Police Chiefs Gone WILD (Episode 107)

Shots Shots Shots Shots Shots (Episode 108)

Security camera video contradicts the official story of CA deputies who killed an unarmed man for jaywalking, while security camera video contradicts the official story of NV police who killed an unarmed man for running away. An OH police officer is indicted for soliciting kiddie porn, while a WA state patrol employee is indicted for attempting to rape a child. Plus another dozen+ stories of criminal justice f*ckery! *THANK YOU* to this week’s Show Note Sponsors (Anon, Trey Benfield, Ian Booth, Mary Jo Gustafson, Colleen Mahaney, Neil Richmond, Ari Rutenberg, Michael Teal) and our #Law140 Lovers (Lindsey Bowser, Erica Phillips, Helen Poston, and Joe Sevits)! Show Notes: * ARIZONA: Phoenix PD cops caught on bodycam confirming protest arrests were politically motivated [https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/13/phoenix-police-blm-video/] (Washington Post) * ARIZONA: Phoenix PD also discovered to have created “challenge coin” celebrating lawful protestor shot in the groin [https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/investigations/protest-arrests/phoenix-police-department-trophy-celebrates-shooting-man-in-groin-during-protests] (KNXV 15) * CALIFORNIA: LAPD opens investigation into cops sharing a meme mocking the killing of George Floyd [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/us/lapd-george-floyd.html] (NY Times) * CALIFORNIA: Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputies Eduardo Duran and Jonathan Israel summarily execute unarmed homeless black man Kurt Reinhold for the heinous crime of jaywalking [https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-18/orange-county-deputies-argued-priorr-to-shooting-black-man] (Los Angeles Times) * FLORIDA: After warnings of right-wing political violence, FBI arrests a leftist for social media posts [https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/14/fbi-arrest-left-wing-violence/] (Washington Post) * LOUISIANA: Cell phone video shows an unidentified Baton Rouge PD officer brutally choking out an unarmed 13-year-old black boy [https://www.ajc.com/news/video-shows-baton-rouge-officer-with-arm-around-black-teens-neck/PR7J3GOPA5AOJATW7IGHCQORGY/] (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) * LOUISIANA: New Orleans DA waiving objections to new trial requests for those convicted by non-unanimous juries [https://www.nola.com/news/courts/article_b3545d42-784d-11eb-9e12-8fb36f86a313.html] (New Orleans Advocate) * NEVADA: New security footage exposes Las Vegas Metro Police lied about their extrajudicial summary execution of unarmed 25-year-old Jorge Gomez [https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/watch-live-new-video-evidence-in-police-shooting-of-jorge-gomez-to-be-released-by-attorneys/] (KLAS 8) * Watch the video yourself [https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1364701903309922310] (Twitter) * NEW YORK: No charges for Buffalo PD cops on camera shoving unarmed 75-year-old Martin Gugino to the ground and cracking his skull [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/nyregion/martin-gugino-buffalo-police.html] (New York Times) * NEW YORK: Career NYPD cop Thomas Webster charged for assaulting a police officer with a flag pole at the 1/6 MAGA Insurrection [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/nyregion/nypd-officer-arrested-capitol-riot.html] (NY Times) * NEW YORK: SDNY federal prosecutors withhold evidence, lie, get found out [https://apnews.com/article/nba-new-york-iran-courts-trials-cb6cbc5b1979dd977a5dc15290e4f10c] (Associated Press) * NORTH CAROLINA: Fuquay Varina cops handcuff an unarmed black 14-year-old for “stealing” a bike the teen bought [https://indyweek.com/news/wake/fuquay-varina-pd-malcom-ziglar/] (Indy Week) * NORTH CAROLINA: Judge holds Mooresville PD in contempt for failing to return $17,000 it stole man and then sent to the Feds the day before the contempt hearing [https://statesville.