Radley Balko interviewed three law enforcement officials about why it is ok to charge people for videotaping the police, and the results are pretty horrifying. One prosecutor, who charged someone with 5 felony counts of taping cops that could net the man 75 years in prison basically shrugged his shoulders and said “the law is …
Shitty Cops
They Hate Us For Our Freedom
Janet Lovett’s 7 year-old autistic son splashed her at a Florida water park, getting her t-shirt wet and causing her padded bra to show. As she was walking from the park to get changed, she was confronted by a policeman and arrested because she “did not give her name fast enough”. She was held in …
Lawn Ardour, Justice Thomas!
It may still be possible for a poor, non-white American citizen mistreated by The Proper Authorities to get justice — or at least some media attention — under the most difficult circumstances. As long as said citizen is related to every Heartland Authoritarian(tm)’s second-favorite non-white Supreme Court Justice: Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas and family …
This Will Be Bad
Young nigga got it bad cuz I’m brown And not the other color so police think They have the authority to kill a minority This is not going to end well: A former police officer who is white was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter Thursday in the killing of an unarmed black man in Oakland, …
Solo Americanos, Por Favor
Just a guess, but could this hick Sherlock be up for re-election? A sheriff in suburban New Orleans has asked federal authorities to investigate reports that illegal immigrants are working on the Gulf oil spill cleanup effort. […] Stephens says he wants to protect the community from “criminal elements” and not “people who want to …
You Have To Break Some Eggs
Assholes: Preliminary information indicates that members of the Detroit Police Special Response Team approached the house and announced themselves as police, Godbee said, citing the officers and at least one independent witness. “As is common in these types of situations, the officers deployed a distractionary device commonly known as a flash bang,” he said in …
NWA Was Right
I can’t get over those assholes that shot that man’s pets over a miniscule amount of pot (and more than likely based on faulty information from an informant with whom they cut a deal). I’ve only had Lily 11 months (today!), but I would be out for blood if someone shot her, cop or otherwise. …