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    Another blue line gang member who beats his girlfriend, but this pig was actually charged and arrested unlike most that receive the blue line privilege and get off scot free. Studies and research indicate that 2 out of 5, or 40% of LEO's significant others and/or children are victims of domestic abuse. If more thorough mental evaluations and better hiring practices were used by law enforcement, these power tripping, abusive control freaks could be weeded out before finishing their short stint at the academy and taking their oath. Maybe then the rate of domestic abuse in LEO's households could be reduced to the national average (of people who are not in law enforcement) of around 10%, which is still an alarmingly high number.





    Fire And Police Videos obtained lapel footage from the Rio Rancho Police Department in New Mexico. It shows the arrest of Albuquerque Police Officer Jeffrey Wharton prior to his shift beginning. He was taken into custody by detectives of the Rio Rancho Police Department. The on duty arrest was due to a warrant for his arrest from the Rio Rancho PD.

    According to the criminal complaint, Wharton beat his girlfriend so badly, she had several gashes on her head and face. Police say her injuries were so severe, she had to be taken to the hospital where she was diagnosed with a brain bleed. Some of the domestic incident was captured on the couples "RING" doorbell system.

    Rio Rancho Police officers removed his duty belt and searched him. After the search they are seen on lapel video cutting off his uniform. Wharton was lead out of the substation to a cruiser. He was booked into Sandoval County Detention Center on charges of Kidnapping (First Degree) (NO Intent to Commit Sex Offense), Aggravated Battery (great bodily harm) (household member), Aggravated Battery Against a Household Member (Strangulation or Suffocation), Aggravated Battery (great bodily harm) (household member), Tampering with Evidence (Highest Crime a Capital, First or Second Degree and Negligent Use of a Deadly Weapon (Unsafe Handling).

    Wharton resigned from APD shortly after this arrest. APD says Wharton had been with the department since November 2010. He was a senior officer with the department. His trial is pending.

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    Court To Cops: No Expectation Of Privacy In A 'Beer-Drinking, Nap-Taking Hideout'


    Everyone has rights, even the people who often disrespect the rights of others. But those rights can only be violated in certain, specific ways and the two cops, who sued over alleged rights violations, didn't actually have their rights violated.


    Officers Denis Lawlor and Daniel Varallo once worked for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) in Chicago. They were fired after some of their candid comments about their work ethic and coworkers were inadvertently publicly broadcast on a Illinois State Police channel. These comments were recorded and turned over to the officers' employer, which correctly decided these two officers should find somewhere else to work.

    Lawlor and Varallo arrived at work and set about doing what they apparently normally did: nothing. This isn't an assumption. It's what they admitted to during the conversation they thought they were having privately. However, the officers' expectation of privacy isn't the same as the Fourth Amendment's expectation of privacy, even if they were safely (or so they thought) ensconced in a "break room with a lock in a secluded area… during the sparsely manned night shift."

    But first comes the First. The fired cops claimed they were retaliated against unlawfully for their protected speech. The court doesn't think much of this argument, especially since the plaintiffs did all they could to avoid discussing the content of the speech they claimed was protected. From the decision:

    The evidence before the Court suggests that the speech was not a matter of public concern. Plaintiffs characterize their statements as “street vernacular and non-politically correct language.” But Plaintiffs avoid pleading the actual contents of their conversation or any specific statements that prompted the adverse employment action. Some of the specific statements that prompted Plaintiffs’ termination, however, were contained in the Decision of the MWRD Civil Service Board setting out the reasons for Plaintiff Lawlor’s termination.

    The Civil Service Board noted that Plaintiff Lawlor:

    • “informed [Varallo] how to drink alcohol” while on duty,

    • explained how he slept on duty by saying “I just set the alarm on my phone (inaudible) for every F***ing hour and fifty-eight. So I call in at fifty-nine, go right back to f***in’ sleep. After you call in at five o’clock, set that motherf***er for six o’clock, you know so you get up to come and do your f’**ing trunk checks,”

    • referred to Martin Luther King Day by saying “White guys should call it James Earl Ray Day,”

    • Saying of African American co-workers that “It was the n***er laborers that f***in’, that f***ed us,”

    • and, in referring a specific African American co-worker, saying “So that stupid Alabama hill n***er is going to think I’m the one that’s trying to bring in relief people who cut down my overtime?”



    Yes, this speech is protected. But it's not without consequences. The issue here is retaliation and only certain speech is protected under this element of the First Amendment. The stuff said here just doesn't cut it.

    As for the Fourth Amendment claims, they're no better. The court says the arguments raised by the plaintiffs are ridiculous, not reasonable.

    The room that supposedly held the officers' expectations of privacy was actually accessible by other MWRD officers seeking to while away the workday not doing any work.

    So, what have these officers (hopefully) learned? Several things. First, protected speech can be protected and still have negative consequences. The Fourth Amendment doesn't cover "private" conversations that are inadvertently publicly broadcast. And, if you insist on suing the manufacturer of the handsets that supposedly malfunctioned -- resulting in your termination -- you might get hit with sanctions.

    Cops have rights. But their rights work like they work for us. They don't get extra First or Fourth Amendment rights just because. They already have extra rights, like qualified immunity -- something that compounds the defeat suffered here as the court also grants qualified immunity to the State Police and the MWRD for their actions in this case. Maybe if these officers spent more time working and less time drinking, sleeping, and making racist statements about their coworkers, they'd still be employed.



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    WATCH: Cops Suffocate Innocent Elderly Blind Man in Hospital Until He Passes Out

    Los Angeles, CA — A 63-year-old blind man announced a lawsuit this week against the LAPD alleging officers suffocated him as he was strapped to a gurney in a hospital. The victim, Michael Moore was innocent and has the video evidence and an acquittal to support his claims.

    The incident took place in February of last year after LAPD officers responded to Moore’s apartment in South Los Angeles and beat him, according to the lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

    According to the lawsuit, on Feb. 28, 2019, officers arrived at Moore’s home after he got into an altercation with a woman who had been using his kitchen. The woman and Moore argued about cleaning the kitchen before the woman punched Moore and then shoved him down a flight of stairs. The lawsuit stated that the woman also told Moore she could have him killed.

    KTLA reports that before officers arrived, firefighters responded and Moore told them he could drive himself to the hospital, court filings state. But after they left, they allegedly told LAPD officers waiting outside that Moore has mental illness and is blind.