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/city-of-mooresville-mooresville-police-department-held-in-civil-contempt-of-court/article_17dca8d2-6b15-11eb-9914-fb2c86136d4a.html] (Statesville Record & Landmark) * NORTH CAROLINA: Wake County prosecutor resigns for impersonating police officer [https://www.wral.com/wake-prosecutor-charged-with-impersonating-deputy-resigns/19523865/] (WRAL 5) * OHIO: Franklin County sheriff’s deputy Daniel Heintz federally indicted for soliciting child pornography [https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2021/02/24/franklin-county-sheriffs-office-employee-arrested-federal-charges/4572973001/] (Columbus Dispatch) * OREGON: Clark County deputies summarily execute unarmed 30-year-old Jenoah Donald for sport, then lie in post-killing reports [https://www.opb.org/article/2021/02/12/jenoah-donald-clark-county-sheriffs-office-shooting-death/] (Oregon Public Broadcasting) * OREGON: US DOJ report confirms Portland PD continues to violate its consent decree for abusing people [https://www.opb.org/article/2021/02/11/portland-police-once-again-out-of-compliance-with-federal-oversight/] (Oregon Public Broadcasting) * PENNSYLVANIA: North Cornwall PD officer Joseph Fischer charged for attacking police at the 1/6 MAGA Insurrection [https://www.thedailybeast.com/pennsylvania-police-officer-joseph-fischer-charged-in-capitol-riots] (Daily Beast) * TEXAS: Harris County deputy on camera threatening to kill an unarmed driver for sport [https://abc13.com/amp/harris-county-deputy-caught-on-video-pulling-gun-man-accused-of-during-funeral-procession-allegedly-threatened-driver-highway/10365200/] (KTRK 13) * WASHINGTON: Washington State Patrol employee Trevor Smith arrested for attempted rape of a child [https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/washington-state-patrol-employee-charged-with-two-counts-of-attempted-child-rape/] (Seattle Times) The post Shots Shots Shots Shots Shots (Episode 108) [https://www.fsckemall.com/2021/03/shots-shots-shots-shots-shots-episode-108/] appeared first on #FSCK 'Em All! 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Police Chiefs Gone WILD (Episode 107)

Lots of Rules of #Fsck in this episode. Join us for a police chief casually dropping n-bombs on bodycam, another police chief tolerating her cops pepper-spraying a 9-year-old in the face for sport, another police chief defending his officer for the extrajudicial summary execution of an unarmed black man in mental distress, and a truly audacious police chief juggling a wife, 2 fiancees, and 9+ girlfriends amid getting arrested for fabricating evidence. *THANK YOU* to this week’s Show Note Sponsors (Anon, Trey Benfield, Ian Booth, Mary Jo Gustafson, Colleen Mahaney, Neil Richmond, Ari Rutenberg, Michael Teal) and our #Law140 Lovers (Lindsey Bowser, Casey Carmody, Erica Phillips, Helen Poston, and Joe Sevits)! Show Notes: * Biden, Senate Democrats prioritize civil rights and criminal defense attorneys for judgeships [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/after-trump-democrats-set-out-mission-repair-courts-n1256174] (NBC News) * 8th Circuit: Qualified immunity denied to SWAT cop who tear-gassed reporters at 2014 BLM protest [https://ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/21/01/192462P.pdf] (8th Circuit COA) * Data: disturbing patterns in police executions of unarmed black people [https://www.npr.org/2021/01/25/956177021/fatal-police-shootings-of-unarmed-black-people-reveal-troubling-patterns] (NPR) * CALIFORNIA: Oakland PD seizes 100+ city-provided mobile phones from its officers over suspected criming [https://www.ktvu.com/news/oakland-police-seize-cops-phones-in-online-probe] (KTVU 2) * CALIFORNIA: San Diego County deputy Aaron Russell charged with 2nd-degree murder after being caught on video shooting unarmed black man in the back for sport [https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/courts/story/2021-01-26/video-of-shooting-revealed-in-deadly-downtown-shooting-of-fleeing-escapee] (San