In this video out of Mesilla, New Mexico, a Mesilla officer is seen harassing a cop watcher and using a flashlight to blind him and screw up his shot.
Deputy "Salas," badge number 315, and his partner were reportedly investigating a theft at a local insurance office on the 22nd of September and were searching the outside shrubbery for evidence.
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On Wednesday evening, a Maryland man was fatally shot by police after making a gun-like gesture with his hands.
The incident began around 4:50 PM in Reistertown, a suburb 25 miles northwest of Baltimore, when the still unidentified man attempted to obtain cough syrup from a pharmacy using a fake prescription. The pharmacist called the police, who arrived and chased the man across the street.
“Narcotics detectives confirm that the suspect tried to obtain prome... (more)
St. Petersburg, FL — An investigation by 10 News found that city officials in St. Petersburg intentionally used non-compliant road signage in school zones, putting children's safety at risk, so they could write more tickets and collect revenue.
No bureaucrats will get in trouble for this affront, and no citizen will be refunded their tickets issued through... (more)
Jackson, MS -- Accused of providing protection to drug dealers, violating civil rights, and robbing two undercover FBI agents, Officer Bryan Jones was terminated from the Jackson Police Department and charged with abusing his authority to commit extortion. The FBI began investigating into Jones over a year ago after local residents repeatedly complained about the dirty cop.
According to the indictment, Jones used his position as a cop to collect fees from local drug dealers in... (more)
A California police officer charged earlier this year with raping a woman while on duty, has been fired by the San Jose Police Department, officials said Thursday.
Officer Geoffrey Evatt Graves, 40, has been in jail since March when a judge held him over for trial on charges that he sexually assaulted an unidentified and undocumented immigrant woman in a motel room two years ago.
Prosecutors say Graves responded with other officers to a September 22, 2013 distur... (more)
Wilmington, DE — On Wednesday police responded to a 9-1-1 call about a man in a wheelchair who was allegedly suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Upon arriving on the scene, police officers immediately escalated the situation and within seconds the man was killed, according to witnesses.
The victim, 28-year-old Jeremy McDole was repeatedly told by police to “show your hands,” but he did not immediately respond. The first officer fired a singl... (more)
Detroit, MI – In the city of Detroit, where 9-1-1 calls for real crimes and emergencies often go unanswered, the police conducted a drug raid where they were seen on video smashing up someone’s house for no reason.
Police busted through the resident’s windows and entered the house like storm troopers, even though the front door was wide open the entire time. According to polic... (more)
If a police officer stops an Oklahoma motorist on a bogus charge, the driver must submit. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals came to that conclusion on Friday as it found Nathan Charles Nelson guilty of obstruction for walking away from a cop who had improperly stopped him for failing to use his turn signal on March 19, 2014.
Knowing he was in the right, Nelson refused to cooperate with Tulsa Police Officer Tyler Turnbough. Under Oklahoma law, turn signals are only necessary w... (more)
Toronto, CA — A man falsely accused of assaulting a police officer was exonerated after a cellphone video revealed that the officers had knocked the phone out of his hand before attacking him. Although the officers confiscated his cellphone and refuse to return it, they didn't realize that the video had already been automatically uploaded to his Google account.
On January 4, 2014, Toronto Police Constables Piara Dhaliwal and Akin Gul responded to a noise complaint at the... (more)
Chicago, IL — George Roberts is a civilian whose job is to investigate crooked cops. As the supervisor for the Independent Police Review Authority, (IPRA), Roberts is responsible for investigating claims of police misconduct and officer-involved shootings.
After a nightmarish interaction with six Chicago cops, however, Roberts became the subject of his own work.
According to a federal lawsuit filed this week, after leaving a bar on New Year’s Day 2015, R... (more)
OKLAHOMA CITY (CN) - A former Oklahoma City cop was sentenced to two years in federal prison for training his clients how to lie and hide crimes on polygraph exams.
Douglas Williams, 69, of Norman, faced up to 100 years in federal prison. He pleaded guilty in May to two counts of mail fraud and three counts of obstruction of justice.
Williams owns Polygraph.com, which trains people appearing for polygraph exams before law enforcement agencies and under... (more)
MADISON, Wis. (CN) - A rural Wisconsin village will pay $35,000 to settle claims that it deleted profane Facebook comments that criticized its police as racist.
Thomas Smith brought the civil rights suit in question after he was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for making disparaging remarks on the police department's Facebook page in 2012.
Chesterton, IN — In January of 2012, Dana Reiner’s water broke, so her husband James began excitedly driving to the hospital. The couple was almost there when a police cruiser got behind them with his lights on to pull them over.
Instead of pulling over, however, James Reiner called 9-1-1 to alert dispatch to the fact that his wife was about to give birth. He turned on his flashing lights and continued to drive.
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Seattle, Washington – An IRS agent was arrested this week after he was caught attempting to con a Seattle marijuana shop owner out of $20,000.
The 42-year-old agent, Paul G. Hurley, reportedly demanded a $20,000 bribe from the shop owner, in exchange for a break on an audit. In fact, Hurley had said that he saved the business owner over a million dollars on his tax return, and that his current tax bill was just under $300,000.
Imagine that another unarmed man is gunned down by police officers. As it usually goes, no charges were filed. If you live in Pennsylvania, you'll never find out who the officer is -- ever. That's the gist of a bipartisan law making its way through the General Assembly.
Glen Ellyn, IL -- In an infuriating video, two students at the College of DuPage, a public university, were on campus exercising their First Amendment rights by passing out pocket Constitutions and fliers that read "America is a free speech zone," when approached by a police officer and threatened with arrest.
Filmed ironically only one day after "Constitution Day," the footage show the officer infringe on the students’ right to freely express their political opinions by t... (more)
Once again, a government agency is attempting to price itself out of the public records market. The Hayward (CA) police department told the National Lawyers Guild that it needed to come up with $3,000 before it would turn over requested body camera footage.
In response to this gouging, the ACLU, in conjunction with... (more)
19-year-old Anthony Camacho had just graduated high school in June. Instead of fulfilling his life-long dreams, he’s now dead. Killed by another speeding cop.
The officer, who is not being named at this time, works for Rialto Police Department. According Rialto Police Captain, Rand De Anda, the officer was driving to a non-emergency call about a suspicious person. While driving, the officer struck Camacho, causing him to suffer major head, neck, and body trauma.
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After police in Berwyn, Illinois were pressured by superiors to fill ticket quotas, officers set up and executed questionable DUI checkpoints in which the department failed to follow federal guidelines, one police official says.
NBC 2 News is reporting a new “partnership” between the Erie County Department of Social Services and New York public schools that would place a Child Protective Services (CPS) employee in the Erie County local suburban schools several days per week.
The media unsurprisingly reports this as a way to give school staff faster acce... (more)
