a recurring roll call of bad cops

San Diego agrees to pay $30m to family of boy, 16, shot dead by police
California: Family questions man’s death during ‘use-of-force incident’ with Claremont officers
Video shows San Diego cop kneeling on compliant, handcuffed man until he dies
Colorado: Over a stolen car, cops chase driver into wreck, killing two
Florida: Officers caught on camera beating black motorist will not face charges
Over speeding violation, Georgia cops chase driver into wreck, killing three
ICE jails pregnant immigrants for months despite rules against it
Chicago promoted two police officers after investigators found they engaged in sexual misconduct
Louisiana police officer accused of raping young child for years
Massachusetts state trooper charged in alleged assault on child
Of course, an ordinary cop is not too bright, either.
Ohio: Cop gets 20-day suspension for beating of handcuffed prisoner
Almost always, when the media reports a police officer’s ‘suspension’, it’s a suspension with pay. 95% chance that’s what this is: the cop’s punishment is a paid vacation.
Over traffic violation, Oklahoma cops chase driver into fatal wreck
ICE officers reveal arrest quotas, facial recognition use in Oregon dragnet
Vermont: Report blames death of rookie cop on policy violations by three veterans
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.
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12/6/2025

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