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Sheriff Exposed as Liar by Fellow Cop in The Shooting of An Unarmed Down Syndrome Child
By Matt Agorist

Palm Beach County, FL — A Florida sheriff has been exposed in a recent lawsuit for lying about one of his deputies who shot six times at an unarmed teenager. The victim, Jeremy Hutton is a 17-year-old boy with Down Syndrome, who nearly lost his life after he was hit with three of those six rounds.

According to a report by West Palm Beach's, Jose Lambiet,
Last year, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw signed two sworn, notarized affidavits saying he knows nothing about the case, wasn't briefed about the case and didn't supervise investigators assigned to the case when PBSO deemed "justified" yet another questionable deputy shooting.

Contradicting Bradshaw's sworn statements, however, PBSO Internal Affairs Major Robert Van Reethtold Hutton's lawyers in his deposition that Bradshaw had personal knowledge of the incident and was briefed fully about the controversial shooting.The incident happened in October of 2010, and the subsequent internal "investigation" cleared Palm Beach County Sheriff's Deputy, Jason Franqui, the officer who shot Hutton.

Hutton, who was a somewhat troubled teen, had taken his mother's minivan for a joyride that fateful night.

Deputy Franqui was the officer who responded to the mother's call for help. When Franqui caught up to Hutton, he stopped at a red light. Franqui then pulled in front of the van in an attempt to stop Hutton.

According to the report and the results of the investigation, Franqui feared for his life because he said Hutton drove directly at him, so he was forced to shoot.

"I watched the driver, he turned the wheel and started coming right at me," Deputy Franqui told investigators. "I was in fear he was going to hit me."

Dashcam video of the incident did not refute the deputy's claims as it only showed a portion of the perspective. The shooting was ruled justified.

However, the incident was also caught on traffic camera video and despite the "investigation" mentioning the existence of the video, its detail was conveniently not mentioned.

The traffic cam video refuted the entire deputy's description. It showed that Hutton made an overt attempt to steer away from deputy Franqui. After the van passed Franqui, is when he opened fire. Hutton was struck in the head, shoulder and arm. Thankfully he lived.

"I don't think anybody knew or anticipated that they were going to get caught by a traffic camera," said Stuart Kaplan, the Hutton's civil attorney.

"This case is one of the most egregious, one of the most disturbing cases that I have pending in my office," he said.

"The traffic camera clearly shows that Jeremy Hutton apparently was driving away from the deputy but actually turned his vehicle as far to the left as possible to completely try and avoid hitting this deputy so it's completely inconsistent to what was told by the deputy, it's appalling," said Kaplan.

"The deputy was not in any danger," he said.

Using his blue privilege, Bradshaw, who is also up for reelection, has successfully been able to avoid all requests for deposition by Kaplan. Instead of taking the stand, Bradshaw has squandered hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars paying law firms to help him avoid accountability.

Last month Kaplan filed a motion for the judge to reconsider her first refusal to force the sheriff to a deposition.

"The circumstances indicate a strong likelihood that Sheriff Bradshaw has personal knowledge of the incident," Kaplan's motion read. "Contrary to his affidavit filed with this court . . . Sheriff Bradshaw does have personal knowledge of the incident. He did speak to officers regarding the incident . . . He did participate in the investigation and the . . . review process."

According to Lambiet,
Bradshaw's own I.A. leader Van Reeth was pretty clear about it when he was deposed in September. Van Reeth said he signed off on the investigation that found Franqui did nothing wrong when he shot Hutton.

"I can't sign off on nothing unless I have his (Bradshaw's) direction and authority," Van Reeth said. "Anything that I would see, that I would be signing off in his stay [sic], he would have knowledge of.

"It so happened when this case came to its conclusion and was being presented, he was out of town. I knew the sheriff had been informed."Watch the video below of Franqui shooting this unarmed teen, who posed no threat to the officer's safety. After watching, it becomes clear as to why Bradshaw would deny having any information on the case — his deputy is a trigger-happy maniac, and he refuses to accept it.



Below is the original news story once the traffic cam was finally released — long after the deputy had been cleared.

Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. Follow @MattAgorist

Whistleblower Cop Says Sergeant Released Suspect in Exchange For Blowjob
by Asa Jay

A Michigan cop, who works part time with the River Rouge police department, is claiming as part of a federal lawsuit that an unidentified sergeant released a suspect without arrest or citation in exchange for oral sex.

The suit, filed in U.S. District Court last week by officer Dennis Whittie, names the city of River Rouge and former Police Chief Jeffery Harris.

Along with the blowjob allegations, it accuses Harris of being drunk on the job, officers of posting racist comments on Facebook, and the department of Occupation Safety and Health violations – which it was ultimately fined for.

Whittie, who began filing complaints back in 2013, says he was passed over for promotions and had his whistleblower rights violated for repeatedly bringing up issues with his superiors.

According to the lawsuit, Whittie spoke to the city’s mayor and others about how he believed Harris was intoxicated while on duty at the River Rouge Labor Day Festival.

Harris was still police chief at the time and Whittie says he faced reprisal from the department when he was not recommended for a full time position at the end of 2013.

“Despite the fact that the Plaintiff was the most qualified part-time officer to fill the position based on his credentials and the recommendations of the sergeants interviewing the candidates for the position, [Harris] recommended… that another less qualified part-time officer be selected,” the suit claims.

Another full-time position opened up in the department in October 2015 and Whittie was again passed over by Price, the lawsuit says, “due in significant part to [his] speech, conduct, and/or expression on matters of a public concern.”

In reference to the accusation of being drunk on duty, a motion for summary judgment filed last April by attorneys for Harris said the Chief “admits he was in the beer tent, but that he was not on duty, was in plain clothes without a gun or badge, and that he had beer.”

Whittie’s lawsuit also claims that he told Price that one of his sergeants received oral sex “while on duty, in exchange for an arrest not being made or a citation not being issued” – to which the Chief responded that he knew what was going on but that he wasn’t going to say anything about it.

According to court records, a judge has already dismissed the whistleblower violation claims in the suit and a trial has been set for May. Whittie is seeking $75,000 or more in damages.

The suit says that Whittie has “cooperated with the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office in its investigation of issues,” but prosecutors say that they are not currently involved in any type of investigation in River Rouge.

New Mexico State Police Taser Non-Combative 74-Year-Old Man, Who Falls to Ground Clutching His Chest, Dying a Week Later
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New Mexico state police chased a 74-year-old man driving on the wrong side of the interstate earlier this month, forcing him out his van at gunpoint and tasering him, causing him to fall to the ground clutching his chest.

Roger Chalet died a week later.

Luna County sheriff’s deputies say he died of natural causes.

The incident took place on January 4 and Chalet’s blood alcohol content was three times the legal limit, according to KRQE, which also added Chalet was arrested for drunk driving in December.

So maybe he was a drunk, but there’s no indication that he was a violent drink that would have caused officers half his age to fear for their lives.

But that didn’t stop one of them from tasering him. He died eight days later.


“From all accounts, it looks like an excessive use of force to me,” said Peter Simonson, Executive Director for the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico.

“It looks like they didn’t give him much time to comply before they fired the electronic control device,” Simonson added.

Simonson also pointed out, Charlet’s hands are visible right before he’s tased.

“The officers are so close to him, that if indeed he does have a weapon, they can immediately rationalize the use of even lethal force,” said Simonson. Simonson wonders why officers didn’t direct Charlet to the ground from a point of cover, rather than get so close to him.

A woman who knew Charlet is also concerned.

