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Postby tifosi77 » Wed May 05, 2021 1:27 pm

Fired Atlanta Officer Who Shot Rayshard Brooks Reinstated Due To Personnel Rules
An Atlanta oversight board has ordered the reinstatement of Garrett Rolfe, the fired police officer charged with the murder of Rayshard Brooks, based on technicalities about dismissal procedures under the Atlanta city code.

Rolfe will remain on administrative leave until his criminal charges are resolved, the Atlanta Police Department said in a statement to NPR.

The APD filed paperwork to dismiss Rolfe the day after he shot Brooks, a 27-year-old Black man, in the parking lot of a Wendy's on June 12, 2020. He has since been charged with murder, though his criminal case has been bogged down by procedural delays.

The order to reinstate him, made by the city's Civil Service Board, is based on the finding that APD did not follow city code when it dismissed him. The board found the department made several errors on the dismissal paperwork and did not give Rolfe adequate time to respond.

The board specifically did not make a judgment about whether Brooks' conduct was criminal.

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Postby Shyster » Thu May 06, 2021 8:29 pm

The NYPD’s Police Unions Make the Argument for Qualified Immunity Reform
https://www.unlawfulshield.com/2021/05/ ... ty-reform/
At the end of March, the New York City Council passed city-level qualified immunity reform, allowing civil suits against police officers that violate people’s Fourth Amendment rights, and explicitly providing that qualified immunity is not a defense. And though the law has yet to take effect, it has already provoked a clear response from the police unions that represent NYPD officers, in the form of a letter sent to all their members.

This astonishing letter, though it laments the elimination of qualified immunity, actually makes the clearest and most persuasive argument possible in favor of qualified immunity reform. Its core message is to inform officers that, in the absence of qualified immunity, they will now actually have to avoid violating people’s constitutional rights.


And what does the Union's letter say?
As a direct result of the passage of this law, and the unavailability of the defense of qualified immunity under its provisions, we advise that you proceed with caution when taking any police action which could lead to physical engagement with any person, and avoid physical engagement to the greatest extent possible while also assuring your own safety and the safety of others. Also, you are strongly cautioned against engaging in any stop & frisk (unless doing so for your own or others’ safety), search of a car, residence, or person unless you are certain that you are clearly and unequivocally within the bounds of the law, notwithstanding that your actions may be taken in good faith. (Emphasis in original.)

This is the point where millions will be screaming, "That's what you're supposed to be doing anyway!"

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Postby Shyster » Mon May 10, 2021 7:56 pm

Washington D.C. Police Release Body Cam Video Of Those Drag-Racing Cops Crashing
https://jalopnik.com/washington-d-c-pol ... 1846859799


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Postby Shyster » Mon May 10, 2021 8:00 pm

Alabama Police Officer Found Guilty Of Murdering Suicidal Man Who Was Holding Gun To His Own Head
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasre ... 4373f6364b
Police officer William Ben Darby has been convicted for the 2018 murder of a man in Huntsville, Alabama, who was suffering a mental health emergency, after a jury agreed Darby unnecessarily escalated the situation when he took a shotgun from his patrol car and shot the man in the face, even though the victim never pointed his gun at police officers.

On April 3, 2018, Darby responded to a 911 call after a man, Jeff Parker, called authorities to say he was suicidal.

Officer Genisha Pegues was the first to arrive on the scene, finding Parker holding a gun to his head, and she testified she was working to deescalate the situation.

But Darby later arrived and ordered Pegues to "point your f——— gun at him," before Darby told Parker to drop his gun.

Parker didn't immediately comply, and Darby shot him in the face with a shotgun just seconds later, body camera footage showed.

Darby claimed he was acting in self-defense since he worried Parker was going to turn his gun on officers, but prosecutors successfully convinced the jury that “an innocent man was murdered.”

Huntsville’s mayor and police chief both defended Darby’s actions, with Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle (R) saying after the verdict Friday that Darby “was doing what he was trained to do in the line of duty.”

I guess Huntsville trains police officers to immediately kill suicidal people in mental-health crises.

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Postby Shyster » Wed May 12, 2021 10:30 pm

Huntsville police officer convicted of murder on paid leave
https://www.waff.com/2021/05/10/huntsvi ... aid-leave/
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - After the Huntsville police officer was found guilty of murder last week, William Darby is now on administrative leave, according to city officials.

Darby was placed on paid administrative leave on May 10, just three days after he was found guilty of murdering 49-year-old Jeffery Parker in 2018.

