Police Coverups, Conspiracies, and Cost to Taxpayers

Don't try to file a complaint, they may threaten you with arrest.

Don't post in on social media, they may raid your house.

Don't send it to a newspaper, they may raid it and confiscate all the computers.

Don't film it, they may assault you and throw you in jail for interfering.

If you're a cop, don't try to report it internally, the administration may fire you.

If you're a cop, don't try to report to IA, your fellow officers may never provide back up again.

 

I've seent it. There's tons of stuff I've seent but have not posted. That one reminds me of the circus they had in Homerville with the K9, which is not far from here down Hwy 84.

I have, however, thought about updating the thread with some recent settlements of incidents I've posted here. I know of 3 off the top of my head that were recently settled.

 

Updates on settlements:

$8,500,000



Cops left a handcuffed woman in the back of a squad car, parked on the train tracks, that was hit by a train.

https://www.denver7.com/news/local-...ain-awarded-8-5-million-in-lawsuit-settlement

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$1,500,000



Cop who has been arrested 4 seperate times and the subject of 5 restraining orders assaults handcuffed man, among many other things.

Handcuffed Colorado man stunned by Taser settles lawsuit for $1.5 million, lawyers say

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$235,000




Cops raid news outlet and 98 year old co-owner's home. The 98 year old lady died the very next day.

https://www.kshb.com/news/local-new...police-raid-on-a-kansas-newspaper-for-235-000

 

I've been waiting for this thread to get bumped. I have quite a bit to add, but not until power is restored.

 

Definitely a lawsuit..


About 6 months after the DOJ's blistering report on the Pheonix PD, these two cops beat and tase an innocent black man who is deaf and has cerebral palsy. They punched the innocent deaf man about a dozen times and tazed him four times.

The DOJ report found that Pheonix PD cops use excessive force, resort to force before it was necessary, fail to thoroughly investigate, shows racial bias, and do not know how to interact with people who have disabilities, among many other things. Well, here are several of them in one incident AFTER the report was released. Pheonix has been fighting federal oversight saying that the have everything under control.

Then these Pigs get up on the stand and lie! Not only that, the prosecutor did not bother to tell the defense team that there was an internal investigation on the two officers.

Not only that, the prosecution is still charging the innocent man for agg assault on a police officer, even after one officer broke a bone in his hand beating this man, and the other cop probably cut himself applying a choke hold on the innocent man.




https://www.npr.org/2024/10/17/nx-s...y-tased-deaf-black-man-who-has-cerebral-palsy

Within seconds of first addressing McAlpin, who is deaf, officer Benjamin Harris jumps out of his vehicle and begins punching McAlpin, followed closely behind by officer Kyle Sue, who presses McAlpin into the ground and repeatedly punches him as well, the footage shows.

The incident began shortly before at a neighboring Circle K convenience store where employees had called to complain about a white man, identified in the police report as Derek Stevens. The caller said Stevens had been the aggressor in an altercation and was still loitering on the property.

Upon arrival at the scene, according to the bodycam footage, Harris and Sue briefly speak to Stevens, who then claims that he was instead the victim of an assault at the hands of McAlpin. Stevens claimed McAlpin had punched him and stolen his phone.

The man points out McAlpin, who is across the street. Without questioning any witnesses on the scene about Stevens' claim, the two officers quickly get in their cars to pursue McAlpin.

 

Hundreds of bad cops in California had their records wiped so they can go get other jobs as police officers. Records were cleaned for things such as excessive force and sexual assault.
Some were not only had their records cleared, but allowed to go on disability and get their pensions.



https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/clean-record-agreements-investigation-19752768.php

For decades, California police chiefs and sheriffs have lamented how difficult it is to fire officers and deputies who act with dishonesty or brutality, blaming powerful labor unions and robust employment protections.

What law enforcement leaders have not revealed, and what has remained a secret until now, is how they have repeatedly turned to an under-the-radar method of getting rid of problem officers — one that not only allows the officers to avoid accountability but, often, to quietly move on to other jobs where they are asked to protect the public.

For years, dozens of California police agencies have executed “clean-record agreements,” clandestine legal settlements that promise to hide the wrongdoing of an officer in exchange for the officer’s guarantee to leave an agency without a fight, an investigation by the San Francisco Chronicle and UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program found.

