I did. I was being facetious. Even so that kind of technology is coming.
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Hundreds of officers lose licenses over sex misconduct
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/fd1d...ds-officers-lose-licenses-over-sex-misconduct
In a yearlong investigation of sexual misconduct by U.S. law enforcement, The Associated Press uncovered about 1,000 officers who lost their badges in a six-year period for rape, sodomy and other sexual assault; sex crimes that included possession of child pornography; or sexual misconduct such as propositioning citizens or having consensual but prohibited on-duty intercourse.
The number is unquestionably an undercount because it represents only those officers whose licenses to work in law enforcement were revoked, and not all states take such action. California and New York — with several of the nation's largest law enforcement agencies — offered no records because they have no statewide system to decertify officers for misconduct. And even among states that provided records, some reported no officers removed for sexual misdeeds even though cases were identified via news stories or court records.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/fd1d...ds-officers-lose-licenses-over-sex-misconduct
In a yearlong investigation of sexual misconduct by U.S. law enforcement, The Associated Press uncovered about 1,000 officers who lost their badges in a six-year period for rape, sodomy and other sexual assault; sex crimes that included possession of child pornography; or sexual misconduct such as propositioning citizens or having consensual but prohibited on-duty intercourse.
The number is unquestionably an undercount because it represents only those officers whose licenses to work in law enforcement were revoked, and not all states take such action. California and New York — with several of the nation's largest law enforcement agencies — offered no records because they have no statewide system to decertify officers for misconduct. And even among states that provided records, some reported no officers removed for sexual misdeeds even though cases were identified via news stories or court records.
TO SERVE AND PROTECT! or rape, sodomize and watch kiddie porn. Nice boys in Blue. Vomit.
Poor cops losing their jobs. But they can still go to work for TSA where that kind of conduct is encouraged!
Blind man wins excessive force case against Denver police officer
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_29049967/blind-man-wins-excessive-force-case-against-denver
A federal jury Friday awarded a blind man $400,000 in a lawsuit filed after his head was slammed into a counter by a Denver police officer.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_29049967/blind-man-wins-excessive-force-case-against-denver
A federal jury Friday awarded a blind man $400,000 in a lawsuit filed after his head was slammed into a counter by a Denver police officer.
Questions, answers about the issue of officer sex misconduct
http://bigstory.ap.org/7c55f5fca06a4b1289186731704f6d06
FBI agent guilty of assault in an incident caught on cellphone video
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...89bfbe-81be-11e5-9afb-0c971f713d0c_story.html
The cellphone video — which would be played repeatedly for jurors — showed a rapidly deteriorating situation outside a high-rise apartment building in Chevy Chase, Md.
In the middle of the turmoil was FBI agent Gerald Rogero. He was off duty at the time, wearing civilian clothes, and had just struck a teenager in the chest, sending him backward onto the pavement. The teen got to his feet.
Rogero moved to place him under arrest.
“If I have to shoot you, I will,” he said. “Don’t make me shoot you.”
The video and the audio that went with it were at the heart of the prosecution of Rogero, 46, an agent for nearly 20 years who serves as a chief in the FBI’s counterterrorism division.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...89bfbe-81be-11e5-9afb-0c971f713d0c_story.html
The cellphone video — which would be played repeatedly for jurors — showed a rapidly deteriorating situation outside a high-rise apartment building in Chevy Chase, Md.
In the middle of the turmoil was FBI agent Gerald Rogero. He was off duty at the time, wearing civilian clothes, and had just struck a teenager in the chest, sending him backward onto the pavement. The teen got to his feet.
Rogero moved to place him under arrest.
“If I have to shoot you, I will,” he said. “Don’t make me shoot you.”
The video and the audio that went with it were at the heart of the prosecution of Rogero, 46, an agent for nearly 20 years who serves as a chief in the FBI’s counterterrorism division.
