American police are out of control — 5/28/2025

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

Police are reselling their SIG Sauer P320 pistols — alleged in multiple lawsuits to fire without the trigger being pulled — to the public

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

Southern California cop who faked injury to claim $600k in compensation caught partying, dancing at music festival

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

Michigan police chief and officer placed on leave amid allegations of improprieties by city officials

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

Nebraska sheriff’s office hires former Omaha police officer who shot, killed man during no-knock warrant

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

Cleveland County Detention Center inmate dies after a medical emergency marking 10th death in three years

Pennsylvania police have not released any details about what preceded inmate’s hospitalization or death

A Texas man is seeking justice for his brother who died in police custody: ‘He was a good person’

Innocent motorist killed and fleeing driver fatally shoots self following Houston police chase over alleged stolen vehicle

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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