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  1. Democide

    Knoxville, Tennessee: While Trying to Kill a Dog, Cop Jordan Hurst Missed and Shot His Partner Deputy Lydia Driver

    While Trying to Kill a Dog, A Cop Missed and Shot His Partner Instead 9 July 2022 It is no secret that cops shoot dogs — a lot. Frequent readers of TFTP know too well how many beloved family pets are gunned down every year by public servants in the U.S. It happens so much that there is a term...
  2. Democide

    Illinois: FBI provides Chicago police with fake online identities for "Social Media Exploration" team

    FBI provides Chicago police with fake online identities for "Social Media Exploration" team Internal documents also reveal that police can take over informants’ social media accounts and pose as them online. 20 May 2022 Brian Campbell couldn’t sleep. It was May 31, 2020, and demonstrations...
  3. Democide

    Possible Problems With Lethal Injection Drugs Stop Tennessee Execution

    Possible Problems With Lethal Injection Drugs Stop Tennessee Execution Meanwhile in South Carolina, the state Supreme Court delays a planned execution by firing squad. 22 April 2022 A scheduled execution in Tennessee Thursday night was put on temporary hold by the governor, but it's not...
  4. Democide

    Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee: Shandle Marie Riley, suing cops for kidnapping, stripping, and forcibly ‘baptizing’ her, found dead

    Hallelujah! Meet Hamilton County, Tennessee, deputies Daniel Wilkey (left) & Jacob Goforth (right) -- Praise the Lord! Woman Suing Police for Kidnapping, Stripping, and Forcibly ‘Baptizing’ Her During Traffic Stop, Found Dead 15 April 2022 Over the years, the Free Thought Project has...
  5. Democide

    Tennessee: Overreaching "drug-free school zones" law made otherwise minor offenses as bad as rape & murder

    Tennessee May Allow Resentencing for Drug-Free School Zone Offenders After Reason Investigation A 2018 Reason investigation showed that the zones covered wide swaths of cities and turned minor drug crimes into prison sentences that rivaled those for murder or rape. 14 April 2022 Hundreds of...
  6. Democide

    Arpad Vass Trains Cops in “Witching” to Help Find Corpses. Experts Are Alarmed.

    Cops Are Being ‘Trained’ To Use Literal Witchcraft To Find Dead Bodies 30 March 2022 We [waves flattened palm parallel to the floor in circular motion meant to demonstrate the encompassing nature of the rest of this sentence] the People of this United States have seen some shit. This...
  7. Democide

    New Mexico: After Avoiding Jail for Child Sex Abuse Conviction, State Police officer Ricky Romero Arrested for Producing Child Porn

    After Avoiding Jail for Child Sex Abuse Conviction, Cop Arrested AGAIN for Producing Child Porn 27 Marach 2022 In August of 2020, former New Mexico State Police officer, Ricky Romero, was granted a plea deal after admitting to soliciting and receiving sexually explicit images from an underage...
  8. Democide

    Collegedale, Tennessee: Cop investigated after he was filmed tasering Black delivery driver Delane Gordon in traffic stop

    Police officer under investigation after he was filmed tasering Black delivery driver in traffic stop ‘Please stop it, why are you being like this? Is this how y’all really are?’ the driver asks the police officer 19 March 2022 A recently released cellphone video captured the moment a...
  9. Democide

    Shelby County, Tennessee: Deputy Brian O. Beck, Accused of Raping 14-Year-Old Girl, Avoids Prison and Sex Offender Status

    Shelby County, Tennessee, rapist sheriff's deputy Brian O. Beck Judge Allows Former Deputy Accused of Raping 14-Year-Old Girl to Avoid Prison and Sex Offender Status 4 March 2022 After striking a plea deal with prosecutors, a onetime Tennessee sheriff’s deputy who was accused of repeatedly...
  10. Democide

    Cities Are Turning To Automation To Enforce Vehicle Noise Ordinances

    Cities Are Turning To Automation To Enforce Vehicle Noise Ordinances 2 March 2022 Automated enforcement may ease the burden on law enforcement agencies and direct more officers towards serious crime, but nearly every device given that job has tended to perform poorly. Red light and speed...
  11. Democide

