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security guards wish they were cops
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this fucking cop. feel safe everyone.
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teach a cop to fish, and he'll shoot everyone in sight.
Neenah standoff victim was fleeing when shot by police, lawyer says ?They shot the wrong guy?: Wisconsin cops accused of shooting hostage who was suing them for $50 million Funk, a Vietnam War veteran, was suing the city of Neenah, its police, and the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department for $50 million over a 2012 raid at the motorcycle shop. Police raided the shop as part of a heroin and methamphetamine investigation, and Erato was charged with 26 felonies — all of which were later dropped — and pleaded no contests to a misdemeanor charge of possession of marijuana. Funk was ordered to the ground during the raid and told police that he was lawfully carrying a concealed weapon, but the lawsuit claims officers pointed guns at his head and terrified him as they took him into custody. Erato said he doesn’t believe Funk would have fought with or threatened police after escaping the gunman who had been holding him hostage. |
Joe, your favorite officer is about to go to trial:
Ex-deputy to face trial after botched 'no-knock' raid | Lexington Herald-Leader A former Habersham County deputy sheriff is set to face trial on charges over her role in setting up a "no-knock" drug raid that severely injured a toddler when a flash grenade detonated in his playpen. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (Ex-deputy to face trial after botched ?Baby Bou Bou? police raid | www.ajc.com ) that Nikki Autry is expected to face trial Monday. Autry pleaded not guilty to providing false information to get a warrant, which led to a botched raid that critically injured a toddler. Authorities have said 19-month-old Bounkham Phonesavanh (BOON'-kahm fohn-SAH'-vahn) was critically injured when the device landed in his playpen during the May 2014 raid on the northeast Georgia home. The grenade blew Phonesavanh's chest and face open, burning him. Attorney Jeff Brickman says Autry never intentionally misled the judge who signed the no-knock warrant. |
Detaining, inquiring, same thing...
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if you run you're done.
watch this guy, as he was running with his back to police, turn and point his gun at police, and then some how get shot in the back... When police called Holmes to tell her they had killed her son, they released the official lie that stated Johnson pointed a gun at officers and they were forced to return fire. Holmes never believed this lie and had her own medical examination conducted which showed that her son was, indeed, shot in the back. Police remain steadfast in their claims that Johnson had a gun, and they have released pictures of said gun. However, according to Dorothy Holmes, Ronnieman’s prints were never found on that gun. On Monday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Lynn McCarthy, used a PowerPoint presentation in an hour-long presentation to the media to attempt to justify the killing of Johnson. Despite her long-winded apologies, there is still zero evidence that Johnson was in possession of a gun. |
cops are
When the cops raided Ginnifer Hency’s home in Smiths Creek, Michigan, last July, “they took everything,” she told state legislators on Tuesday, including TV sets, ladders, her children’s cellphones and iPads, even her vibrator. They found six ounces of marijuana and arrested Hency for possession with intent to deliver, “even though I was fully compliant with the Michigan medical marijuana laws,” which means “I am allowed to possess and deliver.” Hency, a mother of four with multiple sclerosis, uses marijuana for pain relief based on her neurologist’s recommendation. She also serves as a state-registered caregiver for five other patients. Hency’s compliance with state law explains why a St. Clair County judge last week dismissed the charges against her. But when she asked about getting back her property last Friday, she reported, “The prosecutor came out to me and said, ‘Well, I can still beat you in civil court. I can still take your stuff.’” When she heard that, Hency said, “I was at a loss. I literally just sat there dumbfounded.” Hency told her story at a meeting of the Michigan House Judiciary Committee, which was considering several bills that would make this sort of legalized larceny more difficult. She was joined by Annette Shattuck, another medical marijuana patient who was raided by the St. Clair County Drug Task Force around the same time. “After they breached the door at gunpoint with masks, they proceeded to take every belonging in my house,” Shattuck said. The cops’ haul included bicycles, her husband’s tools, a lawn mower, a weed whacker, her children’s Christmas presents, cash (totaling $85) taken from her daughter’s birthday cards, the kids’ car seats and soccer equipment, and vital documents such as driver’s licenses, insurance cards, and birth certificates. “How do you explain to your kids when they come home and everything is gone?” Shattuck asked. She added that her 9-year-old daughter is now afraid of the police and “cried for weeks” because the cops threatened to shoot the family dog during the raid. Although “my husband and I have not been convicted of any crime,” Shattuck said, they cannot get their property back, and their bank accounts remain frozen. Last February The Detroit Free Press highlighted various other examples of the cruel, greedy pettiness fostered by civil forfeiture laws, which allow police to take assets allegedly linked to crime without so much as filing charges, let alone obtaining a conviction. “Police seized more than $24 million in assets from Michiganders in 2013,” the paper noted. “In many cases the citizens were never charged with a crime but lost their property anyway.” Now a bipartisan group of state legislators is trying to reform the laws that have turned Michigan cops into robbers. The bills, which are backed by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Klint Kesto (R-Commerce Township), would require law enforcement agencies to keep track of all forfeitures and report them to the state police, prohibit the forfeiture of vehicles used to purchase small amounts of marijuana, and raise the standard of proof for forfeitures in cases involving drugs or public nuisances. “We must bring culpability and transparency to the system and rein in the ability of police to indiscriminately seize the property of innocent citizens,” Kesto says. |
gotta get those guns out of the hands of people that shouldn't own them -- said no cop ever.
North Randall police officer convicted of selling firearms to felons | fox8.com Back in July, North Randall police officer Kevin Lumpkin was arrested by the FBI for selling firearms to two felons. After two days of deliberating, Lumpkin was convicted on Friday. He had been on house arrest before the trial. In August 2012, while searching a residence, a local police department found single firearms and boxes of firearms. Authorities determined the weapons had been purchased by Lumpkin, 29, and at the time he bought them, he was a North Randall police officer. A pistol that was recovered during a traffic stop was also traced back to Lumpkin, according to the FBI. That pistol was found in the car of a suspect with an outstanding warrant, who was arrested. Lumpkin is set to be sentenced on February 29 for two counts of unlawful sale of firearms to a felon. He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years for each charge. |
war-on-drugs.
Two Fort Lauderdale police officers fired, a third resigns - Sun Sentinel Two city police officers, acquitted during an October jury trial of perjury, misconduct and falsifying reports, did not fare as well when judged by their department, which said the pair — and their supervisor — had to go. Officer Brian Dodge resigned before he could be fired, while Officer Billy Koepke and Sgt. Michael Florenco, the supervisor, are challenging their dismissals, officials said. Koepke and Dodge were originally arrested in 2011, accused of scheming to shake down drug addicts and dealers and steal their money. The men, now in their mid-30s, were suspended from their $75,878 a year jobs when they were charged. Those charges stemmed from a 2010 incident and were dropped in August, but the officers were tried on misconduct and perjury charges that were backed in part by surveillance video that contradicted what they put in their report. The two were accused of providing false information against Junior Jerome and Dieudson Nore, nabbed for possession of and intent to distribute cocaine. The charges against Jerome and Nore were dismissed when video uncovered by defense attorneys didn't match the officers' report. |
officer orders couple to leave. so instead he prevents them from leaving, then goes into a violent roid-rage.
This video is from the police cam carried by National Park Service ranger Steve Glaser. This fiasco is an example of how a benign situation can escalate into something ugly. Surfers be aware that sharks are not the only hazard on the seashore. Don and his wife Inga were on their way to a graduation party when they stopped at Coast Guard Beach and asked for permission to look at the waves. He can't normally park at this parking lot, as it is reserved only for Eastham residents. But the guards let him drive up for 10 mins. Apparently, they stayed for 20. When a ranger came to ask Inga to leave, she said she doesn't drive, and that her husband was on the beach. The video begins when Don comes back to the parking lot. As the officer was pushing Don to the ground, his hand went into Don's mouth. Don bit down on it. He was arrested for assaulting a police officer. |
more police in schools.
Two Children Arrested and Thrown in Jail for Wearing Saggy Pants at School, No Kidding | The Free Thought Project On Monday, two children were released from the Hardeman County jail after being locked in a cage over the weekend for their choice of attire. In a shocking and secretive ruling last week, two seniors at Bolivar Central High School were sentenced to two days behind bars for merely violating the school’s dress code. In early November, a school resource officer, in an effort to protect the world from the horrors of sagging pants, charged two students with indecent exposure. Officer Willie Hoyle said he had warned the students several times that the pants they were wearing were inappropriate for school, according to court documents. Hoyle claimed that his actions were noble as the older seniors were setting a poor example for the younger children and their future attire choices. “Because the environment is already bad, and it ain’t gonna get any better if the older kids don’t try to show the younger kids anything,” he told WREG. The school does have a policy which states, “pants must be worn and fitted to the waistline” and “low slung, baggy seat, baggy legged or bell-bottom pants are not permitted.” However, both the Bolivar Sheriff’s Office and the Hardeman County School Board are remaining silent on how a school policy violation ended in jail time for two children. “You do got to be presentable at school. But, doing 48 hours! Ain’t nobody doing that,” said one man interviewed by WREG. |
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cops hate being below the law.
