Edits to Wikipedia pages on Bell, Garner, Diallo traced to NYPD 1 Police Plaza - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Computers operating on the New York Police Department’s computer network at its 1 Police Plaza headquarters have been used to alter Wikipedia pages containing details of alleged police brutality, a review by Capital has revealed.[/QUOTE] [URL]http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2015/03/8563947/edits-wikipedia-pages-bell-garner-diallo-traced-1-police-plaza[/URL] [editline]13th March 2015[/editline] There are more than 15,000 IP addresses registered to the NYPD, which employs 50,000 people, including uniformed officers and civilians.

[quote]● “Garner raised both his arms in the air” was changed to “Garner flailed his arms about as he spoke.” ● “[P]ush Garner's face into the sidewalk” was changed to “push Garner's head down into the sidewalk.” ● “Use of the chokehold has been prohibited” was changed to “Use of the chokehold is legal, but has been prohibited.” ● The sentence, “Garner, who was considerably larger than any of the officers, continued to struggle with them,” was added to the description of the incident. ● Instances of the word “chokehold” were replaced twice, once to “chokehold or headlock,” and once to “respiratory distress.”[/quote] How fucking petty must you be.

unsurprising

Why would we be surprised that they're trying to maintain their reputation

"Johnson we need a way to convince the public that we aren't a bunch of shit heads. Got any ideas?" "Why don't we... edit wikipedia." "YEAH if we edit wikipedia that'll make it all better!!!" That's quite amusing in a sad way, because that is likely how the conversation went down.

I KNEW the article about the heroic NYPD saving the galaxy from mechanized robo-Garner seemed a little fishy.

I'm actually really suprised

white people are fucking hilarious [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Racist shitposting" - Craptasket))[/highlight]

[QUOTE=Telecaster;47316706]white people are fucking hilarious[/QUOTE] um wow

[QUOTE=Telecaster;47316706]white people are fucking hilarious[/QUOTE] Racist much?

[QUOTE=Mintsmak;47316914]Racist much?[/QUOTE] seriously black people can be funny too they make the best Vines

[QUOTE=Telecaster;47316706]white people are fucking hilarious[/QUOTE] Go back to tumblr please.

[QUOTE=Telecaster;47316706]white people are fucking hilarious[/QUOTE] yeah, all good comedians are white, like, blacks have will smith and that's pretty much it

[QUOTE=Telecaster;47316706]white people are fucking hilarious[/QUOTE] Now come on, I'm not that funny. But thanks for the compliment.

If they feel the need to edit Wikipedia pages to make it look like killing him was justified, maybe that's a pretty goddamn good sign that it wasn't justified.

[QUOTE=Telecaster;47316706]white people are fucking hilarious[/QUOTE] Does this mean that I, too, am "the funny"? oh oh and if i don't get any funny ratings does that mean I'm a minority? I guess either's cool

[QUOTE=Telecaster;47316706]white people are fucking hilarious[/QUOTE] So are black people and Mexican people and Asian people and racist people, they give me quite a chuckle.

So... are any of these edits actually incorrect?

[QUOTE=Telecaster;47316706]white people are fucking hilarious [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Racist shitposting" - Craptasket))[/highlight][/QUOTE] grr im offended and stuff

[QUOTE=SPESSMEHREN;47318680]So... are any of these edits actually incorrect?[/QUOTE] it's whitewashing, it doesn't matter if it's technically correct or not - it's trying to propose an alternative theory less critical of the NYPD to sway public opinion. it's the difference between saying "the prisoners at the auschwitz concentration camp were marched into the gas chambers" and "the laborers at the auschwitz rehabilitation center walked in orderly lines to the showers." both are technically true but the second one is just a whitewashed, PG version that is less critical to forward an agenda sry for godwins law

[QUOTE=Telecaster;47316706]dumb people are fucking hilarious[/QUOTE] Fixed that for you

[QUOTE=Telecaster;47316706]white people are fucking hilarious [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Racist shitposting" - Craptasket))[/highlight][/QUOTE] wow my followers will be hearing about this.......

Do we know if the higher ups actually knew about this? Or was it just some low ranking officer or the like trying to defend the NYPD from his work computer.

[QUOTE=plunger435;47321514]Do we know if the higher ups actually knew about this? Or was it just some low ranking officer or the like trying to defend the NYPD from his work computer.[/QUOTE] I don't think low ranking officer would do shit like this

[QUOTE=.Isak.;47319109]it's whitewashing, it doesn't matter if it's technically correct or not - it's trying to propose an alternative theory less critical of the NYPD to sway public opinion. it's the difference between saying "the prisoners at the auschwitz concentration camp were marched into the gas chambers" and "the laborers at the auschwitz rehabilitation center walked in orderly lines to the showers." both are technically true but the second one is just a whitewashed, PG version that is less critical to forward an agenda sry for godwins law[/QUOTE] What you're describing is changing the viewpoint as opposed to whitewashing a much. The edits are more careful - the adddition of was bigger,changing raised arms to flailing arms etc. A much better idea is to take your first sentence and add in - the prisoners who were considered dangerous enemies of the state.

So what's to stop a disgruntled civilian/employee from implicating police department(s) or other organizations in obviously biased or shady wikipedia edits? nothing, people eat this shit up.

[QUOTE=wraithcat;47321928]What you're describing is changing the viewpoint as opposed to whitewashing a much. The edits are more careful - the adddition of was bigger,changing raised arms to flailing arms etc. A much better idea is to take your first sentence and add in - the prisoners who were considered dangerous enemies of the state.[/QUOTE] if you get really good at whitewashing you can turn a murder story into something disgusting like this [IMG]http://puu.sh/gB0pG/ba4fc7f4ed.jpg[/IMG] notice things like using "opened fire" instead of "killed" or "murdered," the picture they chose for the murderer (opposed to the shit they find for black teens that are shot by cops), and the words and phrases that say "family" "sweet boy" "honor student" "shocking murder"

[QUOTE=milkandcooki;47326274]if you get really good at whitewashing you can turn a murder story into something disgusting like this [IMG]http://puu.sh/gB0pG/ba4fc7f4ed.jpg[/IMG] notice things like using "opened fire" instead of "killed" or "murdered," the picture they chose for the murderer (opposed to the shit they find for black teens that are shot by cops), and the words and phrases that say "family" "sweet boy" "honor student" "shocking murder"[/QUOTE] To be honest, I see the exact same phrases used on the black teens who were shot. The media does their best to portray them as sweet, high schoolers of outmost standing and character. On top of that, this article does a very bad job at whitewashing as it fails at the first objective - change the narrative. Here we have a SHOCKING MURDER and the media maintains the fact that it was a murder. It just asks the question why. There isn't a battle of narratives here. On the other hand those cop shootings have two strong and opposing viewpoints where the boundaries of what is and what isn't a victim is being paraded back and forth. On one side you have an attempt to cast the cops as evil murders who shoot coloured teens of amazing characters senselessly. And on the other, you have the narrative of cops who were concerned and afraid for their lives or doing their jobs. As such, when you're whitewashing, you generally work on the perception of the victim as opposed to on the perpetrator. If you can create a certain image of the victim in people's mind, it doesn't matter who or what the perp actually is or why they did what they did.