    As an injured Moore sat inside his apartment, police crept in without identifying themselves, according to the claim.

    “Mr. Moore did not realize that he was already surrounded by police officers, who had crept up the stairs without identifying themselves as police or even announcing their presence,” court filings state.

    As cops surrounded the legally blind man, one of the officers allegedly said, he is “like blind so, he doesn’t even know we are out here,” according to the lawsuit.

    According to KTLA:

    "Moore felt someone grab and twist his wrist, and officers 'twisted his neck, slammed his head to the floor, beat him, and jammed their knees into his back,' the lawsuit states. They allegedly did not respond when he asked why he was being arrested and carried him down the stairs in handcuffs."

    Remember, he had committed no crime and was the victim in this situation.

    After violently assaulting the blind man, Moore was taken to Dignity Health – California Hospital Medical Center in downtown L.A., where body camera footage shows cops strapping him to a gurney.

    As a half dozen cops and multiple medical workers strap the blind man to the gurney, he begs them to show him some “dignity.” This request was met with a hand to his throat and a towel shoved over his nose and mouth by cops.

    According to the lawsuit and the video, the officer pressed harder and harder on the blind man’s nose and mouth until Moore could no longer breathe.

    “I can’t breathe!” Moore yells multiple times until he falls completely unconscious. According to the lawsuit, the cop was “pressing his hands on Mr. Moore’s face for another minute, at one point repositioning his hands to press even more firmly on Mr. Moore’s mouth and nose.”

    According to the lawsuit, this action blocked Moore’s airway, causing him to lose consciousness and make his body go limp.

    Only after Moore is limp for several moments does the officer remove his hand from the blind man’s face. A medical worker then removed the towel to reveal their unconscious victim.

    According to the lawsuit, the LAPD falsely claimed Moore resisted arrest and threatened firefighters and an officer. Moore was subsequently arrested and thrown in jail where he spent 139 days in a cage awaiting trial as he was unable to afford bail, court filings state.

    When his case finally went before a jury, and the evidence was presented, Moore was acquitted on all charges. The taxpayers of Los Angeles will now undoubtedly be held responsible for the actions of the sadistic cops who had the gall to beat and then suffocate an innocent blind man.



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    Predators Behind the Badge: Confronting Police Sexual Misconduct

    As more efforts to stem sexual abuse by powerful men come to light, there still remains a marginalized group that continues to suffer at the hands of the people who should be protecting them.

    They are the victims of police sexual misconduct.

    Interviews with police and other experts and a review of available data by The Crime Report indicated that police sexual misconduct (PSM) most affects young people and others who are the most vulnerable in society— amounting to a betrayal of trust of those who look to them the most for guidance, protection and safety.

    “Police sexual misconduct is an issue that’s hidden in the shadows,” said Andrea Ritchie, author of “Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color,” in an interview with The Crime Report.

    “Police have so much power, and they use that power in the same way that other people with power, such as [Harvey] Weinstein, politicians, and priests do.”

    The problem has long been recognized—but it’s only beginning to receive attention from police training academies and state legislatures.

    A 2003 national study by the Police Professionalism Initiative written by Prof. Samuel Walker at the University of Nebraska at Omaha found that 40 percent of reported cases of police sexual misconduct involved teens, often young women involved in youth engagement and job-shadowing programs.

    Seven years later, a 2010 study by the Cato Institute, a libertarian think-tank that tracks police wrongdoing, found that sexual misconduct by law enforcement generates more citizen complaints than any other factor except for excessive force.

    A 2015 investigation by the Associated Press found that roughly 1,000 officers lost their badges in a six-year period for rape, sodomy and other sexual assault; sex crimes that included possession of child pornography; or sexual misconduct such as propositioning citizens or having consensual but prohibited on-duty intercourse.

    And a database compiled by The Buffalo News reports that from 2005-2015 a law enforcement official was caught in a case of sexual abuse or misconduct at least every five days.

    Read the rest of the article and view links to the studies mentioned:

    https://thecrimereport.org/2020/03/1...al-misconduct/

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    Great job Snowflake !!! The world and this gambling forum really appreciate your reposting of other snowflakes videos.

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    WATCH: Cops Violate Social Distancing to Arrest Innocent Dad for Playing in a Park with 6yo Daughter

    Brighton, CO — Over the weekend, Matt Mooney, his wife, and their 6-year-old daughter were playing t-ball at an empty park when a half dozen cops showed up and kidnapped Mooney. The family was not in violation of any law, were obeying social distancing mandates, and had harmed absolutely no one.

    Mooney tells TFTP that the city issued an order that all parks were closed during the COVID-19 shutdown. However, the open spaces at the parks were still accessible as long as certain rules were followed. In fact, the sign at the park at which Mooney and his family were playing read as follows: “Closed” but just below that part, the sign reads, “in groups of no more than 4 persons, parks remain open for walking, hiking, biking, running and similar activities.”

    Mooney was in a group of three
    and violated none of the park’s or city’s rules. The only people violating the social distancing guidelines were the cops who showed up to arrest him.

    Mooney tells TFTP that the cops showed up “and attempted to kick everyone out of the open space claiming parks are closed.” But they were wrong.

    Knowing he was not violating any law, Mooney questioned the officers’ unlawful order. “I stood up for my rights and told them I wasn’t leaving and they could write me a ticket,” he said.

    Seeing the officers approach their family apparently made Mooney’s daughter a little uneasy.

    “She’s like, ‘Daddy, I don’t want you to get arrested.’ At this point I’m thinking, ‘There’s no way they’re going to arrest me, this is insane.’ I’m telling her, ‘Don’t worry, Daddy’s not going to get arrested. I’ve done nothing wrong. Don’t worry about it,’ and then they arrest me.”

    When cops asked for his identification, Mooney tells TFTP that he refused because he “had done nothing wrong.” Indeed, he had done absolutely nothing wrong and the only people in violation of anything were the half dozen cops who then kidnapped Mooney in front of his child.

    A vigilant citizen, former city councilman Kirby Wallin was nearby and watched the scene unfold. He did what everyone should do when watching police violate the rights of the innocent and he pulled out his cellphone to record.

    “He’s being taken by the Brighton police for playing softball with his daughter in an empty park,” Wallin said on the video.

    In an interview with FOX 31 Denver — who also picked up Mooney’s story — Wallin said, “I find it hard to believe with all the things going on in our communities, the only way to resolve a situation like this was to handcuff a father in front of his daughter.”

