American police are out of control — 4/30/2025

A once-weekly roundup,
usually on Wednesdays

More than 21,000 people died in local jails and state prisons in four years, according to records the government has hidden from public view since 2021

Trump issues executive order ramping up american police state

‘Can be heard laughing and joking’: Alabama cops allowed innocent black man to bleed to death after police dog mauled him because of department policy, attorney says

Now ex-Alabama Police officer arrested in child porn investigation

New Yorker story spotlights Arizona jail death not counted in official data

California has a system for decertifying bad cops, but it’s underfunded so thousands of cases still need review

‘Rape Club’: Trial set for prison guard accused of sexual abuse in notorious California women’s prison

Man who bit California police officer dies in custody after arrest

Deputies allegedly investigating inmate’s death at California jail

Inmate found dead in cell at California jail

Woman incarcerated at California jail found dead

Over traffic violation, California cops chase man into fatal wreck

Canadian officer, police board blame each other over historic sex assault allegations from girl who was then 17

Florida officials release heavily-redacted report on inmate’s mysterious death involving nine jailers

Homeless female inmate dies at Georgia detention center

Person found dead inside Georgia jail, deputies allegedly investigate

Inmate dies after medical emergency at Georgia jail, sheriff’s office says

Nebraska jail inmate dies in custody

Police say they’re investigating inmate death at Indiana jail

Inmate suicides in Louisiana jail

Louisiana deputies “made contact” with driver, chased him into fatal wreck

Murder trial begins for Michigan ex-officer charged in 2022 killing of Patrick Lyoya

Over no headlights, Minnesota cops chase 13-year-old into fatal wreck

Inmate found dead after apparent beating in Mississippi jail

Missouri inmate found dead in cell

Off-duty New Jersey cop assaulted residents during home invasion, authorities say

After guards beat Robert Brooks to death in December, The Marshall Project found dozens more allegations of abuse in medical rooms lacking cameras

For 20 years, New York state police have been quietly building a database of suspected gang members — now they’re feeding it to Donald Trump’s regime

Over traffic violation, New York cops chase man into fatal wreck

Felony charge dropped against Ohio deputy who fled arrest at 100mph+

Oklahoma jail confirms death of 38-year-old woman

Pennsylvania cop pleads guilty to sex crimes at school

Over traffic violation, South Carolina police chase woman into wreck, killing at least two innocent people

Former Tennessee drug task force director pleads guilty to meth charges

57-year-old Texas woman dies in Tarrant County Jail custody, third death this year

Over traffic violation, Texas cops chase vehicle until driver crashes, then fatally run over him as he tries to escape on foot

It took nearly two years, and a federal lawsuit, for Wendy Tippitt to see the police video that captured Texas cop killing her unarmed son

Texas cop placed on paid leave after confrontation with father of man cops shot in the back

Golf pro pronounced dead after being found unresponsive in Virginia jail cell

‘I have the right to ask!’: White deputy in Washington seen attacking black man who fought back against claims that he ‘matched the description’ has lies exposed on bodycam, now he’s facing a lawsuit

Medical examiner identifies woman found dead in Washington jail

Wisconsin warden who oversaw killing of inmae by dehydration gets felony charge reduced to misdemeanor, $500 fine

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

4/30/2025

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