Let's talk about Memphis, the feds, and Mr. Nichols....

[@puirYorick]

Gee. Maybe militarizing the police department *was* a stupid idea.

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

Yet another one of McConnell's plan for the Ruination of America.

[@LlyleHunter]

The worst idea!

[@anghusmorgenholz1060]

Imagine that. The numbers speak the truth. Using their own numbers from the fallen heroes website less than one percent of police are killed by violence in the line of duty. It needs to be over 3% to be a statistical reality. My profession is by far more dangerous. The service industry worker has a greater chance of death by violence at work than any cop. The percentage is over 5% and the jobs are infinitely more stressful. We are almost always in the top five police rarely ever break into the top ten.

[@puirYorick]

@@anghusmorgenholz1060 A friend who's a hotshot insurance actuary told me that farming, fisheries and forestry are nearly always the top three most dangerous occupations for both fatal and loss-of-limb incidents on a year-to-year basis.

[@anghusmorgenholz1060]

@@puirYorick yeah we aren't the most dangerous but we are more dangerous than being a cop. I thought underwater welding in the north Sea was the most dangerous. Oh well. I am now going to have to tag on my friend who stopped doing that work.

[@basecoat1966]

If cops did their jobs as they are supposed to, they'd be trusted and not hated. You don't have a song named "Fuck tha firemen." for a reason.

[@davidtee5367]

i imagine there are several adult movies with that title tho...

[@LlyleHunter]

Truth right there!

[@Lazy_Fish_Keeper]

​@@davidtee5367most kids will tell you adults can't be trusted, either. So your movie reference proves the point.

[@RevShifty]

There was a white European rapper (Swedish, maybe? I have a terrible memory) who actually wrote that exact song. Of course, it was using firefighters as a stand in for police and poking fun at how they're never charged, not actually knocking firefighters. But it was still made, and still pretty bad ass IMO.

[@typacsk]

@@RevShifty Vincent E.L. :) And yeah, it totally slaps, as the kids say.

[@LostCylon]

They should NOT be charged as a ''first offense''. This was the culmination of a wave of terror, and should be treated as such.

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

Exactly, this isn't their "First Offense", it's just the "First time they got caught"

[@DubhghlasMacDubhghlas]

@@bulkvanderhuge9006 funny how every other criminal more than likely didn't get caught on their first offense either. Should they be treated as such? I am not for a two-tier justice system.

[@terryhenderson424]

If it was a wave of terror (which i predjudicially think it was) then bring to trial the additional cases. And yes, I realize how difficult amd also risky this is.

[@juliemattison]

The fact that as police officers they were "in a position of public trust" should add to the severity of the sentencing. They aren't a teen caught shoplifting.@@DubhghlasMacDubhghlas

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

@@DubhghlasMacDubhghlas I think you better read my comment again, you obviously didn't understand a word of it.

[@krisfrederick5001]

I love when criminal cops actually get prosecuted instead of just paid vacations and transfers to other departments around the Nation. Hopefully this a sign of things to come for the U.S. Criminal Justice System. I won't name names. But it rhymes with Donald Trump.

[@jvcyt298]

I'm sure that this is just a drop in the bucket. For every one of these convictions, a dozen more go under the radar.

[@DarrinKemp-lr1cz]

Sorry, you're dreaming. This is who cops are.

[@terryhenderson424]

In the past 7 to 8 years, how things like this are handled deoe do upon whom is running the DOJ. And thier funding of course because the one way to create an ineffective government agency or department is to gut itspersonnel, then its equipment like a functioning phone line.

[@lindaroundtree5396]

Like priest 🙄

[@Frostbite08]

There was no hiding this one. They were caught on camera beating a man to death while he was handcuffed.

[@tednicklas3538]

Start going after police Pensions instead of TAXPAYERS...watch how fast police criminal activity STOPS..MONEY talks

[@kimthomas781]

🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

[@Alverant]

I like the idea, but Beau spoke about this before. You start going after pensions, cops are going to clam up about misconduct since now it's THEIR wallets that get opened at trial. Still, there should be a work-around so cops are encouraged to rat out the bad ones instead of protecting them.

