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Re: Police State - Official Thread
« Reply #5075 on: February 10, 2021, 04:21:45 AM »
Yikes  >:(

A sheriff’s deputy bilked $11 million from investors. They don’t know where the money went

Craig Harbaugh made a convincing case while seeking loans and investments in his firearms company, Tactical Solutions Gear LLC.

The Fremont, Neb., man rattled off law enforcement agencies in states from Alaska to Tennessee as clients. He had the contracts and purchase orders to back up his claims. And, in a detail that reportedly resonated with at least one investor, he himself worked as a Dodge County sheriff’s deputy.

But Harbaugh, 50, admitted this week that none of the 12 agencies he named were actually doing business with him: He had falsified the documents. It was, he acknowledged in a guilty plea filed in Nebraska federal court, “effectively a Ponzi scheme.”

In what the Omaha World-Herald described as potentially “one of the largest individual embezzlements in Nebraska history,” Harbaugh’s ploy bilked nearly $11 million from a bank and four investors.

The now-former deputy could not be reached for comment Tuesday. He faces up to 20 years in prison at his May sentencing.

Under the terms of the deal accepted in court Monday, he pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss 12 other charges and to not pursue Harbaugh for fraud, tax and money laundering crimes uncovered during the discovery process.

It’s not clear what happened to the millions of dollars Harbaugh stole. Nebraska Department of Justice Criminal Chief Michael Norris told The Washington Post “it would be premature” to disclose that information.

An unidentified couple who lost $4.6 million to Harbaugh said in an interview with the World-Herald they weren’t counting on seeing their money again.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2021/02/09/sheriffs-deputy-fraud-scheme/

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« Reply #5076 on: February 10, 2021, 10:10:25 AM »
Idaho man fatally shot in own backyard after officer mistakes him for suspect, police say

A police officer in Idaho fatally shot a man who was in his own backyard on Monday after mistaking him for a suspect on the loose in the neighborhood and believed to be armed, authorities said.

Idaho Falls police did not immediately identify the victim or the officer involved in what Chief Bryce Johnson called a "devastatingly tragic" incident.

The incident began just after midnight in Idaho Falls when a deputy from the Bonneville County Sheriff's Office pulled over a vehicle and saw a male passenger wearing a black shirt get out and flee into a residential neighborhood, the police statement said.

Idaho Falls police officers and Bonneville County sheriff's deputies began searching the neighborhood for the suspect, authorities said.

The deputy who had stopped the vehicle spoke with the driver, who identified the suspect as 22-year-old Tanner J.N. Shoesmith, the sheriff's office said in a news release. Deputies learned Shoesmith had multiple active warrants for his arrest, including for felony battery on an officer, resisting or obstructing arrest, and providing false information to law enforcement.

As the search continued, police said a resident told officers they spotted the suspect run through a backyard and believed that he had a gun.

Meanwhile, the driver who had stayed in the vehicle showed officers a message they received from the suspect that showed his GPS location, police said. The GPS appeared to show the suspect in a backyard of a nearby residence. Officers and deputies then surrounded the home.

"Due to the information that the suspect may be armed, and a prior history of violence when interacting with police officers, law enforcement personnel entered the location with their service weapons drawn," the police statement said.

Officers said they heard yelling when approaching the home and found a man wearing a black shirt and wielding a gun in the yard. They told the man to drop the gun, according to the statement.

"We do not currently have the answers as to what exactly occurred during these moments," Johnson said. "We do know that during this interaction, an Idaho Falls police officer discharged his service weapon, firing one shot which struck the man."

Johnson said officers and first responders attempted life-saving measures but they were unsuccessful.

Officers and deputies determined that the man who had been shot was not the suspect but actually the resident of that address.

After the shot was fired, Shoesmith was again spotted running through the area, police said. Officers tracked him to the yard of a nearby home and found him hiding in a shed.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/idaho-police-shoot-man-backyard-mistaken-identity-suspect-search


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Re: Police State - Official Thread
« Reply #5077 on: February 10, 2021, 10:12:23 AM »
Horrible!

Idaho man fatally shot in own backyard after officer mistakes him for suspect, police say

A police officer in Idaho fatally shot a man who was in his own backyard on Monday after mistaking him for a suspect on the loose in the neighborhood and believed to be armed, authorities said.

Idaho Falls police did not immediately identify the victim or the officer involved in what Chief Bryce Johnson called a "devastatingly tragic" incident.

The incident began just after midnight in Idaho Falls when a deputy from the Bonneville County Sheriff's Office pulled over a vehicle and saw a male passenger wearing a black shirt get out and flee into a residential neighborhood, the police statement said.

Idaho Falls police officers and Bonneville County sheriff's deputies began searching the neighborhood for the suspect, authorities said.

The deputy who had stopped the vehicle spoke with the driver, who identified the suspect as 22-year-old Tanner J.N. Shoesmith, the sheriff's office said in a news release. Deputies learned Shoesmith had multiple active warrants for his arrest, including for felony battery on an officer, resisting or obstructing arrest, and providing false information to law enforcement.

As the search continued, police said a resident told officers they spotted the suspect run through a backyard and believed that he had a gun.

Meanwhile, the driver who had stayed in the vehicle showed officers a message they received from the suspect that showed his GPS location, police said. The GPS appeared to show the suspect in a backyard of a nearby residence. Officers and deputies then surrounded the home.

"Due to the information that the suspect may be armed, and a prior history of violence when interacting with police officers, law enforcement personnel entered the location with their service weapons drawn," the police statement said.

Officers said they heard yelling when approaching the home and found a man wearing a black shirt and wielding a gun in the yard. They told the man to drop the gun, according to the statement.

"We do not currently have the answers as to what exactly occurred during these moments," Johnson said. "We do know that during this interaction, an Idaho Falls police officer discharged his service weapon, firing one shot which struck the man."

Johnson said officers and first responders attempted life-saving measures but they were unsuccessful.

Officers and deputies determined that the man who had been shot was not the suspect but actually the resident of that address.

