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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPhoenix Cops Bash Muslims, Call Black People Thugs in Shocking Facebook Posts
"CONGRATULATIONS GEORGE ZIMMERMAN!!! Thank you for cleaning up our community one thug at a time," wrote Phoenix police officer Joshua Ankert on July 14, 2013, the day after Zimmerman was acquitted of murder for shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Salary data available on the city's open data portal shows Ankert made $72,425 for his work with the Phoenix Police Department last year.
Ankert's post is one of hundreds of shocking social media posts made by Phoenix police officers dug up by the Plain View Project, a database launched over the weekend and created by a team of Philadelphia attorneys in an effort to catalog bigotry and racism among police officers nationwide.
The database includes 282 posts from current and former Phoenix police officers. Taken together, the posts reveal a chilling culture of intolerance and prejudice among Phoenix police officers, who frequently referred to black people as "thugs," called for violence against protesters, denounced Muslims as rapists, and joked about refusing to help citizens who criticized the police.
https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-cops-bash-muslims-immigrants-and-black-people-online-11306928
Chin music
(23,002 posts)Says it all.
Nuggets
(525 posts)and underpaid mantras.
my hometown, population 165,000.
2019 Police Officer Salary Information
Top pay is typically attained within 3.5 years of employment (2.5 to 3 years for lateral pay program and POST certified hires)
Non-POST Certified Entry Level - $66,480
Post Certified Officers - $77,109
Lateral Officer Pay Program - $82,463
Top level - $90,480
POST certified (or serving in another state and eligible for Colorado POST certification) are also eligible for a onetime 40 hour award time (time off) bank in addition to the existing vacation and holiday time benefits.
Non-POST certified applicants are eligible for a onetime 20 hour award time (time off) bank in addition to the existing vacation and holiday time benefits upon hire.
80 hours of Holiday time each year
If you work on a holiday you can be paid 2 1/2 times your normal pay
You can earn up to 60 hours of award time a year through fitness testing and not utilizing sick days
Entry Level Officer earn 15 vacation days a year
Money Purchase Plan (401k) employee contribution of 8.5% with City contribution of 10%, fully vested after 3 years
Deferred Compensation Plan(457) with matching funds up to 3%
Retirement Health Care Savings Plan
One to one take home car program
Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision coverage for family
Life Insurance/ Optional family coverage
Uniforms and cleaning provided
All equipment provided, including firearm.
Tuition reimbursement of up to $1500 a year for college courses at accredited schools
Chin music
(23,002 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Fuck these "investigations." It's right there on his facebook page. How about some proper vetting next time?
RockRaven
(14,784 posts)and let's be clear about this, this article/post starts with the anecdote of one post by one person, but this is very, very widespread -- hundreds upon hundreds of similar posts by many different officers. Just from the one city/department.
It's not a bad apple. It is the barrel.
Chin music
(23,002 posts)Same mentality, but now, Americans become the enemy.
Most military when I was in were nicer than bad cops but I also feel the drug war has played a role in why Americans are treated as the enemy. Your post reminded me of this speech.
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