[@Ashannon888]

@@Alverant I disagree with Beau on that one. You hit their pensions and tell them "If we catch you covering up we'll hit them even harder in addition to criminal charges." you start having cops turn in the bad cops ASAP.

[@tonylawson2222]

I don't think this solves enough. There is debate that this pressure would accomplish it's goals. Perhaps we Americans need to have a conversation about what jobs these people with badges are tasked with, and whether they shouldn't have fewer of them. My logic here is simple: if you train a man for active combat, he's going to react combative-ly in a high stress environment. If you train a different man to negotiate, make peace, and meditate, he is going to react to high stress situations by trying to manage the people. Either man would be very bad at the other man's job. Teaching either man both will make him worse at reacting how we want him to, and we may get inappropriate reactions. Basically, I'm suggesting to you that police are overworked and too much, too many different things are expected of them. That we want them to be both killers and therapists, and that is not how things work. There are obviously other problems with policing, I'm not even going to touch race, here, but do you think this is a conversation worth having?

[@realitycheck5902]

Criminal activity is worse when perpetrated by those entrusted to keep us safe, they act as though they're above the law/all too often they aren't held accountable.

[@daiakunin]

Having a badge is neither excuse nor justification for brutal murder. If anything they should be held to a higher standard because they are empowered to use force, and abusing that power is unacceptable.

[@nicklindsay3418]

Cops shouldnt be considered "first time offenders". They are to be held to a higher standard. Cops tell "bad people" that cameras are everywhere. Why dont they take their own advice

[@HammerStudioGames]

That's a marketing lie from the police unions. They are held to the lowest possible standard imaginable

[@jimfranklin2613]

You can't single out one group of people for special treatment under a law, one way or the other, regardless of who they are because it violates the "equal protection clause" of the Constitution.

[@joeb134]

Normally being a cop would help them but not so much in this case. It would normally be points in the positive for them on federal sentencing. That will not be the case this time. The abuse of power under color of law type charges will add points to federal guidelines

[@joeb134]

​@@jimfranklin2613Federal sentencing guidelines are different. They can single out groups of people. Federal sentencing guidelines work on a point system. You get good points for things like serving in the military, being in law enforcement, making good grades, having a good job, working in charity. You get bad points for things like being gang affiliated, prior arrest, in this case abuse of power. They may also say that they were acting as a gang.

[@rve420]

@@jimfranklin2613 "You can't single out one group of people for special treatment under a law" Then end qualified immunity.

[@Leonaza7]

I cannot even imagine the pain that man endured before he no longer could…. Animal’s!

[@denisemcdougal6445]

Agreed 😢

[@bobclarke2242]

😢 terribly inhumane

[@joeb134]

It was conscious shocking. Not even the most ardent back the blue type in Memphis tried to defend it.

[@bigdog5177]

BS. 100% body cams 100% of the time for all police officers with no pause or mute buttons. Police have a tough job, but they are not above the law and the do not have the right to turn the body cam on and off at will while doing their paid job. 100% on - all the time - reviewed and maintained by police/community board. State Police especially.

[@susanmorgan4003]

Absolutely!

[@VictoriaRodriguez-by3fs]

No reviewed by an outside the force agency of citizens. Cops cover for each other, so why trust them to review other cops actions??? That's a NO GO!

[@texasca9753]

Agreed about the body cams. These things are horrendous and should be prosecuted, absolutely. How can we stop it? I just don't know how we fix this problem. Personally, there is not enough money in the world to get me to be a cop. One mistake and you could shoot someone or cause someone else harm by not shooting or get killed yourself. One mistake. I would be too terrified of making a mistake to do the job. We need incredible people in these jobs, plenty of them, and we need to pay them what the job is worth. My city can't fill the vacancies they have no matter how they lower the bar. Putting the wrong people in these positions, just to have enough cops for the force to function is sooooooi dangerous. The whole system needs to be reformed from top to bottom. How is that going to happen? I can't help but think if we didn't have so many guns in the streets it might be just a little easier. We don't see able to get even that done.