After the shot was fired, Shoesmith was again spotted running through the area, police said. Officers tracked him to the yard of a nearby home and found him hiding in a shed.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/idaho-police-shoot-man-backyard-mistaken-identity-suspect-search

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Re: Police State - Official Thread
« Reply #5078 on: February 10, 2021, 02:43:38 PM »
Devastatingly Tragic - Shoot the Cop. End of. Job Done.

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« Reply #5079 on: February 16, 2021, 03:21:36 PM »
Very brave judge.

North Carolina police department ordered to pay man back after forfeiting seized money through controversial process

Iredell District Court Judge Christine Underwood has given the Town of Mooresville and its police department one week to comply with a court order or go to jail.

On Nov. 16, 2020, the Mooresville Police Department was called out to a hotel where they searched an unoccupied rental car and seized small amount of marijuana as well as approximately $17,000 belonging to a Connecticut man, Jermaine Sanders, whose daughter resides in Iredell County.

On Nov. 19 the Mooresville Police Department was put on notice of a hearing to challenge the seizure of Sanders’ money, according to his lawyer Ashley Cannon. However, the day before the hearing, Nov. 23, the police send a check for the money to the federal government under the authority of the controversial civil forfeiture law. Cannon says the timing was purposeful.

“What they did was circumvent the system by giving it over to the federal government because they anticipated coming into court and being able to say, ‘sorry, we don’t have that money anymore. You’re going to have to chase it in the federal system.'”

“The consequence of that is people are forever without their money, even if, ultimately, their case is dismissed or they’re found not guilty or otherwise their case goes away. The federal government can still keep that money.”

To get forfeited money from federal authorities is also a costly process–one that most average people cannot afford.

https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina-police-department-ordered-to-pay-man-back-after-forfeiting-seized-money-through-controversial-process/


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Re: Police State - Official Thread
« Reply #5080 on: February 20, 2021, 02:38:03 PM »
"Qualified immunity" once again.

5th Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Cops Who Ignited a Suicidal, Gasoline-Drenched Man by Tasing Him

Gabriel Eduardo Olivas doused himself with gasoline, but it was the cops who set him on fire. They were there to help him.

Last week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled that Jeremias Guadarrama and Ebony Jefferson, the Arlington, Texas, police officers who fired Tasers at Olivas, igniting him and burning his house down, are protected by qualified immunity, a court-invented doctrine that shields government officials from federal civil rights claims unless their alleged misconduct violated "clearly established" law. While Olivas' family argued that Guadarrama and Jefferson used excessive force, a unanimous 5th Circuit panel concluded that their actions were reasonable in the circumstances.

On July 10, 2017, Olivas' son called 911 to report that his father was threatening to kill himself. According to the 5th Circuit's summary, Olivas' son also said his father was threatening to "burn down their house." That assertion contradicts the family's account, which the court was supposed to accept as true in determining whether the officers deserved qualified immunity. The family maintains that Olivas "did not threaten to harm his wife, his son, or anyone else in his home."

Upon entering the house, Guadarrama smelled gasoline. Olivas' wife, Selina Marie Ramirez, directed Guadarrama, Jefferson, and Officer Caleb Elliott to a bedroom, where they found Olivas "leaning against a wall and holding a red gas can." According to the family's account—which, again, the 5th Circuit was supposed to accept as true in the context of this ruling—Elliott shouted to the other officers, "If we tase him, he is going to light on fire!" Elliott discharged pepper spray in Olivas' face, which temporarily blinded him.

Around the same time, Olivas poured gasoline over himself. According to the 5th Circuit, it is not clear whether that happened before or after Olivas was hit with the pepper spray. The court says Guadarrama and Elliott "noticed that Olivas was holding some object that appeared as though it might be a lighter." Guadarrama "fired his taser at the gasoline-soaked man, causing him to burst into flames." Jefferson also fired his Taser, although he initially denied that he had done so.

"The fire spread from Olivas to the walls of the bedroom, and the house eventually burned to the ground," the 5th Circuit notes. Olivas was taken to a hospital, where he eventually died from his injuries. The officers thus precipitated the very outcome they were ostensibly trying to prevent.

Alvarez sued the officers under 42 USC 1983, which allows people to seek damages when government officials violate their constitutional rights. She argued that using Tasers in these circumstances was clearly reckless and that the officers should instead have used other techniques to control the situation.

https://reason.com/2021/02/18/5th-circuit-grants-qualified-immunity-to-cops-who-ignited-a-suicidal-gasoline-drenched-man-by-tasing-him/

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Re: Police State - Official Thread
« Reply #5081 on: March 05, 2021, 12:44:22 PM »
An innocent woman's home destroyed by cops who as usual are hiding behind "immunity".

They fired tear gas, blew out the garage door and destroyed the fence. The family's dog was also left deaf and blind from the explosions.

A SWAT team destroyed a Texas home and refused to pay for the damage. Now the homeowner is fighting back.

Last summer, Vicki Baker woke up one morning to every homeowner’s worst nightmare: the night before, a fugitive had taken refuge in her second home, and after a standoff, the police SWAT team used tear gas grenades, explosives and an armored vehicle to utterly destroy the home. They called it “shock and awe.”

The incident left Vicki in shock, too. When the smoke cleared, the home—which her daughter was living in and which was under contract to sell—was uninhabitable. The only living thing that survived the raid was her daughter’s dog, which was left deaf and blind from the explosions.

Vicki, who had recently moved to Montana to retire, was left holding the bill. The city of McKinney and her homeowner’s insurance company told her that police had “immunity” and wouldn’t pay for a dime of the damage. A few days later, the buyer walked away and the sale fell through.

All told, Vicki spent more than $50,000 and months of time to repair her home. She ran up debt on her credit cards, and when those ran out, she had to withdraw funds from her retirement account to afford the repairs. When she finally sold the home this winter, it was for substantially less than before the raid.

https://ij.org/press-release/after-a-swat-team-destroyed-a-texas-home-it-refused-to-pay-for-the-damage-now-the-homeowner-is-fighting-back/



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Re: Police State - Official Thread
« Reply #5082 on: March 12, 2021, 09:24:55 AM »
The "finest" people.

