Despite a supposed "condemnation" of him last summer. Excerpted from "After Chauvin Conviction, Police Consensus On Reform Remains Elusive," National Public Radio, April 22, 2021: The Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, the union that represents officers in the Minneapolis Police Department, last summer disavowed once-member Derek Chauvin. The union has also resisted police reforms at the …
Continue reading Cop unions paid for Derek Chauvin’s defense attorney.
It took 400 years to brew up the perfect storm needed to convict just one Derek Chauvin. There are thousands more out there. From now on, it will be much harder to convict criminal cops. And it will be even harder to fire pigs that skate the law. Cop culture and allies of cops will …
Continue reading This is just the beginning. Now it gets even tougher.
It just takes one monster off the job and off the street. Reprinted from Politico, April 24, 2021. OPINION | RACE IN AMERICA Have We Really Come That Far Since Rodney King? Three decades ago, it felt like America was finally waking up to police abuse. And yet here we are. People celebrate at George Floyd …
Continue reading Chauvin’s conviction doesn’t solve anything.
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.
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 …
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 …
I'm completely biased about this one. Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd, right in front of our eyes, with all the reptilian callousness of a true sociopath. Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd in front of the whole world on May 25, 2020 George Floyd's death was far from the beginning of my awareness of …
Kudos to federal and local investigators for nailing him. Keep up the good work, folks. Every little bit helps. This photo provided by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office shows Bryan Riser. Authorities say Riser, a Dallas police officer, has been arrested on two counts of capital murder, more than a year and a half after …
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 …
Continue reading Wisconsin cop who killed three times has now been hired by neighboring sheriff.
Don't think you can talk your way out of this, FOP. You may win in a court of law, but you always lose in the court of public opinion. Because you can't set the rules there. And that just kills you, doesn't it? Well, you bought it, and you're going to pay for it, so …
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