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‘What Are You Gonna Do for Me if I Let You Go?’: Cop Accused of Trying to Make Homeless Woman ‘Touch His Penis’ in Dark Alley 3 February 2022 A police officer in Florida found himself on the other side of the law after he allegedly tried to force a homeless woman to perform oral sex on him in...

EXCLUSIVE: Innocent Man Swarmed by Cops, Dragged from Car, Beaten Over a Bent License Plate 6 February 2022 In the land of the free, police will use any excuse, often ridiculous and asinine ones, to pull over citizens to conduct fishing expeditions for contraband or to outright extort them...

Par for the course -- just one more unstable cop running around with a gun. Sheriff’s Detective Killed His Deputy Lover in Murder-Suicide While on Vacation: Authorities 31 January 2022 A sheriff’s deputy killed his colleague and then died by suicide, according to authorities. Officials said...

Cops and jailers were too lazy to do their due diligence for 5 days! Mistaken identity lands Florida man in jail for five days 27 January 2022 A South Florida cook says he lived a nightmare recently when police mistook him for a fugitive with the same name, similar looks and almost the same...

Clearwater Police officer arrested for trapping ex-girlfriend in home for days 27 January 2022 A Clearwater Police officer was arrested Thursday on multiple charges including false imprisonment and domestic battery, according to the City of Clearwater. Jason Lambe, 42, was arrested by the...

Scot Peterson Former BSO Deputy Charged With Negligence Will Visit Marjory Stoneman Douglas High 28 January 2022 Former Broward Sheriff’s Office Deputy Scot Peterson—the ex-school resource officer criminally charged for not entering Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as the 2018 massacre...

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St. Petersburg officer fired after improperly using Taser on man The 64-year-old, who was in a wheelchair, was not physically resisting in a way that warranted being arrested, police said. 27 January 2022 A frustrated Police Chief Anthony Holloway says he still can't explain why one of his...

You Can't Solve Homelessness by Making It a Crime In an August ruling, Washington's Supreme Court found that a homeless plaintiff's truck qualified as his homestead. 17 January 2022 A man's car is his castle. So declared the Washington Supreme Court, more or less, when it ruled last August...

Horrifying Video Shows Cops Respond to Barking Complaint By Killing 8-Month Old Puppy 17 January 2022 Officers with the Miami-Dade police department are in the spotlight this week — not for saving children from sex trafficking rings — but for dumping 6 rounds into an 8-month old puppy. What...

WATCH: Raging Cop Strangles Female Officer After She Stopped Him from Attacking Handcuffed Man 14 January 2022 Since the murder of George Floyd rocked the nation in 2020, across the country police departments and municipalities have passed legislation requiring cops to intervene if they see...

Allen Gilbert: Fatal police shootings up in 2021, despite new use-of-force law 5 Jamuary 2022 This commentary is by Allen Gilbert of Worcester, a former journalist, teacher, and ACLU-VT executive director. In 2019, he researched fatal police shootings in Vermont over the 50 years from 1970 to...

Busted for "trespassing" in a public place, as part of an unconstitutional prior restraint of free speech: Jacksonville activist Ben Frazier, arrested ahead of Gov. DeSantis' press conference: Who is he? 4 January 2022 A well-known community leader and activist in Jacksonville, Fla. is...

Mentally questionable individuals with guns & badges! :( How many suicidal people have been murdered by cops? Guess it's different when it's two of their own! :D St. Lucie County, Florida, deputies Clayton Osteen (left) & Victoria Pacheco (right) Baby orphaned after parents, both...

Trespassing at a public news conference in a public building? The lawyers will have a field day with this one! Community activist arrested ahead of DeSantis news conference “This is a public building, and we don’t intend on moving,” the activist, Ben Frazier, told DeSantis’ aides. 4...

Former Clermont police officer accused of taking $50,000 from Florida police union Jeremy Kevitt arrested on felony charges of grand theft, organized fraud 8 September 2021 A former police officer has been arrested on felony charges, accused of stealing nearly $50,000 from a police union...

'Excited delirium' cited as factor in many fatal police restraint cases. Some say it's bogus. 13 June 2020 One of the Minneapolis police officers involved in the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd voiced his concern about “excited delirium” while helping hold down the 46-year-old man until...

After 4 Killings, ‘Officer of the Year’ Is Still on the Job A Pennsylvania state trooper was returned to duty following three investigations by his own agency. A fourth inquiry is underway. 30 December 2021 In November 2008, Pennsylvania Trooper Jay Splain was honored at a county law...

Officials: Florida deputy lied about being in coma, defrauded coworkers out of sick days 23 December 2021 A Florida woman has been accused of defrauding the sheriff's office where she worked. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Trent Kellee Freeman, 38, of Bronson, on two...

State Bill Creates Process to Finally End Qualified Immunity, And It’s from Republicans 29 December 2021 Bills filed in the Florida House and Senate for the 2022 legislative session would create a process to sue police officers in state court for using excessive force or taking other actions...