“I think it is important that independent government agencies be put in charge of investigating misconduct so that police departments are no longer allowed to police themselves. There is a conflict of interest there which, I believe, allows police to excuse their own behavior.” ThinkingBelieveImportantGovernmentI BelieveInterestConflictBehaviorPoliceIndependentExcuseAgencyDepartmentInvestigatingConflict Of InterestPolice DepartmentMisconductGovernment Agencies Author:Bernie Sanders
“In 1995, Russia virtually gave Chechnya de facto statehood and independence even though, de jure, it didn't recognize Chechnya as an independent state. And I would like to emphasize strongly that Russia withdrew all of its troops, we moved the prosecutors, we moved all the police, dismantled all the courts, completely, 100 percent.” StatesPercentPoliceIndependentIndependenceCourtMovedRussiaTroopsProsecutorChechnya Author:Vladimir Putin
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.” HeartLittlesHomeFearRoomsPowerfulPoliceIndependentSoldierThrownPanicDictatorshipDictatorMiceForbiddenStirringUnspokenPedestalIndependent ThoughtBayonets Author:Winston Churchill
“What we need is a plan B ... independent of the Internet. [It] doesn't necessarily have to have the performance of the Internet, but the police department has to be able to call up the fire department.” NeedsInspirationAbleMotivationFirePlansInternetPerformancesPoliceIndependentDepartmentPlan BPolice DepartmentFire Department Author:Danny Hillis
“Extensive violations of human rights (torture, forced reduction of living standards for much of the population, police-sponsored death squads, destruction of representative institutions or of independent unions, etc.) are directly correlated with US government support. The linkage is not accidental; rather it is systematic. The reason is obvious enough. Client fascism often improves the business climate for American corporations, quite generally the guiding factor in foreign policy.” HumansReasonEnoughGovernmentSupportRightsPolicyStandardsDestructionPoliceIndependentInstitutionsUnionsClimateHuman RightsPopulationObviousFactorsCorporationsTortureEtcFascismForeign PolicyRepresentativesClientsViolationReductionSystematicSquadLinkagesViolation Of Human Rights Author:Noam Chomsky
“The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government.” GovernmentForcePoliceIndependentExecutivesPolice Force Author:P. Chidambaram
“Two successive commissioners in London police were fired by the mayor that came into office. That doesn't mean the police in London is not independent and does not exercise powers. Ultimately it is the political executive that has to answer.” MeanDoeTwoPoliticalAnswersExerciseOfficePoliceIndependentLondonExecutivesMayorsCommissioners Author:P. Chidambaram
“People that have a police car behind them pulling them over should put on their hazard lights and continue slowly driving to the nearest densely populated public place, such as a supermarket or shopping center. Pull over outside the busy entrance and start your video camera. Inform the police officer that you are video recording and very slowly give the requested documentation. Exercise your legal right to silence while the many independent witnesses video record the unexpected stop that rudely interrupts your day. If you are given a ticket, choose to go to court. It will give you time to obtain independent legal advice about the allegation.” PeopleTimeGivenSilenceAdviceCarPoliceIndependentCourtBusyPopulationDrivingVideoUnexpectedShoppingRightPullingRudeDayChoosePolice BrutalityPolicemenGivePolice OfficerPlaceStartDenseStopPolice CorruptionLegalPolice StatePublicManyAboutOutsideDocumentationBehindAllegationsLightsVeryPolicemanCameraContinueRecordCenterInformPullSlowlyObtainRecordingWhileTicketSupermarketWitnessesHazardMallEntranceExcercisePopulatedRequestedNearestRudelyAllegationInterruptsDensely Author:Steven Magee
“My message to the police is this: Treat me badly and I will place a 911 call requesting an independent supervisor to attend to take my complaint about you!” PoliceIndependentMessageCallTreat911ComplaintSupervisorBadlyRequesting Author:Steven Magee