7 states (CA, FL, KY, LA, MD, OR, RI) have these restrictions on misconduct investigations, letting police avoid accountability. In Louisiana, investigations get tossed if they aren’t closed in 60 days but the officers can’t be questioned by investigators for the first 30 days.🤔
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 19, 2020
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Here’s the provision in Florida’s police bill of rights law that prevents officers from being disciplined or fired if the misconduct investigation lasts longer than 180 days, even if the officer is found guilty of egregious misconduct: https://t.co/TAH1VLyuwI pic.twitter.com/KgG5EFGbQa
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 19, 2020
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Under Florida’s Police “Bill of Rights” law, if the police take longer than 180 days to investigate themselves for misconduct it becomes illegal to discipline any officers involved. In this case the sheriff took *182* days so this cop gets reinstated despite being found guilty. https://t.co/ftNi7qAZro
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 19, 2020
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Many countries have less than three lethal police shootings per month.
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) June 4, 2020
The United States had an average of three PER DAY in 2019.
This cannot continue. Congress must take bold sweeping action to end the violence and hold police accountable. pic.twitter.com/L64w50SlBO
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Fatal Shootings by Police in 2018:
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) June 5, 2020
🇳🇿: 1
🇯🇵: 2
🇸🇪: 6
🇩🇪: 11
🇫🇷: 26
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🇺🇸 992
Police in the U.S. kill more people in days than police in other countries kill in years. We need action now.
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New Tonight: Disturbing video from @WBFO in Buffalo, NY shows an elderly man walk up to police in riot gear. An officer shoves the man…he falls backwards, hits his head…starts bleeding immediately…motionless.
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) June 5, 2020
Why did this happen @BPDAlerts ?
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These people are American law enforcement ofcrs who have been permitted by this country to believe that they need not be bothered with adhering to the Constitution or standards of human decency. https://t.co/zF3gvbA7JD
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) June 5, 2020
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And the cops say he tripped and fell! Like we can’t see, with our own eyes, that he shoved him.
— John Pfaff (@JohnFPfaff) June 5, 2020
If they lie this openly to cover misconduct w cameras openly rolling, how about when there are no cameras?https://t.co/rmV2rb9r8q https://t.co/gOhn71DRSC
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Cops know about positional positional asphyxiation. #PositionalAsphyxiation https://t.co/dKO6MEBsmB
— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 5, 2020
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Cops are still at it with their knees on our necks. #BLM#AbolishPolice https://t.co/cA99h4KhiI
— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 5, 2020