Police State - Official Thread

[Skeletor]

Just 1 year... However, the "sheriff" appeared to be scared of prison and asked for home incarceration... Not so tough when facing the reality that he's going to prison, even if it's just for a year...

Convicted Greenville County Sheriff Will Lewis sentenced to one year in prison

Convicted Greenville County Sheriff Will Lewis was led away from the courtroom in handcuffs Friday morning after he was sentenced to one year in prison. Judge G. Thomas Cooper Jr. sentenced Lewis to the maximum sentence for the charge of misconduct of a public officer. Shortly after the sentencing Gov. Henry McMaster issued an executive order permanently removing Lewis from the office of sheriff.

A jury found Lewis guilty late Thursday. It was a split verdict. Jurors found Lewis not guilty of misconduct that involves not doing a public job properly.

The charges stem from a 2017 budget trip to Charlotte during which Lewis had sex with his assistant, Savanah Nabors. Lewis testified the sex was consensual. Nabors testified that after a night of drinking, the two went back to her hotel room and she woke up with Lewis having sex with her. Nabors filed a civil lawsuit against Lewis in October 2017. A settlement was reached in October 2018. Nabors was paid nearly $100,000 from a state insurance fund in May.

Solicitor Kevin Brackett said Lewis’ misconduct was “brazen, naked corruption” and his evasive answers and convenient memory lapses about key details that might be harmful or humiliating show he remains arrogant and cocky.

“He has no insight into his own personal failings. His wasn’t an isolated incident. This is who he is. I don’t think he’s capable of change,” Brackett said.

https://www.wyff4.com/article/judge-to-sentence-will-lewis-friday-after-jury-convicts-him-on-1-charge/29586717

[Skeletor]

Once again the taxpayers are being held liable for the crimes of the "finest" people who "just do their job"..
Why not liquidate all the assets of those responsible for this man's death to pay for the compensation and then tie them up to a chair and leave them to die, exactly like they did to that poor man?
But do you know what happened? The jail administrator got sentenced to 55 hours (!) in prison for tying up a drunk man to a chair and letting him die.
Not 55 years.
Not 55 month
Not even 55 days just 55 hours!
And of course the sentence would not be served in the same prison she worked..

County leaders agree to $12.5 million settlement in connection to inmate’s death

Garfield County Commissioners say county officials have agreed to a settlement following the death of an inmate in custody.

Officials say Anthony Huff was arrested on June 4, 2016, for public intoxication and was held at the Garfield County Jail. Investigators say Huff was placed in a restraint chair on June 6 and was found unresponsive in the chair on June 8. Later that day, he was pronounced dead. During his time in the chair, Huff was not given “proper amounts of food, water or medical treatment for illnesses he was suffering from,” a release from Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter read.

An autopsy performed on June 9, 2016, said Huff died of natural causes, with the probable cause of death being chronic alcoholism due to a compulsive condition from a prior disease. In a federal lawsuit filed in 2017, lawyers allege jail employees were negligent because they should have known about Huff’s medical conditions from previous incarcerations and been aware that he took medications for heart disease, hypertension, depression, and other conditions.

Huff started hallucinating and exhibiting delusions at some point during his incarceration and was placed in the restraint chair, the lawsuit says.

Jail personnel didn’t receive a medical recommendation to use the chair, the lawsuit says, and jail employees didn’t check his blood pressure regularly, didn’t give him blood pressure medication and didn’t offer him hydration every two hours.

https://kfor.com/2019/10/22/county-leaders-agree-to-12-5-million-settlement-in-connection-to-inmates-death/

[Skeletor]

An innocent deaf young man was waiting on the sidewalk for his mom to pick him up. However, he was assaulted and tazed by cops who had to make "split second decisions" because the innocent young man "didn't comply with orders" he couldn't hear because he was deaf. Not that it makes a difference to cops, all they see is "non compliance" and a challenge to their "authority" which prompts them to respond in their default mode: violence
We have seen cops several times attacking the deaf and using that disability as an excuse for violence.

