American police are out of control — 8/27

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

American cops are armed and dangerous, barely trained, barely supervised. They can get away with anything, and do.

Alabama: Over alleged reckless driving, cops chase motorist into fatal wreck

Arizona: Sheriff brings back online mugshot lookup that’s been ruled unconstitutional

‘Please don’t beat my a–!’: Black Chicago cop was racially profiled when he was arrested in Arizona for chirping his tires, lawsuit states

“Conduct unbecoming” at traffic stop gets Arkansas cop fired

But don’t worry, he’ll be hired as cop in the next town over.

California: Over traffic violation, cops chase motorist into fatal wreck

Colorado: Ex-cop park ranger allegedly stabbed himself in elaborate hoax

Florida Highway Patrol, Orlando police stand watch as protesters continue to re-color crosswalk near Pulse

Georgia: Cobb officer fired, charged with distributing kiddie porn

Hawaii: Fired Maui cop pleads guilty to using unreasonable force in taser incident

Indiana: Despite denials, email shows ex-Henry County sheriff knew of sex abuse claim

Maine: Inmate dies in county jail

Michigan: Inmate dies in county jail

Witnesses say Michigan officers were out of control, macing Black residents, arresting boxer for dancing

Mississippi: Over alleged stolen vehicle, cops chase driver into fatal wreck

Missouri: Over traffic violation, cops chase black man to his home and kill him

Court says New Jersey State Police don’t have to rehire Nazi cop

New York: Another Rikers death puts NYC on pace to double jail fatalities from all of 2024

Motorcyclist won’t pull over for traffic stop, so Ohio cops chase him into fatal wreck

Ohio: Columbus officer who shot unarmed Black man has history of complaints

Ohio cops chase drunk driver into wreck that kills bystander, so he’s charged with manslaughter and homicide

Oregon: Inmate dies in county jail

After a fist-fight at an Oklahoma restaurant, cops chase perp into fatal wreck

Lawsuit: South Carolina officer charged in shooting used position to avoid criminal liability

Texas bill would keep unsubstantiated complaints against police officers from the public

Woman says Utah deputy sexually assaulted her and prosecutors sided with him

Virginia: For speeding, cops chase motorist into wreck, then shoot and kill him as he runs away

Washington: Tacoma to pay $600K to officer who got away with killing Manuel Ellis

Fighting the crime of speeding, Washington cops fatally chase 19-year-old into several cars, a concrete wall, and a house

Nearly 400 Seattle cops made over $200k in 2024

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

8/27/2025

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