    “They arrested me in front of my 6 year old daughter and put me in the cop car,” Mooney tells TFTP. “Ten minutes later they pulled me out of the car and released me.”

    Mooney is now worried, and rightfully so, that the cops who were wearing no PPE and were in clear violation of the social distancing guidelines, potentially exposed this innocent family to COVID-19.

    “During the contact, none of the officers had masks on, none of them had gloves on, and they’re in my face handcuffing me, they’re touching me,” he said.

    Since this ridiculous kidnapping and police violation of social distancing happened, police have been tight-lipped, releasing only a vague statement on their Facebook page, which is sure to receive plenty of criticism after our readers click this link. https://www.facebook.com/BrightonCOPD/

    “The Brighton Police Department is currently conducting an investigation into a situation that occurred late this afternoon at Donelson Park. This is an active investigation and we are unable to provide additional information until the investigation is complete.”

    As for Matt Mooney, he just wants an apology — which he clearly deserves.

    “If we’re going to go ahead and start arresting people for no reason in front of their 6-year-old daughter, you’re just going to cause more problems later on,” he said.

    Indeed.



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    See the video in the link above.

    See the blue line gang's apology and their lies about how many people were in the "group" along with their attempt to cover for their costumed and badged thugs who kidnapped an innocent man in the link below. Pignorance on full display.


    "While the investigation sorts through the different versions of what took place by witnesses who were at the park, it is evident there was an overreach by our police officers."

    https://www.brightonco.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1342

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    Maryland Cop Charged with Trying to Set Up Sexual Encounter with 8-Year-Old Girl

    An FBI investigation uncovered a police officer in the act of allegedly trying to arrange sex with a 8-year-old girl.

    Former Anne Arundel County Officer Zachary Steven Koshlap, 33, is accused of trying to arrange a sexual encounter with an 8-year-old girl. Koshlap was charged with multiple sex crimes. Koshlap was arrested on April 3 in Glen Burnie, Maryland on 10 counts of possession of child pornography and one count of sexual solicitation of a minor.

    In February, an undercover FBI agent posing on a pornographic website as a father with an 8-year-old daughter received a message from an unknown user trying to arrange a meeting with the child at a Washington, D.C., hotel, court documents say.

    According to CBS Baltimore federal authorities linked the messages to Koshlap and handed the case to Anne Arundel County police, Chief Timothy Altomare said. Detectives executed a search warrant at Koshlap’s home in March; detectives seized digital devices that turned up “apparent child pornography,” and Koshlap later admitted to investigators that he solicited sex from a young girl, police said.

    Following his arrest Koshlap was suspended without pay. He was taken into custody and ordered held without bond.

    Chief Altomare said the following:


    "The department works to hold predators in uniform accountable. I am heartsick, physically ill, disgusted and enraged at the actions alleged in this case. If someone wearing a badge betrays our oath of protection, we will do everything within our power to bring them to justice and make sure they never wear our uniform again."



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    Don't you snowflakes realize that there is idiots in every profession. Yes every profession.

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    More low IQ blue line gang members attempting to generate revenue. The two pigs in the second part of the video take the man asserting his rights as being hostile. Obviously, they are used to people just licking their boots and needlessly answering their questions. LEOs don't like it when someone actually knows their rights and also knows the scope of authority of law enforcement.


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    Cops Arrest One of Their Own for Using His Job to Recruit Children to Make Porn

    Minneola, FL — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office in Minneola, Florida has arrested one of their own deputies this week after he was busted recruiting multiple girls to make pornographic videos for money. Deputy Jose Rodriguez is accused of recruiting several underage girls for these disturbing acts while he was on duty.

    According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, they launched an investigation into Rodriguez after the Clermont Police Department received allegations that he had inappropriate conduct with underage girls. The Clermont police department forwarded the allegations to the sheriff’s office who began the investigation.

    According to FOX 35, detectives reportedly learned that Rodriguez met with several teenage girls while on duty as a patrol deputy in the Minneola area.

    "Upon meeting the girls, detectives said that Rodriguez would recruit them to work with him at his secondary, off-duty job as a compliance inspector for ISN Corporation. This business contracts with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to verify various businesses’ compliance with state tobacco laws. The girls were reportedly used to make undercover purchases of tobacco products at Central Florida businesses.

    Detectives said that three of the females who met Rodriguez while on-duty were offered an opportunity to make pornographic videos for money. These activities took place between 2016 and 2019. The females were between 16 and 17-years-old at the time."

    When investigators confronted the alleged child porn-producing cop, he admitted to using his position as a deputy to recruit the girls to purchase tobacco for his job at the ISN Corporation. However, he pleaded the 5th after that and said no more.

    On Tuesday, officers confronted Rodriguez at his home where he was arrested and charged with three counts of Solicitation to Commit Sexual Performance by a Child.

    He has since been suspended and it is reported that termination proceedings are underway.



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    Cop Fined Just $2 for Playing Russian Roulette While on Duty, Shooting Into Traffic

    Philadelphia, TN — Over the years, the Free Thought Project has reported on utterly asinine situations in which cops senselessly or accidentally fired their weapons in public places. Some of these places were schools, airports, day cares, and other various establishments in scenarios in which guns should never be fired. We now have a new location and scenario to add to the list — a patrol car, while playing Russian Roulette, in traffic. Despite endangering the lives of his partner and everyone on the road that day, the officer who shot through his patrol car’s window while playing a deadly game, was not fired.

    This insane cop, Claiborne County sheriff’s deputy Noah Arnwine held onto his badge for nine months after the shooting, only to be fired just as the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation launched a probe into the matter. Now, his special privilege continues.

    As Knox News reports:

    "Arnwine, now 21, turned himself in to be booked into the Loudon County jail on a warrant for felony reckless endangerment. He promptly stood before a judge, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of the same charge, paid his fine of $2 and walked away with 11 months, 29 days of unsupervised probation. He also will be required to perform community service and take a gun safety course."

    You read that right. For recklessly endangering the lives of countless innocent civilians on the interstate, including his own partner, Arnwine paid a $2 fine and walked out of the jail a free man.

    “As district attorneys, we see a lot of the stupid things that people do,” District Attorney Russell Johnson wrote in a statement to Knox News. “We are all human, and none of us is immune from mental lapses. But gun safety is critical, especially as a law enforcement officer. There was no good reason, in my opinion, for Deputy Arnwine to be playing with a loaded revolver in that car and pulling the trigger.”

