Foreign Policing News

https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-health-coronavirus-pandemic-business-technology-e4266250f7e2d691d4d664735c2c6bc0 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. have used facial recognition technology to solve homicides and bust human traffickers, but concern about its accuracy and the growing pervasiveness of video surveillance is leading some state lawmakers to hit the pause button.

https://www.thewashingtongazette.com/2021/04/data-driven-2-california-dragnetnew.html

Black girl shot dead by Police minutes before Derek Chauvin verdicts are read https://news.sky.com/story/black-girl-shot-dead-by-police-minutes-before-derek-chauvin-verdicts-are-read-12282201 That’s the Headline, which is very click-bait. Followed by the line (smaller text): ”Footage reportedly shows an officer shooting the teenager as she attempts to stab two people with a knife” And the media insist they aren’t bias, selling stories by stirring the pot and playing dangerous games. The entire article is, yet again, slanted negatively towards Police - despite the fact the person had a knife and was stabbing people. What would the reporters of suc…

New dashcam footage shows the shocking moment a gunman with an AK-47 walked up to a patrol car and opened fire on the cops after a high speed chase. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9480745/Shocking-moment-suspect-28-shoots-Georgia-police-officers-AK-47.html

This is the moment a violent drug dealer jumped out of his truck and shot a father-of-three cop dead during a routine traffic stop before dying in a hail of bullets after a 40-mile chase. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9458851/Shocking-moment-drug-dealer-39-jumps-truck-shoots-dead-New-Mexico-cop.html

Minneapolis descended into chaos as protests erupted and looting broke out on Sunday night after police in a suburb killed a black man during a traffic https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9460619/Police-fire-tear-gas-protesters-officer-fatally-shoots-man-near-Minneapolis.html

Of course the contrast between Bristol here and Burma over there is vast. There, a bullet in the head, here arrest, court and decent treatment for breaking the law. Poor people. https://apnews.com/article/aung-san-suu-kyi-min-aung-hlaing-myanmar-5bd5fd1e20adc5c5e16a0bb2a3db3102 (I've put this in foreign policing news as the Security Forces are heavily implicated).

Police have smashed an international sex gang who forced Romanian women to become prostitutes in Britain. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9385537/Police-smash-sex-gang-coerced-17-Romanian-women-one-girl-prostitutes-UK.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/election-us-2020-55558355 The stark difference in police response to last summer's protests of racial injustice compared to the mob attempting a coup at the US Capitol today leaves me sick and despondant. A truly sad day ...

Fascinating time for them over there.

Capitol Police officer who was on duty during the riot has died by suicide, his family says https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/liebengood-capitol-police-death/2021/01/10/3a495b84-5357-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html This is the second law officer dead since the mob attack last week. RIP.

BBC Suspect also dead.

A MAYOR was abducted and executed by gangsters - just months after she allegedly instructed police officers to kidnap people. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13192212/mexican-mayor-cops-kidnap-executed-gangsters/

Dismembered bodies of two boys, 12 & 14, found on cart being pushed by ‘killer’ after remains fell out in front of cops https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13108521/dismembered-bodies-boys-12-14-cart-pushed-killer-cops/