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More idiotic POS cops display their low IQ's as they illegally detain a man who has committed no crime. Just because they "got a call" doesn't allow LEO's to violate someone's rights and/or detain someone who hasn't broken the law. Other people's fears and concerns do not trump someone's rights. One of the ignorant pigs even copsplains, "Just because you have a right, doesn't make it right." Sorry, officer Ass Hat, it does make it right. That's why it's called a "right", thus it is not ILLEGAL. LEO's opinions and egos getting in the way of conducting themselves within the boundaries of the law which they swore to uphold...nothing new.
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Judge with Soft Spot for Dirty Cops Sentences Dirty NYPD Cop to One Day in Jail
New York City police officer Michael Bergmann did not think twice about committing perjury on the witness stand last year when he testified under oath before a grand jury that a man had tried to run him over in the hopes of sending him to prison for a crime he did not commit.
Like many cops, Bergmann probably figured he would never be caught. He probably also figured that even if he were caught, his Blue Privilege would protect him.
Turns out, he was right.
Thanks to a judge with a soft spot for dirty cops, Bergmann was sentenced to only one day in jail with time served earlier this month despite pleading guilty to perjury which is punishable by one to seven years in prison.
"Considering the crime that the defendant committed, I do find a six month incarceration... would be unduly harsh," said Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun in rejecting even a six-month sentence, according to the New York Daily News.
Meanwhile, the victim in this case, Pedro Barbosa, was convicted of attempted assault in the first degree and was facing up to 15 years in prison when the public defender hired an investigator to look deeper into the case.
The investigator came across surveillance video from a nearby business which showed Barbosa never came close to striking Bergmann with his car.
Anybody who has read this site for a while knows that it is not uncommon for cops to claim they had to kill somebody because they were about to be run over when video shows that was not the case so we can only imagine how many innocent people have been sent to prison on this lie.
In this case, if it weren't for Scott Hechinger, a public defender with the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office, Barbosa would be sitting in prison while Bergmann would still be destroying lives with his lies.
Most public defender's office do not have the resources to go the extra mile for defendants as was done in this case. But even then, Barbosa still spent five months in jail.
But none of that mattered to Judge Danny Chun who has a history of sparing cops prison as Hechinger pointed out on Twitter.
From the New York Post last month:
A former NYPD sergeant who shot a man in the face and then tampered with evidence was sentenced Thursday to five years of probation.
Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun agreed to give Ritchard Blake the slap-on-the-wrist sentence when he copped to an evidence tampering charge in October, and made it official Thursday.
Blake, 40, was caught on tape on Aug. 2, 2018, on an East New York street firing two rounds at Thavone Santana’s jaw, planting a knife next to Santana’s torso and then returning to the scene to retrieve the blade.
From the New York Post in August:
The Brooklyn judge who gave zero jail time to two former NYPD officers — despite their admitting they had sex with a teen in their custody — declared in court that “both sides” had committed crimes.
Prosecutors had asked Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun to send ex-cops Eddie Martins and Richard Hall to the slammer for one to three years.
But the judge said from the bench that while the cops took a bribe — sex from an in-custody suspect, who they then set free — the accuser could also be charged with offering a bribe.
“In this particular case … the other party offering a bribe could also be charged and could also be guilty of offering a bribe or giving a bribe,” Chun said, according to a court transcript.
From the CBC in 2016:
A former police officer who shot an unarmed man to death in a darkened stairwell was spared prison time Tuesday, and a judge reduced his manslaughter conviction to a lesser charge in a case that became a flashpoint for police accountability.
Peter Liang was sentenced to five years' probation and 800 hours of community service in the 2014 shooting of Akai Gurley, who was walking down a public housing stairway when Liang, a rookie officer, fired a bullet into the dark — by accident after being startled, he said. The bullet ricocheted and killed Gurley, 28.
Speaking softly, Liang told the court he never meant to fire and apologized to Gurley's family.
"My life is forever changed," he added. "I hope you give me a chance to rebuild it."
Liang, 28, is the first New York City police officer convicted in an on-duty shooting in 11 years. A jury found him guilty this winter of a manslaughter charge carrying up to 15 years in prison.
But Brooklyn state Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun reduced the offence Tuesday to criminally negligent homicide, which carries up to four years in prison. He said prosecutors hadn't met the legal burden for the manslaughter charge: proving that Liang consciously disregarded a substantial, unjustifiable risk of death.
Perhaps the judge gets intimidated by the "blue sea of uniformed officers" that show up to these hearings. That is the point of showing up in mass, after all.
Although the minimum sentence for perjury is one year, prosecutors asked for six months, apparently knowing of Chun's reputation of allowing dirty cops to walk. But even that was too much for the judge.
The conviction led to Bergmann's dismissal from the NYPD, however, so only time will tell if he is hired by another agency in the future. He will be on probation for the next four years.
“I deeply regret my actions and all the pain it’s caused. I’m remorseful and I just want to put it behind me,” he told the court.
In other words, he deeply regrets getting caught.
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Cop Indicted After BB Gun Planted on Innocent Man to Justify Running Him Over with Cruiser
Baltimore, MD — The Baltimore police department is arguably one of the most corrupt and violent departments in the country. From planting guns and drugs to shooting innocent people, the BPD is constantly in the news for all the wrong reasons. As the following case illustrates, these cops are so corrupt and arrogant, they thought they could get away with running over an innocent man and then planting a BB gun and drugs on him to justify it.
In a case that would make the perfect plot line for a Hollywood movie, a top Detective with the Baltimore Police Department was indicted this week for his role in framing an innocent man who’d been run over by another cop. Sadly, it was non-fiction, however, and this innocent man’s life was ruined.
A federal grand jury has indicted Robert Hankard, age 43, on federal charges related to allegations that he provided a BB gun that he knew would be planted on a suspect, that he falsified an application for a search warrant and an arrest report in a second incident where drugs were planted on a suspect, and that he falsely testified to a federal grand jury in a federal investigation.
According to the five-count indictment,
Hankard has been a member of the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) since 2007 and was promoted to detective on March 20, 2014. In 2014 and 2015, Hankard served on a Special Enforcement Section (SES) unit assigned to the BPD’s Western District.
On the evening of March 26, 2014, Hankard, who was not on duty that day, received a call from his partner, who advised him that Sergeant W.J. had been “hemmed up” in something and asked Hankard if he had any “toys” or “replicas.” Hankard understood that his partner was asking for a BB gun or air soft gun so that it could be planted on a suspect.
Hankard advised that he did have a BB gun. Hankard’s partner came to Hankard’s house and Hankard provided him with the BB gun, which was subsequently planted at the scene of the arrest of D.S., whom Sergeant W.J. had run over after chasing D.S. No guns or drugs were recovered from D.S. at the time of his arrest, but drugs were recovered from D.S. at the hospital, where he had been taken in the custody of the Baltimore Police officers.
D.S. was charged with possession, use, and discharge of a gas or pellet gun, for the BB gun that was planted at the scene of D.S.’s arrest, and a number of drug offenses. D.S. was detained on those charges until at least April 2, 2014, and the charges were dismissed on January 16, 2015.
When the case previously went to a grand jury, Hankard allegedly falsely testified saying he provided no such BB gun. In response to yet another one of their officers getting caught framing innocent people, Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said Hankard is on suspension with no pay.
“This is just a continuation of what has been started to make sure the people tied to the Gun Trace Task Force are held accountable,” Harrison said. “We are committed to making sure that we get to the bottom of it and that we rout it out.”
If convicted, Hankard faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States; a maximum of 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to deprive civil rights; a maximum of 20 year in federal prison for each of two counts of falsification of records in a federal investigation; and a maximum of five years in federal prison for false declarations before a grand jury.
He’s currently free on his own recognizance — a luxury not afforded to the D.S. who spent a year in jail on false charges stemming from the planted BB gun.
If you think police officers planting evidence is some anomaly, think again.
After their department gained national shame in 2017 over a video showing an officer planting drugs to frame an innocent man while his fellow cops watched, the Baltimore Police Department showed the world the dark reality that is framing people to make arrests. Only days after the first video was released, the Baltimore Public Defender’s office released a second video that allegedly “appears to depict multiple officers working together to manufacture evidence.”
It was then announced that nearly three dozen people will have their charges dropped after the video of Officer Richard Pinheiro showed him planting drugs while Officers Hovhannes Simonyan and Jamal Brunson stood by and did nothing. Naturally, the BPD claimed nothing unscrupulous was going in in the aforementioned videos.
