American police are out of control — 7/30

a once-weekly roundup of ‘bad cops’,
usually on Wednesdays

The FBI took her $40,000 without explaining why. She fought back against that practice—and lost.

ICE arrests Maine cop for alleged visa violation, but police chief says he cleared a federal check

Alabama child dies after being left in hot car while in state custody

Alabama: Investigation allegedly underway after inmate dies at Madison County Jail, ‘no indications of foul play’

Arizona cops won’t release bodycam footage, but officers are cleared for pinning innocent man on scorching pavement

Mum’s the word on why and how Arizona cop killed pedestrian

Arkansas cop accused of stalking child had background as pastor, US Marine

Dropped cases against L.A. protesters reveal false claims from federal agents

California deputies threaten to seize black man’s kids over missing insurance card during traffic stop despite ability to confirm coverage through database

California: Inmate’s death prompts alleged investigation at Inland Empire jail

Miami cop arrested for having a sexual relationship with 17-year-old girl, threatening to kill her when she tried to break up

Georgia: Cops haven’t said why they chased vehicle and executed PIT maneuver that killed driver

For avoiding checkpoint, Georgia police chase driver into fatal wreck

Illinois: Police chase left innocent couple dead, lawsuit alleges

Four years after cop was filmed slamming black woman to the ground, Louisiana passes police accountability law that won’t be enforced

16-year-old driver gets long prison sentence after Michigan cops chase stolen vehicle into fatal wreck

Police response to Minnesota assassination was full of missteps, mistakes, and bumbling

Missouri: After a jail cell fight, he was put in a restraint chair. He was dead 90 minutes later.

“Under the microscope”: Activists opposing a Nevada lithium mine were surveilled for years, records show

North Dakota: Within a day, Benson County deputy sheriff arrested, sheriff resigns; commissioner says the two are unrelated

Ohio: 2nd person dies after suspect crashes in chase with Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s deputies, over traffic violations

Oklahoma sheriff, DA seize list of petitioners seeking investigation of their offices

Oregon sheriff stripped of police certification for life

South Carolina: Inmate found dead in Darlington County jail, sheriff’s office reports

South Dakota calls in state corrections department, National Guard to aid ICE efforts

Texas cops chase speeding driver into fatal wreck

Texas: Sheriff’s Office offers condolences after inmate’s death

Texas: Former corrections officer accused of targeting women on dating apps in Harris County serial rape investigation

Virginia cops force black man out vehicle and accuse him of selling drugs after he gave someone a ride, video shows

For speeding, Virginia cops chase motorcyclist into fatal wreck

It took a lawsuit, but some Seattle cops who attended the 1/6/21 DC riots have been ID’d

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

7/30/2025

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