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“That seemed totally unnecessary for an old man that was not going to run away,” said Linda Pafford, who knew Charlet from community organizations.

After seeing the video, she’s worried the taser to the chest may have done damage.

But New Mexico state police the tasering was justified and they will not be conducting any investigation.

The ACLU has published an extensive report investigating the “fallacy” behind the “non-lethal” weapon.

Just last week, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, which overseas Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Maryland, ruled that police will be in violation of the Fourth Amendment if they taser citizens who pose no safety risk to officers or citizens.

Oregon Cop Fined $181,170 For Kicking Motorcyclist
Jury finds Oregon police captain liable for $181,170 in damages for delivering karate kick to motorcyclist during a traffic stop.

A jury last Thursday found an Oregon State Police Captain negligent for ramming a motorcyclist and kicking him in the chest. Captain Robert Wayne Edwards was ordered to pay Justin Michael Wilkens $181,170 in damages over the August 3, 2012 police chase that left Wilkens with a broken collarbone and two fractured ribs.

On that afternoon, Wilkens was enjoying a spirited ride on Crow Road in Eugene when he drew attention to himself by passing a state trooper in an unmarked black Camaro. Captain Edwards -- then a lieutenant -- flipped on his flashing emergency lights, but not the siren, initiating a three-minute chase. Wilkens says he never saw those lights.

"You can't turn around 100 percent behind you when you're riding a motorcycle," Wilkens testified. "For one, you don't want to do that because you take your eyes off the road. The mirror on the motorcycle vibrates. His car was an undercover car with low-profile lights.... When I found out that I was getting pulled over, I pulled over."

Wilkens had never seen a black Camaro cop car before. This particular unit had very small red and blue lights located in the grille, along with a light at the top of the windshield (view photo of the Camaro and sportbike).

"It's more of a commuter transport vehicle versus a traffic enforcement car," Captain Edwards testified.

Wilkens made at least one illegal pass over a double yellow line, and Captain Edwards estimated his speed at one point reached at least 80 MPH. By the time Wilkens arrived at the intersection at Eleventh Street, he slowed, pulling into a turning lane. With his turn signal activated, Wilkens stopped on a narrow shoulder and placed his feet on the ground. At this point, Captain Edwards rammed the 2006 Aprilia sportbike, knocking Wilkens over and causing damage to the front end of the Camaro.

"He nearly took my leg off," Wilkens explained. "On a dial clock, twelve o'clock facing forward, he hit me at about 7:30. And when you have your foot on a peg on a motorcycle, that's about 8:30."

Wilkens quickly stood up, with his arms extended, palms up. Captain Edwards exited his vehicle with his gun pointed at Wilkens. Although Captain Edwards yelled to tell Wilkens to get down on the ground, between the helmet and the active siren, Wilkens said it took him a second or two to realize he needed to get on the ground. As he started moving down, the trooper gave him a karate kick to the chest. The officer later expressed surprise that his kick was preserved on tape.

"I did not think that car's video system was working properly, so I didn't think we had video of this incident," Captain Edwards admitted.

The district attorney's office never filed charges against Wilkens, but the motorcyclist decided to sue for damages after his medical bills and other expenses topped $31,000.

State police lawyers insisted that the motorcycle "unexpectedly stopped" and that the Camaro was unable to slow in time because of "brake fade." The jurors did not buy this argument, instead finding Captain Edwards "negligent" for striking the sportbike. They also declared the kick to the chest to be an excessive and unconstitutional use of force.

The judgment covers the expenses, plus $100,000 for pain and suffering and $50,000 in punitive damages.

Former Tulare County deputy who sexually assaulted female drivers gets five-year sentence
William Nulick forced himself on women during traffic stops

He pleaded no contest to several assault charges

Nulick, 44, must register as a sex offender for life



William Nulick, a former Tulare County sheriff’s deputy, is taken away in handcuffs after a judge sentenced him to prison Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. LEWIS GRISWOLD [email protected]
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A former Tulare County sheriff’s deputy who pulled over women during traffic stops and sexually assaulted them has been sentenced to 5 years in prison and must register as a sex offender for life.

William Nulick, 44, who had been free on bail, was handcuffed and taken into custody after Tulare County Superior Court Judge Kathryn Montejano handed down the sentence Wednesday.

Nulick pleaded no contest last year to two felony counts of oral copulation under color of authority and no contest to two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery.

By pleading no contest, he avoided a trial and potentially a life sentence. If a jury had found him guilty of all the charges filed against him, he could have been been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

Two victims addressed the court in Spanish.

“He’s torn my life apart,” one said. “He caused me a lot of emotional pain…I’m very scared and just can’t trust anyone. This has changed my life.”

Another victim broke down in tears.

“I feel fortunate to some extent my life was not taken from me,” she said.

Nulick was arrested after one victim reported to authorities in October 2014 that she had been stopped by a deputy who, after she said she didn’t have a driver’s license, told her that he’d let her go in exchange for oral sex. She refused.

HE TOOK AWAY THEIR DIGNITY.

Cindy Underwood, Tulare County prosecutor

He forced her to follow him to a remote location where he sexually assaulted her, the sheriff’s department said.

Investigators arrested Nulick a few days later after finding video images from a store in Monson in northern Tulare County that confirmed he was on duty in the area where she said the assault occurred.

After the sentencing, prosecutor Cindy Underwood said the victims are traumatized and fear law enforcement because of what happened to them.

“He took away their dignity,” she said.

Nulick used the power of his uniform and patrol car to pick on “victims who he didn’t think were going to report (him) to law enforcement,” she said.

Nulick has been a deputy for about two years when he was arrested. Other alleged victims came forward after his arrest was widely reported.

The charges against Nulick involved four victims.

Nulick’s attorney Galatea DeLapp of Fresno noted that more than 40 letters of support for her client were sent to the court.

“This is a man who has had a flawless record up to this point,” she said at the sentencing.

After the sentencing hearing, the defense attorney told reporters that Nulick cooperated with investigators and has “accepted responsibility.”

Nulick wanted to address the court, but his legal counsel in civil lawsuits against him advised him not to speak, DeLapp said.

The sheriff’s department and the county are also being sued in federal court.

Lewis Griswold: 559-441-6104, @fb_LewGriswold


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DEA So Forfeiture-Focused It Hired a TSA Screener to Check Travelers and Baggage For 'Guilty' Cash
by Tim Cushing

Here you are: written evidence that asset forfeiture leads to law enforcement activity, rather than the other way around. (h/t Brad Heath)

The DEA has already been blasted by the DOJ's Inspector General for its confidential informant program. The DEA's informants were paid when they weren't producing intel. They were paid and sheltered from prosecution when they committed criminal acts falling outside their purview as informants. And the entire program was adrift in a sea of corruption and chaos, subject to no real oversight. To top it all off, Inspector General Michael Horowitz had to battle the DEA for every document and piece of relevant information just to arrive at these conclusions.

It's not just common criminals being added to the DEA's payroll as confidential informants. It's also other government employees. The DEA isn't running a government employee-focused sting, however. It's just looking for money. More eyes mean more money. And the eyes that will see the most money in transit will be those located at commuter hubs.