Teen loses cochlear implant after being tased

https://www.wate.com/news/top-stories/teen-loses-cochlear-implant-after-being-tased/?fbclid=IwAR0XpAe8-i7mdzmmeFkz_vTRQJM4gMVTSysthBaJ4WrI3JLFIPgjy5oto4A

[Soul Crusher]

They should start a victims fund paid by the LE people themselves.

Once again the taxpayers are being held liable for the crimes of the "finest" people who "just do their job"..
Why not liquidate all the assets of those responsible for this man's death to pay for the compensation and then tie them up to a chair and leave them to die, exactly like they did to that poor man?
But do you know what happened? The jail administrator got sentenced to 55 hours (!) in prison for tying up a drunk man to a chair and letting him die.
Not 55 years.
Not 55 month
Not even 55 days just 55 hours!
And of course the sentence would not be served in the same prison she worked..

County leaders agree to $12.5 million settlement in connection to inmate’s death

Garfield County Commissioners say county officials have agreed to a settlement following the death of an inmate in custody.

Officials say Anthony Huff was arrested on June 4, 2016, for public intoxication and was held at the Garfield County Jail. Investigators say Huff was placed in a restraint chair on June 6 and was found unresponsive in the chair on June 8. Later that day, he was pronounced dead. During his time in the chair, Huff was not given “proper amounts of food, water or medical treatment for illnesses he was suffering from,” a release from Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter read.

An autopsy performed on June 9, 2016, said Huff died of natural causes, with the probable cause of death being chronic alcoholism due to a compulsive condition from a prior disease. In a federal lawsuit filed in 2017, lawyers allege jail employees were negligent because they should have known about Huff’s medical conditions from previous incarcerations and been aware that he took medications for heart disease, hypertension, depression, and other conditions.

Huff started hallucinating and exhibiting delusions at some point during his incarceration and was placed in the restraint chair, the lawsuit says.

Jail personnel didn’t receive a medical recommendation to use the chair, the lawsuit says, and jail employees didn’t check his blood pressure regularly, didn’t give him blood pressure medication and didn’t offer him hydration every two hours.

https://kfor.com/2019/10/22/county-leaders-agree-to-12-5-million-settlement-in-connection-to-inmates-death/

[Skeletor]

San Bernardino police officer is off the force after killing man who had his hands up

A San Bernardino police officer is off the force after shooting to death a man who had put down a gun and had his hands up but refused orders to stop walking toward police.

Interim Police Chief Eric McBride released details and body-worn camera footage Friday, Oct. 25, in a video posted on YouTube. The shooting took place Sept. 28, 2018.

“Upon completion of our internal investigation and review process, we’ve concluded that one of our officer’s decision-making did not meet the standards held by our department or the community we serve,” McBride said in the video. “As a result he no longer works for the San Bernardino Police Department.”

McBride did not say whether Officer Brandon Gaddie was fired or resigned.

https://www.sbsun.com/2019/10/25/san-bernardino-police-officer-dismissed-after-fatal-shooting-da-reviewing-incident/


Video (of dubious objectivity):

[Skeletor]

Florida Police Using FINDER System to Create Lists of Gun Owners

Earlier this month AmmoLand brought its reader a story of an alleged illegal gun list compiled by the Charlotte County Sheriff's Department using the FINDER system in Florida.

Pawnbrokers are required to enter information on firearms transactions into the FINDER system. The system transmits the serial number of the firearm along with the make and model to the local sheriffs' department to make sure that the person pawning the gun, did not steal it. A bug in the system also transmitted the names and addresses of the transfers to local law enforcement. The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Department used the information to create a list of gun owners.

In Florida, it is a felony for law enforcement agencies to keep a list of gun owners under Florida Statute 790.335. The Charlotte County State's Attorney's Office determined that the Charlotte County Sheriff's Department did not violate any laws in compiling the list. After the results of the investigation, Florida Carry asked the Attorney General's Office of the state to carry out an independent investigation.

AmmoLand has discovered with the help of reporter Andrew Sheets that abuse of the FINDER system appears to extend past Charlotte County into surrounding jurisdictions. It isn’t clear how far the abuses extend across the state.