It is not just Baltimore cops either—as TFTP previously reported, in one of the most shocking cases of badge abuse ever exposed, the Alabama Justice Project revealed that a ring of corrupt cops in the Dothan Police Department planted drugs and guns on hundreds of young black men for over a decade, in most cases resulting in their imprisonment. Their actions were aided by supervisors and covered up by the district attorney.
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Gee, why the silence and no details released about this homicide? A teenager is shot and killed inside the home of a LEO and next to nothing has been released and no charges have been filed. Cover up, blue line privilege or corruption? Probably all three.
Florida Cops Mum on who Shot and Killed Boy in Home of Tampa Cop using Cop's Gun
Four teenage boys were playing video games at the home of a Tampa police officer last month when one of the teens was shot in the back of the head with his gun.
Now more than a month later, there are no details on who fired the shot that killed 15-year-old Bradley Hulett. No arrests have been made and no charges have been announced. We still don't even know the name of the cop who owned the gun that killed the teen.
All we know is that cop was at work when Hulett was shot and that he has hired an attorney to represent himself and his son which is a good indicator on who fired the shot.
"Bradley was gaming, had headphones on with his friends, and one of the boys left the room, came back with a weapon, pointed it, fired, and hit him in the back of the head and killed him instantly," the father of the victim, Brad Hulett, told Fox 13.
The attorney representing the cop and his son, Rick Escobar, told Fox 13 the gun used was not a service weapon and it was not supposed to have been loaded.
According to Escobar, the officer removed the magazine from the gun and stored it in a locked bedroom - like he always does - yet somehow the boys got in.
"When entrance was made into that particular room, it was not for the purposes of trying to find a gun or anything. It was really a benign reason why they went into that particular room," said Escobar.
Escobar says, as for the bullet, there are many possible scenarios as to why it was in the chamber.
"When my client was removing the clip, he may have not removed the bullet from the chamber, although his procedure was to remove both of them, all the time," Escobar explained. "Or it could’ve been that that bullet was inserted at some point in time. We’re in the process of still investigating that."
It was around 4 p.m. on December 13 when Hulett was shot in the back of the head at the home, which is when the 911 call came in. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is investigating the shooting.
Culture of Misconduct and Coverup
The Tampa Police Department has had many misconduct cases amongst its officers. In June 2019 the state of Florida dropped 17 criminal conviction cases involving three officers who were fired after internal investigations into misconduct, Fox 13 Tampa Bay reports.
The officers' violations included failing to file police reports and throwing away drug evidence. And in some cases, body cameras were turned off while people were being detained and questioned. Seven officers were reprimanded and the other three were fired.
Additionally, an internal investigation found Sergeant Edwin Bodamer and Corporal Eric Wilkinson violated policies related to their roles in enforcing department rules and policies, according to The Tampa Police Department
Bodamer was demoted to the rank of master police officer and took a pay cut of more than $20,000. Wilkinson received a letter of reprimand.
Wilkinson's reprimand letter says:
"During this time, you failed to observe clear and evident policy violations during your body worn camera checks. Moreover, you did not take appropriate corrective action."
Also, a Tampa lawyer named Brent Yessin won a $300,000 lawsuit against the department in 2016 after he was beaten and arrested for telling a woman being arrested that she had the right to remain silent.
Yessin's suit stated two of the officers involved in the beating, Michael Leavy and Joseph Reeve, had been named in lawsuits that resulted in settlements.
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“When you violate people’s civil rights you’re not enforcing the law, you’re breaking it, and it’s time the Tampa PD instructs its officers you can’t arrest, let alone hit, bystanders,” Yessin told the ABA Journal.
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Three POS deputies get a paid vacation after senselessly beating a man.
Bootlickers, their fellow blue line gang members and their families must be proud.
WATCH: Cops Mistake Medical Emergency for Drug Use, Viciously Beat Man with Batons
St. Johns County, FL — At least three St. Johns County deputies have been placed on administrative leave after cell phone video surfaced of them savagely beating Christopher Butler. Predictably, police were quick to determine Butler was high on PCP but his lawyer says he was suffering from a diabetic event and was not able to follow police officer commands.
The incident began 12/29 with Butler being observed driving 15 mph on I-95, the interstate with minimum speeds set at 55mph. A Florida Highway Patrolman (FHP) made the stop but requested backup after he was unable to get Butler to exit the vehicle. A passerby then witnessed the beating and stopped to record. That Good Samaritan later passed his cell phone videos on to Ms. Morgenstern, Butler’s mother, who contacted the news media.
Butler’s lawyer claims the beating was the “worst he’s ever seen” and says it doesn’t matter whether or not his client was on drugs or not, no one deserves to be treated inhumanely. John Phillips, the family’s attorney, said his client did not deserve to be treated that way:
"It’s just so abusive and it just goes on for so long…They just kicked him and used a baton and tased him over and over…He was not high on PCP and any statement to that effect is going to result in defamation…He was having, as we understand it, a diabetic or blood sugar event throughout the course of this. Regardless, even if he was hopped up on whatever, you can’t just beat somebody because they’re high on drugs."
But cops do just that. They often mistake health problems with drug use and then justify their beatings by claiming the suspects were “not following lawful orders.” As TFTP has reported on numerous occasions, federal use of force guidelines permit officers to escalate their uses of force for non-compliance. Such use of force can include, closed fist strikes such as Butler received while appearing to be seated on asphalt, hardly a threat to anyone.
If the police were not successful in getting Butler out of the vehicle they would have been justified with sending a K9 through the window, as we’ve seen before. There’s no limit to the extent law enforcement will go to subdue a suspect, including tasering a suspect to death, beating someone to death, choking someone to death, and/or running a suspect over with a moving vehicle.
We’ve seen it all folks. It’s not the first time citizens who were allegedly having a medical emergency have had their rights violated by raging police officers. For more information on rights violating police officers, see our police brutality archives. police brutality archives. https://thefreethoughtproject.com/ca...ity-cop-watch/
Butler’s lawyer implied he and his client intend to sue for civil rights violations and defamation of character for the beating and subsequent blaming the victim by stating he was high on PCP.
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Though I don’t believe any of your rhetoric and I’d truly believe you’d cry like a bitch if you were ever a victim of crime, this was really a funny story.
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I guess you're entitled to your own opinion no matter how far-fetched it may be.
I've witnessed firsthand what citizens can do to eliminate corrupt police and hold public servants accountable.
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pathetic sobsThree POS deputies get a paid vacation after senselessly beating a man.
Bootlickers, their fellow blue line gang members and their families must be proud.
WATCH: Cops Mistake Medical Emergency for Drug Use, Viciously Beat Man with Batons
St. Johns County, FL — At least three St. Johns County deputies have been placed on administrative leave after cell phone video surfaced of them savagely beating Christopher Butler. Predictably, police were quick to determine Butler was high on PCP but his lawyer says he was suffering from a diabetic event and was not able to follow police officer commands.
The incident began 12/29 with Butler being observed driving 15 mph on I-95, the interstate with minimum speeds set at 55mph. A Florida Highway Patrolman (FHP) made the stop but requested backup after he was unable to get Butler to exit the vehicle. A passerby then witnessed the beating and stopped to record. That Good Samaritan later passed his cell phone videos on to Ms. Morgenstern, Butler’s mother, who contacted the news media.
Butler’s lawyer claims the beating was the “worst he’s ever seen” and says it doesn’t matter whether or not his client was on drugs or not, no one deserves to be treated inhumanely. John Phillips, the family’s attorney, said his client did not deserve to be treated that way:
"It’s just so abusive and it just goes on for so long…They just kicked him and used a baton and tased him over and over…He was not high on PCP and any statement to that effect is going to result in defamation…He was having, as we understand it, a diabetic or blood sugar event throughout the course of this. Regardless, even if he was hopped up on whatever, you can’t just beat somebody because they’re high on drugs."
But cops do just that. They often mistake health problems with drug use and then justify their beatings by claiming the suspects were “not following lawful orders.” As TFTP has reported on numerous occasions, federal use of force guidelines permit officers to escalate their uses of force for non-compliance. Such use of force can include, closed fist strikes such as Butler received while appearing to be seated on asphalt, hardly a threat to anyone.
If the police were not successful in getting Butler out of the vehicle they would have been justified with sending a K9 through the window, as we’ve seen before. There’s no limit to the extent law enforcement will go to subdue a suspect, including tasering a suspect to death, beating someone to death, choking someone to death, and/or running a suspect over with a moving vehicle.
