Police Coverups, Conspiracies, and Cost to Taxpayers

I imagine it is tough in high crime areas. But the coverups, scandals, and the look the other ways, happen everywhere.

Looking back at the town in Alabama that was shaking down everyone that came through there, that wasn't a high crime area. It was a town of 1,200ish without even a stoplight. 55 serious crimes reported in 8 years, none of those being rape or murder. They had tow trucks pull up at damn near the same time as the police. The cars towed equaled out to 1.7 cars per household. They went from 1 cop to MRAPs and Hummers. And the chief wanted more, more, more.

That's not serving and protecting, that's a self serving and harassment of the public.. It's damn near RICO level.

 

So sad.

I have a buddy that came over for a pool party on my birthday last year. He has been battling congestive heart failure and was on some new medication. He went from normal to all the color draining from his face and just about passing out. I asked him if he wanted me to call an ambulance. He did so I did. Fast forward a lil bit and he was picked up by the cops for missing a court date.

I called the jail (I have connections) and stressed that he get his medications for this exact reason. I told them that if he doesn't get his meds he may die. They told me for low level offenses like that, they usually turn them loose because they don't want the liability. He was released a few days later.

Just to show how weird the system is, he is medically disabled and unable to work. His PO had a warrant put out for violating his terms of probation, specifically not holding a job. That is crazy because he has told them several times that he is disabled and can not work. He told me that the PO told him to figure it out...

 

I can't imagine what that bodycam will show. And per the article, the cop was named as the department's "Best Officer."

Also waiting on some bodycam from the West Virginia State Police as part of my previous posts. Part of the alleged misconduct is a guy that was tazed that later died.

The death of Edmond Exline last month had received scant attention until Gov. Jim Justice cited it Monday as one of several alarming incidents involving State Police troopers. In one instance, a video camera secretly recorded women in their locker room. In another, a trooper allegedly stole an envelope of cash from a gambler at a casino. Justice accepted the resignation of the agency’s superintendent and named an interim chief.

A sweeping investigation into misconduct at the West Virginia State Police has brought new scrutiny to the mysterious roadside death of a man who was hit by a trooper’s Taser during a struggle with the officer that the governor labeled “very very concerning” in ordering a major shakeup of the agency.

Troopers from the same Eastern Panhandle county where Exline died were involved in a November 2018 incident that Justice previously said “cast a dark shadow” on law enforcement.

A police dashcam video showed an officer kicking and punching a handcuffed teenage boy on the ground and kneeling on his shoulder during a traffic stop. State Police said the teen was involved in a crash with a sheriff’s cruiser before a pursuit ensued, his vehicle crashing again before he was apprehended. Two troopers were fired before one of them won his job back. Two sheriff’s deputies also were fired and later reinstated.

Puzzling highway death part of West Virginia police probe | AP News

 

Continuing this post on my phone..

Troopers from the same Eastern Panhandle county where Exline died were involved in a November 2018 incident that Justice previously said “cast a dark shadow” on law enforcement.

A police dashcam video showed an officer kicking and punching a handcuffed teenage boy on the ground and kneeling on his shoulder during a traffic stop. State Police said the teen was involved in a crash with a sheriff’s cruiser before a pursuit ensued, his vehicle crashing again before he was apprehended. Two troopers were fired before one of them won his job back. Two sheriff’s deputies also were fired and later reinstated.

Fast forward to 1 minute. Group effort of beating a handcuffed teenager. Do you think any of them filled out legit police reports on what happened?

 

Looking at @tampagtr post a few posts up and one on the front page, these posts literally aged well.