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uppityperson's JournalCraig Cobb (oops, not white supremacist) invites pool cop Eric Casebolt to join his community
Not The Onion.
http://www.thefrisky.com/2015-06-15/mckinney-cop-invited-to-join-white-nationalist-utopia/
You may remember Cobb from when he attempted to set this up last year in Leith, North Dakotaparticularly the part where he went on TV and had his DNA tested on a talk show only to discover that he was not quite as purely white as he thought, and that in fact his genetic profile was 86 percent European and 14 percent sub-Saharan African. Whoops!
Still, Cobb has kept the dream alive. Although the residents of Leith chased him out, he has new plans to turn the town of Antler, North Dakota into an Aryan paradise with only white people allowed....
Woman who started pool fight placed on leave
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/10/1392082/-Woman-Involved-in-Starting-McKinney-Pool-Fight-Placed-on-Administrative-Leave-by-CoreLogic-IncWhile the primary focus of the incident in McKinney, TX has been calling for the termination of now resigned Corporal Eric Casebolt, Twitter launched an impromptu campaign to identify the two women confirmed to have made racist comments that led to the fight and the police being called in the first place. The video begins with an adult white woman and what appears to be a much younger African American girl locked in a fight, with each holding the others hair attempting to throw punches. A group of black teens initially act as observers but eventually try to separate the two. Another woman, now known as Tracey-Carver Allbritton, at first seems to be trying to break up the fight, but quickly decides to start throwing punches to the top of the younger girls head. After a few seconds the fight is broken up and both parties go their separate ways.
Eric Casebolt: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, including Racial Bias lawsuit (pool party cop)
http://heavy.com/news/2015/06/eric-casebolt-mckinney-texas-police-officer-cop-suspended-black-teens-pool-party-arrest-video-leave-investigation-photo-gun-background-name/(clip)
2. He Was Accused of Racial Bias & Pulling Down a Black Mans Pants in a Federal Lawsuit
Federal court documents show that Casebolt and other officers were sued in 2008 in federal court for racial profiling, harassment, failure to render aid and sexual assault. Albert E. Brown Jr. accused Casebolt of reaching into his private area and pulling his pants down below ankles during the traffic stop.
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Casebolt Is a Patrol Supervisor & Is a Vice President of the Local Police Union
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Eric Casebolt is an instructor trainee at Executive Self-defense and Fitness, LLC and has been a Police Officer since 2000. During his career in Law Enforcement, he has received in-depth training on impact weapon deployment and expandable baton, firearms, electronic control devices (ECDs), ground fighting, Positive Assertive Control Tactics-Dynamic Threat Response (PACT-DTR), handcuffing, joint locks and pressure point compliance, armed and un-armed self-defense. He has a strong working knowledge of human behavior, indicators of deception, criminal behavior, the development of situational awareness, and experience in the use of all levels of force. He is a certified Advanced Texas Police Officer, an Instructor in Police Vehicle Operations, a Field Training Officer, and a certified SWAT operator. He has trained in several different disciplines of martial arts, but now exclusively trains in Krav Maga combat arts, Arnis, and ground fighting.
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One of the links led to this youtube, which includes a clip at 1:35 from the girl thrown on the ground, knelt on.
http://heavy.com/news/2015/06/eric-casebolt-mckinney-cop-officer-was-sued-for-racial-bias-sexual-assault-harassment-albert-brown-arrest-pull-pants-down-federal-documents-dismissed/
Federal court documents show that David Eric Casebolt and other officers were sued in 2008 in federal court for racial profiling, harassment, failure to render aid and sexual assault.
The handwritten lawsuit was by Albert E. Brown Jr., who was being held in jail on pending charges related to the traffic stop at the time.
Brown accused Casebolt of reaching into his private area and pulling his pants down below ankles during the traffic stop....(lawsuit pdf at this link.
A Louisville Slugger is a baseball bat. Google it.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6777566Protesting unfairness and DU's moderating system
One thing the last couple days has shown me is how many here do not understand how DU's moderating system works.
Or how to protest what they see as unfairness, whether it is banning or not banning a poster, hiding or not hiding a post, locking or not locking a thread. There are ways to protest that help, and ways that just cause more problems.
Protest what you see as unfairness, whether is is a poster, a post, a lock, a hide. We need to continue to provide input into DU, but please, please, try to do it in a way that causes fewer issues, not create more.
Let me make it simple.
1) At the bottom of EVERY page on DU is a Contact link. That is the best way to contact Admin, or use Ask the Admin forum if you do not mind your questions/comments becoming public once they answer there. Posting in other forums will not get a message to them as they, like the rest of us, do not read everything here. Notice how little they post? Don't assume they would read anything except that which is sent directly to them.
2) DU no longer has Moderators named that. They do, however, have a moderating system.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=modsystem
DU Juries are made up of discussion forum members who have opted to allow themselves to be selected at random whenever a Jury is needed. Juries handle potential violations of Democratic Underground's Community Standards. For more information see the DU Juries section below.
Forum and Group Hosts are discussion forum members who volunteer to serve in a particular forum or group. Their role is to deal with posts which may violate a particular forum or group's Statement of Purpose. Forum hosts cannot serve for more than 90 days at a time. Group hosts may serve indefinitely. Members must meet certain criteria before they are permitted to serve as Hosts. For more information see the Forum and Group Hosts section below.
The Malicious Intruder Removal Team (MIR Team) is made up of discussion forum members who volunteer to serve. Their role is to keep the discussion forum clear of conservative trolls, spammers, and other undesireables. MIR Team members cannot serve for more than 90 days at a time. Members must meet certain criteria before they are permitted to serve on the MIR Team. For more information see the Malicious Intruder Removal Team section below.
The DU Administrators oversee the operation of the website. They enforce the website Terms of Service, occasionally review decisions made by the MIR Team or Forum Hosts, and deal with long-term members who cause problems. There are three Administrators and they can be contacted here.
There are links within that that lead to more explanations if you so chose to learn about them. Please take time to look through at least this basic information as the more we learn about how this site works, the better for us all.
Thank you.
Question submitted by uppityperson
How to notify MIRT about a potential MI, troll
If you see a troll, a MI, or serve on a jury and think MIRT should get notice you have a couple options to let them know.
1. If a post is hidden by 4/3 or more of a jury and the poster has under 100 posts, MIRT will get notice. If a post is not hidden, they will not. If the vote is Leave, MIRT will NOT get notice.
Simply writing in the comments things like this and leaving will not necessarily get notice to MIRT unless enough others vote to hide or someone sends a team member a pm.
"If it's a troll leaving then the troll will be dealt with by MIRT."
2. Send a MIR team member a message. There is always a link to the current team in Announcements forum.
Thank you.
ETA, MIRT takes care of those under 100 posts so for those worried about trying to get rid of long term DUers, that is up to Admin.
Persuade me why Martin should the democratic candidate without
posting negatives about anyone else. I would like to know why I should support him, without using drawbacks or flaws of any other candidate.
Why should I support him?
This request was inspired by another thread. http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026743902
Thank you in advance.
Persuade me why Bernie should the democratic candidate without
posting negatives about anyone else. I would like to know why I should support him, without using drawbacks or flaws of any other candidate.
Why should I support him?
This request was inspired by another thread. http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026743902
Thank you in advance.
Persuade me why Hillary should the democratic candidate without
posting negatives about anyone else. I would like to know why I should support her, without using drawbacks or flaws of any other candidate.
Why should I support her?
This request was inspired by another thread. http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026743902
Thank you in advance.
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