A Cop Who Had To Tell Four Kids Their Parents Died Tried To Give Them An Amazing Halloween
http://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemc...-gave?bftwnews&utm_term=.iuYEAv9JG#.mlG9gVlE5
Nathan Bradley from Morgan County, Georgia, wrote in a statement that he was working on Halloween night when he heard over the radio there had been a possibly fatal crash.
Bradley said that when he arrived, he and other officers found that two people had died.
The couple, D.J. and Crystal Howard, were the parents of four children, Bradley told BuzzFeed News.
The parents had gone to the store to get more face makeup and candy for their children’s Halloween costumes when they crashed.
Bradley wrote that he went to the couple’s address along with the coroner and another trooper. When they knocked on the door to deliver the horrible news, he was greeted by four kids in Halloween costumes.
The trooper said he was lost for words, and the group frantically tried to find a relative to watch the children, Justin, 13, Amaya, 10, Damien, 8, and Travion, 6.
However, the children’s grandmother, Stephanie Oliver, lived in Florida. She told the troopers she would immediately jump in her car, but it would be a seven-hour drive.
Bradley wrote that he felt sick at the thought of telling the children their parents had died and then sending them to sit alone while they waited for their grandmother.
“It was dreadful,” he told BuzzFeed News. “It’s painful, one, to tell anyone that their loved one died, but to tell four children that both parents have died, plus it was Halloween…”
So Bradley decided to make their Halloween extra special instead. He wrote that he held off on telling the kids what had happened in order to make sure the holiday wasn’t ruined for them.
“We hoped that they would then relate the tragedy to November 1st, rather than Halloween,” he wrote.
After getting permission to watch the kids himself, Bradley took them to multiple fast food restaurants to make sure each kid could get something they wanted.
The kids then were taken back to the trooper’s post, where they watched a movie. They also were given their own version of trick-or-treating, as the other residents of the post showed up to give them candy and goody bags.
“The kids were absolutely delighted and the visitors helped with entertainment,” Bradley said. “Shortly after they left, the sheriff arrived carrying four holiday buckets full of candy.”
Bradley told BuzzFeed News that the younger kids were bubbly and happy the whole time, but 13-year-old Justin clearly knew something was wrong. However, Bradley said the teen was quiet and helped him quiet the other kids’ questions during the night.
The children spent the rest of the night enjoying their treats, until their grandmother arrived early the next morning. She delivered the heartbreaking news.
Now Bradley is trying to help the family even further.
He has set up a fundraising page to help the children with expenses in the future.
He explained that the kids are moving to Florida to be with their grandmother and the costs will be extensive.
“Please donate because the family is going to have to prepare to provide for four [kids],” he told BuzzFeed News.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemc...-gave?bftwnews&utm_term=.iuYEAv9JG#.mlG9gVlE5
Nathan Bradley from Morgan County, Georgia, wrote in a statement that he was working on Halloween night when he heard over the radio there had been a possibly fatal crash.
Bradley said that when he arrived, he and other officers found that two people had died.
The couple, D.J. and Crystal Howard, were the parents of four children, Bradley told BuzzFeed News.
The parents had gone to the store to get more face makeup and candy for their children’s Halloween costumes when they crashed.
Bradley wrote that he went to the couple’s address along with the coroner and another trooper. When they knocked on the door to deliver the horrible news, he was greeted by four kids in Halloween costumes.
The trooper said he was lost for words, and the group frantically tried to find a relative to watch the children, Justin, 13, Amaya, 10, Damien, 8, and Travion, 6.
However, the children’s grandmother, Stephanie Oliver, lived in Florida. She told the troopers she would immediately jump in her car, but it would be a seven-hour drive.
Bradley wrote that he felt sick at the thought of telling the children their parents had died and then sending them to sit alone while they waited for their grandmother.
“It was dreadful,” he told BuzzFeed News. “It’s painful, one, to tell anyone that their loved one died, but to tell four children that both parents have died, plus it was Halloween…”
So Bradley decided to make their Halloween extra special instead. He wrote that he held off on telling the kids what had happened in order to make sure the holiday wasn’t ruined for them.
