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PORTAGE COUNTY, Ohio — Portage County's sheriff appeared to call for residents to record the addresses of residents who publicly display support for presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Sheriff Bruce D. Zuchowski, who took office in 2021, made the remarks in Facebook posts shared to two separate accounts on the night of Sept. 13. "When people ask me...What's gonna happen if the Flip - Flopping, Laughing Hyena Wins?? I say...write down all the addresses of the people who had her signs in their yards! Sooo...when the Illegal human "Locust" (which she supports!) Need places to live...We'll already have the addresses of the their New families...who supported their arrival!" Zuchowski wrote.
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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/13349939 > cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/13145612 > > > (edit) Would someone please ship some counterfeit money through there and get it confiscated, so the police can then be investigated for spending counterfeit money?
www.theguardian.com
> Danny Torres, 27-year veteran who forcibly arrested Hill in Florida on Sunday, suspended for total of about 50 days
When law enforcement officers question a young person in custody, it is called custodial interrogation. In many states, lawyers are not guaranteed for every child during police interrogation, and most states allow children to waive their right to legal counsel—even if they are unclear about what that means. In Delaware, Illinois, Oregon and Utah, law enforcement cannot use deceptive tactics such as making false claims about evidence or promising leniency when questioning a minor. Nevada is among the states to have enacted other safeguards, such as requiring police officers to read a simplified version of Miranda rights to young people during interrogations. Utah passed a similar bill earlier this year. Some states, including California, Illinois, Maryland and Washington, have adopted legislation to mandate that youth speak to a defense attorney before waiving their Miranda rights. Also during the 2023 legislative session, three states—Colorado, Indiana and Nevada—enacted laws making a young person’s statement inadmissible if deceptive tactics are used during questioning.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19678700 > The New York Police Department has tossed out hundreds of civilian complaints about police misconduct this year without looking at the evidence. > > The cases were fully investigated and substantiated by the city’s police oversight agency, the Civilian Complaint Review Board, and sent to the NYPD for disciplinary action. They included officers wrongfully searching vehicles and homes, as well as using excessive force against New Yorkers. > > In one instance, an officer punched a man in the groin, the oversight agency found. In another, an officer unjustifiably tackled a young man, and then another officer wrongly stopped and searched him, according to the CCRB. > > The incident involving the young man was one of dozens of stop-and-frisk complaints the NYPD dismissed without review this year — a significant development given that the department is still under federal monitoring that a court imposed more than a decade ago over the controversial tactic.
www.theguardian.com
> A police officer dragged Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill out of his car and then forced him face first on to the ground during a traffic stop
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_The video makes it disturbingly clear that the kitchen floor, onto which Killian was ordering Ramirez and Gonzales to lie down, was covered by this point in their dogs’ blood._
www.desertsun.com
According to the video, a minor answered the door after the deputy rang the bell. Captions in the video say the minor closed the door after seeing the deputy, only for the deputy to open the door and let himself in. After Shirey points at the deputy, he grabs her and pulls her onto the front porch before putting her in handcuffs. The Sheriff's Department says she was ultimately booked into the Cois Byrd Detention Center for resisting arrest and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. "This incident occurred over a month before being posted to social media and only days before the arraignment of the individual arrested for delaying/obstructing an investigation and contributing to the delinquency of minors," the Sheriff's Office said in a statement. All body-worn camera footage has been obtained, and the Sheriff's Office says it will conduct a thorough investigation to determine if discipline is warranted.
www.seattletimes.com
([Archived link](https://archive.ph/F6vcI))
reason.com
Medina offered two puzzling excuses for leaving his camera off. He "cited intermittent conversations with his wife, who was a passenger in his unmarked patrol vehicle at the time of the collision," Ortiz says. "He claimed there was a right to privileged communication between spouses, which specifically exempted him from mandatory recording requirements." But the relevant policy "does not provide for nonrecording based on spousal privilege." Even more troubling, Medina said he "purposefully did not record because he was invoking his 5th Amendment right not to self-incriminate." Since "he was involved in a traffic collision," he reasoned, he was "subject to 5th Amendment protections."
Source https://apnews.com/article/trump-police-crime-law-enforcement-de5662eb889fb5dd75a893e1871b3400
edmonton.ctvnews.ca
Sequence of events: 1. Lightning-Saddleback made a 911 call at 12:28 a.m. stating he was being followed by a group of people who wanted to harm him. 2. In an interaction captured by the officer's in-car video system, the two spoke about the situation, and the victim gave the officer a machete and a knife that he had in his possession. 3. The officer determined that the victim was at risk and attempted to arrest him. 4. The victim panicked and ran. He was struck by gunfire and fell to the ground.
Talk about intimidating the populace!
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19313916 > A retired Aurora police sergeant faces criminal charges for raping his daughter and continually sexually assaulting her and his two adopted daughters, but he remains free from custody while his ex-wife is in jail for objecting to court-ordered reunification therapy meant to repair his relationship with two of his sons.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19313916 > A retired Aurora police sergeant faces criminal charges for raping his daughter and continually sexually assaulting her and his two adopted daughters, but he remains free from custody while his ex-wife is in jail for objecting to court-ordered reunification therapy meant to repair his relationship with two of his sons.
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Disgraced Massachusetts cop Matthew Farwell, 38, strangled Sandra Birchmore, 23, in 2021 after she revealed she was pregnant with his child, prosecutors alleged Wednesday. Farwell is accused of having a years-long sexual relationship with Birchmore, beginning when she was 15 and he was 27, the US Attorney’s Office said.
