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    Haven't been able to contribute to this thread because of real life issues, one of which -- incidentally -- involves my less-than-savory interaction with the Comanche County sheriffs department outside of Ft Sill in the horribly violent city of Lawton, Oklahoma. I have some pictures to post but left the film at the parents, and my cell phone recordings are fairly low quality which prompted me to go buy a 600 dollar phone.

    I'll post more info later as things slow down for me, but lets just say that I pulled over on a country road to help a little old man with his car trouble, he pulled a gun on me and I was shot. I got away, and so did he, and the sheriffs department accused me of everything except what I said happened, including: drug deal gone bad, suicide attempt, shot myself while cleaning my gun, shot myself to get out of army.....so i stopped cooperating and the case was handed over to military CID, who then informed me that the sheriffs dept had acted unprofessionally and negligently, and I retained a civilian attorney to tell the sheriff to back off before I hit them with a defamation lawsuit.

    I'm fine, BTW, bullet entered above left hip, traveled about 4 inches and made a right turn and exited through my love handle. Entry wound bigger than exit wound, caliber unknown, hurt like hell and I didn't even go on profile.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Major Robert Dump View Post
    Haven't been able to contribute to this thread because of real life issues, one of which -- incidentally -- involves my less-than-savory interaction with the Comanche County sheriffs department outside of Ft Sill in the horribly violent city of Lawton, Oklahoma. I have some pictures to post but left the film at the parents, and my cell phone recordings are fairly low quality which prompted me to go buy a 600 dollar phone.

    I'll post more info later as things slow down for me, but lets just say that I pulled over on a country road to help a little old man with his car trouble, he pulled a gun on me and I was shot. I got away, and so did he, and the sheriffs department accused me of everything except what I said happened, including: drug deal gone bad, suicide attempt, shot myself while cleaning my gun, shot myself to get out of army.....so i stopped cooperating and the case was handed over to military CID, who then informed me that the sheriffs dept had acted unprofessionally and negligently, and I retained a civilian attorney to tell the sheriff to back off before I hit them with a defamation lawsuit.

    I'm fine, BTW, bullet entered above left hip, traveled about 4 inches and made a right turn and exited through my love handle. Entry wound bigger than exit wound, caliber unknown, hurt like hell and I didn't even go on profile.


    I'm glad to hear you are recovering, MRD. Your story is astonishing, but in the context of this thread, not surprising. I just don't understand why the policemen would distrust a serving soldier so meanly.

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    Jesus, MRD I'm glad you're relatively okay!

    I won't make any comments in reference to your case, suffice it to say, I hope you're able to shove every inch of you're black polished combat boots up this guys

    Get well! and have a speedy recovery!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Major Robert Dump View Post
    Haven't been able to contribute to this thread because of real life issues, one of which -- incidentally -- involves my less-than-savory interaction with the Comanche County sheriffs department outside of Ft Sill in the horribly violent city of Lawton, Oklahoma. I have some pictures to post but left the film at the parents, and my cell phone recordings are fairly low quality which prompted me to go buy a 600 dollar phone.

    I'll post more info later as things slow down for me, but lets just say that I pulled over on a country road to help a little old man with his car trouble, he pulled a gun on me and I was shot. I got away, and so did he, and the sheriffs department accused me of everything except what I said happened, including: drug deal gone bad, suicide attempt, shot myself while cleaning my gun, shot myself to get out of army.....so i stopped cooperating and the case was handed over to military CID, who then informed me that the sheriffs dept had acted unprofessionally and negligently, and I retained a civilian attorney to tell the sheriff to back off before I hit them with a defamation lawsuit.

    I'm fine, BTW, bullet entered above left hip, traveled about 4 inches and made a right turn and exited through my love handle. Entry wound bigger than exit wound, caliber unknown, hurt like hell and I didn't even go on profile.
    Wow! Glad you're alright.

    In Maine, the police raid a fundraiser and seize money intended for a charity that gave food to the needy - because the fundraiser was a poker game, which apparently required a license.

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    BUXTON, Maine -- Buxton police raided a building where people were trying to raise money to give free food to the needy.

    It happened at the Narragansett Pythian Sisters Temple on Route 22 where people were playing the card game Texas Hold'em to benefit the Buxton Community Food Co-op.

    But state police said the game was illegal.