Diego Union-Tribune) * FLORIDA: 1st Hispanic Osceola Sheriff Marco Lopez hires nearly-all-white command staff for department, even less diversity than predecessor [https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/osceola-county/os-prem-ne-marco-lopez-osceola-command-staff-20210122-m5asti56ovbe7n35q5snqocp3a-story.html] (Orlando Sentinel) * FLORIDA: Liberty High School “school resource officer” – a cop – on video bodyslamming an unarmed black schoolgirl to the concrete and knocking her out cold [https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/26/florida-cop-slam-female-student-knock-her-out/] (TMZ) * Video #1 [https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1354229239097253889] (Twitter) * Video #2 [https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1354241845325418497] (Twitter) * FLORIDA: Lake County “school resource officer” – a cop – on video tasing unarmed black schoolgirl as she backs away with her hands raised [https://www.wftv.com/news/local/lake-county/watch-viral-video-shows-school-resource-officer-using-taser-student-eustis-high-school/3D2JJI64Q5FRHOE5S4DACWUZ2M/] (WFTV 9) * Video [https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1354833494011211779] (Twitter) * GEORGIA: Whitfield County deputies boot reporter, crew for asking questions to Congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene during town hall Q&A [https://www.mediaite.com/news/watch-cops-eject-local-reporter-from-marjorie-taylor-greene-town-hall-for-asking-about-her-assassination-fandom/] (Mediaite) * GEORGIA: Hamilton PD police chief Gene Allmond resigns and Patrolman John Brooks is fired after bodycam catches both using racial slurs ahead of BLM protests [https://www.wtvm.com/2021/01/29/hamilton-police-chief-patrolman-asked-resign-after-body-cam-black-lives-matter-protest-surfaces/] (WTVM 9) * LOUISIANA: Oberlin cemetery denies burial to black law enforcement officer, sales contract was whites-only [https://www.klfy.com/louisiana/allen-parish-family-denied-burial-because-of-skin-color-people-need-to-know-its-just-not-right/] (KLFY 10) * MARYLAND: Montgomery County Police Officers Dionne Holliday and Kevin Christmon on video shouting at, assaulting, threatening a 5-year-old black child [https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/27/us/maryland-officers-assault-kindergartener/index.html] (CNN) * NEW YORK: Nine Rochester PD cops handcuff 9-year-old black girl, then pepper-spray her in the face for sport [https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2021/01/30/rochester-ny-police-officer-sprayed-irritant-handcuffed-minor-avenue-b/4323951001/] (Democrat & Chronicle) * Video [https://twitter.com/r2020PB/status/1356079190257364992] (Twitter) * NORTH CAROLINA: Brittany Kittrell jailed for petty theft, given COVID-19 death sentence [https://indyweek.com/news/durham/family-brittany-kittrell-jail-death-covid-rehab/] (IndyWeek) * NORTH CAROLINA: Southport PD officer Bryon Vessey tells colleagues “I don’t have time for this sh*t,” blows away schizophrenic boy having mental health episode [https://www.insider.com/cop-said-i-dont-have-time-shooting-keith-vidal-2020-11] (Insider) * NORTH CAROLINA: Wake County deputy Rodale Pippen arrested for giving contraband to jail inmates [https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article248795385.html] (News & Observer) * This is normal. Jail staff have long been the #1 source of jail contraband. [https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2018/12/06/jail-contraband/] (Prison Policy Initiative) * OHIO: Assorted police departments “rescue” 8 women by arresting and prosecuting them for prostitution [https://www.wane.com/news/national-world/8-women-rescued-and-arrested-in-central-ohio-human-trafficking-single-day-sting/] (WANE 15) * TEXAS: Bodycam footage released of Killeen PD officer Reynaldo Contreras summarily executing unarmed black man Patrick Warren