City officials say this is the normal process until formal proceedings under the City of Huntsville’s personnel policies and procedures are complete.

Darby is facing a minimum of 20 years in prison and has a sentencing scheduled for July. However, he has since been released on bond for $100,000.

Officials with the City of Huntsville sent WAFF the following statement:

“The City’s Legal Department is working to determine the cost of Mr. Darby’s defense. We will get back to you when a figure is available. As to your question about Mr. Darby’s plans to appeal, the City of Huntsville has not made any decisions on this issue. We do not have any information at this time about requests for additional money to be spent on Mr. Darby’s legal defense.”
Convicted of murder. Still getting paid. And clearly was getting paid during the entire time he was charged with and tried for murder.

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Postby Shyster » Thu May 13, 2021 7:11 pm

The Police Dog Who Cried Drugs at Every Traffic Stop
https://reason.com/2021/05/13/the-polic ... ffic-stop/
Don't blame Karma. The police dog simply followed his training when he helped local agencies impound vehicles that sometimes belonged to innocent motorists in Republic, Washington, an old mining town near the Canadian border.

As a drug detection dog, Karma kept his nose down and treated every suspect the same. Public records show that from the time he arrived in Republic in January 2018 until his handler took a leave of absence to campaign for public office in 2020, Karma gave an "alert" indicating the presence of drugs 100 percent of the time during roadside sniffs outside vehicles.

Whether drivers actually possessed illegal narcotics made no difference. The government gained access to every vehicle that Karma ever sniffed. He essentially created automatic probable cause for searches and seizures, undercutting constitutional guarantees of due process.

Similar patterns abound nationwide, suggesting that Karma's career was not unusual. Lex, a drug detection dog in Illinois, alerted for narcotics 93 percent of the time during roadside sniffs, but was wrong in more than 40 percent of cases. Sella, a drug detection dog in Florida, gave false alerts 53 percent of the time. Bono, a drug detection dog in Virginia, incorrectly indicated the presence of drugs 74 percent of the time.

Despite the frequent errors, courts typically treat certified narcotics dogs as infallible, allowing law enforcement agencies to use them like blank permission slips to enter vehicles, open suitcases, and rummage through purses.

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Postby PFiDC » Thu May 13, 2021 7:16 pm

I used to watch Live PD because apparently I like to aggravate my blood pressure. I would watch K9 officers give commands to make the dog alert all the time. And my favorite is the "If there has been drugs in here any time ever the last month he'll smell it and alert so might as well just be honest with me". If I had drugs in my car 2 weeks ago what the **** does that have to do with right now?

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Postby tifosi77 » Fri May 14, 2021 7:25 pm

If I had drugs in my car 2 weeks ago what the **** does that have to do with right now?
Per Shyster's story above, if the K9 alerts it can be a pretextual justification for your detainment and possible arrest, and impound of your car pending the application for a search warrant. It's borderline civil asset seizure, another petty way for local PDs to generate revenue off minor controlled substance offences, real or fabricated.

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Postby dodint » Fri May 14, 2021 7:27 pm

I feel like the rhetorical missed you, tif.

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Postby Shyster » Fri May 14, 2021 11:34 pm

‘I’m Speechless.’
We Asked Law-Enforcement Officers Around the World How American Policing Looks From Abroad.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/12/opin ... lobal.html
American law enforcement is facing an intense — and long-overdue — public reckoning.

Legions of citizens have taken to the streets to protest police brutality and impunity and to memorialize the Black Americans brutalized or killed by law enforcement officers — the victims’ names a mantra of anger over racism in American policing: George Floyd, Breonna Taylor Laquan McDonald, Eric Garner, Michael Brown …. The list is long and aching.

There have been pleas for more accountability and restrictions on the use of military-style equipment and calls for the defunding — and even the abolishment — of entire police departments.

With law enforcement in the United States undergoing a period of intense scrutiny and deep self-examination, we were wondering how American policing looked from abroad, in the eyes of law-enforcement professionals around the world.

In the video above, we shared some truths about the American policing system with active and retired police officers from Britain, Canada, Georgia, Germany and Italy, and we recorded their reactions.

How did it go? Well, you might say that American law enforcement didn’t exactly win any fans.

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Postby Shyster » Mon May 17, 2021 10:10 pm

19-year police veteran accused of running meth lab out of New Jersey home
https://abc7ny.com/christopher-walls-po ... /10650476/
LONG BRANCH, New Jersey (WABC) -- A 19-year veteran New Jersey police officer is accused of running a meth lab out of his house, authorities announced Monday.

Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni said 50-year-old Christopher Walls, who has been suspended without pay from the Long Branch Police Department, manufactured and maintained the methamphetamine laboratory at his West End Avenue home.

"Thanks to the swift action of our office, the Long Branch Police Department, and the New Jersey State Police, a very serious risk to public safety has been averted," Gramiccioni said. "The collaborative efforts of our agencies dismantled a very dangerous situation. It is particularly distressing that this hazard was caused by a sworn law enforcement officer."

Long Branch police were called to Walls' home around 10:36 p.m. Sunday for a domestic disturbance. While officers were on scene, another resident in the home alleged Walls was involved in suspicious narcotics activity.

The New Jersey State Police Hazmat Unit responded to the scene and located materials, chemicals and instruments consistent with a methamphetamine laboratory in both the basement of the residence and in a shed on the property.

The Hazmat Unit confirmed that Walls was in possession of all ingredients necessary to manufacture methamphetamine and found methamphetamine residue in chemistry-related glassware on site.

A joint investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office's Professional Responsibility and Narcotics Units and the Long Branch Police Department revealed that Walls had been in possession of books related to making methamphetamine, explosives, and poison.

Cops called to another cop's home because he's beating his wife, and while arresting him they discover that he's running a meth lab.

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Postby Shyster » Tue May 18, 2021 6:42 pm

An off-duty officer ‘terrorized’ a family displaying a BLM flag. Police drove him home without arrest.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/an-of ... r-BB1gyUgI
Just after midnight on Halloween, a blaring car alarm and a loud banging sound startled Mirella Castaneda and woke her young son.

A man stood in her driveway in Forest Grove, Ore., slamming his fist into the Black Lives Matter flag draped over the metal garage door as the security alarm on the family’s pickup truck continued to beep.

Castaneda immediately called 911 — but when police showed up, they recognized the man as an off-duty officer named Steven Teets.

Instead of arresting Teets, though, one of the responding officers simply drove him home.

Now, Teets and that officer, Bradley Schuetz, face criminal charges in the incident that Castaneda’s attorney says “terrorized” her family.

A grand jury has indicted Schuetz for official misconduct after an outside investigation by the Beaverton Police Department, the agency said in a statement Friday. Teets was arrested and charged with criminal mischief and disorderly conduct last year. A second responding officer, Amber Daniels, will not face charges, officials said.

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Postby tifosi77 » Wed May 19, 2021 1:59 pm

Yeah, that DA in North Carolina who ruled the Andrew Brown shooting 'justified' is sort of a perfect exemplar of what is wrong with policing the police. Guy deserves every amount of anguish that can be visited upon him.

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Postby tifosi77 » Thu May 20, 2021 6:44 pm

"I’m scared": AP obtains video of deadly arrest of Black man
The 2019 arrest outside Monroe, Louisiana, is the subject of a federal civil rights investigation. But unlike other in-custody deaths across the nation where body camera video was released almost immediately, Greene’s case has been shrouded in secrecy and accusations of a cover-up.

Louisiana officials have rebuffed repeated calls to release footage and details about what caused the 49-year-old’s death. Troopers initially told Greene’s family he died on impact after crashing into a tree during the chase. Later, State Police released a one-page statement acknowledging only that Greene struggled with troopers and died on his way to the hospital.
The 46-minute clip shows one trooper wrestling Greene to the ground, putting him in a chokehold and punching him in the face while another can be heard calling him a “stupid motherf---—.”

Greene wails “I’m sorry!” as another trooper delivers another stun gun shock to his backside and warns, “Look, you’re going to get it again if you don’t put your f---—- hands behind your back!” Another trooper can be seen briefly dragging the man facedown after his legs had been shackled and his hands cuffed behind him.

Instead of rendering aid, the troopers leave the heavyset man unattended, facedown and moaning for more than nine minutes, as they use sanitizer wipes to wash blood off their hands and faces.

“I hope this guy ain’t got f------ AIDS,” one of the troopers can be heard saying.
This is the car's condition after the 'fatal accident'. No airbags deployed.
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This happened in May 2019, and the AP only just obtained the bodycam footage this week. And that bodycam footage is positively stomach-turning. It's not something I recommend watching.

And of course, the official police response to the footage becoming public manages to make it worse:
Louisiana State Police declined to comment on the contents of the video. In a statement, the agency said the “premature public release of investigative files and video evidence in this case is not authorized and ... undermines the investigative process and compromises the fair and impartial outcome.”

