Some More Cops Who Need to Be Fired

[China]

Caught in act, suspect in catalytic theft freed by San Francisco cops

 

It seemed like a slam dunk. Witnesses saw a catalytic converter theft in progress and called the cops. They came quick. Case closed? Well, not quite.

 

It happened at about 3 a.m. Tuesday in San Francisco's Richmond District.

 

Surveillance video shows a man backing a stolen Honda Accord into a parking space near 24th and Anza. Idling in the street, a jeep with a second suspect behind the wheel.

 

Soon, the unmistakable loud noises pierce the night, with the two men using the corner as a makeshift chop-shop.

 

"I woke up to the sound of you know, like, drilling. It was extremely loud," said Morgan Heller, who lives nearby.

 

She immediately called police. Dispatch confirmed this was a catalytic converter theft in progress, based on the sounds.

 

The guy in the Jeep took off. 

 

Officers from Richmond Station arrived at scene within minutes.

 

But even though Heller and her roommate never lost sight of the suspect, and the officers were talking to him, they wouldn't arrest him.

 

"I heard them say, ‘You are free to go,’" Heller said.

 

The suspect even asked the officers where the closest bus stop was.

 

"I was like, 'Why not do the white-glove treatment and just order him an Uber?" Heller asked."It was embarrassing… The overall assessment is that we have to do better than this."

 

 

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[visionary]

 

[Califan007 The Constipated]

1 hour ago, visionary said:

 

 

 

 

 

[The Sisko]

But wait.🤔🤔 That guy was white. I thought the "lamestream" media never reports on police brutality unless it's a black person.

[Llevron]

3 minutes ago, The Sisko said:

But wait.🤔🤔 That guy was white. I thought the "lamestream" media never reports on police brutality unless it's a black person.

 

Ah but now it is 'They would be rioting if he was black' ....keep up 🧐🧐

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[China]

Ex-Detective Admits Misleading Judge Who Approved Breonna Taylor Raid

 

A former police detective admitted on Tuesday that she had helped mislead a judge into authorizing a raid of Breonna Taylor’s apartment in Louisville, Ky., setting in motion the faulty nighttime operation in which the police fatally shot Ms. Taylor.

 

The former detective, Kelly Goodlett, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of conspiracy, admitting that she had worked with another officer to falsify a search warrant application and had later lied to cover up their act. In pleading guilty, Ms. Goodlett became the first police officer to be convicted over the March 2020 raid, during which the police were searching for evidence of drug dealing by Ms. Taylor’s former boyfriend Jamarcus Glover.

 

Ms. Goodlett’s plea suggested that she may be cooperating with the Justice Department prosecutors who have charged her and two other former Louisville police officers over their roles in acquiring the search warrant for the raid. A fourth officer is accused of violating Ms. Taylor’s civil rights, as well as her neighbors’, by firing 10 bullets through the two apartments. None of those bullets struck anyone.

 

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[China]

'Don't call police' video shown to South High School students

 

Denver Public Schools is in hot water with law enforcement after a video shown during an assembly at South High School advised students to avoid police when dealing with racially motivated attacks.

 

The video entitled "Don't be a Bystander: 6 Tips for Responding to Racist Attacks" was published five years ago by the Barnard Center for Research on Women.

 

"I thought at some points it was pretty informative but other points? I thought it was kind of, like, awkward to talk about. Like it felt a little uncomfortable," said Chavelle Early, a junior at South High.

 

Some of the tips advised students to check in on the victim of the attack, to avoid engaging the perpetrator and to try and de-escalate at all costs.

 

The video's "Tip No. 4" says to avoid the police because police can escalate, and "often treat victims as perpetrators of crimes."

 

"Unfortunately what I saw enhances the divide that we're all trying to bridge," said Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen. "I don't know what type of impact it's going to have you can't un-ring the bell. People can't unsee what was shown."