Cops Fighting Mandatory Drug Tests – Claim it’s ‘Unconstitutional’ to Screen Police Urine | The Free Thought Project In an unprecedented protest against the routine offenses against due process and bodily integrity carried out in the name of the “war on drugs,” the union representing Pittsburgh police officers has condemned workplace drug and alcohol testing as a violation of the Constitution. Their zeal for the right to privacy only applies to themselves, however, not to the public they supposedly serve. NBC affiliate WPXI reports that the Pittsburgh Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police “has filed a civil rights grievance against the city, claiming officers have been order to undergo drug and alcohol testing that is in violation of their contract.” Union attorney Bryan Campbell describes the policy as “an illegal search and seizure.” To which those not protected by Blue Privilege might respond: Welcome to our world, FOP. Under the contract between the City of Pittsburgh and its paramilitary affiliate, police officers can be subjected to drug or alcohol tests only in three circumstances: When an officer displays signs of impairment on the job, fires a weapon, or is involved in a vehicle crash. The union’s complaint arises from a recent pursuit that ended in a car crash. Two officers who participated in the chase but were not directly involved in the crash were required to undergo testing. Another blatantly obvious reason for police opposing public scutiny of their urine is that it could reveal the usage of such things as anabolic steroids. Police officers are no stranger to ‘Vitamin S’ as many of them have not only been caught using the rage-inducing hormones, but selling them as well. ... https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1449589780 |
i dont get it, a gun in the mouth is totally policy!
Chicago police commander faces trial for putting gun in suspect's mouth | Reuters A Chicago police commander who had been praised for his crime fighting in some of the city's roughest neighborhoods will go on trial on Tuesday on charges that he put a gun in a suspect's mouth. Glenn Evans, who was relieved of his duties pending the outcome of his case, was charged last year with aggravated battery and official misconduct in the capture of a suspect on Jan. 30, 2013. Evans' trial comes a day after the U.S. Department of Justice said that it was conducting a civil rights investigation of the third-largest U.S. city's police department, including its use of force. The city has seen nearly two weeks of protests following the release of a video of the shooting death of a 17-year-old black teen by a white police officer in 2014. The officer, Jason Van Dyke, was charged with murder in the shooting of Laquan McDonald on the same day the video was released. On Monday, prosecutors said they would not seek criminal charges in another 2014 police shooting which caused the death of Ronald Johnson III. Prosecutors said Johnson had a gun and was fleeing arrest. The amount of force that can be used by police officers has become a focus of national debate due to a series of high-profile killings of black men at the hands of mostly white police officers in U.S. cities. Evans, who is black, has been the subject of several police misconduct lawsuits, according to local media reports. His case will be tried by Cook County Criminal Court Judge Diane Cannon, without a jury. Read more at Reutershttp://www.reuters.com/article/us-chicago-police-trial-idUSKBN0TR1BT20151208#5HlEjW2M2ZvBAuUu.99 |
I've been trying to stay out of this thread, but I can't help but share this here, because #FloridaMan.
Florida man eaten by alligator while hiding from deputies POSTED 11:36 AM, DECEMBER 8, 2015, BY SAMANTHA TATA BAREFOOT BAY, Fla. — After a night of allegedly burglarizing a Florida neighborhood, a suspected criminal was eaten by an 11-foot alligator while hiding out from a team of deputies combing the area in search of him. New details about the suspect's bizarre end emerged Monday from Barefoot Bay, Fla., a neighborhood on the state's west coast, Central Florida News 13 reports. It was there on Nov. 13 that Matthew Riggins and an accomplice allegedly broke into homes in the middle of the night, according to authorities with the Brevard Sheriff's Office. The 22-year-old had allegedly called his girlfriend to tell her he was "going to do burglaries" in the Barefoot Bay area, sheriff Maj. Tod Goodyear said. Neighbors had called 911 to report seeing two men dressed in black lurking behind homes, sparking a search team of sheriff deputies, K-9 units and a helicopter to descend on the area. Deputies were walking near a pond when they spotted a patch of matted-down grass. Then they heard screaming. Then it went silent. The search was called off that night and soon after, officials said, Riggins' family reported him missing. Investigators believe he met a violent end. "He probably went into the lake to hide from the officers and the dog, and at some point he came across that gator," Goodyear told Central Florida News 13. Ten days after deputies heard screaming coming from the pond, Riggins' body was found floating in the water. As they searched the pond, sheriff's divers encountered an 11-foot gator, which was then euthanized. Inside the animal's stomach the Medical Examiner found proof of how Riggins was killed, Central Florida News 13 reports. Goodyear said he's never seen a suspect eaten by a gator in his years on the force. "To hide somewhere to try and get away, and then meeting up with an animal like that? No, I've never had that happen before," Riggins said. As for the accomplice, Central Florida News 13 reports investigators have a man in custody but that he is not cooperating with the investigation. He has not been charged in the case. "I would say it was poetic justice, if you want to sit there and steal from people," neighbor Chuck Stokes said when he learned of the ordeal. Florida man eaten by alligator while hiding from deputies | New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV |
lol at FL post.
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two wrongs dont make a right.
Only two weeks ago, after months of public pressure, the Chicago PD released the dashcam of Laquan McDonald being murdered by officer Jason Van Dyke. Then, only yesterday, Chicago police quietly slipped out another video of officer George Hernandez murdering Ronald Johnson, by shooting him in the back as he ran away. The latest video to be released is from an incident in the Far South Side police lockup and shows officers repeatedly tasering University of Chicago graduate Philip Coleman and then dragging his limp body from the cell. Coleman was not a criminal, but he was experiencing an apparent mental crisis when he began to attack his mother in December of 2012. When police arrested him, Coleman was brought to a hospital where he was given a drug to make him calm down. According to officials, Coleman’s death was the result of his reaction to that antipsychotic drug, which certainly can kill people. However, an autopsy showed that Coleman experienced ‘severe trauma’ while in custody. His body was covered in bruises and cuts, from the top of his head to his lower legs and there is video showing him being repeatedly tasered. As the video begins, it shows that the drug was actually working when police came into Coleman’s cell and began their assault. He was merely laying on the bed when the first taser hit. Moments later, his lifeless body is being dragged down the hallway like an animal. ... Emanuel then reiterated that there was no possible way that he died as a result of his brutal beating and being repeatedly tasered, but made sure to make himself look good for his critics. “While the Medical Examiner ruled that Mr. Coleman died accidentally as a result of treatment he received in the hospital, it does not excuse the way he was treated when he was in custody. Something is wrong here — either the actions of the officers who dragged Mr. Coleman, or the policies of the department.” Indeed, Mr. Emanuel knew about the tragic death of Colemen when it initially happened on Dec. 12, 2012, as he had already been mayor for over 6 months. How is it that all of the sudden, Rahm Emanuel is experiencing a crisis of consciousness now, and cares about the victims of his attack dogs? It is important to remember that this Chicago mayor allowed the video of the Laquan McDonald killing to remain in the hands of the police for over a year, while quietly offering $5 million to the victim’s family. |
This is why I hate people. Somehow a jury was convinced this cop was preforming his nazi duties by assaulting innocent people.
Delaware jury acquits white officer of assaulting black man - AOL A white police officer who kicked a black suspect in the head and broke his jaw was acquitted of assault Tuesday by a Delaware jury. Jurors deliberated for about 16 hours over three days before acquitting Dover police Cpl. Thomas Webster IV of felony assault. The jury also declined to convict Webster on the lesser charge of misdemeanor assault. ... Webster, 42, testified that he didn't intend to kick Lateef Dickerson in the head in the August 2013 encounter and was instead was aiming for his upper body. Webster also said he feared for his safety and the safety of others because officers were told Dickerson was armed with a gun, and Dickerson was slow to comply with repeated commands to get on the ground. Dashboard camera video from another officer's vehicle shows Dickerson had placed his hands on the ground but wasn't fully prone when Webster kicked him. Prosecutors argued that Dickerson was not a threat when Webster kicked him, and that the officer acted recklessly and used excessive force. "I hope in some small way, at least, this is a general deterrent," said deputy attorney general Mark Denney Jr. "We hope that police officers see that if there's a situation where the state feels that they've broken the law, they're going to be held to account." Liguori has said Webster's indictment resulted from "state machinations" and an "abuse of power." Prosecutors under former Attorney General Beau Biden took the case to a grand jury last year but failed to get an indictment. Liguori argued in court papers that Democratic Attorney General Matt Denn's decision to take the case to a second grand jury in May with no new evidence was a politically motivated response to nationwide scrutiny of police encounters with black citizens. ... watch at 0:25 |
This is why I hate people. Somehow a jury was convinced this cop was preforming his nazi duties by assaulting innocent people.