    “No good reason” to fire a pistol inside your moving patrol car while there are hundreds of innocent lives at stake, is an understatement, to say the least.

    As we reported at the time, deputy Arnwine was probably not the smartest cop on the force. Backing up this claim is the fact that on November 2, 2018, while riding in the passenger seat of a county cruiser, Arnwine pulled out a loaded .38-caliber Ruger emptied all but one chamber, pointed the gun at the windshield and pulled the trigger “as if he was playing Russian roulette,” according to his partner.

    His partner, Deputy Cody Lankford was so distraught by the deadly idiocy of Arnwine that he actually called his supervisor to report the incident. This is what good cops do. However, despite firing a pistol into traffic and endangering the lives of countless drivers, Arnwine kept his job. When listening to Lankford’s description of the incident, the idea of Arnwine keeping his job for 9 months is insane.

    “It was just so crazy, I’m still in awe over it,” Deputy Lankford, who was driving at the time, says on a recording obtained by Knox News. “I slowed down and started watching to see if anybody started flipping end-over-end because they got the back of their head blown off. … I hate that he’s probably going to lose his job, but he needs a job where he doesn’t get to handle a gun every day.”

    “Between the muzzle flash and being temporarily deafened, it took me a second to think of what exactly to do,” he said, speaking to his supervisor. “(You) may need to call hospitals around Philadelphia, Tennessee, and make sure no one showed up with an unexplained bullet wound.”

    Thanks to his corrupt department, Arnwine never did lose his job. Instead the department swept it under the rug. Not until the TBI picked up the case was any discipline handed down.

    As Knox News reports:

    "Mark Ellis, the former assistant chief deputy who investigated the shooting, says Claiborne County Sheriff Bob Brooks ignored his advice that Arnwine be fired, kept the case quiet and instead forced Ellis out over a struggle with a jail inmate.

    That struggle, which ended when Ellis used a stun gun to subdue the inmate as he fought with half a dozen officers, led to Ellis’ indictment on charges of assault and official oppression — what his attorney calls a case of selective enforcement and retaliation."

    Arnwine “put several lives in danger” and “also put the life of his fellow officer at risk,” Ellis wrote in his report at the time. “I recommend that Officer Arnwine face immediate termination and (be) charged with reckless endangerment. … It is also my recommendation that Officer Arnwine should pay for the county property he destroyed while (he) so foolishly and negligently handled a firearm.”

    This never happened, and Ellis was punished instead — in spite of Arnwine admitting to the act.

    “My client was told to forget this matter, that there would be no disciplinary action, and ‘this never happened,'” said Ellis’ lawyer, T. Scott Jones. “My client steadfastly adheres to his position that his authority was undermined by the chief law enforcement officer of the county — the sheriff, Bob Brooks. That’s why they’ve manifested this intent to persecute him over this case.”

    When Knox News asked the sheriff about why Arnwine kept his job, the sheriff offered no explanation and instead said, “It must be a slow news day if you’re asking about this.”

    There you have it. A bored cop can shoot a pistol from inside a patrol car, while on duty, endangering the lives of everyone on the road, while driving 80 mph, and face no consequences. He got off paying a fine that is literally less than a pack of chewing gum. When another cop tries to hold him accountable, that cop — not the one who fired a pistol inside a vehicle — is the one to be fired and charged.

    This is the state of policing in America.



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    Bad Apple? 4 Cops in 1 Dept. Accused of Drugging, Raping at Least 7 Women

    St. Louis, MO — The number of women who accuse four St. Louis police officers of raping them currently stands at seven. Three of the women are police officers themselves. All seven are now seeking justice against the cops they say raped them.

    Allegations of rape by the cops go back a decade. After the women came forward the St. Louis Police Department placed four officers on administrative duty. They will all be receiving their salaries as the investigation progresses. According to KSDK News, at least one of the cops allegedly drugged and raped his fellow coworkers:

    "So far, multiple victims have come forward with accusations against the officers, including allegations that some of them were drugged and then raped, according to documents obtained by 5 On Your Side. One of the officers is accused of sexually assaulting six women – four of them were police department employees, including civilians and officers, according to the documents."

    Unfortunately, the identities of the officers is being protected by the department while the allegations are being investigated — supposedly. But much is known about the allegations which we at TFTP will now summarize for our readers.

    The first female officer said she was raped by a St. Louis PD officer on January 17th. She reported the crime to internal affairs claiming the alleged rapist cop had his way with her in the back of his truck outside Mimi’s Subway Bar & Grill in Ferguson at about 1:30 a.m. The St. Louis County Police Department has been conducting the criminal investigation while the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney, Wesley Bell, reportedly is gathering all the available information on the alleged rape.

    A former police department employee (civilian or officer status unknown) reported to police she had been raped some time between 6 and 8 pm on the 15th of December 2019. No further information is known at this time about her allegation. The same officer was accused twice of rape in 2010 (once by a fellow female officer) and again in 2012 but was somehow allowed to keep his position within the police department. To be clear, the St. Louis police officer is accused of raping four women over a 10-year period. He can only be characterized as an alleged serial rapist at this point, if the allegations are true, allowed to keep his job presumably because of his badge. KSDK described the 2012 incident:

    [The victim] said this officer sexually assaulted her while she was unconscious inside her West End neighborhood apartment. In that case, the victim told police she confronted the officer about his actions, but that he left her apartment without explaining himself. She reported her case to police in 2012 and to Internal Affairs four days after it happened.

    Not to be the only cop raping women all by himself, the officer we just described is also accused of raping another woman in 2010 alongside a fellow male officer in gang-rape fashion inside his own home. That alleged rape was also reported to Internal Affairs but just like the other four women he is accused of raping, nothing happened to either officer. Neither one was criminally charged and their rape complaints were sealed.

    A fourth officer was accused of date rape on Aug. 7, 2016. She said it all started out as consensual but later she tried to end the sexual encounter but allegedly was raped anyway.

    How and why four officers could be accused by fellow police officers of rape and still be on the force remains a mystery. It is quite possible the allegations are entirely contrived or made up. However, it is not every day female police officers come forward with rape allegations on multiple instances.

    Our suspicion is there are many more victims out there, especially by the second police officer who seems to be a serial predator. If you or anyone you know has ever said they were raped by a St. Louis cop, now is the time, it seems, to make your case heard. Instead of calling the police department in St. Louis to report the crime, contact the local FBI office at 2222 Market St, St. Louis, MO 63103. Or call their number at (314) 589-2500.