 

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[China]

Franklin County Sheriff’s capt. fired for alleged assault

 

A captain with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office has been fired following allegations that he assaulted a man in custody earlier this month,

 

John Grismore, who had been on administrative leave, has now been fired, according to the sheriff’s department.

 

In a nearly two-hour video, Grismore was seen kicking a man in handcuffs.

 

A criminal investigation headed by the Vermont State Police is ongoing and Grismore has not been charged with a crime.

 

Grismore is running in the race to become Franklin County Sheriff and has not withdrawn despite calls from both parties to do so.

 

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[China]

Bay Area deputy arrested on multiple felony charges, sheriff's office says

 

The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office said in a news release Friday that it arrested a member of its own team on weapons, drug and grand theft charges.

 

Matthew Buckley, 41, is a deputy sheriff and 15-year veteran of the department. He was arrested and booked into the Martinez Detention Facility on Thursday after an investigation into illegal firearms, the sheriff's office said. Buckley paid the $175,000 bail, the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office said. He was put on administrative leave by the sheriff's office.

 

The sheriff's office collected evidence at Buckley's home in Pinole that led to his arrest on two felony counts of grand theft of a firearm, two counts of receiving stolen property, felony unlicensed transfer of a firearm, felony filing a false report, destroying/concealing evidence and possession of a controlled substance. 

 

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[China]

Former Police Chief and Later Chief Deputy Sentenced for Punching Compliant Arrestees in the Face While They Were Handcuffed

 

A veteran and now former member of law enforcement in Tennessee was sentenced to six years in federal prison for punching people in the face after they were under arrest.

 

Anthony Glen “Tony” Bean, 62, was convicted on three counts of deprivation of rights under the color of law for using excessive and unreasonable force against two men in 2014 and 2017. The defendant was also charged with one additional count of the same crime for which he was acquitted by federal jurors in Chattanooga.

 

On Friday, U.S. District Judge Travis R. McDonough sentenced Bean to 72 months for each of the three violations of federal law – with each sentence to run concurrently. The defendant will also be subject to two years of supervised release after his stay in prison. He must also pay court fees and will have to perform 150 hours of community service.

 

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[LD0506]

4 hours ago, China said:

with each sentence to run concurrently.

Ugggh

 

That's a BOGO

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[China]

Dallas Police Department investigating 'racist' challenge coin rendering

 

The Dallas Police Department said it is investigating a so-called challenge coin made by a white officer that the head of the Dallas Black Police Association called "racist."

 

The chief of police called it wrong and said the officer is suspended and under investigation by internal affairs.

 

Challenge coins are typically commemorative coins used by many organizations, but especially law enforcement, to boost morale and camaraderie. Officers will exchange them amongst one another.

 

Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said this design stains and tarnishes the work of Dallas PD.

 

It depicts a drug dealing character named "dough boy," who is holding an assault rifle, cash, and wearing gold teeth. It also has a car with giant gold rims facing off with a Dallas PD vehicle.

 

 

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[China]

A girl wanted to keep the goat she raised for a county fair. They chose to kill it

 

When a young California girl purchased a baby goat last spring, the intention was to eventually sell it at a county fair livestock auction. But after feeding and caring for the animal for months, she bonded with the goat, named Cedar, and wanted to keep it.

 

Instead, law enforcement officers allegedly travelled hundreds of miles to confiscate the pet, who was eventually slaughtered.

 

The story is laid out in a lawsuit, first reported by the Sacramento Bee, filed by the child’s parent this week, in a case that has sparked outrage and criticism that the police and the county fair went too far to reclaim the goat and send a child’s beloved pet to slaughter.

 

Jessica Long sued the Shasta county sheriff’s department seeking damages and accusing the agency of violating her daughter’s constitutional rights and wasting police resources by getting involved in a dispute between her family and a local fair association.