Sr. [https://thegrio.com/2021/01/24/patrick-warren-body-cam-footage-released/] (TheGrio) * TEXAS: Stinnett PD police chief Jason Collier arrested for fabricating evidence as part of viral multi-woman affair [https://www.myhighplains.com/news/local-news/stinnett-police-chief-jason-collier-arrested-by-texas-rangers/] (KAMR 4) * HONG KONG: Hong Kong cop sexually assaults 6 underage girls aged 11 to 14, gets 46 months in jail [https://hongkongfp.com/2021/01/28/hong-kong-police-officer-gets-46-months-jail-for-sexually-assaulting-6-underage-girls/] (Hong Kong Free Press) The post Police Chiefs Gone WILD (Episode 107) [https://www.fsckemall.com/2021/02/police-chiefs-gone-wild-episode-107/] appeared first on #FSCK 'Em All! 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Different Verse, Same as the First (Episode 106)

Happy Biden Administration! Even with a change of presidents, criminal justice f*ckery continues unabated. Join us for civil rights violations in California, more people released from prison for crimes they didn’t commit in North Carolina, and some truly bonkers idiocy by the Dickson TN Police working with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. *THANK YOU* to this week’s Show Note Sponsors (Anon, Trey Benfield, Ian Booth, Mary Jo Gustafson, JH, Colleen Mahaney, Neil Richmond, Ari Rutenberg, Michael Teal) and our #Law140 Lovers (Lindsey Bowser, Casey Carmody, Erica Phillips, Helen Poston, and Joe Sevits)! Show Notes: * 9th Circuit: 9-year prison sentence is OK for mentally ill blind man who didn’t notify cops he became homeless within 5 days [https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/memoranda/2021/01/20/20-55073.pdf] (9th Circuit COA) * Data: Police 3x more likely to use force against left-wing protestors, let right-wing protestors get away with comparable conduct [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/13/us-police-use-of-force-protests-black-lives-matter-far-right] (The Guardian (UK)) * CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies Miguel Vega and Chris Hernandez kidnap a skateboarder and lie about it; months later, they kill Andres Guardado [https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-15/guardado-shooting-la-deputies-under-criminal-investigation] (LA Times) * CALIFORNIA: Attorney General opens civil rights investigation into Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department [https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN29R2O5] (Reuters) * CALIFORNIA: Blind and deaf 91-year-old woman calls police to report an intruder; cops show up and shoot her dead for sport [https://www.vvdailypress.com/story/news/2021/01/11/update-91-year-old-woman-armed-with-shotgun-shot-by-deputies-in-spring-valley-lake-on-saturday/6626422002/] (Victorville Daily Press) * DC: Capitol PD Officer Eugene Goodman did truly exemplary police work during the Capitol MAGA riot [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/goodman-capitol-police-video/2021/01/13/08ab3eb6-546b-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html] (Washington Post) * DC: 2 off-duty cops indicted for participating in Capitol riot; 13 more facing imminent prosecution; dozens more under investigation [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/police-trump-capitol-mob/2021/01/16/160ace1e-567d-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html] (Washington Post) * MICHIGAN: State police leadership using encryption apps like Signal to avoid providing documents in response to public records requests [https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/top-state-police-leaders-found-to-have-been-using-encryption-software-on-text-messages] (WJBK 2) * NORTH CAROLINA: State Highway Patrol Cpt. Neil Denman calls his troopers “lazy,” insists they write more tickets without regard for whether crimes are actually happening [https://www.wect.com/2021/01/21/nc-state-highway-patrol-commander-tells-lazy-troopers-write-more-tickets/] (WECT 6) * NORTH CAROLINA: Charlotte man Willie George Shaw exonerated and