“We hoped that they would then relate the tragedy to November 1st, rather than Halloween,” he wrote.
After getting permission to watch the kids himself, Bradley took them to multiple fast food restaurants to make sure each kid could get something they wanted.
The kids then were taken back to the trooper’s post, where they watched a movie. They also were given their own version of trick-or-treating, as the other residents of the post showed up to give them candy and goody bags.
“The kids were absolutely delighted and the visitors helped with entertainment,” Bradley said. “Shortly after they left, the sheriff arrived carrying four holiday buckets full of candy.”
Bradley told BuzzFeed News that the younger kids were bubbly and happy the whole time, but 13-year-old Justin clearly knew something was wrong. However, Bradley said the teen was quiet and helped him quiet the other kids’ questions during the night.
The children spent the rest of the night enjoying their treats, until their grandmother arrived early the next morning. She delivered the heartbreaking news.
Now Bradley is trying to help the family even further.
He has set up a fundraising page to help the children with expenses in the future.
He explained that the kids are moving to Florida to be with their grandmother and the costs will be extensive.
“Please donate because the family is going to have to prepare to provide for four [kids],” he told BuzzFeed News.
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/police-ripped-more-stuff-burglars-last-year
Civil asset forfeiture is big business for cops.
By http://www.alternet.org/authors/phillip-smith / AlterNet
November 27, 2015
When you think about getting property stolen, you think about criminals, but maybe you should be thinking about the police. Law enforcement use of asset forfeiture laws to seize property—often without a criminal conviction or even an arrest—has gone through the roof in recent years, and now the cops are giving the criminals a run for their money, and winning.
According to a new report on asset forfeiture from the Institute for Justice, police seized $4.5 billion in cash and property through civil forfeiture last year. That exceeds the $3.9 billion worth of property stolen in burglaries during the same period. The valuation of burglary proceeds is from the FBI's annual Uniform Crime Report.
Now, not every dollar seized by police is stolen. Some of it is seized legitimately from real criminals who should pay for the damage their crimes cause. But in too many cases, property is seized from people who have not been convicted of anything.
Take Charles Clarke. Clarke, a 24-year-old college student, was relieved of $11,000 in cash by federal agents at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport after a ticket agent reportedly told them he smelled like marijuana. They stopped and searched him at the airport, found no drugs or other banned items and never charged him with a crime, but they took his money.
Clarke says the cash was money he had saved over five years for college tuition. A federal judge this month said he was inclined to believe Clarke and has http://www.wcpo.com/news/crime/judge-government-must-prove-it-has-cause-to-keep-students-seized-11000 to actually prove he made the money from drug dealing, as they claim. Clarke may get his money back, but it is an uphill battle. Unlike criminal law, where prosecutors must prove the guilt of the defendant, under civil asset forfeiture law, the burden of proof falls on the person from whom the money or property was seized. The property owner must prove that the property was not the proceeds of crime, and he must pay attorneys to fight for him. And he may not win.
With police racking up billions in seizures each year, law enforcement itself begins to take on the appearance of a criminal enterprise with an ever-expanding appetite. According to Armstrong Economics, federal prosecutors seized an estimated $12.6 billion between 1989 and 2010, and the trend is upward. Federal asset forfeiture proceeds hovered at just under a billion dollars a year until 2007, doubled to two billion by 2009, and doubled again to over four billion in both 2013 and 2014.
Abuses of civil asset forfeiture have struck a chord with the public, and states are now beginning to pass laws banning or severely restricting civil asset forfeiture. Both New Mexico and Michigan did this year, and so did Wyoming, though that law fell victim to a governor's veto.
The issue is again gaining attention in Congress, which passed minor asset forfeiture reforms after a similar outcry 15 years ago. There are at least two bills going after civil asset forfeiture in this Congress, including one from Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and a bipartisan bill that would bar the use of civil asset forfeiture funds by the DEA to eradicate marijuana.
But until federal legislation actually passes, it's still open season on the citizenry.