[@Mythis1]

Beau, thanks for being honest about the limits of your knowledge. It seems like it shouldn’t be too hard of a thing for someone to say “I don’t know”, but in news media, that’s often not something people are willing to say.

[@bjdefilippo447]

I'll take this as a small step in the right direction. In a system like this, you have to celebrate the small wins to keep hope alive.

[@DennisMoore664]

I know Beau doesn't believe in long prison sentences - in this case I hope he might make an exception. They are violent and dangerous people who don't need to be in the world.

[@FarmerRiddick]

When one is allowed to exercise that much power to suspend another's constitutional rights or even life, the one with that power has to be held to higher standards and penalties. I do hope they get a real life sentence, if found guilty.

[@jollyjackass]

He’s been pretty clear in the past. He just doesn’t believe in long sentences for the majority of issues.

[@Arulane]

It’s not Beau doing the sentencing.

[@DennisMoore664]

@@Arulane ???

[@Arulane]

@@DennisMoore664 wondering why you think Beau should change his mind on sentence length. He’s not the one who will do the sentencing, nor will his opinion (or ours) matter to the judge who will do it. It just seemed an odd thing to say.

[@comfortablynumb9342]

More dirty cops should be held accountable. They're way too common.

[@TimJohnsonBizNet3]

One bad apple... If there are these many rogue officers doing these egregious crimes, the whole barrel is already spoiled - or at least the majority of it. That kind of behavior cannot exist fr long in a vacuum. Others knew and others do it, too.

[@IamDootsdoot]

I think people are forgetting that "first offense" means "first time being caught and put on trial". Maybe should have mentioned that, beau.

[@plantyfan]

It's not even first time being caught, it's first time being *charged*

[@chrisrubin6445]

Being a public employee, paid with tax money, should multiply criminal penalties when convicted.

[@slreneau2]

Yes!

[@DollyTheLlama]

I've said similar many times before. People in the public sector should be held to a higher standard. It doesn't matter if someone is a school teacher, a cop, or the accountant at city hall, they know better when they commit crimes because many of them use their jobs to further their criminal activity.

[@denisemcdougal6445]

Agreed

[@gregallen4272]

Add at least 5 or 10 years to the normal sentence for people in the law enforcement agency including judges

[@kykwiltz402]

I think that´s akin to not only violating the public trust, but also defrauding the public.

[@Leonaza7]

Give them life without parole.

[@chrisrubin6445]

As an American, I feel a primal sense of freedom every time a pig is indicted!

[@drusillawinters212]

Although those indicted are pigs, there are police officers who are trying to serve.

[@fonkenful]

@@drusillawinters212Yeah, the ACAB mantra is the work of a very lazy mind.

[@jollyjackass]

@@drusillawinters212they run on guilt by association for the masses. Seems fitting to apply the same practices with them til they police their own.

[@tomkelly00]

1312. Dirty is the rule rather than the exception

[@_Cloun]

@@drusillawinters212unfortunately in the case of systematic violence the bad apples spoil the whole bunch They are still complacent in the violence , and those Good Cops that don’t leave become so beaten down by their corrupt superiors and seniors for trying to change or hold them accountable That they become complacent It’s a systematic issue, there are bad cops and complacent cops- that’s It

[@vbachman6742]

The Police Chief is responsible for this. She had created these special unit teams in her previous position. She should have been fired immediately for her part in this travesty. She's part of it. The whole department should be on probation and supervised by an independent outside agency. This kind of thing has been going on throughout the South for many years and it needs to be rooted out.

[@tayloriginals999]

No matter what the sentence ends up being if they are indeed found guilty, it's nice to see that some police are being held accountable for their actions. They shouldn't have a pass and they should all be held to higher standards than normal folks because of the authority they are supposed to be responsible for.

[@VictoriaRodriguez-by3fs]

We ALL SAW Rodney King beat to a pulp back in 1991 LA. Cops were freed, the POS. Nothing has changed, except it's on cops video cameras. Nothing else!!

