This Week's Corrupt Cops StoriesMore cops with pill problems and more deputies with ethics problems. Let's get to it:
In Mogadore, Ohio, a Highland Hills police officer was arrested August 12 after a raid by the Summit County Drug Unit recovered large amounts of steroids, as well as oxycodone, hydrocodone, methadone, Xanax, Adderall, cash, syringes, and th... (more)
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Indiana Police Refuse To Hand Over Stingray Docs Because Someone Might Attack The Annual Mule Day ParadeAnother state agency is refusing to release Stingray documents. This time, it's not just about the not-even-a-secret-anymore "means and methods" or the supposed jeopardization of ongoing investigations. Nope, this time the nexus is terrorism, as Ars Technica's Cyrus Farivar reports. And not just any terrorism, but the "blowing up a cornfield" variety.... (more)
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Cop Arrested For Concocting Fake Terror PlotA West Midlands police officer in England has been arrested with two other people for allegedly concocting a fake terror plot to kidnap a cop.
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Vandals Break Man's Windshield; Police Ticket Him Outside Repair Shop For Driving With Broken WindowHow many times has this happened to you? You are on the way to the garage to get your car fixed and you are pulled over for what you are going to get fixed. It happened to me in New Jersey. On my way to get a new tire, I was cited for having a bald tire. That’s also what happened to one Denver man on his way to get his broken windshield fixed. And as if having the police ticket you on the way to the shop wasn’t bad enough. It happened right outside the shop where he was going to... (more)
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Video Shows Middle School Kid Arrested After Lawfully Refusing to Give His Name to CopsAllentown, PA — A video was uploaded to Facebook over the weekend that is sure to stoke controversy over how to act when you are being stopped by police.
A junior high student, Jaquan, was riding bikes with some friends when an Allentown police officer stopped him and accused him of “crossing against the light.”
According to Jaquan, he did not cross against the light. However, the conversation would quickly shift from a jay-walking accusation ... (more)
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The Power of Filming Cops: Nearly Half of All NYPD Brutality Claims are Now Being Proven by VideoNew York, NY — In the last few years, smartphones have become cheaper and more plentiful. According to recent statistics, the number of cellphones in the hands of Americans has been rising steadily every year. It is estimated that 182.6 million Americans will own a smartphone in 2015, an increase from 163.9 million in the previous year.
182 million smartphones mean... (more)
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VIDEO: In the 'Land of the Free' a Man is Arrested for Drinking a Soft Drink in PublicNew York, NY — Shawn Thomas films the police. He does so because it’s his right and he’s also great at fending off and exposing their rampant corruption.
Many of those who choose to film the police are polite and cordial, even when they are disrespected. However, Thomas is not afraid to answer back to police who attempt to violate his rights, and he does so with an eloquent knack for profanity.
If you visit Thomas’ YouTube Channel, you wi... (more)
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First Degree Murder Charge for Portsmouth Killer Cop Stephen RankinAnother Virginia police officer has been indicted for murder in the shooting death of an unarmed man, this time in Portsmouth, which appears to be quickly gaining infamy as a hotbed of police misconduct. On September 3rd Officer Stephen Rankin of the Portsmouth Police Department was indicted for first degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a felony for the death of William Chapman II. According to... (more)
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Judge Joe Brown Says Prisons Are "Slave Quarters" After Spending 5 Days Behind BarsJudge Joe Brown, the US Judge best known for court based reality television show, has recently spoken out about the prison system. His comments come after spending 5 days behind bars for attempting to defend a woman from government persecution in a bizarre child support case.
The incident occurred last year when Brown attempted to defend a woman in court against a man who claimed that she mothered a daughter with him that she never knew about. Brown was observing a... (more)
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Are You Aware of the Ziplock Method for DUI Checkpoints? Cops Just Arrested its CreatorCoral Gables, FL – Warren Redlich, the Florida attorney who pioneered a method of silently asserting constitutional rights at DUI checkpoints, called the "Fair DUI," has been arrested at a checkpoint in Coral Gables, Florida.
However, the attorney didn't end up at the Coral Gables DUI checkpoint by chance. Redlich intentionally targeted the municipality after they enacted new policies for DUI stops, threatening to arrest motorists for simply refusing to roll down the window.... (more)
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Police Searching For Man Who Asked 12-Year-Old Girl For DirectionsUnfortunately, this image is not satire.
New South Wales police in Australia have written up a post on their Facebook calling for witnesses to help them find an older man who asked a 12-year-old girl for directions.
The man asked her for directions in the middle of the day, she walked away without incident, and th... (more)
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Stockholm Syndrome: Woman Writes Letter Thanking Cop For Extorting HerIn an epic display of Stockholm syndrome, the Georgia Department of Public Safety is gloating about a handwritten “thank you” note they say one officer received from a woman after he ticketed her for speeding.