2 other cops in the same department were also sentenced on child pornography and abuse charges.

Former officer accused of sexual abuse won't serve jail time

A former Kentucky officer accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl 10 years ago in the Louisville Metro Police Department’s now-defunct Youth Explorer program won’t serve jail time.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/mar/11/former-officer-accused-of-sexual-abuse-wont-serve-/

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Re: Police State - Official Thread
« Reply #5083 on: March 21, 2021, 12:12:31 PM »
Digital Trails: How the FBI Is Identifying, Tracking and Rounding Up Dissidents

Databit by databit, we are building our own electronic concentration camps.

With every new smart piece of smart technology we acquire, every new app we download, every new photo or post we share online, we are making it that much easier for the government and its corporate partners to identify, track and eventually round us up.

Saint or sinner, it doesn’t matter because we’re all being swept up into a massive digital data dragnet that does not distinguish between those who are innocent of wrongdoing, suspects, or criminals.

This is what it means to live in a suspect society.

The government’s efforts to round up those who took part in the Capitol riots shows exactly how vulnerable we all are to the menace of a surveillance state that aspires to a God-like awareness of our lives.

Relying on selfies, social media posts, location data, geotagged photos, facial recognition, surveillance cameras and crowdsourcing, government agents are compiling a massive data trove on anyone and everyone who may have been anywhere in the vicinity of the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

The amount of digital information is staggering: 15,000 hours of surveillance and body-worn camera footage; 1,600 electronic devices; 270,000 digital media tips; at least 140,000 photos and videos; and about 100,000 location pings for thousands of smartphones.

And that’s just what we know.

More than 300 individuals from 40 states have already been charged and another 280 arrested in connection with the events of January 6. As many as 500 others are still being hunted by government agents.

Also included in this data roundup are individuals who may have had nothing to do with the riots but whose cell phone location data identified them as being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Forget about being innocent until proven guilty.

In a suspect society such as ours, the burden of proof has been flipped: now, you start off guilty and have to prove your innocence.

For instance, you didn’t even have to be involved in the Capitol riots to qualify for a visit from the FBI: investigators have reportedly been tracking—and questioning—anyone whose cell phones connected to wi-fi or pinged cell phone towers near the Capitol. One man, who had gone out for a walk with his daughters only to end up stranded near the Capitol crowds, actually had FBI agents show up at his door days later. Using Google Maps, agents were able to pinpoint exactly where they were standing and for how long.

All of the many creepy, calculating, invasive investigative and surveillance tools the government has acquired over the years are on full display right now in the FBI’s ongoing efforts to bring the rioters to “justice.”

FBI agents are matching photos with drivers’ license pictures; tracking movements by way of license plate toll readers; and zooming in on physical identifying marks such as moles, scars and tattoos, as well as brands, logos and symbols on clothing and backpacks. They’re poring over hours of security and body camera footage; scouring social media posts; triangulating data from cellphone towers and WiFi signals; layering facial recognition software on top of that; and then cross-referencing footage with public social media posts.

It’s not just the FBI on the hunt, however.

They’ve enlisted the help of volunteer posses of private citizens, such as Deep State Dogs, to collaborate on the grunt work. As Dinah Voyles Pulver reports, once Deep State Dogs locates a person and confirms their identity, they put a package together with the person’s name, address, phone number and several images and send it to the FBI.

According to USA Today, the FBI is relying on the American public and volunteer cybersleuths to help bolster its cases.

This takes See Something, Say Something snitching programs to a whole new level.

The lesson to be learned: Big Brother, Big Sister and all of their friends are watching you.

They see your every move: what you read, how much you spend, where you go, with whom you interact, when you wake up in the morning, what you’re watching on television and reading on the internet.

Every move you make is being monitored, mined for data, crunched, and tabulated in order to form a picture of who you are, what makes you tick, and how best to control you when and if it becomes necessary to bring you in line.

Simply liking or sharing this article on Facebook, retweeting it on Twitter, or merely reading it or any other articles related to government wrongdoing, surveillance, police misconduct or civil liberties might be enough to get you categorized as a particular kind of person with particular kinds of interests that reflect a particular kind of mindset that might just lead you to engage in a particular kinds of activities and, therefore, puts you in the crosshairs of a government investigation as a potential troublemaker a.k.a. domestic extremist.

Chances are, as the Washington Post reports, you have already been assigned a color-coded threat score—green, yellow or red—so police are forewarned about your potential inclination to be a troublemaker depending on whether you’ve had a career in the military, posted a comment perceived as threatening on Facebook, suffer from a particular medical condition, or know someone who knows someone who might have committed a crime.

In other words, you might already be flagged as potentially anti-government in a government database somewhere—Main Core, for example—that identifies and tracks individuals who aren’t inclined to march in lockstep to the police state’s dictates.

https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/digital_trails_how_the_fbi_is_identifying_tracking_and_rounding_up_dissidents

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Re: Police State - Official Thread
« Reply #5084 on: March 30, 2021, 10:26:30 AM »
Court filing: Richland sheriff covered up school deputy preying on teens for 9 years

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott and internal investigators protected a deputy from 2010 to 2019 who they had reason to know was a sexual predator, lawyers in a civil suit alleged in a Wednesday court filing.

Protecting the now-former deputy, Jamel Bradley, who was primarily a school resource officer, amounted to a cover-up to save the Richland County Sheriff’s Department from embarrassment and liability, according to the filings.

Lott and Capt. John E. Ewing, the former deputy’s supervisor, “deliberately and systematically concealed Deputy Bradley’s predatory nature and concealed their own knowledge of his predatory nature,” the filing said.

https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article250233290.html

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Re: Police State - Official Thread
« Reply #5085 on: April 05, 2021, 01:58:50 PM »
"Qualified immunity" again. But this time it didn't work. Hopefully the criminal gang will rot in prison, not holding my breath though.

