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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...

Prosecutors Who Want Credit for Investigating Police Corruption Are Happy To Steal Money From Innocent People The Harris County, Texas, District Attorney's Office oversees civil forfeitures that make a mockery of justice. 4 August 2022 On October 27, 2016, the same day that Houston drug cops...

WATCH: Cop Dumps 30 Rounds Into Unarmed Grandma, Executing Her as She Tried to Flee 1 May 2022 In 2019, the Stockton Police Department adopted a policy which “generally prohibits shooting at a fleeing vehicle.” Decisions “to fire at moving vehicles must be based on the most compelling...

Ex-St. Paul cop gets 6 years in prison for excessive force in K-9 confrontation 21 May 2021 A federal court judge on Friday sentenced former St. Paul police officer Brett Palkowitsch to six years in prison for using excessive force during an arrest involving a police dog. Palkowitsch had...

Brentwood, California, officer Ryan Rezentes & his white dog Marco Utterly Horrifying Video Shows Police K-9 Rip Off Woman’s Scalp for Suspected Shoplifting 24 February 2022 In all of our years reporting on vicious K-9 attacks by police dogs, the Free Thought Project has never reported on...

Pennsylvania Says Legal Medical Marijuana Means Cops Can't Just Sniff Their Way Into Warrantless Searches 19 January 2022 The legalization of marijuana is changing the probable cause equation all over the nation. What used to be an easy bust and/or a great way to engage in warrantless...

York, Maine, K-9 officer Jonathan Rogers, devil incarnate with the devil's dog WATCH: Cop Forces K-9 to Maul Elderly Doctor Over Flashing His Headlights 13 January 2022 Javier Ambler, a 40-year-old postal worker, was on his way home from a friendly poker game when he allegedly made the...

WATCH: Cops Shoot Naked Unarmed Man in the Back, Sic K-9 on Him — Taxpayers Held Liable 30 December 2021 As TFTP reported at the time, graphic body camera video showed a Las Vegas Police Officer shoot a naked man in the back outside of a church. Police say they were left with no other options...

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...

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...

SWAT Team Blows Up Innocent Woman’s Home, Tell Her that She Has to Pay the $50,000 Bill 5 December 2021 In July of last year, Vicki Baker, 75, was excited to move on to the next chapter of her life in Montana by selling her home she owned for 12 years in McKinney, Texas. That sale would never...

Former Louisiana Cop and K-9 Officer Sentenced to 20 Years for Sexually Abusing His Dog and Possession of Child Porn 25 November 2021 A judge in Louisiana this week sentenced a former police officer to spend up to 20 years behind bars for possessing child pornography and sexually abusing his...

Tiny wrists in cuffs: How police use force against children 19 October 2021 Royal Smart remembers every detail: the feeling of the handcuffs on his wrists. The panic as he was led outside into the cold March darkness, arms raised, to face a wall of police officers pointing their guns. He was...

Appeals Court Says Couple's Lawsuit Over Bogus Vehicle Forfeiture Can Continue 19 October 2021 Another attempted government theft has been thwarted by the courts. The Ninth Circuit Appeals Court has ruled in favor of a couple whose vehicle was carjacked by Arizona law enforcement officers...

Bend police officer charged with assault of intoxicated man; 3 Summit HS students accused in beating 22 October 2021 Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel filed charges of fourth-degree assault and harassment Friday against Bend Police Officer Kevin Uballez, accused of slamming an...

Police officer accused of putting foot on man’s head has been in trouble before 10 August 2021 A former police officer who was recently fired after authorities say he put his foot on a man’s head has been in trouble before. According to investigators, police officer David Dukes, who worked...

Capitol Police Officer Charged With Covering Up January 6 Crimes 15 October 2021 A 25-year veteran of the US Capitol Police faces obstruction of justice charges over allegations that he tried to cover up crimes related to the January 6 insurrection. Federal prosecutors say that the officer...

WATCH: Cops Attack Paraplegic Dad Over Window Tint, Assault Him for Not Being Able to Exit Car 5 October 2021 If ever you think that all traffic laws are for your safety, one thing can change that view—window tint. In the land of the free, if police feel that your window tint is too dark...

Albert Eckrode (left) & Monica Frederic (right) Fort Pierce police officer resigns for punching suspect, 2nd officer arrested 5 June 2020 A police officer resigned from the Fort Pierce Police Department after being caught on camera punching and slapping a suspect at Lawnwood Regional...

Video shows Missouri police K-9 repeatedly biting suspect during arrest 22 September 2021 Cell phone video shows Missouri police officers allowing a K-9 to continually bite a suspect during an arrest Monday morning near St. Louis-Lambert International Airport. The St. Louis County...