This is what makes cop unions so loathsome.

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. …

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Chicago Cops shot Anthony Alvarez, 22, in the back. Dead. Because he had a gun.

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 …

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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 …

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