Idiots: Two guns used in high-profile shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tenn. Law enforcement officials told The Associated Press that both guns were once seized in criminal cases in Memphis. The officials described how the …
Shitty Cops
Welcome to Judge Arpaio’s Police State
This is insane: Freelance journalist Nick Martin has an update on Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff’s Deputy Adam Stoddard, who last October was caught on video swiping a file in open court from defense attorney defense attorney Joanne Cuccia. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Gary Donahoe held a hearing on the matter, and on Tuesday ordered …
In Defense of the Police, He Does Have Two Arms
Cops taze wheelchair-bound double amputee. Not an Onion story. I feel like it is foam finger time again. USA! USA! USA!
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More Exposure, Please
Glad to see this story is getting more exposure: A Maryland mayor is asking the federal government to investigate why SWAT team members burst into his home without knocking and shot his two dogs to death in an investigation into a drug smuggling scheme. “This has been a difficult week and a half for us,” …
The New Professionalism
Via the comments, Baltimore’s finest: Story here. Real tough guy. Too bad the kids didn’t taser him to get him under control. I mean, when someone is out of control, that is what you do, amirite?
Great Moments in the “New Professionalism”
Via Crooks and Liars, more appalling police abuses for the law and order tase at will crowd to excuse: It will be fun reading all of the excuses- “But she gave them her sister’s ID!” and “They have to keep people naked in jail so they cant hurt themselves!” and “They were just following procedures- …
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“Don’t suffer from PTSD, go out and cause it.”
Yep, that’s an actual police academy class slogan.
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