“Supporting the police” doesn’t mean giving a free pass to bad cops. Being against cops who murder black people, plant drugs in drivers’ cars, or throw smoke bombs at good cops while trying to overthrow our government doesn’t make you anti-police. Justin Lee (photo, lef[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bad Cops’
May 4th, 2024 - 7:19 pm § in Law and Courts
If you get pulled over by a dumb cop
Make some money. Look, I’m not a fan of “auditors” (like this guy) who try to provoke a police response in order to “educate” the cops about people’s rights, or drivers who antagonize cops when they get pulled over. I fully support the police who do their jobs in [...]
April 20th, 2022 - 5:39 pm § in Law and Courts, Misc.
Fire these cops!
Cops with no respect for the law or citizens’ rights shouldn’t be cops. Some cops have adopted a new tactic to prevent citizens from legally recording their activities, and then posting the videos online: Playing copyrighted music. Their purpose: To thwart citizens from doing what they [...]
June 16th, 2015 - 9:34 pm § in Misc.
Some people shouldn’t be cops.
“Neptune Township police Sgt. Phil Seidle had his 7-year-old daughter in the front seat of his vehicle while he chased after a car driven by his ex-wife, Tamara … moments after the chase ended, he got out and fired his .40-caliber Glock service weapon several times into her vehicle R[...]
March 17th, 2015 - 1:29 am § in America
St Patty Day: Do You Find the Flag of the NY Police Offensive?
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February 25th, 2015 - 2:05 pm § in Misc.
Today’s police abuse report
There’s so much police abuse of citizens in this country, it’s easier to stack the incidents in a pile on my desk than write separate stories about them. In this video of a traffic stop, cops in the Florida Keys are recorded by a tourist tasering an elderly man with his hands up and not [...]
February 22nd, 2015 - 5:22 pm § in Misc.
Jury acquits detective of trying to beat confession from suspect
The recent acquittal of a fired Milwaukee cop demonstrates how hard it is to criminally sanction violent cops in this country. On Feb. 13, 2015, a jury acquitted ex-detective and police union official Rodolfo Gomez of beating a handcuffed suspect, Deron Love, during an interrogation. Here is a link [...]
February 20th, 2015 - 2:44 am § in Misc.
Innocent Seattle man shot 16 times by cops gets $5.5 million
Dustin Theoharis is damned lucky to be alive. In 2012, he was shot 16 times at point-blank range in his own bed by a King County cop and a Washington state corrections officer. He wasn’t a criminal, hadn’t done nothing wrong, the cops busted into the boarding house where he lived looking[...]
February 17th, 2015 - 2:40 pm § in Uncategorized
$25 million lawsuit against Pasco police alleges “racial animus” against Hispanics
Last week brought America’s latest high-profile police slaying of a minority person, in this case a Hispanic man killed by Pasco, Washington, police — a department whose officers have killed several people in just the past few months. Antonio Zambrano-Montes wasn’t innocent. Distra[...]