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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jun-2020 17:51:00 EDT LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} 2006: Black officer intervenes when White officer had suspect in chokehold. She was fired. Now the #Buffalo city council wants the NY Attorney General to investigate. https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/16/us/buffalo-police-officer-fired-chokehold-objection-trnd/index.html [www cnn com]
If “duty to intervene” becomes enforceable law and we can break the “thin blue line” code of silence, a lot of abusive cops will be blocked, reported, fired, and prosecuted.- Douglas A. Whitfield likes this.