We’ve seen it all folks. It’s not the first time citizens who were allegedly having a medical emergency have had their rights violated by raging police officers. For more information on rights violating police officers, see our police brutality archives. police brutality archives. https://thefreethoughtproject.com/ca...ity-cop-watch/
Butler’s lawyer implied he and his client intend to sue for civil rights violations and defamation of character for the beating and subsequent blaming the victim by stating he was high on PCP.
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New Bill to Allow Cops to Detain Citizens, Force Them to Explain Who They Are, What They’re Doing
Kentucky — An ominous bill that is currently making its way through the Kentucky Senate aims to give police unprecedented unconstitutional powers. These new powers will allow cops to stop anyone they want and demand that person tell them who they are, where they are going, and explain their actions. Naturally, it has civil rights advocates up in arms, but it doesn’t seem to be slowing down the bill’s momentum.
Police merely need to make an unsubstantiated claim that a person is involved in criminal activity which gives them free reign to stop that person, demand his name, home address and age — as well as ask to see his driver’s license, if he has one — and tell him to explain what he is presently doing “to the satisfaction of the officer.”
If you invoke your constitutional right not to answer the officer’s questions, this new bill grants cops the right to detain you for two hours. Even more ominous is the fact that this detainment is not considered an arrest so you have no right to an attorney and police don’t even have to record it. This non-arrest grey area detention will undoubtedly be rife for abuse.
Nevertheless, advocates for the police state tyranny say cops must have this new ability—to keep us safe. As Kentucky.com reports, Sen. Stephen Meredith, R-Leitchfield, said Grayson County law enforcement officials asked him for the bill after a number of local incidents showed the need for it.
“If a man acts suspicious, then why wouldn’t you want to know what his name is?” Meredith said in an interview. “I can’t imagine any legitimate reason in the world why a person would refuse to give their name and photo identification to a police officer if they were asked.”
In other words, if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear…or, in other words, submit to the police state. Wrong!
Well Sen. Meredith, we’d like to educate you in why a person would refuse to talk to police—because it is our right not to! Legislation like this is straight out of the playbook of every tyranny in history. Remember “Ihre Papiere, Bitte”?
That phrase often brought shudders to the people who heard it in the 1930s and ’40s. It is German for “Your papers, please,” and this bill is nearly identical to that sinister Nazi policy.
“The whole section of the bill on detention — they can call it whatever they want, but Supreme Court case law is pretty clear that an arrest is not determined by whether you call it an arrest, it’s determined by the restraint you place on someone’s liberty,” Tucek said. “If you put someone in the back of a police car or if you take them down to the police station or if you otherwise refuse to let them go their own way, that’s an arrest, and in our country, you cannot do that without probable cause.”
We agree and so does the constitution.
“The idea that we can detain people because we find them to be suspicious and we think they might commit a crime, that crosses a dangerous line,” Rebecca DiLoreto, who lobbies in Frankfort for the Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, said. “Now, unfortunately, it has been known to happen. Sometimes it’s in a mostly white community where someone spots a black person walking down the street and they get suspicious and call police.”
DiLoreta also pointed out the menacing nature of cops being able to essentially kidnap anyone they want for hours and keep it off the record. Nobody ever should be taken into police custody without a record being made of it, she said.
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Pedophile Cop Gets 12 Years for Running Horrifying Child Porn Network That Included Infants
Souderton, PA — A former Army veteran and police officer was convicted on multiple counts for being a distributor and possessing over 4,000 images of the most disturbing child pornography. Matthew Laver, 38, of Souderton, PA was violating the laws he was sworn to uphold while taking a paycheck as a law enforcement officer. On Thursday, this disgusting villain was sentenced to 12 years in prison. While it may not seem like a very long sentence, it is a significant amount of time considering most cops in his position do little to no time behind bars.
“This is an appalling case,” U.S. Attorney William McSwain said in a statement. “The defendant was a member of a law enforcement organization charged with enforcing the law and protecting the public, but he was actually a child predator.”
Even though Laver had quit the police force in Montgomery County three years before being arrested and convicted, prosecutors were quick to point out his addiction to kiddie porn dated back to his time in the Army and throughout his service as a law enforcement officer.
The prosecution is a result of the collaborative work of many agencies as a part of Project Safe Childhood. Marlon V. Miller, Special Agent in charge of HSI Philadelphia said:
"Law enforcement officers take an oath to serve and protect, thus our conduct must be beyond reproach…Homeland Security Investigations special agents worked closely with our law enforcement partners to further prevent this perpetrator from victimizing children by distributing images of sexual assault."
While he was a police officer, Laver spent 10 years online disseminating his collection of horrifying child porn which depicted sexual assault and rape of children as young as infants.
While a police officer engaging in the viewing and dissemination of child porn may seem shocking, the fact is that it happens all the time within the government. As TFTP reported in July, the problem of government agents viewing horrific images and videos of child pornography on official Department of Defense computers has gotten so out of hand that bipartisan legislation has been introduced to curb the practice. Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) and Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) introduced legislation meant to halt the epidemic of government employees viewing and sharing child porn over DOD networks and devices.
The investigation was conducted by the Pentagon’s Defense Criminal Investigative Service and it netted hundreds of suspects who work for and are affiliated with the DOD. Let that sink in. Hundreds of government employees are using taxpayer funded official DOD networks and computers to view and share child pornography — essentially running a child porn network on a government system.
The epidemic of child pornography has gotten so out of control that these people now feel comfortable enough to use official computers and networks — they know are being monitored, but apparently know they won’t get in trouble — to access and share this horrifying content.
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After Cops Refused to Help, 14yo Girl Installs Camera, Catches Abuser Trying to Kill Her and Her Dog
Destin, FL — Police, we are told, will help us when we call them. Sadly, however, that is not always the case. Over the years, TFTP has reported on multiple instances in which people have called the cops for help only to be ignored. In some of these cases, those who needed help ended up dying. A 14-year-old girl in Florida — who didn’t want to die from being ignored — was tired of cops not helping, so she took matters into her own hands. The result was a horrifying video of abuse, but it was finally enough for police to pay attention.
Damon Richard Becnel, 47, of Destin, a well-known local businessman, and president of Sandestin Police Department Inc., is a bad person. His daughter, who is only 14, knew how bad of a person he was and tried to tell police on multiple occasions. However, they never listened and this forced the girl to take matters into her own hands.
Last month, Becnel’s daughter installed cameras in her home to catch her abusive father in the act. She was successful.
The victim’s mother, Allison Tringas, called her daughter “absolutely my hero,” and told WEAR the teen has tried for years to get someone to do something about the abuse but was ignored either through negligence or corruption.
“Nothing was done. Nothing has ever been done to help my daughter,” said Tringas.
Tringas said she and her daughter tried reporting the abuse for years, but she said authorities did not believe them, so this vigilant young girl took matters into her own hands and filmed her abuser in the act.
Tringas explained to local news that Becnel has lots of connections and often escapes accountability for his crimes. Case in point: despite this horrifying abuse captured in the video below, Becnel was released on a measly bond of just $4,000. The man tried to cut the eyeball of a dog out while beating and threatening to kill a 14-year-old child and police let him walk for $4,000. Meanwhile people are rotting behind bars for possessing a plant and unable to pay their extremely high bail bonds.
“She is one strong and one smart little girl and I couldn’t be more proud of her,” said Tringas, who is divorced from Becnel and doesn’t have custody rights. “I would hate for justice not to be served and the system, again, fail my precious daughter.”
After multiple judges recused themselves from the case due to their connections to Becnel, this child abusing businessman finally has a court date. Becnel is scheduled to be tried March 9 on the felony charge of child abuse and misdemeanor charge of cruelty to animals.
As you watch the video below, remember that police were reportedly told multiple times that this abuse was happening and they chose to look the other way. Only because this girl took matters into her own hands is she now safe. Hopefully this child and animal abuser’s connections do not spare him from accountability.
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Another POS fake hero pig stages an attack on himself.
Watch the LA Sheriff's Department press conference in the link below.
L.A. Deputy Lied about being Attacked by a Sniper that Sparked Massive Manhunt
Investigators became suspicious when Angel Reinosa showed up to the emergency room with holes in his shirt but no visible bullet wounds. The 21-year-old deputy later admitted to cutting up the shirt to make it look as if he had been shot.