[@josekelly3565]

As a Memphis resident I appreciate you covering this story 💯👍

[@MGood-ij1hi]

After World War Two a German citizen who lived through it all was asked how could the population have let the Nazis go so far. His response was that while many didn't like the Nazis they weren't Jews or Communists so it didn't effect them directly so they stayed quiet. The same is true for police abuse in America. Had it been a young White man trying to get home to his mother when the officers beat him to death as he cried out for her, the White community wouldn't have tolerated it for a second. That's why White men aren't stopped and and abused. Normally, those Whites who don't approve of the abuse of minority people , will despair the "bad individual cops" while staying quiet about the culture that allows cops to think abusing minority people is okay because it always was in the past and it doesn't involve them, It doesn't effect them directly outside of their tax dollars used to pay off lawsuits that result from police abuse.

[@windwalker5765]

Is it really a first offense if they've been doing this stuff for years, and the powers that be simply allowed it to happen until now?

[@susanmorgan4003]

You're absolutely right!

[@AxlLeigh]

it's a first offense in the sense that they have not been previously convicted of anything

[@Jaquableu]

Begs the question. Would these cops be having the book throw at them (as they should) if they had been white?

[@VictoriaRodriguez-by3fs]

Google Rodney King for your answer.

[@shawnsimmons1308]

I live in Memphis and you just provided more information about the progress of that case than all the local news outlets here in Memphis. Makes me think that the MPD and the local news here have something worked out to suppress this story.

[@mo-po]

Such a horrible case. I hope they get what they deserve.

[@tombrown4683]

9th like today, should be mandatory minimum on those Deprivation of Civil Rights charges of 20 years, at least !

[@cherylalt101]

So right Sir Tom! Twenty at least.

[@shawnr771]

Good afternoon Tom. I saw something odd today. A little bit of liquid was falling from the sky. I forgot what it is called.

[@shawnr771]

​@@cherylalt101good afternoon.

[@tombrown4683]

@@cherylalt101 hi Cheryl hope you're doing well. Have a good evening.

[@tombrown4683]

@@shawnr771 hey Shawn, I can help. A whole bunch of thst stuff fell last night on my place. I wasn't home then so only heard the thunder. It's name is rain.

[@tompedigo9246]

Is failure to uphold oath of office included? Is that even something they can be charged with?

[@mattrobinson47]

If there isn’t an elevated variety of charges & punishment for people who serve under the public’s trust, there should be

[@YukonBloamie]

Following up on the Ta'Kiya Young shooting I found an interesting blurb in a Forbes article that said Columbus police had 4 officer shootings... during this summer alone. The department has 11 total officers and they have 4 shootings just during this summer. There are literally Goon Squads everywhere.

[@lindaroundtree5396]

MAGA running for all public offices. MAGA in police and military have always been there 💀

[@margaretyork3548]

You know they do have that deceased young lady on camera stealing However, she didn't kill or hurt anyone. Police could've just ran a wild card warrant and picked her up later

[@YukonBloamie]

​@@margaretyork3548 According to the Forbes article, and the precise reason I wanted a follow-up to the story, she had no stolen items and there were witnesses who said they saw her put the alcohol down. So in the span of 30 seconds, she was summarily executed by a mistaken accusation and the cops did everything right according to law enforcement standards. I wanted to know because the bigots and the blue lives matter crowd were dancing on her grave like justice was served.

[@Karebear9950]

Agree there has always been tension in the neighborhood because of the units downtown in Columbus

[@antiquegirl6505]

There are way more than 11 officers in Columbus. This is a suburban 'city' within a couple of miles of Columbus, with it's own police department.

[@denisemcdougal6445]

I pray all the people ( cops) are held accountable and jailed forever

[@swanronson173]

Howdy Beau and internet people!

[@BeautifulPilgrim]

🥉

[@tombrown4683]

Hello Swan !

[@tombrown4683]

​@@BeautifulPilgrimhowdy Pilgrim 👋 ! So glad to see you 🤗 !

