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Cop placed on leave after 13-year-old boy on dirt bike dies during attempted traffic stop 27 December 2021 A 13-year-old Florida boy who was riding a dirt bike died Sunday during an attempted traffic stop, according to the Boynton Beach Police Department. The boy was identified by family...

He Was a Board Member of the Oath Keepers. Now He’s Holding State-Approved Trainings for Law Enforcement in Texas. Richard Mack wants your sheriff to defy the government. 29 October 2021 On a glorious Saturday morning in October, about 75 people are gathered inside an airy warehouse on the...

Investigation: Accidental shootings like one in Iowa show police training gaps 11 December 2019 When an Iowa mother tried to take her child from her husband during an argument on a snowy sidewalk in 2015, an officer stepped in to stop the scuffle, firing his weapon as a dog approached. The...

Unsecured Data Leak Shows Predicitive Policing Is Just Tech-Washed, Old School Biased Policing 27 December 2021 Don't kid yourselves, techbros. Predictive policing is regular policing, only with confirmation bias built in. The only question for citizens is whether or not they want to pay tech...

Cop Who Killed Librarian Seen on Video Forcing K9 to Maul Man for Missing Bicycle Lights 11 August 2016 On Tuesday, a Punta Gorda cop shot and killed a 73-year-old librarian, who was a wife and mother. Wednesday night, the department identified the officer as Lee Coel. As the Free Thought...

"... Boston police spent $627,000 on this equipment by dipping into money seized in connection with alleged crimes." In other words, steal from the citizens, then spend the money on "spy tech" so you can find more stuff to steal. Boston police bought spy tech with a pot of money hidden from...

Changes to Tampa Police citizen review board take place New ordinance goes into effect Friday 17 December 2021 A new law to create more trust between the community and the Tampa Police Department is now in effect. After more than a year of discussion, Mayor Jane Castor and the city council...

Story is about the degree to which KKK members are embedded in local law enforcement agencies, especially in Florida: Former FBI informant who thwarted KKK-law enforcement murder plots goes public for his own safety 23 December 2021 From 2007 to 2018, Joseph Moore was an undercover...

Monroe County, Florida, deputies Trevor Pike (left) & Connor Curry (right) Florida deputies jailed, suspended after brawl with sailors 20 December 2021 Two sheriff’s deputies have been suspended after they were arrested for an off-duty brawl with U.S. sailors in Key West early Saturday...

Naples, Florida, officer Joseph "no clue" Craig Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joseph.craig.75/ Naples police officer arrested for DUI found with beer in cup holder 20 December 2021 An officer with the Naples Police Department has been placed on administrative leave, after being...

12-year-old girl arrested at Manatee school after officials wanted a fight video deleted 17 December 2021 When a fight erupted in the courtyard of Palm View K-8 School in September, one 12-year-old student took out her cellphone and recorded video of the melee. School administrators ended...

Prison Phone Companies Are Recording Attorney-Client Calls Across the US Lawyers say their conversations with incarcerated people are being recorded and analyzed by private companies in at least nine US states. 13 December 2021 For years, many of Brooklyn Defender Services’ incarcerated...

WATCH: Deaf 88yo Retired Cop Killed by Police in His Own Home During Welfare Check—He Couldn’t Hear Officer 14 December 2021 All too often in this country, police are called out to check on the health of an individual who may be physically or mentally troubled. And, all too often, instead of...

Florida's Civil Asset Forfeiture Reforms Haven't Stopped the Shakedowns Despite civil asset forfeiture reforms in Florida, police are still finding ways to take people's stuff. 12 December 2021 On a May day in 2015, a task force of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents and Miami-Dade...

Sewall's Point police officer arrested, accused of sexual misconduct with minor Juan Garcia has been placed on administrative leave without pay 23 November 3021 A Sewall's Point police officer has been arrested and is accused of sexual misconduct with a 15-year-old. The Sewall's Point Police...

Ex-Port Orange police sergeant gets 5 years probation in elderly exploitation case 1 December 2021 An emotional Steven Braddock, a former Port Orange police sergeant, appeared to choke back tears as he stood before a judge for his sentencing Tuesday on accusations he bilked his elderly mother...

The Bad Apples Control The Bunch: USA Today Report Details Law Enforcements Punishment Of Good Cops 30 November 2021 Plenty of people try to minimize police misconduct by claiming what we witness day after day after day is just the work of a few "bad apples." That's only half of the adage...

Watch a Florida Cop Botch a Drug Field Test on Video, Then Arrest an Innocent Man The same officer was fired last year after video of him allegedly planting drugs in a car during a traffic stop emerged 17 November 2021 Body camera footage obtained by Reason appears to show a now-fired Florida...

Man Faces 30-Year Sentence in the Self-Defense Case Everyone Ignored Last Week 22 November 2021 Opposition to the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict—which saw a jury accept the teen's self-defense claim after he shot two men and wounded another during a night of civil unrest—primarily splintered along...

5 officers named: Michael Bloom Randy Carriel Jonathan Guzman Miguel Hernandez Brandon Williams Watch: Miami Cops Arrest Man for "Stealing" His Own Car 17 November 2021 On June 1, 2018, Samuel Scott Jr.'s 2006 black Jeep Compass was stolen from outside his aunt's house in Buena Vista...