 

In July, “two sheriff’s deputies left their jurisdiction in Shasta county, drove over 500 miles at taxpayer expense, and crossed approximately six separate county lines, all to confiscate a young girl’s beloved pet goat”, the lawsuit states. “As a result, the young girl who raised Cedar lost him, and Cedar lost his life.”

 

The family told the Shasta Fair Association that the girl, as was within her rights, did not want to continue with the sale of the goat. 

 

Long offered to “pay back” the fair for the loss of Cedar’s income, but the fair association ordered her to return the goat and said she would face charges of grand theft if she failed to do so, according to the complaint. 

 

“Cedar was her property and she had every legal right to save his life,” the lawsuit states. “Yet, the Shasta Fair Association disputed her contractual rights to do so. In response, two sheriff’s deputies unreasonably searched for and unreasonably seized Cedar, without a warrant.”

 

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[China]

After Deadline Detroit's Bad Cops Investigation, City Started Hiding Most Officer Discipline

 

In early May, a week after we published a lengthy investigation on the Detroit Police Department's struggle to hold bad cops to account, Chief James White touted his department for its transparency, noting it provided the thousands of pages of disciplinary records that underpinned our review.

 

Behind the scenes, however, the city was working to shield such records from the public. That same month, under the direction of a new top lawyer, Conrad Mallett, it implemented a policy that prevents the release of officer disciplinary records older than four years.

 

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[China]

Polk sheriff: Georgia deputy police chief conned by prostitute night before his arrest in undercover sting

 

A Georgia deputy police chief who was arrested last week for soliciting a prostitute in Polk County was in town for a polygraph seminar, investigators said.

 

Polk Sheriff Grady Judd said Cartersville Deputy Police Chief Jason DiPrima was arrested just before midnight on Thursday after responding to an online escort advertisement, which was part of a sheriff's office undercover human trafficking sting.

 

The day before, DiPrima had initiated contact with an undercover detective, but later said he "got spooked," and asked to see her the next night, Judd said.

 

On Thursday, DiPrima agreed to pay $120 for a half-hour of "full-service" sex upon meeting up at an undisclosed location, according to the sheriff's office.

 

After he gave the undercover detective $180 along with a multi-pack of White Claw hard seltzer, detectives arrested DiPrima.

 

Prior to the takedown, Judd said DiPrima had told the undercover detective that the previous night, he had talked with another prostitute online. That person instructed him to put $200 on a CashApp card and take a picture of it, but once he did, the person took the information from the card and stole the money.

 

"This guy's a cop — and he was conned by a prostitute," the sheriff said.

 

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[China]

Assuming the witness accounts are accurate, just pulling up calling the guy's name and shooting without identifying yourself as law enforcement seems like not how to pick up somebody wanted on a warrant.

 

Family wants answers after pallbearer killed by officers

 

Jason Arnie Owens helped carry his father’s casket to the hearse, then turned to embrace a relative. He never made it to the cemetery.

 

As mourners gathered outside a northern West Virginia funeral home on Aug. 24, two plainclothes officers with a fugitive warrant swooped in from separate vehicles, called Owens' name and shot him dead, spattering his 18-year-old son's shirt with blood as horrified loved ones looked.

 

"There was no warning whatsoever,” family friend Cassandra Whitecotton said.

 

In the blink of an eye, stunned friends and family already mourning one member lost another. Now, they want answers — not just why Owens was shot but why the encounter happened the way it did.

 

Law enforcement officials aren't explaining much right now, citing an ongoing investigation. Owens, 37, was wanted on a fugitive warrant, but the U.S. Marshals Service hasn't said what it was for. The agency also said in a statement that he had a gun when members of a fugitive task force approached. Multiple witnesses contend that's not true.

 

Whitecotton and others who stood just feet away said Owens was unarmed, had been hugging his aunt, Evelyn O’Dell, and was fired on immediately after his name was called. Witnesses also dispute the U.S. Marshals' assertion that first aid was performed right away, before emergency medical services arrived.

