Memphis cops charged with murder

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GlockPride

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The most dangerous thing for a black man is….another black man. I also haven’t seen the video, but maybe it’s egregious if the chief fired them that quickly. Perhaps memfrica will be safer this weekend if they’re all focused on the po-leece and not each other?
 

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I have heard they were fired, and the union hasn't fought it because if they are still employed with MPD they are required by law to assist in the investigation. Being regular citizens charged with a felony now, they are under no such obligation. I'm not 100% sure this is correct, but if it is, it's a smart move.
 

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There's a rule used in LE and in gov't in general that protects gov't employees against self-incrimination. It's called the Garrity rule.

The dept can interview the officers but must advise them of their rights under the Garrity Rule. It's pretty much like a Miranda advisement. Under the Garrity Rule the gov't can't coerce a statement from the employee under threat of harsh punishment or termination. Cooperation with the gov't must be voluntary.

If they're no longer employed this wouldn't apply.
 

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What a cluster****. I predict these guys need to get used to being incarcerated. If half of what has been said in press releases is true they need to spend the rest of their miserable lives in jail.

Like the other "cop lovers" on here I will defend an officer's right to do their job and go home at the end of their shift (yeah, and **** you guys who think becoming a cop means you need to have a death wish) but I tend to also believe bad cops don't get near what they actually deserve. Because in the end they make it harder for good cops to do their jobs.
 

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What a cluster****. I predict these guys need to get used to being incarcerated. If half of what has been said in press releases is true they need to spend the rest of their miserable lives in jail.

Like the other "cop lovers" on here I will defend an officer's right to do their job and go home at the end of their shift (yeah, and **** you guys who think becoming a cop means you need to have a death wish) but I tend to also believe bad cops don't get near what they actually deserve. Because in the end they make it harder for good cops to do their jobs.

I've said it before, I'll say it again... The worst enemy of a bad cop is a good cop. That was always my experience. To be clear, the only "bad cops" I worked with were the type that were just lazy and didn't want to carry their share of the workload. And that was true when I worked at a large dept (over 800 sworn), and med/small dept (70 sworn) and a very small dept (24 sworn).

That's not to say I didn't see cops get fired. But it was usually for something they did off duty, not on. For the most part they were just ordinary people.
 

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Most cops are good. Many are very good.

Then there are the psychopathic loose cannons. Crazy Mo-Fo's.

If you think that's ****ed up, google this: "Arizona cop tasers mans balls in front of his kids". The videos are crazy. There are also written articles of this on google, read them.

Bad cop, Matthew Schneider, seems to be courteous and polite at the 1st of the video. Turns into a nightmare.

There are multiple videos. The 1st when the bad cop and his cohorts jack up the guy. They supposedly saw a lack of turn signal, stopped the car, wife was driving, the husband and father was in the passenger seat.

They yanked him out, beat him, tasered him 11 times, the last taser was when the bad cop yanked his shorts down and tasered his balls. Right in front of his very scared kids.

Next video. Bad cop admits he LIED and never saw the car that supposedly never used a turn signal, saw the car when it was backed into a parking space.

Video cameras caught all this. Bad cop realizes his ****ed up badly, yanks the retirement handle, bails out.

The group of bad cops gets indicted at the Federal Level. Qualified Immunity is yanked. They're ****ed.

Final video? Very bad dangerous cop gets fined $115 and walks out free. Last week. That's Criminal Court. Wait for the Civil lawsuits to start flying.

I have always 100% supported the cops, deputies, etc. But this scares the crap out of me. Me? I've never been arrested, haven't had a traffic ticket in many many years I've always trusted and respect the police/deputies. But this **** seems to be getting worse and worse, and of course the criminals are getting worse and worse. Tough career to be in law enforcement, God Bless'em all.

I NEVER drive through Phoenix proper when driving from Oklahoma to So Cal. I ALWAYS take the Phoenix Bypass.

Interesting fact: Matthew Schneider, the cop, was featured on the Cops TV show. I think this went to his head.
 
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With the political climate the way it is in the country, law enforcement agencies are having a difficult time hiring and retaining officers. As the candidate pool shrinks, so does the likelihood of getting the best people. 25 or 30 years ago you'd have 1000+ applicants for a handful of jobs. Now the agencies can't get enough applicants to meet the recruiting goals in some cities. Some departments report over 90% of applicants fail in the screening process alone.

When I separated from the AF in the 80s I applied to the Omaha police dept. I was ranked number 3 after all the testing and interviews. None of the top 10 applicants were hired. However, people as far down as the 800s on the list were hired. That was my first exposure to affirmative action. Turned out to be a blessing, though, because I got hired by a large department in Colorado and much preferred living there to Omaha.

When I started looking to be hired by a PD and leave the sheriff's dept it was extremely difficult to get hired (mid 90s). The competition was tough and departments were very selective in hiring...because they could be. I went thru the process with probably 10 different agencies and always got washed out. Sometimes up to 2000 people would apply for 4 or 5 openings. It's certainly not that way now. Ironically, I applied to the agency that had the reputation for being the hardest to get hired by. It was a very popular dept because the pay and benefits were the best in the state. For some reason I sailed thru the application process for lateral hires (experienced and certified officers) and got hired with 4 other guys. I was the one with the least amount of experience with 10 years. Go figure.

I sat on the hiring board at that dept twice after being hired. I couldn't believe some of the things that would disqualify some very good candidates...like experimenting with weed when they were in high school 20 years earlier, or a 10 year old traffic ticket.
 

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