State Police brass initially argued the troopers’ use of force was justified — “awful but lawful,” as ranking officials described it — and did not open an administrative investigation until 474 days after Greene’s death.
Incidents like this are why I've lost patience with the 'bad apple' argument. Bad apples fall from rotten trees; this is a deliberate and systemic failure of accountability at multiple senior levels of a statewide law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over millions of people. I can't even put myself in the headspace of willingly putting my career and professional reputation on the line for assbags like the cops involved in Greene's death. It evidences a complete faith in their insulation from consequences.

(Apparently, one of the officers involved was dismissed last year, and was killed just a few hours later in a single-vehicle car accident.)

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Postby Shyster » Thu May 20, 2021 7:45 pm

Ex-St. Louis Cop Wants Prosecutors Sanctioned for Revealing Racist Texts
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblo ... cist-texts
A former St. Louis cop facing a criminal charge in the beating of a Black undercover detective has asked a judge to sanction federal prosecutors for disclosing text messages in which he uses the N-word freely, brags about sending people to the hospital and talks at length with other cops about prescription drug use.

Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office had previously released a number of texts sent and received by ex-police officer Dustin Boone and other cops accused of assaulting St. Louis police Det. Luther Hall in 2017 after mistaking him for a protester — but these messages had not been publicly disclosed in previous filings, and they expand beyond the Hall case.

Prosecutors say the texts and other information described in their recent filing show Boone was biased against Black people and that he had no problem violating his oath as a cop and the rights of those he encountered on the streets.

"There are r n——— running wild all across the city and even if/when we catch them..... they don't get in any trouble because there are plate lips running the CAO!" Boone wrote in a group text to other officers in July 2017, two months before the assault on Hall.

CAO is apparently a reference to the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office, which is under the supervision of the city's first Black circuit attorney, Kim Gardner.

Boone was one of five officers who were indicted in relation to the September 2017 attack on Hall. He was assigned to the Civil Disobedience Team, better known as the riot police, that cracked down on protesters following the acquittal of ex-officer Jason Stockley in the killing of Anthony Lamar Smith. Hall later told investigators that his fellow officers beat him "like Rodney King," even though he wasn't resisting and posed no threat.

Two officers pleaded guilty, but Boone, ex-officer Christopher Myers and current officer Steve Korte went to trial this spring. None were found guilty, but jurors deadlocked on a charge against Boone. They acquitted Myers on one charge in the beating, but couldn't decide whether he was guilty of smashing Hall's phone to destroy a recording of the assault.

Boone and Myers are set for another trial in June, and as prosecutors prepare for Round Two they filed a 33-page memo that outlines new evidence they plan to use this time. (See the second page of this story for the redacted memo.) Large sections of the filing have been blacked out, but the parts that haven't detail a trove of previously unreleased text messages attributed to Boone and others, including other cops.
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In the memo, prosecutors say that the texts, many of which describe incidents separate from the protest where Hall was beaten, show a pattern of wrongdoing.

In April 2017, texts show Boone gloating about a violent confrontation with an unnamed person.

"Ooooohhh!!! Took a head shot w the taser!!!," Boone writes in a group text with members of his family. "Hahahahhaa Santa and I just smoked 2 dudes."

Santa is apparently a reference to now-former St. Louis police officer Kyle Santa, another texting partner of Boone's.

A few hours later, Boone sent a group text to multiple St. Louis cops: Timothy Strain, Christopher Narez, Marcus Biggins, Shawn Griggs and Matthew McInerny. All of those officers are still on the force, except for McInerny, whose time with the department ended in 2021.

"Dude caught a tampering 1st, resisting stealing of a motor vehicle out of the county and a TASER to the **** dome?" he writes, adding, "Caught him in some THICK over grow in a side vacant lot, there was nobody around except me. Shaw, shithead and god... he is at the hospital now... poor guy."

Griggs, who is still a city cop, wrote back: "Thats **** hilarious! Strong work!"

That thread continues with more details from Boone:

"Hahaha we made him tell the other officers on scene that he is a *****! Hahaha he was puking on himself while EMS was looking at him and saying 'I'm a *****, in a *****." And crying...... it was the greatest moment of my short career! Lol."
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Multiple texts show Boone discussing various medicines with multiple people. In one exchange between the officer and Ditto that was included in the prosecutors' filing, he asks about an apparently missing bunch of Concerta, a stimulant primarily approved to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder but often abused.