    Unfortunately for the women who’ve accused their officers of the peace with violating them in the most personal of ways, the St. Louis County prosecutor’s office also has a history of protecting alleged rapist cops. In 2018, a woman who had been fighting to have her alleged rapist cop prosecuted was herself charged with slandering the good officer’s name. As far as we can determine at this point, none of the officers mentioned in this report have been indicted for rape.



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    Cop ‘Accidentally’ Shoots his Neighbor in His Own Home and is NOT Arrested

    Kansas City, MO — On Monday, as an innocent man sat inside his house next to his wife, a bullet came hurling through their window and hit him. He was gravely injured and is currently in critical but stable condition at a local hospital. No one was arrested in the matter because the bullet was fired from the gun of a 24-year veteran cop — the man’s neighbor.

    As the Kansas City Star reports, the shooting was reported just before 12:30 a.m. in the 5600 block of North Richmond Avenue in Kansas City, North, Sgt. Jacob Becchina, a Kansas City Police Department spokesman, said in an email. Moments later the off-duty officer, a 24-year police veteran, called for help, saying he had accidentally shot his neighbor.

    According to the preliminary investigation, it appeared the officer was off duty and inside his home when “his duty weapon discharged unintentionally,” Becchina said. “The discharged round exited the officer’s residence and entered the residence immediately to the south striking the victim.”

    Luckily, the man’s wife and the other occupants of the home, presumably children, were not hit with the bullet.

    According to police, the Kansas City Police Department’s homicide unit are investigating. However, the unnamed officer has yet to face a single charge.

    Whether a person was cleaning their gun, dropped their gun, or claiming the gun malfunctioned or just went off, if someone gets hit with the bullet, criminal charges are likely to follow — unless, as this case illustrates, the gun belongs to a cop.

    Generally, causing harm to another, even if unintentional, is still illegal. In fact, Missouri state law Mo. Ann. Stat. § 562.016, states that an accidental shooting can be a negligent assault if it results from a person not being careful enough when handling or firing a gun.

    When you fire your gun inside your house and shoot your neighbor, clearly you are not being careful enough while handling the gun. Despite the officer admitting to this, he has yet to face charges.

    Police are now asking anyone with information about the shooting to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS. The unnamed cop remains on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.



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    Cop Arrested for Murder After Innocent Woman Found Dead in Back of Police Car

    Birmingham, AL — In Alabama, over the weekend, an innocent woman was shot and killed. Her body was found in the back of a Birmingham police officer’s car and her alleged killer was the driver of that car — a 15-year veteran of the Birmingham police department.

    In Birmingham, the city is equipped with microphones that detect gunfire. According to Birmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith, around 11:51 p.m. on Friday, the city’s gunfire detection system, Shot Spotter, alerted officers to shots fired in Germania Park.

    As AL.com reports:

    "When they arrived on the scene, they found a 43-year-old woman inside a vehicle who had been shot multiple times. Police determined that vehicle was an unmarked Birmingham police vehicle. Police identified the victim as Kanisha Nicole Fuller.

    Fuller was taken to UAB Hospital’s Trauma Center where she was pronounced dead early Saturday. Her family said her death is a tremendous loss but said they weren’t yet up to talk about her further.

    Smith said Fuller was in the unmarked police vehicle with a male Birmingham police detective, who was not on duty at the time. He was not injured."

    According to police, they were able to quickly identify the murder suspect as 39-year-old Alfreda Fluker a 15-year veteran Birmingham Police Detective. Tragically ironic is the fact that Fluker worked on the department’s crime reduction team.

    “We’ve spent all of this night tracking down everything that we possibly could on this case, making sure we have all of the evidence, and that we were tracking the right person and bring the right person into custody,’’ Smith said at a press conference Saturday morning.

    According to Smith, Fluker was arrested at her home around 7 a.m. Saturday morning. She is being held on multiple charges, including capital murder.

    “We followed every protocol to make sure we were doing everything the right way and even it when it leads to one of our own, we’re going to make the tough call and take the right actions,’’ Smith said.

    According to Smith, Fluker and Fuller were involved in some sort of a love-triangle.

    “This is not a press conference that I wanted to give today or any other day, but it’s about the facts and the realities of life,” smith said Saturday morning. “It’s a press conference about a love triangle gone wrong, something that happened very bad this morning.”

    As AL.com reports, Smith said he didn’t know the exact relationship between the two officers and the slain woman but sources say both women at one point or another had been a relationship with the male officer. “It’s something that’s been going on for a little while,’’ he said, “but without our knowledge.”

    “Today has been a very difficult day for the Birmingham Police Department as we’ve investigated and watched this tragic event unfold and three lives have been forever changed,” the department said in a statement. “Our thoughts, prayers and condolences go out to the victim and her family.”



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    Family Horrified After Cop Trespasses, Walks Up to Chained Dog, Kills It on Easter

    Lonoke, AR — As our readers know, police officers killing dogs in the Land of the Free is such a common occurrence that it has its own terminology: puppycide. Despite postal workers, delivery drivers and pizza personnel coming into contact with dogs on a much more regular basis, it’s the police who are in the news because they can kill them with impunity. As the following story illustrates, even chained up dogs on private property are not safe from cops on a mission to kill them.

    Dustin Evans, his fiancé Kathrain Lynn, and her children discovered on Easter morning that their beloved dog had been shot and killed while it was chained to a tree in their yard. According to the family, a deputy with the Lonoke County Sheriff’s office was the assailant.

    “How do you explain to your kids that their dog was killed on easter because a dumbass f*cking police thought he was above the law and came in my yard after being told time and time again that the dog will bite if nobody is home,” Lynn wrote in a heated Facebook post.

    In a Facebook post Sunday, Evans held no punches when calling out Deputy Humes for allegedly killing his dog.

    "This is the piece of sh*t that decided that it was okay to go into my yard killing my dog that was on a running cable with out a warrant or probable cause. Nobody was home. This officer deserves everything he has coming to him please share and make this asshole famous. This happened in lonoke county"

    According to Lynn they have gotten calls about their dog before — when he was off of his leash. She said that the deputies who have previously responded to the unleashed dog were able to deal with the situation without shooting their dog. But this time, when their dog was on a leash, the cop killed it.