[@swanronson173]

Thanks Pilgrim, I am proud to be second loser 😂 Good to see you Tom, I hope you are well this fine day 👍

[@LlyleHunter]

Howdy

[@Jedi_Vigilante]

Imagine if the U.S. Navy named their ships things like the U.S.S. Agonizer, or the U.S.S. Executioner. What kind of message would that send to the world about out international intentions? So why is it that civilian law enforcement thinks naming their teams things like Cobra Team, Scorpion Team, Crash, etc. is acceptable? I mean, how about Team Momma Bear? Bears can be vicious, but a Momma Bear's main goal is not to kill, not to punish, but to protect. So a name like that would mean we will protect people and we will use force to do it if necessary. It can even reflect a little self-humor if all the members are men, meaning they are secure enough in their manhood and sexuality to call themselves "Momma" Bears. Maybe it is a purely symbolic thing, but symbols have power. If you continually equate your identity to a violent, poisonous, venomous, dangerous creature who will kill for no other reason than it can, what does that do to your mentality?

[@bjdefilippo447]

Good point. Labels have significance.

[@Lazy_Fish_Keeper]

Thoughts generate words, and words become actions....

[@LlyleHunter]

That’s why the Navy is changing the names on many of its ships

[@onbearfeet]

This solution seems awfully cruel to bears.

[@susanmorgan4003]

Everything You Said!

[@BeautifulPilgrim]

Hi everyone

[@tombrown4683]

Hello 👋 ! Hope your day is working out pleasantly 🤞😀 !

[@LlyleHunter]

Hi there

[@cherylalt101]

Hello Gorgeous! Have a lovely evening!

[@bones007able]

These were not cops.... they were animals on a power trip...

[@VictoriaRodriguez-by3fs]

Semantics, they were cops!

[@mrosejac]

Thank for talking about this. It’s happens a lot. They were way too comfortable doing it.

[@brookechang4942]

Of course, if they're convicted, the fact that they're ex-cops is going to add a whole other dimension to whether and how they leave prison.

[@waynerichardson930]

Somehow the charts don't seem appropriate when the defendants were law enforcement at the time. Just because it is their "first" time does not excuse ignorance of the law for police.

[@Dave1507]

Especially not for police, they are supposed to know.

[@debraadams7164]

They weren't "ignorant" they were malicious.

[@WBS001]

Erm, the first time that hey were caught. This sort of thing doesn't just happen all of a sudden and without prior "build-up"

[@treeboar711]

There should be RICO charges for all involved, just like the Cop City protesters

[@thehellyousay]

Laying RICO charges against organised protesters is a travesty of justice. Organising the exercising of first amendment rights is not, was not, and never will be an organised criminal enterprise unless free speech is first outlawed, and even then the only organised criminal activity that could be involved would be the organising of the political effort to abridge the 1st amendment, and the passing of legislation criminalising speaking truth to power. Like Russia does ...

[@jeffp.9369]

you had me in the first half

[@kennethM]

@@jeffp.9369do you know about the protesters that are getting charged as domestic terrorist? And the nonprofit Being hit with RICO charges?

[@bobfg3130]

No, there shouldn't. Nice try. Get a law degree or shut up.

[@rudeboyjohn3483]

@@bobfg3130 my dude, you can't even properly construct a basic sentence with correctly applied grammar

[@edhindle9131]

I’m in total agreement with getting the bad cops off the streets and held accountable for their actions. There are too many great officers on departments across the country that don’t deserve to be included with this type aggressive behavior. I believe when you’re all sworn in you are agreeing to enforce the law but there’s nothing about handing out the punishment!!!

[@EriktheRed2023]

'Scorpion', 'Crash'... I don't suppose any of these groups are called 'Aid', or 'Shelter'. Or maybe those just don't tend to show up in the news.

[@LegateShepard]

"Weapons not food, not homes, not shoes"

[@05Matz]

I got that reference! @@LegateShepard ...and it's sadly relevant! I wish a time would come when the same old RATM songs didn't maintain just as much relevance.

[@njosborne6152]

It’s all too sad. I feel for the families that are now exposed.

