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s0_Shy t1_je6dh1b wrote

Reply to comment by ICBanMI in Arkansas man missing since 2021 found hundreds of miles away in Texas by _katykakes

My point is most people around the world tend to live forever in their country. With the states it is common for people to not really leave their state either which is why it's not really that shocking. I've lived in 3 states and it's basically just the same thing with a different backdrop. People do move around with in the country though primarily do to economic reasons though.

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Xszit t1_je6cmjy wrote

Reply to 11 current and former East Cleveland police officers indicted after ‘appalling’ behavior caught on video, prosecutor says by AudibleNod

> Eleven current and former East Cleveland Police Department officers indicted earlier this month participated in “appalling” behavior and face charges including assault, dereliction of duty and interfering with civil rights, authorities in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, said after they released video showing several incidents. Seven are facing charges for the first time, while four others were indicted on new charges, authorities announced.

> Ten of the 11 officers pleaded not guilty to the charges at an arraignment March 28, according to court records. The arraignment for the 11th officer, who resigned from the department, was rescheduled for April 4, according to the court docket. The new indictments raise the number of former or current East Cleveland police officers who have been indicted in the past seven months to 16, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley said in early March.

> “Make no mistake, there has been a cancer growing in the East Cleveland Police Department,” O’Malley said. “We are doing our best to remove every tentacle of that cancer so that this department can rebuild and grow to put itself in a position to hire officers who enforce the law as well as follow the law.” O’Malley showed several videos of the 11 officers participating in behavior he called “appalling.” CNN has reached out to the Cuyahoga County prosecutor’s office for the original footage of the alleged incidents in question.

> The 11 new indictments stem from incidents between February 2020 and July 2022, authorities said. “In the next couple of weeks, we will be issuing a release detailing the 11 incidents with additional videos,” O’Malley said.

> East Cleveland’s recently appointed chief of police, Brian Gerhard, said the indictments will not prevent the department from functioning and protecting citizens. “I have cooperated fully with the county prosecutor’s office and will continue to do so,” Gerhard stated in a news release. “As I stated when appointed chief last October, I will move the department in a positive direction, I have very good personnel on my staff that will assist me rebuilding the agency.” CNN has reached out to the 11 current and former officers for comment.

> The Fraternal Order of Police / Ohio Labor Council, the largest law enforcement labor organization in the state, said in a statement Thursday the 11 officers “are entitled to due process like all citizens” and encouraged “everyone to reserve judgment until facts are known.”

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JcbAzPx t1_je6c5vi wrote

Reply to comment by AudibleNod in 11 current and former East Cleveland police officers indicted after ‘appalling’ behavior caught on video, prosecutor says by AudibleNod

> he defended the mob of largely white Trump supporters and white supremacists who stormed the U.S. Capitol, saying they are “entitled to voice their frustration.

This is especially interesting considering part of that "voiced frustration" was beating a cop with a thin blue line flag pole.

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Zerole00 t1_je6bk5g wrote

Reply to comment by weed_fart in Arkansas man missing since 2021 found hundreds of miles away in Texas by _katykakes

lmao seriously

>But the officer couldn't detain him because McCourt wasn't committing any crime. The family decided to drive down to Galveston to look for McCourt themselves. When they were taking a break from the search on the beach, that's when they spotted him.

If he wanted to reach out to them he could have.

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ICBanMI t1_je6bhvf wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Arkansas man missing since 2021 found hundreds of miles away in Texas by _katykakes

> The fact he was wearing a mask today shows he may not be that up-to-speed, when a vast minority of people wear masks today.

COVID is still out there, getting sick after not being sick for 2-3 years is worse than before, and the immune compromised people didn't just disappeared. Same time, having my sick days for actually things I need rather than getting sick twice a year on schedule from working in a lab where sick people touched everything. It's been a complete godsend.

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ICBanMI t1_je6anc0 wrote

Reply to comment by s0_Shy in Arkansas man missing since 2021 found hundreds of miles away in Texas by _katykakes

The short answer is because travel is not cheap but it's still relatively inexpensive.

The long answer is because those people who have never drove more 200 miles out where they were born tend to be the most, "This is how it's always been done and how it will continue to be done." They hate visible change and don't even want to attempt to make things better for themselves/others. Any change is always met with negatives even if they eventually benefit after the painful period.

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AudibleNod OP t1_je6afd9 wrote

Reply to comment by InflamedLiver in 11 current and former East Cleveland police officers indicted after ‘appalling’ behavior caught on video, prosecutor says by AudibleNod

I'll agree.

This is forward motion. Like with the Memphis case. Once the precedent gets set, there's going to be an expectation from the public that the police rightfully and swiftly get punished for committing crimes. And once we get convictions and serious jail time, the police unions are going to gut check their membership. Sadly, this is a slow process. There's around 18,000 police departments in the US. Each with their own little fiefdom and unique relationship with the DA's office/state.

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