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American police are out of control (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by DougHolland to c/aiop

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• Former Columbus police officer sentenced to more than 4 years in prison for stealing cocaine from crime scenes, police evidence room

• Glendale police shoot, kill wrong man after domestic violence call

• Two dead in crash after being chased by Pensacola Police

• Body cam shows officers walk away from man found shot, still breathing: "Let’s cruise around and come back"

• New Jersey man, jailed for 200+ days on charges based on cops' lies, is awarded $5M

• Over a traffic stop, cops pursue driver into "multiple parked vehicles" and then a head-on wreck seriously injuring another vehicle's driver and passenger

• Two killed when police chase ends in head-on collision

• King County deputy who drunkenly assaulted bouncers is still on the job

• Deputies lied and filed false reports in man's death, lawsuit says

• California ex-prison guard found guilty of 64 charges of sexual abuse of inmates

• NYPD officer on trial for punching man more than a dozen times, on camera

• Ex-cop SafeSport investigator is arrested again, this time charged with rape and sex trafficking

• After second trial, jury awards $3.25 million to family of man killed by St. Paul police

• Former deputy arrested for on-duty sexual assault

• Ex-cop gets probation for stealing $900 from a man he was arresting

• Before his suicide, Bibb County inmate’s cries for help went ignored, lawsuit says

• Ex-cop mayor of New York vowed to rein in NYPD overtime. It spiraled out of control instead.

• Court to cops: If you can’t prove a warrant existed, you can’t expect us to consider it ‘valid’

• Cops chase suspected stolen car into crash that kills three

• Family demands justice after police search 5-year-old boy during traffic stop

• Active cop and ex-cop both charged with rape

• Florida sheriff’s deputy, watching porn while driving, crashes patrol car

• Rookie LAPD officer killed bicyclist in DUI crash, police say

• North Carolina police officer arrested twice in 3 days (assault, then violating a domestic violence protective order

• Man dies in hospital after assault arrest; lawyer says he was hit 'multiple times' by jail staff

• Florida’s ‘Halo Law’ goes into effect, allowing more cops to dodge accountability

• Former Rikers officer pleads guilty to smuggling illegal drugs into jail for bribes

• Lorain County Sheriff’s deputy suspended for allegedly paralyzing inmate

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] 2 points 2 days ago

Honestly, I'm surprised there isn't more vigilante justice for the number of people they've killed.