blacklisted for whistleblowing to the public.

That officers about to die in a "car accident"......

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Mearcstapa posted...

He doesn't lick the boots, he is the boot.

So they put their foot up his ass and he likes it?

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alternate title: employee breaks chain of command and embarrasses the company he works for, gets fired.

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Why are the police so wicked??

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hsvhighlife posted...

alternate title: employee breaks chain of command and embarrasses the company he works for, gets fired.

I'm surprised it took 22 posts to find someone defending this. Bro, you are supposed to lick the boot, not fucking deep throat it. Plus that doesn't even work. What the police did in this situation was illegal because if nothing else they filed a false police report to themselves by claiming he died in a car accident. Thus the good cop was justified in his action to report what happened.

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hsvhighlife posted...

alternate title: employee breaks chain of command and embarrasses the company he works for, gets fired.

Another shit take

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I don't want to watch the video, but it sounds like the cops straight up murdered a dude. Why is there not public outrage?

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ScazarMeltex posted...

I'm surprised it took 22 posts to find someone defending this. Bro, you are supposed to lick the boot, not fucking deep throat it. Plus that doesn't even work. What the police did in this situation was illegal because if nothing else they filed a false police report to themselves by claiming he died in a car accident. Thus the good cop was justified in his action to report what happened.

??? you seem unhinged a little

the dept was justified in firing this guy, which is what the topic title is about. i made no commentary on anything else

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hsvhighlife posted...

??? you seem unhinged a little

the dept was justified in firing this guy, which is what the topic title is about. i made no commentary on anything else

Whistleblowing is protected by law

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Ving_Rhames posted...

<_< He needs to move ASAP. He's in some serious danger.

This, good cops tend to get harassed and blacklisted even after firing. His career is over unless he moves to a small town in another state. The system was built to protect officers from stuff like this.

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hsvhighlife posted...

??? you seem unhinged a little

the dept was justified in firing this guy, which is what the topic title is about. i made no commentary on anything else

So you genuinely believe this guy should be fired for talking about co-workers who covered up a crime? A crime that involved the death of another human being? You do understand that in literally any other job that would not fly right?

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C_Pain posted...

Why are the police so wicked??

Because they are above the law no one holds them accountable basically a legal mafia or gang

TheGoldenEel posted...

Whistleblowing is protected by law

there are certain procedures for reporting incidents and whistleblowing, and running to the media aint in there. refer to my first post about breaking chain of command

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hsvhighlife posted...

there are certain procedures for reporting incidents and whistleblowing, and running to the media aint in there. refer to my first post about breaking chain of command

Such a good little German you are.

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hsvhighlife posted...

there are certain procedures for reporting incidents and whistleblowing, and running to the media aint in there. refer to my first post about breaking chain of command

He broke chain of command because his superiors were in on the cover up

Zikten posted...

He broke chain of command because his superiors were in on the cover up

good for him, but that doesn't protect him from being fired


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CADE FOSTER posted...

Because they are above the law no one holds them accountable basically a legal mafia or gang

But in other countries is this a problem?

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C_Pain posted...

But in other countries is this a problem?

im sure some other countries have the same problems

hsvhighlife posted...

good for him, but that doesn't protect him from being fired

It does actually. If the superiors are committing a crime

hsvhighlife posted...

alternate title: employee breaks chain of command and embarrasses the company he works for, gets fired.

Do you think companies (let alone those with the authority to use lethal force on the job) should be able to prevent embarrassment in this way? Is it good for them to hold the power to discipline those who would make public their wrongdoing?

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theAteam posted...

What needs to happen now is another state needs to hire him. Show that your career isn't over as soon as you do the right thing.

Who am I kidding they all are probably cheering him getting fired

You're being generous. They've probably put a bounty on his head.

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guy's life is in danger

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