However, the fabrication sparked a massive manhunt inside a nearby four-story apartment building, only for deputies to come away with nothing but a pellet gun.
As of this report, Reinosa has not been fired or arrested but that will likely change soon.
It took almost 5 months, but this POS cop, Angel Reinosa, was finally charged, arrested and caged. These blue zero heroes staging attacks on themselves is only creating more disdain and decreasing the level of trust in LEO. Bad cop, no donut.
Cop Arrested for Faking War on Cops Story of Sniper Shooting Him Setting Off Massive Manhunt
Los Angeles, CA — The country watched in horror last year after news stations across America ran the story of how Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy Angel Reinosa was shot in the shoulder by a sniper as he walked from his patrol car into the station. A massive manhunt ensued as heavily armed deputies in military attire set up a perimeter and locked down the area. For days the police state ran rampant as officers looked for the shooter. But they would never find him—because the entire story that led to the militarized lock down of the town, was a lie.
Now, this cop is finally getting what he deserves—accountability. Reinosa was charged this month with two insurance fraud felonies and a misdemeanor for filing a false report. Last week, police obtained a warrant for this lying cop and detectives from the Internal Criminal Investigation Bureau arrested him during a traffic stop. He was booked into the County Jail Inmate Reception Center, where his bail was set at $40,000.
“Not only does it bring discredit to the department and our deputies, it jeopardizes the trust and good faith we ask for from the public and elected officials. Worst of all, it’s a slap in the face of deputies who have been shot in the line of duty, and to the families of those who paid the ultimate price for their service,” the union said in a statement.
At the time, Reinosa claimed the shots came from a sniper in a nearby apartment building that houses people being treated for mental illness. This likely led to the rights of innocent individuals being violated as the department blamed the facility’s proximity to the station.
After news of the sniper blew up the airwaves, the news this cop “completely fabricated” the story, barely registered as a blip. On the following Saturday night, assistant Sheriff Robin Limon held a press conference to tell the truth. Limon said the deputy lied about the entire ordeal.
The 21-year-old rookie had reportedly cut holes in his shirt to make it look like he had been shot and was treated for a “bruise” on his shoulder. But when police began questioning him, his story didn’t add up.
“Things didn’t add up,” Homicide Bureau Capt. Kent Wegener said. “There was no sniper, no shots fired and no gunshot injuries sustained to his shoulder. Completely fabricated.”
“Much of his statement was self-serving, didn’t make a whole lot of sense,” Wegener told reporters.
“There were several things that were curious,” Wegener said. “There was no ballistic evidence in the parking lot at all. No bullet was recovered. … There were many things that didn’t add up.”
If convicted for his tall tales, Reinosa faces a possible maximum sentence of five years and six months in jail.
While Reinosa’s fake shooting story may seem outlandish, it is, unfortunately, not an isolated incident. In fact, several other officers have been caught forwarding the false narrative about the war on cops with fake shootings.
In September of 2016, police around the country spread the story and asked for prayers for one of their own who’d been shot while on duty. An investigation was launched, a dragnet conducted, the town locked down and a suspect had been brought in. However, cops and their supporters quickly found out they had been duped by their fellow officer once investigators discovered the entire story had been fabricated. In October of last year, former Jackson Police Department Officer Sherry Hall was sentenced to prison for her lies.
In September 2015, a massive manhunt ensued after Lt. Joe Gliniewicz was found dead 50 yards from his cruiser 15 minutes after he radioed in that he was pursuing three suspects on foot. Despite locking down the entire town, no suspects were found in the area.
The following November, it was revealed that the reason no suspects were ever found was due to the fact that Gliniewicz killed himself. In a press conference, Lake County Major Crimes Task Force commander George Filenko said, “This staged suicide was the end result of extensive criminal acts that Gliniewicz had been committing.”
Gliniewicz wasn’t alone either. Also in September 2015, a Millis, MA police department placed an entire town on lockdown after a cop claimed he’d been shot by a ‘black man.’ However, it was quickly discovered that the cop faked being shot at to cover for his reckless driving.
England Police Department Sgt. David Houser faked being shot during a traffic stop in Arkansas. Another statewide manhunt was launched for a non-existent “Hispanic man.” Two weeks later, Houser caved to pressure and confessed to shooting himself.
Before that, it was reported that veteran police officer Terry Smith was shot in the back by an unknown assailant, and Black Lives Matter protesters were implicated. However, the Houston Police Department found that it was actually his partner, Gregory Hudson who shot Smith.
In September 2015, Officer Bryan Johnson crashed his police cruiser into a tree. To cover up his terrible driving, Johnson then fired several shots into his wrecked car and then radioed into the station, claiming he’d been a victim of the war on cops. Yet another massive manhunt was launched in search of a fake shooter.
Commerce City Police Officer Kevin Lord was also arrested in 2015 after it was revealed he faked being shot at during a traffic stop. Lord claimed he was shot at close range while making a traffic stop in the 9700 block of Peoria Street. Like Reinosa, his bullet-proof vest was credited with saving his life.
Add this POS to the list of wannabe heroes:
This POS cop, Keith Buchanan, wanted hero status so bad that he actually staged a fake attack on himself.
Birmingham police officer Keith Buchanan was found lying on train tracks, not speaking, his patrol car riddled with bullets, after putting out a call for "shots fired" to dispatchers last month. At least three law enforcement agencies blocked off roads to ensure Buchanan was rushed to the hospital with no delays as dozens of cops showed up to the hospital to show their support. But then it was determined he had not been shot. And now it has been determined he had made the whole thing up in what Birmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith calls an example of "stolen valor."
“Our investigation has concluded that this entire event has been a hoax -- the radio call, the shots fired, the help call, lying injured on the tracks, the damage to the police car -- all a hoax,” Smith said. “We found nothing to support the officer’s accounts of this incident. And I cant say it enough: we will always be in relentless pursuit of our suspects, even when one of those suspects is one of our own.”
Birmingham PD held a press conference to address the hoax.
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Ohio Cop Sentenced to Prison for Urinating on Girl Sitting at Bus Stop
A Cleveland police officer who recorded himself urinating on a 12-year-old girl sitting at a bus stop was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison today.
Solomon Nhiwatiwa, 34, initially tried to get the girl to get into the car with him but she refused. So he parked his car and walked up to the girl with his penis in one hand and a phone in the other hand which was recording.
"What's wrong, b_tch?" Nhiwatiwa asked while peeing on the girl.
The cop who has a 12-year-old daughter of his own then got back into his car and drove away.
Nhiwatiwa was facing up to seven-and-a-half years after pleading guilty in December to charges of attempted kidnapping, pandering obscenity, disseminating matter harmful to juveniles and endangering children in the Aug. 16 attack. He will be required to register as a sex offender when released from jail.
Nhiwatiwa was hired in 2014. Prior to that, he worked as a security guard where he was named in two lawsuits stemming from men who were shot by him and other security guards, according to Cleveland.com.
Watch the sentencing [in the link] below.
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California Rapist Cop Sentenced to Prison after Cops Ignored Previous Victims
By the time Noah Winchester was arrested on 22 counts of felony sexual assault in 2016 after an eight month investigation, the San Mateo police officer had already been accused of raping two females while on duty in 2013 when he worked for another police agency.
One of those victims was a 17-year-old girl but it does not appear as if he was ever investigated for those rapes because he went on to rape many more woman over the next three years. After all, like many cops accused of rape we have written about over the years, Winchester would prey on females who were homeless or addicted to drugs or alcohol and have little credibility in the eyes of police.
Last week, Winchester was sentenced to 81 years in prison for his crimes.
Like the other rapist cops, Winchester first tried to claim the sex was consensual. He then tried to blame a porn addiction. Now he vows to appeal the conviction.
According to CBS San Francisco:
"The charges against Winchester filed in July of 2016 include kidnapping with intent to commit rape, rape, sexual penetration and oral copulation under color of authority, battery, criminal threats, and forcible sex offenses.
Winchester was accused of assaulting two victims, including a 17-year-old girl, in the Sacramento area in 2013 while he was an officer with the Los Rios Community College Police Department and three women in 2015 in San Mateo County while he was a San Mateo police officer.
He quit the Los Rios department early in 2015 after more than five years to join the San Mateo department, but questions about his conduct in San Mateo arose when a distressed woman was found in Burlingame at about 5:15 a.m. on Oct. 20.
