The US is cooked, if city police keep aligning WITH the fascists; this guy obviously will not side with the people if given a choice. If he’s OK with ICE wearing masks then he obviously isn’t going to be willing to arrest them for any valid reason.
Mayors need to start forcing their chiefs of police to sign documents explicitly resolving to protect the people of their city over and above ICE staff or any masked federal force, or fire them if they refuse. Make them take a side and replace them if their side is not on the citizens of their city.
No one would ever accuse the LAPD of being on the side of the people. This stance is totally in line with their past history. I don’t know if the city can force them to comply or even if they would if they could.
Considering the LAPD is by many considered a gang in itself, and it’s been proven that within its ranks there are various “police gangs” with matching tattoos and the whole shebang, I have little faith in them being on our side. In case anyone forgets, the TV show The Shield was based on the infamous Rampart division of the LAPD. Or remember who beat Rodney King. Or fucked up the OJ case trying to frame him(when he probably would have been convicted if they hadn’t fucked it up). I only hear of the NYPD getting as much hate as them.
I think you’re confusing the LAPD and LASD, the latter of which is rife with gangs. If the LAPD has gangs, it doesn’t compare with the LASD.
They still suck either way.
It’s actually both, but I do believe the lasd is notably worse if possible.