Ditto replies: "We have both been taking concerta since the adderall was out and at that concert I gave Gavin and Karen the rest of that bottle except for like 5 because you already had another bottle. They have been taking that concerta she said lol."

In messages with other cops, Boone plays the role of adviser and supplier. The texts show fellow officer Kyle Santa asking for recommendations on pills for someone named Busso — apparently a reference to St. Louis police SWAT officer Joseph Busso.

"Depends on if he wants to feel like a he feels like seeing in HD and making night turn into day (adderall) or if he just wants to feel a really really focused white guy (concerta). Adderall is essentially cocaine base in a compressed pill form....... it's pretty special. It makes u chew on ur tongue and lick ur lips like a crack head and u can't stop talking for the first 8 hours. It is also nearly impossible to get drunk AND cures hangovers in a matter of 11 minutes. I'm not even lying about ANY of that Kyle? Lol I'm serious!"

Boone added: "I'll give him some of each so he can experiment."

The filings include a string of texts between Boone and Detective Marcin Zajac over two days in May 2018. The first day, Zajac tells Boone to "bring the pills."

The next day, Zajac describes feeling "very energized" and "happy."

Boone writes: "Hahahaha your motivation and energy should be through the roof! It's good stuff. And lasts all day."

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Postby Shyster » Thu May 20, 2021 7:46 pm

Corrections officer arrested for selling drugs at the Allegheny County Jail
https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/c ... GLZ472PYY/
PITTSBURGH — An internal affairs investigation at the Allegheny County Jail led to the arrest of a corrections officer for selling drugs to inmates.

Lewis Bagnato, 32, of Kennedy Township, was charged with delivery of controlled substances, possession with intent to deliver and related offenses. He was arrested Thursday morning when he reported to the jail for work, and is awaiting arraignment.

Allegheny County Police said Bagnato’s security clearances have been revoked and he is suspended pending termination. He was hired as a correctional officer in December 2019.

According to investigators, the jail’s internal affairs division was contacted on April 27 by the Discharge and Release Center with correspondence from an inmate indicating they had information on the drug K2 at the facility.

Following an interview with that inmate, investigators contacted additional witnesses and learned that Bagnato was bringing drugs into the jail to sell to inmates. The payment for the drug was then made through a third party via either an electronic transfer of payment, or through in-person delivery.

Communications with and about Bagnato were made by identifying him as “Uncle Kirk.” Bagnato was caught on surveillance camera on multiple occasions handing over drugs from his cargo pocket or even the inside of a used mask.

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Postby Pavel Bure » Fri May 21, 2021 8:14 am

Corrections officer arrested for selling drugs at the Allegheny County Jail
https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/c ... GLZ472PYY/
PITTSBURGH — An internal affairs investigation at the Allegheny County Jail led to the arrest of a corrections officer for selling drugs to inmates.

Lewis Bagnato, 32, of Kennedy Township, was charged with delivery of controlled substances, possession with intent to deliver and related offenses. He was arrested Thursday morning when he reported to the jail for work, and is awaiting arraignment.

Allegheny County Police said Bagnato’s security clearances have been revoked and he is suspended pending termination. He was hired as a correctional officer in December 2019.

According to investigators, the jail’s internal affairs division was contacted on April 27 by the Discharge and Release Center with correspondence from an inmate indicating they had information on the drug K2 at the facility.

Following an interview with that inmate, investigators contacted additional witnesses and learned that Bagnato was bringing drugs into the jail to sell to inmates. The payment for the drug was then made through a third party via either an electronic transfer of payment, or through in-person delivery.

Communications with and about Bagnato were made by identifying him as “Uncle Kirk.” Bagnato was caught on surveillance camera on multiple occasions handing over drugs from his cargo pocket or even the inside of a used mask.
$21.57/hr, I’m selling drugs to... although you only need a HS diploma so maybe I’m not considering I get a pension as well.

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Postby Shyster » Sat May 22, 2021 5:47 pm

Ex-Louisville Detective Mark Handy is sentenced to prison for putting away innocent men
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/n ... 5036358001
Louisville KY - With some of his victims sitting behind him Tuesday in the courtroom, disgraced former Louisville Detective Mark Handy offered no apologies for helping send four innocent men to prison.

On his 62nd birthday, he admitted he had perjured himself in one of the cases and tampered with evidence in another.

Showing no emotion, he was led away to jail by a deputy sheriff after Jefferson Circuit Judge Olu Stevens sentenced him to one year in prison under a plea bargain that prohibits him from seeking probation.