The woman told police that she had been assaulted. Burlingame police referred the case to San Mateo, where Winchester was swiftly placed on leave and the district attorney’s office was called in to investigate.
But suspicions about Winchester had already been raised in 2013 while he was still with the Los Rios department. A woman reported an assault in 2013 to Sacramento police, who referred the case to the Los Rios Community College District, Wagstaffe said."
According to the Palo Alo Daily Post:
This Sacramento woman encountered Winchester while he was an officer for the Los Rios Community College District. Winchester stopped the woman and her two friends and found out that the woman was a runaway and said he would take her to a shelter, according to court documents.
However, on the way to the shelter, Winchester searched the woman, including touching her rear end and vagina inappropriately, according to the prosecution.
Police didn’t pursue case
The woman initially told police when she first reported the incident in 2013 that Winchester touched her inappropriately twice, but in 2015, told investigators the touching happened once, according to Rains’ filing. The second allegation of touching was what was thrown out.
After the woman reported Winchester, Sacramento Police investigated him, but no charges were filed, according to the Sacramento Bee.
A second Sacramento woman came forward in 2015 regarding an incident where she was assaulted by Winchester on July 2, 2013, and the Sacramento Sheriff’s department investigated Winchester, but again, no charges were ever filed."
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Deputies Caught on Camera Entering Home after Cutting Wires to Outside Cameras
A West Virginia attorney claims sheriff's deputies assigned to a drug and fugitive task force unlawfully entered a client’s home without a warrant and has the video to prove it.
Civil rights attorney John H. Bryan said that upon finding nobody home, the Putnam County sheriff's deputies cut the wires to external cameras outside the home and entered through a window.
However, they missed one external camera as well as one hidden camera in a room that captured the deputies rummaging through it. Bryan said the sheriff's department told him no official record exists showing deputies entering his client's home
In his video posted to his YouTube channel January 15 (and posted below), Bryan alleges three deputies with the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Enforcement Unit broke into a client’s home after unsuccessfully serving him with a summons and complaint in a civil suit. The entry occurred on Aug. 15 around 11:15 a.m. at the farmhouse where the client lives outside of Hurricane, a suburban community along Interstate 64 between Charleston and Huntington. Bryan has not identified the client.
In the course of their visit, the video shows the deputies, with flashlights in hand, looking around, taking pictures and conducting a field test of a substance found in a vase. According to Bryan, it was the cremains of a friend the client kept in an urn.
Off-camera, the deputies remove all of the client’s firearms from storage and lay them on appliances. The time-stamp on the hidden video as well as an exterior camera that didn’t get cut shows deputies being on the client’s premises for about 25 minutes.
According to Bryan, the deputies neither left a warrant nor contacted the client about the summons and complaint. In response to a Freedom of Information Act request he later sent, Bryan says he received a phone call from PCSD claiming no record of the deputies’ visit, including a search warrant.
Under state law, a government agency is required to post details about FOIA requests it receives, and its response to a database maintained by the Secretary of State’s Office. A search shows the last entry PCSD made was in March 2017 in response to an inquiry from a reporter about a fatal shooting the previous October.
The video, which is about 8 minutes in length, concludes with an undated segment from WCHS-TV 8/FOX 11’s “The Fugitive Files.” In segment, host Leslie Rubin explains that SEU consists of four plain-clothes deputies who act on tips sent to PCSD’s anonymous drug tip-line, serve warrants and track fugitives.
“Just recently, the group became deputized to work with the U.S. Marshal’s CUFFED (Cops United Felony Fugitive Enforcement Division) Task Force,” Rubin said.
“The Marshal’s Service – not only do we work with them, but they are willing to come to our county and serve warrants as well,” said SEU Sgt. Brian Hall.
Neither Sheriff Steve Deweese nor Michael Baylous, U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of West Virginia, were immediately available for a comment about the video.
Bryan says he “will be filing a federal lawsuit in the near future."
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Video Shows Everything Cops Told the Public About Killing Man in His Driveway Was FALSE
San Antonio, TX — If you believed the official story of how the San Antonio Police Department and federal law enforcement agents killed Randall Goodale while serving an arrest warrant earlier this month, you’d think the officers barely escaped with their lives and had no choice but to use lethal force. However, unlike the officers involved in the execution of Goodale, video captured on a nearby surveillance system does not lie.
On Jan. 13 police were serving Goodale with an arrest warrant for felon in possession of a handgun. Police claimed that when officers pulled up Goodale “started ramming into occupied police vehicles.”
At an interview on the scene of the crime that day, SAPD Chief William McManus did not stutter when he said, “Well, he was ramming the cars, for one. And there were officers in the vehicles whose lives were being threatened by that.”
But this simply wasn’t true at all. Goodale’s vehicle never rammed the cars until after cops killed him and he either fell on the gear shift or the accelerator. Also, the cops weren’t even in the vehicles.
What actually happened is clear from the video. Police are seen rolling up to Goodale, who was reportedly working on his truck in the driveway. Within seconds of arriving, police open fire on him.
Goodale is sitting in the driver’s seat but cannot be seen clearly in the video because the trailer blocks the camera’s view. But it is entirely clear that the vehicle was not moving. KSAT, who exclusively obtained the video, explains how the incident unfolded:
"As soon as officers block the driveway, several exit the vehicles and draw their guns. About 15 seconds after pointing their weapons, officers can be seen opening fire on the truck from multiple angles.
Shortly after officers finished shooting (police have not yet provided the number of shots fired), the truck slowly moves down the driveway and bumps into one of the parked, unmarked police vehicles, which appears to be unoccupied.
A plume of smoke rises from the truck’s rear tires, potentially a result of Goodale’s feet hitting the brake and accelerator after being shot.
The footage does not include audio of the shooting, and KSAT has muted the video to leave out comments of residents who were watching the footage. A white cursor arrow seen in the footage was part of the original video and was not added by KSAT."
The person who took the video gave it to KSAT and was so scared of retaliation by police that he didn’t give his name. He explained that Goodale was working on his truck when police pulled up. He told KSAT that they secretly hid the recording of the shooting because they knew the officers would try to destroy it. Luckily, his job of hiding it was successful.
Now, police are on the defensive, refusing to talk to the press and releasing only a simple statement claiming that videos “don’t always provide the full scope of an officer’s perception.”
That statement essentially claims that an officer is justified in killing someone based on a mere perception of a threat that doesn’t even have to exist or ever happen.
“Chief McManus provided information at the scene as the investigation was just underway. As always, this is preliminary information and subject to change as the investigation unfolds. Surveillance videos are important, however, they don’t always provide the full scope of an officer’s perception. For example, there is no audio in the video you obtained so you cannot hear what the officers are experiencing. In addition, you cannot see what the suspect is doing so you do not know what the officers are perceiving. The SAPD Officer Involved Shooting Team is conducting an investigation. At the conclusion of the investigation, the results will be forwarded to the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office for an independent review,” SAPD spokesperson Sgt. Michelle Ramos said.
Adding to the insidious nature of this wholesale execution caught on video is the fact that police have yet to say they found Goodale in possession of a firearm — meaning he was likely unarmed — and they have refused to release any details from his arrest warrant.
Yes, Goodale has a criminal history and has been in and out of the system but he did not deserve to be executed in his driveway by cops who clearly have no problem covering up how he was killed.
Since the video became public, KSAT reports San Antonio police officers have been removed from the federal task force, though SAPD officials did not provide a reason for the move.
Below is this disturbing video showing why people in this country increasingly do not trust police.
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Racist Cop Who Called Tamir Rice a ‘Thug’ Now Identifies as a Black Man—Seriously
Miami, FL — In December of 2015, a “hero” police officer made headlines when he took to his Twitter account and declared that Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy who was killed by Cleveland police for playing with a toy gun, was a thug. Since then, as officer Javier Ortiz was the president of Miami’s police union, the cop became famous for defending officers who shot and killed unarmed black people. Now, after years of calling dead black people thugs and defending the cops that killed them, Ortiz himself claims he is black. You cannot make this stuff up.
For perspective, here’s a little history on Ortiz, courtesy of Slate:
"Ortiz was president of the city’s police union from 2011 to 2017. As head of the union, Ortiz, a vocal Trump supporter, often spoke out in defense of police officers who shot unarmed black people, according to the New Times, which described Ortiz as “ the most controversial and well-known cop in Miami.” He once called 12-year-old Tamir Rice a “thug” and argued that other prominent killings in the news were “justified.” He was criticized for editing an image of a black suspect to have red demonic eyes. He tried to start a boycott of Beyoncé after she referenced the Black Panthers in a Super Bowl performance. He directed his supporters to a “We Support Darren Wilson” Facebook page that spread false news and racist discussions about the killing of Michael Brown. He has been accused twice of falsely arresting black NFL players, and he has been accused multiple times of racial profiling."