[@sstuff5217]

We do such a disservice to officers, as individual people, by not having strict checks and balances in place to help prevent them from becoming power drunk monsters. As my first accounting teacher said on day one.... Checks and balances help keep honest people honest (nothing will keep dishonest people honest - you weed them out). I work with money. I've taken jobs where I had to insist on implementing more oversight because I simply don't want to be put in a position of temptation. Letting anyone just run amok is setting them up for failure.

[@kasperraskjensen1081]

I'd shave myself bald before I believe America is going to hold Police, Politicians or wealthy people accountable in any form, on any front.

[@brentlanyon4654]

It ain't so bad being bald! They say grass doesn't grow on a busy street. ;)

[@WBradleyRobbins]

You will have a few token cases, like this one, that can be held up for politicians to say "see we are doing something", when its really nothign at all against a system that is wholly corrupt and tyrannical.

[@anghusmorgenholz1060]

The record kind of speaks for itself. And I wish I could argue with you,but I can't. And that is the truly depressing thing.

[@RevShifty]

I don't believe it'll actually happen by any stretch. But that doesn't mean these charges and their sentences won't be a hell of a token for people who have problems with constant police violence. I don't believe anything will really change, but that doesn't mean these clowns specifically won't be hung out to dry just to give the momentary appearance of real change.

[@brentlanyon4654]

One counterpoint is that the quality and prevalence of video footage is increasing every day. Take a look at body cam footage from 2010 as compared to today: less than 15 years ago body cam was grainy and often distorted whereas today it is typically tack sharp. Same goes for civilians using their phones. This should lead to more accountability, it's not a silver bullet but does help. For example, the George Floyd incident would have been brushed under the rug as recently as 15 years ago. Instead, civilian videos showed the officers murdering a suspect for absolutely no good reason. Having said all that, I feel the frustration and have twice been on the pissed off side of bad cops doing illegal things...and I'm white.

[@angrypanda5042]

ALL cops need to be held accountable. There are many.

[@boondocksdragon8959]

This MUST be used as precedent to start going after these killer cops immediately, across the country! The police violence is happening everywhere, and this could potentially be a good first step in combating it. As always, sending Love & Light from Mississippi. Y'all stay safe and keep taking care of each other. ✌🏼💚

[@petejoachim6886]

We need a paradigm shift in this country as to what it means to "serve and protect the people" as a police officer. It has become a "us" vs "them" scenario way too often.

[@Ubotit_Unaymit]

Howdy

[@BeautifulPilgrim]

🥈

[@Ubotit_Unaymit]

​@@BeautifulPilgrim😊👍🏼✌🏼

[@tombrown4683]

​@@Ubotit_Unaymithello my fast friend 😂👋 !

[@LlyleHunter]

Howdy

[@westernncgirl101]

These former officers are going to get significant time in prison.

[@kimthomas781]

🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

[@susanmorgan4003]

They earned more time than most.

[@robertdavidtingstrom118]

I was wondering if you had heard about Coffee City, Texas and how they have a town of 249 people and a police department of 50. The Chief was a cop from Florida that was running away from a DWI warrant. He hired a bunch of cops who had been fired, and dishonorably discharged from other departments. They also had a warrant department that was 300 miles away in Houston! Crazy story!

[@denisecorzette1676]

✌️Beau

[@antiquesrestoration3874]

I hope they end up serving full life sentences in state prison, which is traditionally much harder time than federal.

[@laurajarrell6187]

Beau, thankyou for the update. 👍💝💙🥰✌

[@pamelaponiatowski3529]

If we find out nothing else, I want to know why. Why in Gods name would they treat another Black man like that. And I know, thin blue line and all that, but nothing, they felt nothing?

[@AwkballOddward]

Is there such thing as a republican with integrity, honor or dignity? Do they exist?

[@Skeloric]

Seems Romney had just enough of such to retire. Romney - in the excerpt I read - also points out just how devoid the other Republicans are and how such is why he is retiring.

[@lauriemedina706]

Adam kitzenger?(spelling?)

[@AwkballOddward]

@@Skeloric He's deserting a ship he's not wanted on. Nothing more

[@AwkballOddward]

@@lauriemedina706 The rat that jumped off the ship he wasn't wanted on?

