The Warrior cops are out of control

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A Florida cop planted meth on random drivers, police say.

One lost custody of his daughter.

(deputy) Wester, who was fired last September, was arrested Wednesday and

charged with 52 counts of racketeering,

false imprisonment,

official misconduct,

fabricating evidence and

possession of controlled substances,

among other charges.

He’s accused of indiscriminately targeting innocent drivers

and hauling them off to jail after planting meth or marijuana in their vehicles while feigning a “search."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/11/florida-cop-meth-drugs-arrests-scandal/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.2e2418f469f5

Will Wester have to pay all costs he caused, as do FL ex-cons must do before they can vote?

And somehow Wester's police dept suspected nothing?

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DOJ Won’t Charge New York City Police Officer In Eric Garner’s Death

The decision came just before the five-year statute of limitations on the case expired.

Garner’s cries of “I can’t breathe” as he choked to death prompted a national outcry over the use of force against him.

The incident shouldn’t have ended in Garner’s death but

the DOJ was charged with determining whether Pantaleo’s actions purposefully violated federal civil rights law


DOJ officials did not feel convinced that there was evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the officer acted willfully

It’s hard to thoughtfully apply specific techniques during physical confrontations with resisting parties

The most challenging part of the case, according to the official, was proving Pantaleo’s state of mind when he put his arm around Garner’s neck and restricted his airflow.

The official said the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York had differing views on the case.

EDNY prosecutors consistently believed the evidence was not enough,

while Civil Rights Division officials thought there could be a case.

Attorney General William Barr was the ultimate decision-maker on the case, and he adopted the EDNY’s position.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/eric-garner-police-officer-daniel-pantaleo-charge_n_5d2dd26ee4b085eda5a207c1?ncid=newsltushpm gnews__TheMorningEmail__071719

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Daniel Pantaleo declines to testify at NYPD trial over Eric Garner death





Embattled NYPD cop Daniel Pantaleo declined Wednesday to testify at his departmental trial over the fatal arrest of Eric Garner, citing a statute of limitations for fed

“It would be reckless for me to put him on the stand.”

https://nypost.com/2019/06/05/daniel-pantaleo-declines-to-testify-at-nypd-trial-over-eric-garner-death/

Black Lives killed, cops immune

[Spurtacular]

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https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/sho...=1#post9880741

[Spurtacular]

https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/sho...=1#post9880741

Wow, how'd I miss one of your two hundred daily links?

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LAPD officer charged with rape after ‘cold’ DNA match

Officer William Rodriguez, 33, a 10-year LAPD veteran most recently assigned to the Valley Traffic Division, was

taken into custody Tuesday and

relieved of his police powers. The L.A. County district attorney’s office on Wednesday charged Rodriguez with

two counts of forcible rape in a case

with a special allegation of multiple victims.

https://www.latimes.com/california/s...31a66-80115881

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LAPD Infiltrated An Anti-Fascist Protest Group Because

The First Amendment Is Apparently Just A Suggestion

The Los Angeles Police Department ordered a confidential informant to monitor and record meetings held by a political group that staged protests against President Trump in 2017,

On four separate occasions in October 2017, the informant entered Echo Park United Methodist Church with a hidden recorder and captured audio of meetings held by the Los Angeles chapter of Refuse Fascism, a group that has organized a number of large-scale demonstrations against the Trump administration in major U.S. cities,

Police reports and transcripts do enting the informant’s activities became public as part of an ongoing case against several members of Refuse Fascism who were charged with criminal trespassing…

a police official said no attempt was made to infiltrate any far-right protest groups.

the Major Crimes Division did not send its informant in until

after the demonstration was already over,

the freeway had already been blocked, and

criminal trespassing charges had already been brought.

This wasn't an investigation.

It was a fishing expedition targeting people who don't like fascists that used the First Amendment as a doormat.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...ggestion.shtml

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Court: No Immunity For SWAT Team That Hurled A Flash-Bang Grenade In The General Direction Of A Two-Year-Old Child

It usually takes very extreme behavior from law enforcement officers to punch holes in the qualified immunity shield.

Fortunately/unfortunately, there's seems to be no shortage of extremely-badly-behaving law enforcement officers.

Once the SWAT team arrived, it decided to do SWAT team things, even though it only had a normal warrant that didn't authorize the things it chose to do.

Because the warrant did not authorize a “no knock” entry, the SWAT team knocked on the door and announced:

She then held up the keys to the door in her hand and jingled them for the SWAT team to see in order to indicate that she was going to open up the door.

Before she had the opportunity to open it, the SWAT team knocked out the screen and

threw in a flash-bang grenade over Carla’s head into the living room of the house.