Emails obtained by Mr. Sheets and AmmoLand shows that the Charlotte County Sheriff's Department shared their list with other departments. One of the other law enforcement agencies that the Sheriff shared their list with is the North Port Police department.

The Sarasota Sheriff's Office has also been compiling a list using the FINDER system. More disturbing is that the Sheriff provided an unredacted list of pawn transactions via email to Mr. Sheets. The file contains not only information about the firearm, but also the names of the person pawning the gun, putting them at risk of robbery and violating their privacy rights.

AmmoLand received a tip that the FINDER system was never supposed to release the gun owner's personal information to law enforcement organizations. We spoke to a support team member off the record, and they told AmmoLand that the system has been fixed and no longer transmits anything outside the serial number and make and model of the firearm.

https://www.ammoland.com/2019/10/florida-police-using-finder-system-to-create-lists-of-gun-owners/

[Skeletor]

911 call: Wilmington lieutenant left child naked and alone in vehicle outside bar

 The Wilmington Police Department is conducting an internal investigation into the actions of one of the department’s lieutenants following a 911 call that reveals he left his 8-year-old child naked and alone in a car while he was inside Ogden Tap Room.

According to the 911 caller, whose name is redacted, the child was locked in a car and “his dad said he couldn’t get out of the car and he has to go to the bathroom.” WECT has confirmed the child’s father is Lt. Matthew Malone.

According to the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office, the parents told deputies the child’s clothes got wet. One of her parents took the child to the car, removed her wet clothes, wrapped her in a blanket and returned to the restaurant.

The case was reviewed by the district attorney’s office but a spokesperson for NHCSO said it was determined the incident didn’t meet the criteria for misdemeanor child abuse.

North Carolina’s statute on misdemeanor child abuse states

https://www.wect.com/2019/10/28/call-wilmington-lieutenant-left-daughter-naked-alone-vehicle-outside-bar/

[Skeletor]

“Slap the shit out of me and get it off your chest.”

“Are you going to arrest me?”

“No, I'm giving you permission to slap the shit out of me, and get it off your chest”

Old guy starts to slowly and lightly move his hand as if to slap but before he finishes, the cop slaps him so hard he is knocked on the ground and as if that's not enough, the cop immediately arrests him...

Pussy with a badge. Notice also how the other cops do nothing.

The pussy has now been charged with a misdemeanor. Had the old man slapped him it would have been felony charges, along with a more severe beating.

Deputy indicted for punching 61-year-old outside IHOP

A grand jury indicted a Harris County Sheriff's Office deputy for knocking a man to the ground outside of an IHOP in 2018 after encouraging him to slap him.

Deputy Ellison Collins was indicted for assault, according to District Attorney Kim Ogg.

The incident happened outside of an IHOP on the Katy Freeway. Deputies were there responding to a disturbance when Collins, now 39, invited Jerry Allen Vaco, now 61, to slap him in the face.

https://abc13.com/deputy-indicted-for-punching-61-year-old-outside-ihop/5657112/

[Slapper]

“Slap the shit out of me and get it off your chest.”

“Are you going to arrest me?”

“No, I'm giving you permission to slap the shit out of me, and get it off your chest”

Old guy starts to slowly and lightly move his hand as if to slap but before he finishes, the cop slaps him so hard he is knocked on the ground and as if that's not enough, the cop immediately arrests him...

Pussy with a badge. Notice also how the other cops do nothing.

The pussy has now been charged with a misdemeanor. Had the old man slapped him it would have been felony charges, along with a more severe beating.

Deputy indicted for punching 61-year-old outside IHOP

A grand jury indicted a Harris County Sheriff's Office deputy for knocking a man to the ground outside of an IHOP in 2018 after encouraging him to slap him.

Deputy Ellison Collins was indicted for assault, according to District Attorney Kim Ogg.

The incident happened outside of an IHOP on the Katy Freeway. Deputies were there responding to a disturbance when Collins, now 39, invited Jerry Allen Vaco, now 61, to slap him in the face.

https://abc13.com/deputy-indicted-for-punching-61-year-old-outside-ihop/5657112/

I love how the other two officers just stand around doing nothing.