[@ImaPseudonym-go6oy]

What they're looking at as far as time? How about "all of it?" Does "all of it" work?

[@debraadams7164]

I like the way you think!

[@BrianJohnson-du6pj]

They need to be buried under the jail!

[@AgiHammerthief]

„deprevation of rights under the color of law“ how can this be anything other than a „first offense“ ? I‘d expect anyone with any other „first offense“ to not be able to commit this. Looking at charts mumbling „first offense“ ist just ridiculous.

[@24-Card]

FBI investigated and NOTHING CHANGED! Same in Louisville and Phoenix.

[@docinparadise]

Today (for the first time) I put my cheaters on to watch all my favorite folks. And so I realized (for the first time) how many of the KZbinrs I watch use a filter to smooth their features. Their faces are blurred while the background is crisp. I’d like to compliment Beau on doing the opposite. His face is his face, while the background is slightly blurred, obviously because the camera is focusing on him. It’s perhaps a small thing, but it gives me a greater sense of “this guy is really honest and not faking anything”. It does make me a little worried about the others though. Maybe they’re just vain, but maybe they would obscure other things too.🤷🏼‍♀️ I personally would rather see the laugh lines than have a beauty filter. Nobody is ridiculous like Keri Lake, but come on. We’re all imperfect. Let it show.

[@dplj4428]

Whoever wins will claim the moral high ground. Whoever loses will continue to strike the gong.

[@kevinvegas1916]

👋🏻🌎

[@BeautifulPilgrim]

🥇

[@kevinvegas1916]

@@BeautifulPilgrim👋🏻

[@LlyleHunter]

✋🏼

[@cherylalt101]

@kevinvegas Hi Kev! Have a very good day/evening!

[@kevinvegas1916]

@@LlyleHunter 👋🏻

[@w0ody16]

Holy $#17 bad apples actually getting thrown away! 😮 finally. Now let's clean up the bunches and stop this pattern.

[@KarenHawes]

👍 Beau's videos 👍 and justice veing served, equally and regardless of profession.

[@suzibikerbabe8073]

They should never walk free again. Not one of them, it shouldn't matter if it's their first offense. They should never have the opportunity to do again what they did.

[@freda2758]

"Protect and Serve" How? Who?

[@Ravenscaller]

Where are police departments in general dealing with this "team" approach? This is an issue that's been going on for years and has only surfaced due to body cams. In case after case these crash or whatever teams evolve into a gang of thugs, a culture promotes violence which is either ignored or even rewarded by the higher authorities. So what now? Seems that it's time to end a system that seems to inherently evolve into sanctioned barbaric violence.

[@georgecurtis6463]

To me, take a life, get life. No ands, ifs or buts. Sadly our justice system tends to lay off of to many. First offenders should not apply to murder or cops. Higher standards and all that.

[@meridien52681]

These cops just drove around terrorizing citizens. Who made them judge, jury, and executioners?? Glad they're off the street and being punished!

[@rebeccacamacho-sobczak4282]

Could this be extended into the entire police dept.?

[@wakewakey]

10 years and a healthy fine for the federal charges, minimum, for depriving rights under colour of law if i recall the applicable US code correctly.

[@jonnsmusich]

I know it is a tougher legal proposition, BUT, shouldn't they be going after the command structure that enabled this behavior....?

[@VictoriaRodriguez-by3fs]

Command does not CONTROL what grown trained men ;officers do in the field. Humans/ trained adults make their own choices and decisions in all circumstances. If these cops were known to be rogue, and stuff was covered up or not delt with legally then. Otherwise yes.

[@jonnsmusich]

Nope. These are serving officers and there is not much difference between the police and the military. The command sets policy and ethos. The command that hires undisciplined thugs and then doesn't supervise their behavior is the command that should be held accountable. The officers, sure, they get jail time. But there is an oversight board to see to it that the senior officers are doing THEIR job. SUPERVISING and holding accountable their officers' conduct. The fish rots from the head down....

[@etiennesauve3386]

after reading a bit about scorpion and red dog, one would belive that the top established a culture of abuse and the last thing Beau was talking about become very relevent is you want to solve the problem

[@JenBigelow-lg2ix]

Wait & see yup. Life means life at the federal level. Definitely keeping an eye on this one.

