Look into this cop's eyes, and tell me he has a soul. One criminal cop taken down is no solution to the problem. But it's a start. And a bit of retribution. And I'll take both of those.
Category: Cop Culture
The good, the bad, and the really, really ugly.
Good news: a dirty dozen resign.
Any time a dozen union cops band together and resign their duties (if not their jobs), something's probably going in the right direction for good change. And, if you can believe the union spokesperson for the Albuquerque cops (I don't), some 20 of the city's "finest" have left the department over the past two months …
Eight years to fire a bad cop.
Thank a cop union. While we're on the subject of Chicago cops, take a look at this next story: a Cook County sheriff's officer resigned under pressure for sexually harassing a colleague in 2013!!! It took eight years to fire this pig's blue ass, and all that time he was collecting pay from the taxpayers. …
When prosecutors get cozy with cops.
From the Chicago Sun-Times comes this report on one of the many ways that the American criminal "justice" system is biased in favor of cops and against people of color: prosecutors can unscrupulously, or unconsciously, manipulate evidence in favor of cops. Prosecutor who detailed Toledo shooting video put on leave because he ‘failed to fully …
Occupying Forces.
I remember when, as a White kid, at least, I used to think cops were the good guys. You could tell them by their uniforms, like the good cowboys wore white hats. And I remember when I was doing fieldwork in a third-world nation, and you couldn't tell the cops from the dictator's military forces. …
Smarter than the average bear.
From The Washington Post, March30, 2021: Two Capitol police officers sue Trump for ‘physical and emotional injuries’ suffered in riots. By Andrea Salcedo March 30, 2021 at 9:04 p.m. PDT Two Capitol police officers who battled the mob of pro-Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 are now suing the former president for the physical end …
2020: The year cops lost my respect.
I've struggled with cop culture for well over a decade. But no more. I have officially given up even trying to respect the profession. If I had to pick out the two or three most vile, reprehensible, events in American law enforcement during the past year, it would be damned tough. So many despicable incidents …
Derek Chauvin Trial Begins.
The former Minneapolis cop murdered George Floyd on the world stage last summer, kneeling on Floyd's neck for nine minutes and twenty seconds with the most astoundingly depraved indifference to the man's pleas for air. Former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin: a genuine monster with a badge and a gun. The trial jury is unusually diverse …
“Zero threat.” Cops, do you even listen?
Your unwavering support goes to a seditionist who still says that his insurrectionists posed "zero threat." Tell that to the loved ones who lost U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick in the insurrection. Fallen US Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick. Source: Police Tribune, January 8, 2021. Tell it to the widow of USCP …
Yep, cops can be sued for that.
Yes, Martha, shooting somebody does count as seizure, even if they temporarily elude custody afterward. The Supremes, that ignominious body of black-robed politicians who rule over all, for life, with utter disdain and impunity, said so today. Torres v. Madrid: a small crack in their fortress “The question in this case is whether a seizure …
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