a once-weekly roundup,
usually on Wednesdays

‘I’m still afraid’: Grandma sues US marshals after they erroneously arrested her, leading to 3 strip searches and a ‘sleepless night in a cold jail cell’

Homeland Security agent charged with production of child porn

Medical contractor pays $2.5-million settlement after California inmate was ignored to death by nurses

Judge won’t quash lawsuit from black man beaten by San Diego Police

‘We’re going to be covering the entire city with drones:’ SFPD accepts billionaire’s $9.4M gift

L.A. law enforcement agencies rioted so hard they ended up shooting each other

California: Inmate found dead in Tulare County jail cell during safety check

Over traffic violation, California cops chase driver into fatal wreck

L.A. deputy who bodyslammed black woman, pinned knee on her neck, and pepper-sprayed her for filming arrest to only serve four months in prison after trump ally intervenes

Hmmmm. California cops won’t say whether they chased “reckless driver” into wreck that killed three

California police are illegally sharing license plate data with ICE and Border Patrol

ICE secretly obtained info from law enforcement chat before detaining U. student in Colorado, sheriff says

Surviving cop-chase crash victim: Hold Orlando police accountable, too

Florida deputy says ‘we will kill you’ in chilling ‘graveyard’ threat to violent protesters

Florida: Authorities investigate inmate death at county jail

TSA officer arrested after assaulting 79-year-old Florida flyer

‘A broken system that needs to be fixed’: Father of unarmed black man killed by Atlanta cop outraged after Trump-appointed judge dismisses murder charges

Chicago officer relieved of police powers following Florida arrest

Former Chicago cop pleads guilty to aggravated battery of two female colleagues

Indiana State Police identifies man found dead in Sullivan County Jail

Over traffic violation, Indiana police chase driver into wreck, killing 93-year-old bystander

Former Kentucky officer convicted for lying about cases is arrested for soliciting prostitution

Maine mother sues Androscoggin County Jail, medical contractor after son’s death

Baltimore jail staff failed to protect a deaf man killed by cellmate, lawsuit alleges

Inmate dies at Michigan county jail

Former Michigan police officer gets 45 day in jail for assault at traffic stop

Over traffic stop, Mississippi police chase motorcyclist into fatal wreck

Ex-St. Louis County cop McCulloch gets probation after firing gun at kids’ event

North Jersey police officer pleads guilty to child porn distribution

New York deputy is fired for forging signatures on references

New York police officer reported for duty under the influence of alcohol, troopers say

Former Buffalo police officer sentenced to 4 years for attempted sexual abuse

NYPD’s highest-ranking uniformed official used someone else’s identity to avoid paying income tax on side-gig earnings; got docked 10 vacation days, and Department kept it secret for 12 years

Diabetic man in medical emergency at Walmart was beaten, tased by North Carolina cops: Lawsuit

Ohio couple files federal lawsuit against officers who stormed home without warrant

Fired Ohio deputy convicted of raping child in 2013

While Oklahoma cops were handcuffing black jaywalker, another cop got out of his car without putting it in ‘park’, letting the car run over the black jaywalker

After fighting for months to keep from disclosing cop’s incendiary email, Oregon State Police say “email was not in line with OSP values and appropriate action was taken as a result,” but they won’t say what

Person in custody of Pennsylvania’s Franklin County Jail dies at hospital, warden says

Pennsylvania cop ran illegal background checks on dozens of women: affidavit

Largest US private prison operator faces lawsuit after Tennessee inmate was killed a day before his release

Tennessee DA is curious about inmate who died after being restrained and hooded by jail personnel for more than nine hours

Texas police officer arrested at headquarters after online child solicitation sting

Texas: 26-year-old Harris County Jail inmate dies after allegedly smoking unknown substance, officials say

Salt Lake City Police Dept steals electricity to power surveillance cameras

Washington city pays $5.5M to settle suit over jail deaths as costs mount statewide

Former WV correctional officer gets six years in inmate’s death

Fired Wisconsin police officer arrested, accused of sexual acts while on duty

Wyoming cop was ‘out of line’ during a traffic stop, but the driver was the one who got in trouble

Canadian cop who killed a woman by firing plastic bullets into a smoke-filled room is suspended for seven days without pay

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

6/18/2025

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