First off, the one-page report (which follows up its comprehensive report on the DEA's informant program) notes that the DEA is throwing away tax dollars by paying a TSA agent to do something they should be doing anyway: reporting evidence of criminal activity to law enforcement.The OIG determined that registering a TSA Security Screener as a CS violated DEA policy, which precludes registering as a CS “employees of U.S. law enforcement agencies who are working solely in their official capacity with DEA.” The OIG also found that TSA Security Screeners are obligated to report to law enforcement suspected criminal activity that they observe in the course of their duties. Therefore, by registering a TSA Security Screener as a CS, the DEA agreed to pay for information that the screener was already obligated to provide to law enforcement.So, that's misuse of funds. Now we get to the reason the DEA felt compelled to throw tax dollars at a fellow government employee.The OIG further determined that asking the TSA Security Screener to notify the DEA of passengers carrying large sums of money in exchange for a reward based on money seized by the DEA violated the DEA’s interdiction manual, and could have violated individuals’ protection against unreasonable searches and seizures if it led to a subsequent DEA enforcement action.Judging from the DEA's enthusiasm for confiscating cash from travelers, it's highly unlikely this is a unique arrangement. This one just happened to get exposed.

For those of you playing along at home by counting your remaining tax dollars, there is an upside: the DEA is apparently so inept at choosing confidential informants that no money ever exchanged hands (from the DEA to the TSA screener or, it would seem, from travelers to the DEA).While the OIG concluded that the DEA violated its policies by registering the TSA Security Screener as a CS and by offering the screener a reward for money seized based on information he provided, the OIG found that the TSA Security Screener did not provide DEA any actionable information while a CS, and was not paid any money by the DEA. The CS was deactivated for inability to provide any useful information.This short summary shows the DEA's real interest is in cash seizures, not eliminating drug trafficking. It's so obsessed with the immediacy of cash forfeitures that it's willing to cut other government employees in on the deal. The incentives are already severely perverted. Drafting a security screener as a Junior G-Man on a contingency basis shifts that person's focus from airline security to eyeballing carry-on baggage for non-threatening cash. This partnership makes each participant weaker and we, the taxpayers, are paying for both.

Cops Filming Cops: Deputies Hide Camera to Record Sheriff Forcing Them to Steal Pot From Evidence
By Andrew Emett

Winston County, AL -- After recording conversations of the sheriff ordering them to steal marijuana, two former deputies have recently filed a lawsuit accusing the sheriff of firing them because they refused to steal drugs from the evidence room. Although the sheriff claims the marijuana was not for personal use, he allegedly harassed his deputies for months ordering them to steal narcotics for him from the evidence room and during drug busts.

On May 19, 2015, Winston County Deputy Zachery Green stepped into Sheriff Hobby Walker's office and presented him with three ounces of marijuana confiscated on a search warrant from the previous day. Instead of logging it into evidence, Walker allegedly placed the drugs in his desk drawer and thanked Green. The sheriff eventually gave the marijuana back to Green after the deputy explained that he needed the evidence for his narcotics case. After Walker told him that he wanted to obtain marijuana for his terminally ill aunt, Green agreed to steal drugs from a future case.

A month later, Walker reprimanded Green for taking an authorized vacation with his church. After chewing out his deputy and bordering on religious intolerance, Walker ordered him again to illegally acquire marijuana.

On July 2, 2015, Walker asked Deputy Steven Moody to retrieve his GPS from his previous department vehicle. While locating the GPS, Moody also found some 9mm ammunition and a small bag of marijuana. When Moody confronted the sheriff, Walker admitted that the drugs belonged to him and asked Moody to track down more in order to help his sick aunt with her nausea. Moody reluctantly agreed.

After enduring months of the sheriff pressuring them to steal drugs for him, deputies Green and Moody recorded a conversation with Walker on August 19, 2015. While asking them again for drugs, Walker explicitly ordered them to steal some marijuana on their next narcotics bust. Following the meeting, Green and Moody contacted the district attorney's office, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), and state attorney general's office with copies of their recorded conversation.

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In cooperation with the FBI and ALEA, the deputies confiscated marijuana from a rural field in Winston County and gave it to Walker on September 23, 2015. Unbeknownst to the sheriff, state and federal law enforcement agencies recorded video of Green and Moody handing the stolen drugs to Walker.

Instead of asking Green and Moody to continue stealing drugs for him, Walker suddenly fired them on November 30, 2015. Although law enforcement agencies obtained video of Walker stealing marijuana from evidence, recorded conversations of the sheriff ordering his deputies to steal drugs, and testimony from at least two deputies, no criminal charges have been filed against Walker.

Earlier this month, Green and Moody filed a lawsuit against the sheriff and the county for wrongful termination. Outraged that no charges have been filed against the sheriff, their attorney Jay Stover toldAL.com that something is "not right."

"In Alabama, it's called distribution, on top of tampering with evidence," Stover asserted.

In Sandusky County, Ohio, six police chiefs publicly accused their local sheriff of stealing drugs from their departments under false pretenses earlier this month. Although Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer allegedly stole drugs and threatened Gibsonburg Mayor Steve Fought two weeks ago at a Republican Party function, no criminal charges have been filed against the sheriff.

"Gotta Cover Our Ass" Illegally Confiscated Cellphone Records Cops Framing An Innocent Man
By Matt Agorist

Hartford, CT -- On September 11, 2015, journalist and police accountability activist, Michael Picard was illegally detained for lawfully open carrying and filming police on public property. During the illegal detainment, Connecticut state troopers confiscated his gun and his camera. However, the trooper who took the phone went on to make a critical mistake — he left the camera rolling while fabricating a story to falsely charge Picard.

The resultant footage provides a rare, behind the scenes look at what officers are capable of doing to people with whom they disagree. It is nothing short of jaw-droppingly infuriating.

On that September night, Picard and a friend were on public property and warning drivers of a DUI checkpoint ahead. They were several hundred yards from the checkpoint and not interfering at all when troopers drove up, without lights on, and against the flow of traffic, to begin harassing the two gentlemen.

Trooper First Class John Barone, Sergeant John Jacobi, and Trooper Jeff Jalbert falsely claimed that Picard was waving his gun around and pointing it at people. However, Picard was holding a sign the entire time and did not touch his gun. Also, as you will see below, the officers admit that they were lying.

Had Picard actually been waving a gun, these troopers would have approached the situation in an entirely different manner, with guns drawn and possible SWAT backup. However, they did no such thing, because there was clearly no threat from the activists.

The fact that they were no threat did not stop the subsequent assault, though.

Two troopers approached Picard while forcefully removing his gun and then grabbing his camera, falsely claiming it is illegal to film. When Picard informs the officer can legally film here, the officer ignorantly asserts that "It's illegal to take my picture. Personally, it is illegal."

"Did you get any documentation that I am allowing you to take my picture"? asks the cop.

When Picard attempts to explain to the aggressive officer that he doesn't need a permit because he is on public property, the trooper then makes the asinine declaration that, "No I'm not (on public property). I'm on state property. I'm on state property."

State-owned roadways and right of ways are public property. The trooper's assertion that it is illegal to film on his 'state property' was entirely false and in violation of Connecticut Bill No. 245, which "protects the right of an individual to photograph or video record peace officers in the performance of their duties."

All this aggressive and unlawful behavior of these troopers, however, was about to come back to haunt them. After illegal confiscating the camera — the trooper forgot to stop it from recording.

What happened next was a behind the scenes glimpse of what it looks and sounds like when cops lie to charge innocent people with crimes.

The corruption starts as an unidentified trooper begins to search for anything that these gentlemen may have done to trump charges up on them. However, they were clean. At this point, Trooper first class Barone chimes in describing how they now have to charge these men with something to justify their harassment and subsequent detainment.

"Want me to punch a number on this? Gotta cover our ass," explains the trooper.