Carla testified that she would have opened the screen door had she been given the opportunity to do so.

the team couldn't immediately discern what the waving of keys by the resident meant,

but that the introduction of a flash-bang grenade would clear up any confusion.

Why the flash-bang? Well, habit, apparently. The SWAT team always has them, and pretty much always finds a reason to use them.

As the district court noted, the Board did not have any policy about the use of flash-bang grenades —

such as when their use is appropriate and how to use them safely.

One officer estimated that

in executing search warrants, flash-bang grenades were used 80-90% of the time;

another officer estimated that in his experience they were used about 50% of the time;

and a third officer estimated they were used about 75% of the time.

The SWAT team members asked for the lawsuit to be dismissed,

claiming qualified immunity shielded their attempt to set someone's living room on fire during normal warrant service.

The record evidence shows the flash-bang grenade used here is

four times louder than a 12-gauge shotgun blast and

emits a light 107 times brighter than the brightest high-beam vehicle headlight.

It has a powerful enough concussive effect to break windows and put holes in walls.

The flash-bang burns at around 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit,

creating an obvious and serious risk of burning individuals, damaging property, and starting fires (as occurred here).

In some cases, they can even be lethal.

Whether the use of the flash-bang grenade here was reasonable is not a close question.

The SWAT team knew the suspect, Charles, was already in custody.

. The police may have already had a suspect in custody but the sued officers

theorized the homicide could have been part of a larger criminal conspiracy,

which could have meant the residence housed even more dangerous criminals.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...ld-child.shtml

We'll see if they are convicted, what punishment. The probability is that the sadistic goons won't be punished.

[Winehole23]

White power gangs in LA County have basically been on the rampage for 30 years.

https://theappeal.org/claims-of-raci...n3aKan.twitter

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police state + private megacorps = you cannot escape

Amazon Requires Police to Shill Surveillance Cameras in Secret Agreement

The Lakeland, Florida police department is required to “encourage adoption” of Ring products as part of a secret agreement with the company.

Amazon's home security company Ring has enlisted

local police departments around the country

to advertise its surveillance cameras in exchange for free Ring products and

a “portal” that allows police to request footage from these cameras,

The agreement also requires police to “keep the terms of this program confidential.” why?
Dozens of police departments around the country have partnered with Ring, but

until now, the exact terms of these partnerships have remained unknown.

A signed memorandum of understanding between Ring and the police department of Lakeland, Florida, and emails obtained via

a public records request, show that Ring is using local police as a de facto advertising firm.

Police are contractually required to "Engage the Lakeland community with outreach efforts on the platform to encourage adoption of the platform/app.”

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mb88za/amazon-requires-police-to-shill-surveillance-cameras-in-secret-agreement?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm _campaign=campaign_720747

[Winehole23]

A mentally ill man in Dallas called the police for help because he felt threatened.

DPD crushed the life out of him and jeered at his dead body for four minutes before calling for assistance.

A Dallas County Grand Jury returned a true bill against officers involved, but the DA declined to prosecute because three medical examiners refused to testify against cops.

Dallas kept the video of the incident under seal for three years until a federal judge ordered it made public.

[Trill Clinton]

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American mental health care by murderous cops with plenty of accomplices

no accountability, no punishment, lots of laughs for the cops.

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Galveston police apologize after photo surfaces of horse-mounted officers leading handcuffed suspect

​

A man is escorted by two Galveston police officers on horseback on Saturday. On Monday, a statement attributed to Chief Vernon L. Hale III said,

"Although this is a trained technique and best practice in some scenarios,

I believe our officers showed poor judgment in this instance and

could have waited for a transport unit at the location of the arrest."

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Galveston-police-apologize-for-photo-of-14282778.php?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=emai l&utm_campaign=mysa_morningheadlines&utm_content=n ews#photo-18033055

the Jim Crow slave-driver cowboy cosplay cops

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Police use of fatal force is identified as a leading cause of death in young men

Black men face a 1 in 1,000 chance of being killed by police compared to about 1 in 2,000 for all men,

Police violence is a leading cause of death of young men in the United States with black men 2.5 times more likely to be killed by law enforcement over their lifetime than white men,

African-American men and women, American Indian/Alaska Native men and women and Latino men face a higher lifetime risk of being killed by police than do their white peers.

The highest mortality rate for men is between the ages of 25-29 when police use-of-force is deemed to be one of the leading causes of death,

behind accidents - including drug overdoses, motor vehicle traffic death and other accidental fatalities - suicide, other homicides, heart disease and cancer.American Indian men were 1.5 times more likely to be killed by police than white men and American Indian women were about 1.5 times more likely to be killed by police than white women.

