DOJ Suspends $1.2 Billion Asset Forfeiture Profit-Sharing Program With PoliceThe Department of Justice has announced a moratorium on splitting gains made from its civil asset forfeiture program with local law enforcement. Budget cuts of $1.2 billion made keeping the practice "impossible," the DOJ said, upsetting police groups.
While federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the US Marshals will continue using the legal tool, the “equitabl... (more)
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Cop Charged With Murder and Manslaughter in 2 Separate Fatal Shootings Gets His Job BackWaverly, OH -- Indicted on five counts, including felony murder and reckless homicide, Pike County Deputy Joel Jenkins was officially reinstated on Tuesday after the sheriff recently fired him for shooting his neighbor to death while drunk. Although the police union fought to reinstate the negligent deputy, the sheriff refuses to place him back on duty or issue him another paycheck. ... (more)
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She Looked Down During a Mugshot, So A Cop Threw Her Face First Into A BenchSkokie, IL -- The village of Skokie recently agreed to pay $875,000 to a woman seen on jail surveillance video being shoved into a cement bench face-first. The officer admitted to fracturing her face because the nonviolent woman did not look directly at the camera during her mug shot photo.
Arrested for DUI on March 10, 2013, Cassandra Feuerstein was found asleep in her vehicle at 6 a.m. when officers took her into custody. A surveillance video from the jail shows Officer Mary... (more)
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Another Politician Attempts to Build a Wall Between The Public and The Police Who Serve ThemBody camera footage is a great tool for law enforcement accountability. But all the potential good can all be undone by ensuring the public has no access to the recordings. If recordings become just another internal "document," nothing has been gained by the addition of body-worn cameras.
That outcome is perfectly fine with some legislators, like Michigan Senator Rick Jones. A House b ... (more)
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Nineteen-Hour 'Standoff' Ends With Law Enforcement Officers Destroying An Empty HouseThe Cherokee County (KS) Sheriff's Department engaged in a fruitless 19-hour standoff with a vacant residence. On the 20th hour, the fugitive house was finally taken down. A SWAT truck with a battering ram attached was used to poke holes and tear apart the house in an attempt to drive the nonexistent suspect out. As deputies became unable to fin ... (more)
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Law Enforcement Wants to Be Able to Seize The Cars and Homes of People Convicted On Child Porn ChargesSome odd news out of Massachussetts. Legislators and law enforcement are teaming up to push legislation that would give agencies permission to seize and sell property belonging to people convicted of sexual crimes against children. A local sheriff and state representative are awaiting the review of a bill that would allow prosecutors at the conclusion ... (more)
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PA Cop Faces 30 Years in Prison After Being Duped by FBI Corruption Set-UpA Pennsylvania cop with the Fairview Township police department in York County was arrested on federal corruption charges after being duped by an FBI sting operation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Friday.
Federal prosecutors maintain that 41-year-old Tyson Baker stole money from drug traffickers who had been arrested and pulled over, removed money seized by his department ... (more)
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Cop Says Life "Ruined" After Pointing AR-15 At Journalists Saying, "I'm Going to F***Ing Kill You!"Ferguson, MO — A petulant public servant is now playing the role of 'victim' after he pointed his AR-15 at Free Thought Project live streamer, Rebel Z, aka John Zeigler.
The entire incident was caught on film, showing St. Ann police officer, Ray Albers with his gun raised pointing it directly at Zeigler, who was live streaming at the time.
"Oh my God, gun raised, gun raised," stated Zeigler... (more)
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VIDEO: Cop Punches Homeless Man In Face, Gets One Day SuspensionSeattle, WA – After an extended investigation, dash cam footage was recently released, thanks to the work of a police accountability activist, showing an 11-year veteran cop violently assaulting a 21-year old homeless man.
On the evening of Saturday, January 3, Seattle police officer, Clark Dickson was dispatched as a backup officer to a homeless encampment, where officers were checking for men with outstanding ... (more)
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Operation Revenue Generation: DC Mayor Seeks to Massively Expand Speed Camera Use, Lower Speed Limits, Raise FinesMuriel Bowser, recently elected mayor of Washington, DC, has adopted all of the latest trends in municipal transportation planning. At a press conference Wednesday she released her "Vision Zero" action plan, which revolves around a speed camera expansion so vast that the District would become the nation's leader when it comes to bolstering a city budget with automated ticketing. Call it a "Vision of Zeroes."
With 146 ticketing cameras, the District of Columbia has never been short... (more)
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Chicago Police Torture 'Black Site' Exposed At Hearing A secret detention center run by the Chicago Police Department (CPD) was under the spotlight at a first-of-its-kind hearing Tuesday.
