Category: Police State

Always snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

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Philadelphia cops. WTF?

21-year-old Samir Hill is a point guard at Allegany College of Maryland. Recently Hill was playing a friendly game of basketball with some friends Philadelphia when two police officers happened to pass by. The officers engaged in friendly trash talk which lead to a an impromptu game of one-on-one with Hill.

Hill absolutely shook and burned both officers, making them look old, fat, and slow — which they were. But it was all in fun and the officers left the court smiling and joking with the youngsters.

Hill’s friend posted the video on YouTube and it went viral very quickly. This would seem like a great public relations video, maybe invite Hill down to the station for a few public relations photos for some billboards. And viola, you have a public relations win for the Philadelphia P.D. But Philly P.D. decided to take a slightly different approach.

Instead of embracing a public relations gold mine, they instead turned it into a public relations disaster. Not long after the video went viral Hill was “detained” by Philadelphia police for about two hours while they searched his car. They did this while Hill was handcuffed and brought to the police station. They claimed they were looking for his “friend.” No charges were filed and he was released.

Payback

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dorian johnson

You think the civil suit he filed has anything to do with this?

Dorian Johnson, the man who was with Michael Brown when Brown was fatally shot by a Ferguson police officer last summer, has been arrested on suspicion of drug charges and resisting arrest, a St. Louis police source said Wednesday.

Police released details of an incident involving three men taken into custody after officers were called to the 5700 block of Acme Avenue at 3:21 p.m. Wednesday by someone “reporting a large group of subjects who were possibly armed with firearms.”

The police report did not name Johnson, but a police source who spoke on the condition of anonymity said that the incident involved Johnson and two of his brothers. Johnson allegedly had a cough medication mixed with what police believe to be an illegal narcotic on him.

The report said that as the officers who went to the scene dispersed the crowd, they noticed that one man had a bulge in his clothes that they suspected might be a weapon. A second man grabbed the arm of the officer who attempted to pat the first man down. The officer then attempted to detain the second man.

How police unions blocked Maryland police reform

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Lee Fang on how real police reform in Maryland was blocked by the police unions: A package of police reform bills that Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is scheduled to sign into law today, in part as a response to the death of 25-year-old Baltimore resident Freddie Gray, was weakened under political pressure from Maryland police unions,… Continue reading “How police unions blocked Maryland police reform” →

Dear sweet Jesus, our media is incompetent

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Millionaire deputy who killed man was getting special treatment for years

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This is about as good a smoking gun as you’re gonna get:

CBS News learned that in 2009, the Tulsa Sheriff’s Office launched an internal investigation to find out if Bates received special treatment during training and while working as a reserve deputy. They also investigated whether supervisors pressured training officers on Bates’ behalf.

The investigation concluded Bates’ training was questionable and that he was given preferential treatment.

The investigation found that deputies voiced concerns about Bates’ behavior in the field, almost from the very beginning. Bates reportedly used his personal car while on duty and made unauthorized vehicle stops. When confronted Bates said that he could do what he wanted, and that anyone who had a problem with him should go see the sheriff.

He really is a sweetheart

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Ted Nugent & Joe Arpaio

To go along with something like this. What a dirtball Arpaio is:

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio dropped a bombshell in court Thursday when he said his former lawyer had hired a private investigator to look into the wife of the federal judge presiding over a contempt of court case against the sheriff.

The hearing took the strange turn after Arpaio had finished his testimony and Judge Murray Snow began asking him questions, including whether the sheriff was investigating his family.

Arpaio said he believed his former lawyer, Tim Casey, had hired a private investigator to look into his wife. The investigation stemmed from a purported comment Snow’s wife made about the judge not wanting Arpaio to get re-elected in 2012.

Casey declined comment, citing attorney-client privilege, when The Associated Press reached him after the development in court.

Snow has been overseeing a sprawling racial-profiling lawsuit winding its way through the courts for several years. Snow determined in 2013 that Arpaio’s office systematically racially profiled Latinos during traffic stops then called this week’s contempt-of-court hearing after Arpaio defied his orders to stop carrying out immigration patrols.

Arpaio’s office has a history of investigating his opponents. Two elected county supervisors and a judge were among those investigated and charged with crimes in the past decade after feuding with the sheriff’s office.

The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the sheriff to look into abuse-of-power allegations over the political feuds.

It’s good to be white

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bob-bates

This is the rich guy who was playing deputy and killed a man with his gun instead of using a Taser:

This is what white privilege looks like.

Charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of Eric Harris, millionaire Deputy Bob Bateswas just given permission to travel out of the country on vacation to the Bahamas.

A lawyer for the Harris family, Dan Smolen, said he was not surprised that Bates had pleaded not guilty — but he was surprised about the vacation.
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Hah

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Scandal: Watch Scary Papa Pope Threaten Olivia Over B613 in "I'm Just a Bill" Sneak Peek

I was watching “Scandal” on my teevee last night, and there’s this scene where superwoman Olivia Pope is confronting the police captain who’s pulled in her client without arresting him or reading him his Miranda rights. She gives this rat-a-tat speech to the captain, along the lines of “my client is not standing here right now because that would be illegal and I think we can agree this never happened. Am I correct?”

It was exactly like the speech I gave a detective many years ago who interviewed my badly-confused and concussed teenage son without my knowledge or consent. I really let him have it, told all the reasons why it was illegal, and said the interview never happened. “Am I correct, Detective?” So when I heard this speech, I laughed.

My kid was jumped by a gang of kids and one of them slammed him in the head with a rock. Several things happened that led me to believe his assailant was being protected by the cops, and when I came home from work, my older son said, “Mom, some cop called here to talk to J. and it sounds like he was trying to make it sound like it was all his fault.” Which he was, because when I called him back, that’s what he tried to imply.

Just one of the many reasons I don’t trust cops.

Just plain evil

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speeding ticket

I don’t even know what to say. No wonder the rich keep getting richer:

Minutes after a court sentenced Adel Edwards to pay a $500 fine for burning leaves in his yard without a permit, the private probation company tasked with supervising his monthly payments told him he actually owed more than $1,000 and demanded $250 up front. Because Edwards couldn’t pay the full amount on the spot, the company had him thrown in jail for several days until a friend came up with the money, according to a new federal lawsuit.

The suit, filed by the Southern Center for Human Rights, charges that Red Hills Community Probation conspired with local police in two small Georgia towns to jail poor people without any court approval or legal authority, effectively holding them for ransom.

The plaintiffs, who live in Bainbridge and Pelham, GA, were ordered by the court to pay exorbitant fees for misdemeanor offenses. Edwards pleaded guilty to burning leaves, while others were told they needed to pay hundreds of dollars for speeding, failing to come to a complete stop at a stop sign, and driving with a suspended registration.
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