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Reflexive lying is an integral part of US police systems.
Watch this: https://twitter.com/andyratto/status/1276575734413381633
Watch this: https://twitter.com/andyratto/status/1276575734413381633
What @andyratto caught on video is just a tiny tip of a massive cultural addiction to lying that has existed throughout every police department in this country for decades.
To my more moderate followers, pull up a chair while I tell you a little story.
To my more moderate followers, pull up a chair while I tell you a little story.
When I was 14, I was sick and home alone one day.
Banging on our front door woke me up. I asked who it was. They claimed they were police. I cracked the door and asked for ID, they shoved the door open and forced their way in.
Two men. Plain clothes. No ID.
Banging on our front door woke me up. I asked who it was. They claimed they were police. I cracked the door and asked for ID, they shoved the door open and forced their way in.
Two men. Plain clothes. No ID.
I donât remember everything that happened very clearly because I think I must have dissociated in fear.
I do remember they kept asking me to prove I lived there. To which I could only sputter, âItâs my home. Thatâs my bedroom. Those are my clothes.â
I was crying.
I do remember they kept asking me to prove I lived there. To which I could only sputter, âItâs my home. Thatâs my bedroom. Those are my clothes.â
I was crying.
They went throughout our apartment and must have satisfied themselves that whatever it whomever they were looking for wasnât there.
Because they left.
Never showed ID. No warrant. Didnât leave cards.
Because they left.
Never showed ID. No warrant. Didnât leave cards.
When my mother got home from work, I was still visibly traumatized. She got me to tell her what happened.
She consulted an attorney who contacted the department. The two men were detectives. They reportedly denied everything, said theyâd shown me ID and Iâd invited them in, etc.
She consulted an attorney who contacted the department. The two men were detectives. They reportedly denied everything, said theyâd shown me ID and Iâd invited them in, etc.
In order to file a complaint, we apparently had to go downtown in person.
My mother and I went. We had to meet with one of the upper level officers to file the complaint.
(So we had to go to their turf to file a complaint about their behavior.)
My mother and I went. We had to meet with one of the upper level officers to file the complaint.
(So we had to go to their turf to file a complaint about their behavior.)
Whoever we spoke to was VERY high level. He was so, so sorry I had been frightened, etc.âand he tried to talk us out of filing the complaint.
He said neither officer had ever had complaints filed before. He said one was about up retire and this would endanger his pension.
He said neither officer had ever had complaints filed before. He said one was about up retire and this would endanger his pension.
He told us about the two detectives families and how one had a daughter my age. He stressed what good men they were and how much this complaint would cause them pain. Etc.
We filed the complaint anyway, but Iâll admit I felt bad for doing so.
Until...
We filed the complaint anyway, but Iâll admit I felt bad for doing so.
Until...
Our lawyer called us days later and had done some digging.
Everything that upper level officer had said about these two detectives? Everything was lies. All of it.
Both had previous complaints. One wasnât about to retire. Neither had a daughter my age. Etc.
ALL OF IT WAS LIES.
Everything that upper level officer had said about these two detectives? Everything was lies. All of it.
Both had previous complaints. One wasnât about to retire. Neither had a daughter my age. Etc.
ALL OF IT WAS LIES.
This was 42 years ago.
Theyâve been lying ever since.
And this was how they treated a middle class white family.
Imagine how they treat others.
NEVER believe police. Assume theyâre lying.
And NEVER speak to police without a lawyer. Never.
Their lies are part of the system.
Theyâve been lying ever since.
And this was how they treated a middle class white family.
Imagine how they treat others.
NEVER believe police. Assume theyâre lying.
And NEVER speak to police without a lawyer. Never.
Their lies are part of the system.