[@cgjoe64]

Until America gets away from the idea of LAW ENFORCEMENT and more into the concept of policing, nothing will change. Policing is a totally different approach Please see Robert Peels principles of policing

[@johnsteiner3417]

"Willful violation of rights." Yeah, they're fucked. Topped off with murder in the 2nd, against cops, the case must've been airtight.

[@paullucas6019]

Are their Unions standing with them? Paying for/supplying lawyers??

[@badnewsBH]

The "charts" should be irrelevant here. Police and others who abuse such authority should receive the harshest sentences, as the price they pay for betraying the public trust.

[@dankolar6066]

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Juvenal

[@jimhewitt1273]

Just imagine the tens of thousands of cases that go unseen. This is an epidemic in our country, maybe not as severe as this, but a lot of presumed authority and citizens not understanding their rights. Always film the police.

[@tenofivelips]

Thanks for the update, Beau. ✌️🩷 & 📖

[@michaelbindner9883]

There is a cynical way of looking at this. Also, notice that the chain of command faced no consequences.

[@jeanine1410]

Thank you Beau and Crew, appreciate this update.

[@rhoward9302]

The KZbin closed captions are kinda wild: "Well howdy there, internet people, let's build a gun..."

[@JenBigelow-lg2ix]

Yes the transcript said that one time let's build a gun

[@SubtleMischief]

Thanks for a fantastic video! All hail the Algorithm!

[@getlostwhenwondering393]

Maybe they will take care of the Seattle police officer and his union leader next!

[@princeofdorne3415]

Those guys are goners , they are cooked! They thought there were special. They were be special when they are served up as a special in the prison dining hall!

[@OscarSommerbo]

Sounds like a similar tactic as a RICO case. Get the small fish to tell on the bigger fish.

[@dennisthemenace445]

question, IF the state get thru with their charges and they are convicted of, lets say 3 of the charges, doesn't that make life more likely?? in federal court. because it is not longer first offence!!

[@Mezza_Luca]

That's not how anything works lol

[@duaneharnes]

Seems to me that these cops should get a heavier sentence than the average Joe , given they weild great power and responsibility.

[@Maddiehere89]

Hey peeps!!!

[@sweett2185]

I am looking forward to some of them receiving life in prison. They were a GANG, not police officers.

[@VictoriaRodriguez-by3fs]

They were trained Cops, ! Rodney King knows that as well in was beat nearly to death by dirty, filthy, power hungry racist cop. Did not serve a day in prison. 1991. God's waiting for them.

[@fnregistration]

They're going to federal pound me in the ass prison!

[@jaynorris3722]

First offence my elbow. First time they got caught. Doing what they did, well it's been building up and building up. They just got braver and figurered they could get away with it.

[@herbertadams8433]

I cannot think of a single time where a police or military agency had a subset group with some forced acronym of a name where the members didnt end up getting arrested, fired, or shut down in dishonor/shame.

[@MrInuhanyou123]

This is not a isolated incident either

[@ExkupidsMom]

That is nauseating. Any LEO who is unwilling to stand up and denounce them loudly should be retlieved of their badges immediately. You can't say "a few bad apples" if the supposed "good" apples aren't pointing out where the barrel is rotten.

[@malcolmtudor8039]

Lies of omission are still lies.

[@ExkupidsMom]

@@malcolmtudor8039 especially in positions of public trust.

[@sandrat66]

Maybe. Some day. We can have trust with LEO who protect, and serve, without hateful hearts. In PHX PD we had good hearts on the force. I do pray we get to a point the trees are free of bad apples. That is a difficult job/career that requires more courage than I ever had. Bless those those who can do it with integrity.

[@shawnr771]

Thank you for the commentary.

[@davidrichardson4131]

Thank you for the update on Tennessee

[@plantyfan]

Cops who are charged with knowing and enforcing laws shouldn't get the same sentencing chart. They should be held to a stricter standard and it should be considered a second or third offense for the purposes of sentencing.