a once-weekly roundup,
usually on Wednesdays

How it’s possible to starve to death in a US jail
Colorado undersheriff placed on paid leave due to “incident” at home
Six more Florida deputies suspended, fired in wake of Tamarac triple murder
Sheriff offers condolences after inmate at Florida county jail kills herself
Over not wearing a seat belt, Georgia cops chase driver into fatal wreck
Two more inmates die at Georgia’s notorious Fulton County Jail
Hawaii police officer arrested, placed on paid leave accused of sex assault
Police reform: How to fix a watchdog that will barely bark, let alone bite
Indiana State Police allegedly investigating inmate’s death at Howard County Jail
“Despite rigorous life-saving efforts,” New Mexico jail inmate dies
Hulking, 400-lb robocops will start patrolling New York City
NYPD detective on mayor’s security detail may be tied to crypto millionaire torture case: Sources
Over expired tabs, North Carolina cops chase motorcyclist into fatal wreck
Over traffic violation, Oklahoma cops chase vehicle into wreck, killing innocent bystander
Person in custody of Franklin County Jail dies at hospital, warden says
Cruel bastard resigns as top warden at Tennessee juvenile prison that’s named for him
Over traffic violation, Tennessee cops chase driver into wreck that kills passenger
Inmate who died at Memphis Jail was no angel, sheriff’s office says
Texas police chief retires during ‘administrative investigation’
Over suspected stolen car, cops spike tires and cause fatal wreck
Washington sheriff’s deputy charged with rape of teen girl in Police Explorer program
33-year-old man dies at Milwaukee County Jail, second inmate death in 2 months
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
6/4/2025

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