>Instead of showing her hands as told, they said, the 16-year-old girl stood and approached them with the blade. > >Two officers opened fire simultaneously, one with a less-lethal foam projectile and the other with real bullets, killing her two days before Leafa was to start her junior year of high school. She had recently moved from American Samoa to get a better education and was still learning English, her family said. > >Leafa was among seven people shot by Anchorage police since May... more than twice as many as the department typically shoots in a year. Four of the subjects were killed. Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240827115115/https://apnews.com/article/police-use-force-officer-shooting-anchorage-456f54d86ad8e3d60e07ab75eb2fcac6
Louisville Metro Police Department says Javar Downs, who works for the Traffic Unit, was taken into custody on Friday. They said a person was arrested on Wednesday and the next day, filed a complaint with police saying around $4,000 of their $10,000 had been taken. LMPD's Public Integrity Unit opened an investigation and, early Friday morning, arrested Downs and charged him with theft by unlawfully taking over $1,000 and official misconduct. The department said Interim Chief Paul Humphrey placed Downs on emergency suspension, limited his police powers and has begun the process of firing him.
According to police, officers were investigating Ridder on an unrelated matter when they found evidence of child pornography on a device belonging to Ridder. His home and other devices were also searched. When Sheriff Gerald Sticker was made aware of the allegations, he said he placed Ridder on administrative leave and made him surrender his department uniforms, gear, and car.
www.lbc.co.uk
A waitress then approaches to serve up their food, but as she places it on the table, the man leans over and smashes an empty plate in her face. She quickly steps back and walks away as the man shouts after her. She claimed: "The police were present at the time, I reported it to them, and they let him go without taking his details or checking the CCTV. "I filed a complaint against the officers and their supervisor got back to me and essentially said 'they’re humans and made a mistake'."
The sheriff’s office confirmed that Lujan deployed a Taser once Thompson had entered the interstate. According to the lawsuit, Lujan was standing on the shoulder of the highway when he deployed the Taser. Body camera footage shows Thompson becoming incapacitated after being stunned and collapsing on the ground. Lujan notices the oncoming traffic and utters some profanity before moving to the side of the highway, according to the lawsuit. “Deputy Lujan did not attempt to move Mr. Thompson to a place of safety so that he would not be run over,” said the attorneys in the lawsuit. Brent was then hit by a passing car. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The video is NSFW: https://www.reddit.com/r/CrazyFuckingVideos/comments/1eyj3kh/man_trys_escaping_police_after_giving_a_fake_name/
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.wtf/post/10079792 > https://reason.com/2024/04/05/california-cops-tased-a-man-having-a-seizure-then-booked-him-on-bogus-charges-to-cover-their-mistake/
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Kern County Sheriff’s deputies accused of using a cat as target practice have been disciplined and they’re back at work. The incident happened at the Hart Park training facility back in March. A woman walking in the park said she saw the deputies shoot a cat and kill it. This case is completed. The allegations were sustained. The officers involved were appropriately disciplined. I met with animal rights groups; they’re content with what we’re doing,” Youngblood said on 17 News at Sunrise. “They’re back to work, but they’ve been disciplined and that’s about all I can tell you without violating the peace officer bill of rights.”
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18621322 > _“I’m not proud of the fact the officer did what he did, but I’m also not going to hide it,” the Jonesboro police chief said in explaining his decision to release the bodycam video._ > > An Arkansas police officer who was caught on video beating a handcuffed inmate in the back of a patrol car has been fired and his case has been referred to prosecutors, the police chief said. > > Jonesboro Police Chief Rick Elliott fired Joseph Harris on Friday, a day after he was caught on his patrol car video elbowing and punching the handcuffed man and then slamming the car door on his head after the man choked himself with a seatbelt. > > Elliott said the inmate, Billy Lee Coram, who is white, had been in the custody of the sheriff’s office and was being treated at a hospital for allegedly having ingested fentanyl when he escaped. He was apprehended by Harris and was being returned to the county jail when the assault occurred, Elliott said. He said that, to his knowledge, Coram had not sustained any lasting injuries.
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An Arkansas officer was fired after video footage was released showing a man being punched and elbowed while handcuffed in the back of a police car. The Jonesboro Police Department said in a Facebook post on Friday - the day after the incident occurred - that Joseph Harris' termination was "effective immediately".
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18608380 > **A former Kansas police chief who led a [raid last year on a weekly newspaper](https://apnews.com/article/marion-kansas-newspaper-raid-aca057365ea3925328a69acd615c9893) has been charged with felony obstruction of justice and is accused of persuading a potential witness to withhold information from authorities when they later investigated his conduct.** > > The single charge against former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody alleges that he knowingly or intentionally influenced the witness to withhold information on the day of the raid of the Marion County Record and the home of its publisher or sometime within the following six days. The charge was filed Monday in state district court in Marion County and is not more specific about Cody’s alleged conduct. > > The raid **sparked a national debate about [press freedom](https://apnews.com/article/marion-county-record-kansas-newspaper-raid-f1e49c4e542ddb3cf19c9ca02a0a21fb)** focused on Marion, a town of about 1,900 people set among rolling prairie hills about 150 miles (241 kilometers) southwest of Kansas City, Missouri. Also, newspaper Publisher Eric Meyer’s mother, who co-owned the newspaper and lived with him, died the next day of a heart attack, and he blames the stress of the raid.