released after spending 4+ years in prison for a sexual assault he did not commit [https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/mecklenburg-county-man-released-prison-after-wrongful-conviction/DO75OF3IBBH2HMHLJWVWVOS4Y4/] (WSOC 9) * NORTH CAROLINA: Durham City Council invests in community “violence interruption” program to address spike in gun violence [https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/durham-county/article248629260.html] (News & Observer) * Recall: data shows nonprofits reduce crime more than police [https://www.fsckemall.com/2017/11/gop-gross-old-pedophiles-episode-37/] (Fsck #37) * PENNSYLVANIA: Judge throws out criminal charges against fired Philadelphia PD cop Joseph Bologna Jr., after he was caught on camera clubbing the sh*t out of a Temple University student for sport [https://www.inquirer.com/news/joseph-bologna-philadelphia-police-beating-protester-george-floyd-20210115.html] (Philadelphia Inquirer) * Video 1 of Joey Bologna clubbing the student [https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1268766216161763328] (Twitter) * Video 2 of Joey Bologna clubbing the student [https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1272207980247814145] (Twitter) * Joey Bologna then tried to frame the student he beat [https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1270711188645728257] (Twitter) * TENNESSEE: Dickson man shared a photoshopped picture on Facebook; cops illegally arrested him for harassing a (dead) cop [https://www.newschannel5.com/news/man-charged-after-posting-fake-photo-of-fallen-deputys-gravesite-on-social-media] (WTVF 5) * It’s a Photoshop of an album cover [https://twitter.com/adamsteinbaugh/status/1353002985912225792] (Twitter) * WASHINGTON: 9 months after cops killed unarmed black man Manuel Ellis, investigation discloses two new officers secretly helped kill him [https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/new-report-reveals-fifth-tacoma-officer-restrained-manuel-ellis-who-died-in-police-custody/] (Seattle Times) * WASHINGTON: Unidentified Tacoma PD officer on multiple videos plowing through crowd in his SUV for sport, running over multiple pedestrians [https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article248726860.html] (Tacoma News Tribune) The post Different Verse, Same as the First (Episode 106) [https://www.fsckemall.com/2021/01/different-verse-same-first-episode-106/] appeared first on #FSCK 'Em All! 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We Live in the Dumbest Possible Timeline (Episode 104)

We’re back! Join us this week for cops doing casual corpse-fondling in California, beating a domestic violence victim for sport in Texas, repeatedly shooting an autistic 13-year-old in Utah, and a lot more! *THANK YOU* to this week’s Show Note Sponsors (Anon, Trey Benfield, Ian Booth, Brian Carruthers, Mary Jo Gustafson, JH, Colleen Mahaney, Neil Richmond, Michael Teal, Mr. Zaroc) and our #Law140 Lovers (Lindsey Bowser, Casey Carmody, Erica Phillips, Helen Poston, and Joe Sevits)! Show Notes: * The Police Brutality Mega-Thread [https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1284526898991828992] (Twitter) * 9th Circuit: Qualified immunity given to social worker who sexually harassed child’s legal guardian and then retaliated against her when she reported the harassment [https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2020/09/09/18-55450.pdf] (9th Circuit COA) * ARIZONA: Tempe PD cop Ronald Kerzaya holds black man at gunpoint responding to call about white suspect [https://www.azfamily.com/news/tempe-officer-holds-black-man-at-gunpoint-while-searching-for-white-suspect/article_117c7ee0-eea1-11ea-ab80-07076ac9548e.html] (KTVK 3) * CALIFORNIA: LAPD cop David Rojas criminally charged for being caught on bodycam fondling a dead woman [https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-12/lapd-officer-accused-of-fondling-dead-womans-breasts-arrested-charged] (LA Times) * CALIFORNIA: Orange County deputy Steve