A once-weekly roundup,
usually on Wednesdays

Trump issues executive order ramping up american police state
Now ex-Alabama Police officer arrested in child porn investigation
New Yorker story spotlights Arizona jail death not counted in official data
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
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
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
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
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
Medical examiner identifies woman found dead in Washington jail
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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