Cops behaving badly (03.12.24)

Cops behaving badly (03.12.24) March 12, 2024

“A south St. Louis bar owner is now facing charges stemming from an incident that began when police crashed an SUV through the front wall of his business.”

“A Williamsport (Pa.) police officer has been placed on administrative leave after using the N-word during a confrontation.”

“Altogether, the list detailed more than $100 million in cash, gold, and other precious property, the proceeds of the biggest armed robbery in American history.”

“This profit incentive is at the heart of the rampant abuse of civil forfeiture.”

But that’s not what the video shows.”

Mississippi judge Marcus Fisher got caught with his tail between his legs once it got out that he took part in an attempt to stifle Jill Collen Jefferson’s push to hold police accountable for their misconduct.”

“A Mississippi police department in one of the nation’s poorest counties unconstitutionally jailed people for unpaid fines.”

Florida Senate and House advance bill to eliminate police oversight boards

Almost hitting pedestrians didn’t bother Officer McAlister, but Rupp’s shout did.”

“After spending 30 years of his life on death row, 54-year-old Daniel Gwynn is a free man since the Philly DA’s office determined that there were multiple flaws in the original investigation — including an alternate [actually guilty] suspect that no one bothered to find or make Gwynn’s attorneys aware of.”

What a crazy amount of misinformation.”

“Officials then labeled J.A.’s distress as ‘excited delirium,’ an illegitimate diagnosis rejected by the medical community yet often applied to victims of police violence, especially Black men and boys.”

“Critics say excited delirium is pseudoscience that’s been used for decades to excuse deaths in police custody.”

“In Peninsula, Ohio, police used handheld speed cameras to issue 8,900 speeding tickets in only five months this year, generating at least $1.3 million in fines. That’s more than 16 tickets per resident in the community of 536 people.”

Houston police chief apologizes for department not investigating 264K incident reports

“Across the country, states require more training to prepare students and teachers for mass shootings than for those expected to protect them.”

“It’s not the size of the constitutional violation that matters. It’s the violation itself.”

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