Here's an excerpt from The Washington Post: Chauvin’s ‘particular cruelty’ to George Floyd should mean harsher sentence, Minnesota attorney general argues By Timothy Bella May 1, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. PDT The Minnesota attorney general is seeking a harsher prison sentence for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin due to the “particular cruelty” he showed in the murder …
Your cops brutalized Karen Garner, laughed, and fist-bumped about it. So why are you still the Police Chief? "What you saw in the video, not the Loveland Police Department," Ticer said Friday in reaction to the surveillance video.Loveland Police Chief Robert Ticer, quoted by CBS News, April 30, 2021. Oh really? Then explain this one, …
Continue reading Loveland Police Chief: “We failed.” Yes you did.
Another self-immolation: the cop posted right-wing extremist views on The Book of Face. Here's the gist of the incident, excerpted from the Bangor Daily News, April 30, 2021: Maine Capitol Police chief retires after uproar over social media posts by Michael Shepherd 10 hours ago Maine Capitol Police Chief Russell Gauvin is pictured outside the State …
Continue reading Chief of Maine Capitol Police takes a dive. Into the cesspool.
Jeffrey Bishop, formerly of the Calais, Maine, Police Department, was arrested for drug trafficking at a high school. He had resigned a week earlier, saying he wanted to "go out on top." Cop unions don't give a damn how slimy their members are. But his union is a Teamster local. Let's see if they defend …
Continue reading Maine cop charged with drug trafficking from his cruiser.
Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office: steeped in Southern hospitality. Photo source: Defender News Service. Cody Richard Grigger, Wilkinson County Sheriff's Deputy, was convicted of a single illegal weapons charge after being found guilty of owning 11 illegal weapons, including a machine gun with the serial number removed. Deputy Grigger kept the machine gun in his duty …
Continue reading Georgia sheriff’s deputy convicted of illegal weapons charge.
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.
Good news from that incredibly disreputable agency, NYPD. A brief excerpt from the ever-loathsome, yet enlightening, right-wing cop rag, The Police Tribune, April 27, 2021: More Than 5,300 Cops Left NYPD In 2020, Exodus Continuing In 2021 Sandy Malone 19 hours ago New York, NY – New York Police Department data showed a 75 percent …
Continue reading When the going gets rough, the rats abandon ship.
On April 27, The Washington Post published an extensive story on the same issues I wrote about earlier in the day: how American cop culture fights citizen oversight and accountability. I call it the Criminal-Industrial Complex. Mine was just a blog post. The Washington Post story is an in-depth investigative report, the stuff of good …
This time it's the Washington, D.C., Metro Police Department. Next time it could be Deschutes County. After sitting on the Sheriff's Citizen's Advisory Panel for five years, I don't believe we're adequately prepared. From National Public Radio: D.C. Police Department Victim Of Apparent Ransomware Attack April 27, 20215:16 AM ET JACLYN DIAZ The Washington, D.C., …
Continue reading When cops don’t take ITSEC seriously: another warning.
I've said it before: probably half of all American cops are of below-average integrity. Let real data prove me wrong, and I'll be very happy. Read it and weep. But don't trust cops to tell the truth. From The New York Times: In N.Y.C. Jail System, Guards Often Lie About Excessive Force More than half …
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