Texas Federal Judge Tosses Qualified Immunity Defense in First Amendment Retaliation Case

On Friday Sylvia Gonzalez—a retiree and former Castle Hills, Texas, councilmember thrown in jail for speaking out against her local government—got the news she has waited more than a year to hear. In a powerful ruling issued Friday afternoon, Judge David Alan Ezra dismissed the city’s motion to dismiss and ruled that her case alleging First Amendment retaliation against the city’s chief of police, the mayor, a detective, and the city itself can proceed.

“I’m incredibly grateful to be able to proceed with my case,” said Sylvia Gonzalez, who is represented by IJ in her fight. “I’m glad that after all I’ve been through the truth will prevail.”

This decision marks an early and important victory in the fight to vindicate Sylvia’s constitutional rights. Too often, government officials argue that a legal doctrine known as “qualified immunity” shields them from being held responsible for violating individual rights. Soon after Sylvia filed her lawsuit, the government defendants claimed immunity and argued that the case should be thrown out. Judge Ezra disagreed and ruled for Sylvia. Now, Sylvia and IJ can proceed and are looking forward to their day in court.

Sylvia’s case started in May 2019, when she decided to run for a city council seat. As part of her campaign, she helped organize a non-binding petition calling on the council to remove the Castle Hills city manager from his position. This did not sit well with the mayor and the police chief, among others, who engineered a campaign to retaliate against Sylvia by removing her from office. When that failed, they engineered a plot to throw her in jail—nonsensically arguing that she tried to steal her own petition. Seventy-two years old at the time, Sylvia spent an entire day behind bars, forced to sit on a metal bench (and not allowed to stand), wear an orange shirt, and use a bathroom with no doors or opportunity for privacy. Her mugshot appeared on TV screens all over Castle Hills and San Antonio.

When Sylvia sued, the defendants invoked qualified immunity—a doctrine that shields government employees from being held accountable, even when they violate individual rights. To overcome immunity, the victim must prove that a court has ruled that the exactly the same conduct was already ruled unconstitutional.

But here, the court saw through the government’s attempt to hide behind qualified immunity. Judge Ezra ruled that the law is clearly established, and the government has more than fair warning that throwing someone in jail in retaliation for exercising their free speech is a violation of the First Amendment. The judge also ruled that the claims against the city must move forward.

“This decision is a remarkable victory for government accountability,” said Will Aronin, one of the IJ lawyers representing Sylvia in this case. “The judge ruled that Sylvia’s claims against every single defendant—including the city itself—can proceed. Now, Sylvia will finally get her day in court and we’re confident a jury will see the city’s actions for what they were—an unconstitutional attempt to punish her for exercising her constitutional rights.”

Sylvia’s case is a part of IJ’s Project on Immunity and Accountability, which is dedicated to the principle that our Constitution is not an empty promise and must be enforced. In addition to Sylvia’s case, the Institute for Justice is litigating several other constitutional cases that arose in Texas: including one on behalf of a Vietnam veteran who was senselessly beaten by security guards at a veterans hospital in El Paso, Texas, and one on behalf of an innocent homeowner in McKinney, Texas, who was left holding a bill for more than $50,000 after a SWAT team destroyed her home in pursuit of a fugitive.

https://ij.org/press-release/texas-federal-judge-tosses-qualified-immunity-defense-in-first-amendment-retaliation-case/

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Re: Police State - Official Thread
« Reply #5086 on: April 06, 2021, 04:25:09 AM »
Searched "Deep State Dogs".

Nothing comes up.

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« Reply #5087 on: April 09, 2021, 09:36:02 AM »
DC Police Chief Says Teens Who Murdered UBER Driver Shouldn’t Be Prosecuted Because It ‘Won’t Bring Back The Lost Loved One’
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Posted on 4/9/2021, 12:31:11 PM by A.M. Smith

Acting D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee III gave some disturbing answers to questions earlier this month regarding a recent crime that received national attention. Two teen girls carjacked an Uber-Eats driver, 66-year-old Mohammad Anwar and caused his death. The videos from the crime showed the brazen way in which the girls carjacked the driver and then sped off with him hanging from the car. When the car finally came to a stop, the man was flung onto the sidewalk where he lay dying. The girls did nothing to render aid but were more concerned with finding a cell phone (see our complete report below).

Instead of deterrents to crimes, the DC police force is now acting as a protector of murderous thug teen criminals who should be tried as adults. Is this why teen carjackings have skyrocketed in DC? If there is no punishment for the crime, these teens will continue to carjack innocent people.

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« Reply #5088 on: April 10, 2021, 10:53:53 AM »
Now the gang members are attacking military personnel.

Lawsuit claims Windsor police officers drew guns, pepper-sprayed uniformed Army officer during traffic stop

Two Windsor police officers are facing a civil lawsuit that alleges they acted aggressively towards a minority, uniformed Army officer during a traffic stop.

The lawsuit was filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Virginia in Norfolk.

Documents from the lawsuit claim officers Joe Gutierrez and Daniel Crocker (the defendants) pulled over a newly-bought SUV for not having a rear license plate on December 5, 2020.

They approached with guns pointed at the car, gave opposing instructions to a uniformed soldier behind the wheel, and then pepper-sprayed him -- all while threatening him with different charges and levels of violence for noncompliance.

Nazario says once he was out of the vehicle, after being sprayed, the officers struck him multiple times, handcuffed him, and interrogated him.

The documents say the officers ended up letting Nazario go after threatening to charge him with obstructing justice, eluding police, and assaulting a law enforcement officer (with the intent of derailing Nazario's military career).

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/lawsuit-claims-windsor-police-officers-drew-guns-pepper-sprayed-uniformed-army-officer-during-traffic-stop/291-713b97e3-a415-4b27-b11c-37620a9eb4ef

 

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« Reply #5089 on: April 12, 2021, 12:34:16 PM »
Scum like him should be sent to death row or locked up for life.