"Let's give him something," says an unidentified trooper, pondering the ways they can lie about this innocent man.

"What are they going to do? Are they going to do anything?" says Sergeant Jacobi, noting that they are entirely innocent.

"It's legal to do it," he continues,describing how the actions of the two activists are completely legal, before going on to make up charges on them.

"I think we do simple trespass, we do reckless use of the highway and creating a public disturbance," Jacobi says as he makes up these false charges against innocent people. "All three are tickets."

Once they figure out the false charges to raise, the officers then brainstorm a story of lies to back them up.

"And then we claim that, um, in backup, we had multiple, um," the unidentified trooper stutters as he makes up his fake story. "Um, they (the non-existent complainants) didn't want to stay and give us a statement, so we took our own course of action."

The corrupt cops had then solved their fake case, lied about a cover story, and were set to charge an innocent man with three crimes — all in a day's work.

But there was just one more thing…. "Oh shit!" blurts out the cop as he realizes their entire scandalous corrupt conversation was just recorded. Apparently, however, the officer felt that it must not have recorded their conversation as the phone was returned.

The cops then gave the innocent man back his weapon, and it's back to the DUI checkpoint for them — to harass and detain more innocent people.

In speaking with the Free Thought Project, Picard said, "Per my lawyer's request, I have kept quiet until now."

"My lawyer and I went to the first court appearance on Thursday, January 14th, 2016, where the prosecutor offered a $25 fine, in lieu of the original $300 fine, to make the case go away," he said. "I rejected the deal because I did nothing wrong. As of now, the prosecutor has not dropped the case despite having video evidence of police misconduct."

The trial is set for April 25th.

Watch the video below and remember that this can happen to anyone anywhere and at any time. All a corrupt cop has to do to ruin the lives of those they do not like, is make up a lie and get their fellow cops to corroborate that lie. Had the cop not left the video going, Picard's situation would be much different and the world would think he's a criminal.



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Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world.

Cops Getting Free License Plate Readers in Exchange For 25% of The 'Take' and All The Driver Data Vigilant Can Slurp
by Tim Cushing

What happens when you lower the barriers to entry? More participants join the market. It works everywhere, even when the market is "law enforcement" and the "customers" are everyone else.Vigilant Solutions, one of the country’s largest brokers of vehicle surveillance technology, is offering a hell of a deal to law enforcement agencies in Texas: a whole suite of automated license plate reader (ALPR) equipment and access to the company’s massive databases and analytical tools—and it won’t cost the agency a dime.

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Vigilant is leveraging H.B. 121, a new Texas law passed in 2015 that allows officers to install credit and debit card readers in their patrol vehicles to take payment on the spot for unpaid court fines, also known as capias warrants. When the law passed, Texas legislators argued that not only would it help local government with their budgets, it would also benefit the public and police.Well, we can see how this will benefit law enforcement and others on the government food chain, but it's unclear how this will benefit the public. The bill's sponsor said the law would "relieve the burden" of having their vehicles impounded or being jailed for unpaid fines. But beyond those vague perks, the benefits seem to flow mostly in one direction.

The EFF quotes legal blogger Scott Henson of Grits for Breakfast, who speculated the combination of license plate readers and credit card readers would push cops towards chasing down unpaid fines rather than enforcing traffic laws or performing more routine patrol duties. If so -- and it appears to be the case -- this is exactly the outcome Vigilant was expecting. It didn't hand out its tech for free. There may be no price tag on the plate readers at the point of purchase, but that's only because Vigilant has points on the back end.The “warrant redemption” program works like this. The agency gets no-cost license plate readers as well as free access to LEARN-NVLS, the ALPR data system Vigilant says contains more than 2.8-billion plate scans and is growing by more than 70 million scans a month. This also includes a wide variety of analytical and predictive software tools.

The government agency in turn gives Vigilant access to information about all its outstanding court fees, which the company then turns into a hot list to feed into the free ALPR systems. As police cars patrol the city, they ping on license plates associated with the fees. The officer then pulls the driver over and offers them a devil’s bargain: go to jail, or pay the original finewith an extra 25% processing fee tacked on, all of which goes to Vigilant.To make this relationship even more explicit, officers who issue tickets to parked vehicles rather than drivers leave a note instructing them to visit Vigilant's website to pay the fine. On top of the 25% fee, Vigilant also gets to collect massive amounts of sweet, sweet driver data, which it can then sell to other law enforcement agencies (database access licenses) and private firms (insurance companies, repo men, etc.). And, if the locals seem understaffed, Vigilant is more than happy to pick up the slack.In early December 2015, Vigilant issued a press release bragging that Guadalupe County had used the systems to collect on more than 4,500 warrants between April and December 2015. In January 2016, the City of Kyle signed an identical deal with Vigilant. Soon after,Guadalupe County upgraded the contract to allow Vigilant to dispatch its own contractors to collect on capias warrants.As the EFF points out, this freemium service benefits Vigilant and law enforcement, but does very little for the general public… including protect them from Vigilant's inability to perform its job competently.During the second week of December, as part of its Warrant Redemption Program, Vigilant Solutions sent several warrant notices – on behalf of our law enforcement partners – in error to citizens across the state of Texas. A technical error caused us to send warrant notices to the wrong recipients.

These types of mistakes are not acceptable and we deeply apologize to those who received the warrant correspondence in error and to our law enforcement customers.Apologies are nice, if of limited utility, but…[T]he company has not disclosed the extent of the error, how many people were affected, how much money was collected that shouldn’t have been, and what it’s doing to inform and make it up to the people affected.As has been discussed here before, turning law enforcement agencies into revenue-focused entities is a bad idea. Case in point: asset forfeiture. Further case in point: speed trap towns. Improper incentives lead to improper behavior. Agencies may like the idea of a "free" license plate reader, but the price still has to be paid by someone -- and that "someone" is going to be the general public.

As priorities shift towards ensuring ongoing use of the "free" ALPRs, other criminal activity is likely to receive less law enforcement attention. Unpaid fines and fees are in law enforcement's wheelhouse, but should never become its raison d'etre. Once it does, the whole community suffers. Anything that could be implemented to lower crime rates would also serve to lower revenue, making it far less likely to be implemented. Fewer infractions mean fewer opportunities to collect court fees. And while the legislators pushing the new law Vigilant is leveraging talked a good game about sending fewer people to overcrowded jails, the governments overseeing these agencies still have budgets to meet and law enforcement to lean on to ensure this happens. Actually achieving the bill's stated aims would mean a steady reduction in court fees, which would lead to the loss of "free" plate readers. And no one wants that, at least not on the government side of things.

fucking cowards !adolescent pieces of shit !

Cops Caught On Camera in Cowardly Gang-Style Beating of An Unarmed Man Lying Face Down
By Matt Agorist

Marion County, FL — In August of 2014, multiple deputies with the Marion County Sheriff's office conducted a drug bust. During the bust, Derrick Price ran from deputies Jesse Terrell, Trevor Fitzgerald, James Amideo, Cody Hoppel and Adam Crawford. However, once he realized he could not outrun the pickup truck, he quickly stopped, put his hands up, and laid face down on the ground — completely surrendering.

Upon reaching the unarmed, nonviolent, completely compliant, and prostrate man, the deputies proceeded to unleash a furious beating composed of kicks to the head, knees to the body, and countless blows from fists.

Price was left severely beaten and bloodied in the parking lot after the assault. The deputies would go on to lie and claim that Price was combative and resisting. Luckily for Price, however, the entire gang beating was captured on video.

