Guest Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Officers from the US police force responsible for the killing of George Floyd received training in restraint techniques and anti-terror tactics from Israeli law-enforcement officers. In recent years, Georgia has experienced troubling trends in fatal police shootings. These incidents nearly doubled in the state, up 77 percent between 2017 to 2018. By May 2018, Georgia was already reportedly experiencing a more rapid rise in officer-involved shootings than the rest of the country. Georgia continues to pursue a “police exchange” program with the state of Israel. Open records requests have forced program leaders to reveal some of its content topics, including border policing, community policing, and urban policing. Law enforcement from other U.S. states have also participated in the program. Dawn O’Neal of Us Protecting Us, formerly Black Lives Matter Atlanta, said in an email, “as long as police are sent into war zones to train, there will continue to be Tamir Rices and Trayvon Martins. There will continue to be Kathryn Johnstons”. The initial petition, created by a coalition of ten Durham organizations states that “the Israeli Defense Forces and the Israel Police have a long history of violence and harm against Palestinian people and Jews of color.” Source: https://theintercept.com/2017/09/15/police-israel-cops-training-adl-human-rights-abuses-dc-washington/ - https://progressive.org/dispatches/us-police-trained-by-israel-communities-of-color-paying-price-shahshahani-cohen-191007/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsemanche 97,796 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Are we really surprised? And it's not like cops trained elsewhere are any better. Cops are cops and they're all b*stards. Soft, soothing, and succulent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace 1,588 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I mean no surprise, the cops who killed and murdered Iranian people whenever people start to riot and demand their rights are trained and also from Arab countries of Iran's friend like Lebanon, Iraq and ... politicians need to be eradicated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlepotter 76,610 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 wow! chaeri pls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsleepOnTheCeiling 6,939 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Kinda looks and reads like a tabloid though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KORG 4,756 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Useless. Everyone knows you get cop training in Guantanamo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysLoveGaga 4,297 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I'm not sure how accurate this is because I haven't seen this anywhere else. But, Israeli police have to deal with different circumstances than those in the US. It makes no sense that US cops are trained over there. Cops in the US should be trained with US laws and society in mind. Also, they should not be trained by other cops, rather independent trainers not related to cops at all. Then again, training seems to do little, if anything at all. There has to be systematic change in police forces. We should be careful though to not make this an Israel conversation. Those tend to turn very opinionated and borderline hateful (of many groups, not just Jewish people). So, let's just keep this focused on US cops. The really fantastic thing about kindness is that it's free -Lady Gaga Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BABYL0N 3,192 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Israeli cops shot an unarmed autistic Palestinian just days ago https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/01/palestinian-lives-matter-israeli-police-killing-of-autistic-man-draws-us-comparison Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 8 minutes ago, justhislife said: Kinda looks and reads like a tabloid though... https://theintercept.com/2017/09/15/police-israel-cops-training-adl-human-rights-abuses-dc-washington/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsleepOnTheCeiling 6,939 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 1 minute ago, Faysalaaa said: https://theintercept.com/2017/09/15/police-israel-cops-training-adl-human-rights-abuses-dc-washington/ Also kind of reads like a tabloid, but I appreciate them posting receipts and showing some legitimacy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumzy3000 7,898 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Why are cops from Georgia being trained in Israel? That is very random and strange... Like why would they even do a police exchange with Israel of all places. The US and Israel both have very different scenarios in terms of their policing and security trolly troll troll Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emvee 8,825 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 4 minutes ago, justhislife said: Also kind of reads like a tabloid, but I appreciate them posting receipts and showing some legitimacy. The intercept is NOT a tabloid lmao Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 6 minutes ago, gumzy3000 said: Why are cops from Georgia being trained in Israel? That is very random and strange... Like why would they even do a police exchange with Israel of all places. The US and Israel both have very different scenarios in terms of their policing and security Exactly! Regardless of peoples opinion of Israel, local cops should not be sent to war zones and trained by a military thats currently at war. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysLoveGaga 4,297 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 12 minutes ago, gumzy3000 said: Why are cops from Georgia being trained in Israel? That is very random and strange... Like why would they even do a police exchange with Israel of all places. The US and Israel both have very different scenarios in terms of their policing and security Yeah exactly. Israel is in a completely different situation because of threats in their country. As the U.S. does not face the same things as Israel, we should not need the extreme measures used there. But, I doubt the exact validity of this accusation. The really fantastic thing about kindness is that it's free -Lady Gaga Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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