    That's because whenever a gambling tournament is held to raise money for a group and takes place at its headquarters, a permit is needed and the co-op didn't have one.

    So, state police seized cards, poker chips and $500 in cash -- money the food co-op desperately needed.

    A member of the co-op, Joann Groder, said she is very, very sad about what happened.

    "We've had a lot of people who come here -- people who are out of work, people who have cancer. We have a lot of people," said Groder.

    But state police are standing by what was done.

    "In this particular case they weren't licensed, and they knew they weren't and they knew they needed one," said Lt. David Bowler of the Maine State Police.

    The money from the co-op's card game is currently being held as evidence while the investigation continues.

    Groder now plans to hold a pot roast dinner to raise money for the co-op.


    A lawsuit alleges pervasive racism and sexism at a police department in California.

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    Five Burbank police officers have filed a discrimination lawsuit alleging racial prejudice, sexual harassment and retaliation when they complained about the mistreatment.

    The officers' 63-page complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Thursday seeks damages that their lawyer says could cost the city as much as $25 million.

    The plaintiffs are Burbank Lt. Omar Rodriguez and officers Cindy Guillen-Gomez, Steve Karagiosian, Elfego Rodriguez and Jamal Childs.

    Defendants in the case are the city of Burbank, the police department, the chief of police and a number of individual police officers.

    Burbank City Attorney Dennis Barlow did not immediately return a call for comment.

    The plaintiffs' attorney, Solomon E. Gresen, said the officers were the targets of "unbelievably offensive racial, sexual and ethnic slurs."

    "It has become so pervasive that it has long been a department practice," said Solomon. "The BPD is run as an insider's club where if you aren't white, male and heterosexual, you had better keep your mouth shut and play along with the bigots or suffer the consequences."

    Lt. Rodriguez, a 21-year member of the force, alleges to have been a victim over his time on the force to offensive racial, ethnic and sexual preference slurs.

    Rodriguez also alleges to have been placed on administrative leave April 15 after complaining about retaliatory action and that he was demoted the next day and reassigned to the
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    patrol division.

    Similar complaints of racial, ethnic and sexual harassment were made by Cindy Guillen-Gomez, a 9-year veteran.

    Karagiosian and Elfego Rodriguez allege to have been removed from an elite special enforcement division and then excluded from the formation of its successor because of their respective Armenian and Latino heritages.

    Childs, an African-American, alleges to have had similar experiences of discrimination and to have observed and reported numerous instances of racial and gender-based bias, harassment and retaliation.


    Cop in San Bernnardino steals valuables from the people he arrests.

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    The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department is investigating one of its deputies on allegations he took wallets, jewelry and other items from people he arrested.

    Last week, detectives searched Deputy Ricker Hunt's Apple Valley home, his truck and his locker at the sheriff's Adelanto Detention Center, where he is assigned, according to an affidavit returned Thursday to San Bernardino County Superior Court.

    Found were a baggie with metal jewelry, a box with coins and a bracelet, a digital camera, credit cards and identification belonging to two men cited or arrested last August, wrote sheriff's Sgt. Chris Fisher.

    In Fisher's affidavit seeking the warrant, the same items are described as previously seen at the deputy's home after he cleaned out his desk when reassigned from the Apple Valley station to the jail.

    Hunt, 49, could not be reached for comment Thursday. The 24-year department veteran has not been arrested or charged.

    Sgt. Dave Phelps, a sheriff's spokesman, said Hunt is not currently working but did not release any further information.

    According to the affidavit, the sheriff's probe began May 19 after officials received a tip that Hunt was in possession of property belonging to people he contacted on patrol in Apple Valley.

    In September 2008, someone found a wallet in Hunt's home that belonged to a 28-year-old man he arrested eight months prior on suspicion of transporting marijuana and child endangerment, Fisher wrote. The wallet contained the man's Social Security card and credit cards.

    When someone confronted Hunt, he said, "He might have obtained (the) wallet accidentally," Fisher wrote. It was returned to the sheriff's property room, and there is no evidence any of the information or credit cards were ever used.

    Earlier this year, a different wallet and identification holder were found at Hunt's home, Fisher wrote. With them were the bag of men's and women's jewelry, silver coins and a Canon PowerShot digital camera.