Edwin Chandler, who spent 10 years in prison because of Handy’s lies, said he took no joy in seeing Handy taken off to jail.

“Nothing can replace what I have lost,” he told Stevens.

Reading from a brief statement, Chandler said the “criminal justice system is broken” and recounted how he fought for nearly 30 years for justice.

He also told how local and federal prosecutors knew for years about Handy’s crimes took no action against him, allowing him to continue to wear the badge as a detective and later a deputy sheriff.

Chandler praised former Louisville cold-case Detective Denny Butler and Special Prosecutor Shane Young for finally bringing Handy to justice.

Handy’s lawyer, Brian Butler, told reporters Handy never meant to send innocent people to prison. “He said something that wasn’t true,” Butler said of Handy’s testimony in Chandler’s trial, “and the result was tragic.”

Butler didn’t address the other cases.

He said his client had no fear of prison because he started his career as a corrections officer.

Later, on the street outside the courthouse, Chandler joined with others who have been wrongfully convicted to demand that the Department of Justice investigate civil rights violations in Louisville.

Butler noted that Handy is one of only two officers held to account in 201 wrongful homicide convictions since 1990 in Kentucky, Illinois and Oklahoma. He said taxpayers in those states paid a combined $417.3 million to settle 74 cases.

The four men his cop put in prison through his lies and tampering served a combined 61 years (7, 10, 22, and 22). The cop gets one year in prison from his plea.

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Postby Shyster » Mon May 24, 2021 7:46 pm

How US police training compares with the rest of the world
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56834733

Main points:

- Police in the US receive less training than the majority of other developed countries, typically much less.

- US police academies spend far more time on firearms training than on deescalation tactics.

- No developed nation has a police force that uses firearms against its own citizens as often as officers in the US do.

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Postby Shyster » Tue May 25, 2021 8:17 pm

Texas Deputies Say They Were 'Molested and Traumatized' by Colleagues During Federally Funded Prostitution Stings
https://reason.com/2021/05/25/texas-dep ... ion-stings
Texas "'bachelor party' prostitution stings soon grew into a booze-fueled playground for sexual exploitation," claims a new lawsuit. Several high-ranking Harris County law enforcement officers are accused of sexually assaulting and harassing their female colleagues under the guise of stopping human trafficking. In a new federal lawsuit, women currently or formerly employed with the Harris County Constable's Office accuse Precinct 1 Constable Alan Rosen, Assistant Chief Chris Gore, and Lieutenant Shane Rigdon of having "molested and traumatized" them in the course of conducting prostitution stings paid for by the federal government.

Rosen, Gore, and Rigdon are the leaders of the department's federally funded human trafficking unit, notes the lawsuit, calling the unit "an opportunity for notoriety and media attention." Like so many of its kind, it considers entrapping sex workers via undercover prostitution stings to be the main part of its mission. The unit commonly has cops pose as "johns" to get sex workers to agree to illegal acts. They then arrest them under the misguided theory that most sex workers are forced into it and if you only arrest enough of them, someone will give up "their sex traffic business handlers."

Yet the suit presents no suggestion that any "sex traffic business handlers" or "human trafficking" rings were ever stopped (the unit did "not focus on solving cases at all," it states), merely that sex workers—and at least one minor—were harassed by police and then arrested afterward. Several female cops were allegedly subjected to similar abuse and mistreatment, only without the arrests at the end.

These female deputies—Liz Gomez, Marissa Sanchez, and Felecia McKinney—were selected for undercover operations with the unit "under the guise of legitimate police work" and subsequently harassed and mistreated "by their intoxicated male commanding officers," states the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas:

What began as an idea for "bachelor party" prostitution stings soon grew into a booze-fueled playground for sexual exploitation in which young, untrained deputies were subject to disgusting abuse. Both Constable Rosen and the Harris County District Attorney's Office have known about this abuse for months, but they refused to take any action and rebuffed anyone who complained. Constable Alan Rosen attended at least one of these "parties" personally. Three of the young deputies spoke up about their abuse to their supervisors at the Constable's Office, including Constable Rosen's chief of staff, but they were ridiculed by their commanders, retaliated against by their abusers, and quietly reassigned to less prestigious duties.

