Wisconsin cop who killed three times has now been hired by neighboring sheriff.

Joseph Mensah killed three people in five years while employed as a Wauwatosa, Wis., Police Officer. After his third killing, Mensah was suspended for several months. So he resigned and got a new job as a sheriff's deputy instead. Source: WTMJ TV, Milwaukee, January 26, 2021 Joseph Mensah resigned under pressure from the Wauwatosa Police …

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Fallen USCP Officer Brian Sicknick to lie in state.

USCP Officer Brian Sicknick died of injuries received while defending US Capitol against Trump's insurrection of January 6, 2021. Photo source: Facebook. From Politico: Brian Sicknick, police officer killed in insurrection, to lie in honor at Capitol Sicknick's ceremonies will be closed to the general public due to the coronavirus pandemic. An American flag flies …

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Say again? Who’s responsible?

Excerpted from The Washington Post. Tumalo Lookout comments follow the story. Police union says 140 officers injured in Capitol riot. By  Tom Jackman Jan. 27, 2021 at 4:47 p.m. PST The physical toll on officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack by a pro-Trump mob is becoming clearer, with reports by …

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Our Guardians. (Not so much.)

Excerpted from The New York Times. Capitol Police Detail Failures During Pro-Trump Assault. The acting chief of the Capitol Police told lawmakers that the department knew days ahead of time of the risk of violence targeting lawmakers but was unprepared when the mob attacked on Jan. 6. By Luke Broadwater, Emily Cochrane and Adam Goldman Published Jan. 26, 2021 Updated Jan. …

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You just can’t make this stuff up.

Read it and weep. Or just keep telling yourselves the world is flat and this is Fake News. You'll be fine. From The New York Times: He Was Convicted in a Police Officer’s Murder. Trump Gave Him Clemency. Jaime A. Davidson was in prison for nearly 30 years for one of upstate New York’s most …

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Cops: This was your “law and order” leader.

Under President Donald J. Trump, the White House ran an ad hoc clemency process that provided an advantage to people with connections to him.Of the nearly 240 pardons and commutations he granted during his term, only 25 came through the regular Justice Department process. The rest were a product of connections, influence and money."The Road …

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Propaganda, straight from the horses’… mouths.

This from The Washington Post today. With a few parting shots of my own, after the WAPO story. After Capitol riot, police chiefs work to root out officers with ties to extremist groups. By Kimberly Kindy, Mark Berman and Kim Bellware Jan. 24, 2021 at 3:43 p.m. PST. The revelation that the Capitol mob — covered in emblems of …

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25 Million cases, 420 Thousand Deaths: Cops, your support helped make this possible.

All you hear is Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid .... That’s all they put on, because they want to scare the hell out of everyone.Now-deposed President Donald Trump complaining about the news media’s intensive coverage of the coronavirus pandemic at a campaign rally in Gastonia, N.C. Source: The New …

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…And violent drug lords, too.

Here's another charmer that you boys and girls in Blue helped to catch, and helped to release. With another of those "Get Outa Jail" cards from your former Lord and Master Trump. The collective wisdom of cops never fails to impress. Trump’s Last-Minute Pardon Frees Man Still Facing Accusations of Violence Jonathan Braun’s 10-year sentence …

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… And right here at home, too.

This one from OregonLive/The Oregonian, January 20, 2021. Trump commutes 15-year sentence of convicted Oregon fraudster Jon Harder, Sunwest’s founder Updated 4:30 PM; Today 4:30 PM By Jeff Manning | The Oregonian/OregonLive On his last full day in office Tuesday, President Donald Trump commuted the prison sentence of a businessman who led what federal prosecutors described as …

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