While Latino men were 1.4 times more likely to be killed than their white counterparts,

Latina women were about 1.2 times less likely to be killed than white women.

Black women, however, were 1.4 times more likely to be killed by police than white women.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_relea...-sip073119.php

So the data show that law enforcement implements the white male supremacy of America, which is why police were created in the 19th century, to go after blacks

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NYPD, Prosecutors Illegally Using Expunged Criminal Records To Perform Investigations, Ask For Longer Sentences

The NYPD and city prosecutors are using supposedly expunged arrests to push for plea deals, longer sentences, and the denial of bail.

In one case examined by The Marshall Project, a man arrested for being in a vehicle that also contained an unlicensed handgun assumed he'd get cited and fined because of his lack of a criminal record.

Instead, the man (referred to only as J.J.) watched as the city prosecutor produced printouts of expunged charges from back in the PD's stop-and-frisk heyday to argue for a prison sentence.

J.J. had never been convicted of a crime, but the city was presenting records that should have been removed from the system to argue he was a career criminal.

Sgt. Mary Frances O’Donnell, an NYPD spokeswoman, said in an emailed statement that despite the Bronx Defenders’ claims, the department is in compliance with New York’s sealed-records statutes because it does not disclose sealed data to any third parties and only uses the records for investigative purposes, consistent with its public-safety mission.

Using expunged records to argue for heavier sentences is not, by any stretch of the imagination, "using records for investigative purposes."

The fact that the NYPD can pull up sealed/supposedly destroyed records at the touch of a screen is disturbing. It tells officers more than they're legally allowed to know about the person they're dealing with.

As for the "no third parties" claim,

the plaintiffs argue anyone outside of the PD -- like prosecutors -- are very much "third parties"

who should not have access to these records. And they're not the only ones obtaining these records that shouldn't even exist.

The Bronx Defenders has countered that the

NYPD does in fact routinely disseminate sealed data to third parties, including
prosecutors,
the news media and
housing, immigration and family-court officials.

This has left some New Yorkers at risk of losing their homes, getting deported, or

having their children taken from them due to long-ago, dismissed arrests not being properly erased, the group says.

The NYPD has argued the law doesn't actually require it to stop using expunged records this way.

The court, in denying its dismissal, called the NYPD's interpretation of the law "strained."

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190804/14433942716/nypd-prosecutors-illegally-using-expunged-criminal-records-to-perform-investigations-ask-longer-sentences.shtml

Just a few bad apples among 10Ks of NYPD copts.

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Illinois Cop Shot Unarmed Black 12-Year-old in Bed During Botched Raid



nearly two dozen Country Club Hills and Richton Park SWAT officers entered Crystal Worship’s home in May with exploding flash-grenades and automatic rifles to execute a search warrant intended for her boyfriend.

During the raid, her black son, Amir, was allegedly shot by a white officer as he sat on his bed with his hands in the air and suffered a shattered kneecap.

“There is a silent epidemic of trauma being perpetrated upon the children and families of color by Chicago and South Suburban police

barreling into the wrong homes,

handcuffing innocent adults,

holding guns on children,

handcuffing children,

trashing their homes,

refusing to show warrants, and

screaming dehumanizing commands,”

officers dressed in “army fatigues with black cloth covering their faces and wearing goggles” entered the family’s home at about 5 a.m. while Crystal Worship and her three sons—Amir, 13-year-old Eric, and 18-year-old Robert—were asleep,

the officers “battered open the two entry doors and set off between two and five flash-bang grenades,”

while executing a search warrant for Crystal’s boyfriend.

The boyfriend, Mitc Thurnam, was arrested and charged with drug possession in a case that was dropped weeks later.

After the officer shot Amir in the knee, shattering his kneecap, he allegedly “covered his badge with black tape and covered his body camera.”

“Mom, they shot me,” Amir started to yell, according to the do ents. “I can’t move it.”

Officers allegedly refused to tell her what happened and “lied to her and told her they shot someone walking past outside.”

Eric heard his brother being shot while another officer pointed an assault rifle at him.

He was handcuffed and placed in a squad car alone for an hour before officers held him at the station for five hours,

The boy was initially hospitalized for four days after the surgery, and later returned after he “developed complications from infection” which included a high fever, blurred vision, and blacking out twice,

“According to an orthopedic doctor,

Amir will not be able to play any sports again,

will have difficulty in physical education,

will walk with a limp, and

will have difficulty walking and running for the rest of his life,”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/illinois-cop-shot-unarmed-black-12-year-old-in-bed-during-botched-raid-lawsuit

[Capt Bringdown]

[FrostKing]

"Big loud cars"

Haha hippies?

