Qasim Rashid, Esq.

After DOJ concluded Phoenix police systemically violate civil rights, 56% of Phoenix cops say they’re thinking about quitting unless city fights DOJ oversight

Like they tell people subject to stop & frisk, “If you got nothin to hide, you got nothin to worry about.”

Outrageous that law enforcement doesn’t want to be subject to law enforcement. We need reform ASAP.
https://www.kjzz.org/news/2024-07-04/phoenix-police-union-56-of-officers-thinking-about-quitting-unless-city-fights-doj-oversight

Phoenix police union: 56% of officers thinking about quitting unless city fights DOJ oversight

The Phoenix Law Enforcement Association is the largest union of rank and file police officers employed by the city. The group is warning that more than half of its officers are thinking about quitting within six months unless city leaders fight oversight from the U.S. Justice Department.

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Show threadNicole ParsonsJul 13, 2024

@QasimRashid

California saw its cops retire to Idaho.
https://www.salon.com/2012/06/18/still_running_from_rodney_king/

Apparently, folks are supposed to take their beatings by cop quietly & without complaint.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2023-12-29/complain-oh-the-suffering-of-ex-california-cops-in-idaho

Still running from Rodney King

Salon.com
Show threadPeteJul 13, 2024
@Npars01 @QasimRashid Broad over-generalization here, but so much documented behavior (god knows what ISN’T documented) leads me to paraphrase LE as “State-Sanctioned Criminal Street Gangs”. I wish this was hyperbole.
Show threadIvey Janette McClellandJul 13, 2024
@QasimRashid They'll just go to a different police department.
Show threadMylesRydenJul 13, 2024

@QasimRashid

Do you think that 56% of the force is all the bad/racist cops they have or are there a few who wouldn't quit and wait to be fired?

Show threadLuna chanJul 13, 2024
@QasimRashid Probably the ones they need to have quit before they cause more lawsuits.
Show threadMNekoJul 13, 2024
@QasimRashid Laws are only for the little people. The Supreme Court said so!
Show threadMaybeMyMonkeysJul 13, 2024
@QasimRashid their reputation precedes them
Show threadDervishpiJul 13, 2024
@QasimRashid I don't think you can convince the unions to encourage people who want to follow and enforce the actual laws instead of those who just like the power?
Show threadslotrakJul 13, 2024
@QasimRashid Good riddance.
Show threadslotrakJul 13, 2024
@QasimRashid If they have nothing to hide, why would they care about DOJ supervision?
Show threadCandyKJul 13, 2024

@QasimRashid Quitting would be best.

Let's see the walkouts . 

Show threadLot⁴⁹Jul 13, 2024
@QasimRashid 55% thinking about quitting every day, just like everybody else who has a job.
Show threadCurmudgeonJul 13, 2024
@QasimRashid If they aren't doing anything wrong, they shouldn't mind oversight.
Show threadKevin Karhan Jul 14, 2024

@QasimRashid The #LackOfAccountability & #LavkOfConsequences are a big problem.

  • Nations with (real!) high trust into #Police and low rates of #PoliceViolence (by independent sources!) earned that by having independent investigations into misconduct reports.

After all, this may even absolve someone falsefully accused...

Show threadC.Suthorn Jul 14, 2024

@QasimRashid

Grundsätzlich eine gute Sache, wenn alle korrupten Polizisten von sich aus kündigen. Es muss nur darauf geachtet werden, dass sie dann keine andere gefährliche Arbeit annehmen.