LAPD Announces: "The Museum of Tolerance Will Provide Training For Patrol Officers Throughout 2015." By Martin Hill http://LibertyFight.com January 19, 2015
The LAPD has released their '2014 Year-End Crime Snapshot,' and while it contains some interesting statistical data, the thing that jumped off the page was this!
Museum of Tolerance, Beyond Diversity Training The Museum of Tolerance will provide training for patrol officers throughout 2015.
Chief Beck has directed that all members of the LAPD, sworn and civilian, will need to understand that every aspect of our work must contribute directly or indirectly to building community trust.
This little gem was sandwiched between 'mental health intervention' and 'use of force' training in this obscure document .
Just last month we reported on the Menorah lighting ceremony for Hanukkah at LAPD Headquarters.
The latest LAPD report states "LAPD is transforming the way we train our officers to deal with conflict in real world situations." Chief Charlie Beck is quoted as saying "In policing, while results matter, how you get there matters even more." It continues "The LAPD has expanded its capacity to build bridges with the community through youth programs... This year, we plan to expand programs that have been described as "relationship policing." These programs have proven successful in bridging the gap between the police and the people we serve and protect. We are investing in long term relationship building to break down generational divides between communities and their police officers."
However, just two weeks ago LAPD arrested two peaceful black women who were concerned about police violence and had come to the department headquarters to deliver a letter to the Chief Beck. The LAPD responded by putting up barricades, barring their entrance, and having dozens of armed cops with bullet-proof vests block the doors. They then arrested the both women. One officer even reached for his gun when the woman's young black 10-year old son got upset!
On Friday January 16th, LAPD arrested a woman who was filming the police in West Hollywood. She remains jailed today and is reporting that they are violating her civil rights.
As we reported in 2011, police who nearly killed an Iraq vet at an OCCUPY protest were trained by the Israeli military. The Oakland Police Department, who shot and critically injured an unarmed 24 year old U.S. Marine with a tear gas canister, boasted that it had placed 2nd only to Israel in "terrorism" training exercises two years in a row. Scott Olsen, 24, suffered a fractured skull and brain swelling and remained in critical condition for some time as a result of the shooting.
Participating in operation Urban Shield for several years, Oakland PD had come in second place for 2 years and won first place in 2009. In a press release issued a week prior to Olsen's shooting, Oakland PD boasted: "OPD Excels in SWAT Competition- "The Oakland Police Department placed 2nd among SWAT teams in the recently completed Urban Shield 2011 Training Exercise. In its 5th year, Urban Shield is the nation's premiere tactical training exercise competition that tests the capabilities of first responders. The event is hosted by the Alameda County Sheriff's Office and has obtained international recognition with representatives coming as far away as Israel and Jordan."
As LibertyFight.com reported in 2009, for nearly a decade, hundreds of thousands students enrolled in Los Angeles County public schools have been indoctrinated about "hate crimes" and taken on field trips to the 'Museum of Tolerance.'. The impressionable kids are forced to take a 20 week course called L.E.A.D. (Legal Enrichment and Decision Making), a program taught by the L.A. District Attorney's office. The program targets 5th graders, because as the D. A.'s office puts it, "Educators believe that the fifth-grade level represents a turning point for elementary school students. Children at this age begin to think more about the society around them, their place within that society, and the laws, customs and traditions that shape how society functions. Programs for fifth-graders that promote nonviolent attitudes, positive attitudes , and interpersonal skills are crucial for preventing juvenile delinquency." District attorney Michael Carter views the program as a preventive measure, and is quoted on the L.E.A.D. website: "We're reaching them before there is an adversarial relationship". Ken Bell, a "Senior Investigator", states "The best thing about Project LEAD is that you can make some positive image changes in the way kids see law enforcement; you have a chance to dispel some rumors as to what law enforcement is about in a very positive environment."
The former LAPD Chief, William Bratton, is an admitted Freemason. Thus, the LAPD has told residents "Get a dog, buy door locks & take a YMCA class, but ditch your guns." They have also told residents to "TURN IN YOUR GUNS at the Masonic Temple in Los Angeles for years now. Just last month, when the LAPD was doing Urban Military Training Drills training drills with U.S. Marines, they once again told residents to go get disarmed at the gun buyback, once again held at the Masonic Lodge.
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