Now, after becoming famous for slandering dead black people and stomping on their rights and graves, Ortiz was caught claiming he was a black man on the officer’s promotional board. During a City of Miami commission meeting last week, Ortiz stood in front of commissioners and defended the claim that he is black. He then referred to black people as “Negroes.”
“I’m a black male,” he said. “Yes, I am. And I am not Hispanic. I was born in this country. That’s how I feel.”
“Well, I learned that there are people in my family that are mixed and that are black,” Ortiz said. When a commissioner protested talk of “the degree of blackness,” Ortiz was quick to clarify that he wasn’t claiming equal blackness.
“Oh, no, you’re blacker than me—that’s obvious,” Ortiz said to one commissioner. “And if you know anything about the one-drop rule, which started in the 20th Century, which is what identifies and defines what a black male is, or a Negro, you would know that if you have one drop of black in you, you’re considered black.”
When the video above began going viral, Ortiz tweeted: “This isn’t news. People love making stereotypes. It’s actually refreshing to be who you are, like an American.” He then blamed the press for focusing on his specific race. He asked one reporter to “change your headline to say the truth from the get go: ‘BIGGEST Number of Black Staff Members Promoted in MPD history since 1896.’”
It’s s story that reads like it is right out of the Onion—but unfortunately, it’s true.
The Miami New Times compiled a list of all the illegal, racist and questionable misdeeds this newly declared “black man” has committed over the years. It is extensive.
1. Doxing a private woman for no reason
2. Defending the cops who shot Terrence Crutcher
3. Defending the cops who shot Alton Sterling
4. Calling a dead 12-year-old boy a “thug”
5. Drawing a demon’s face on a mugshot of a black person
6. Implying the Assistant Chief of Police didn’t salute the flag because she was “Muslim”
7. Saying an 18-year-old graffiti artist whom cops Tasered to death somehow deserved it
8. Writing a false report after a group of cops Tasered an innocent man at Ultra Music Festival
9. Storming into a City Commission meeting with a group of fellow cops in protest, thereby terrifying city officials, who feared it was some sort of armed coup. (With zero hint of self-awareness, he later called nonviolent anti-Trump protesters crybabies.)
10. Smearing a woman who posted a video of police misconduct
11. Starting a “We Support Darren Wilson” Facebook page, only for that page to become a vehicle for racist bile12. And, of course, picking a fight with Beyoncé for referencing the Black Panthers at the Super Bowl.
Ortiz has also been on TFTP’s radar since 2016 when he doxxed an innocent woman who posted evidence of his harassment and lawbreaking. In late January 2016, Claudia Castillo pulled over Ortiz and accused him of speeding. She filmed the encounter and posted it to YouTube, where it went viral.
In response to being caught breaking the law, Ortiz, the former leader of the Miami FOP, used his police powers to access and post Castillo’s personal information and photo online.
According to the Miami Herald‘s repor, Castillo received so many calls at work that she became concerned about her job security. “They sent me home yesterday,” the project manager said.
For the gross violation he committed by posting all the woman’s private information online, Ortiz received a paid vacation and was never fired.
Now, this infamous cop has sparked a whole new wave of backlash by claiming to be black. According to the Miami Times, city officials are discussing Ortiz’s more recent comments and the possibility of his firing. The black officers’ union also demanded that Ortiz be punished and that the police chief either resign or address the racism in his department.
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More POS oath breakers wearing costumes and badges illegally detaining and violating a man's rights. Most of the video and all documents shown in the video were obtained through public records requests. These requests were illegally denied by Missouri City repeatedly for over a year until the requester, Justin Pulliam, had to get the attorney general of Texas involved. These corrupt police departments will fight tooth and nail to keep from having their illegal and criminal activity exposed to the public. Even after they are exposed they attempt to spin the story to control the damage, limit their liability and escape accountability.
Notice at 8:00 in the video sergeant Englishbee even reads the failure to ID statute (Texas penal code 38.02) aloud from his book of statutes and can't comprehend what he's reading and still thinks he is correct. The failure to ID statute in every state is policing 101. How does he hold a rank higher than patrol officer without this knowing this? This is either blatant corruption, piss poor training or he is literally that stupid and shouldn't work in law enforcement.
You can't spell "corrupt" without "c-o-p"
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Cop Fabricates Story of Black Man who Robbed him; 3 Innocent Black Men Detained
Warren police officer Noah Linnin changed his story four times before he was arrested on several felonies.
Falsely claiming a black man shot him during a robbery attempt, a white off-duty police officer sparked a multi-agency manhunt in Ohio last week resulting in several innocent black men being detained at gunpoint because they "fit the description."
Fortunately, none of them were killed.
"I'm hit twice, subject fled," Warren police officer Noah Linnin told dispatchers.
Linnin was arrested two days later on several felonies when his story began to fall apart.
His initial story was that he was off-duty and driving his personal car when he came across an SUV on the side of the road that looked as if it needed help. And ever the good samaritan, he claimed he pulled over to help but a black man pulled a silver revolver on him and demanded to know if he was a cop to which he said he was. The black man then ordered him to hand over his gun so he handed over his personal back-up gun. The black man then demanded money which was when Linnin said he tossed his badge out the window to distract the black man, allowing him to pull his service weapon and fire at the man.
Linnin claimed the black man shot at him several times with his own gun before hopping into his dark SUV and driving off. He said he gave chase but then stopped and called 911, sparking a manhunt consisting of ten law enforcement agencies, including federal, state and local; about 45 cops in all, frantically searching the city of Warren for black men driving SUVs.
That story hardly adds up as is but when police reviewed video footage from four surveillance cameras, they did not see any SUV entering or leaving the area where the black man supposedly tried to kill him.
When investigators confronted Linnin with that fact, he changed his story to say it was a black man on a bicycle that fled on foot into nearby woods but not only does that story defeat the purpose of him stopping in the first place, there was no bicycle left behind to confirm the story. When confronted with that fact, he changed his story to say it was a black man on foot but surveillance video showed no black man on foot entering or leaving the area.
When it became obvious none of those stories was going to work, he changed his story altogether to say he fabricated the stories of the black man to avoid getting into trouble with his department after firing his service weapon in a road rage incident while he was off-duty and out of his jurisdiction.
And while there is no evidence to support that story, it sounds the most plausible given the violent tempers and control issues many cops tend to have. It is those same tendencies that placed the lives of those black men in danger.
The cops who spent at least a day searching the city for a non-existent black man who tried to kill a cop were outraged, embarrassed and apologetic once it became evident they had been misled by their own colleague.
According to WKBN 27:
"Linnen is facing charges of tampering with evidence, falsification, interrupting public service and inducing panic.
Investigators say Linnen’s last story was that he fabricated the scene, making it look like a robbery and shootout, because he fired his gun at another vehicle that had swerved toward his car. He told police that he was angry at the driver for nearly hitting his car, according to an affidavit read during a Wednesday morning press conference.
He was off-duty at the time.
Investigators say after realizing what he had done, he shot at his own car because he was worried about being disciplined.
Merkel said Linnen had been a stand-out officer and had no history of disciplinary issues before. He said there was no reason at the time for officers not to believe his initial report.
'I want to publicly apologize to our community,' Merkel said."
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Cop Arrested for Pulling Woman Over, Raping Her to Deliberately Infect Her With HIV
Fairmount Heights, MD — Over the years, TFTP has reported on outrageous police crimes ranging from hiring hitmen to kill girlfriends for refusing to have an abortion to urinating on children. Crimes committed by those sworn to uphold the law seemingly know no bounds. While rape is an unfortunately common crime among police officers, a cop in Maryland was indicted this week, not only for rape but also attempting to infect a woman with the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. We can now add ‘spreading HIV’ to the long list of utterly horrifying police crimes.
Imagine you’re a woman driving home from work one evening and you are targeted for a traffic stop by police. The two police officers then steal your car as one of them takes you away alone in his cruiser. That officer then forces you to have sex with him for your freedom and knowingly attempts to infect you with a deadly disease, HIV. Well, that’s exactly what happened to one woman in Maryland last year and the cop who did it is finally seeing some form of accountability.
