Prosecutors have filed tax evasion charges against convicted killer cop Derek Chauvin and his wife Kellie (photo, left), a former “Mrs. Minnesota,” alleging they concealed nearly half a million dollars of income in the five years preceding Chauvin’s murder of George Floyd. They als[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Police Misconduct’
November 5th, 2021 - 1:28 pm § in Law and Courts
Followup: Derek Chauvin’s tax troubles and strategic divorce
November 3rd, 2021 - 7:26 pm § in Law and Courts
Cops are human like the rest of us
They have fathers, mothers, brothers, and boyfriends. They look out for their friends. Even if they have to lie, destroy evidence, and cover up for them. For example, Lt. Marcus Harper and Officer Ananias Carson III of the Tulsa police department tried to keep fellow officer Latoya Dythe out of trou[...]
What if you call the police and they don’t come because they’re busy putting on their Klan robes?
In October 30, 2020, Biden campaign workers traveling in Texas by bus and car were ambushed by a “Trump Train” on the interstate highway passing through San Marcos, Texas. (Read background story here.) The Biden caravan had been harassed by other Trump Trains, but this was different. The[...]
October 23rd, 2021 - 2:38 pm § in Law and Courts
Is it OK for cops to accidentally kill innocent bystanders?
Is it more okay if the bystander is black? On July 20, 2020, Leneal Frazier (photo, left) was tee-boned by a Minneapolis cop chasing a stolen vehicle. His Jeep cartwheeled into a bus shelter. Paramedics pried him out of the mangled wreckage, gently loaded him on a gurney, and transported him to a ho[...]
September 19th, 2021 - 12:30 pm § in Law and Courts
The “law and order” mindset
In February 2019, a citizen called Seattle police after seeing a 74-year-old neighbor’s door ajar and “clutter” inside. The police conducted what they usually call a “welfare check,” as follows: 10 officers invaded his home with drawn guns, roughed him up, and handcuffe[...]
July 16th, 2021 - 1:07 pm § in Law and Courts
Ex-deputy gets 12½ years for planting drugs
An ex-sheriff’s deputy who racked up drug arrests, apparently in hopes of getting promoted to the narcotics squad, by planting drugs during traffic stops was sentenced to 12½ years in prison by a Florida judge on Thursday, July 15, 2021. See story here and here. Zachary Wester’s wife an[...]
June 27th, 2021 - 12:54 pm § in Law and Courts
What’s really wrong with police unions
“They condition their members to see themselves as soldiers at war with the public they are meant to serve, and above the laws they are meant to enforce.” That’s the subheading of an article by Adam Serwer, an award-winning black journalist (bio here), published in The Atlantic on [...]
June 5th, 2020 - 12:33 pm § in Misc.
Contraband seized by police from protesters
These items were intercepted by police at a post office and taken into custody. Read story here.[...]
June 20th, 2017 - 8:43 am § in The Ave Scene
Pregnant Woman Killed by Police As They Repond To Her 911 Report of a Theft
AFTER A KILLING BY POLICE, FAMILY AND FRIENDS MOURN THE LOSS OF CHARLEENA LYLES[...]
January 7th, 2015 - 2:55 pm § in America
NYT editorial blasts rebel cops
It isn’t just me who thinks New York City’s rebellious cops are out of line. Yesterday, the New York Times unloaded on them in a blistering editorial that labeled their behavior as “sullen insubordination” and called it “deplorable.” Although NYC’s mayor an[...]