[Skeletor]

Colorado homeowner owed nothing after police SWAT shootout destroys his house, federal court rules

A federal appeals court in Colorado ruled Tuesday that a local police department does not have to compensate a homeowner whose house was destroyed by 19 hours of gunfire between officers and an armed shoplifting suspect who had chosen to barricade himself inside to evade arrest.

Judges on the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit upheld a lower court’s decision, ruling that the city of Greenwood Village, near Denver, did not owe homeowner Leo Lech any additional compensation, even though the suspect was a stranger to the homeowner, the Denver Post reported.

Lech’s home, valued at $580,000, was marked for demolition in 2015 after a SWAT team used armored vehicles to breach the structure, deployed tear gas and explosives and shot 40 mm rounds in an effort to drive the suspect out after he refused to surrender and shot at officers, the Post reported. The suspect broke into the house when no one was home to use it as a hideout.

“The bottom line is that destroying somebody’s home and throwing them out in the street by a government agency for whatever circumstances is not acceptable in a civilized society,” Lech told the Post. “It destroyed our lives completely.”

https://www.foxnews.com/us/colorado-federal-court-rules-police-dept-owes-homeowner-nothing-after-swat-destroys-his-house

[Soul Crusher]

This is some crazy S#$%$

https://reason.com/2019/11/06/a-michigan-man-underpaid-his-property-taxes-by-8-41-the-county-seized-his-property-sold-it-and-kept-the-profits

[Skeletor]

This is some crazy S#$%$

https://reason.com/2019/11/06/a-michigan-man-underpaid-his-property-taxes-by-8-41-the-county-seized-his-property-sold-it-and-kept-the-profits

Insane. Just like civil asset forfeiture and ticket quotas, it's another state created and run racket. As if Detroit wasn't enough of a shithole.

[Skeletor]

The little pussies feel like they got "stabbed in the back" because the people voted for more oversight on cops... While it still doesn't address the (un)accountability of police, even this little step has the crooks reacting.

NYC voters approve tougher oversight of NYPD

New York City voters passed a ballot measure Tuesday that will boost a government watchdog’s oversight of the police department — coming just a day after the resignation of Police Commissioner James O’Neill and after years of tense cop-community relations.

The amendment to the city constitution gives the Civilian Complaint Review Board more power to investigate cops it suspects lied to the panel regarding alleged brutality or other misconduct.

https://nypost.com/2019/11/05/nyc-voters-approve-tougher-oversight-of-nypd/

[illuminati]

Colorado homeowner owed nothing after police SWAT shootout destroys his house, federal court rules

A federal appeals court in Colorado ruled Tuesday that a local police department does not have to compensate a homeowner whose house was destroyed by 19 hours of gunfire between officers and an armed shoplifting suspect who had chosen to barricade himself inside to evade arrest.

Judges on the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit upheld a lower court’s decision, ruling that the city of Greenwood Village, near Denver, did not owe homeowner Leo Lech any additional compensation, even though the suspect was a stranger to the homeowner, the Denver Post reported.

Lech’s home, valued at $580,000, was marked for demolition in 2015 after a SWAT team used armored vehicles to breach the structure, deployed tear gas and explosives and shot 40 mm rounds in an effort to drive the suspect out after he refused to surrender and shot at officers, the Post reported. The suspect broke into the house when no one was home to use it as a hideout.

“The bottom line is that destroying somebody’s home and throwing them out in the street by a government agency for whatever circumstances is not acceptable in a civilized society,” Lech told the Post. “It destroyed our lives completely.”

https://www.foxnews.com/us/colorado-federal-court-rules-police-dept-owes-homeowner-nothing-after-swat-destroys-his-house

That Really is Unbelievable
And Totally & Utterly Stupid of The Court.

[Soul Crusher]

That Really is Unbelievable
And Totally & Utterly Stupid of The Court.

I wonder if homeowners insurance covered anything. 

Horrible story. 

[illuminati]

I wonder if homeowners insurance covered anything. 

Horrible story. 

I would sincerely hope he was compensated
By insurance or State as the house was destroyed
Through No Fault of His.

[Skeletor]

I wonder if homeowners insurance covered anything.  

Horrible story.  