NYPD narcotics officer accused of lying about cases that led to unlawful arrests

A former NYPD narcotics detective was arraigned Wednesday for allegedly making false statements in court proceedings and in court documents that led to multiple unlawful arrests.

Authorities say Officer Joseph Franco, assigned to Manhattan South Narcotics Division, lied during three arrests for drug crimes that were made between February of 2017 and May of 2018.

https://abc7ny.com/joseph-franco-nypd-officer-arrested-lying/5268628/

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« Reply #5090 on: April 12, 2021, 12:37:37 PM »
Maryland Becomes First State to Repeal Its Police Bill of Rights

In 1974, Maryland became the first of around 20 states to establish a police bill of rights — laws that help shield officers from accountability by blocking civilian inquiries into misconduct on the force and erasing records of complaints filed against officers after a period of time. On Saturday, the Old Line State became the first to revoke such legislation, after Democratic lawmakers overrode Republican governor Larry Hogan’s veto of an expansive new police-reform bill.

The new laws, which come amid a nationwide push toward law-enforcement reform in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, are among some of the most significant criminal-justice changes in the U.S. to date. Measures in the bill include the mandatory use of body cameras, the establishment of a civilian role in police discipline, and a restriction on the use of no-knock warrants. One of its most important aspects involves an increased standard for use of force, requiring officers to first use de-escalation tactics. According to the law, force, which must be “necessary and proportional,” can only be used to halt “an imminent threat of physical injury” or to “effectuate a legitimate law enforcement objective.” If an officer has been found to use excessive force, they can be subject to a criminal penalty. The training and use-of-force limits begin in July of next year, while body cameras will be statewide by July 2025.

The police disciplinary process will also be opened up to civilians, by establishing local administrative charging committees, which can recommend what sort of internal discipline a cop should face. And while some reform advocates pushed for full civilian control on disciplinary matters, police chiefs cannot impose less severe punishments than what the committee recommends. Another new law, which was not vetoed by Governor Hogan, transfers the investigations of police-involved deaths from local law enforcement to an independent office run by the state attorney general.

The laws enacted this weekend also include a bill enabling the release of disciplinary records; previously, Maryland was one of around 20 states in which the public was blocked from seeing an officer’s history of complaints or punishments for misconduct.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/04/maryland-becomes-first-state-to-repeal-police-bill-of-rights.html

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« Reply #5091 on: April 12, 2021, 12:44:33 PM »
Indiana Constitutional Carry Bill Killed Due to Police Police Orgs’ Opposition

State Rep. Ben Smaltz, R-Auburn, is puzzling over the failure of his gun-rights bill in the Indiana Senate this week.

Smaltz’s “lawful carry” bill sought to allow law-abiding Hoosier adults to carry handguns without the need to obtain state permits.
It passed the Indiana House of Representatives by a 65-31 vote on Feb. 22.
 
Twenty-one of the 50 state senators had signed as co-sponsors of the bill, including both state senators who represent DeKalb County, Sue Glick, R-LaGrange, and Dennis Kruse, R-Auburn.

His bill almost certainly would have passed in the Senate if it had been allowed to come to a vote, Smaltz said Friday.

Instead, two Senate leaders of Smaltz’s own Republican Party blocked the bill by refusing to give it a committee hearing.

Smaltz called the outcome “very disappointing.” He added, “The support was there. … Despite what was really trying to be done for the lawful good guy, decisions were made contrary to that.”

Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray halted the bill because of opposition from the Indiana State Police superintendent, the state police chiefs association and the Indiana Fraternal Order of Police, he told the Associated Press.

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/indiana-constitutional-carry-killed-due-to-police-police-orgs-opposition/

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« Reply #5092 on: April 13, 2021, 09:57:22 AM »
Criminal gangs.

Ex-L.A. Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for Leading $2 Million Armed Robbery of Marijuana Warehouse

A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison for orchestrating and leading a $2 million armed robbery – staged as a legitimate law enforcement search – at a downtown Los Angeles warehouse where more than half a ton of marijuana and over $600,000 in cash was stolen.

Marc Antrim, 43, of South El Monte, who formerly was assigned to the LASD station in Temple City, was sentenced by United States District Judge Virginia A. Phillips, who said, “the seriousness of the crime could not be overstated.” The heist, which “sounded like a movie script,” was “tragic” for the victims and eroded “the public’s trust (in law enforcement),” the judge said.

Antrim pleaded guilty in March 2019 to a five-count information charging him with conspiracy to distribute marijuana, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, conspiracy to deprive rights under color of law, deprivation of rights under color of law, and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

During the early morning hours of October 29, 2018, Antrim and his co-conspirators dressed as armed LASD deputies and approached the warehouse in an LASD Ford Explorer. Upon arrival, Antrim flashed his LASD badge and a fake search warrant to the security guards to gain entry to the warehouse. To perpetuate the ruse that they were legitimate law enforcement officers, Antrim and two fake deputies sported LASD clothing, wore duty belts, and carried firearms. One fake deputy also visibly carried a long gun to further intimidate the guards into submission.

At the beginning of the two-hour robbery, Antrim and his co-conspirators detained the three warehouse security guards in the cage of the LASD Ford Explorer. Soon after the guards were detained, a fourth man arrived at the warehouse in a large rental truck, and all four men began loading marijuana into the truck.

When Los Angeles Police Department officers legitimately responded to a call for service at the warehouse during the robbery, Antrim falsely told the LAPD officers that he was an LASD narcotics deputy conducting a legitimate search. To facilitate the sham, Antrim handed his phone to one of the LAPD officers so that the police officer could speak to someone on the phone claiming to be Antrim’s LASD sergeant. The individual on the phone was not Antrim’s sergeant, and Antrim did not have a legitimate search warrant for the warehouse.

After LAPD officers left the warehouse, other co-conspirators arrived and the robbery continued, allowing the fake law enforcement crew to steal even more marijuana and two large safes containing over half a million dollars in cash.