In the past decade, at least 163 California police agencies have executed clean-record agreements concealing misconduct allegations against 297 officers and deputies. While the precise terms of the agreements varied, most promised to either destroy disciplinary records, hide them in confidential folders or change them to reflect an alternate outcome. In many cases, the deals ensured that only certain information would be released to a potential future employer. At least five officers secured clean-record agreements from multiple agencies.

 

Racketeering in the justice system is not good..

It looks like about a dozen officers are involved, including a LT with internal affairs. These dudes were writing DUI's, forwarding the accused to a specific attorney, the charges were made to go away, and then were given kickbacks.

The lawsuit alleges that the city and police chief "did not adequately investigate these allegations, if at all, prior to the involvement of federal authorities.” I guess it makes "investigating ourselves and finding no wrongdoing" a lot easier when you don't even attempt to investigate.





https://apnews.com/article/dwi-scandal-albuquerque-police-lawsuit-36598656548b0604cca3e3c948cb09cf

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A civil rights group is suing the city of Albuquerque, its police department and top officials on behalf of a man who was among those arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and allegedly forced to pay bribes to get the charges dropped.

The DWI scandal already has mired the police department in New Mexico’s largest city in a federal investigation as well as an internal inquiry. One commander has been fired, several others have resigned and dozens of cases have been dismissed.

“This lawsuit isn’t just about getting justice for me, it’s about stopping this abuse so no one else has to suffer the way I did,” Sandoval-Smith said in a statement Monday. “I lost my business, my home, and my dignity because of APD corruption. It even caused a deep rift in my family that we may never heal from.”

The lawsuit states that federal authorities first informed the police department in June of 2022 of an alleged attempt by one of the officers to extort $10,000 from a defendant. It goes on to say that in December 2022, the police department’s Criminal Intelligence Unit received a tip that officers in the DWI Unit were being paid to get cases dismissed and were working in collaboration with a local attorney.

 

Near 1 million dollar settlement.

Cops interrogate a man with mental issues for 17 hours over a murder that didn't happen. He originally called them for help.

They didn't give him his meds. Kept him awake. They brought his dog into the interrogation room and told them that they might have to put the dog down after witnessing such a gruesome crime. They sent him to a phsyc hospital, and when they found out that the missing father was located, they didn't even bother telling him. No officers were disciplined, in fact, they were promoted. The man tried ending his own life after being pressured to give a false confession.



Fontana reaches $900K settlement with man who was pressured to confess murder that never happened

FONTANA, Calif. -- Tom Perez called the local police non-emergency line to report his elderly father missing. Thirty-six hours later, Perez was on a psychiatric hold in a hospital, having been pressured into confessing he killed his dad and trying to take his own life.

That was six years ago, in August 2018. His hometown of Fontana, California, paid $900,000 to settle his claims against the police, but Perez says no one from the city has ever apologized. Nor is there any indication there was an internal investigation into why detective after detective, supervisor after supervisor, allowed the questioning of Perez to continue for hour after hour.

Since then, many of the police officers involved have been promoted. And Perez feels there has still been no explanation for why he was treated so badly.

"Perez's mental state, among other factors, made him a vulnerable individual," Judge Gee wrote. "He was sleep deprived, mentally ill, and, significantly, undergoing symptoms of withdrawal from his psychiatric medications. He was berated, worn down, and pressured into a false confession after 17 hours of questioning. (The officers) did this with full awareness of his compromised mental and physical state and need for his medications."

 

The least shocking thing I've seen today, lol. Definitely sketch worthy. This is up there with cops shooting themselves in the classroom.

 

Kissimmee Police Department is going through so things.... They entered a home without a warrant and then vioated thier use of force policy to beat the shit out of a guy, and it's alleged that about 10 cops attempted to cover it up. The Chief and Deputy Chief have both resigned. The Chief only held the position for a year.

The Grand jury found that the Kissimmee Police Department has a "culture of cover-up”

The main officer has been indicted on charges including felony battery, two counts of tampering with a witness, official misconduct, solicitation of perjury and battery.



https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/officer-indicted-after-investigation-kissimmee-police-department-according-state-attorney-andrew-bain

KISSIMMEE, Fla. - During a press conference on Thursday morning, Florida State Attorney Andrew Bain announced the findings of the Grand Jury following a misconduct investigation and indictment of Kissimmee police officer Andrew Baseggio.