    Lynn said that a neighbor called police and asked them for Lynn or Evans phone number because she wanted them to put their dog inside. Instead of simply telling the family this, the deputy allegdly went onto private property and killed the leashed dog.

    In less than 24 hours, Evans post has been shared over 11,000 times, illustrating how much this topic resonates with so many different people.

    One Facebook user wrote that the family should file a lawsuit:

    "He was on his runner minding his own business and this shady cop just walks up to him ajd shoots him! That’s animal cruelty I would understand if the dog was loose and running the streets trying to bite someone but it was on a runner, and in its own yard protecting your home… File a law suit"

    “I am,” Lynn responded. Now, it will be the taxpayers who are held liable for a cop who allegedly shot a dog who was chained to a tree.


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    Another thin blue line tyrant who thinks he is superior everyone else and has no problem stating that he is exempt from following the same rules he is kidnapping and extorting other people for. His family, the bootlickers and his fellow gang members must be proud.

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    WATCH: ‘I’m Shooting Him, I Need a Paid Vacation’ — Hot Mic Records Cops Conspiring to Murder Man

    LaSalle, CO — Frequent readers of the Free Thought Project know and have seen many examples illustrating that cops will detain, harass, and violate the rights of innocent people simply because they can. We’ve even seen innocent people sodomized on the roadside by cops looking for non-existent drugs. A common theme throughout all these examples of bad cops is the paid vacations they receive after brutalizing, violating, and killing innocent citizens. Never, however, have we heard a cop actually say they were going to kill someone just to get a paid vacation — until now.

    Anthony Mills filed a civil rights lawsuit this week against the city of LaSalle as well as LaSalle Police Officer David Miller. Officer Miller was recorded on his own body camera conspiring to murder Mills. According to the lawsuit and the video, Miller had no idea his microphone was recording when he and another officer conspired to kill the biker.

    The incident unfolded on April 8, 2018 as Mills and another friend were riding their motorcycles. Mills is a member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC). As part of the lawsuit, officer Miller’s body camera footage was released. What it shows is nothing short of criminal conspiracy to commit murder so receive a paid vacation.

    According to the lawsuit, Mills was profiled and held without probable cause. Indeed, the officer brags about holding the bikers without probable cause, simply because he can.

    The Motorcycle Profiling Project uploaded the video to Facebook this week, describing how the incident unfolded.

    "A civil rights lawsuit filed on April 6, 2020 involving Hells Angels Motorcycle Club member Anthony Mills (Mills v. LaSalle, Colorado et.al. Civil Action No. 20-CV-965) alleges that, during a routine traffic stop for alleged speeding, law enforcement officers violated Mills 1st, 4th, and 14th Amendment rights. Specifically, video reveals that law enforcement in Colorado targets the HAMC as a matter of policy and holds them for as long as possible without reasonable suspicion or probable cause. Most frightening, however, is after officers are recorded bragging and laughing about tasing motorcyclists off their bikes, LaSalle Police Officer David Miller terrorizes and directly threatens to shoot Mills for paid vacation because he thinks his body mic is turned off.

    Miller’s body cam is definitive proof that motorcycle profiling exists, and that life could be the ultimate impact. The National Council of Clubs, representing the interests of motorcycle clubs and their members nationwide, believes that justice demands ALL officers involved, particularly officer Miller, should be immediately relieved of their employment and criminally charged.

    Indeed, law enforcement should be held to the highest standard, and officers should be held accountable to at least the same degree as any other person in society."

    As the video shows, Miller pulls the bikers over and tells them they were “going way too fast.” After getting their information, Miller goes back to the car where he conspires to violate their 4th Amendment right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.

    “I have no problem holding these motherf**kers until Greely gets down here,” Miller says. Greely is a police department in a neighboring county and Miller was going to apparently show off his catch. The officer then goes on to admit he profiled the bikers and admits their department has a policy of violating their rights

    “So, they have on Hells Angels jackets. Any time we deal with these guys, we call in code….so,” the officer says. Miller’s fellow officer also conspires to violate the rights of the bikers as well. They alert nearby jurisdictions, telling them they also plan on violating the bikers rights.

    As they wait for officers from the Greely police department to arrive, Miller expresses his excitement in violating the rights of the bikers.

    “I’m good, I’m alright, I mean, we get to f**k with HAMC,” the bad cops says before admitting that he almost tasered the bikers as they were riding down the road.

    “I almost tazed the guy off the motorcycle,” Miller says, admitting to an act that could be classified as attempted murder. “He tried to go around me while slowing down, so I was going to taze him but he had a passenger on the back of the bike, so.”

    That is when one of the most telling admissions we’ve ever reported on was made by this tyrant cop.

    An unidentified officer is heard in the background saying, “If either one of them gets it, it’s the tall dude.”

    Miller then says, “I’m shootin’ him. I need some paid vacation.”


    “Hahaha,” the other officer laughs before agreeing with Miller. “That’s what I am saying. If any one of them gets it, it’s the tall dude.”

    As Mills waited patiently on his motorcycle in front of the officers, he had no idea, they were plotting his murder 20 feet behind him. But that is exactly what was going on.

    After plotting to murder the innocent biker, the unidentified cop realizes that they may be recording themselves on their body cameras. “We have body cameras?” he asks.

    “We do, but they are off,” Miller replies. But they were not off and these cops were caught red-handed. After plotting murder, the cops then brag about stealing their motorcycle and searching it without probable cause.

    Now, the taxpayers will undoubtedly be held liable for the actions of these two tyrants and their policy to profile, violate, and plot murder.

    Officer David Miller is still a cop with the LaSalle department.



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    Good job Snowflake Your saving the world

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    WATCH: Miami Cop with no Face Mask Handcuffs Black Doctor wearing Face Mask

    It was only a matter of time before police started arresting black men for wearing masks in pubic – even though all they were doing is trying to comply with mandatory orders brought on by the coronavirus quarantine.

    In Miami, a black doctor who had made headlines only weeks earlier for leading a group of volunteers to test homeless people for the virus was handcuffed by a Miami police officer for refusing to identify himself in front of his own home.

    Doctor Armen Henderson was only released after calling out his wife's name who then showed the cop his identification.

    The cop, who has not been identified, was not wearing a face mask even though Miami-Dade County had issued an emergency order requiring all essential workers to wear masks. But cops are apparently exempt from that order which makes them even more dangerous than normal considering cops all over the country are being diagnosed with the virus.

