A once-weekly roundup,
usually on Wednesdays

Since George Floyd’s murder five years ago, police killings keep rising, not falling
“I can’t breathe”: Five years after George Floyd’s murder, Trump regime rolls back police oversight
Before even reporting to prison, crooked Virginia sheriff is pardoned by Trump
Alaska city reaches $2.1M settlement with family of a 16-year-old fatally shot by a police officer
Former Arkansas police chief, serving murder sentence, escapes from prison
San Diego’s highest paid city employees? Cops racking up overtime and earning over $400,000
San Diego cops chase suspected drunk driver into fatal wreck
Iowa governor signs bill disbanding citizen police review boards
Kansas cop facing wrongful death lawsuit was given ‘valor’ awards for fatal shooting
Washington County Jail inmate dies: alleged investigation launches
Man dies at downtown Louisville jail, 3rd in-custody death this year
Over alleged reckless driving, Michigan cops chase driver into fatal wreck
After mistrial, charges dropped against Michigan cop who killed Patrick Lyoya
Minnesota trooper faces new counts in child sex abuse image case
2 killed, 3 injured as Missouri cops chase suspected stolen vehicle into wreck
Man dies in Kansas City jail after waiting months for court-ordered mental health treatment
Inspector let recruits who failed psychological exam join the N.Y.P.D.
Inmate dies after medical emergency at North Carolina county jail
Oklahoma cops haven’t said why they chased vehicle into wreck that killed innocent bystander
inmate dies at Stark County Jail, investigation allegedly underway
A Texas man is seeking justice for his brother who died in police custody: ‘He was a good person’
Over traffic violation, Texas cops chase motorcyclist into fatal wreck
El Paso County pays $2.5 million in settlement to family of man found dead inside jail cell in 2022
Cause and manner of death “pending” for Pierce County inmate
Man who died in Milwaukee Jail identified
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
5/28/2025
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