The court documents describe the beating:
The court documents read as follows, where Cody Hoppel, Adam Crawford, and Jesse Terrell are respectively referred to in court documents as deputies 1, 2, and 3.

"The video footage depicts the unnecessary and unreasonable use of force by three deputies who beat, kicked, and kneed a fully compliant Price while Amidei and Fitzgerald failed to intervene to protect the arrestee, despite having the opportunity to do so. Deputy 2 kneeled down at the right side of Price's head and shoulder, Deputy 3 positioned himself immediately above Price's head, Deputy 1 took a position at Price's left side, and Fitzgerald straddled the back of Price's legs as Deputy Amidei hovered above the deputies directly behind Deputy 1. At no time did Price resist the deputies or pose a threat in any fashion. After Deputy 2 initially grabbed Price's left arm from Price's right side, pinning Price's right arm to the ground, Deputies 1, 2, and 3 began beating Price as [he] lay on the ground."The video was released this week by the state attorney for the Fifth Judicial Circuit and immediately after its release, Marion County Sheriff Chris Blair held a news conference."The abusive and unprofessional actions they displayed shocked me to my core, and there was absolutely no hesitation for me to immediately inform the Florida Department of Law Enforcement of their actions, to immediately suspend those former deputies without pay and, ultimately, to request their resignation and/or termination," said Blair.Since the incident in August of 2014, deputies Fitzgerald, Amideo, Hoppel, and Crawford all pleaded guilty to federal civil rights violations. However, despite the assault occurring over 18 months ago, not one of these officers has been sentenced.

This week, a grand jury indicted Jesse Terrell who, for some odd reason, is maintaining his innocence. From what the video shows, not one officer on the scene is innocent. Even the fifth officer, who chose not to take out his pent-up aggression on a man whose only 'crime' was to do with his own body what he wanted, is guilty. He is an officer of the law, and he did not attempt to stop the crime of assault on a nonviolent man.

According to Reuters, Terrell's attorney expected that his case would go to trial, saying that his situation differed from the guilty officers.

"Jesse is not guilty. He is not guilty of anything," said attorney Charles Holloman. He declined to elaborate on why Terrell's behavior differed from that of the other officers.

Watch the video below, and then ask yourself why so many people, both innocent and guilty, so often run from police. Derrick Price was a threat to no one. He wasn't 'armed,' 'reaching for his waistband,' 'charging at the officers,' 'making threatening movements,' 'resisting,' or any of the other bogus excuses used by police when doling out brutal beat downs.

Perhaps the most chilling aspect of this Rodney King-style beating of Derrick Price is the fact that had the cameras not caught these officers in their brutal display, the world would all still believe they are heroes. What's more, even in spite of this video, there is most likely a large sect of society who still believe they are.



Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. Follow @MattAgorist

Missouri Cop Who Killed Teen, Crashes Patrol Car While Drunk & High On Cocaine, Stays a Cop
by William Norman Grigg

St. Louis, MO — A St. Louis Police Officer previously involved in a controversial fatal shooting "was high on cocaine as well as drunk when he smashed his police vehicle into a parked car" last December 19,reports the St. Louis American.

On January 27, the Missouri State Highway Patrol released lab results from a blood sample taken from Officer Jason Flanery the day of the accident. His Blood Alcohol Concentration at the time was .117, more than twice the legal limit. The test also found that Flanery had recently used cocaine. On January 25, Flanery was charged with two misdemeanors -- Driving While Intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident.

Although he resigned following his December 19 accident, Flanery retains his "class A" peace officer license and remains eligible for employment with another department. This won't necessarily change if he is convicted of the charges arising from the drug-related automobile accident: He was hired by the St. Louis PD despite a conviction on a firearms-related criminal offense in 2001. Initially charged with a felony, Flanery was allowed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of "attempted unlawful use of a firearm," pay a $300 fine, and required to undergo alcohol counseling (which apparently proved to be of little benefit).

To his credit, St. Louis Police Chief Samuel Dotson — defying pressure from the police officers' union — will soon announce a new policy requiring toxicology screenings of all officers involved in fatal shootings.

Flanery's background suggests he had more than a little in common with VonDerrit Myers Jr., whom he killed in October 2014. Myers, who had been arrested on gun charges at 16, was on probation when Flanery -- in uniform and a department vehicle, but moonlighting as a "private" security guard -- confronted him in the belief that he was one of several young black men who had fled from him earlier. The summary of facts in the Report filed by the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office doesn't specify why Flanery was pursuing the men, and specifies that Myers's only documented activity in the minutes leading up to the confrontation was to buy a sandwich and share it with his friends.

According to his own testimony, Flanery had his gun drawn when he approached Meyers and ordered him to get on the ground. When Meyers refused to submit, Flanery went hands-on, grabbing his clothing. Meyers slipped out of the officer's grip and ran up a nearby hill. Once reaching the top of the hill, Meyers -- according to Officer Flanery -- turned to face him holding what the officer believed to be a gun. Witnesses subsequently described an exchange of gunfire that left Meyers dead. According to the Circuit Attorney's Office report, Flanery "retrieved the gun from near Myers' body. It was a 9mm Smith and Wesson." Gunpowder residue found on Myers' body confirmed that he had fired the weapon.

While the Circuit Attorney's Office declined to charge Flanery, it acknowledged that GPS readings from Myers' ankle bracelet confirmed that he was not the subject of the initial pursuit -- which began, once again, for reasons that have not been made clear. The confrontation, which Flanery escalated needlessly to the point of bloodshed, began as a case of mistaken identity, a fact that justifies an inquiry into his attitudes and predispositions regarding racial politics.

Social media posts gleaned by attorneys for Myers' family provide a composite portrait of a right-wing military veteran "who is actually in love with weaponry" and possessing a "strong negatively biased view of African-Americans," contends attorney Jermaine Wooten. A detailed statement made by a long-time acquaintance named Alex Davis describes Flanery as "the most racist person and most racist cop I've ever met."

Davis says that he met Flanery "when I began working at the Fitness Center at the Carondelet Park YMCA" in October 2012. "Over the course of working together we had a lot of 20 minute + conversations on our political views," Davis relates. "The last time we talked was June 2014."

While Davis does not believe that Flanery hates all black people, his perception was that the officer "hates the ones that don't act white and the ones on welfare and he hates the fact that black Americans predominantly vote Democrat." He would often make "such outrageous generalizing statements as `they' [black women] all get pregnant so they can go on welfare.' And `then those kids grow up to be thugs.' He used language like `animals,' `beasts,' and 'niggers.'"

"Flanery's statements led me to believe that he's much quicker to make an assumption about any black person that acts black" -- meaning one who doesn't dress "like white people," or adopt mannerisms and a style of speech associated with white people," Davis continues. "He has called black people's clothing `retarded' and naturally associates [it] with thugs and welfare recipients. He says they all have guns and so many of them have pot/heroin/crack either on them, in their car, or at home."

Assuming that Davis's recollections -- which were not provided as sworn testimony, it should be noted -- were reliable, it's reasonable to believe that when he confronted Myers without cause in October 2014, Flanery believed that one drug-using, gun-loving "thug" was just as guilty as the rest of them. The irony is that Flanery's own criminal background, long-term substance abuse issues, and subsequent behavior reveal that, apart from ethnic identity, he was better-suited to the company of "beasts" and "thugs" than peaceful, productive people of all backgrounds.

The critical difference is that Flanery was, and remains, a criminally inclined, drug-abusing thug — with a valid "peace officer's" license.