Delaware jury acquits white officer of assaulting black man - AOL A white police officer who kicked a black suspect in the head and broke his jaw was acquitted of assault Tuesday by a Delaware jury. Jurors deliberated for about 16 hours over three days before acquitting Dover police Cpl. Thomas Webster IV of felony assault. The jury also declined to convict Webster on the lesser charge of misdemeanor assault. ... Webster, 42, testified that he didn't intend to kick Lateef Dickerson in the head in the August 2013 encounter and was instead was aiming for his upper body. Webster also said he feared for his safety and the safety of others because officers were told Dickerson was armed with a gun, and Dickerson was slow to comply with repeated commands to get on the ground. Dashboard camera video from another officer's vehicle shows Dickerson had placed his hands on the ground but wasn't fully prone when Webster kicked him. Prosecutors argued that Dickerson was not a threat when Webster kicked him, and that the officer acted recklessly and used excessive force. "I hope in some small way, at least, this is a general deterrent," said deputy attorney general Mark Denney Jr. "We hope that police officers see that if there's a situation where the state feels that they've broken the law, they're going to be held to account." Liguori has said Webster's indictment resulted from "state machinations" and an "abuse of power." Prosecutors under former Attorney General Beau Biden took the case to a grand jury last year but failed to get an indictment. Liguori argued in court papers that Democratic Attorney General Matt Denn's decision to take the case to a second grand jury in May with no new evidence was a politically motivated response to nationwide scrutiny of police encounters with black citizens. ... watch at 0:25 |
There's always a justifiable reason to shoot someone when you're a cop, espeically since it's normal practice to make up lies.
Victims Say Cops Lied About Shooting An Inglewood police officer shot down two innocent and unarmed men, without warning or questions and without identifying himself, the men say in Federal Court. Thirty-five-year-old Robert Pickett, of Los Angeles, and Darryl Lewis, 39, of Gardena, say they spent the day grilling burgers with friends and were picking up some dumbbells and checking on one of Pickett's cousins after midnight on May 24, 2011, when Officer Mike Bolliger pulled up and came out shooting. Pickett says Bollinger "parked his car at the corner, got out armed with his shotgun cocked, loaded and ready to fire" and shot them. "No questions asked, no weapons seen, no words offered or exchanged. Defendant Bollinger blasted three shotgun rounds at the hapless and unarmed plaintiffs, striking them and wounding them as they sought to take cover from assault, leaving them in critical condition, bleeding face-down on the ground," Pickett says in the Dec. 3 complaint. The men say Bollinger was responding with no partner or backup to a report of a home invasion robbery by two black men who might be armed with handguns, at the apartment complex where Pickett's cousin lived. The "sketchy information" about the robbers said only that they were black men, according to the complaint. Lewis stood by the security gate at the front of the apartment complex, smoking a cigarette, while Pickett punched in the pass code and said he was going to see his cousin. Then, "Without warning, without investigation, without knowledge of who was in the area, of who the suspects were or what they looked like, and in violation of all training and standard police protocol, [Bollinger] approached the apartment gate and immediately shot Mr. Lewis and Mr. Pickett," the complaint states. Pickett, a handyman who has a son and was engaged to be married at the time, suffered seven gunshot wounds, including one to his head. Lewis, a husband and father of four, was shot once in the back and three times in the legs. After other officers arrived and handcuffed them, the men say, "It became apparent that the wrong men had been shot as a result of Bolliger's rash, reckless and life-endangering conduct." Though they lay bleeding and handcuffed, "in critical condition," the men say, the officers "set out to cover up the shooting of these two innocent, unarmed men." To top it off, they say, "While driving with reckless abandon to the scene, they ran over a pedestrian, in a cross walk, killing her." Pickett and Lewis sued four other officers, in addition to Bolliger and the city. The cover-up was a bogus story that Lewis and/or Pickett had pointed guns at Bolliger, according to the complaint. "The problem for defendant Bolliger and the rest of defendant police officers was that neither plaintiff was armed; neither possessed a weapon of any kind. Likewise, neither plaintiff was in possession of any of the stolen items supposedly taken by the suspect in the robbery," the complaint states. Nor did the people who reported the home invasion identify them as the robbers, the men say. They claim that the first photos taken of the scene where they were shot "do not show any weapon nor any of the stolen items. Some of the responding officers to the scene failed to see any weapons purportedly belonging to either plaintiff. Somehow, however, two handguns appeared and stolen items appeared as well. It was determined by subsequent forensic analysis before plaintiffs' criminal trial, that neither plaintiff was in any way connected physically with the weapons or the items." The men say it took nearly an hour for them to receive medical attention, and that when paramedics did arrive, "Bolliger refused to let them tend to the critically wounded plaintiffs." Pickett says Bolliger told him that "he did not give a f*** that he had shot him in the head." Bollinger and the other officers staged a crime scene to conform to their story, arrested them on false charges, including murder of the pedestrian killed by the police car, attempted murder of Bollinger, and carrying loaded firearms, according to the complaint. The officers also "conducted tainted six-pack lineups in an effort to get the purported robbery victims to identify (them)," falsified reports and gave false testimony against them, the men say. Pickett and Lewis say they spent a year in jail awaiting trial and throughout a jury trial that started in December 2013 and eventually exonerated them. They seek punitive damages for civil rights violations, unreasonable and excessive force, false arrest, malicious prosecution, and failure to intervene, train, supervise and discipline. Also named as defendants are Inglewood police Officers Navid Khansari, Joe Lisardi, Michael Han and Jack Aranda Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts did not respond to an email request for comment and was not available by telephone Monday night. Pickett and Lewis' attorney, Raymond Boucher, could not be reached by telephone Monday. |
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Bolingbrook Cops Broke Teen's Neck After False Arrest... On the day his neck was broken, Guzman was at his job when he got a call from his pregnant girlfriend, Ariel Reyes, the suit said. Guzman was reportedly living at the time with Reyes and her parents at their home on Feather Sound Drive. Reyes told Guzman she had just been in a physical fight with her mother, and that her parents were kicking her and throwing her belongings onto the lawn, the suit said. She reportedly told Guzman he needed to come over immediately with his truck, pick her up and gather her things. About the same time, Reyes’ father called 911 but told dispatchers the “altercation was over and Ariel was calm now,” the lawsuit said. After Guzman got to the house, officers Jason Mitchem and Marjorie Higens reportedly arrived at the Reyes residence, and Higens ordered Guzman to stop loading his truck. After a verbal dispute, Guzman was threatened with arrest, the suit said. Guzman put out his wrists to be handcuffed, the suit said, and Mitchem hit him in the chest, knocking him to the ground. Mitchem and Higens then allegedly jumped on top of him and beat him where he lay, the suit said. When a screaming Reyes tried to video record the beating with her phone, she also was threatened with arrest, according to the lawsuit. Two other, unidentified police officers roughed Guzman up at the police station, the lawsuit said. Guzman was booked into the Will County jail on a felony charge of aggravated battery and misdemeanor resisting police. Prosecutors decided to charge him only with misdemeanor battery. Guzman was acquitted of the charge at a September trial. Guzman named Mitchem, Higens, the two unidentified officers and the Village of Bolingbrook as defendants in his lawsuit. |
badges dont somehow make people not awful criminals.
