Intersections of Cops, LEOs, Prosecutors, Judges, Juries, Criminal Law, Civil Law, the Prison Industry, Politicians, and even the news media
But only after they were exposed. And NOW they say they'll fire two of their Finest for it. Do you know what their badge says? From CNN, May 22, 2021: Louisiana releases footage of Ronald Greene's arrest that ex-officers say further erodes trust in police An autopsy report cites multiple contributing factors in Greene's May …
Deceive, Deny, Dissemble, Deflect. Then promise improvement. Repeat as needed. ad nauseum.
“You shouldn’t be able to breathe, you stupid bastard.” On May 4, 2020, William Jennette was arrested for public intoxication. On May 6, inside the Marshall County Jail in Lewisburg, Tennessee, seven sheriff's deputies and local police restrained him while he was detoxing. They cut off his breathing with a knee on his back. He …
Continue reading Tennessee police and deputies kill prisoner in jail.
And he died in their custody. In 2019, Ronald Greene led Louisiana State Police Troopers on a high speed chase, and paid for it with his life. When the Troopers stopped Greene, at least three of them actually went berserk -- truly -- when they captured and restrained him. Troopers Dakota DeMoss, Kory York and …
Continue reading Body cams: Louisiana Troopers brutalized another arrestee.
May 18, 1896 marks the day that the United States Supreme Court issued one of its most infamous rulings: "separate but equal" is fine with us. Plessy v. Ferguson: Thus began over a half-century of Jim Crow laws. And thus was enshrined forever the institutional racism upon which this nation was founded. Not until the …
Almost never. It's a cozy club, called the Criminal-Industrial Complex. It's an American Institution. Membership is exclusive: you can be a cop, a prosecutor, a judge, or a conservative politician. (Sometimes defense attorneys are admitted, too.) And, man, does membership have its privileges. For example, if you ever do get punished for your misconduct, it's …
Continue reading How often are prosecutors disbarred for judicial misconduct?
“There is absolutely no reason that these convicted cop-killers should be put back on the street.” Patrick J. Lynch, president of the New York City Police Benevolent Association, quoted by The Washington Post, March 5, 2021 Oh, really? No reason? How about, because their convictions were unconstitutional? Failing to alert the defense to the potential …
What we have here today is a story about a Dallas County prosecutor who sent two men away for murder. That's Dallas County, Texas, to be sure. Meet Dallas County Prosecutor Rick Jackson, who won murder convictions against two homeless Black men in the year 2000 by deceiving their juries and their defense lawyers. On …
Continue reading Crooked prosecutors: part of the American tradition.
We're cops. We don't have to be honest. Timothy Loehmann, then-rookie Cleveland cop, shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014. He was fired in 2017 for lying on his employment application, and now wants the Ohio Supreme Court to reinstate him. The Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association is helping him to get his job back. …
Continue reading This is what makes cop unions so loathsome.
Not because he tried to shoot them. Not because he threatened to shoot them. Just because he had a gun. On March 29, 2021, Chicago Cops shot Anthony Alvarez, 22, in the back, killing him as he ran away from them. Have gun, will kill. Their excuse this time: same as the last time. He …
Continue reading Chicago Cops shot Anthony Alvarez, 22, in the back. Dead. Because he had a gun.
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