    Hunt arrested one of the men pictured on an identification card in his possession last August on suspicion of drunken driving, Fisher wrote. The vehicle was towed after the arrest, and the man told Fisher he didn't report it because he assumed someone from the tow yard had stolen the items.

    The other man whose wallet was recovered had been cited in Apple Valley for speeding, also last August, records show.

    Two deputies beat handcuffed teens - and are then fired and arrested!
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    wo Jefferson parish sheriff's deputies have been arrested and kicked off the force after brutality allegations. A couple of teenagers say the deputies beat them up in Marrero.

    According to the teens, they were playing paintball at an abandoned Marrero apartment complex last weekend when approached by deputies Cornell Farlin and Shawn Henry. The teens claimed Farlin and Henry handcuffed them, and then began punching and kicking them, even using their police batons, before releasing them with a summons.

    "I think the message here is the quickness in which we responded to the complaint, that we take this very seriously," said Sheriff Newell Normand at a news conference Friday. "This type of conduct by our officers will not be tolerated."

    Sheriff Normand said the two accusers also said there were other deputies present during the beating. The sheriff says the investigation continues.


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    MRD, glad you're okay, or on the way to being okay again.


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    More women in Philadelphia speak out about the cop who sexually assaulted them. He hasn't been charged with a crime.

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    A Texas cop tasers a 72 year old great grandmother because she refused to sign a speeding ticket she received (which may not be against the law anyway).

    A traffic stop for speeding in Travis County, Texas, led to the Tasering of a 72-year-old great-grandmother by a deputy. Feisty Kathryn Winkfein apparently so frightened the law-enforcement officer when she "used some profanity" and "got violent" that he felt it necessary to subdue her with a potentially dangerous jolt of electricity.

    Winkfein was reportedly doing 60 in a construction zone where the posted speed limit was 45 when she was pulled over. She was ticketed but declined to sign the ticket, leading the police officer to place her under arrest lest civilization collapse for want of the surrender of a penny's worth of ink.

    At this point, the stories diverge. According to Precinct 3 Constable Richard McCain, Winkfein cursed and refused to cooperate. She says nothing of the sort occurred. "I wasn't argumentative, I was not combative. This is a lie," the woman told a news reporter for Fox 7.

    Either way, it's difficult to see how the issuance of a speeding ticket to an elderly woman devolved to the point where a grown, trained law-enforcement officer could be considered justified in subjecting the speeder to an electric jolt intended to disrupt her nervous system -- no matter what command of profanity she displayed.

    Given that the speeding ticket had already been issued, it's also difficult to understand what purpose was served by prolonging the encounter and demanding a signature. A similar incident in Utah in 2007 between a state trooper and a motorist also resulted in a Tasering after the driver declined to sign a speeding ticket. In that case, the officer escalated the matter to a violent conclusion even though Utah law doesn't actually require a signature. Texas law apparently follows the same reasoning, considering the signature merely a promise to appear in court, not a necessity for the validity of the ticket itself.

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    After being Tasered along the road for failing to put pen to paper, Kathryn Winkfein was taken to jail and booked for resisting arrest and detention. Not surprisingly, she's hired a lawyer.
    A different cop at a traffic accident demands a photographer not shoot the accident, then knocks his camera to the ground, causing $1000 worth of damage and handcuffs him when he doesn't obey. An hour later he's released without charge.
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    The incident occurred near midnight Friday. Travis Washington, a photographer with Channel 3 for about three years, was sent to the scene of a fatal accident on Interstate 485 near Beatties Ford Road.

    Washington and a photographer for WSOC (Channel 9) were shooting video of the scene from an embankment overhead, next to the Beatties Ford Road bridge, said Dennis Milligan, news director of Channel 3.

    “A couple CMPD officers started shouting orders at him to stop shooting. And they approached and continued to shout orders to take his camera down.

    “He felt like he was doing his job. He asked them why. A female officer stepped up and started to grab the camera out of his hands, and it fell to the ground. She told him, ‘Because you're not showing proper respect to people in the accident.'”

    Washington was then handcuffed and put into a cruiser, where he was held for about an hour before being released without charges. He was treated afterward at an emergency room for a minor back injury related to the confrontation, said Milligan, who went to the scene after the station's assignment desk alerted him.

    Police took no action against the Channel 9 photographer.