Civil asset forfeiture is big business for cops.
By http://www.alternet.org/authors/phillip-smith / AlterNet
November 27, 2015
When you think about getting property stolen, you think about criminals, but maybe you should be thinking about the police. Law enforcement use of asset forfeiture laws to seize property—often without a criminal conviction or even an arrest—has gone through the roof in recent years, and now the cops are giving the criminals a run for their money, and winning.
According to a new report on asset forfeiture from the Institute for Justice, police seized $4.5 billion in cash and property through civil forfeiture last year. That exceeds the $3.9 billion worth of property stolen in burglaries during the same period. The valuation of burglary proceeds is from the FBI's annual Uniform Crime Report.
Now, not every dollar seized by police is stolen. Some of it is seized legitimately from real criminals who should pay for the damage their crimes cause. But in too many cases, property is seized from people who have not been convicted of anything.
Take Charles Clarke. Clarke, a 24-year-old college student, was relieved of $11,000 in cash by federal agents at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport after a ticket agent reportedly told them he smelled like marijuana. They stopped and searched him at the airport, found no drugs or other banned items and never charged him with a crime, but they took his money.
Clarke says the cash was money he had saved over five years for college tuition. A federal judge this month said he was inclined to believe Clarke and has http://www.wcpo.com/news/crime/judge-government-must-prove-it-has-cause-to-keep-students-seized-11000 to actually prove he made the money from drug dealing, as they claim. Clarke may get his money back, but it is an uphill battle. Unlike criminal law, where prosecutors must prove the guilt of the defendant, under civil asset forfeiture law, the burden of proof falls on the person from whom the money or property was seized. The property owner must prove that the property was not the proceeds of crime, and he must pay attorneys to fight for him. And he may not win.
With police racking up billions in seizures each year, law enforcement itself begins to take on the appearance of a criminal enterprise with an ever-expanding appetite. According to Armstrong Economics, federal prosecutors seized an estimated $12.6 billion between 1989 and 2010, and the trend is upward. Federal asset forfeiture proceeds hovered at just under a billion dollars a year until 2007, doubled to two billion by 2009, and doubled again to over four billion in both 2013 and 2014.
Abuses of civil asset forfeiture have struck a chord with the public, and states are now beginning to pass laws banning or severely restricting civil asset forfeiture. Both New Mexico and Michigan did this year, and so did Wyoming, though that law fell victim to a governor's veto.
The issue is again gaining attention in Congress, which passed minor asset forfeiture reforms after a similar outcry 15 years ago. There are at least two bills going after civil asset forfeiture in this Congress, including one from Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and a bipartisan bill that would bar the use of civil asset forfeiture funds by the DEA to eradicate marijuana.
But until federal legislation actually passes, it's still open season on the citizenry.
Backslash: a toolkit for protesters facing hyper-militarized, surveillance-heavy police
Backslash: a toolkit for protesters facing hyper-militarized, surveillance-heavy police
Backslash -- an "art/design" project from NYU Interactive Technology Program researchers Xuedi Chen and Pedro G. C. Oliveira -- is a set of high-tech tools for protesters facing down a "hyper-militarized," surviellance-heavy state adversary, including a device to help protesters keep clear of police kettles; a jammer to foil Stingray mobile-phone surveillance; a mesh-networking router; a "personal cloud" that tries to mirror photos and videos from a protest to an offsite location; and tools for covertly signalling situational reports to other protesters.
The kit was inspired by the experiences of protesters at the Gezi Park demonstrations in Turkey; the Hong Kong Umbrella Revolution; and Brazil's Vinegar Revolt. The designers don't plan on making the kit available; instead, it's designed as a "provocation" to stimulate discussion about the nature of protest in the 21st century.