Father charged after girl, 12, is killed by police constable

By Faith Karimi and Greg Botelho, CNN



Updated 4:57 PM ET, Fri January 29, 2016 | Video Source: WHP

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accidentally shot to death by a police constable in Pennsylvania, authorities said.

Ciara Meyer was killed by a police constable who was serving eviction papers at their apartment in Perry County on January 11.

Constable Clark Steele's action was justified, and he did not face any charges in the shooting, authorities said.

Her father, Donald Meyer, 57, was charged with homicide and involuntary manslaughter Thursday, according to CNN affiliate WHP .

"Meyer's reckless conduct, knowing his daughter was standing behind him, triggered a chain of events that tragically led to the death of Ciara Meyer," District Attorney Andrew Bender told the affiliate.



Eviction notice


During the incident this month, the constable was at Meyer's apartment to serve a valid eviction notice, authorities said.

The girl's father pointed a loaded rifle at Steele, and the constable fired a single shot, authorities said. The bullet traveled through Meyer's arm and struck Ciara, who was standing behind her father.

"They're responsible for the murder and shooting of my daughter and me, and now it's a big cover up," Meyer told the affiliate.

"They're charging me with a felony for protecting my family?"



More charges


Meyer's latest charges of homicide and involuntary manslaughter add on to previous ones that included aggravated assault and recklessly endangering another person, according to a Pennsylvania State Police report.

Meyer also faces a firearms charge, because under state law he was not allowed to have a gun because of past mental issues, authorities told the affiliate.



'They knew who it was'


Donald Meyer knew the constable was coming, Pennsylvania State Trooper Robert Hicks told CNN affiliate WPMT. His family had received multiple notifications, with the last making it clear a constable was on the way with an eviction notice.

"When they heard the knock, they knew who it was," Hicks said.

When Steele arrived at 10 a.m. Monday, "the suspect opened the door to the residence and then shut it," according to the police report.

Meyer then reopened the door and, after "a brief exchange of words," leveled a rifle that had been concealed and aimed it at Steele.

"Constable Steele, who was in uniform, quickly removed his .40 caliber duty weapon from its holster and fired a single round," the police report said, noting that employees of the apartment complex witnessed the encounter.

That bullet "shattered the bone in (Meyer's) left arm," Hicks told CNN affiliate WHTM-TV, then went into the body of Ciara, who had stayed home sick from school.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Pennsylvania constables are not police officers but elected officials. They may be tasked with certain aspects of law enforcement in the duty of the courts, according to the Pennsylvania court system.
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Father charged after girl, 12, is killed by police constable

By Faith Karimi and Greg Botelho, CNN



Updated 4:57 PM ET, Fri January 29, 2016 | Video Source: WHP

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accidentally shot to death by a police constable in Pennsylvania, authorities said.

Ciara Meyer was killed by a police constable who was serving eviction papers at their apartment in Perry County on January 11.

Constable Clark Steele's action was justified, and he did not face any charges in the shooting, authorities said.

Her father, Donald Meyer, 57, was charged with homicide and involuntary manslaughter Thursday, according to CNN affiliate WHP .

"Meyer's reckless conduct, knowing his daughter was standing behind him, triggered a chain of events that tragically led to the death of Ciara Meyer," District Attorney Andrew Bender told the affiliate.



Eviction notice


During the incident this month, the constable was at Meyer's apartment to serve a valid eviction notice, authorities said.

The girl's father pointed a loaded rifle at Steele, and the constable fired a single shot, authorities said. The bullet traveled through Meyer's arm and struck Ciara, who was standing behind her father.

"They're responsible for the murder and shooting of my daughter and me, and now it's a big cover up," Meyer told the affiliate.

"They're charging me with a felony for protecting my family?"



More charges


Meyer's latest charges of homicide and involuntary manslaughter add on to previous ones that included aggravated assault and recklessly endangering another person, according to a Pennsylvania State Police report.

Meyer also faces a firearms charge, because under state law he was not allowed to have a gun because of past mental issues, authorities told the affiliate.



'They knew who it was'


Donald Meyer knew the constable was coming, Pennsylvania State Trooper Robert Hicks told CNN affiliate WPMT. His family had received multiple notifications, with the last making it clear a constable was on the way with an eviction notice.

"When they heard the knock, they knew who it was," Hicks said.

When Steele arrived at 10 a.m. Monday, "the suspect opened the door to the residence and then shut it," according to the police report.

Meyer then reopened the door and, after "a brief exchange of words," leveled a rifle that had been concealed and aimed it at Steele.

"Constable Steele, who was in uniform, quickly removed his .40 caliber duty weapon from its holster and fired a single round," the police report said, noting that employees of the apartment complex witnessed the encounter.

That bullet "shattered the bone in (Meyer's) left arm," Hicks told CNN affiliate WHTM-TV, then went into the body of Ciara, who had stayed home sick from school.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Pennsylvania constables are not police officers but elected officials. They may be tasked with certain aspects of law enforcement in the duty of the courts, according to the Pennsylvania court system.
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This one doesn't sound like police brutality or anything that should cause outrage at least not outrage at the police.

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fucking cowards !adolescent pieces of shit !

Cops Caught On Camera in Cowardly Gang-Style Beating of An Unarmed Man Lying Face Down
By Matt Agorist

Marion County, FL — In August of 2014, multiple deputies with the Marion County Sheriff's office conducted a drug bust. During the bust, Derrick Price ran from deputies Jesse Terrell, Trevor Fitzgerald, James Amideo, Cody Hoppel and Adam Crawford. However, once he realized he could not outrun the pickup truck, he quickly stopped, put his hands up, and laid face down on the ground — completely surrendering.

Upon reaching the unarmed, nonviolent, completely compliant, and prostrate man, the deputies proceeded to unleash a furious beating composed of kicks to the head, knees to the body, and countless blows from fists.

Price was left severely beaten and bloodied in the parking lot after the assault. The deputies would go on to lie and claim that Price was combative and resisting. Luckily for Price, however, the entire gang beating was captured on video.

The court documents describe the beating:
The court documents read as follows, where Cody Hoppel, Adam Crawford, and Jesse Terrell are respectively referred to in court documents as deputies 1, 2, and 3.

"The video footage depicts the unnecessary and unreasonable use of force by three deputies who beat, kicked, and kneed a fully compliant Price while Amidei and Fitzgerald failed to intervene to protect the arrestee, despite having the opportunity to do so. Deputy 2 kneeled down at the right side of Price's head and shoulder, Deputy 3 positioned himself immediately above Price's head, Deputy 1 took a position at Price's left side, and Fitzgerald straddled the back of Price's legs as Deputy Amidei hovered above the deputies directly behind Deputy 1. At no time did Price resist the deputies or pose a threat in any fashion. After Deputy 2 initially grabbed Price's left arm from Price's right side, pinning Price's right arm to the ground, Deputies 1, 2, and 3 began beating Price as [he] lay on the ground."The video was released this week by the state attorney for the Fifth Judicial Circuit and immediately after its release, Marion County Sheriff Chris Blair held a news conference."The abusive and unprofessional actions they displayed shocked me to my core, and there was absolutely no hesitation for me to immediately inform the Florida Department of Law Enforcement of their actions, to immediately suspend those former deputies without pay and, ultimately, to request their resignation and/or termination," said Blair.Since the incident in August of 2014, deputies Fitzgerald, Amideo, Hoppel, and Crawford all pleaded guilty to federal civil rights violations. However, despite the assault occurring over 18 months ago, not one of these officers has been sentenced.

