Bob Bates, using his family as props, went on teevee to dispute reports that his training records were falsified that emerged after he shot an unarmed fleeing suspect with his gun, killing him, instead of tasering him, allegedly by mistake. Bates’ lawyer, who sits beside him during his NBC Tod[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Police Abuse’
April 20th, 2015 - 1:22 pm § in Misc.
Tulsa’s make-believe cop goes on a PR offensive — and his lawyer bungles the facts
April 19th, 2015 - 7:05 pm § in Misc.
2 More Dubious Police Killings
Case #1: David Kassick was shot twice in the back by Hummelstown, Pennyslvania, police officer Lisa Mearkle on Feb. 2 as he lay face down on the ground. The encounter began as a traffic stop, but Kassick fled, disregarded commands to stop, and Mearkle tased him 4 times before she went for her gun [...]
April 17th, 2015 - 3:47 pm § in Misc.
Tulsa sheriff labels lavish gifts from make-believe cop his “personal life”
Bob Bates, the millionaire make-believe cop who killed a real-life robbery suspect last week, didn’t just donate equipment to Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz’s police agency. He also managed Glanz’s 2012 campaign, was a campaign donor, and took Glanz and his high-ranking officer[...]
April 16th, 2015 - 9:32 am § in Misc.
Tulsa sheriff falsified play cop’s training records
A major police scandal is brewing in Tulsa after an accidental shooting of a suspect by an old man with a badge and gun who wasn’t a real cop. He was a play cop who shot a suspect by mistake while allegedly reaching for his Taser. In real life, he’s a wealthy and elderly insurance execu[...]
April 15th, 2015 - 1:10 pm § in Misc.
Ex-cop admits planting drugs and falsifying reports
America not only has a police violence problem, it also has a police dishonesty problem. It’s hard to imagine something more dishonorable than sending innocent people to jail or death row; but, in fact, exonerating the innocent is rapidly becoming a booming legal industry. I think America̵[...]
April 14th, 2015 - 6:07 pm § in Misc.
Why does America execute people for broken taillights?
We in America have a police violence problem. A big one. We also have a public attitude problem. Not only do some people defend the cops, regardless of what they do, but they also blame the victims for being dead at the hands of cops. True, many of these victims weren’t angels; Michael Brown j[...]
April 10th, 2015 - 7:54 am § in Misc.
California deputies viciously kick and punch captured suspect
https://youtu.be/29ctbkEXX7o A Los Angeles TV helicopter has captured “disturbing” footage of deputies furiously beating a suspect who had fled officers on horseback after he was tased, dehorsed, and lying on the ground with his hands behind his back. The cops pounded the man’s upp[...]
April 8th, 2015 - 10:31 pm § in Uncategorized
Minneapolis: Fire this bully cop!
Source: KMSP-TV, Minneapolis-St. Paul[...]
April 8th, 2015 - 10:31 pm § in America
WARNING: Police Are Violating Your Rights to Take Pictures
ALL PHOTOGRAPERS SHOULD KNOW THEIR RIGHTS! The only reason we know about the police murder of Walter Scott is the courage of a bystander who videoed the events on a cell phone. That man had the courage and wisdom to give the video not only to the police but to the press. Those rights are prot[...]
April 8th, 2015 - 10:06 pm § in Uncategorized
3 More Innocent Black Men Freed
Railroaded to prison, 3 black kids — just 17 and 18 when they were scooped up by Cleveland’s flawed and racist criminal justice system — walked out of prison as free men last month after serving nearly 20 years for a murder they didn’t commit. It took years of legal work to f[...]