 

"They yelled Jason’s name. They just said ‘Jason’ and then started firing,” Whitecotton said. “There was no identifications they were U.S. Marshals — anything. They did not render this man any aid at all. Never once they touched him to render any aid whatsoever.”

 

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[China]

'I had enough' info to fire New Port Richey officer, chief says, amid allegations of misconduct

 

A New Port Richey police officer is off the job after an internal investigation confirmed allegations of misconduct involving a female minor.

 

Former Corporal Bobby Lubrido was fired in August after a teenager reported he allegedly fondled her and took her phone to look at a naked photo.

 

The incident occurred while the officer was transporting the teenager to the Juvenile Assessment Center, according to the report obtained by 10 Tampa Bay. The story was so unbelievable, according to New Port Richey Chief of Police Kim Bogart, that the city's top cop initially thought it had to be made up.

 

"It was unfathomable that what she had alleged had occurred with someone that had 15 years of experience as an officer with an unblemished career," Bogart said.

 

According to an internal investigation by the New Port Richey Police Department, in July, Lubrido was transporting a 17-year-old runaway to the Juvenile Assessment Center when he started to look through her phone where he eventually found a video of her twerking.

 

According to the audio recordings 10 Tampa Bay obtained through a public records request, the teenager told the detective, "He found a video of me twerking. He watched three videos of me twerking."

 

The girl alleged he then opened her Snapchat app and found a photo of her topless. She said while looking at the photo, he hit something on the road. According to her testimony, she first thought it was a curb but in her interview she said, "He called somebody and he's like, hey I just hit a deer."

 

Dash camera video from the alleged incident showed the police car hit a deer before pulling over and the officer getting out to look at the front of the vehicle.

 

The teenager alleged Lubrido hit the deer while looking at the picture of her breasts and later, once parked, according to the investigative documents, the girl said: "Lubrido grabbed her buttocks while he was placing the cuffs on her and lifted her shirt up and grabbed her breast."

 

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[China]

Video shows San Rafael officer dropping off homeless man in San Francisco

 

The San Francisco City Attorney's office is investigating why a police officer from Marin County dropped off a homeless and mentally ill man in San Francisco, leaving him alone in a residential area with no resources.

 

In a video shared exclusively with ABC7 News, a police officer with the San Rafael Police Department is seen dropping off the man on 14th Avenue near Lake Street in San Francisco early in the evening on Saturday, July 30.

 

A shocked neighbor, who asked not to be identified, recorded the video from her home across the street. She said after the officer unloaded the man and his belongings, he then drove off.

 

Neighbors said the man began causing trouble on their street. He seemed to light something on fire and then started throwing rocks and undressing in a driveway.

 

Members of the San Francisco Police Department and San Francisco fire were then called to respond. They arrived about 35 minutes after the man was left by San Rafael PD.

 

San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said his office is now investigating why this happened.

 

"San Francisco is not a dumping ground," Chiu said. "It's disturbing to think that another jurisdiction would drop someone experiencing homelessness or mental health challenges in the middle of a residential neighborhood, with no services or resources around it. It doesn't make for a good outcome."

 

A spokesperson for the San Rafael Police Department told ABC7 News that their officer should never have driven the man to San Francisco or any other outside county.

 

"We made a mistake," Lt. Scott Eberle said. "That is what we did, we dropped this subject off in San Francisco. That did cause resources that would not have been tied up in San Francisco."

 

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Apologizing because they got caught.  I wonder how many other times they've done it.

[PokerPacker]

Isn't it considered kidnapping to take someone from one place and then drop them off somewhere else stranded with no way back?  Lock him up.

Edited September 12, 2022 by PokerPacker

[Larry]

"We made a mistake?"

 

What?  The officer doesn't know where the city limits are?  
 

And what?  He thought he was dumping the crazy homeless person in a residential neighborhood in his own city?