San Jose cops shoot their own racial sensitivity trainer in the testicles at protest. On purpose.

[DetlefK]

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/san-jose-cops-rupture-testicle-of-their-own-bias-trainer-in-violent-response-to-protests/

Derrick Sanderlin has for years trained San Jose police recruits how to avoid implicit bias against racial minorities, but the 27-year-old was shot in the groin by a rubber bullet fired by one of the department’s officers — causing his testicle to rupture, reported KGO-TV.

...

Sanderlin then headed over to City Hall, where he saw officers shooting rubber bullets at protesters — and he again intervened.

“I really just couldn’t watch it anymore,” Sanderlin said, “and just kind of made like a parallel walkover, put my hands up, and just stood in the line of the fire and asked them to please not do this.”

Video shows Sanderlin standing about 10 to 15 feet away from police with his hands raised, but officers shot him anyway with less-lethal bullets.

“I stepped into the line of fire, and a couple of cops said, ‘Move,’” Sanderlin recalled. “I said, with my hands up, ‘I can’t do that, please don’t do this.’ Another cop came up behind them, pointed directly at me, and said, ‘Move.’”

“He fired off a rubber bullet, and I realized he wasn’t aiming for my chest,” he added. “I was hit directly in the groin.”

[grumpyduck]

1. Whoooo-boy. This is going to get interesting.

[KS Toronado]

24. Hope there's plenty of video of this for the evening news to broadcast

[cab67]

43. I almost hope not.

Almost. I don't think I could watch such a video. But as evidence in a trial, it would be critical.

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. To coin a much used term: THUGS

Thugs in uniforms

[dalton99a]

3. Whose salaries and pensions are paid for by your taxes.

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. Yeah. Maddening, isn't it. Serve and Protect my ass. nt

[Kaiserguy]

21. Let me change this.

Serve and Protect their ass is more like it.

[Ferrets are Cool]

54. Nodding

[Laelth]

5. Not cool. k&r for visibility. n/t

-Laelth

[Coventina]

6. FTP & ACAB

[sweetloukillbot]

15. Do we really need to use that fascist for commentary

Morrissey is a garbage racist as well.

[SoonerPride]

28. Yes. This.

I used to love him but he has gone bonkers an all in for UKIP which is most distressing.

[sweetloukillbot]

29. I still hold onto the Smiths because Johnny Marr

I was always a bigger fan of his than Moz’s.

[SoonerPride]

32. Marr's cover of Depeche Mode was fantactic...

I won't take the thread off into a tangent other than to post this. In case you hadn't heard it.

[cayugafalls]

34. This diversion was worth it just for this...

That is the best cover I've heard in a while.

[Tipperary]

36. No kidding, thanks.

That poster seems fond of that and has used it frequently.

[chowder66]

48. Not so fun fact: Morrissey was supposed to adopt 3 rescue cats from me and

never showed at the agreed time. I waited all day, called a couple of times. Tried for a few more days.
He went back to England leaving me to start my search all over again.

While I soured on him over this and his views I found out later .... I can't dislike the music.

[uponit7771]

7. More of the "We don't have to give a fuck" culture in too many of America's PDs

[Jirel]

8. Oooooo boy.

The response to this is going to tell us a lot.

[lpbk2713]

9. That might leave a mark.

Damn I hate being shot in the groin.

[5X]

10. He didn't train them very well.

[DetlefK]

12. Obama didn't do a very good job at ending racism.

[DallasNE]

51. Beer Summit

When the black Cambridge professor used his shoulder to push open a sticky front door on his own home he got arrested for breaking and was booked. The icy beer summit Obama arranged between the professor and cop did not play well in the media. The uppity professor and black President needed to be knocked down a notch or two. And that was before things really got bad like they are today.

[leftyladyfrommo]

13. You can't train people who think like those guys.

No one is going to tell them how to think.

[TheFourthMind]

20. Agreed. They love what they are and they love what they do. No training will change that. nt

[Caliman73]

16. Are you sure you want to be on that side of this issue?

He didn't train them well? So, it was his fault that the police are still racially biased assholes?


You are sure you want to blame the victim of racial bias for not teaching the racially biased idiots to not be racially biased well enough?

[5X]

17. Who said I was on his side.

It was sarcasm. didn't think i would have to splain.

[BamaRefugee]

33. trust me, sarcasm ALWAYS has to be explained around here...

[Caliman73]

40. Sarcasm over text is difficult to accomplish.

That is why we have this ---->

The problem is that there are too many people even liberals who have the mentality of putting blame for abuse on the abused.


If it was sarcasm then cool. Just remember that people are upset, and not feeling too generous in their interpretations of things right now.

[BComplex]

11. THAT is an INTENTIONAL hate crime.

The dude that shot him should not only be fired, but Sanderlin should sue him individually.