While protesters demonstrating against police brutality blocked city streets, elected officials from Chicago’s Cook County held the first public hearing about Homan Square, an ‘off-the-books’ interrogation facility revealed earlier this year by The Guardian.
The investigation found that CPD denied constitutional ... (more)
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Police Officer Found Not Guilty After Tasing Unresponsive Native American Man 28 TimesFormer Oglala Sioux Tribe police officer Rebecca Sotherland was found not guilty of using unreasonable force by a federal jury last week. The indictment against her stemmed from an August 2014 incident where she used a Taser an estimated 28 times on an unresponsive man in Manderson, South Dakota.
The ex-officer faced three criminal charges, including "deprivation ... (more)
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DA Responds to Outcry Over Failure to File Charges Against Cop Who "Accidentally" Shot DUI SuspectNearly a week ago I blogged about Patrick Feaster, a Paradise (CA) police officer, who shot Andrew Thomas in the neck as he tried to crawl out of a vehicle he had just crashed. The accident took place the day before Thanksgiving last month but the video didn't come out until late last week and when it did, so did the announcement that no charges would be filed against Feaster for shooting Thomas – putting him in cr... (more)
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Cowardly Cop Kills Family's Cat With a Shotgun After It Hissed At HimNorth Catasauqua, PA — 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.
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Combat Vet Now Being Monitored by Police For Speaking The Truth in a Senate MeetingLansing, MI -- Kicked out of a Senate Committee meeting last week while defending medical marijuana patients, U.S. veteran Dakota Serna received a phone call on Tuesday informing him that the Senate police are routinely checking his Facebook page. The state senator who had Serna's mic cut off and ordered him out of the building now refuses to meet with Serna in his office and will only conduct any future meetings with him at the security desk.
One day after the Free Thought Projec... (more)
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This Week's Corrupt Cops StoriesA sticky-fingered Ohio cop heads for prison, so does a gun-smuggling Miami cop, an Indiana cop gets busted peddling dope, and more.
In Anderson, Indiana, an Anderson police officer was arrested last Thursday after he allegedly sold drugs to an undercover FBI agent. Donald Jordan, 52, went down after a tipster told the F... (more)
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Cop Who Sought Photos of Teen's Erection in Sexting Case Commits Suicide Moments Before ArrestPolice 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-yea... (more)
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DEA Loses Big Drug Case, Thanks to Illegal Wiretap Warrants Prosecutor Calls 'Procedural Errors'The DOJ's counsel warned the DEA that its illegal wiretaps would get them into trouble. "It was made very clear to the agents that if you're going to go the state route, then best wishes, good luck and all that, but that case isn't coming to federal court..."
"They'd want to ... (more)
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Colorado About to Require All Police Officers to Undergo Psychological EvaluationsColorado ruled Monday that police officers in the state be required to undergo full psychological evaluations. The checks would occur before an officer is hired, and every time an officer changes jobs or jurisdictions in the state thereafter, the Denver Post reported.
According to the Post, state law already requires psychological evaluations but such checks are rarely carri... (more)
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Politician Who Profits From Mass Incarceration, Only One to Vote Down Legal PotWichita, KS – If you're a homeless person in Wichita, Kansas, City Councilman Pete Meitzner and his associates at The Lord's Diner will feed you. If you're caught with a joint and locked up at the Sedgwick County Detention Facility, Meitzner and his political associates will feast on you -- and any relatives who try to call you while you're incarcerated.
Three decades ago, recalls the investigative website ... (more)
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Only Cop Charged in Raid That Maimed a Baby Is Acquitted -- Police Still Blaming Toddler & Family"How is America going to justify this?" exclaimed Bounkham Phonesavankh after a federal jury in Georgia acquitted the former sheriff's deputy whose perjured affidavit precipitated a SWAT raid that nearly cost the life of his 19-month-old son.
"How can we explain this? I thought this country was built with the truth, and not a bunch of corruption and lying like t... (more)
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14-Yr-Old Boy Brandishing Airsoft Gun Shot At 7 Times By Officer, Hit OnceA 14-year-old black boy was shot at seven times after allegedly pulling an airsoft gun on a Jacksonville police officer this past Friday. Fortunately, the officer was a terrible shot and only hit the boy with a single bullet in his leg.
Jacksonville.com reports:
A Jacksonville teen with a history of mental illness is reco ... (more)
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Another Trustworthy Confidential Informant Allegedly Tied to Multiple Bogus Drug ArrestsThe only thing as trustworthy as a cop's testimony are statements made by confidential informants. These are used to secure warrants and, occasionally, as supporting evidence in prosecutions. Never mind the fact that confidential informants are often career criminals who carry with them the innate desire... (more)
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