    The incident was caught on surveillance video but contains no audio.

    "You should refer to me as sir or sergeant when talking to me," the cop told the doctor according to his interview with the Miami Herald.

    "Henderson told the Miami Herald that on Friday morning, a Miami police officer told him he was patrolling the area after hearing reports that people were dumping trash.

    After telling the officer he was just unloading his van and not showing his ID, Henderson was put in handcuffs.

    A video of the altercation shows Henderson taking items out of his van when a Miami police officer pulls up next to him. After a discussion, which cannot be heard on the video, the officer handcuffed Henderson.

    The video does appear to be edited and skips when the officer gets out of his car. The Herald was not able to confirm whether it was edited or a lagging of the security camera.

    On March 28, the Herald wrote about Henderson and dozens of volunteers roaming the streets of Miami with nasal swabs testing the homeless for COVID-19. Along with tests, they also gave out camping tents."

    The Miami Police Department issued a statement saying it does not tolerate profiling and will launch an investigation but history shows this is how they have operated for years.



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    This off duty low IQ thug makes an ass of himself as a mother and her 3 children enjoy the day on a public bike trail. During his profane laden rant one of the children states that he's "saying curse words." The butt hurt pig then encourages the child to repeat his foul language. "Say it. Say it with me. Bullshit." He then goes on to claim that the mother and her children are on his property when they clearly aren't. What a douchebag.



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    Quote Originally Posted by b1slickguy View Post
    Another thin blue line tyrant who thinks he is superior everyone else and has no problem stating that he is exempt from following the same rules he is kidnapping and extorting other people for. His family, the bootlickers and his fellow gang members must be proud.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B-5mah1FX6K/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

    Full story:

    ‘I Don’t Need to Give You Social Distance!’ Tyrant Cop Apparently Thinks He’s Immune to COVID-19

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    Great video above b1slickman

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    Quote Originally Posted by PittsburghPlayer View Post
    Great video above b1slickman

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    She couldn't make that 7 min video in one spot

    We have rules and laws for a reason.

    She may be the best snowflake spokesman out there .

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    Quote Originally Posted by b1slickguy View Post
    Hey I thought I told you to quit crying like a little girl who lost her puppy.

    Cops are out there doing their best during a global pandemic bringing germs back to their families and all you want to do is post propaganda videos.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheLock View Post
    Hey I thought I told you to quit crying like a little girl who lost her puppy.

    Cops are out there doing their best during a global pandemic bringing germs back to their families and all you want to do is post propaganda videos.

    ‘I Don’t Need to Give You Social Distance!’ Tyrant Cop Apparently Thinks He’s Immune to COVID-19

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    WATCH: Miami Cop with no Face Mask Handcuffs Black Doctor wearing Face Mask

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    Your Tax Dollars At Work: Cops Arguing They Thought A Small Envelope Might Have Contained A Weapon


    When a police officer violates rights, they're put in the awkward position of defending their actions. If qualified immunity isn't immediately awarded to them by far-too-compliant courts, they've got to put in their work in defending the indefensible. That's when taxpayer dollars get spent defending actions that violate the rights of taxpayers.

    And there are so many examples of bad behavior no one should be defending in court. Here are cops arguing that someone invoking their rights is suspicious behavior.

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

    Here's one claiming that driving carefully and obeying all traffic laws is suspicious.

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

    Here are two cops claiming there's an expectation of privacy in the room they used to drink alcohol and nap while on the clock.

    https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...-hideout.shtml

    Here are some officers claiming Constitutional rights are time-wasting bullshit.

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

    There's just so much of it. It would be darkly comic if it wasn't so tragic and/or frightening. Here's a school resource officer claiming a small amount of missing cash justified the strip search of twenty-two preteen girls.

    https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...-find-50.shtml

    Here's another arguing it's OK to arrest a bunch of middle school students to "prove a point."

    https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...ve-point.shtml

    Oh and it's apparently just good police work to hurl a flashbang grenade in the general direction of a toddler.

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

    This is all a lead-in to this gem of a defense, offered by cops hoping to see their small drug bust survive their unconstitutional actions.

    After running a red light, Joshua West was approached by a police officer after he had already parked his truck in the County Administration Building's parking lot. Officer Williams asked West to get back in his truck and proceeded to ask him questions about the truck's ownership, since it only had dealer tags in the window. West presented the officer with some paperwork -- including his valid license and insurance information. Officer Williams began writing a ticket for the red light violation.

    At some point during this stop, West dropped a small object on the floor of his truck. The officers weren't sure what it was but they really wanted to take a look. So, without actually having the legal permission to do so (West did not give consent), they began searching the truck. During this search, they found the object West had dropped: a small envelope (one that was -- according to the officers -- "concealed in West's fist") containing a clear plastic bag with methamphetamine in it.

    They then performed a second search, which turned up even more drugs. West moved to suppress this evidence, arguing the initial search of his truck was unjustified.

    Here's where it gets ridiculous. The officers claimed the first unlawful search was in fact lawful because it was done for "officer safety." Somehow, this "protective search" for weapons inside the truck allowed the officer to open an envelope and inspect its contents. The appeals court agrees with the district court: this is a very stupid thing to assert.

    "The district court found that the envelope -- which had been in West’s hands and lap to the end of the encounter -- was full of papers and could not have been used to hide even a small weapon without first pushing the papers aside and without creating a visible bulge. In the light of these circumstances, no reasonable suspicion could exist that would support Officer Sorrell’s initial search of West’s truck or the envelope for weapons."

    Not only that, but there was nothing about the stop or West's behavior that should have given the officers any reason to suspect he was dangerous or carrying weapons he planned to use against them.

    "Given the totality of the circumstances presented in this case, we conclude that no probable cause existed to justify Officer Sorrell’s initial search of West’s truck. West was pulled over for having run a red light. West engaged in no erratic driving, and nothing evidenced that West attempted to flee. Neither officer had had prior dealings with or knowledge of West before the traffic stop. Nor did either officer smell or see marijuana or other contraband inside the truck.

    During the traffic stop, West complied with Officer Williams’s orders, provided Officer Williams with the requested information and documents, and remained calm and cooperative. Officer Williams confirmed that West had a valid driver’s license and no outstanding warrants. These circumstances gave the officers no good reason to suspect West of engaging in criminal activity beyond running a red light."

    The Appeals Court also disagrees with the sworn statements made by the officers, which were undermined by their own silent witness.