At the time of the robbery, Antrim was a patrol deputy assigned to the Temple City station, but he was not on duty, was not assigned to the department’s narcotics unit, was not a detective, and would not have had a legitimate reason to search a marijuana distribution warehouse in the City of Los Angeles.

Prosecutors have secured six convictions in this case for the co-conspirators who took part in the raid alongside Antrim.

Christopher Myung Kim, 31, of Walnut, a disgruntled former warehouse employee, is serving a 14-year federal prison sentence after being found guilty by a jury for his role in planning the heist and making off with $1.5 million in stolen marijuana after the raid. Antrim testified at Kim’s trial, which the judge credited as a significant reason to reduce Antrim’s sentence.

Kevin McBride, 45, of Glendora, and Eric Rodriguez, 35, of Adelanto, are serving federal prison sentences of six and nine years, respectively, after pleading guilty to felony charges in this case. In a related case, Antrim’s other co-conspirators, Matthew James Perez, 44, of Ontario, Daniel Aguilera, 33, of Los Angeles, and Jay Colby Sanford, 43, of Pomona, are serving sentences of six years’ imprisonment, two years’ imprisonment, and five years’ probation, respectively.

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration; the FBI; and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. LASD’s Internal Criminal Investigations Bureau provided substantial assistance to the federal investigation.

Assistant United States Attorney Lindsey Greer Dotson of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section and Assistant United States Attorney Joseph D. Axelrad of the Violent and Organized Crime Section prosecuted this case.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/ex-la-sheriff-s-deputy-sentenced-seven-years-federal-prison-leading-2-million-armed

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« Reply #5093 on: April 13, 2021, 01:11:29 PM »
Government-run racket.

Truck seized over 'munitions of war,' 5 forgotten bullets

Gerardo Serrano ticked off the border crossing agents by taking some photos on his phone. So they took his pickup truck and held onto it for more than two years.

Only after Serrano filed a federal lawsuit did he get back his Ford F-250. Now he wants the Supreme Court to step in and require a prompt court hearing as a matter of constitutional fairness whenever federal officials take someone's property under civil forfeiture law.

The justices could consider his case when they meet privately on Friday.

It's a corner of the larger forfeiture issue, when federal, state or local officials take someone's property, without ever having to prove that it has been used for illicit purposes.

Since 2000, governments have acquired at least $68.8 billion in forfeited property, according to the Institute for Justice, a libertarian public interest law firm that represents Serrano and tracks seizures. The group says the number "drastically underestimates forfeiture's true scope" because not all states provide data.

Serrano's troubles stemmed from some pictures he took along the way of a long trip from his home in Tyner, Kentucky, to visit relatives, including a dying aunt, in Zaragosa, Mexico. The photo-taking attracted the attention of U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in Eagle Pass, Texas.

When Serrano refused to hand over the password to his phone, the agents went through the 2014 silver pickup truck in great detail. They justified its seizure by saying they found "munitions of war" inside — five forgotten bullets, though no gun.

Serrano, 62, initially took a gun, for which he has a permit, but a Mexican cousin warned him not to bring it into Mexico. He ditched the weapon, but forgot about the few bullets the agents eventually found.

A one-time Republican candidate for Congress, Serrano recalled being surprised at his treatment at the border in September 2015.

"I deleted the photos, but I'm not giving you my phone," Serrano said.

Told to park the truck, he said, he complained a bit before one agent reached into the pickup, opened the door, unfastened Serrano's seat belt and yanked him out of the vehicle.

"I got rights, I got constitutional rights and he snaps back at me, 'You don't have no rights here. I'm sick and tired of hearing about your rights.' That took me aback," Serrano said.

He was handcuffed and held for several hours, refusing to unlock the phone or answer any questions. Eventually, he was told he could go, but without his truck.

"I said, 'How am I going to get home?' There's this smirk I can't forget. 'We don't care how you get home,'" Serrano said.

He left the border station on foot, called a relative who lived nearby and hung around the area for several weeks, hoping to reclaim the pickup truck. Serrano finally rented a car and returned home. He continued to make $673 monthly payments on the seized truck.

Serrano might get some support from at least one justice. While an appeals court judge in New York, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote an opinion requiring New York City to hold prompt hearings when police seized cars. "It is this intermediate deprivation, lasting months or sometimes years without any prompt hearing before a neutral fact-finder, that we deem constitutionally infirm," Sotomayor wrote in 2002.

The Supreme Court took up the issue of whether governments must hold a reasonably quick hearing following a seizure once before, in a case from Chicago in 2009. But the court dismissed the case because the seized vehicles all had been returned by the time the case was argued.

The Biden administration is urging the court to reject the case, saying there was nothing wrong with the initial seizure of the pickup and arguing that Serrano's claims ended when the vehicle was returned to him.

But Serrano's lawyers contend that the court should confront the issue because otherwise governments will continue to hold property for long periods and return it only to evade a judge's review.

"The rampant due process violations associated with modern civil forfeiture warrant review," they said in a high-court filing.

Serrano did get to see his aunt on the 2015 trip. Cousins drove across the border and took him to her. "When I went back home, three days later they called me and said she died," he said.

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/truck-seized-over-munitions-of-war-five-forgotten-bullets-1.669391

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« Reply #5094 on: April 15, 2021, 03:39:08 PM »
This must be another one of those "split second decisions" these "brave heroes" have to make every day while they "fear for their lives"....

They fractured the arm of a 73 year old woman with dementia who weighed just 80 lbs... These uniformed thugs should be sent to the electric chair.


Loveland police face federal civil rights lawsuit over arrest of 73-year-old woman

A Loveland law office has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Loveland Police Department over the arrest of a 73-year-old Loveland woman last summer that the woman’s attorney called “a nightmare.”

According to a press release from attorney Sarah Schielke, the Life and Liberty Law Office filed the lawsuit and initiated the case Wednesday, alleging excessive use of force against the department and officers Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali and Sgt. Phil Metzler for the arrest of Karen Garner on June 26, 2020.

The arrest left Garner with a fractured arm and dislocated shoulder, the suit says.