Lech's attorney told the Post that his home insurance company paid him $345,000 for the damage but that amount did not come close to covering additional costs related to personal property damage, demolishing and rebuilding the home and taking out a new mortgage on the new house.

“It’s a miracle insurance covered any of it in the first place,” attorney Rachel Maxam told the Post. “Insurance is for fires, floods. There’s no ‘police blew up my house’ insurance.”

As long as they are not forced to pay out of their pockets or their retirement fund, these things will keep happening.

[Skeletor]

Fort Worth police officer jailed on murder charge after resigning in shooting that killed woman in home



The white Fort Worth police officer accused of shooting a black woman inside her home over the weekend, killing her, has been jailed on a murder charge, online court records revealed Monday. The charge against Aaron Dean was made public hours after the officer resigned from the force. Bond was not immediately set.

Dean's resignation letter read: "Effective immediately I am tendering my resignation from the Fort Worth Police Department." The letter was released by the state's largest police union, the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas. The group’s executive director, Charley Wilkison, said that Dean has not yet hired an attorney but that one will be provided with financial support from the union.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/fort-worth-police-officer-in-shooting-investigation

"Only the finest people"...

Ever notice how on incidents involving the questionable conduct of cops, there is almost immediate character assassination of the civilians involved by trying to portray them as some sort of dangerous career criminals with lengthy records? Not quite the same standard for cops as you rarely hear about a cop's criminal record or any history of abuse or complaints. It has been revealed now that the cop who killed an innocent woman through the window of her own home had been charged with assault and the police department knew about it.

It's also interesting that during his interview with the police department, when asked "Will you be able to kill somebody if you have to", he instantly replies "no problem"....

In job interview, officer who shot woman discusses use of force, desire to be a cop

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article237029399.html

[Moontrane]

That Really is Unbelievable
And Totally & Utterly Stupid of The Court.

And homeowners policies usually exclude property damage caused by "governmental action."   

[Skeletor]

Cop was doing 66 in a 30 mph zone without emergency lights or sirens when he hit and killed an 11 year old kid riding a minibike. It took 50 seconds for the cop to get out of the car and look at what he had done but didn't even offer the child any help. Of course the cop was not charged.

Family wants public to watch dashcam of 11-year-old’s fatal crash with deputy

It has been 23 weeks since Norman Hood died after a Calhoun County deputy hit the 11-year-old riding a minibike. Michigan State Police have released dash camera footage from the moment it happened on May 28. Much of it was blurred by MSP as a redacted version.

FOX 17 obtained the video from the Calhoun County deputy’s cruiser through the Freedom of Information Act. According to MSP, the deputy was traveling 66 mph in a 30 mph zone. The law enforcement officer was en route to an emergency call but did not have emergency lights or sirens on when the collision happened.

According to video, CPR and resuscitating measures were not done in the minutes prior to the paramedics' arrival.

"He didn't treat him like he was a human," said Regina Hale. "He didn't look for a pulse. He didn't do CPR. He just flashed a light in his face."

https://fox17online.com/2019/11/05/norman-hood-family-dascham/

[illuminati]

Cop was doing 66 in a 30 mph zone without emergency lights or sirens when he hit and killed an 11 year old kid riding a minibike. It took 50 seconds for the cop to get out of the car and look at what he had done but didn't even offer the child any help. Of course the cop was not charged.

Family wants public to watch dashcam of 11-year-old’s fatal crash with deputy

It has been 23 weeks since Norman Hood died after a Calhoun County deputy hit the 11-year-old riding a minibike. Michigan State Police have released dash camera footage from the moment it happened on May 28. Much of it was blurred by MSP as a redacted version.

FOX 17 obtained the video from the Calhoun County deputy’s cruiser through the Freedom of Information Act. According to MSP, the deputy was traveling 66 mph in a 30 mph zone. The law enforcement officer was en route to an emergency call but did not have emergency lights or sirens on when the collision happened.

According to video, CPR and resuscitating measures were not done in the minutes prior to the paramedics' arrival.