Former deputy takes plea deal for stealing trumpet - - San Mateo Daily Journal A former county sheriff’s deputy who swiped a musician’s pricey trumpet and jacket while he played at a Millbrae hotel and later threw the instrument out a car window was sentenced to 60 days in jail. Brandon Hatt, 34, pleaded no contest Tuesday to felony grand theft and was immediately given the two months jail followed by three years of supervised probation. He must also pay Jesse Mathews, the musician whose trumpet was stolen, $533.29. Mathews, who now lives and teaches music in Colorado, said he was relieved he didn’t have to fly back to California to testify but didn’t necessarily agree with the sentence. “I didn’t personally feel like he should serve jail time because it was a nonviolent offense and because of the issues surrounding the jail in San Mateo County,” Mathews said. Hatt was ordered to surrender to the jail March 15 and a judge recommended he serve his time through the sheriff’s alternative work program. Judge Jonathan Karesh is also allowing Hatt to serve his time in San Diego and will reduce the felony to a misdemeanor after he successfully completes half his probation, said Chief Deputy District Attorney Karen Guidotti. Hatt had been employed by the Millbrae Police Department under the umbrella of the Sheriff’s Office as part of its shared services agreement. Hatt was off duty and not in uniform at the time of the alleged incident. He was placed on leave after his arrest and has since left the employment of the Sheriff’s Office. The conviction prohibits Hatt from carrying a weapon. Hatt was arrested Dec. 21, 2012 the day after authorities say he took the $2,000 trumpet from Mathews, a then-music teacher at South San Francisco’s Parkway Heights Middle School who was playing a show with his band Curt Yagi and the People Standing Behind Me. Mathews previously told the Daily Journal he noticed a group of loud men, one in uniform, and left their instruments when taking a break. When it was time to leave, around 10 p.m., Mathews noticed his trumpet as well as his jacket missing. Prosecutors said Hatt was shooting pool at the hotel and was seen leaving, then re-entering for one minute, before exiting again with the jacket and trumpet. A responding officer called to the hotel learned the trumpet had been thrown from a car on Magnolia Avenue near Taylor Boulevard but was unable to locate it. Mathews found the instrument in its soft case in a driveway about a block from where it had been reported thrown. The jacket was not recovered. Mathews said he spent about $275 repairing the trumpet and it plays the same as before the theft. Hatt remains free from custody on a $10,000 bail bond pending his surrender. If convicted by a jury, Hatt faced up to three years in prison. Mathews said the incident helped cement his lack of trust in law enforcement. “It was the icing on the cake, having a cop commit a crime,” he said. Mathews is also still waiting for an apology from either the Millbrae Police Department or Sheriff’s Office. “The Millbrae PD and sheriff are responsible for the type of people they put on the force and especially in the Sheriff’s Office there is a lack of credibility,” Hatt said. “I just want an acknowledgment that someone messed up.” |
oh double jeopardy, hello my old friend.
City pays man who video-recorded cops $7,500 to avoid police brutality suit, but DA refiles charges | OregonLive.com Fred Marlow IV thought his troubles with the law were over when the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office in September moved to dismiss a year-old criminal case stemming from an argument he had with Gresham police while video-recording them along a city street. In November, the city of Gresham agreed to pay Marlow $7,500 to settle any civil claim he could have sought in civil court for alleged police brutality. Marlow suffered cuts and bruises during his arrest. But within a few days of receiving the settlement check from the city, Marlow learned the prosecutor's office was reviving the criminal case against him. Last week, he was arraigned on misdemeanor charges of interfering with police and resisting arrest. Marlow pleaded not guilty and plans to go to trial in February or March. '"Can you tell me how this is possible?" Marlow, 28, wrote in an email to The Oregonian/OregonLive. "They payed me to settle, and then they are trying to charge me with a crime again? I don't get this justice system." Marlow's question was rhetorical. Marlow's attorney had already told him that despite the district attorney's initial decision to ask a judge to dismiss the case, the statute of limitations for prosecuting him hadn't run out. Marlow's troubles began about 4 a.m. Sept. 2, 2014 -- when he was awakened by the sounds of what he describes as explosions and armed men in helmets and camouflage gear surrounding a house in the 2900 block of Northeast 23rd Street. Marlow, who lived nearby, says he had no idea what was going on, but he grabbed his iPad and began video-recording the action from across the street to document if something went wrong. Marlow later posted his 1:21-minute video to YouTube. It has drawn more than 177,000 views. |
cops really hate cameras.
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When the judge covers for the corrupt cops.
Federal court rules that bumper stickers, air fresheners are reasonable suspicion of criminal activity - Police State USA The case stems from a March 9, 2011, traffic stop that took place along U.S. Highway 77 in Kingsville, Texas. Officer Mike Tamez of the Kingsville Police Department observed a Chevy Tahoe with a woman behind the wheel, going 2 MPH above the posted speed limit. The family vehicle had a man in the passenger seat and a young girl in the back. The vehicle’s bumper was decorated with a Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) sticker and other “pro-police” decals. There were also a few rosaries hanging from the rear view mirror, and some air fresheners visible. From these visual clues alone, Officer Tamez “concluded that they were probably drug runners.” He pulled them over for speeding, with the premeditated intention of searching the vehicle for drugs. |
Cops hate when the tazers make noise.
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thou shall not be disordly in front of jesus of police.
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conveinent.
Lawyer: 15-second gap reported on Portsmouth officer's Taser video of fatal shooting | Courts & Crime | pilotonline.com Babineau said his source did not believe the video, recorded by a camera attached to the Taser, was edited. Rather, the source suspected it was a “power source issue.” “The video was operational up until just before the shooting, and then it was not operational for about 15 seconds,” Babineau said, recounting what he was told. He said the video was initially recorded while Rankin was holding the weapon. When it cuts back on, the Taser is apparently on the ground of the Wal-Mart parking lot. “I don’t think anything was edited out,” Babineau said. “Bad luck, it went off right then.” Circuit Clerk Cynthia Morrison said this week the Taser video was not provided to her office and is therefore not available to the public. Babineau said he asked Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephanie Morales for a copy, but she said no. ... |
murderer back at work:
Texas cop returning to work despite writing that he loved being able to ?kill people and not go to jail? Documents obtained by MySA.com showed that Officer Daryl A. Carle was suspended for 30 days starting on Nov. 15. “I love my job!!! They said you want kill people and not go to jail?? I said “F— ya, Who don’t?… They said you afraid of the jungle?? I said “I ain’t scared of sh–… I’ve been wanting go jungle since watched that Predator movie…I love my job!!!!!! Lol,” Carle wrote, according to department records. Carle allegedly posted the remarks on Aug. 11. The post was discovered by the SAPD one day later on Aug. 12. SAPD Chief William McManus told MySA.com that Carle claimed that he was repeating a sentiment he heard on the YouTube channel “Action Figure Therapy,” which provides videos about “Military & Tactical Humor, Jokes, & Comedy.” “Regardless, to put that up, to post that doesn’t make a lot of sense,” Chief McManus noted. “It certainly doesn’t make your job any easier. If people read that, it doesn’t garner any respect for the department, to read that coming from one of our officers.” SAPD documents also indicated that Carle had made other Facebook posts that reflected badly on his department. Following the suspension, Carle added a message to the top of his Facebook page: “The views and opinions expressed on my social media site are my personal views and not those of the San Antonio Police Dept.” The Facebook page is now marked private and Carle is expected to return to work next week. |
cop accidentally shoots someone.
doesnt tell anyone. tries to cover it up. no charges filled. DA plays dash cam video in accidental shooting; no charges will be filed | Action News Now Ramsey said the evidence in this case shows the shooting to be accidental, and possibly negligent, but not criminally so. “This shooting is not justified, but also not criminal." Paradise Police Officer Patrick Feaster, a five year veteran of the department, was parked on the Skyway around midnight Thanksgiving morning, when he saw a Toyota Four-Runner speeding out of the Canteena Bar parking lot without headlights on. Feaster followed in his patrol car, as the Toyota ran a red light and turned onto Pearson Road where the driver, 26-year-old Andrew Thomas struck the median and flipped, ejecting his 23-year-old wife Darien Ehorn from the vehicle. Ehorn was killed in the crash. Ramsey said Feaster drew his gun when Thomas “popped” out of the car, believing he would flee. As Officer Feaster moved towards Thomas, the gun discharged and struck Thomas in the neck. The shot hit Thomas in the C7 and T1 vertebrae and could lead to him being paralyzed for life. When backup arrived on the scene, Feaster did not mention anything about having fired his weapon. According to Ramsey, Feaster notified his commanding officer about the discharge only after Thomas’ gunshot wound was found. As the commanding officer suggested an investigator return to Canteena and try to find out if Thomas had been shot at the bar, Feaster revealed that he may have shot Thomas. Ramsey said nearly 11 minutes passed before any other officers, medics or firefighters learned Thomas had been shot. ... |
rape cop.
