Archive for the ‘Shitty Cops’ Category
A Weird Definition of What is Offensive
Here’s the story- cops pull over a diabetic man in shock who they think is drunk driving. They go all cowboy with guns drawn, kicking the window of his car, screaming conflicting orders at him, and then a half-dozen cops pull him out of the car, and beat and kick him before discovering insulin in [...]
February 8, 2012
· 
John Cole · 
106 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Shitty Cops
At Least the Homeland is Secure
A 14 year-old girl who ran away from home in 2010 was deported to Colombia: Distraught over the loss of her grandfather and her parents’ divorce,” 14-year-old Jakadrien Turner ran away from home, WFAA Dallas reports. Arrested for shoplifting in Houston, she used a fake name that actually belonged to a 22-year-old undocumented immigrant wanted [...]
January 5, 2012
· mistermix · 76 Comments
Posted in: Shitty Cops
Justice Dept. Confirms Sheriff Joe Arpaio is a Scumbag
Not even remotely surprising: In a harshly worded critique of the country’s best-known sheriff, the Justice Department accused Joe Arpaio of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office of engaging in “unconstitutional policing” by unfairly targeting Latinos for detentions and arrests and retaliating against those who complain. After an investigation that lasted more than three years, the [...]
December 15, 2011
· John Cole · 79 Comments
Posted in: Post-racial America, Shitty Cops
Living While Brown
The Times has an interesting article about immigration crackdowns, which includes this picture of Romy Campos, a dual American/Spanish citizen who was held in LA County jails for four days after a misdemeanor arrest on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant. Her hold wasn’t based on any of the new state laws, but on existing [...]
December 14, 2011
· mistermix · 106 Comments
Posted in: Shitty Cops
Just Rope and Throw and Grab ‘Em
Soon we’ll be living high and wide: Patrick Sullivan was the kind of lawman Coloradoans loved: a straight-shooting, Republican sheriff who once crashed a Jeep through a fence to rescue two deputies from a deranged gun-toting man and pleaded with legislators to keep assault weapons off the street lest any more citizens get shot. On [...]
November 30, 2011
· John Cole · 51 Comments
Posted in: Fucked-up-edness, Shitty Cops
LA Police Support Occupy Movement
Last night, in the latest in a series of nationwide police actions designed to prolong and strengthen the Occupy Movement, Los Angeles police engaged in a focused, decisive and ultimately successful attention-gathering operation. Drawing on their storied history of overreaction as well as demonstrating their leadership status in American law enforcement, the LAPD was the [...]
November 30, 2011
· mistermix · 33 Comments
Posted in: Security Theatre, Shitty Cops
Martyrdom Isn’t Enough Anymore
Here’s a telling detail in the most recent terrorism arrest in New York: Mr. Pimentel, 27, who lived with his uncle in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood after his mother threw him out recently, appears to be unstable, according to several of the people briefed on the case, three of whom said he had tried to [...]
November 22, 2011
· mistermix · 20 Comments
Posted in: Shitty Cops
It’s Cold Out There for Occupy Everywhere
Our Balloon Juice correspondent in Missoula, Taryn Hart,reports on a low-tech security-forces tactic suitable for harrassing even the humblest Occupy encampment: I had heard from several of the 24/7 occupiers at Occupy Missoula that the police have dropped off drunken, belligerent people at the occupation. I happened to be there when just that happened. A [...]
November 21, 2011
· Anne Laurie · 171 Comments
Posted in: #OWS, C.R.E.A.M., Don't Mourn, Organize, Excellent Links, Shitty Cops
What Are They Thinking
Just getting up to speed on what went down at UC Davis, and after watching the videos of the cops walking up, flamboyantly brandishing the pepper spray, and then hosing down a bunch of kids doing nothing but sitting with their arms crossed, and all I can wonder is what the fuck were they thinking? [...]
November 19, 2011
· John Cole · 260 Comments
Posted in: #OWS, Assholes, Shitty Cops, Sociopaths, Somewhere a Village is Missing its Idiot
Police Pepper Spray #OWS Student Protestors Directly in their Faces at Occupy Davis
This is horrifying and brilliant all at once. Today at Occupy Davis, a police officer approached a group of students sitting in a line peacefully on the ground, walked up and down the line and pepper-sprayed them directly in the face—as one would spray pesticide on weeds. What you’ll see in this video is such [...]
November 19, 2011
· ABL 2.0 · 136 Comments
Posted in: #OWS, Shitty Cops
DHS ‘Coordinated’ Police Assaults on Occupy Everywhere Protestors
(Update from NYMag’s Daily Intel as of 8pm: “Around 2,000 activists have marched single-file back into the newly tentless Zuccotti Park. They are spending the evening in general assembly, forging a strategy for the coming days…” and links to OccupyNYC’s livestream, which won’t load directly on my pc.) Via the Guardian, Rick Ellis at the [...]
November 15, 2011
· Anne Laurie · 108 Comments
Posted in: #OWS, Security Theatre, Shitty Cops
Not Confusing At All
In one of the least professional acts I have seen in a long, long time, the Oakland Police Officer’s Association has published an open letter to the community questioning the Mayor: We represent the 645 police officers who work hard every day to protect the citizens of Oakland. We, too, are the 99% fighting for [...]
November 1, 2011
· John Cole · 34 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Shitty Cops, Sociopaths
More Shitty Cops
This is flabbergasting to me: The conviction of Detective Arbeeny on official misconduct, offering a false instrument for filing and falsifying business records, was merely the latest example of police corruption, prosecutors said. On Jan. 25, 2007, prosecutors said Detective Arbeeny planted a small bag of crack cocaine on two innocent people. The detective’s lawyer, [...]
November 1, 2011
· John Cole · 54 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Shitty Cops, The War on Your Neighbor, aka the War on Drugs
Thug Life
It really is us versus them: A three-year investigation into the police’s habit of fixing traffic and parking tickets in the Bronx ended in the unsealing of indictments on Friday and a stunning display of vitriol by hundreds of off-duty officers, who converged on the courthouse to applaud their accused colleagues and denounce their prosecution. [...]
October 29, 2011
· John Cole · 79 Comments
Posted in: Shitty Cops
“Meet Oakland, Singapore-by-the-Bay.”
Gods bless Mr. Charles P. Pierce (he’ll need it): Make no mistake about it: The actions of the police department in Oakland last night were a military assault on a legitimate political demonstration. That it was a milder military assault than it could have been, which is to say it wasn’t a massacre, is very [...]
October 27, 2011
· Anne Laurie · 65 Comments
Posted in: #OWS, Decline and Fall, Security Theatre, Shitty Cops