As of 6 p.m. Wednesday, the Loveland Police Department had not provided an official comment on the case.

The suit alleges that Garner, who is 5 feet tall and weighs 80 pounds, suffered a fractured upper arm and dislocated shoulder, along with other injuries.

According to the suit, in the late afternoon of June 26, 2020, Hopp “violently assaulted Garner without provocation” as she was walking home from the east Loveland Walmart.

The suit says Garner suffers from dementia and sensory aphasia, which impairs her ability to communicate and understand. She had left the store at 1325 N. Denver Ave. without paying for $13.38 worth of items, according to the suit. Employees stopped her at the exit to retrieve the items but reportedly refused to let her pay for them.

https://www.greeleytribune.com/2021/04/14/loveland-police-face-federal-civil-rights-lawsuit-over-arrest-of-73-year-old-woman/


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« Reply #5095 on: April 15, 2021, 03:59:51 PM »

F*ck ME that's awful, and seems totally outrageous

And this bit choked me:  "The only living thing remaining inside was Deanna’s dog which was left deaf and blind from the explosions"

 :'( :'( :'(

An innocent woman's home destroyed by cops who as usual are hiding behind "immunity".

They fired tear gas, blew out the garage door and destroyed the fence. The family's dog was also left deaf and blind from the explosions.

A SWAT team destroyed a Texas home and refused to pay for the damage. Now the homeowner is fighting back.

Last summer, Vicki Baker woke up one morning to every homeowner’s worst nightmare: the night before, a fugitive had taken refuge in her second home, and after a standoff, the police SWAT team used tear gas grenades, explosives and an armored vehicle to utterly destroy the home. They called it “shock and awe.”

The incident left Vicki in shock, too. When the smoke cleared, the home—which her daughter was living in and which was under contract to sell—was uninhabitable. The only living thing that survived the raid was her daughter’s dog, which was left deaf and blind from the explosions.

Vicki, who had recently moved to Montana to retire, was left holding the bill. The city of McKinney and her homeowner’s insurance company told her that police had “immunity” and wouldn’t pay for a dime of the damage. A few days later, the buyer walked away and the sale fell through.

All told, Vicki spent more than $50,000 and months of time to repair her home. She ran up debt on her credit cards, and when those ran out, she had to withdraw funds from her retirement account to afford the repairs. When she finally sold the home this winter, it was for substantially less than before the raid.

https://ij.org/press-release/after-a-swat-team-destroyed-a-texas-home-it-refused-to-pay-for-the-damage-now-the-homeowner-is-fighting-back/


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« Reply #5096 on: April 16, 2021, 12:07:46 PM »
Another cop gets a sweet plea deal. She was facing 40 years in prison but will get just 5 years.

Former NYPD cop pleads guilty in alleged murder-for-hire plot to kill husband, boyfriend's daughter

A former NYPD officer pleaded guilty Friday to an obstruction charge stemming from the murder-for-hire plot to kill her estranged husband and her boyfriend's teenaged daughter.

Valerie Cincinelli paid her one-time boyfriend, John DiRubba, $7,000 to hire a hitman to kill estranged husband, Isaiah Carvalho, amid a bitter divorce and custody battle over their son.

DiRubba went to the authorities when Cincinelli wanted to include DiRubba's 15-year-old daughter in the plot.

"I deleted images on an iPhone with the Intent to obstruct a federal grand jury investigation into the murder for hire," Cincinelli said during the plea hearing. "I knew what I did was wrong, and I'm truly sorry, Your Honor."

Had the case gone to trial, federal prosecutors said they would have introduced evidence that included audio and video recordings in which Cincinelli was overheard discussing the plot and an alibi.

The defense hopes to get her released on bail while she awaits sentencing. Her plea agreement called for a sentence of about five years in prison.

Federal prosecutors agreed not to ask for more than 60 months behind bars when she is sentenced on October 29.

https://abc7ny.com/valerie-cincinelli-isaiah-carvalho-jr-murder-for-hire-former-nypd/10519130/


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« Reply #5098 on: April 22, 2021, 02:29:24 PM »
The police department and of course the police union tried to protect one of their own who now faces 33 charges including child sexual abuse and even rose up to be the the union's president.

For years, the Boston Police kept a secret: the union president was an alleged child molester

A Globe investigation has found that the Boston Police Department in 1995 filed a criminal complaint against him for sexual assault on a 12-year-old, and, even after the complaint was dropped, proceeded with an internal investigation that concluded that he likely committed a crime. Despite that finding, Rose kept his badge, remained on patrol for another 21 years, and rose to power in the union that represents patrol officers.

Today Boston police are fighting to keep secret how the department handled the allegations against Rose, and what, if any, penalty he faced. Over the years, this horrific case has come full circle: The father who brought his daughter in last summer to report abuse by Rose was the boy allegedly abused at age 12 in the 1995 case. The department’s lack of administrative action back then may have left Rose free to offend again and again, from one generation to the next.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/04/10/metro/years-boston-police-kept-secret-union-president-was-an-alleged-child-molester/



Boston Police Files on Ex-Officer's Child Sex Abuse Allegation Are Released

Boston Police internal investigators found sufficient evidence in 1996 to support allegations that an officer sexually assaulted a minor, yet the officer remained on the force and was eventually returned to full duty, according to documents released Tuesday.

The internal affairs file was ordered released by acting Mayor Kim Janey after The Boston Globe reported earlier this month that Patrick Rose, a retired officer and the one-time president of the Boston Patrolmen's Association, had been able to keep his badge despite a criminal complaint in 1995 for sexual assault on a 12-year-old child.

The criminal complaint was eventually dropped, but the department's Internal Affairs Division concluded there was enough evidence to support the allegations, according to the documents. Then-Boston Police Commissioner Paul F. Evans was notified in a June 1996 memo of the results of the probe.

Rose had been relieved of his weapon and placed on administrative duty, but was returned to full duty after an attorney for the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association wrote to the commissioner in October 1997 and threatened to file a grievance, according to the documents.