?I?m going to rape your f*****g mother? NY Police Chief Finally Arrested for Brutal Act of Torture | The Free Thought Project James Burke, formerly the Chief of one of the largest police departments in the country, found himself handcuffed and facing federal civil rights charges on December 9th, reports the New York Times. Burke’s arrest follows a lengthy investigation into allegations of torture, assault, subornation of perjury, and corruption in a case involving convicted thief Christopher Loeb. The confessed larcenist’s illicit haul included a duffel bag containing some of Burke’s property, including handguns, ammunition, mace, and what Loeb described as a stash of “nasty porn” and “sex toys." ... Chief Burke “grabbed me by my cheeks,” Loeb recalled. “He took his thumb and four fingers and squeezed my face [then] he punched me right above my hairline.” According to prosecutors, Burke beat the captive so severely that at one point detectives in the room begged him to “knock it off.” Burke cared not about Loeb’s desperate plea for an attorney. Loeb recalled that the Chief gloatingly told him that “no one will ever f*****g believe me because I’m a convicted felon and a dope head.” After Loeb, referring to the stash of porn and sex toys, complained that the Chief was a “pervert,” Burke gave full rein to his rage — first threatening to murder Loeb through a “hot shot” — a lethal dose of heroin — and then escalating the abuse to potentially lethal torture. “Have you ever been choked out before?” Burke taunted the bleeding and traumatized suspect, according to Loeb’s testimony in a federal preliminary hearing last month. The Chief then applied a chokehold, whispering in Loeb’s ear: “I’m going to rape your f*****g mother.” “That’s the last thing I remember,” Loeb testified. “I passed out.” |
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Creating guardians, calming warriors
A new style of training for police recruits emphasizes techniques to better de-escalate conflict situations BURIEN, WASH. — The police recruits arrived in pairs in the woods outside Seattle. For days, they had been calming their minds through meditation and documenting life’s beauty in daily journals. Mindful and centered, they now faced a test: a mentally ill man covered in feces and mumbling to a rubber chicken. The feces was actually oatmeal and chocolate pudding, the man was another recruit, and the goal of this mock training exercise was to peacefully bring him into custody. The first recruits approached gingerly, trying to engage the man in conversation. When that failed, they moved in and wrestled him to the ground. “We needed to find a way to help him. He obviously had a screw loose,” said Aaron Scott, a cadet from Bellevue, Wash. Scott briefly considered using his baton, he said. “But I thought that might be too much.” For the past three years, every police recruit in the state has undergone this style of training at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission, where officials are determined to produce “guardians of democracy” who serve and protect instead of “warriors” who conquer and control. Gone is the military-boot-camp atmosphere. Gone are the field exercises focused on using fists and weapons to batter suspects into submission. Gone, too, is a classroom poster that once warned recruits that “officers killed in the line of duty use less force than their peers.” “If your overarching identity is ‘I’m a warrior,’ then you will approach every situation like you must conquer and win,” said Sue Rahr, the commission’s executive director. “You may have a conflict where it is necessary for an officer to puff up and quickly take control. But in most situations, it’s better if officers know how to de-escalate, calm things down, slow down the action.” Training is at the heart of the national debate over police use of force. So far this year, police have shot and killed more than 900 people, according to a Washington Post database tracking such shootings — more than twice the number recorded in any previous year by federal officials. Anti-brutality activists and some law enforcement leaders argue that if police were better trained to de-escalate conflict, some of those people might still be alive. Rahr, the former sheriff of King County, is one of the nation’s foremost authorities on this type of training. In April, the Harvard Kennedy School published a report she co-wrote, “From Warriors to Guardians: Recommitting American Police Culture to Democratic Ideals,” which warns that too many academies are training police officers to go to “war with the people we are sworn to protect and serve.” The President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, of which Rahr is a member, has embraced many of these principles. In August, the Police Executive Research Forum, a law enforcement think tank, followed suit. “The goal of the guardian officer is to avoid causing unnecessary indignity,” said Seth Stoughton, a law professor at the University of South Carolina and a former police officer in Tallahassee. “Officers who treat people humanely, who show them respect, who explain their actions, can improve the perceptions of officers, or their department, even when they are arresting someone.” Not everyone is on board. Some accuse Rahr of promoting a “hug-a-thug” mentality that risks getting officers killed. About 20 percent of Rahr’s staff quit or was fired in the first year after rebelling against her reforms. Even today, Rahr estimates that two-thirds of the state’s 285 local police chiefs are either skeptical of her training philosophy or “think this is just dangerous.” Alexis Artwohl, a former police psychologist and consultant to the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association, would not comment on Rahr’s work but is skeptical of some guardian-style training. Artwohl has co-written a book on deadly force whose promotional blurb begins: “In a cop’s world it’s kill or be killed.” Artwohl compares police work to defensive driving, which is about “expecting something bad is going to happen. It’s not about dealing with normal traffic flow.” “We should go out there and expect something bad will happen and watch for it,” she said. “If we are not paying attention, we could die.” Samuel Walker, a national expert on police training, said the two approaches have long been present in American policing. But the debate over which should dominate has intensified in the past year, since protests erupted over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo. “There is war going on for the soul of policing in America,” Walker said. “The outcome is uncertain.” Conflicting conclusions As it stands, most police academies adhere to a militaristic style of training that emphasizes battle. That training then becomes its own defense when someone dies or is grievously injured at the hands of police. Take the case of Brian Torgerson, a Seattle man suffering from schizophrenia who had assaulted his father and had an outstanding petty-theft warrant. His parents called police in 2010, before Rahr instituted her reforms, hoping Torgerson, 45, would be committed to a mental institution. Instead, two Seattle police officers went to Torgerson’s downtown apartment, grabbed his wrists without warning, knocked his feet out from under him and shocked him twice with a stun gun, according to police reports and eyewitness testimony. Torgerson’s face was beaten and covered with a mask that quickly filled with his blood and vomit. His hands were cuffed behind his back; his were legs bound. Thirteen additional officers arrived, and at least five of them took turns holding him down as he yelled, “Help me!” When Torgerson stopped breathing, two officers stayed on top of him, fearing he was “playing possum.” Torgerson survived but emerged from the hospital three months later with severe brain damage. In sworn statements, the officers defended their actions, saying they had followed the dictates of their training. Darrell Ross, a national expert hired by the city to aid in its legal defense, reached a similar conclusion. In his expert report, Ross wrote that the arrest reflected standard techniques, that the officers’ training was “outstanding” and that the tactics they used “were not excessive.” The Justice Department came to a different conclusion. In a 2011 report, Justice officials said that Torgerson’s civil rights had been violated and that poor training played a central role. “This outcome,” the report said, “could have been averted.” ‘That male swagger’ The roots of this hyper-aggressive style of policing reach back to the turbulent 1960s and 1970s, when federal and local officials declared a “war on drugs” and promised to get “tough on crime,” according to police training experts. In 1967, the Los Angeles Police Department created the nation’s first SWAT team, a group of elite marksmen who specialized in high-risk tasks, such as hostage rescue and drug raids. Soon, even small towns with low crime rates were creating these special weapons and tactics units, swapping out their traditional blue uniforms for black military-style SWAT gear. “That testosterone, that male swagger — it was contagious,” said John Mutz, a former LAPD captain who retooled the department’s training protocol in the aftermath of the beating of motorist Rodney King by four city officers in 1991. “SWAT became this recruiting tool for those so-called men looking for adventure. It infiltrated the training.” In the 1980s, the rise of the ultra-violent crack-cocaine trade and the increasing availability to criminals of military-grade weapons fueled police paranoia. In 1986, two FBI agents armed with six-shot revolvers died in a shootout near Miami with bank robbers armed with more powerful weapons, including a semiautomatic assault rifle. By the 1990s, officers, too, had access to semi-automatic rifles, and semi-automatic handguns had replaced revolvers on police duty belts. Metal batons, stun guns and pepper spray were also added, bringing the weight of the belt, once about 7 pounds, to nearly 20 pounds, police experts said. Increasingly, training came to focus on strategies of attack. “It used to be an officer had a flashlight, maybe a nightstick, and their hands and mouth. They learned to be good with their verbal skills,” said Mark Lomax, executive director of the National Tactical Officers Association. When “you add equipment to an officer’s belt, they will be prone to using it.” Then came King’s beating, one of the first incidents of police brutality to be captured on video. The officers were charged with felony assault but acquitted by a jury in 1992, sparking days of rioting and protests. After the King beating and other high-profile incidents of police violence, some academies shifted to a community-policing model that focused on cooperative interaction with the public. But that movement was blunted after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001. “When 9/11 happened, it opened the floodgates to a more-aggressive style of training and police work. Now, we have to be vigilant at all times to threats from the outside,” Rahr said. “You have