Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Los Angeles, CA — Domestic violence, bribery, theft, excessive force, brutality — these are just a few of the crimes committed by active duty sheriff’s deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. In total, there are 300 deputies with a history of misconduct whom Sheriff Jim McDonnell thinks … Read more
Cleveland, OH — In the land of the free, those tasked with ‘protecting’ society — often and with extreme prejudice — fall far short of providing anything resembling actual safety. Instead, law enforcement in America often chooses profit over people. An outrageous case out of Cleveland Ohio proves this point by illustrating that authorities are more … Read more
Nicholas Iovino | Courthouse News Service SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — King City, in California’s Salinas Valley, agreed to pay $1.2 million to victims of a car-towing scam carried out by corrupt police officers who victimized poor Latinos. Hundreds of low-income Latinos had their cars illegally towed and impounded after being pulled over for minor traffic … Read more
Erik de la Garza | Courthouse News Service (CN) –The Justice Department says police in a small Louisiana town routinely arrested and placed hundreds of residents in jail without probable cause based on a “hunch” or “feeling” that they were involved in criminal activity. The U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division found in a report … Read more
Gina Carrano | Courthouse News Service 2016/12/28 PHILADELPHIA (CN) – A Philadelphia man claims in court that he spent more than two years in jail on bogus drug charges because several city police officers conspired to plant false evidence in his car. In a lawsuit filed Thursday in the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, Leroy Gonzalez … Read more
Nicholas Iovino | Courthouse News Service SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – San Francisco’s police union sued the city last week over its approval of a new policy that bars officers from shooting at moving vehicles or using chokeholds on suspects. Citing recent attacks in Nice, France, and Columbus, Ohio, where vehicles were used as weapons against … Read more
A Cincinnati Police officer is now facing discipline. Not for any serious crime, but for posting online about racial matters within police departments. Officer Freddie Vincent wrote on social media that police officers are “looking for a reason to kill a black man.” He seems to have suggested that African American men follow the instructions of police to avoid … Read more
Lisa Klein | Courthouse News Service CHICAGO (CN) – A union lawsuit shows that even Chicago police officers are going after the Independent Police Review Authority, an arm of the city in charge of investigating misconduct that has been criticized as far from independent. The union for rank-and-file officers – the Fraternal Order of Police … Read more
MONICA PAIS | Courthouse News Service (CN) – A police officer in Miami Gardens, Florida claims in court that he was fired for blowing the whistle on the city’s practice of carrying out illegal searches and unlawful arrests of black males. In a federal complaint filed on Monday, Jose Rosado says that in 2011, four … Read more
Nick McCann | Courthouse News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) – Outrage over a new contract that would allow Portland police to review body camera footage before reporting on it spurred a protest at City Hall, where police pepper sprayed activists. The contract has been hotly contested by Black Lives Matter and other civil rights advocates … Read more
2016/09/21 WASHINGTON, DC — A disturbing confession by John Elliot, a former Fairfax County police officer, illustrates exactly what happens when cops try to get away with murdering American citizens. Recall all of the cases you’ve heard of officers shooting someone and moments later conveniently “finding a gun” near the dead person’s body. In these … Read more
by RT It’s no surprise that government workers like to party ‒ just look at the myriad Secret Service and Drug Enforcement Agency scandals. Even the Pentagon has gotten in on the action, with employees using government travel cards at strip clubs and casinos. Not only did Defense Department employees improperly use their work credit … Read more