[BComplex]

14. San Jose police Chief Eddie Garcia needs to be fired, NOW. He's taking up for the policeman

that shot Sanderlin.

[sop]

18. Call me crazy, but I'm beginning to detect a distinct hiring preference by police departments.

How could so many like-minded individuals end up as cops in so many police departments throughout the country? Gee, it's like they're creating these "first responders" in some secret government laboratory, or something. Surely it's not a concerted effort to create some sort of violent police state?

[KS Toronado]

23. Beginning to think the KKK has been taking over police departments

[Jamastiene]

41. The KKK have been part of the police since their inception.

Read about the Invisible Empire.

[lagomorph777]

19. To jail with those assholes. Now.

[dixiegrrrrl]

22. "has for years been training".....

I'd really like to know how many years he has been doing that. He's 27.

I'm wondering how a herd of older, experienced cops reacted to his training.
Hopefully he wasn't a Jared, but, still...

[LymphocyteLover]

25. OUCH!!!!!

God damn, these cops are out of control.

[csziggy]

26. A photo of Mr. Sanderlin a clue why the cop shot him

From the article linked in the OP:





ETA:

That officer didn't know the person he shot has connections or that he knows the San Jose police chief personally.

For three years, Derrick Sanderlin has helped train new police recruits about implicit bias and procedural justice. He wonders now if that work was in vain.
https://abc7news.com/san-jose-police-george-floyd-protest-bay-area-shot-by-during/6234212/

[VOX]

30. Peacekeeping while black.

Probably a cops’ biggest fantasy/easy target— to shoot or injure a “non-threatening” POC, especially one who’s trying to calm things down.

Outrageous.

[safeinOhio]

39. Trainer will be the one fired.

Cop will skate.

[csziggy]

42. I doubt he will want to go back to work with those cops

If the ones who targeted him were among those he trained, they had to recognize him and shot him anyway - in an area that is specified to NOT shoot with rubber bullets. I hope he can win a civil suit even if no criminal charges are filed.

[Harker]

31. Bad cops getting fired doesn't help

when they're hired on elsewhere.

There could be a national registry of the lawless ones, and federal laws prohibiting them being rehired away from their crime scenes.

Something for a Democratic congress to consider when Joe Biden is President.

Nice to use a capital 'P' for a change.

[cayugafalls]

35. What a wonderful person he is...

It seems like he is well liked in the department.

I hope it leads to change.

[Lulu KC]

37. What? Another bad apple? n/t

[RedSpartan]

38. That's a bold strategy,

let's see how it works out for them.

[Jim__]

44. Why were they shooting rubber bullets at the protesters?

Were the protests violent? Were the protesters attacking the police? What the cops are showing is that they are incapable of handling non-lethal weapons. The cop who shot at him should be arrested. Maybe if enough police are put in jail, this shit will stop.

[Victor_c3]

45. Rubber bullet to the groin, that's nothing

Nearly 16 years ago to the day, I was involved in a major firefight in a suburb of Baqubah, the community of Burhiz.

Friendly forces had set up a position in a three story building behind me while my platoon was maneuvering on and engaging enemy outside. A guy who was on the roof of the building behind me was firing a high powered 40 mm grenade launcher, pointed the barrel too low, fired a round, the round hit the waist-high concrete wall immediately in front of him, and ricocheted and hit him directly in the groin :eek:

Fortunately the round didn’t travel the minimum arming distance so it didn’t explode on him, but it was fired with enough force to shoot a toilet paper tube sized grenade 1/2 a mile or so.

I used my Bradley Fighting Vehicle I was in to evacuate the guy and he couldn’t even move out of the fetal position on the stretcher he was on. My guess, it hurt a lot.

I’ve got a war story for everything...

[ForgoTheConsequence]

50. A ruptured testicle and police shooting is something.

Your story has nothing to do with this story.

[IronLionZion]

46. Too violent criminals have badges and uniforms

The issue has been studied plenty. America knows what reforms are needed. We just need to pressure our elected officials to do it.

[ancianita]

47. Right there in the biggest city in the Silicon Valley. Damn.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

49. I hate the term less lethal

Because those devices can kill and deliberately harm hurt and maim people,they are weapons of domination.

[Hav]

52. I always hear that those rubber bullets weren't meant for direct impact hits

There are probably different types and I don't know whether those aholes weren't trained correctly or whether that is in line with their guidelines. Either way, they are going for max damage instead of just trying to disperse crowds. And shooting at someone's testicles deliberately from close range should leave no doubt how utterly inept these pigs are for this job.
I have no clue why they shouldn't get fired and charged. It's obvious that they are a danger to society and that they should get locked away.

[BootinUp]

53. Talk about a thankless job. Nt