to be alert. Everyone is trying to kill you.” https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1449853536 Everett police recruit Shawn Bell, left, and Edmonds police recruit Noelle Grimes search a darkened corridor during a mock training exercise at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission in Burien, Wash. ‘Ask, Tell, Make’ Within months of the 9/11 attacks, federal grants shifted from community policing to homeland security. Paranoia over terrorism crept into training academies, textbooks and regional workshops. Police across the country held tight to the “Ask, Tell, Make,” or ATM, protocol: Ask a citizen to do something, such as providing identification. Upgrade the request to a command if they don’t immediately comply. And use force if the command is not quickly followed. Russ Hicks, one of Rahr’s trainers, said many police academies tend to skip over “Ask,” emphasizing “Tell” and “Make.” “If someone doesn’t listen to what you say, you turn them upside down,” Hicks said. To replace ATM, Rahr created LEED: “Listen and Explain with Equity and Dignity.” At the Washington state academy, recruits practice LEED during mock training drills in which they are expected to handle antagonistic suspects without losing their cool. Sgt. Shanon Anderson reinforces that approach in her class on tactical skills by showing recruits a 2007 YouTube video of a Baltimore police officer berating a 14-year-old boy for skateboarding in the Inner Harbor area. The officer quickly becomes hostile and aggressive, throwing the teenager to the ground after the boy calls him “dude.” “On a scale of 1 to 10, how important is emotional control?” Anderson asks the class. “It’s a 10. You have to work on it.” The gentler philosophy extends to the treatment of recruits. There’s no more yelling, ridicule and physical punishment. And recruits are no longer required to stand at attention in a military brace when they encounter a staff member or a visitor. Instead, they are told to make eye contact and strike up a conversation. “They were doing so much bracing, they couldn’t even get to the bathroom,” said Donna Rorvik, the training commission’s curriculum developer. “Sue wanted them to learn to talk to people.” Even the most skilled negotiator must sometimes be a skilled fighter, and Rahr has increased training time spent on physical fitness, sparring and firearms. But those skills are often taught in non-traditional ways. In firearms training, for example, recruits are taught to breathe and meditate to reduce stress and improve accuracy. The recruits say they appreciate Rahr’s philosophy, particularly transfers from other states who have experienced the alternative. “I have to keep in mind: ‘You are not the big, bad highway patrol anymore,’ ” said James Thompson, who spent eight years as a Texas state trooper before signing on with police in tiny Tukwila, Wash. “It’s important to not be ‘all stick.’ It’s important to remember we are the voice to the people who don’t have voices.” https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1449853536 Officer Marcos Guzman handcuffs a man who was detained on suspicion of driving with a suspended license in Pasco, Wash. Guzman later gave the man a citation and a ride to his hotel. The Pasco police chief endorses the guardian-style approach but defends as unavoidable four fatal shootings by his officers in the past two years (continues...) |
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In the real world Over the past three years, Rahr’s commission has trained about 2,000 new recruits and transfers, or about 20 percent of the 10,000 officers estimated to be working in local departments across the state. At that rate, she said, “it’s going to take a generation to establish a new culture.” In the meantime, even departments that support the new model are finding it difficult to implement in the real world. In Pasco, a migrant desert town of 77,000 in Southeastern Washington, Police Chief Robert Metzger said he endorses Rahr’s approach. And each year, he adds a handful of commission graduates to his 71-member force. But Metzger also defends as unavoidable the four fatal shootings by his officers over the past two years. The latest, in February, drew national attention: Antonio Zambrano-Montes, 35, was unarmed except for the rocks he had been throwing at motorists and then officers. A video of the shooting appears to show Zambrano-Montes raising his hands in surrender before officers fired the final shots. His cousin Delia Zambrano said the video reveals a desperate need for better police training, and local business leaders have asked the Justice Department to intervene. “With these police officers, something did not click,” Zambrano said. “They just kept shooting.” Metzger defended his officers’ actions, saying they were in grave danger and had to shoot because Zambrano-Montes was holding a softball-size rock. “Adjustments” have been made to training, he said, and the circumstances of the four shootings have been added to firearms training drills. But Metzger said he isn’t sure any of those “tweaks” would lead officers to behave differently in the future. “Could there be ways that we could have avoided it? It’s hard to say,” Metzger said. “Maybe. Maybe not.” New style of police training aims to produce "guardians," not "warriors" | The Washington Post |
Cops hate it when they get caught raping.
Officer Daniel Holtzclaw Found Guilty of Rape, Sexual Assault |
when the blue shield fails...
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Joe's favorite cop gets away with lying to a judge in order to assault innocent toddlers with fire rape.
Jury Acquits the Only Cop Who Faced Charges After a Drug Raid Maimed a Toddler Nikki Autry claimed she lied on a search warrant affidavit by mistake. On Friday a jury acquitted a former Georgia sheriff's deputy of federal civil rights charges in connection with a May 2014 drug raid that gravely injured a toddler. Nikki Autry, a Habersham County deputy who was serving as a special agent with the Mountain Judicial Circuit Narcotics Criminal Investigation and Suppression Team, signed the application for the warrant that authorized the early-morning, no-knock raid, which found no drugs, guns, or money and left 19-month-old Bounkham "Bou Bou" Phonesavanh burned and mutilated by a flashbang grenade that landed in the playpen where he was sleeping. Autry's affidavit included several crucial misrepresentations, and during her trial the magistrate who issued the warrant testified that he would not have done so if she had told the truth. Autry said a confidential informant "was able to purchase a quantity of methamphetamine from Wanis Thonetheva," Bou Bou's cousin, at the house she wanted to search, which belongs to Thoentheva's mother. Autry said the informant was known to be "true and reliable," having "provided information in the past that has led to criminal charges on individuals selling illegal narcotics in Habersham County." She added that she had personally "confirmed that there is heavy traffic in and out of the residence." None of that was true. The confidential informant was newly minted and therefore had no track record, and it was his roommate who claimed to have bought meth from Thonetheva, a report that was not verified by police surveillance. Nor did Autry monitor the house to verify that a lot of people were going in and out. Federal prosecutors argued that Autry, whom they described as "an overzealous police officer" with "no respect for the people she's investigating," made up those crucial details to manufacture probable cause for a search. She testified that the affidavit was prepared by a supervisor, Officer.com reports, but "acknowledged she reviewed it and recommended no changes be made despite numerous inconsistencies." Her attorneys portrayed that failure as unintentional. Prosecutors emphasized that the raid would not have happened without Autry's misrepresentations. "If there had never been a search warrant, Bou Bou would've never been injured," Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill McKinnon said. "There's a direct causation." Autry was charged with four violations of Title 18, Section 242, which makes it a federal crime to deprive someone of his constitutional rights "under color of any law." That offense is generally punishable by up to a year in jail, but if "bodily harm" results, as happened in this case, the maximum penalty rises to 10 years. Although Autry's "mistakes" led directly to Fourth Amendment violations that resulted in Bou Bou's injuries, the jury declined to hold her responsible. Her attorneys argued that Autry, who is the only officer to face charges as a result of the raid, became a scapegoat for other people's errors. They noted that Charles Long, the deputy who threw the grenade that nearly killed Bou Bou, had violated protocol by failing to illuminate the room before using the explosive device. "There's a pattern of excess in the ways search warrants are executed," defense attorney Michael Trost said during his closing argument on Friday. "That's what led to the injuries to this child." In October 2014 a Habersham County grand jury faulted Autry for a "hurried" and "sloppy" investigation. The jurors "gave serious and lengthy consideration as to whether to recommend criminal charges" against her but decided that her resignation "in lieu of possible termination," combined with her surrender of the peace officer certification that enabled her to work in law enforcement, was "more appropriate than criminal charges and potential jail time." But the grand jurors did not consider the allegation that Autry lied in her search warrant affidavit, a charge that was included in a federal lawsuit filed by Bou Bou's parents in February. "We are so proud of Nikki for standing up for what she believed in," one of Autry's lawyers said after Friday's verdict. But even if we accept Autry's dubious defense that the misrepresentations in her affidavit were a product of carelessness rather than deliberate deception, the only principle she has vindicated is that drug warriors can endanger innocent people's lives through sloppy police work without committing a crime. FWIW, I have Jury Duty on Jan 4. |
Just a friendly police officer here to keep you safe:
A brave first responder who only wanted to get home into the arms of a loved one at the end of his shift. |
watch this cop roll up and start a fight with the one person he knew he could win.
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no dog, no care.
Chester PA Police officer shoots dog 8 times, laughs According to Ms Fry, Bear was secured in his back yard using a cable leash-line the morning of his shooting. Bear's home was next door to an abandoned home that was the scene of construction from time to time. It wasn't unusual for Bear, still a puppy, to bark at the construction workers next door. So when Christie Fry was awoken by Bear's barking on Thursday, she wasn't worried until his barking was punctuated by gunshots. ... |
this cop made headlines locally because he wanted desperately to see a 17yo's erection, now he's dead.
