Another jail guard goes down, a probation officer may need probation himself, and a Florida sheriff's officer was looking up information he wasn't supposed to. Let's get to it:
Imagine a successful business with a history of innovation, job creation, and consumer satisfaction. Now imagine that this business is actually prohibited from opening in your town--not because the local government has any objection to its business model or its prices, but just because the local government thinks it has enough businesses in town. Sound crazy? ... (more)
An unarmed black 18-year-old accused of shoplifting was killed by a police officer in Virginia who had been barred from patrolling city streets for almost three years after fatally shooting another unarmed man.
William Chapman was shot dead by Stephen Rankin, a white Portsmo
Kissimmee, FL — On May 8, at Kissimmee Middle School, a 13-year-old boy and his mother were meeting with the school resource officer, officer Mario Badia.
The meeting followed a domestic disturbance at the home of the boy. During that meeting, Badia claimed that the 13-year-old attacked him and that he had to use force.
However, after school officials saw the surveillance footage of the incident, they called the Kissimmee Police Department. According to t... (more)
On Sunday, the Washington Post ran a lengthy story about police shootings in the USA thus far this year. Fatalities are now 385, about twice a day–and those are only the fatalities (if someone is shot and is crippled or is on life support, that’s not part of this tally).
Excerpt:
The most troubling cases began with a cry for help.
About half the shootings occurred after family members, neighbors or strangers sought help from
A video of Palm Beach Sheriff’s deputies beating a man at a traffic has just been uncovered by local CBS 12 in Florida.
The video clearly shows Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office tasering, pepper-spraying and beating a man at a traffic stop after they say he “resisted” them.
The stop occurred on November 28, 2013, and involved the locally-notorious Deputy Ernest Cantu – who has shot at least three other suspects to death in the past... (more)
Aside from the so-called War on Drugs being a great success for the government on multiple levels and a boon to thugs who get off on beating their non-violent employers fellow citizens - it also creates an environment ripe for other forms of abuse.
Meet Civil Asset Forfeiture where cops take everything from a suspect and simply keep it even after the trumped... (more)
... and you may be fined and imprisoned for “animal cruelty.” This is what a Florida woman is threatened with after refusing to be plundered with a $3,000 vet bill to treat her beloved, aged dog’s infected teeth. One has to wonder when vets were given IRS-style taxing powers.
What’s next on the road to galloping totalitarianis... (more)
A Denver Sheriff's Internal Affairs Bureau investigator claims he was fired after refusing to follow orders to destroy a videotape that showed an inmate being “humiliated and degraded,” earlier this month.
Brent Miller worked for the Adams County Sheriff's Office for nearly 26 years before retiring and agreeing to work for the Denver Sheriffs Department.
As a civilian internal affairs investigator, Miller says he was assigned to investigate several c... (more)
(Tulsa, OK) On Friday, two brothers called police for help as they were trying to move their truck after it had stalled on a road that was quickly flooding. Soon after Oklahoma State Troopers arrive, one of the brothers is shot dead by the very people they called for help and the other brother finds himself arrested after he just watched his own brother being shot to death.
Muffled cries of "you're trying to kill me," and "I can't breathe" are audible in new video of the struggle that lead to Robert Minjarez' death in March 2014. This week, a grand jury found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by the officers who restrained Minjarez.
Ross Ulbricht, the man behind the darkweb drug marketplace known as the Silk Road, has just been sentenced to more imprisonment than he has actual lives: two life sentences and "max sentences on all other charges." In addition, the government has chosen to hold him financially culpable for every single transaction that occurred at the Silk Road -- a fine of $184 million -- $166 million of which it has already recouped t... (more)
It is not often that a judge sides with a motorist over the testimony of a police officer. For US District Judge Kathleen Cardone, the testimony of El Paso, Texas cops proved to be so incredible that she had no choice earlier this month than to believe Felicia Waller, who was a passenger in a white 2002 Chevy Tahoe pulled over on September 25, 2014 for allegedly speeding. Instead, she Waller wound up arrested by drug task force officers because she had a small amount of ammunition in her own hom... (more)
The officer approached Mr Williams’ car, and before identifying himself, he asked if Williams had a room at the hotel.
After Williams positively indicated that he did have a room at the place of business, the officer proceeded to ask further invasive questions before finally demanding Williams identification.