Hortz arrested after being caught on video repeatedly burglarizing the home of a dead man [https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/09/10/orange-county-oc-deputy-arrested-burglary-stolen-items-home-of-dead-man/] (KCBS 2) * CALIFORNIA: 7 other Orange County deputies suspended for falsely collecting paid time off for non-existent military service [https://ktla.com/news/o-c-deputies-accused-of-falsely-saying-they-had-been-called-to-serve-the-military-collecting-paid-time-off/] (KTLA 5) * CONNECTICUT: Bridgeport PD chief Armando Perez resigns after being federally indicted for fraud [https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/FBI-Bridgeport-police-chief-personnel-director-15557287.php] (Connecticut Post) * FLORIDA: Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco thinks the movie “Minority Report” was a documentary [https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/2020/investigations/police-pasco-sheriff-targeted/intelligence-led-policing/] (Tampa Bay Times) * GEORGIA: White deputies caught on camera beating the everlasting sh*t out of black man for not providing ID [https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/clayton-county-deputy-on-leave-after-arrest-video/85-ca47711d-3fbc-4f54-bf61-9caae6949204] (WXIA 11) * GEORGIA: Henry County deputies conduct a no-knock SWAT raid on the wrong house, traumatize 79-year-old owner, get qualified immunity [https://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/the-reveal/henry-county-no-knock-warrant-wrong-house/85-3af2b307-8a6a-4f8c-8355-3ebe58a8c508] (WXIA 11) * LOUISIANA: Three Lafayette police officers caught on camera beating the sh*t out of two black teens for sport [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rough-arrest-black-teen-southern-louisiana-prompts-internal-police-probe-n1239866] (NBC News) * LOUISIANA: New Orleans PD sergeant Robert Blanchard charged with pulling a gun on a motorist in road rage incident [https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_079ed9ec-eeb8-11ea-81b0-d73e4e77f967.html] (New Orleans Advocate) * MICHIGAN: Macomb County elected District Attorney Eric Smith pleads guilty to federal charges after asking subordinates to lie to police investigating him for corruption [https://www.macombdaily.com/news/copscourts/former-prosecutor-eric-smith-pleads-to-federal-obstruction-charge/article_704aef98-f2c9-11ea-afd0-83f35f205e16.html] (Macomb Daily) * NEW JERSEY: Neptune City jailer Jovanny Galindo charged with falsifying records to hide pepper-spraying an inmate [https://www.app.com/story/news/crime/jersey-mayhem/2020/09/04/neptune-city-corrections-officer-pepper-sprayed-inmate-lied-it-nj-ag-says/5714927002/] (Asbury Park Press) * NORTH CAROLINA: Raleigh PD detective Omar Abdullah on leave after discovery he fabricated evidence in 12-15 drug cases [https://abc11.com/omar-abdullah-kimberly-muktarian-raleigh-police-department/6416588/] (WTVD 11) * OKLAHOMA: 74-year-old grandmother asks Oklahoma City police for a warrant as they attempt to arrest her son, so cops break her arm [https://www.koco.com/article/74-year-old-grandmother-says-police-broke-her-arm-okcpd-confirms-personnel-investigation/33811161#] (KOCO 5) * OKLAHOMA: Tulsa PD cop Aaron Russell charged with reckless handling of firearm after shooting driver, fabricating basis for it [https://ktul.com/news/local/tulsa-police-officer-indicted-after-march-shooting] (KTUL 8) * PENNSYLVANIA: Unhinged off-duty Pittsburgh cop Paul Abel Jr. on camera arresting man for “being disrespectful” about Thin Blue Line mask [https://www.wtae.com/article/man-arrested-after-argument-over-mask-at-squirrel-hill-farmers-market/33961387] (WTAE 4) * TENNESSEE: Politicians misallocate $300K in coronavirus money to hire more cops [https://apnews.com/bd36502d2c9bd21f623c542ddc00fc47] (Associated Press) * TEXAS: 4 Houston PD cops fired after shooting Nicolas Chavez 24 times after he was already on the ground [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/us/nicholas-chavez-houston-police.html] (NY