While police officers are supposed to hold the citizens of cities they serve to a certain standard, those citizens hold the ones enforcing laws to an even greater one.
So it’s 2019, and ain’t much changed. Let me take that back. It almost seems as if racist white people are feeling less inhibited to confine their racism. The public displays of despicable behavior haven’t stopped, and in fact it seems as if Mr. Trump’s takeover as president of the United States has emboldened some […]
The Chicago police officer who shot Laquan McDonald 16 times was charged Tuesday in the teen’s death, according to ABC 7. Police officer Jason Van Dyke, who is White, was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday morning and is the “first on-duty Chicago police officer to be charged with that crime,” the report says. Lawyers for McDonald’s family said the […]
Dante Servin, the 46-year-old Chicago police who shot and killed 22-year-old Rekia Boyd was found not guilty on all charges today. Judge Dennis Porter revealed…
The Denver Police Department has terminated an officer for using excessive force during an arrest last year. According to the Daily Mail, Officer James Medina was fired last Wednesday after video of an arrest made in July of 2014 surfaced. Seryina Trujillo was arrested after allegedly spitting on a cop during the arrest of her boyfriend. While […]
How do I teach my kids to disarm melanin? #AskACop — justified agitator (@Awkward_Duck) December 16, 2014 It must have been bad idea day at…
A police officer from New York state has been suspended and will possibly be pinked slipped after being accused of posting a racist Facebook rant about President Barack Obama, The Journal News reports. Officer Peter Burns of the Pleasantville Police Department allegedly used the profile page name “Coon Trapper” when the following status was […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – We’re learning more about what happened in the report of a cop impersonator who sexually assaulted a woman during a bogus traffic stop Saturday afternoon. A woman said she was signaled to pull over at East 79th and Korman. She said that she looked in her rear view window and saw […]
WESTLAKE, Ohio – The Westlake police K-9 with more than 500 narcotic searches will retire this month after his handler suffered a shoulder injury. Ekko, a German shepherd from the Czech Republic, joined the Eastlake Police Department in February 2008 and worked with Ptl. John McCauley. But in September, McCauley hurt his shoulder while on […]
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ORRVILLE, Ohio – Less than three hours after being on the job, Orrville K-9 cop Freddie finds drug paraphernalia during a traffic stop. Freddie, along with his human partner Officer Smith, stopped a car in the area of W. High Street and N. Vine Street recently. During the stop, Officer Smith asked those inside if […]
Five women who were reportedly forced to live a life of prostitution by a Father and son pimp team are now pleading for their freedom, according to the New York Daily News. The women, who are protesting outside a Manhattan courthouse, were donned in matching tees with scribbled words of support like, “We are not […]