American police are out of control — 5/14/2025

A once-weekly roundup,
usually on Wednesdays

American cops are armed and dangerous. barely trained, barely supervised.

They can get away with anything, and do.

Alabama

Ex-Huntsville cop accused of having a sexual relationship with murder suspect he was investigating

Nearly 60 cases dismissed due to corruption in Alabama police department

California

3 prosecutors resign over DOJ’s post-verdict plea-bargain for brutal cop

Ex-police captain slaps attendant and exposes himself on plane to California, feds say

Cops chase suspected drunk driver into fiery crash; 5 people hospitalized

SFPD violated the rules on overtime, repeatedly—but they still got their money

Family files wrongful death lawsuit against Downey PD after cop’s hit-and-run kills father of three

Colorado

Investigation allegedly underway for death of Adams County jail inmate

Over traffic violation, cops chase driver into wreck killing driver, passenger, bystander

Florida

Lawsuit announced over Okaloosa County deputy’s fatal shooting of Airman

‘What you going to do, shoot me?’: Florida cop pulls gun on unarmed black teens in viral video over minor traffic stop, sparking outrage

One dead, one hospitalized after fiery crash ends police pursuit that started in Gadsden County

Georgia

Second inmate in three weeks dies at Athens-Clarke County Jail

Inmate found dead at Bibb County Jail

Coweta County inmate reportedly kills himself in jail cell

Louisiana

Over traffic infraction, cops chase driver into fatal head-on wreck

Minnesota

Cops haven’t said why they were chasing vehicle that rear-ended semi, killing driver

Mississippi

Officials in a Mississippi county settle lawsuit filed by 2 Black men tortured by deputies

Inmate dies at hospital after medical emergency in DeSoto Co. jail

Missouri

Another inmate dies at the Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center

Nevada

“Don’t… come towards me!’: abusive Nevada cop exposed as liar after video shows black woman he battered never tried to spit on him as he claimed

Charged with oppression under color of office, battery on a protected person, and subornation of perjury, suspended Las Vegas police sergeant now held on $1M bond

New Jersey

‘We don’t have to answer your questions!’: Plainclothes cops allegedly broke into woman’s home and assaulted her while she was showering, now city must pay $197K

New Mexico

Nearly every day in Santa Fe, N.M., people released from jail trudge along a dangerous highway to get back to town. Jails often fail to offer safe transport options for prisoners.

New York

Judge strips NYC of full authority over Rikers Island, citing ‘unprecedented’ violence

Oneida County Sheriff says he’s “shocked” at deputy’s arson indictment

Two people killed after being chased by police over traffic violation

North Carolina

‘I’m gonna choke you out.’ Video shows deputies’ actions leading to deadly arrest

Ohio

Family seeks murder charges against jailers after coroner rules Ohio inmate’s death was homicide

Oklahoma

Investigation allegedly underway following Oklahoma County Jail inmate death

Oregon

A probation officer in Oregon was fired for using a Nazi salute at work. An arbitrator restored his job.

49-year-old woman dies at Inverness Jail

Pennsylvania

‘Sugar Daddy’ constable/pastor is charged with witness intimidation in sex trafficking case

Video of Reading Police officer striking man prompts internal investigation

South Carolina

‘Act like a victim’: Horry County police sergeant fired amid internal investigation of 2023 shooting

Tennessee

3 former Memphis officers acquitted in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he fled a traffic stop

Knox County DA fires prosecutor over posts praising Nazis, advocating killing migrants

Texas

46-year-old Bexar County jail inmate’s death being investigated as a homicide, cops say

Texas Commission on Jail Standards requests missing jail death video from Tarrant sheriff

Virginia

Staunton man on the way to jail dies in ACSO custody

Washington DC

Former D.C. officer again charged with sex trafficking of teen girls

West Virginia

Cops haven’t said why they chased motorcyclist into fatal wreck

Wisconsin

Another inmate dies at Dane County Jail

Driver of “suspicious vehicle” won’t pull over, so cops chase him into double-fatality wreck

99.9999% of police brutality, corruption, and misconduct is never investigated, never punished, never makes the news, so it’s not on this page.

When cops are caught breaking the law, they’re investigated by other cops. Details are kept quiet, the officers’ names are withheld from public knowledge, and what info is eventually released is only what police choose to release — often nothing at all.

When police are fired — which is all too rare — they leave with ‘law enforcement experience’ and can easily find work in another police department nearby. It’s called “Wandering Cops.”

When police testify under oath, they lie so frequently that cops themselves have a joking term for it: “testilying.” Yet it’s almost unheard of for police to be punished or prosecuted for perjury.

Cops can and do get away with lawlessness, because cops protect other cops. If they don’t, they aren’t cops for long.

The legal doctrine of “qualified immunity” renders police officers invulnerable to lawsuits for almost anything they do. In practice, getting past ‘qualified immunity’ is so unlikely, it makes headlines when it happens.

All this is a path to a police state.

In a free society, police must always be under serious and skeptical public oversight, with non-cops and non-cronies in charge, issuing genuine punishment when warranted.

Police who break the law must be prosecuted like anyone else, promptly fired if guilty, and barred from ever working in law-enforcement again.

That’s the solution.

Last week’s police brutality,
misconduct, and perversions

5/14/2025

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