Stockholm syndrome is a form of traumatic bonding in which a victim develops emotional ties towards an aggressor that may harass, beat, threaten, abuse, or intimidate them.
Named after the six day 1973 Norrmalmstorg bank robbery in Stockholm, S... (more)
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Cops Fire 84 Rounds at Robbery Suspect, 83 Rounds Hit Other ThingsBrooklyn, NY — Every day in America, innocent bystanders are are maimed or killed during a police pursuit. Since 1979, thousands of innocent bystanders have been killed and tens of thousands injured as a result of reckless police giving chase to suspects.
The NYPD, in particular, is known for shooting innocent bystanders and then charging their target ... (more)
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Cops Mistake Lou Gehrig's Disease for Insanity -- Kidnap, Strip Search, and Cage Man for DaysRICHMOND, Va. - In response to a Fourth Amendment lawsuit filed by attorneys for The Rutherford Institute, government officials insist they had "probable cause" to arrest a 37-year-old disabled man, allegedly because of his slurred speech and unsteady gait. Gordon Goines, a resident of Waynesboro, Va., who suffers from a neurological condition similar to multiple sclerosis, was then strip searched by police, handcuffed to a table, diagnosed as having "mental health issues," and subsequently lock... (more)
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Shock Video: Man Dies in Jail Lobby After Encounter With Sheriff's DeputiesThe brother of a man who died after an encounter with Dallas County sheriff’s deputies says shocking video footage proves deputies are responsible for his brother’s death.
Surveillance footage, released by the sheriff’s department last Friday, shows 48-year-old Arlington resident Joseph Sheldon Hutcheson frantically running inside the Dallas County jail lobby on Aug... (more)
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Texas Sheriff Says You Have To Obey the Police Because Their 'Authority Comes From God'A Texas sheriff recently lashed out at critics, saying that citizens have a moral obligation to “obey the police” because their “authority comes from God.”
Randy Meeks is the Hunt County sheriff, and he believes he is doing “God’s work.”
Meeks recently published a guest editorial in the local Herald-Banner. In it, ... (more)
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Family Fights Back After Government Tries To Confiscate Property Near Area 51A family that owns a lead and silver mine overlooking Nevada's notorious Area 51 claims they have been violently harassed by the Air Force for six decades -- as long as the government has sought control of the land. Their allegations range from illegal government searches and checkpoints to the Air Force attacking their property with military jets.
T... (more)
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Cops Caught on Body Cam Saying "Turn it Off" Before Stomping on Handcuffed Man's FaceHenryetta, OK — While police-worn body cameras can bring extra evidence into cases on both sides, they are far from a fix for police brutality. During a recent chase in Oklahoma, police can be heard whispering to each other to turn off their body cameras before one of the officers stomped on the suspect’s neck.
The suspect allegedly robbed a Dollar General store and fled on foot before he was chased by police down the highway. Eventually police caught up with him, used... (more)
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Cop Lied About Being Shot At To Cover Up Car Crash – Town Locked Down, Massive Manhunt EnsuesMillis, MA — A new cop on the Millis police force put a whole neighborhood on lock-down and initiated a massive manhunt when he fabricated a story to cover up his car accident. The officer, 27, said someone in a pickup truck opened fire on his vehicle as they passed in opposite directions on Forest Road.
“My cruiser’s been shot at. I’m ... (more)
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VIDEO: Entire Family Arrested, Child Taken by CPS, for Refusing Unlawful Search at Checkpoint Long Valley, CA — Last month, the Feinman family was driving through a constitutionally questionable interstate checkpoint. This checkpoint is not on the US/Mexican border; it is along Highway 395N between California and Nevada.
When driving through these in-country checkpoints, you are not required to answer the agent's questions (usually starting with "Are you a United States citizen?"). Nor are you required to consent to any searches.
As the Fein... (more)
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City Of Peoria Offers $125,000 Non-Apology To Owner Of Twitter Account That Parodied Its MayorThe taxpayers of Peoria, Illinois, will be footing the bill for the bumbling thuggishness of their thin-skinned mayor and an all-too-compliant police force.
Last April, Peoria mayor Jim Ardis somehow stumbled across a parodic Twitter account run by local Jon Daniel. Taking offense to the account's content, Ardis managed to talk the police department into raiding Daniel's apartment, despite the chief of police informing the mayor that no criminal activity had actually occurred.... (more)
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Riverside County, California Deputy Falls & Shoots Self While Trying to Kill A RottweilerA Riverside County (California) Sheriff’s Office Deputy was responding to a call in Lake Elsinore about a suspicious person looking into windows on Tuesday morning. While investigating the residence which the call came from, the unknown deputy encountered a rottweiler. According to Deputy Mike Vasquez, speaking on behalf of the Sheriff’s Office, this is what happened between the dog and the as-yet unnamed officer... (more)
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