I don’t have the flyer yet but Sunday brunch protest is still a go as far as I know
Forwarded from The Black Lives Revolution (BLM)
Twitter
Ash J
"The Atlanta Police Foundation is paying a $500 bonus to every Atlanta police officer today." The Atlanta Police Foundation's board includes executives from big corporations like Coca-Cola, Verizon, Wells Fargo, Waffle House, Home Depot, GE, & Majestic Realty.…
The problem with warrior-style policing, as critics and academics point out, is that it prepares officers for violence. And indeed, some of the cops involved in the most visible police shootings have undergone warrior cop training. In 2016, Jeronimo Yanez, a 28-year-old police officer in a Minneapolis suburb, shot and killed Philando Castile, a 32-year old Black man, during a traffic stop. Castile was a licensed gun owner, and had informed Yanez that there was a weapon in the car. Yanez, who said he “feared for his life,” shot Castile in front of his 4-year-old daughter and partner. It was later revealed that Yanez had attended a department-funded “Bulletproof Warrior” seminar. The presenter was Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, an industry figurehead whose teaching primes law enforcement with a central question: Are you ready to kill?
https://www.thetrace.org/2020/06/warrior-cop-mentality-police-industry/
https://www.thetrace.org/2020/06/warrior-cop-mentality-police-industry/
The Trace
The 'Warrior Cop' Is a Toxic Mentality. And a Lucrative Industry.
Police are paying firms that preach extreme vigilance and deadly force.