{"id":14232,"date":"2014-11-30T00:23:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T08:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=14232"},"modified":"2014-11-30T00:23:32","modified_gmt":"2014-11-30T08:23:32","slug":"open-thread11302014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/30\/open-thread11302014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–11\/30\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 25.  This is the only article, because today is a dead news day and a lazy day for a TomCat.  Tomorrow is a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.  My Broncos\u2019 service is with the Kansas City Chiefs, but in these circumstances, they\u2019re just Officer Wilson\u2019s team.  They have the Sunday Night game and will be nationally televised.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 2:46 (average 4:16).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>One of the ways reformers are trying to reduce the use of excessive police force is by requiring police officers to wear body cameras. Cities like Cleveland<\/a> are moving toward requiring more officers to wear cameras to ensure accountability. <\/p>\n

But a case out of Denver shows that not all police are so keen to be recorded. This past August, a group of police officers attempted to arrest David Nelson Flores for suspected drug possession. When he stuffed a sock in his mouth and refused to open his mouth, one of the officers struck him in the head repeatedly. \u201cThose were the hardest punches I have ever heard, said Levi Frasier, a bystander who witnessed the beating.  <\/p>\n

But police did not limit their use of force to Flores. They also tripped his girlfriend, who was almost eight months pregnant at the time. Luckily for Flores and his girlfriend, Frasier recorded the entire incident on his tablet. But the police took his tablet and deleted the video. At least they thought they deleted it. When Frasier got home he discovered the video file reappeared once the tablet synced with the cloud server. <\/p>\n