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

California DUI suspect dies in custody, investigation alleged
Inmate found dead at San Diego Central Jail
Vacationing Georgia deputy threatens to stab beachgoers, fights cops, Florida cops say
Accused of racism and retaliation, this Idaho sheriff is now working with ICE
Alleged sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention center cries out for criminal investigation
Indiana: Former deputy charged with being mole in sheriff’s office for drug dealer
Kansas: Inmate death allegedly under investigation at Sedgwick County Jail
New Jersey trooper kills ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend
New Jersey police detective charged in drug bust
Former New York prison guard sentenced to 15 years for beating death of inmate
New York cops spot speeding motorcyclist, chase him into fatal wreck
Oregon: Lane County Jail inmate dies from “medical emergency”, investigation allegedly underway
Coroner identifies South Carolina man tasered to death by police at jail
Tennessee: Sheriff reports death of jail inmate
Dude wouldn’t pull over for the blue lights, so cops chased him into a wreck, killing two bystanders
Texas: Over traffic violation, cops chase motorcyclist into fatal wreck
Over traffic violation, Utah cops chase driver into fatal wreck
Virginia man dies in jail hours after arrest
CEO and watchdog at Washington’s largest prison are removed after critical internal report
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
8/6/2025

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