"He didn't treat him like he was a human," said Regina Hale. "He didn't look for a pulse. He didn't do CPR. He just flashed a light in his face."

https://fox17online.com/2019/11/05/norman-hood-family-dascham/

Yet another Scumbag
I can only Hope The Same or In fact Worse Happens To Him
And He’s Left To Die In Agony & Slowly - If it were my Kid
I’d Hunt The Fucker Down & Do Him In - Give 2 Hoots it Being A Cop.
Eliminate it.

[Skeletor]

NYPD cop among 27 arrested in massive $18 million insurance fraud scam: feds

An NYPD cop was arrested by feds as part of the take down of a massive $18 million insurance fraud scam, authorities Thursday.

Officer Yaniris Deleon was taken into custody while on duty in Manhattan Wednesday by federal agents with drawn assault weapons, sources said.

Nurses at city hospitals are among 26 other defendants in the case.

Deleon, along with four NYPD 911 operators and a supervisor, are accused of selling scammers names, phone numbers and confidential information about car crash victims they had access to as part of their jobs. The nurses are accused of similar conduct.

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-bronx-cop-arrested-by-fbi-for-fraud-20191107-xlx7r4syjzcdvlh5bm3nbzn4qi-story.html

[Skeletor]

Tempe Police Tased Black Man in His Home as He Held His Baby

The use-of-force incident from June 15, which can be seen in body camera footage posted online, followed a tense, five-minute standoff between the officers and the 31-year-old father, Ivaughn Oakry, who demanded they leave and refused to let go of his child. Oakry was later arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly pushing the mother of his children while intoxicated, and with child endangerment for picking up his baby before he was tased. Tempe city prosecutors dropped both charges in August.

Tempe police published its own press release at about 10 a.m., denying the child was hurt. In its statement, the police department said no use-of-force violations occurred, but that it has implemented new training procedures in light of the incident. Tempe PD's full statement at the bottom of this story.

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/video-tempe-police-tased-black-man-home-baby-law-firm-matter-11381035

[Moontrane]

Cop was doing 66 in a 30 mph zone without emergency lights or sirens when he hit and killed an 11 year old kid riding a minibike. It took 50 seconds for the cop to get out of the car and look at what he had done but didn't even offer the child any help. Of course the cop was not charged.

Family wants public to watch dashcam of 11-year-old’s fatal crash with deputy

It has been 23 weeks since Norman Hood died after a Calhoun County deputy hit the 11-year-old riding a minibike. Michigan State Police have released dash camera footage from the moment it happened on May 28. Much of it was blurred by MSP as a redacted version.

FOX 17 obtained the video from the Calhoun County deputy’s cruiser through the Freedom of Information Act. According to MSP, the deputy was traveling 66 mph in a 30 mph zone. The law enforcement officer was en route to an emergency call but did not have emergency lights or sirens on when the collision happened.

According to video, CPR and resuscitating measures were not done in the minutes prior to the paramedics' arrival.

"He didn't treat him like he was a human," said Regina Hale. "He didn't look for a pulse. He didn't do CPR. He just flashed a light in his face."

https://fox17online.com/2019/11/05/norman-hood-family-dascham/

Reporter stated that the kid landed 20 yards from the vehicle.  According to CHP,
I traveled 50 ft after being struck from behind, so I have an idea of the injuries.
I was wearing a helmet, though.  That poor kid and his family.   

[Skeletor]

Former Westfield Police Detective Brian Fanion shot his wife in the head and staged it as a suicide, prosecutors say

Retired Westfield Police Detective Brian Fanion on Thursday denied a murder charge brought in connection with the death of his wife last year, which prosecutors said he staged as a suicide.

Amy Fanion, 51, died on May 8, 2018. Her death was originally investigated as a suicide — a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Fanion told his colleagues at the time of her death.

Assistant District Attorney Mary Sandstrom told a Hampden Superior Court judge Fanion was having an affair with another woman, and reluctant to surrender half his pension in the wake of a divorce. She also said forensic experts found the trajectory of the bullet and other factors made a suicide “impossible.”

https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/11/former-westfield-police-detective-brian-fanion-shot-his-wife-in-the-head-and-staged-it-as-a-suicide-prosecutors-say.html