Janey called it "deeply unsettling and entirely unacceptable" that Rose remained on the force for two decades and eventually became head of the police union.

"What's more, Rose was allowed to have contact with young victims of sexual assault during the course of his career, and we now know that he allegedly went on to assault several other children," she said in an emailed statement. "His alleged behavior is disgusting, and the apparent lack of leadership shown by the department at the time is extremely troubling. This culture of secrecy cannot be tolerated."

Rose now faces 33 charges involving six alleged victims. He has pleaded not guilty and his lawyer says he maintains his innocence.

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/boston-police-files-on-ex-officers-abuse-allegation-to-be-released-tuesday/2359558/



Boston Police Commissioner knew of allegations against former officer Patrick Rose Sr., but patrolman was allowed to keep his job amid union pressure, internal documents show

Even after Boston Police Department investigators informed then-Commissioner Paul F. Evans in 1996 that there was credible evidence supporting allegations that one of the department’s officers had sexually assaulted a child, that officer was allowed to keep his job, according to internal documents released by Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey.

The officer, 66-year-old Patrick M. Rose Sr., has since been charged with molesting multiple children. The internal affairs documents released on Tuesday show that Boston Police Patrolman’s Association — the union Rose would later become president of — threatened to file a grievance on his behalf.

The Boston Police Department had reassigned Rose to administrative duty and confiscated his weapon after the allegations were sustained by the internal affairs division of the department. He was allowed to stay on the force — often sent to respond to cases involving children, according to the Globe.

Janey said it is “deeply unsettling and entirely unacceptable that Rose remained on the force for two decades,” enabling his ascent to the top of the police union.

What’s more, Rose was allowed to have contact with young victims of sexual assault during the course of his career, and we now know that he allegedly went on to assault several other children,” Janey said, in a statement.

https://www.masslive.com/boston/2021/04/boston-police-commissioner-knew-of-allegations-against-former-officer-patrick-rose-sr-but-patrolman-was-allowed-to-keep-his-job-amid-union-pressure-internal-documents-show.html

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« Reply #5099 on: April 22, 2021, 04:24:30 PM »
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The police department and of course the police union tried to protect one of their own who now faces 33 charges including child sexual abuse and even rose up to be the the union's president.

For years, the Boston Police kept a secret: the union president was an alleged child molester

A Globe investigation has found that the Boston Police Department in 1995 filed a criminal complaint against him for sexual assault on a 12-year-old, and, even after the complaint was dropped, proceeded with an internal investigation that concluded that he likely committed a crime. Despite that finding, Rose kept his badge, remained on patrol for another 21 years, and rose to power in the union that represents patrol officers.

Today Boston police are fighting to keep secret how the department handled the allegations against Rose, and what, if any, penalty he faced. Over the years, this horrific case has come full circle: The father who brought his daughter in last summer to report abuse by Rose was the boy allegedly abused at age 12 in the 1995 case. The department’s lack of administrative action back then may have left Rose free to offend again and again, from one generation to the next.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/04/10/metro/years-boston-police-kept-secret-union-president-was-an-alleged-child-molester/



Boston Police Files on Ex-Officer's Child Sex Abuse Allegation Are Released

Boston Police internal investigators found sufficient evidence in 1996 to support allegations that an officer sexually assaulted a minor, yet the officer remained on the force and was eventually returned to full duty, according to documents released Tuesday.

The internal affairs file was ordered released by acting Mayor Kim Janey after The Boston Globe reported earlier this month that Patrick Rose, a retired officer and the one-time president of the Boston Patrolmen's Association, had been able to keep his badge despite a criminal complaint in 1995 for sexual assault on a 12-year-old child.

The criminal complaint was eventually dropped, but the department's Internal Affairs Division concluded there was enough evidence to support the allegations, according to the documents. Then-Boston Police Commissioner Paul F. Evans was notified in a June 1996 memo of the results of the probe.

Rose had been relieved of his weapon and placed on administrative duty, but was returned to full duty after an attorney for the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association wrote to the commissioner in October 1997 and threatened to file a grievance, according to the documents.

Janey called it "deeply unsettling and entirely unacceptable" that Rose remained on the force for two decades and eventually became head of the police union.

"What's more, Rose was allowed to have contact with young victims of sexual assault during the course of his career, and we now know that he allegedly went on to assault several other children," she said in an emailed statement. "His alleged behavior is disgusting, and the apparent lack of leadership shown by the department at the time is extremely troubling. This culture of secrecy cannot be tolerated."

Rose now faces 33 charges involving six alleged victims. He has pleaded not guilty and his lawyer says he maintains his innocence.

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/boston-police-files-on-ex-officers-abuse-allegation-to-be-released-tuesday/2359558/



Boston Police Commissioner knew of allegations against former officer Patrick Rose Sr., but patrolman was allowed to keep his job amid union pressure, internal documents show

Even after Boston Police Department investigators informed then-Commissioner Paul F. Evans in 1996 that there was credible evidence supporting allegations that one of the department’s officers had sexually assaulted a child, that officer was allowed to keep his job, according to internal documents released by Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey.

The officer, 66-year-old Patrick M. Rose Sr., has since been charged with molesting multiple children. The internal affairs documents released on Tuesday show that Boston Police Patrolman’s Association — the union Rose would later become president of — threatened to file a grievance on his behalf.

The Boston Police Department had reassigned Rose to administrative duty and confiscated his weapon after the allegations were sustained by the internal affairs division of the department. He was allowed to stay on the force — often sent to respond to cases involving children, according to the Globe.

Janey said it is “deeply unsettling and entirely unacceptable that Rose remained on the force for two decades,” enabling his ascent to the top of the police union.

What’s more, Rose was allowed to have contact with young victims of sexual assault during the course of his career, and we now know that he allegedly went on to assault several other children,” Janey said, in a statement.

https://www.masslive.com/boston/2021/04/boston-police-commissioner-knew-of-allegations-against-former-officer-patrick-rose-sr-but-patrolman-was-allowed-to-keep-his-job-amid-union-pressure-internal-documents-show.html