This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories Two southern sheriff's deputies and a New England jail guard make the dishonor roll this week.
In Tazewell, Tennessee, a former Claiborne County sheriff's deputy was arrested last Thursday on charges he solicited bribes to make drug and weapons charges go away. Robert Glenn Chadwell was caught red-handed taking $2,000 from a man and asking for... (more)
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Cops Threatened by Suicidal Man with Gun, Became Heroes for Using Compassion, Not AggressionLeesburg, VA — A 78-year-old Leesburg man is dead, shot in the head by police as he brandished a gun while officers approached — or so the tagline would read had this 78-year-old man encountered a different set of officers.
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Cop Says He Shot Cyclist in the Back Because He was Mourning his Fellow OfficerIndio, CA — Two years ago, 23-year-old Alejandro Rendon was murdered by Indio police officer Alex Franco. Rendon was on a bicycle when Franco attempted to pull him over, reportedly for a missing headlight on the cycle.
Expert witnesses testified that the officer shot Franco in the back as he was attempting to flee, but Franco denied this, his department stood behind him, and now he walks free. He was even nice enough to allow an insurance company to foot the $1.9M bill from ... (more)
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Freddie Gray's Autopsy Reveals Single "High-Energy" Impact as Cause of DeathBaltimore, Md. – The long awaited autopsy report in the death of Freddie Gray confirmed that he died of a single "high-energy" injury event, which was most likely the result of a sudden deceleration of the van in which he was riding.
The reasoning behind not ruling the death accidental was that officers' failed to follow standard safet... (more)
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How Could that Be? US Confidence in Police is Lowest in 22 YearsThe question burning among many Americans is this, are there more instances of police abuse now than in the past, or, is modern technology allowing us to see it, record it, and disseminate now, more than ever?
The answer to that question is a tricky one as the Free Thought Project has reported, the official means of keeping up with police misconduct, was all but non-existent... (more)
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Ohio Cop Shoots At Family's Dog, Hits 4-Year-Old Girl InsteadA 4-year-old girl is in the hospital tonight after being shot by a Columbus police officer who was only trying to kill the family dog.
The incident occurred Friday afternoon when a woman called the Ohio cop over for help with her sister who had cut herself.
The officer, who had been walking out of a home where he had been investigating a hit-and-run acciden... (more)
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Unarmed Man Flags Down LAPD For Help, Cops Blow His Brains Out, Handcuff His Dead BodyLos Angeles, CA — An unidentified man was shot by LAPD Friday afternoon when he flagged them down for help.
According to police, last night around 6:35 p.m. a man standing by the side of the road attempted to flag down two officers on patrol by waving his arms--one arm wrapped in a towel--while calling out, "police, police." Exiting hi... (more)
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Ain't That Amerika: Routine State Terrorism in the Imperial CapitalThe eleven-year-old girl shrieked in horror as the shower curtain was ripped away, leaving her exposed to the view of a large male stranger. Her sense of violation was compounded by the threat of immediate, violent death: The marauder was wearing body armor and aiming an assault rifle at the naked, terrified child.
Downstairs, the offender's comrades were ransacking the house and barking profane orders at the traumatized child's family. Sterling Harrison, her 19-year-old brother,... (more)
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California Cop Busted For Beating Up Elderly MotoristA jury on Wednesday ordered the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to pay $125,000 in damages over the drunk-driving arrest of a sober man. Harrison Orr sued after the August 6, 2013 incident left him battered and bruised.
Orr was on his way to Sacramento on Interstate 80 that day when Officer Jay Brame saw his gray 2005 Toyota and decided it was traveling too slowly. He signaled the Toyota to pull over, and Orr complied.
Orr had suffered a stroke in 2006 that left him... (more)
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Unarmed Man Shot By Police In Face Settles Lawsuit For $2MAn unarmed Seattle man shot in the face by city police responding to a 911 call, settled a federal lawsuit for $1.975 million, officials announced Tuesday.
35-year-old Nathaniel Caylor was shot in the jaw without any warning by Officer Eugene Schubeck, before he and Officer Don Leslie used excessive force and violated his Fourth Amendment guarantee against ill... (more)
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Miami Detective Accused of Robbing Drivers at Traffic StopsFrom Florida’s Local 10:
A Miami-Dade police detective was indicted Thursday on charges of using his law enforcement authority to viol ... (more)
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Arkansas Speed Trap Town Slapped With Federal LawsuitThe tiny town of Concord, Arkansas is receiving big attention for its enthusiastic enforcement of speed limits on Arkansas Highway 25. Aggrieved motorists last week used evidence from state officials declaring the town a speed trap to launch a class action lawsuit.
"As you know I have been receiving complaints about the Concord town marshal's abuse of power for about two years from citizens of Concord, citizens of Cleburne County residing outside of Concord and citizens residing o... (more)
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Ex-Judge Leaks Video of Chicago Cop Firing On Teens In CarAndrew Berman, a retired Cook County Judge, was so disturbed by the actions of a Chicago police officer, that he recently leaked a video to local media. He says the video is the most disturbing thing he has seen in his 35 years in the Windy City court system.
The horrifying dash cam footage shows Officer Marco Proano fire his weapon over a dozen times into a car full of unarmed teenagers. The former judge comments on the video:
"I've seen lots of gruesome, grisl ... (more)
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This Weeks Corrupt Cops Stories Four Chicago-land cops get popped for testilying, a New York cop tried to impress a woman and ends up on probation, another jail guard goes down, and more. Let's get to it:
In Chicago, four Chicago area police officers were arrested last Monday on perjury charges for allegedly lying under oath at a drug hearing last year. Three of the four are narcotics officers with the Chicago Police, while the fourt... (more)
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Video: Cop Murders 17-Year-Old Kid For Not Complying With Traffic StopA Sheriff’s sergeant in Eaton County Michigan will face no charges after shooting and killing a seventeen year old for not complying with a traffic stop, despite the fact that he had committed no crime whatsoever.
The shocking incident happened back in February and was captured on police body camera and partially on cell phone by Deven Guilford, who was ripped out of his vehicle, tased and then shot seven times by Sgt. Jonathan Frost.
The stop occurred after ... (more)
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Man Drowns in Police Custody, Cop Who Speaks out Is DemotedOn May 31, 2014, 20-year-old Brandon Ellingson was stopped by a Missouri Highway Patrol officer for suspicion of boating while intoxicated.
The events that followed Brandon's arrest are shocking, horrible, and tragic.
Ellingson was taken into custody by Trooper Anthony Piercy while boating on The Lake of the Ozarks after the off... (more)
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20-Yr-Old College Student Threatened With 40-Yr Jail Sentence For Selling Pot Becomes Informant, Found Shot DeadAfter 20-year-old North Dakota College student Andrew Sadek was caught selling 4.5 grams of pot to a confidential informant, state prosecutors threatened him with 40 years in jail, saying he sold the pot in a "school zone" which makes it a felony and carries an increased penalty.
In this case, the "school zone" was the entire college itself, not some elementary school filled with children, but a college filled with experimental youth who pop drugs like candy.
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