Cop Who Sought Photos of Teen’s Erection in Sexting Case Commits Suicide Moments Before Arrest Police Detective David Edward Abbott, a member of the Northern Virginia-Washington D.C. Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, committed suicide Tuesday before law enforcement could arrest him on suspicion of sexually abusing minors. Abbott, you will recall, was the detective in the noteworthy teen sexting case from July 2014, in which the authorities sought a warrant to take the 17-year-old male suspect to the hospital, inject him with a drug that would give him an erection, photograph his genitals, and compare the photo with existing pictures of his genitals the police had confiscated from his 15-year-old girlfriend’s phone. The teen was eventually sentenced to one year of probation. Here’s the kicker: Abbott sued the teen’s lawyer for defamation. The lawyer, Jessica Foster, remarked to the media that the warrant to take pornographic pictures of her client—to be used as evidence that he was guilty of creating child pornography—was “crazy.” “Who does this?” Foster had said. “It’s just crazy.” Abbott said the comments caused him severe emotional distress; he claimed he was threatened and called a pedophile, according to NBC. Authorities now believe Abbott was a pedophile. He had inappropriate contact with two young boys, ages 11 and 13, according to patch.com. Police attempted to arrest him at his home earlier today, but he refused to surrender and eventually shot himself. While this outcome is certainly a tragedy for his family, the revelations about Abbott should underscore two things: His treatment of the 17-year-old in the sexting case was unconscionable, and laws criminalizing sexting between teens are intrusive and easily abused. There actually was a truly depraved sexual monster in this case, it just wasn’t the teenager. |
when cops admit to breaking the law, no one cares -- especially when it ruins black people's lives in the process
Disturbing new twist in Chicago?s police crisis: Embattled state?s attorney refused to prosecute cop who admitted to perjury - Salon.com In a meeting on July 24, 2012, Chicago Police Officer Allyson Bogdalek broke down and cried as she admitted to prosecutors the obvious: She had lied under oath in the case of a man accused of robbing a Back of the Yards liquor store and shooting the owner in the leg. The victim of the shooting had picked the suspect, Ranceallen Hankerson, out of a lineup. But Officer Bogdalek lied on the stand during an April 13, 2011, hearing when she denied that the victim had been shown photographs of possible suspects prior to Hankerson’s arrest. In fact, the victim had been shown photos, and he had failed to pick Hankerson out—evidence that would have proven beneficial to the defense. Prosecutors opened an investigation, and recommend indicting Bogdalek for perjury and other felonies, according to Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office files provided to Salon. In February 2014, however, the process came to a screeching halt: State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez overruled her subordinates and instructed them that no charges would be filed. The case, which until now has escaped much public notice, provides evidence to back charges that Alvarez, currently under fire for her handling of the fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald, protects officers accused of misconduct. “It’s a powerful example of State’s Attorney Alvarez’s refusal to address systemic perjury by Chicago police,” says Craig Futterman, a civil rights attorney and professor at University of Chicago Law School who reviewed the case at Salon’s request. Bogdalek’s lie had become clear at the 2011 hearing. After she testified that they had never shown the victim photos of possible suspects, Hankerson’s defense attorney played a recording from Bogdalek’s squad car, in which she can be heard asking a sergeant whether they should take Hankerson into custody given that the victim had failed to identify him in a photo array, meaning a group of photographs of potential suspects shown to a witness. |
this is police policy:
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protect all cops. even the cirminals (redundant)
Corrupt cop guilty of tipping off crooks will get ?lifetime? health care ? thanks to secret ?golden parachute? A former police officer found guilty of corruption in Troy, New York is expected to receive “lifetime health insurance” thanks to a police union contract that the city council was not told about for 18 months. The Times Union reported that former officer Brian Gross would be eligible for the health insurance even though he resigned from the department in disgrace after pleading guilty to tipping off drug dealers to a raid. Under a plea deal, Gross was sentenced to 100 hours of community service, and agreed to never work in law enforcement again. He was also ordered to pay $5,500 restitution. A deal with the Troy Police Benevolent Association which was signed by Mayor Lou Rosamilia lowers the years of service required for lifetime health benefits from 20 years to 10 years. Although the agreement was signed on June 13, 2014, it was not put on the city council agenda until the Times-Union filed a Freedom of Information request. “It’s similar to a golden parachute disgraced CEOs get. I would not support special treatment for police officers who have done despicable actions,” Democratic Councilman Robert Doherty explained. “No one ever told me and I’m head of public safety.” Police union president Sgt. Thomas Hoffman argued that the city council did not have to approve the agreement because it had already been signed by the mayor, making Gross eligible for health coverage. Hoffman insisted that the city council was given a copy of the agreement and “maybe they misplaced it.” The city council is expected to discuss the contract during a Dec. 17 meeting. |
cops hate cameras.
https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2...-right-of-way/ A PINAC correspondent working on a story about a man who was arrested Monday for video recording outside a Shell refinery was arrested himself Tuesday for recording outside the same refinery. Both were on public property but it appears as if the Harris County sheriff’s deputies who arrested them were off-duty and working security for the Shell refinery in Deer Park, an industrial municipality outside Houston. Essentially hired goons. Phillip Turner, who is quickly becoming Texas’s version of Jeff Gray, was charged with failure to identify and criminal trespass. And his friend David Worden was charged with interference with public duties for not allowing the deputy to pat him down. Both are still incarcerated. ... |
cops hate cameras.
https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2...-right-of-way/ A PINAC correspondent working on a story about a man who was arrested Monday for video recording outside a Shell refinery was arrested himself Tuesday for recording outside the same refinery. Both were on public property but it appears as if the Harris County sheriff’s deputies who arrested them were off-duty and working security for the Shell refinery in Deer Park, an industrial municipality outside Houston. Essentially hired goons. Phillip Turner, who is quickly becoming Texas’s version of Jeff Gray, was charged with failure to identify and criminal trespass. And his friend David Worden was charged with interference with public duties for not allowing the deputy to pat him down. Both are still incarcerated. ... |
I believe I posted this story before, but not the video. this cop walks up to this guy, shoot him, and then fails to provide medical attention (to him or his GF laying on the road) while he searches for his spent casings. He failed to tell anyone about the shooting. He lied on police reports. 10 minutes later when medical arrives to the scene they find a bullet hole in his neck. DA declined to press charges because it's not criminal to walk up and shoot people, let them die, lie about it, and try to cover it up. |
wanna get hit? said the random employee wishing he was dumb enough to become a cop.
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stop and frisk is illegal.
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cops arent lawyers :P
... But in spite of clearly established case law recognizing the right of citizens to record public police activity, New Yorkers continue to be subject to harassment and arrest for filming the police in public. In this instance, I was in the Port Authority Bus Terminal when I noticed three White Port Authority Police officers confront and attempt to remove a Black passenger from a bus. I stood on the walkway and quietly began filming their public activity. I was suddenly confronted by one of the police officers who exited the bus - leaving the other two officers to deal with the situation - in order to demand that I stop filming and leave the public area immediately. Whenever anyone films New York City Police Officers in public they risk being assaulted and arrested for exercising their lawful First Amendment rights. I was concerned that this officer would either grab my phone or strike me in the throat with his hand and arrest me, as recently happened to a sitting New York Supreme Court Judge who questioned a NYPD police officer's conduct during an arrest on a public street [the officer wasn't disciplined for assaulting the Judge]. Thankfully I was able to convince the officer that his attention was better focused on the safety of his fellow officers than on a citizen engaged in lawful First Amendment activity. |
Maybe now people will start to care about the violent criminals in charge of enforcing law:
Cowardly Cop Kills Family’s Cat with a Shotgun After it Hissed at Him | The Free Thought Project Six years ago, when Tom Newhart and his wife rescued a baby cat and named him Sugar, they never imagined that his life would end in a hail of gunfire. However, thanks to a North Catasauqua police officer, that’s exactly what happened. Last Sunday, Sugar escaped from the Newhart’s home. Hours later, he’d be gunned down by police. “It’s like one of your children, you raised them, bottle fed them,” said Newhart as he began tearing up. When Sugar escaped, a neighbor five houses down found him and decided to call the police after not being able to detain the lost cat. When the cop showed up, he pulled out a shotgun and it was open season on lost cats. “I found the cat sitting right here,” said the neighbor, Mike Lienert. When the officer showed up, he told Lienert that it’s “not politically correct, but if it’s injured we will put it down,” — as if being ‘politically correct’ has anything to do with killing an innocent animal. The officer then walked into Lienert’s backyard, blew the cat away, and then told Lienert that he’d have to clean up the mess. Lienert said aside from poking at the dead cat’s body, the officer never attempted to catch the cat. Lienert said the cat did hiss at the officer, but instead of grabbing a pair of gloves and putting the cat in a cage, this public servant did some target practice. After recovering Sugar’s body, the Newhart’s decided to have him x-rayed by the vet to see if the officer was justified in shooting him. However, they found that Sugar was fine, and the officer had no reason to kill him. “No lacerations, no blood, other than neck wound on body. ” Newhart said. Newhart said he called the Mayor and the chief of police, who told him that this is not policy and has never happened before. “This guy doesn’t deserve the badge he wears, and should be fired immediately and held accountable,” said Newhart in a Facebook post. In a statement, the borough said it’s in the process of gathering information and conducting a review and investigation of what took place. After this process is complete, the borough will be taking the necessary and appropriate steps, according to WFMZ. According to a local animal shelter, the officer’s actions could be considered animal cruelty. According to the Free Thought Project, the officer’s actions are considered cowardly and sadistic. YOU STUPID MOTHER FUCKERS, STOP CALLING MURDEROUS DEATH SQUADS WHEN YOU ARE IN NEED OF ASSITANCE. |
cities pay when cops rape.