    "Although Officers Williams and Sorrell testified that West appeared nervous and agitated during this interaction with Officer Williams, the district court found that the officers’ testimony about West’s demeanor was contradicted by the video recording of the traffic stop."

    All of this unjustified behavior led directly to cops arguing in court that they had to search an envelope because it might have contained a weapon. The evidence is gone, along with the conviction. And this was done with tax dollars. The government argued on behalf of these cops who couldn't take down a drug user without ignoring the Constitution. Lots of things are done in our name, using our money. Arguing that an small envelope might have contained a gun shouldn't be one of them.



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    It is why people are ok with a large number of cops dying from covid-19, they probably did some thing illegal and this gets them off the streets.

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    Internet Destroys Police Dept for Promising to Extort Citizens for Victimless Crimes After Lockdown

    Burlington, IN — Beginning in March with the onset of COVID-19 restrictions, millions of Americans found themselves without a job. Since then, the United States has been experiencing record unemployment now on track to top 20 million new jobless claims this month. Simply put, Americans are struggling right now and the measly $1,200 stimulus checks don’t even begin to undo the damage caused by the lockdown.

    One would think that during a crisis like this, police departments would promise to take it easy for a while in regard to issuing citations for victimless crimes like window tint, cracked windshields, license plate lights, or government mandated vehicle stickers. One would think that police could empathize with society and realize that struggling Americans may have to decide between renewing their license plate registration or feeding their children.

    However, as a recent post from the Burlington Police Department in Indiana illustrates, one would be wrong. In a post to Facebook earlier this month, Burlington police took to threatening citizens, demanding they use this time to fix arbitrary victimless items on their vehicles like license plate lights — or else. The grammar-challenged post read as follows:

    "“You all better use this time to fix your cracked windshields, plate lights, expired tags and insurance! Cause when this is over! It’s GAME ON!"

    Naturally, this threat to immediately begin extorting citizens after one of the most trying times in human history, during record unemployment, didn’t bode well for police / citizen relationships. We couldn’t find a single comment in their post that showed support by citizens ready to be extorted for a burned out license plate light.

    We did, however, find plenty of angry posts calling out the cops for such a callous and ridiculous display. One Facebook user, Vulpus Grey, summed up the Burlington police department’s post quite eloquently, saying:


    "Congratulations! This is the worst “cop threat post” i have ever seen! You redcoats and you’re victimless crimes. How about getting on those untested rape kits and show these people that not all cops are threatening tyrants out to ruin people life’s because they hurt you’re feelings even though you all are."

    It is quite shocking that the post is still up after receiving thousands of negative comments and reactions. The page has also gotten multiple one star reviews and they have yet to remove it. It shows just how detached from reality these folks are. Had they read the comments, perhaps they may have an understanding of why there is so much divide in this country. Sadly, however, as the following Facebook user points out, they have not.

    "If you guys are actually reading the comments. Maybe you now understand how fed up with policing actions in this country the people are. We see you as nothing more than municipal fund raising brown shirts."

    If you ever had a doubt as to the main goal and mission of police departments, this post should sum it up. They are here to collect revenue through the enforcement of victimless crimes. And no, this revenue collection does not make you safer. As TFTP has reported, if officers actually deterred people from these victimless traffic infractions like a broken license plate light, driving without a seat belt, or having dark window tint, they would be hitting themselves where it hurts the most — the bank account.

    This is the problem with the model of policing in America. Local officials and police departments are dependent upon the revenue they collect from enforcing victimless crimes like seat belts, window tint, arbitrary inspections stickers, and other “infractions.”

    If they were to stop extracting revenue from the citizens, they would lose a large chunk of their funding.

    Police, we are told, are here to keep us safe and protect us from the bad guys. However, as this post illustrates, public safety, all too often, takes a back seat to revenue collection. Time and time again, the Free Thought Project has exposed quota schemes in which officers were punished for not writing enough tickets.

    While most everyone in America commits the same infractions designed for revenue collection, most of the people targeted by police for these crimes are the poor, minorities, and the mentally ill.

    For those too poor to pay their tickets, routine traffic stops end up in repeated imprisonment due to mounting fines. People get trapped in the system and unless they can come up with the thousands of dollars to get out from under these fines, they will likely end up back in that system — over and over again.

    It’s a debtor’s prison and it’s horrendous.

    Revenue collection, persecution of the poor, and these debtor’s prisons take place in every county, in every city, across every state. However, this institutionalized cruelty is little more than a day’s work for the millions of bureaucrats involved in the racket.



    https://thefreethoughtproject.com/po...-covid-crisis/

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    Former Ohio D.A.R.E. Officer Arrested on Federal Child Pornography Charges

    Former longtime Beavercreek Police Department Officer Kevin A. Kovacs has been arrested on charges of producing, distributing, receiving, transporting, and possessing child pornography. Kovacs was arrested Thursday morning April 16 in Beavercreek, Ohio. Kovac is also charged with tampering with a witness or informant.

    Kovacs was a patrol officer, crime prevention specialist, and a D.A.R.E. officer with the Beavercreek City School District.

    The alleged criminal activity occurred between March of 2015 and December of 2019, The United States Department of Justice says.

    Beavercreek City Schools released a statement regarding the incident, saying:

    "Beavercreek City Schools administration was alarmed after learning of the allegations against Ofc. Kovacs. Ofc. Kovacs worked as a D.A.R.E. officer in the district since 2012 and left this role at the conclusion of the 2017-2018 school year upon his retirement from the PD. School staff and parents have been notified about this alleged incident and are encouraged to reach out to local law enforcement if they have specific concerns or information related to this case."

    Kovacs was hired by the Beavercreek Police Department in September of 1992 and retired from the department in August 2018.

    Beavercreek Police Chief Dennis Evers released this statement:

    "The conduct he is alleged to have committed is both disgusting and extremely disappointing. As a former D.A.R.E. officer who received departmental and community awards for his work, he, of all people, knew this criminal activity to be exploitation of children and unlawful.”

    Direct information on the details surrounding Kovacs' arrest is not available yet.

    However, Kovac is specifically facing:Three counts of production of child pornographyOne count of distribution of child pornographyOne count of receipt of child pornographyThree counts of transportation of child pornographyOne count of possession of child pornography andTampering with a witness or informant.



    https://newsmaven.io/pinacnews/cops-...8EWmh2DdZ3a9Eg

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