According to Prince George’s County Police Department, Fairmount Heights Police Officer Martique Vanderpool, 30, pulled over a woman for a traffic stop last September. He was with his partner, but the two split up and Vanderpool got his victim alone.
As the WaPo reports:
"Vanderpool allegedly stopped the woman for speeding around 11:20 p.m. on Sept. 6 in Capitol Heights, not far from the Fairmount Heights town limits in Prince George’s County, according to charging documents. In December, police said they were still investigating whether a traffic violation had occurred. Stawinski declined to comment on what the investigation had determined in that respect.
Vanderpool asked the woman to get out of the car because she did not have a driver’s license, police said. The woman became upset, and Vanderpool told her he was going to have her car impounded, charging documents say.
A second officer handcuffed the woman while Vanderpool called a towing company, according to charging documents."
Vanderpool then took the woman to the police station and “demanded the victim engage in a sex act or be arrested. The victim complied,” according to the release.
After raping her under duress, Vanderpool still issued his victim several citations, then drove her to the impound lot and had her car released back to her.
Police began an investigation into Vanderpool after receiving a question about a motorist’s traffic stop and arrest. During their investigation, police said they found out Vanderpool has HIV. His victim was given preventative medication after coming forward. Her HIV status has not been disclosed publicly.
The charges against Vanderpool include first- and second-degree rape, having sex with a person in custody, attempting to transfer HIV and misconduct in office.
During the investigation, Vanderpool made a move which many criminal cops make and resigned to avoid repercussions.
Asked during the news conference whether Vanderpool had to know he is HIV-positive to be charged with the attempt to infect someone, State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy only said, “We believe that in this case, all of the elements were met to substantiate that charge.”
According to the indictment, Vanderpool had violated Maryland’s law that prohibits “knowingly” transferring or attempting to transfer the HIV virus to another person.
Now, likely knowing there are more victims, investigators are trying to determine whether Vanderpool has had sexual contact with others and are asking anyone with questions or information to contact them at 301-856-2660.
Vanderpool is currently being held without bond at the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections.
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WATCH: Cops Follow Unarmed Man into Bathroom for Jaywalking and Kill Him—Taxpayers Held Liable
Eagle Point, OR — In October of 2018, a family was devastated and heartbroken after learning that the officers who took their son’s life would not be charged and were ruled justified in his killing—over improperly crossing the street. Matthew Graves, 33, was shot in the back twice by police last month after they followed him into a Carl’s Jr. bathroom because they suspected him of jaywalking. Now, after the cops who murdered him got off Scot free, the taxpayers are being held liable to the tune of $4.5 million.
As FOX 26 reports, attorneys acting on behalf of Graves said his civil rights were violated and the shooting was unjust. They argued Graves was “doggedly pursued” by Officer Daniel Cardenas after he was seen jaywalking—something that’s a violation, not a case for arrest. When Cardenas drew his gun on Graves and “trapped” him in the Carl’s Junior restroom because he suspected he might be guilty of something, attorneys say it was the equivalent of an arrest.
According to attorneys Kelly L. Anderson and David Linthorst, the “arrest” of Graves on mere suspicion alone is not grounds to detain him. “After making an unlawful arrest,” attorneys said, “Cardenas compounded the problem by using excessive force. In doing so, Cardenas himself created the very crisis for which he later claimed to have needed to use deadly force.”
“As a result of this settlement, Matthew’s parents hope that police officers throughout the United States will become better trained in how to interact with the mentally ill and to know how to use de-escalation techniques,” attorneys said. “They hope the lawsuit will help prevent another tragedy like Matthew’s death.”
Graves’ family is now donating much of the money in their son’s name to local organizations that help the homeless.
As TFTP reported, prior to his interaction with police, Graves was unarmed, had harmed absolutely no one, had no warrants, and was simply walking to Carl’s Jr. to get a bite to eat. However, because he crossed the road in a manner not fit for the police state—otherwise known as jaywalking—Graves would be killed in cold blood by public servants and die on the floor of a fast food restaurant bathroom.
The incident happened on September 19, 2018 but the body camera footage wasn’t released until a month later. It shows Officer Daniel Cardenas, an Eagle Point officer for two years, follow Graves because he allegedly crossed the road outside of a crosswalk.
According to Eagle Point District Attorney Beth Heckert, officer Cardenas followed Graves to the fast-food restaurant because he intended to talk to Graves about the dangers of jaywalking. Instead of informing Graves of anything, however, Cardenas walked into the Carl’s Jr. and pulled his gun on the diagnosed schizophrenic causing him to panic.
As TFTP has reported on numerous occasions, police reactions to schizophrenics often lead to their deaths as police only know how to yell and escalate violence, two things which are known triggers for the mentally ill.
As the disturbing video below shows, Cardenas was the instigator and Graves merely wanted to get a bite to eat. Graves was simply washing his hands when the officer barged into the bathroom with the gun drawn—over jaywalking.
Within seconds, Graves was in panic mode as Cardenas shot him with the taser for trying to exit the bathroom. Moments later, the two were on the ground as Officer Clarence “C.J.” Davis arrived to help Cardenas. As the two officers held him down, we hear “he has a gun,” before two shots ring out.
He had no such gun. After shooting Graves, the officers realize that fact. When Cardenas asked where the gun Davis mentioned earlier was, Davis said that the officer’s taser on the ground could’ve been what he saw.
For walking across the street, an unarmed and arguably innocent man was killed in a bathroom by public servants, and the system calls this justice—a tragedy indeed.
“I will miss you my dear boy. I see you everywhere I go,” Vickie Graves wrote in a heartbreaking Facebook post after her son’s death. “My heart cries for you. We will always love and miss you. We will find out the reason why you were killed. Our lives will never be the same.”
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----Thomas Jefferson
Police arrest 21-year-old Richmond woman for wearing bandanna near pro-gun rally
Despite the presence of numerous armed men who were covering their faces, the only person arrested near Monday’s pro-gun rally was a 21-year-old Richmond woman who police said refused repeated instructions to take a bandanna off her face.
Police said Mikaela E. Beschler was arrested around 1:30 p.m. in the 800 block of East Broad Street near Capitol Square, where thousands of gun-rights activists had gathered. Law enforcement initially said no arrests had been made, then issued a statement saying Beschler had been arrested by an officer “who was working Lobby Day.” The police statement said the officer had given Beschler two warnings to uncover her face.
On a frigid day, many attendees at the rally were wearing some type of face covering, but police didn’t appear to be actively enforcing a state law banning wearing masks in public. It wasn’t immediately clear why Beschler was charged with a felony for allegedly violating the law. Several police officers working the rally were wearing face coverings to keep warm.
Richmond police did not immediately respond to questions Monday evening, nor did the joint public information office set up for the rally.
In response to several questions, a Richmond Police spokesman, Gene Lepley. said the department would not add to “the narrative regarding the arrest.”
In a brief phone interview Monday night, Beschler said she only went to the rally area to check it out and didn’t intend to cause any trouble.
“I was just trying to keep my face warm,” she said. “That’s all it was.”
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More POS thugs wearing costumes and badges trampling all over the Constitution which they swore to uphold. Disgusting actions by this band of blue line gang members. Notice in the video at 4:08 how one of the blue zero heroes, G. Walsh, stumbles with words as he tries to copsplain his fellow gang member's right to wear a face mask because he rides a motorcycle and his department issued it. So it's legal for a LEO to wear a face mask when it's cold outside, but not for citizens? Interesting. These pigs decided to escalate the situation and police with their feelings and opinions instead of within the boundaries of the law after they had their egos bruised. All because somebody asserted their Constitutional right to refuse to "show their papers" during this illegal detainment instead of obeying their unlawful commands as they are probably accustomed to. It's oath breakers like this that just keep earning the hate and furthering the disconnect between citizens and LEO.
Their Facebook page will probably be removed soon, like most corrupt police departments do, because of citizens posting their outrage for the criminal actions of PWC's thugs with badges and guns. Police, just like most criminal organizations, do not like exposure of their illegal activities and will do everything in their powers to sweep it under the rug to avoid accountability. Their families, bootlickers and their fellow blue line gang members must be proud.
“Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.”
----Thomas Jefferson
Virginia Cops Arrest Man for Refusing to Show ID after Photographing Cop Cars
The Prince William County cops claimed he had to identify himself in order to photograph government buildings.