    Milligan said the dialogue during the confrontation was recorded by the camera, but he wouldn't release a copy because it hadn't yet been made available to investigators.

    Police declined Tuesday to give an account of the incident.

    “It would be inappropriate for us to comment right now because there's an internal affairs investigation,” said spokesman Rob Tufano.

    Washington is on vacation this week and couldn't be reached for comment.

    “We have a difficult situation here because it's not up to the Police Department or any police officer to decide what a newspaper or television station or radio station gathers at the scene of an accident,” Milligan said. He said the photographers were not creating a safety hazard to motorists or lingering close to the area where emergency crews were working.

    “I'm hoping this is a limited situation with a police officer who, for whatever reason, had a lapse of judgment. We're concerned about our First Amendment rights being compromised in this situation.”

    Robin Whitmeyer, Channel 9 news director, said it's common for officers to tell photographers to back up if they're too close to a scene, but she'd never heard of police ordering cameras shut off. “We control the content, and they control the scene,” she said. “It's not their choice to tell us what to shoot or not to shoot.”


    Apparently they think they are the law.

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    Well, here's another doozy out of New Jersey, complete with video:
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    Some cop just attacks, unprovoked, a man standing on a street corner. He gets out of his car and throws the man to the ground, whaling on him with a metal baton.
    Surveillance video shows a Passaic, New Jersey, police officer beating a 49-year-old man standing idly on a street corner.
    The beating was captured on surveillance cameras outside Lawrence's Grill and Bar in Passaic, New Jersey.

    The beating was captured on surveillance cameras outside Lawrence's Grill and Bar in Passaic, New Jersey.

    Surveillance tape from Lawrence's Grill and Bar in Passaic on May 29 shows a police car pull up to Ronnie Holloway, who is standing still on the curb outside the restaurant. After a few moments Holloway zips up his sweatshirt -- because the female officer in the car instructed him to do so, Holloway said.

    At that point, the other officer in the vehicle, Joseph R. Rios III, exits the car, grabs Holloway and slams him onto the hood of the police car. He then pummels Holloway with his fist and baton.

    Holloway said he had exchanged no words with the officer before he pounced on him.

    After the incident, police locked Holloway in a holding cell for the night and did not provide treatment for his injuries, according to Holloway's attorney, Nancy Lucianna. Those injuries included a torn cornea and extensive bruising to the left side of his body, she said.
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    The Passaic Police have filed three charges against Holloway: resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and wandering for the purpose of obtaining controlled dangerous substances.
    You have to wonder just what the **** is wrong with these cops. The cop attacked a peaceful man for no reason and then they tried to ruin his life further by lying and saying he committed a crime.

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    Two grown men, wait I'm sorry - not men but cowards with guns, childish cowards in adult bodies, shoot a five pound Chihuahua.

    And then there's this one, where cops shot a barking dog.

    And this one, where cops shot a seven month old puppy - the cops were 'in fear for their lives'.

    In Alabama, more cowardly men - amazing how cops practically wet their pants when they see dogs, and need to open fire to save themselves from any dog they see - shoot unprovoked at dogs, then arrest the owners for "disorderly conduct" because the owners were cursing at the cos and wouldn't shut up when told.

    Here, cops order a man to release a dog on a leash, saying they'll tase him if he doesn't, and refuse to let him tie off the leash to something. He finally drops the leash, the cops rush him, the dog bites a cop, and the cops shoot it. Then the cops lie profusely about the whole thing.

    Here, an unleashed K9 cop dog gets in a fight with a leashed dog. Cops shoot the leashed dog.

    These cops are trigger happy and without regard for the rights of others. None, of course, received any punishment.

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    Rabbit for Preside...wait, CountArach is running too. Arach for Greens, Rabbit for GOP candidate in 2012!

    Clean up law enforcement culture and put an end to these bastards.
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    Nah, let's make him the top cop instead.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito View Post
    Nah, let's make him the top cop instead.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat View Post
    Rabbit for Preside...wait, CountArach is running too. Arach for Greens, Rabbit for GOP candidate in 2012!

    Clean up law enforcement culture and put an end to these bastards.
    Well CA is in Australia, and I'm in America. So it should work out.
    Nah, let's make him the top cop instead.
    If only... Down with the blue wall!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit View Post
    Well CA is in Australia, and I'm in America. So it should work out.
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