Backslash: a toolkit for protesters facing hyper-militarized, surveillance-heavy police
Backslash -- an "art/design" project from NYU Interactive Technology Program researchers Xuedi Chen and Pedro G. C. Oliveira -- is a set of high-tech tools for protesters facing down a "hyper-militarized," surviellance-heavy state adversary, including a device to help protesters keep clear of police kettles; a jammer to foil Stingray mobile-phone surveillance; a mesh-networking router; a "personal cloud" that tries to mirror photos and videos from a protest to an offsite location; and tools for covertly signalling situational reports to other protesters.
The kit was inspired by the experiences of protesters at the Gezi Park demonstrations in Turkey; the Hong Kong Umbrella Revolution; and Brazil's Vinegar Revolt. The designers don't plan on making the kit available; instead, it's designed as a "provocation" to stimulate discussion about the nature of protest in the 21st century.
Pro-ISIS New York ‘Plotter’ a Mentally Ill Panhandler
Father Describes Him as 'Easily Manipulated'
by Jason Ditz, January 03, 2016
The family of New Year’s plotter Emanuel Lutchman, arrested by the FBI as a “pro-ISIS” extremist who planned to attack a Rochester bar, say he was mentally ill and easily manipulated, and posed no risk to carry out an attack on his own.
Lutchman was in contact with an FBI informant who convinced him that if he wanted to join ISIS he needed to “prove himself” with a domestic attack. The informant also took him to Walmart to buy knives and ski masks for a potential attack.
His father, Omar Lutchman, said his son was impressionable and “easily manipulated,” and that “first he was a Blood, then he was a Crip, then he became a Muslim.” He had apparently been kicked out of the sports bar that was to be the target for panhandling.
The complaint against Lutchman for the “plot” also suggests that he was unlikely to pull off any attacks on his own, noting that he told the FBI informant he didn’t have the money to buy a knife, and managed to convince him to take him shopping at Walmart to get some.
Father Describes Him as 'Easily Manipulated'
by Jason Ditz, January 03, 2016
The family of New Year’s plotter Emanuel Lutchman, arrested by the FBI as a “pro-ISIS” extremist who planned to attack a Rochester bar, say he was mentally ill and easily manipulated, and posed no risk to carry out an attack on his own.
Lutchman was in contact with an FBI informant who convinced him that if he wanted to join ISIS he needed to “prove himself” with a domestic attack. The informant also took him to Walmart to buy knives and ski masks for a potential attack.
His father, Omar Lutchman, said his son was impressionable and “easily manipulated,” and that “first he was a Blood, then he was a Crip, then he became a Muslim.” He had apparently been kicked out of the sports bar that was to be the target for panhandling.
The complaint against Lutchman for the “plot” also suggests that he was unlikely to pull off any attacks on his own, noting that he told the FBI informant he didn’t have the money to buy a knife, and managed to convince him to take him shopping at Walmart to get some.
Mentally ill panhandlers....sounds like most of ISIS.
tenpoundsleft
Member
It's the SWAT team mentality, the blue to black change of the police force.
Get them back in blue with gold piping uniforms, no armor plating, maybe a .38 Special Colt Detective, maybe just a baton.
You can't put people in full battle gear and give them SWAT training and not think there will be a severe us-them challenge.
Get them back in blue with gold piping uniforms, no armor plating, maybe a .38 Special Colt Detective, maybe just a baton.
You can't put people in full battle gear and give them SWAT training and not think there will be a severe us-them challenge.
They should have no weapons at all, or maybe a Nerf baton. Then they would have to ask ordinary armed citizens to help them make arrests. Stupid laws, which is most of them, would then go unenforced, and the responsibility for personal protection would return to the individual where it belongs.
tenpoundsleft
Member
Reminds me of the ATF thugs and Randy Weaver at Ruby Ridge.
With enough manipulation, anyone can become a criminal, even easier today with all the new regs - especially under Obama, what isn't illegal?
Can the REAL liberals step forward, and all the fascists and socialists just fuck off?
tenpoundsleft
Member
Well, I said "maybe" and the above model worked during the postwar period, up until the SWAT teams came about. End all these domestic "war on..." and we won't need SWAT. Especially the "war on drugs" needs to go.
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