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The Growing Epidemic of Cops Shooting Family Dogs

“In too much of policing today, officer safety has become the highest priority.

It trumps the rights and safety of suspects.

It trumps the rights and safety of bystanders.

It’s so important, in fact, that

an officer’s subjective fear of a minor wound from a dog bite is enough to justify using potentially lethal force,

cops have shot
other kids,
other bystanders,
their partners,
their supervisors and
even themselves

while firing their guns at a dog.

if you kill a police dog, you could face a longer prison sentence than if you’d murdered someone or abused a child.

If a cop kills your dog, however, there will be little to no consequences for that officer.

Not even a slap on the wrist.

the courts have ruled that the cops have qualified immunity,

a legal doctrine that incentivizes government officials

to engage in lawless behavior without fear of repercussions.

The Department of Justice estimates that at least 25 dogs are killed by police every day.

The Puppycide Database Project estimates the number of dogs being killed by police to be closer to 500 dogs a day (which translates to 182,000 dogs a year).

In 1 out of 5 cases involving police shooting a family pet, a child was either in the police line of fire or in the immediate area of a shooting.

For instance, a 4-year-old girl was accidentally shot in the leg after a police officer opened fire on a dog running towards him, missed and hit the little girl instead.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/03...g-family-dogs/

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Franz Kafka would be amused

Innocent man spent months in jail for bringing honey back to United States


Of course, black and legal immigrant with green card

Customs officers detained Haughton and police arrested him, accusing him of smuggling in not honey, but liquid meth.

Haughton spent nearly three months in jail before all charges were dropped and

two rounds of law enforcement lab tests showed no controlled substances in the bottles.

By then, Haughton, who according to his lawyer had no criminal record, had lost both of his jobs as a cleaner and a construction worker.



Haughton’s statusas a legal permanent resident with a green card complicated his case.

Because he was arrested at an airport for alleged drug felonies, his case triggered a federal detention order that extended his time in jail,

a state police lab test looking for drugs in the bottles came up negative.

Yet the 45-year-old father sat behind bars for two more months total before the last of the

charges were dropped after a second all-clear in a federal lab test.

The bottles with gold-colored screw tops labeled “honey” in his bag, they told him, had tested positive in a drug field test for methamphetamine.

The green card holder never had any problem returning to Maryland until last year, when a K-9 unit started sniffing around his bag.

“Inside the bag were three large plastic bottles labeled as ‘honey’ of suspected liquid methamphetamine,”

facing at least 25 years in jail

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/innocent-man-spent-months-in-jail-for-bringing-honey-back-to-united-states/2019/08/22/6c5c538c-71c3-11e9-9f06-5fc2ee80027a_story.html?noredirect=on

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Former police officer charged with murder for botched Houston raid

Goines and his Houston narcotics squad entered the house without knocking, as allowed under the warrant.

In the chaos that followed, the house’s occupant Dennis Tuttle, 59, opened fire on the officers, wounding four, and they returned fire,

Goines admitted to investigators he had invented an allegation that a confidential informant bought drugs at the house,

Because the search warrant for the raid was based on that fabricated information provided to a judge and two people died,

prosecutors have charged Goines with two counts of murder,

He faces a possible maximum sentence if convicted of life in prison.

Goines was among those shot and wounded in the raid.

Another officer, whose name has not been released, was paralyzed from the waist down,

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-t...e=domesticNews

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California deputy made up sniper story, was not hurt

A Southern California sheriff’s deputy made up a story that a sniper shot him in the shoulder, an incident that sent police SWAT teams hunting for the gunman,

The deputy, Angel Reinosa, 21, admitted to investigators he was not shot as he walked to his car on Wednesday outside the sheriff’s department office in Lancaster City, California, police said.

Reinosa had earlier said he was saved by the ballistic vest he was wearing.

“There was no sniper,

no shots fired and

no gunshot injury sustained,”

“Completely fabricated.”

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-police/california-deputy-made-up-sniper-story-was-not-hurt-authorities-say-idUSKCN1VF0J8?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews

WTF

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Florida Prison Guard Broke Neck of Disabled Female Inmate

A Florida prison guard on Wednesday allegedly broke the neck of a female inmate who suffered from both mental and physical disabilities

a correctional lieutenant allegedly slammed her onto the floor multiple times before dragging her out of the prison.

the guard became angry and Weimar was slammed to the ground and then dragged to a wheelchair, “with her head bouncing along the ground.”

She was eventually taken to the hospital where she was placed in intensive care and initially deemed to be suffering from a possible broken neck.

The Herald said that it received confirmation that Weimar’s neck was broken.

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/report-florida-guard-broke-neck-of-disabled-female-inmate/?utm_source=mostpopular