Today in cops gone feral

It’s just a few bad apples.

 

All
Cops
Are
Bangin’

 

But enough about Phil Collins.

 

Oopsie!

 

Another example of how us white folks are so privileged that we don't get why black folk would be offended.

 

Multiple deputies fired after 2 Black men file lawsuit alleging torture and attempted sexual assault in Mississippi | CNN

I mean, it's not like six deputies all "snapped" because of the adrenaline or whatever. How do that many go along with something like this? How did none of them think, "f-this, I'm out of here" - go home, file a report on the incident, gather the family and leave town and go get a job at Lowe's or a Bass Pro Shop?

 

JFC

https://www.wbtv.com/2023/07/02/flo...ling-young-son-over-potty-training-accidents/

 

can confirm

The NYPD has a serious press freedom problem

 

ACAB

California Cops Are Sending License Plate Data To Anti-Abortion States

 

The libertarian in me is no fan of cops using license plate readers to track cars (or cities using red light cameras, or anything of that ilk). And the fact that some California police departments might be breaking state law is also noteworthy.
And the idea of being prosecuted for leaving a state to have an abortion in another state where it's legal should also be distasteful, no matter your views on abortion.
Both of those are debates worth having.
All of that said, what a steaming chunk of clickbait bullshit that article is.

Oh no! Those evil, evil police!
But wait, one paragraph later this sentence:

Makes this whole thing a non-story. There is literally not one single example of what the writer is trying to make you believe is happening in half of California's counties on a daily basis.
The cops are checking out of state plates for warrants, stolen cars and BOLO bulletins. BFD.
This article is a disgrace to journalism — or even blogging, or whatever the hell it is Jalopnik is doing these days.

 

Have there been any prosecutions for it anywhere yet? They went after that one doctor in Indiana, but it was a reporting issue, not the abortion itself, IIRC.

It’s not scare bait if it’s a legitimate concern. And it is. Tennessee took trans patients’ medical records. God knows what they’ll do with those records.

Is it really that much of a stretch to believe some states would use traveling data to abortion states, maybe not as evidence, but as a place to start looking?

 

Yes.
First, it would require you to believe that the authorities in abortion states are putting out nationwide alerts on anyone traveling to California. Who's to say you're going there for an abortion instead of vacation? If the police are doing that, it's a gross violation of our constitutional rights and is a much bigger scandal than whether they're tracking potential abortion patients.
Second, think about the numbers involved here. How many women travel to California from a non-abortion state each year, for the expressed purpose of having an abortion? And how many people and cars are there in California on a daily basis? One of those numbers is probably pretty low relative to the other that is extraordinarily high. It's a needle and haystack situation.
Third, the police in California can't seem to be bothered with people brazenly shoplifting and dozens of other quality of life crimes. You really think they're spending time to chase down out-of-state leads on someone who might be coming to their state to have a procedure that is legal there? Maybe if it was something egregious that caused an APB to be put out — a kidnapping situation, Amber Alert, something like that — then they'll bother. I don't think they're scanning license plates and getting on a hotline to feed information to Sheriff Buford T. Justice IV in Jerkwater Flats, Texas, on the chance that her name pops up in a database of pregnant women who posted pro-abortion messages on social media.

It strikes me that your fears on this are analogous to the ones conservatives have about gun rights. In both cases, one side is very much for it and the other side is very much against it which leads to valid concerns about government overreach.
So if I took your post there and replaced "abortion" with "guns" would you feel the same way? Or would you cheer it on as making the world a better place that the cops are checking for potential gun runners and getting weapons off the street?