the LAPD is having a town hall and getting fucking eviscerated
The automated YouTube captions are bad in places so here is a transcription of this incredible call.
[Video description: A Zoom call featuring a video grid of seven attendees, all of whom are members of the Los Angeles Police Commission. There is a timer in the upper left corner for callers keeping them to two minutes. The current caller is Jon Barr.]
LAPC President Eileen Decker, responding to the question âcan you hear me?â: Yes, we can.
Barr: Great. Uh, first things first: Chief Moore, youâve got to do a better job of pretending you care about this, man. Iâve been watching you roll your eyes and offer halfhearted smirks acting like a teenager whoâs falling asleep in detention. Are you not aware of the war crimes your departmentâs doing, or are you just that impatient to go do more of them? I see a lot of you, particularly Soboroff, only react when folks use profanity in their remarks. If you think curse words are bad, wait until you hear about these 600-plus murders your department has committed over the last seven years! As long as Mooreâs out here equating peaceful protestors with cops who murder black people, you all could pretend to be as angry about murder as the F-word, okay kids? I know youâre all having a rough day, what with everyone here telling you youâre bad at your jobs. Have you considered being good at your jobs? If not, you could find new jobs in retail or restaurants. I know how desperate Garcetti is to get Angelenos consuming again during a global pandemic. Where were the curfews then, by the way? Weird. Chief Moore is morally obligated to resign. Mikey, I know you said you didnât mean protestors are as much to blame for George Floydâs murder as his murderers â thatâs a lie! It is what you meant! And we all know it. Mikeyâs made it clear in his racist actions and empty platitudes that he doesnât care about the well-being of his constituents. He loves to tear gas them, blind them, force them indoors with curfews that are announced only a half-hour before they take effect, and racially profile as he does so! Donât think I didnât hear about how yesterday you sent out an alert in English saying curfew started at 5PM, and sent out an alert right after in Spanish saying it started at 6! Whatâs up with that, bud? All your cute Zoom background photos of the city wonât trick us into thinking you care about anyone but yourselves and whatâs in your pockets. To close with a James Cameron quote, âCops think of all non-cops as less than they are: stupid, weak, and evil. They dehumanize the people they are sworn to protect, and desensitize themselves in order to do that job.â Thatâs you pigs to a T. Black lives matter, act like it. Happy Tuesday.
were these fuckers even listening?
