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

Alabama: Over alleged reckless driving, cops chase motorist into fatal wreck
Arizona: Sheriff brings back online mugshot lookup that’s been ruled unconstitutional
“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
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
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
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
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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