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Gomez, Sanchez, and McKinney say they were untrained for this sort of work and picked for it by Gore "based on his personal taste in women—young, attractive, and Latina." As part of the operation, they were "continuously subjected to sexual harassment, unwarranted touching, unwanted kissing, molestation, and sexual ridicule," their suit asserts. And this allegedly started before the stings even began:

Chief Gore instructed Gomez to purchase new and revealing clothing and send images via text to Chief Gore while shopping. Gore would relay the message "that's not slutty enough" while Gomez was trying on the clothing at the store, and was ordered to purchase something more provocative.

Gomez was then ordered to try on the dresses for Gore in his office.

Gomez was ordered to accompany Chief Gore to an adult sex shop where he would "pick out some props"and "work on chemistry" with her. After picking up a product labeled "c**k sleeve," Chief Gore commented to the young female deputy "oh I bet you would like this." He also instructed Gomez to purchase weenies and to "pick out the ones you would personally prefer." These sex toys were paid for with County funds. This trip to the sex shop was also the first of several instances where Chief Gore told Liz Gomez she was not allowed to work with any other male deputies…she was "his."

And it got worse from there, according to Gomez and the other plaintiffs:

Female deputies were … ordered that during these operations "to maintain cover" Chief Gore would be lying down on top of them, fondling their breasts and bodies. They were never warned, however, that during this conduct Chief Gore would be wearing only boxer shorts, fully aroused, drunk, kissing and licking their bodies, and giddy after every sting. …

Cameras were set up so that the entire room was viewable. Chief Gore, however, instructed the surveillance teams to ensure that none of the "party scenes" were caught on the footage that would be provided to the District Attorney's Office for any arrests.

Lieutenant Shane Rigdon would review all surveillance of the operations the day following the evening stings and delete footage that he declared "lacked evidentiary value" before providing the evidence to the District Attorney's Office, again in violation of criminal discovery statutes.

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Postby Shyster » Tue May 25, 2021 8:24 pm

And also in Harris County, TX (Houston):

Deputy, dispatcher charged in child sex abuse case after Harris Co. Pct. 1 deputy commits suicide, constable says
https://www.click2houston.com/news/loca ... olice-say/
Two more people have been charged in connection with several allegations of sexual abuse involving minors after a Harris County Precinct 1 deputy -- who was also being investigated -- died by suicide Wednesday, according to Harris County Constable Precinct 1.

On May 14, the investigation began when a dispatcher was being evaluated on their work performance, according to Pct. Constable Alan Rosen. He said during the evaluation, the dispatcher made an outcry about the child abuse allegations involving Precinct 1 Deputy Constable Robert Johnson.

Rosen said the allegations were reported to Internal Affairs and the investigation began. He said on Monday morning the department contacted the Houston Police Department to investigate the case, where investigators found out the incidents took place in Alvin. Rosen said HPD and CPS contacted the Alvin Police Department about the allegations. He said Alvin police tried to make contact with Johnson.

On Wednesday morning, Rosen said that the same dispatcher who made the outcry said she was with Johnson and that he was threatening to kill her and take his life. He said after an attempted traffic stop in north Liberty County, Johnson sparked a standoff with deputies and threatened to take his own life.

Alvin police said during the standoff, Johnson made several phone calls and confessed to the allegations of sexually assaulting minors. Police said he also implicated named other adults in the sexual abuse, including the dispatcher.

After several hours, police said Johnson took his own life.

Due to the claims Johnson made about other adults being involved in the sexual abuse of minors, Constable Rosen said two members, the dispatcher, Christina McKay, and another deputy, Chonda Shalett Williams, were fired from the department, arrested and charged.

McKay is charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child and Williams is charged with sexual assault of a child.

Court documents allege Johnson and Williams had sex with a minor while the child was passed out from taking pills and alcohol provided by Johnson. That minor has come forward, documents show, to share memories from at least one of the incidents that happened in December 2020.

Authorities claim McKay admitted to seeing Johnson sexually assaulting a passed-out minor in a hotel room, records show. McKay told authorities she provided Johnson with pills so that he could sedate the child victims, according to court documents. Documents say that the incident McKay saw happened in August 2020 and that she did not report it until 10 months later, saying she feared Johnson. Authorities say McKay made reservations at the same hotel 20 times in the previous 12 months.
So a Houston cop being investigated for drugging and raping children confesses to the crimes, names other employees within the Harris county sheriff’s office who were also involved, and then kills himself.

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Police earning the hate

Postby tifosi77 » Tue May 25, 2021 8:32 pm

How US police training compares with the rest of the world
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56834733

Main points:

- Police in the US receive less training than the majority of other developed countries, typically much less.

- US police academies spend far more time on firearms training than on deescalation tactics.