This week, a grand jury indicted Jesse Terrell who, for some odd reason, is maintaining his innocence. From what the video shows, not one officer on the scene is innocent. Even the fifth officer, who chose not to take out his pent-up aggression on a man whose only 'crime' was to do with his own body what he wanted, is guilty. He is an officer of the law, and he did not attempt to stop the crime of assault on a nonviolent man.

According to Reuters, Terrell's attorney expected that his case would go to trial, saying that his situation differed from the guilty officers.

"Jesse is not guilty. He is not guilty of anything," said attorney Charles Holloman. He declined to elaborate on why Terrell's behavior differed from that of the other officers.

Watch the video below, and then ask yourself why so many people, both innocent and guilty, so often run from police. Derrick Price was a threat to no one. He wasn't 'armed,' 'reaching for his waistband,' 'charging at the officers,' 'making threatening movements,' 'resisting,' or any of the other bogus excuses used by police when doling out brutal beat downs.

Perhaps the most chilling aspect of this Rodney King-style beating of Derrick Price is the fact that had the cameras not caught these officers in their brutal display, the world would all still believe they are heroes. What's more, even in spite of this video, there is most likely a large sect of society who still believe they are.

Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. Follow @MattAgorist

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These officers are nothing but a bunch of fucking pussies, the man "assumed the position" and beat him while prone? Dispicable behavior on all officers. I can only hope the day these pos are no longer officers of the law and in prison that "Bubba" pays them a visit along with "Big Country".

B4L

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Oregon Cop Fined $181,170 For Kicking Motorcyclist
Jury finds Oregon police captain liable for $181,170 in damages for delivering karate kick to motorcyclist during a traffic stop.

A jury last Thursday found an Oregon State Police Captain negligent for ramming a motorcyclist and kicking him in the chest. Captain Robert Wayne Edwards was ordered to pay Justin Michael Wilkens $181,170 in damages over the August 3, 2012 police chase that left Wilkens with a broken collarbone and two fractured ribs.

On that afternoon, Wilkens was enjoying a spirited ride on Crow Road in Eugene when he drew attention to himself by passing a state trooper in an unmarked black Camaro. Captain Edwards -- then a lieutenant -- flipped on his flashing emergency lights, but not the siren, initiating a three-minute chase. Wilkens says he never saw those lights.

"You can't turn around 100 percent behind you when you're riding a motorcycle," Wilkens testified. "For one, you don't want to do that because you take your eyes off the road. The mirror on the motorcycle vibrates. His car was an undercover car with low-profile lights.... When I found out that I was getting pulled over, I pulled over."

Wilkens had never seen a black Camaro cop car before. This particular unit had very small red and blue lights located in the grille, along with a light at the top of the windshield (view photo of the Camaro and sportbike).

"It's more of a commuter transport vehicle versus a traffic enforcement car," Captain Edwards testified.

Wilkens made at least one illegal pass over a double yellow line, and Captain Edwards estimated his speed at one point reached at least 80 MPH. By the time Wilkens arrived at the intersection at Eleventh Street, he slowed, pulling into a turning lane. With his turn signal activated, Wilkens stopped on a narrow shoulder and placed his feet on the ground. At this point, Captain Edwards rammed the 2006 Aprilia sportbike, knocking Wilkens over and causing damage to the front end of the Camaro.

"He nearly took my leg off," Wilkens explained. "On a dial clock, twelve o'clock facing forward, he hit me at about 7:30. And when you have your foot on a peg on a motorcycle, that's about 8:30."

Wilkens quickly stood up, with his arms extended, palms up. Captain Edwards exited his vehicle with his gun pointed at Wilkens. Although Captain Edwards yelled to tell Wilkens to get down on the ground, between the helmet and the active siren, Wilkens said it took him a second or two to realize he needed to get on the ground. As he started moving down, the trooper gave him a karate kick to the chest. The officer later expressed surprise that his kick was preserved on tape.

"I did not think that car's video system was working properly, so I didn't think we had video of this incident," Captain Edwards admitted.

The district attorney's office never filed charges against Wilkens, but the motorcyclist decided to sue for damages after his medical bills and other expenses topped $31,000.

State police lawyers insisted that the motorcycle "unexpectedly stopped" and that the Camaro was unable to slow in time because of "brake fade." The jurors did not buy this argument, instead finding Captain Edwards "negligent" for striking the sportbike. They also declared the kick to the chest to be an excessive and unconstitutional use of force.

The judgment covers the expenses, plus $100,000 for pain and suffering and $50,000 in punitive damages.

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Not enough

To quote verbatem Rich Hall " Fuck Disney "!


Anaheim Police Using Cell-Site Simulators to Spy On Disneyland Tourists
by Asa J

For years, police in Anaheim, California have been using extensive surveillance equipment to eavesdrop on the cell phone calls of the local population, as well as the 16 million-plus Disneyland tourists the area receives annually, new documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California say.

Published on Wednesday, the documents show that a massive and sophisticated cell phone surveillance program has existed in the department since at least 2009 that includes Stingray and Dirtbox spying systems.

The equipment mimics a cell tower and tricks nearby cell phones to connect to them. They then capture the connected devices' data, allowing law enforcement to track users' locations and intercept calls and text messages. They are relatively small and easily transportable.

Dirtboxes are powerful military-grade spy tools traditionally attached to airplanes that can intercept and collect information on thousands of devices at once, and can even record voice data and crack encryption. Its use significantly increases the scope of police spying operations.

The revelations are significant and illustrates the danger of departments having the ability to secretly acquire surveillance equipment. Until now, the only documented usage of Dirtbox has been by the federal government and by police in larger cities like Los Angeles and Chicago.

"If a city of only a few hundred thousand people like Anaheim has purchased this wide array of devices, it begs the question of how widespread these tools really are," ACLU-Northern California technology and civil liberties attorney Matt Cagle said. "Additionally, Anaheim has represented in its secretive funding requests that 'every city in Orange County has benefited' from its cellular surveillance equipment, raising further concerns about transparency, democracy, and accountability."

Cagle says the documents also suggest that the police purchased a so-called Jugular device in 2013 – a lightweight handheld spying tool that gives officers the ability to literally peer inside buildings and private homes in order to capture data from individuals' digital devices.

According to California law, police are supposed to obtain a warrant before using such equipment, but the newly released documents do not confirm if the Anaheim police department actually obtained warrants before utilizing them.

"The records state that Anaheim obtains a 'court order' or 'court approval' for use of the… devices, but a court order is not necessarily based on probable cause, as is required for a warrant," Cagle said. "This is important because devices like the Jugular can be used to find devices… where people have the right to be secure from unreasonable searches under the Fourth Amendment."

The documents further show that Anaheim police have loaned its surveillance equipment to departments in neighboring cities, which Cagle says has "subjected people all over Orange County to surveillance decisions made by unelected leaders from other communities."

The ACLU obtained the heavily redacted documents through a public records lawsuit. Both police officials and city attorneys in Anaheim have refused to comment on the program citing ongoing litigation.

Charges Dropped Against Sergeant Filmed Brutalizing Teen At Football Game
by Asa J

A Pittsburgh police sergeant filmed brutalizing and repeatedly striking a 19-year-old man at a high school football championship game at Heinz Field in late November, has been acquitted of all charges.

Sgt. Stephen Matakovich accused 19-year-old Gabriel Despres of taking an "aggressive attacking position" and said he believed he was going to be assaulted.

Surveillance footage recorded from the scene however, shows the teen simply standing with his hands in his pockets before Matakovich violently shoves him to the ground.

