Fucking Cops

[Minimalist]

Equal justice for all, my ass.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/calif...-about-it/

Calif. cop won’t be charged despite stashing seized marijuana at home and lying about it

A Richmond, California police officer was allowed to testify in several criminal cases despite being under investigation for mishandling 5 pounds of seized marijuana, Richmond Confidential reported.

Defense attorneys accused the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office of violating ethics rules by not informing them that Officer Joe Avila was under investigation while continuing to use him as a key witness.

“They are cutting him some slack because he’s a police officer,” said the county’s chief public defender, Robin Lipetzky. “Anybody else found with 5 pounds of marijuana in their possession, I don’t care who that is, that person is going to be charged with a crime.”

[Minimalist]

Oh, puh-leeze don't take our shiny new toys!

Washington sheriff backs deputy who said cops need military hardware to fight right-wing extremists

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/washi...xtremists/

Which is of course their primary use, right?

SWAT teams today are overwhelmingly used to investigate people who are still only suspected of committing nonviolent consensual crimes.

http://www.newser.com/story/188973/dange...teams.html

[Minimalist]

Lunacy.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/2014121...92ad5.html

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A man who can't use his arms because of a spinal condition is being held in jail while facing a gun possession charge his lawyer calls shocking.

Bail was lowered Tuesday for Marcus Hubbard, who has been jailed since his arrest in Trenton in August.

Defense lawyer Caroline Turner said the case against Hubbard, who injured his spine in a car accident and may have Lou Gehrig's disease, "shocks the conscience."

"How could (he be) held for four months on a gun charge?" Turner said during the bail hearing. "He cannot move his arms. They are useless to him."

How? When you see his photo all will become clear.

[Minimalist]

Texas..again

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/austi...-like-one/

Austin cop retires after ranting to reporter, ‘You act like a whore, you get treated like one’

. But Díaz also played her recording of the remarks to Police Chief Art Acevedo, who quickly condemned them.

“Somebody [who] has that mentality has no business being a cop,” Acevedo said.

The chief doesn't seem to know what is going on in his department.

KUT also reported that Acevedo suspended two officers caught on a dashboard camera making jokes about rape victims, including the statement, “Go ahead and call the cops. They can’t un-rape you.” The officers were given three-day and five-day suspensions, respectively. Acevedo said these comments belong to an “extreme minority” of officers in his department.

Time to find out what your heroes in blue are thinking, chief.

[Minimalist]

Arizona's Sheriff Shitstain's ego costs Arizona taxpayers $3.7 million.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/ejmontini.../20483877/

In 2007, the sheriff thought only that he was dispatching a goon squad to harass and arrest two long-time journalistic troublemakers. He was wrong.

Arpaio arrogantly and foolishly arrested Lacey and Larkin for an article published in their weekly paper, as well as for details they disclosed of a wildly over-reaching subpoena against the newspaper, one that asked the publication to reveal the internet identities of anyone who read the paper online, as well as the other sites readers has visited.

It was ridiculous, silly, and dangerous, and it led Lacey and Larkin to file a lawsuit.

The lawsuit, in turn, led to a $3.75 million settlement from the county.

[Minimalist]

This morning's haul of police brutality.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/watch...ther-cops/

WATCH: Plainclothes NYPD officer repeatedly strikes teen already subdued by three other cops

Watch the video.

(And it's early yet.)

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II

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/color...-on-floor/

Colorado to pay $3 million to family of mentally ill prisoner who died shackled facedown on floor

The Colorado Department of Corrections will pay $3m to the family of a mentally ill prisoner who died in a state facility while guards watched and after a nurse ignored him.

Christopher Lopez, 35, died at San Carlos correctional facility in Pueblo in 2013. He was suffering from hyponatremia, a condition that occurs when there is not enough sodium in the blood, but prison staff ignored his seizures and shackled him to a restraint chair, thinking he was being intentionally unresponsive.

[psychoslice]

The fuck it is. That is the problem.

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And here is another hero in blue for you to defend.

Speeding? This requires pulling a gun? No wonder the Cleveland cops are under a DOJ watch. They deserve it.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/cleve...pregnancy/


I mean fuck...he was 13 mph over the speed limit.

I hope you can get over your hatred for cops, one day you will need them, yea yea.

Speeding is wrong, he could have killed someone just because his wife was pregnant, she should have called the ambulance.

[Foxaèr]

Speeding is wrong, he could have killed someone just because his wife was pregnant, she should have called the ambulance.

Do not give me that crap. Police tend to overlook it when a husband is speeding for his pregnant wife, especially when it might take longer for an ambulance to arrive. If a cop does not overlook it, it is merely because the cop is being an ass and taking it out on the soon-to-be new parents.

[psychoslice]

Speeding is wrong, he could have killed someone just because his wife was pregnant, she should have called the ambulance.

Do not give me that crap. Police tend to overlook it when a husband is speeding for his pregnant wife, especially when it might take longer for an ambulance to arrive. If a cop does not overlook it, it is merely because the cop is being an ass and taking it out on the soon-to-be new parents.

How do you know how long it would have been for him to arrive at his place, maybe the ambulance could of got there much sooner, you don't know, your just jumping to conclusions, just because you have a beef with the cops.

[Minimalist]

I figured you would always defend the fucking cop. Your act is getting pretty old.