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Florida Judge Dissolves Injunction Blocking Paper From Publishing Names Of Officers Who Killed A Man 19 July 2022 About a week ago, a Florida judge decided a local law superseded the First Amendment. The judge granted an injunction to law enforcement officers, barring a Florida newspaper from...

Brickbat: A Bite Out of Crime 22 July 2022 A Gainesville, Florida, police department report simply said that suspect Terrell Bradley fled on foot after officers stopped him for a traffic violation, a K-9 "apprehended him, and "officers observed injury to [Bradley] and EMS was immediately...

The Same FBI That Just Raided Trump Ignored Hundreds of Child Rape Victims and Warnings of Mass Shooters 9 August 2022 Former president Donald Trump announced on Monday that his that his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida was “under siege, raided, and occupied” by federal agents taking part in an...

An Accused War Criminal Trained Florida Cops in 'New Concepts of Shooting' A sign of the forever wars coming home, Eddie Gallagher trained officers from the Tallahassee Police Department. 12 August 2022 Should a military veteran who has been reliably accused of war crimes, and who admitted...

Jacksonville corrections officer charged with battery, Sheriff’s Office says Undersheriff: 5-year veteran of JSO also charged with improper exhibition of firearm 21 July 2022 A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office corrections officer is charged with battery and improper exhibition of a firearm...

Ex-Correctional Officer in Florida Arrested for Allegedly Heading Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Ring 21 July 2022 Authorities in Florida this week announced the takedown of a large-scale drug trafficking ring allegedly headed by a former state correctional officer. Christina Michelle Guess...

Lake County Sheriff's deputy arrested, charged with soliciting prostitute 13 July 2022 The Lake County Sheriff’s Office arrested one of its own Wednesday and charged him with one count of solicitation of prostitution. One incident allegedly occurred while he was on duty, according to an LCSO...

New Arizona Law Will Make it Illegal to Film Within Eight Feet of Police Civil liberties groups oppose the law, saying it will impede First Amendment–protected activity and protect bad cops. 8 July 2022 Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, signed a bill into law Wednesday that will make it...

Apopka, Florida, officer Oscar *burp* Mayorga Police: Apopka officer arrested for DUI while in marked patrol car 5 July 2022[/B] An Apopka police officer has been arrested for DUI. According to the Apopka Police Department, the Eustis Police Department conducted a traffic stop on the...

LGBTQ Pride Organizers Weigh Multiple Threats, From Police Brutality to Vigilante Violence Between angry cops, hateful politicians, and plotting right-wing extremists, they have their hands full. 24 June 2022 Seattle’s Pride Parade, among the largest in the country, will return this weekend...

Cincinnati, Ohio, former police officer Eric 'Pure Evil' Weyda Police Officer Fired for Getting 'Pure Evil' Tattoo on Hands 7 June 2022 An Ohio police officer was recently fired from his position on account of a bizarre tattoo choice. Eric Weyda was let go from the Cincinnati Police...

*burp* Polk County correctional officer accused of drunk driving 27 April 2022 Deputies arrested a man accused of speeding past them and admitting he wouldn't pass a field sobriety test after being pulled over. Brandon Hayes, a 30-year-old from Polk City and a correctional officer at Polk...

*burp* Clearwater police officer arrested for driving drunk, deputies say 25 April 2022 A Clearwater police officer was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence last week, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Jeremy Curvan, 40, of Palm Harbor was driving a Ford...

Florida Sheriff Arrests 10-Year-Old, Releases Mug Shot and Perp Walk, Then Uses Media Tour To Brag About It “Scared straight” juvenile policing programs have a history of not working. They’re not the solution to school shootings. 31 May 2022 "Present deadly physical force at one of our...

To Promote Public Safety, Michigan Authorizes Cops To Rob Travelers at Airports The change represents a substantial reversal of civil forfeiture reforms aimed at protecting innocent property owners. 2 June 2022 Graham Filler, a state legislator in Michigan, describes two recently enacted...

*burp* Tampa Police Reserve Officer Arrested On Afternoon Drunk Driving Charges 1 June 2022 A Tampa Police Reserve Officer was arrested this afternoon on DUI charges after a crash n Brandon. Timothy Kent, 55, was involved in a rear-end collision with a white Toyota while driving his...

*burp* Ocala police officer arrested for filing false report after he crashed while allegedly drunk 18 May 2022 An Ocala Police Department officer, identified as Joseph Reid Kelly, 36, was arrested Monday after it was discovered that he filed a false report involving a May 11 crash. Kelly...

*burp* Pinellas sheriff’s deputy fired after drunk driving arrest Shelby Coniglio was arrested after St. Petersburg police pulled her over on Fourth Street N early Tuesday. 17 May 2022 A Pinellas County sheriff’s deputy has been fired after she was arrested on a drunk driving charge early...

A Florida Deputy Allegedly Left a Biker ‘Cooked Alive’ After His Taser Ignited a Gas Station. Both of Them Now Face Charges. 19 March 2022 Officials in Florida have announced charges against two people involved in an arrest attempt at a gas station that went horribly wrong after a Taser...

11 Insanely Corrupt Speed-Trap Towns Caught stealing from motorists, these towns disbanded their police forces or even disbanded their governments altogether. 8 May, 2022 CASTLEBERRY, ALABAMA: The Birmingham News recently investigated the tiny town of Brookside, Alabama, a place "with no...