Tag: Police Misconduct

High-profile incidents of police brutality sway public opinion more than performance of local law enforcement: Study

National media coverage of police brutality influences public perceptions of law enforcement more than the performance of people’s local police departments, according to data analysis from NYU Tandon School of Engineering, …
— Read on phys.org/news/2024-02-high-profile-incidents-police-brutality.html

The Truth about George Floyd- The Glenn Show

The Glenn Show is an excellent podcast that at times tackles the issues of race, crime, and policing.

In this episode the authors discuss the documentary “The Fall of Minneapolis” (see earlier posts for a link). The authors are academics and not police. They have interesting discussions and opinions on the film and the George Floyd incident.

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— See it on bloggingheads.tv/videos/67137

Misconduct settlements can cost millions but police rarely feel impact

The only factor to keep in mind is that municipalities like to settle out of court. They also settle for political reasons,for example the George Floyd case, new evidence is available that shows that Floyd died from Fentanyl. FYI – see “The Fall of Minneapolis” (https://www.thefallofminneapolis.com)

Last week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a $700,000 settlement for a radio reporter who was slammed to the ground and taken into custody during a demonstration in September 2020.

That announcement came days after the city council in Fort Worth, Texas, proposed a $3.5 million settlement for the nephew of Atatiana Jefferson, who was fatally shot by a police officer in 2019. Jefferson was playing video games with her nephew when she was killed.

These payouts are just a fraction of the reported billions of dollars paid by local governments around the country to resolve lawsuits related to allegations of police misconduct.
— Read on www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/11/17/who-pays-police-misconduct-settlements/71516795007/

Chicago police officers with ties to extremist Oath Keepers stay on the force. Some have troubling records. – Chicago Sun-Times

An investigation by WBEZ, Chicago Sun-Times and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project found allegations of excessive force, improper searches and racist comments on the job.
— Read on graphics.suntimes.com/extremism-ranks/2023/oathkeepers-investigation-chicago-police-extremism-insurrection/

St. Louis Cop Sabotaged His Own Cases to Undermine a Prosecutor — ProPublica

This is an interesting response to a DA’s “No Testify List”. There is no due process for cops on these lists & once you’re on this list you never get removed. Oh yeah Lawyers lie too and there is no list for them.

Across the country, police have undermined and resisted reform. To protest a prosecutor, one detective was willing to let murder suspects walk free, even if he’d arrested them and believed that they should be behind bars.
— Read on www.propublica.org/article/homicide-detective-st-louis-refused-testify-roger-murphey-kim-gardner