Times) * TEXAS: Williamson County deputies beat the sh*t out of a domestic violence victim when she says she doesn’t want their help [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/09/03/after-call-help-texas-deputies-attack-domestic-violence-victim/5705703002/] (Austin American-Statesman) * UTAH: Police repeatedly shoot 13-year-old autistic boy when his mother calls for a Crisis Intervention Team [https://kutv.com/news/local/mother-of-child-shot-by-slcpd-officer-speaks-out-why-didnt-you-just-tackle-him] (KUTV 2) The post We Live in the Dumbest Possible Timeline (Episode 104) [https://www.fsckemall.com/2020/09/dumbest-possible-timeline-episode-104/] appeared first on #FSCK 'Em All! 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3rd Rule of Fsck Remains Undefeated Too (Episode 103)

Join us this week for a lot of cops caught on video doing stupid sh*t, police using stay-at-home orders to keep black folks in the house while whites roam free, a truly excellent long-read dissection of qualified immunity, and other stories that make you wonder wtf is going on in this country. *THANK YOU* to this week’s Show Note Sponsors (Anon, Trey Benfield, Colleen Mahaney, and Michael Teal) and our #Law140 Lovers (Lindsey Bowser, Erica Phillips, Helen Poston, and Joe Sevits)! Show Notes: * Stanford study of 95,000,000+ traffic stops shows persistent racial disparities, “veil of darkness” everywhere [https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/ssoe-psf050620.php] (AAAS) * This is the same basic conclusion of a 2016 RTI study of 20,000 traffic stops in Durham [https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/durham-news/article66663217.html] (News & Observer) * Brutal analysis provides the data on how courts favor police in qualified immunity cases [https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-police-immunity-scotus/] (Reuters) * CALIFORNIA: LAPD officer caught on video beating the sh*t out of random black man for sport [https://ktla.com/news/local-news/video-shows-lapd-officer-striking-man-repeatedly-in-boyle-heights-prompts-investigation/] (KTLA 5) * CALIFORNIA: LAPD officer Ismael Tamayo facing assault charges for trying to kill another LAPD officer during campaign trip [https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-05/lapd-officer-charged-with-assault-with-a-deadly-weapon-after-camping-trip-shooting] (LA Times) * CALIFORNIA: White cop caught on video brutalizing 14-year-old over cigarette possession [https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/04/rancho-cordova-police-department-elijah-tufono-beating.html] (Slate) * COLORADO: Denver PD beat the everlasting sh*t out of motorist for sport, on camera bragging “this is what happens when you elude police” [https://www.kron4.com/news/excessive-force-lawsuit-denver-officer-said-this-is-what-happens-when-you-elude-police-dude/amp/] (KRON 4) * CONNECTICUT: Inmates who test positive for COVID-19 are sent to solitary confinement… with no toiletries, forbidden to bathe [https://theappeal.org/connecticut-covid-19-prison-quarantine-northern-correctional-institution/] (The Appeal) * GEORGIA: Cops protected by sovereign immunity after jailing woman for 94 days for cotton candy they thought was meth [https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/lawsuit-dismissed-for-ga-woman-wrongly-jailed-over-cotton-candy-mistake] (WAGA 5) * GEORGIA: Ahmaud Arbery, unarmed black jogger, summarily executed for sport on camera by retired DA investigator and his son [https://www.nytimes.com/article/ahmaud-arbery-timeline.html] (NY Times) * INDIANA: Former Jasper County judge Robert Monfort facing criminal investigation, bar discipline for defrauding estates [https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/former-northern-indiana-judge-accused-of-defrauding-estates] (Indiana Lawyer) * KENTUCKY: Louisville Metro police summarily execute EMT, in botched drug raid on wrong house after actual suspect already