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American police are out of control (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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• California law enforcement misused state databases more than 7,000 times in 2023

• Former Alabama jail administrator charged with federal civil rights violation, falsifying a report and making false statements to investigators

• Dallas police sergeant charged with stealing department-issued guns, pawning them in Oklahoma

• He tried for decades to get the evidence in his case analyzed for DNA. Prosecutors and judges refused six times to allow the tests, even at his lawyers’ expense. Now, tests show he's innocent.

• Cop fired for making ‘derogatory slurs’ is hired by neighboring police department

• Florida cop accused of dealing drugs and trying to smuggle them onto a cruise to sell in Skittle packets

• Prosecutors say ex-trooper shot himself then falsely claimed he’d been wounded by an unknown gunman

• Police charge former state trooper with killing Luzerne County man dating his ex-girlfriend

• Ohio police crack down on body-camera footage in a blow to civil liberties

• Mother of former inmate sues Snohomish County over jail death

• "We all take this seriously," cops say, as they open 'investigation' into video showing cops intentionally breaking kid's skateboard with axe

• Florida cop blasts fellow officer in chaotic scuffle wrestling man with lighter she thought was a gun

• Mecklenburg sheriff's office pays $550,000, admits no wrongdoing, to settle lawsuit over cover-up of teen's jail suicide

• Philadelphia police union seeks to restore secrecy around police shootings and disciplinary records in upcoming contract

• Former deputy arrested for filing false report about being shot during traffic stop

• Washington cop gets nearly 17 years in prison for 2019 murder of Jesse Sarey

• Chicago to pay $38.25m to settle four police misconduct cases

• Over traffic stop, Wisconsin cops chase vehicle into fatal wreck

• Over traffic stop, Georgia cops chase vehicle into fatal wreck

• Florida officer fired after accidentally shooting a driver with his own gun during a traffic stop

• We are shocked, shocked, that Law enforcement joined meetings of far-right Oath Keepers, leak shows

Note: When reading news coverage from any corporate-owned source — a newspaper, TV station or network, etc — the facts are generally factual, but the slant favors the rich and powerful.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You put the work in on this one. Very nice.

Edit. Holy crap it's a regular series you do. Amazing stuff, Doug. I like it a lot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

my man

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Thats because they have a union. They dont think we should have unions tho! Smh