[ExI] Jimmy 'the Greek' Snyder

[SR Ballard]

When people say “no police” they mean that the police force and prison system as they currently exist should be completely and totally dismantled and a new thing created in their place.

Why?

Police Shooting/Killing/Maiming the Disabled/Mentally ill and/or their caregivers: 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Charles_Kinsey
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_James_Boyd
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Jeremy_McDole
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3377699/amp/Teen-left-bloodied-bruised-cop-sicced-K-9-dog-mother-called-911-fears-son-suicidal.html

Police shooting people for being near/in cars:
https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/31/us/florida-police-shooting/index.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Philando_Castile

Police suffocating/choking people to death:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Eric_Garner
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Jonny_Gammage
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_George_Floyd

Airsoft Deaths: 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Andy_Lopez
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Tamir_Rice

No-knock Warrants:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Breonna_Taylor
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Duncan_Lemp (hey, he was in a militia!)

Suspicious deaths in police custody:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Sandra_Bland

Shot/killed while protesting, or being near protests:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Sean_Monterrosa
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_David_McAtee

Mistaken Identify:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Alton_Sterling

Officers joke about murdering people:
https://www.newsweek.com/sean-reed-justice-indianapolis-police-shooting-facebook-1502502

Cops shooting dogs:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/qz.com/870601/police-killing-dogs-is-an-epidemic-according-to-the-justice-department/amp/

Police officers committing domestic violence:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/380329/

The fact that “SWATTING” exists:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting
https://web.archive.org/web/20150216193032/http://newsok.com/court-document-reveals-more-about-sentinel-ok-bomb-threat/article/5386857
https://web.archive.org/web/20180709154458/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kansas-swatting/california-man-two-others-indicted-in-fatal-kansas-swatting-case-idUSKCN1IP065
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/fortnite-world-champion-swatted-while-streaming-on-twitch/

Cops are “scared” at work but there are plenty of other more deadly occupations:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/1002500001
https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/cwc/work-related-homicides-the-facts.pdf

Bullshit police calls: 
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2020/05/27/stop-calling-the-police-on-black-people/amp/

Cavity Searches: 
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.azcentral.com/amp/1873153001 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/us/tampon-san-antonio.amp.html
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/06/michigan-lawsuit-officer-daniel-mack-illegal-body-cavity-search.amp

Civil Forfeiture:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United_States

Planting evidence: 
https://www.themarshallproject.org/records/4692-cops-planting-evidence

Sexual misconduct:
https://www.aclu.org/blog/womens-rights/women-and-criminal-justice/nypd-police-officers-union-wants-keep-sexual

And all of that compounded by police “unions” and the “blue code of silence”.

Anecdotally I have:
- had police show up to my home when I (3) “play dialed” 911 on a phone I thought wasn’t plugged in and my entire family had to go into the lawn, in front of our neighbors, in our underwear
- had a police officer pull a hard u-turn in front of me, blocking the road, and accusing me (12) of being a runaway
- had a police officer pull a hard u-turn across 4 lanes of traffic to accuse me (14) of being a prostitute when my bus was late
- had a police officer threaten to commit me (17) for a letter I wrote to a friend; when he said I could leave I fled, crying, and was later detained by him and threatened with arrest for slamming a door
- had a police officer blame me (18) for my own rape, and belittled for my father threatening to kill me; despite that, they felt the need to handcuff my parents and threaten to shoot them
- was handcuffed when I (19) told my councilor I was suicidal
- had the cops called on me (23) for knocking on doors to find my lost dog
- had cops jump my fence, enter my home without knocking through my back door, and draw their guns on me because I (24) was taking a nap with the AC off and the back door open
- had cops pull me (25) over on suspicion of drug use when I was learning how to drive

And you know when I did NOT call the police? Oh wait, I have never called the police. (Unless you count that “call” when I was like 4.)

I have been raped (filed a report), threatened to be killed (filed a report) and had a gun brandished and pointed at me (Trump had just been elected and I was “too white”, I did not file a report, I just moved). 

In maybe 99% of cases, calling police makes any situation worse. So maybe just... don’t. There’s no need to arrest or accost people for minor violations, or shoot people for having loud parties. Just fine them and be done with it. 
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