Feds Agree to Review Milwaukee Police Force At the chief's request, federal authorities will investigate the Milwaukee Police Department as part of a reform initiative. The U.S. Department of Justice, through its Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), will conduct a "lengthy probe into all aspects of force," according to local news reports. Milwaukee is the ninth city to request such an investigation, according to reports. The news comes on the heels of a $5 million settlement announcement in 14 illegal strip-search cases in which 74 men, all black, sued the city, claiming police officers publicly strip-searched them without a warrant, in some cases fondling their genitals and reaching into their ---- cavities. The settlement must be approved by the Milwaukee Common Council and the mayor. According to a letter from the city attorney, 131 officers have been named across all the lawsuits. Officer Michal Vagnini, the alleged leader of the four officers forced to resign and criminally convicted for the searches, is serving a two-year prison term. The police have also been the subject of scrutiny over the fatal shooting of Dontre Hamilton, a mentally ill man who was shot 14 times after an officer approached him as he slept in a public park. Officer Christopher Manney is still fighting his termination stemming from Hamilton's death, but he was never charged with a crime or civil rights violation. In November, six demonstrators, including Hamilton's brother, gathered at an annual tree-lighting ceremony in the park where Hamilton was killed were arrested for disorderly conduct. They have since been released, according to local news reports. Dean Puschnig, a spokesperson for the Justice Department in Eastern Wisconsin, did not immediately respond to a voicemail requesting comment. According to the news report, the investigation of the Milwaukee Police Department will be formally announced Thursday at a news conference on the steps of the federal courthouse. |
more rapey stuff
Bond set at $1 million for former Pepper Pike police officer accused of rape | cleveland.com A Bedford Municipal Court judge set bond at $1 million for a former Pepper Pike police officer charged with rape and menacing by stalking. Jeffrey L. Martin, 55, of Bainbridge Township is accused of raping a woman in September 2014. The woman has also reported at least four stalking incidents since August, according to court records. Martin waived his right to a preliminary hearing during a court appearance Wednesday. The case will be bound over to the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court where a grand jury will decide what charges the former officer will face. Defense attorney David Snow declined to comment after the hearing. Judge Brian J. Melling ordered that Martin remain at the Bedford Jail until he surrenders weapons he keeps at his house. Melling also approved the woman's request for temporary protection order against Martin. The woman came to the Bedford Police Department on Dec. 7 to accuse Martin of rape. Martin followed her to the police department that day, according to a police report. |
more rapey stuff
Fresno County Sheriff's deputy charged with the battery of his girlfriend | abc30.com A sheriff's deputy recognized as a hero in the line of duty, now accused of criminal violence against a fellow deputy. "They both work together so I think the victim felt it was appropriate to go and let her superiors know about it and then that started the investigation," said Lt. Joe Gomez of the Fresno Police Department, which investigated the incident. Police arrested Fresno County sheriff's Sgt. Mark Eaton Monday on misdemeanor domestic violence charges. He's now on paid leave. Five years ago, Eaton was a hero. He was on the team serving a warrant when a suspect opened fire and killed deputy Joel Wahlenmaier, and later, Reedley police officer Javier Bejar. Eaton earned a Medal of Valor from the governor for his bravery. But in 2015, he stands accused of an act of cowardice against his girlfriend. "The victim wanted the suspect to leave," Lt. Gomez said. "He didn't want to leave. And near the front door of the residence, he had grabbed her face, her nose and squeezed pretty hard and pushed her back." Fresno police say Eaton also squeezed the woman's neck, and then made persistent, unwanted contact with his victim for a couple months. We're not identifying her, but she's also a sheriff's deputy and she reported what happened two months after the alleged attack. Although the case is wrapped in a veil of confidentiality because the participants are in law enforcement, Action News has also learned there was a witness to the incident who is in law enforcement. And the alleged victim got a restraining order against Eaton, which could affect his job. "Once that protective order is issued, that person is not supposed to have access to guns or possess guns in any manner," said ABC30 legal analyst Tony Capozzi. |
when police "help" it's actually to crime.
Kansas: Feigned Concern Does Not Justify Traffic Stop Kansas Court of Appeals says cops cannot stop cars by pretending to be concerned about the welfare of the driver. Police must not pretend to "help" motorists in order to write a ticket or make an arrest, the state Court of Appeals said Friday. A three-judge panel used the case of Carlos Eduardo Martinez Morales to send a message to law enforcement by affirming a lower court judge's decision to set Morales free. It was around 2:30 in the morning on November 22, 2014 when Reno County Sheriff's Department Deputy Travis Vogt spotted Morales parked on the side of K-96 highway. The lawman's suspicions were aroused because it was a rural area and the car's lights were on. As Deputy Vogt approached, Morales stepped on the brakes and prepared to leave. Deputy Vogt hit his emergency lights to keep that from happening, even though Morales had not violated any laws. Deputy Vogt walked up to Morales and asked whether "everything was okay." The officer claimed he smelled alcohol and had the man perform two sobriety tests. Morales passed one and failed the other. He was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), but the trial judge threw out the evidence gathered as a result of the traffic stop because the judge did not believe it was really a "welfare check" as the deputy claimed. "It's our department's job to check on any vehicles that are either parked along side of the roadway, abandoned, basically to check to make sure if they are occupied, everything is okay, they're not having mechanical problems," Deputy Vogt testified. "If a vehicle is out in this area, you know, out in, in a rural area like that, to make sure they're not stolen or, or a part of some other crime that we would get a hit off of by running the tag, something like that." Here, the car was clearly not abandoned, but the deputy did run the license plate to check whether it was stolen. This, the appellate court concluded, was proof that this was an investigation, not a safety stop. The three-judge panel quoted a lengthy story to make the point that this was unacceptable. "The fallacy of letting officers masquerade an investigatory stop as a public safety stop is perhaps better answered by logic than by legal precedent," Judge Henry W. Green Jr wrote for the court. "An example of this is a story told of President Abraham Lincoln during his days as a trial lawyer. Lincoln is credited with cross-examining a witness in the following way: "'How many legs does a horse have?' "'Four,' said the witness. "'Right', said Abe. "'Now, if you call the tail a leg, how many legs does a horse have?' "'Five,' answered the witness. "'Nope,' said Abe, 'callin' a tail a leg don't make it a leg.'" So police in Kansas may not justify an investigatory stop by calling it a public safety stop. A copy of the ruling is available in a 220k PDF file at the source link below. |
fuck yo appeal.
Supreme Court Won't Touch $5.7 Million Jury Award Against Two Cops Who Left Man Paralyzed The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the city of Los Angeles and two policemen on Monday, leaving in place a $5.7 million judgment a jury awarded to a man left paralyzed from the waist down after the officers shot him in the back four times. The city and the officers, Julio Benavides and Mario Flores, had asked the justices to overturn a ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld the 2012 award won by the man, Robert Contreras, in his lawsuit accusing police of using excessive force in the 2005 incident. The incident occurred after the officers were alerted to reports of a drive-by shooting and followed a van linked to the crime. Benavides and Flores chased Contreras when he exited the van and shot him in the back when he stopped in a driveway. The officers later testified that Contreras had a gun although he was, in fact, unarmed. Contreras was convicted on two counts of attempted murder for his role in the drive-by shooting and was sentenced to seven years in prison. He is now out of prison. Contreras filed a federal lawsuit in 2011, accusing the officers of using excessive force in violation of his rights under the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures. The Los Angeles City Council rejected a chance to settle the case for $4.5 million in 2012. The case is City of Los Angeles v. Contreras, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 15-58. |
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