The footage then shows a disorientated and admittedly intoxicated Despres attempt to get back to his feet as Matakovich shoves him back to the ground and begins punching him in the face.

Despres was charged with criminal trespass, public drunkenness, aggravated assault and underage drinking following the incident and was treated for a bloody nose at UPMC Mercy.

Matakovich, who was in uniform working security detail at the game, was placed on paid leave after the attack and was latter charged with misdemeanor simple assault and misdemeanor official oppression. On Monday, however, a district judge dismissed both charges against him after a preliminary hearing.

Watch the raw footage:



Matakovich said in his original reports that he was called to Gate 5 after Despres attempted to gain entrance into the stadium and security staff refused to let him enter because he was drunk.

Matakovich said Despres refused to leave Heinz Field after being told repeatedly to do so, and at one point, "stepped his leg back and bladed his body slightly and appeared to have clenched his right fist… and then rocked onto the balls of his feet from his heels."

Matakovich maintained that Despres lunged toward him, punched him in his chest, and also grabbed the his jacket – claims proven completely false by the surveillance video and witness statements, which said Despres made no verbal threats and did not take a fighting stance during the encounter.

Despite this, and testimony by a use of force expert stating that Matakovich's "use of force was not reasonable" because Despres showed "no resistance," the sergeant was still acquitted of his charges.

District Judge Ravenstahl said after to a court room packed with cheering officers during the ruling, that any disciplinary action against Matakovich should be handled internally by police and not through the courts.

A police union spokesperson said he was "very pleased with Ravenstahl's decision."

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officer puss in boots is a real man picking on others. Seams girls handle thier periods much better than these pussies !

Retired Cop Gets Taste Of Police State After Officers Bust In, Assault Him
by Asa J

A retired Philadelphia police officer is saying in a complaint made to Internal Affairs that officers with the department forcibly entered his home and assaulted him after falsely accusing him of paying for a takeout meal with counterfeit money.

Fifty-four-year-old Kevin Booker says he began hearing someone pounding on the door of his home on Ashdale Street at around 11:30 p.m. on Jan. 8, but when he answered, there was no one there and he went back to sleep.

About an hour latter, Booker says the pounding started up again so he nervously grabbed his .380-caliber handgun and went back to the door. He asked who was knocking and found out that it was the police.

Booker claims that he placed his firearm on a banister and then opened the door to cops erroneously accusing him of passing off two fake $10 bills to a food delivery person from Sorrento's Pizza in order to pay for a cheesesteak and a pie.

Booker said the delivery driver stood near his house while one of the cops questioned him about the supposed transaction. He says he tried to explain that he hadn't ordered any food and didn't know what they were talking about.

"[The cop] said, 'Look, if you don't give [the driver] his $20, I'm taking you to Northwest Detectives,'"Booker said. "I didn't order any food. I asked the delivery guy, 'Are you sure you came to this house?' He just pointed at my address number and then at his phone."

According to Booker, he told the cops to check the phone number on the delivery slip in order to show that the number wasn't his, but the officers didn't oblige and instead barged into his home, threw him onto the floor, handcuffed him, and punched him in the back of the head.

He says one cop rifled through his trash, recycling bin, and refrigerator, attempting to find evidence of the takeout meal. After nothing was found however, Booker says the officers took the handcuffs off him and left.

"I said, 'I used to be a police officer,' and the one officer said, 'I don't care. It doesn't matter. You probably got fired anyway,'" Booker said. "This is the kind of thing that makes it harder for people to trust the police and it makes people like me angry."

Booker said that after the incident, he was able to track down the delivery driver, who explained that someone had used his address to order the food, and then paid him with the counterfeit money at the curb and left.

After filing the complaint with Internal Affairs, Booker – who worked for nine years with the Philadelphia police department until 2000 when he left because of a knee injury – said he obtained a civil rights attorney who will decide how to move forward with a lawsuit after the investigation.

"I think [the officers] need to be fired," Booker said. "They didn't do their jobs properly. They violated me."

NYPD Cop, Whose Job Was to Bust Prostitutes, Exposed as a Pimp in Massive Sex Trafficking Ring
By Andrew Emett

Brooklyn, NY -- Fired from the department last month after failing a drug test, a former NYPD officer was arrested Tuesday for running a prostitution ring. Although he had been on the force for 11 years, the cop allegedly began pimping out prostitutes immediately after his shift ended at the NYPD.

In October 2015, police pulled over NYPD Officer Eduardo Cornejo in his personal vehicle after witnessing the off-duty cop apparently running a prostitution ring at a Long Island motel. Instead of arresting Cornejo, the officers let him go. But after receiving an anonymous tip, the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau and the FBI planted a bug in his car and wiretapped his phone while using an undercover officer posing as a john.

Responding to ads for escorts, the undercover cop contacted one of Cornejo's hookers while she was sitting in his bugged car. Unaware of the listening device in his vehicle, Cornejo openly discussed running a stable of prostitutes and avoiding suspicion from the police. While under surveillance, Cornejo allegedly transported at least 11 hookers to various motels from Long Island to New Jersey immediately following his shift at the NYPD.

"As alleged, the defendant betrayed the trust of the residents of the city he swore to protect," stated U.S. Attorney Robert Capers. "Rather than seeking to eradicate crime from the streets of the city, the defendant promoted prostitution and profited from his exploitation of women."

On January 15, Cornejo was fired from the NYPD after failing a drug test. He reportedly tested positive after smoking marijuana.

On Tuesday, Cornejo was arrested and charged in federal court with transporting women in interstate commerce to engage in prostitution. If convicted, he faces up to ten years in prison.

While attending a Mets game in May 2012, Cornejo was off-duty when a security guard caught him trying to move to a better a seat in a different section. After repeatedly refusing to leave, he was placed under arrest and charged with criminal trespass. Cornejo pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three days of community service. Instead of firing Cornejo at that time, the NYPD transferred him to another precinct.

At least four civil lawsuits have accused Cornejo of committing police misconduct in recent years. In an open lawsuit, Richard Underwood alleges Cornejo and several other NYPD officers wrongfully arrested him while Underwood attempted to record a video of them arresting his brother. Initially charged with disorderly conduct, Underwood was never prosecuted.

In a separate case from 2014, Jason Crushon accused Cornejo and other officers of using excessive force on him. According to Crushon, the cops severely beat him during a narcotics arrest in Brooklyn.

Despite the fact that Cornejo's wife is a decorated NYPD sergeant, law enforcement officials believe she did not have any knowledge of her husband's illicit activities. According to Cornejo's lawyer, the disgraced cop and his wife have been separated for 14 months. Instead of working on his failed marriage, Cornejo moved back in with his parents and began operating an interstate prostitution ring directly after work at the NYPD.



In the Land of the Free, it is against the law to get paid to have sex, unless that sex is filmed, distributed on DVD, and taxed. One of the least talked about systems of oppression in the US is that of persecuting prostitutes.

When referencing prostitution, we are talking about the mutually beneficial exchange of sexual favors for money by two or more consenting partners; not forced human trafficking.

It's called the "oldest profession in the world" for a reason. Sex is a fundamental human need. One need only observe the explosive population growth of humans in the last 10,000 years to see that desire to mate is inherent in each and everyone one of us.

When one takes this into consideration, the notion of outlawing consensual sex is seen for what it is, sheer insanity. However, this does not excuse the hypocritical conduct of this corrupt officer. Had he not be a violent thug, he could have chosen to help end the persecution of prostitutes instead of continuing their oppression.