- No developed nation has a police force that uses firearms against its own citizens as often as officers in the US do.
The firearm training aspect of policing is something Mork and I goof about all the time. It's just mind boggling how little proficiency is expected of police in employing a firearm. I think the annual Q course for LAPD patrol officers is something like a combined 24 rounds in 3 or 4 courses of fire (for time), and SWAT just adds a couple courses with a carbine. I have higher personal standards for my own shooting.

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Police earning the hate

Postby Shyster » Sun May 30, 2021 7:46 pm

Former Klamath Falls officer accused of stealing meth, fentanyl from evidence locker and overdosing in police cruiser
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2021/0 ... uiser.html
A former Klamath Falls police officer is accused of stealing methamphetamine and fentanyl from inside another officer’s secured evidence locker and then overdosing on the drugs in his police cruiser, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday.

The officer’s cruiser jumped a median, veered into oncoming traffic and caused a multi-car crash at a local intersection on Nov. 27, according to the indictment.

The officer, Thomas Dwayne Reif, was on duty in a police Dodge Avenger that was reported to have been “driving recklessly” down South Sixth Street before crashing near Crater Lake Parkway, according to police.

Reif, 27, was indicted on two counts of possessing a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception or subterfuge.

He made his first appearance Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Medford. He pleaded not guilty to the indictment and was released pending trial, which is set for Aug. 3.

Reif is accused of using an unauthorized key to remove the drugs from another officer’s evidence locker in the police department’s temporary evidence room, according to the indictment.

After his crash, he was revived at a local hospital. There was evidence of both drugs in his blood and urine, according to toxicology tests.

Investigators also found a bag of methamphetamine inside Reif’s personal locker at the police department.

Cop steals meth & fentanyl from evidence locker, overdoses while in his cruiser and on duty, and causes a massive multi-car crash.

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Police earning the hate

Postby Shyster » Tue Jun 01, 2021 5:03 pm

He bashed a police chief on Facebook. Then the chief threatened fake charges unless he deleted it, feds say.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/he-ba ... ar-AAKAx5z
Last March, West Hazleton, Pa., Police Chief Brian Buglio summoned a man to the police station to deliver an ultimatum, federal prosecutors sa Buglio has worked for the rural Eastern Pennsylvania department of four full-time and four part-time officers since 1996, according to the borough’s website.

In February 2020, several Facebook posts appeared slamming Buglio and his department in the town of nearly 4,400 residents, federal prosecutors said. (Court documents don’t name the author, but he identified himself to WNEP as DeLorenzo, who lives about 50 miles away in East Stroudsburg, Penn.)

In one of DeLorenzo’s posts, he wrote that Buglio had taken too long to make an arrest in a case he was involved with, WNEP reported. DeLorenzo also accused Buglio of committing a violent crime.

When Buglio learned about the posts, he allegedly threatened DeLorenzo over the phone.

“He called me, left me a voice mail, and said that he was going to arrest me for a crime that was being investigated for something I’ve never even done or had any part of,” DeLorenzo told WNEP.

On March 4, Buglio asked DeLorenzo to meet at the precinct, court records state, where he laid out his threats.

“During the meeting, Brian Buglio acknowledged that the threatened felony charges lacked merit,” according to the federal complaint.

By the end of the meeting, DeLorenzo agreed to take down the posts from the social media platform and to refrain from posting any other critical messages about Buglio and his force.

Both men shook hands to close the “deal” and parted ways. But DeLorenzo then called the FBI to report the chief’s threats, he told WNEP.

Eventually, the case was picked up by the FBI Scranton office’s Public Corruption Task Force, which includes officers from the Pennsylvania State Police and the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office, along with FBI and Internal Revenue Service agents.

On Thursday, federal authorities charged Buglio with one count of deprivation of civil rights. Buglio could face up to one year of imprisonment and a $100,000 fine in the case.

The chief signed a plea deal in April in which he agreed to resign from his position, court records show.

Either the man could delete Facebook posts he’d made slamming Buglio’s management of the department and his officers, and refrain from making any future critical comments — or else Buglio would fabricate felony charges against him.

“I said to Brian, ‘Why are you doing this?’ ” the victim, Paul DeLorenzo, told WNEP. “He goes, ‘Well, you like to post fake things and fake stories about me so, I could make up a fake arrest and put you in jail.’ ”

Now Buglio, 45, is facing federal charges for allegedly threatening DeLorenzo with criminal charges in retaliation for his social media posts.


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