bad cops
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When a Bad Apple Spoils a New Barrel: New Study Unpacks the Dangers of Hiring Previously Fired Cops
One of the most confounding distortions of language centers around the colloquialism of “bad apples” with regard to policing. The phrase is frequently used to minimize the severity of the policing problem in this country: Why say policing itself is the problem when we can focus on throwing out the few “bad apples” of the…
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Georgia Cops Flip a Coin to Decide Whether to Arrest Driver Who Was Allegedly Speeding
Just when you think that some cops couldn’t get any grimier, some Roswell, Ga., officers are here to show and prove that that’s not the case. News station 11 Alive investigators uncovered body camera footage that showed officers deciding whether or not to arrest a young, female driver for allegedly speeding based on a coin…
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Ohio Sheriff Indicted on Federal Charges After Pocketing Nearly $100,000 in Bribes From Drug Dealers
A former Ohio sheriff who allegedly made himself rich after pocketing almost $100,000 in bribes from drug dealers and others while in office has been indicted on several federal charges. Samuel Crish, 54, of Delphos, Ohio, is facing charges of bribery, extortion and making false statements, the Associated Press reports. Crish wrung the hefty sum…
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Florida Cop Arrested After Threatening to Kill Woman and Her Family if She Didn’t Send Him Nude Photos: Report
Another day, and Florida is back in the news for some crazy, highly worrisome reason. On Tuesday, authorities in Florida arrested a fellow law enforcement officer after he allegedly sent threatening messages to a Georgia woman in a sick bid to get her to send him nude photographs. Orange City Police Officer Joshua David Fancher,…
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#CopsToo: When Police Officers Use Sexual Assault to Terrorize Vulnerable Communities
In August of last year, Texas attorney Samuel Cammack III published a disturbing and graphic video on his website in an effort to send shockwaves throughout Harris County and the entire state of Texas. “Once the community sees this, they’re going to be outraged and disgusted,” Cammack asserted to Houston’s KTRK-TV. The video was dashcam…
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Brooklyn, NY, Man Who Doesn’t Drink Wins Nearly $1,000,000 After NYPD Falsely Charges Him With DWI: Report
The New York City Police Department picked the wrong one. In April 2015, Oliver Wiggins was driving through Brooklyn, N.Y., when a police officer in a marked SUV ran through a stop sign and crashed into his car. Still, it was Wiggins who was arrested in an attempt to cover up the cop’s first mistake.…
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Massachusetts Cop Finally Fired After Writing ‘Love This’ About Deadly Attack at Charlottesville, Va., White Supremacist Rally
The Springfield, Mass., Police Department fired one of their officers, Conrad Lariviere, for comments he made in the aftermath of the deadly Charlottesville, Va., white supremacist rally that killed one person and injured 19 others. As Vice News reports, on Aug. 13, a day after the protests, Lariviere responded to a breaking news post about…
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Milwaukee Cop Who Fatally Shot Sylville Smith Is Now Facing Charges of Sexual Assault
The Milwaukee police officer who shot and killed Sylville Smith is now being accused of sexually assaulting a man in an incident that occurred just two days after the fatal shooting, CNN reports. According to a criminal complaint, Officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown was watching TV coverage of the turbulent protests that followed Smith’s Aug. 13 death at a…