arrested [https://www.wdrb.com/in-depth/attorneys-claim-lmpd-officers-killed-26-year-old-emt-in-botched-police-raid/article_4bb33de6-704e-11ea-bb3c-4785530c8830.html] (WDRB 41) * This same type of screw-up happened in Alabama a few weeks ago (Fsck #98) [https://www.fsckemall.com/2020/02/happy-new-year-episode-98/] * And in Pennsylvania in 2018 [https://www.fsckemall.com/2018/07/traitors-part-2-episode-76/] (Fsck #76) * LOUISIANA: Garbage collectors protest lack of protective equipment, so New Orleans fires them and orders prisoners to fill in [https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/sanitation-workers-say-they-were-fired-for-protests-over-pay-and-protective-equipment/289-1283daf0-9893-4bc1-b51b-f7fa89b7093e] (WWL 4) * MARYLAND: Keith Davis Jr. facing *fifth* murder re-trial [https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-keith-davis-jr-potential-fifth-trial-20200506-hvmtyh7kj5en3kwni7f2hrljgq-story.html] (Baltimore Sun) * MASSACHUSETTS: Five suspended officers, currently facing criminal charges for a cover-up, rehired by Springfield police chief [https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/05/naacp-denounces-reinstatement-of-springfield-officers-indicted-in-nathan-bills-brawl.html] (MassLive.com) * MINNESOTA: Judge seals juror information, normally public, after trial of convicted killer cop Mohamed Noor [https://www.startribune.com/judge-in-mohamed-noor-trial-concerned-about-media-interest-in-jury-deliberations/570243092/] (Minneapolis Star-Tribune) * Our episode on the murder charges [https://www.fsckemall.com/2018/03/happy-birthday-episode-57/] (Fsck #57) * …and the murder [https://www.fsckemall.com/2017/07/thank-god-social-media-episode-16/] (Fsck #16) * …and the police report [https://www.fsckemall.com/2017/07/juror-no-5-episode-19/] (Fsck #19) * …and the prosecutor prepping to lose the case [https://www.fsckemall.com/2018/01/beatdowns-summary-executions-winter-edition-episode-46/] (Fsck #46) * MINNESOTA: Rock County deputies conduct extended roadside rape, in below-freezing temperatures, on video, of passenger in car pulled over for having an air freshener [https://www.startribune.com/lawsuit-southern-minnesota-deputies-conducted-roadside-cavity-search-of-woman-in-freezing-temperatures/570253372/] (Minneapolis Star-Tribune) * NEW JERSEY: White Jersey City police beat the sh*t out of black man for “not social distancing” [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8293081/Shocking-video-shows-white-cop-repeatedly-beating-black-man-not-social-distancing.html] (UK Daily Mail) * NEW YORK: 98% of NYPD arrests for social distancing violations are non-white [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/nyregion/nypd-social-distancing-race-coronavirus.html] (NY Times) * NORTH CAROLINA: New Hanover County deputy J.T. Kita fired, facing criminal charges for leading all-white lynch mob to black teen’s house [https://portcitydaily.com/local-news/2020/05/07/vigilante-group-including-new-hanover-officer-allegedly-threatens-laney-high-senior-in-case-of-mistaken-identity/] (Durham Herald-Sun) * NORTH CAROLINA: UNC System Board of Governors Chairman Randy Ramsey caught lying about his credentials [https://charlotteledger.substack.com/p/silent-on-sam-unc-chairman-eyes-a] (Charlotte Ledger) * The Board called a special meeting the next day, to re-elect Ramsey to a second term [https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1259845828337905664] (Twitter) * OHIO: Whites most frequently defying stay-at-home orders, but blacks 4x more likely to be arrested for violating them [https://www.propublica.org/article/in-some-of-ohios-most-populous-areas-black-people-were-at-least-4-times-as-likely-to-be-charged-with-stay-at-home-violations-as-whites/amp] (ProPublica) The post 3rd Rule of Fsck Remains Undefeated Too (Episode 103) [https://www.fsckemall.com/2020/05/3rd-rule-fsck-remains-undefeated-episode-103/] appeared first on #FSCK 'Em All! 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