    Memphis, Tennessee: Kyle Maxwell mistaken for burglar, bit by police dog, 'violently' tackled him without warning in his home

    Memphis man, mistaken for burglar, sues police after their dog bit him and they 'violently' tackled him without warning in his home A Tennessee man filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Memphis and its police department. In a lawsuit obtained by Insider, Kyle Maxwell claims he was...
  12. Democide

    Trapped in the Floods with Floodwaters Rising, Prisoners Wait for Help in Floating Feces

    Trapped in the Floods with Floodwaters Rising, Prisoners Wait for Help in Floating Feces 12 February 2022 [ The flooding in Dixie County, Florida, began in July, brought on by Tropical Storm Elsa. Then the rains kept falling. By August, the ground was saturated, and the semirural county was...
  13. Democide

    Springfield, Ohio: Appeals Court Rules Ohio Cops Didn't Have Cause To Arrest Michael Wood Wearing 'Fuck the Police' Shirt

    Appeals Court Rules Ohio Cops Didn't Have Cause To Arrest Man Wearing 'Fuck the Police' Shirt The sheriff's deputies are also not entitled to qualified immunity because the First Amendment right to offend police has been repeatedly upheld. 9 February 2022 Sheriff's deputies in Ohio didn't...
  14. Democide

    Nashville, Tennessee: Over a Dozen Cops Surround Landon Eastep, Holding a Tiny Box Cutter, Execute Him Like a Firing Squad

    Over a Dozen Cops Surround Man Holding a Tiny Box Cutter, Execute Him Like a Firing Squad 27 January 2022 The family of Landon Eastep is demanding accountability for the officers who “murdered” their family member on Thursday. Eastep was apparently in the midst of a mental health emergency...
  15. Democide

    Iowa: Three employees of Des Moines bail bond company charged in yearlong investigation of prostitution and fraud

    David Ellis (left), Debra Ellis (center), Justin Gilbert (right) Three employees of Des Moines bail bond company charged in yearlong investigation of prostitution and fraud 17 December 2021 Three people were out on bond following an investigation that alleged insurance fraud, credit card...
  16. Democide

    Louisiana: Jefferson Parish cops Smack Man’s Phone Out of His Hand, Flip Him Off, Then Beat the Hell Out of Him — For Filming

    WATCH: Cops Smack Man’s Phone Out of His Hand, Flip Him Off, Then Beat the Hell Out of Him — For Filming 22 December 2021 Filming the police is entirely legal, in every state. However, all too often, we will see police officers overstep their authority and arrest, attack, and assault innocent...
  17. Democide

    Texas National Guard Filmed Trespassing During Border Operations

    Augmenting the cops with armed soldiers: Texas National Guard Filmed Trespassing During Border Operations Soldiers patrolling border communities with assault rifles is the latest escalation in Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star. 17 December 2021 It was early November when Marianna...
  18. Democide

    Tennessee: Nashville DA's Office Seeks to Vacate Claude Garrett's 29-Year-Old Murder Conviction

    Nashville DA's Office Seeks to Vacate Claude Garrett's 29-Year-Old Murder Conviction 24 November 2021 Almost 30 years after Claude Garrett was accused of setting a fire that killed his girlfriend, Lorie Lance, the district attorney’s office in Nashville, Tennessee, has concluded that there is...
  19. Democide

    Red Bank, Tennessee: "Let's kill her" -- Voluntary reserve officer Jerry McDonald arrested, accused of text murder plot

    "Let's kill her:" Red Bank vol. reserve officer arrested, accused of text murder plot 21 November 2021 A Chattanooga man is being charged with solicitation to murder. Jerry McDonald was arrested after being accused of sending a murder plot text. McDonald is a volunteer reserve officer for...
  20. Democide

    Knoxville, Tennessee: Maira Oviedo-Granados Called 911. She Was Arrested and Placed in Immigration Detention for Months.

    A Knoxville Woman Called 911. Instead of Getting Help, She Was Arrested and Placed in Immigration Detention for Months. Knox County's program authorizing such enforcement activities may have been instituted illegally 10 November 2021 In November 2020, Maira Oviedo-Granados of Knoxville...
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