It was just over a year ago that Prince William County police in Virginia welcomed the public to visit them at their newly built police station by posting a video to YouTube showing them lip synching and dancing to a pop song called "My House."
But it was less than a week ago that Prince William County police showed their true colors by harassing, bullying and arresting a man for photographing a government building from a public sidewalk.
From the video posted by a First Amendment auditor Ten Point Program 703, it is clear that upholding the Constitution is not a vital part of the training that takes place at the Prince William County Police Department. Like most cops, they seem to believe the Constitution takes a back seat to their perceived "safety."
In this case, the cops felt unsafe about the man standing on a public sidewalk taking photos and shooting video of the Prince William County Government Center, a tax-funded multiplex facility that can viewed by several angles on Google Street View.
A high-strung cop named G. Walsh (first name possibly Greg) was especially spooked when he spotted the man photographing cop cars leaving the complex's parking lot – a completely legal activity that does not constitute reasonable suspicion because it is protected by the First Amendment.
In his paranoia-fueled police-trained mind, Walsh probably believed he was taking a heroic stand against a terrorist intent on blowing up the entire building – but who was only able to do so after photographing the building from across the street.
But the video shows him to be a thug cop who stopped his car in the middle of the street and stormed up to him getting directly into his personal space while shoving him with his hands. Pretty much assaulting him because no matter how he tries to spin it, he did not have a reasonable suspicion the man was committing a crime. That is the whole point of a First Amendment audit, after all; to see if the cops are dumb enough to violate their Constitutional rights on video.
The video shows the cops were intent on checking him for identification even though he was under no legal obligation to provide it as he was not breaking any law.
After Walsh's aggressive tactics failed, a cop whose name appears to be Gardini gave him the old "in this day and age" spiel about photography leading to terrorism even though that is a myth fabricated by law enforcement. Then a supervisor named Hill accused him of breaking the law by wearing a balaclava ski mask to protect from the cold, even though the motorcycle cop was wearing one just like it.
After 18 minutes when it became evident he was not going to identify himself, they arrested him. We reached out to the man for an interview but he has not yet responded.
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NYPD Cop Accused of Murdering Son 2 Years after Ex-Wife Warned he would Kill Son
New York City police officer Michael Valva and his fiancee, Angela Pollina, were charged with second-degree murder.
For two years, Justyna Zubko-Valva tried to let the world know that her ex-husband was abusing their children.
But for two years, her cries for help went ignored. Her husband was an NYPD cop, after all.
Now that her ex-husband has been arrested for the murder of their autistic eight-year-old son, Thomas Valva, the world is finally paying attention. Unfortunately, it's a little too late.
Her ex-husband, New York City police officer Michael Valva, was charged with second-degree murder on Friday. His fiancee, Angela Pollina, was also charged with second-degree murder.
The evidence against them is damning. Video and audio recordings from their own surveillance system inside their Long Island home, showing the couple force Thomas Valva and his 10-year-old brother, Anthony, to sleep on the cold hard floor in the unheated garage while it was 19 degrees outside. One clip captures Michael Valva admitting to suffocating his son.
Michael Valva, 40, who has been an NYPD cop for 15 years, told police his son fell in the driveway when he called 911 on January 17. When police arrived, he was performing CPR on the boy. When transported to the hospital, doctors determined the boy died from hypothermia. The medical examiner ruled the death a homicide and the couple was arrested. Michael Valva was suspended without pay.
The couple has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. They are being held without bail.
According to the New York Post:
In the recording, a child can be heard asking why Thomas cannot walk.
"Because he’s hypothermic," Pollina replied, according to (Assistant District Attorney Laura) Newcombe. 'When you wash with cold water and it’s freezing out you become hypothermic."
Later, Pollina put the same question to Valva.
“Do you know why he’s falling?” Pollina asked Valva about Thomas, Newcombe said, citing recordings.
“Because he’s cold. Boo f–king hoo,” Valva callously responded, according to the prosecutor.
When Pollina apparently walked into the garage and asked Valva what he was doing, Valva said: “I’m f–king suffocating him that’s what I’m doing,” prompting Pollina to say, “Take your hands off his mouth. There are people everywhere,” according to Newcombe.
“The institutions that are supposed to protect the children protect the abusers,” said Zubko-Valva who claimed that she reported to law enforcement and child protective agencies and judges about the alleged abuse of her three young boys.
Zubko-Valva, who says she lost custody of her three children in 2017, said she “went everywhere” to report that her children were in danger. The mom alleged “severe” abuse of the children that included “physical, emotional, and also sexual abuse.”
A range of officials “knew exactly that the children needed help. That they were being abused, and you know, brainwashed. That food was being withheld from them as a form of punishment.”
“They did absolutely nothing,” said Zubko-Valva, who also has a 10-year-old and a 6-year-old that were living with Valva and Pollina.
“Trust me, I wrote to everybody. I asked for help. I beg the judge to remove the children. Immediately I begged the CPS caseworker 10 days before my son’s death,” she said, adding, the caseworker then closed the report.
Zubko-Valva said during court proceedings over the years she told judges: “My children are gonna die from the sadistic and abusive care of Michael Valva and Angela Pollina. I told them everything.”
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Bluffton Officer fired after allegedly having sex with a suspect
Robert Harman was fired Wednesday for "gross misconduct"
A Bluffton police officer is off the job and under Investigation for what he may have been doing on the beat, which could include having sex.
All Bluffton police will say is Robert Harman was terminated for “misconduct”.
News 3 has learned that his firing may just be the beginning of the trouble for the former Bluffton officer.
Robert Harman is a former Irmo police officer, a former state transport police officer. Officer of the year for that department in 2014, and now he is off the Bluffton police force.
Harman was fired Wednesday after more than four years on the job. It came just a week after he was placed on administrative leave.
It all stems from a citizen complaint– filed earlier this month.
That complaint according to documents first published by the Island Packet involved Harman allegedly tampering with evidence, having “sexual relations with someone he arrested or transported. and harassing someone”
Harman was fired for “numerous issues of misconduct” according to Bluffton police.
Harman’s firing may be the least of his issues.
Bluffton police sent his case to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division for more investigation.
He could lose his police certification – or potentially face criminal charges.
SLED tells News 3 there is an active investigation into Harman’s conduct on the job.
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WATCH: Texas Cops Escalate Interaction to Arrest and Pepper Spray Innocent Man
The man was minding his own business when police arrested and pepper sprayed him.
By now it has become clear that modern-day policing is all about escalating interactions with citizens in order to gain control of the populace – even if the citizens are not breaking any laws.
That is what Lufkin police did to a man last year who was doing nothing more than waiting for somebody to come help him with his truck which he was unable to put into reverse. The man who is only identified as "Cold Front" had driven to a trailer park to pick up his younger cousin who had locked herself out of her trailer.
At some point, one of her neighbors peered out and saw Cold Front, eyeing him suspiciously. Cold Front waved at her to try to put her at ease but then she called the cops, telling them about a suspicious black man who appeared to be drunk or on drugs and who had a child in the back seat.
Body cam footage shows that when police arrived, Cold Front explained to them he had picked up his cousin but then his truck started malfunctioning, so he was waiting for somebody to come help. He did not appear to be drunk or on drugs.
When police asked for his name, he refused to provide it because he knew he was under no legal obligation to provide it since Texas is not a stop and identify state. That means, people are only required to provide their name once they have been arrested. In stop and identify states, people are required to provide their name if they are being detained. But police need reasonable suspicion in order to lawfully detain somebody.
While police were trying to intimidate him into identifying himself in order to check him for warrants, one officer walked up behind him and said he was going to pat him down for weapons but that was only an excuse to arrest him and accuse him of resisting.
According to the YouTube channel ASD-DOCS who spoke with Cold Front, he ended up charged with evading arrest and paid $1,500 that night to be released from jail. The case is still pending.
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Texas law requires a person to provide their name, residence address and date of birth if lawfully arrested and asked by police. A detained person or witness of a crime is not required to provide any identifying information, however it is a crime for a detained person or witness to give a false name.
Sec. 38.02. FAILURE TO IDENTIFY.
(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally refuses to give his name, residence address, or date of birth to a peace officer who has lawfully arrested the person and requested the information.
(b) A person commits an offense if he intentionally gives a false or fictitious name, residence address, or date of birth to a peace officer who has:
(1) lawfully arrested the person;
(2) lawfully detained the person; or
(3) requested the information from a person that the peace officer has good cause to believe is a witness to a criminal offense.Comment -
