Springfield, Ohio, was the locus of a false story about legal Haitian immigrant workers stealing and eating pets. Now Springfield is in the news again, because a sheriff’s patrol commander posted on Facebook that 911 callers must prove they voted for Trump before he’ll send deputies (rea[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Police Misconduct’
November 3rd, 2024 - 1:33 am § in Law and Courts
Florida sheriff should say something about mishandled child rape case
The last time I wrote about Polk County, Florida, Sheriff Grady Judd (photo, left), I wasn’t complimentary. I noted that he “routinely goes on TV to pronounce suspects guilty before they’ve had a trial,” and he referred to “voters up north” as “stupid.” (S[...]
September 30th, 2024 - 4:16 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Trump unveils his crime policy
Let cops beat up suspects (read story here). “Donald Trump on Sunday used a speech in key swing state Pennsylvania to urge a ‘violent’ police crackdown on crime …. Recounting isolated — but widely publicized — incidents of thieves staging brazen daylight robberies[...]
GOP sheriff asks public to report Harris supporters
An Ohio sheriff’s social media page is instructing residents “to keep a list of homes displaying campaign signs” supporting Kamala Harris, the Guardian reported on Tuesday, September 17, 2024 (read story here). In the post, Sheriff Bruce D Zuchowski (photo, left) referred to Harris[...]
August 16th, 2024 - 4:58 am § in Law and Courts
Cop who raped 13-year-old girl gets 20 days in jail
Shawn Jordan (photo, left) was a 38-year-old cop in Rochester, New York, when he raped the 13-year-old girl. Now 40 years old, he pleaded guilty in exchange for 10 weekends in jail, 10 years of probation, and $1,000 of fines. He also has to register as a sex offender, lost his job, and will never [&[...]
August 12th, 2024 - 5:49 pm § in Misc.
Warrantless entry
A Massachusetts hair salon owner has complained that “members of law enforcement” barged into her salon and used the bathroom without permission during a Harris campaign event at a theater next door (photo, left; read story here). Not only did she feel violated, but they apparently left [...]
August 10th, 2024 - 5:22 am § in Law and Courts, Racism
Do bodycams exonerate cop who killed Illinois woman?
In the early morning hours of July 6, 2024, Sonya Massey, 36, of Springfield, Illinois, a black woman, was killed in her home by Sean Grayson, 30, who is white. Massey called 911 to report a possible intruder. Grayson was one of two responding deputies. They didn’t find an intruder, and her fa[...]
July 18th, 2024 - 1:45 am § in Misc.
Seattle cop fired for wisecracks about pedestrian’s death
Jaahnavi Kandula, 23, a graduate student from India, was killed in a crosswalk by a speeding Seattle police vehicle on January 23, 2023. See details of the incident here. One of the police officers dispatched to the accident scene, Daniel Auderer, mocked Kandula as a person whose life had “lim[...]
July 2nd, 2024 - 10:56 pm § in Law and Courts
Dishonest cop piled up DUI false arrests
A Fort Collins, Colorado, cop made so many DUI arrests his department designated him their “DUI enforcement officer.” But there was a problem: Officer Jason Haferman was arresting people who hadn’t been drinking — at least 17 of them over an 18-month period. Read about some o[...]
July 2nd, 2024 - 4:02 pm § in Law and Courts
Tabloid murder trial detective sacked for misconduct
The lead investigator in a high-profile murder trial in which defense attorneys accused police of framing their client has been relieved of duty, NBC News reported on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 (read story here). The murder victim, a police officer, was the defendant’s boyfriend. They reputedly had[...]