Body camera footage of the incident led to the resignation of Kissimmee Police Chief Betty Holland, with 10 other officers also under investigation.

One officer on the scene described the incident, saying, "We went hands on him to arrest him, and he’s sweaty. He has no shirt on. We got him pinned against the couch right there. He kept fighting, so I gave him a couple of knee spikes to the face – good ones – split his face open. He got blood everywhere."

Evidence and testimony presented to the Grand Jury showed officers failed to report Basaggio's excessive use of force, which went on for several minutes without intervention from two other officers on scene and the bodyworn camera showed other officers on scene laughing about the incident.

The Grand Jury found that " The Kissimmee Police Department fosters a culture of silence when officer misconduct is not only not reported but accepted."

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/kissimmee-police-chief-resigns

The Kissimmee Police Department's top two leaders have resigned from their positions, and a detective and an officer have been placed on administrative leave, following an investigation into a 2023 use-of-force case, as well as allegations of "systemic issues" within the department, the City of Kissimmee said Monday.

The letter then names 11 members of the Kissimmee Police Department under suspicion of being untruthful amid the investigation, including Chief Holland and Deputy Chief Alicia.

"We believe that some of the evidence obtained in the investigation described above potentially affects the credibility of recurring state witnesses."

State Attorney Bain's Office said depending on the outcome of the department's investigations into the individual members, they could be added to the Florida Brady List, which is a database that lists allegations of law enforcement misconduct.

(Here's some info on his fellow officers)
https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2024/10/28/top-brass-out-at-kissimmee-police-department-after-state-attorney-letter-questions--truthfulness-

Fernandez is accused of lying in his initial interview with Bain's office about the Kastner case, but in a subsequent interview, "admitted to providing untruthful testimony during his first interview." He is also accused of telling a fellow officer — Sgt. Raquel Fernandez — not to cooperate, or not fully cooperate, with the State Attorney's investigation.

Sanchez was accused in the State Attorney's letter of being untruthful in a July 3, 2024, interview and then admitting in a second interview that "she had intentionally provided false, misleading or incomplete answers during her July interview."

Holland and Alicea were both accused of making statements to investigators that were inconsistent with other information the office received, which caused them to question the "accuracy or veracity" of their testimony.

Sgt. Moises Diaz, who is accused of "deliberately" locking his department phone "to deny access to it by the Office of the State Attorney, despite being directed by Chief Holland to provide said access." The State Attorney's letter further accuses Diaz of giving testimony to investigators that "is inconsistent with testimony provided by other members of the Department, calling the accuracy and veracity of his statements under oath into question."


(I'm including this article for just one paragraph. Why is that it seems the only time cops are heald accountable, or even investigated, is when the local news gets a hold of the story? It's almost like police departments don't suffenciently discipline thier officers until the public finds out what happened? I'd say most of the stories in this thread include "Once News Staion X broke the story, the police have announced that they have launched an internal investigation" ?)

https://www.wftv.com/news/local/grand-jury-recommends-changes-kissimmee-police-department-after-excessive-force-investigation/7ZGHFZ3FXVBZPEN3Q452UQBEG4/

Baseggio received an 8-hour suspension until the state saw our report back in 2023. Now he has been indicted and charged with battery.

What happened to the last Kissimmee Police Chief? (2016)

https://www.theledger.com/story/news/crime/2016/07/01/florida-police-chief-with-7-officers-investigated-resigns/25480767007/

KISSIMMEE — A Florida police chief with seven officers investigated in the past year has resigned.

Three officers were arrested in April for giving false testimony in a drug case. A corporal faced sexual battery charges in May.

One K-9 officer was suspended after his police dog was left in a patrol vehicle and died.

Another officer was arrested after allegedly slamming a 13-year-old to the ground. One officer was charged with leaving the scene of a crash after a hit-and-run in the parking lot of a topless bar.

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TL/DR Yet another police department that violates the law, lies about, and obstructs investigations into it. The thin blue line gang puts themselves above anyone and everyone. They look out for themselves more than the people they serve, and until local news reports on it, they will continue to do it, forever.

 

And a little Copaganda from Kissimmee as the icing on the coverup cake....