"You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the grace of the Eternal God, I will rout you out"
President Andrew Jackson
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Quote Of The Week
"You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the grace of the Eternal God, I will rout you out"
President Andrew Jackson
Treymane Durham Loves KFC
I came across this picture and figured it was some joke, then I googled his name and this is what popped up. It's laughable really except his bro is in the Black House.
PORTLAND, Ore. — A New York man who pleaded guilty to murder in Oregon in exchange for buckets of fried chicken will get calzones and pizza to go with his life sentence.
Tremayne Durham, 33, of New York City, admitted last month that he fatally shot Adam Calbreath, 39, of Gresham, in June 2006. Durham wanted to sell ice cream and ordered an $18,000 truck from an Oregon company. He later changed his mind, but the company wouldn't provide a refund.
The would-be ice cream man came to Oregon and killed Calbreath, a former employee of the company, while looking for its owner, authorities said.
Durham agreed to plead guilty to murder _ but only if he could get a break from jail food. The judge agreed and granted Durham a feast of KFC chicken, Popeye's chicken, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, carrot cake and ice cream.
After Wednesday's sentencing, Durham was to get the rest of the deal _ calzones, lasagna, pizza and ice cream, his defense attorney confirmed. They will pay the tab.
Durham also got married Wednesday in a civil ceremony at the Portland courthouse. The wedding to Vanessa Davis, 48, also of New York City, was not part of the plea deal that will give Durham a chance for parole after 30 years.
Deputy District Attorney Josh Lamborn said Multnomah County Judge Eric Bergstrom made the right call in allowing the unusual plea agreement because it saved the expense of a trial and possible appeals.
A Look Inside Iran
I've recently watched this film, it is a fascinating look into Iranian society and I was amazed at what I learned. For one, freedom hating Tehran has more plastic surgeries than LA! That isn't a fact the controlled media wants you to know, they want you to think Iranians are backwords, racist, jew hating, camel jockeys however that isn't the case at all.
If you want to watch a higher quality version of this film, it is available via Liberty Torrent
If you want to watch a higher quality version of this film, it is available via Liberty Torrent
Israel Rules
By Paul Craig Roberts
December 29, 2009 "Information Clearing House" -- On Christmas eve when Christians were celebrating the Prince of Peace, the New York Times delivered forth a call for war. “There’s only one way to stop Iran,” declared Alan J. Kuperman, and that is “military air strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities.”
Kuperman is described as the “director of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Program at the University of Texas at Austin,” but his Christmas eve call to war relies on disinformation and contradiction, not on objective scholarly analysis.
For example, Kuperman contradicts the unanimous report of America’s 16 intelligence agencies, the reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Russian intelligence with his claim that Iran has a nuclear weapon program. Astonishingly, it does not occur to Kuperman that readers might wonder how an academic bureaucrat in Austin, Texas, has better information than these authorities.
Kuperman is so determined to damn President Obama’s plan to have other countries enrich Iran’s uranium for Iran’s nuclear energy program and medical isotopes that Kuperman commits astounding blunders. After claiming that Iran has a “bomb program,” Kuperman claims that “Iran’s uranium contains impurities” and that Ahmadinejad’s threat “to enrich uranium domestically to the 20 percent level . . . is a bluff, because even if Iran could further enrich its impure uranium, it lacks the capacity to fabricate the uranium into fuel elements.”
What was the New York Times op ed editor thinking when he approved Kuperman’s article? Iran, Kuperman writes, needs “90 percent enriched uranium” to have weapons-grade material, but cannot reach 20 percent or even make fuel elements for its nuclear energy. So, how is Iran going to produce a bomb? Yet, Kuperman writes that “we have reached the point where air strikes are the only plausible option with any prospect of preventing Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons. The sooner the United States takes action, the better.”
It could not be made any clearer that, as with the US invasion of Iraq, a military attack on Iran has nothing to do with weapons of mass destruction. An “Iranian nuke” is just another canard behind which hides an undeclared agenda.
One wonders about Kuperman’s non-proliferation credentials. How does a wanton military attack on a country encourage non-proliferation? Aren’t America’s bullying, threats and acts of war more likely to encourage countries to seek nuclear weapons?
At the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the United States has wars ongoing in Iraq where the ancient Chaldean Christian community was destroyed--not by Saddam Hussein but by the neoconservatives’ illegal invasion of Iraq--in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yeman, and Sudan. The US initiated a war, which it lost, between its puppet ruler in the former Soviet province of Georgia and Russia.
The US, the world’s greatest supporter of terrorism, is the main financier of terrorist groups that stage attacks within Iran, and US money succeeded in financing protests against President Ahmadinejad’s re-election and in dividing the ruling Islamic clerics. It was American money, weapons, and diplomatic cover that enabled the Israeli war crimes against the Lebanese people during 2006 and against Palestinian civilians in Gaza during 2008-2009, crimes documented in the Goldstone Report.
Iran has never interfered in US internal affairs, but the US has a long record of interfering in Iranian affairs. In 1953 the US overthrew Iran’s popular prime minister, Mohammed Mosaddeq and installed a puppet who tortured Iranians who desired political independence.
Despite this and other American offenses against Iran, Ahmadinejad has repeatedly expressed Iran’s interest to be on friendly terms with the United States, only to be repeatedly rebuffed. The US wants war with Iran in order to expand US world hegemony.
One might expect a non-proliferation expert to take history into account, but Kuperman fails to do so. Kuperman also has nothing to say about Israel’s, India’s and Pakistan’s nuclear weapons. Unlike Iran, none of these countries are signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Israel, India, and Pakistan all developed their nuclear weapons in secret, and many experts believe Israel had American help, an act of treason. All three countries have been rewarded by Washington despite their perfidy. Why is Kuperman concerned about Iran, which submits to the IAEA inspections, but is unconcerned with Israel, a country that has never permitted a single inspection?
The answer is that the Israel Lobby, the US military-security complex, and the “Christian” Zionists have succeeded in demonizing Iran. Every real expert knows that an Iranian nuclear weapon would have no function other than deterring an attack on Iran. Ever since the US lost its monopoly on nuclear weapons, after using them offensively and pointlessly against a defeated Japan, nuclear weapons have served no purpose other than deterrence.
The US has no conflicting economic interests with Iran. Iran is simply a supplier of oil, an important one. A US attack on Iran, such as the one advocated by Kuperman, would most likely shut down oil flows to the West through the Strait of Hormuz. This might benefit refiners, who sell gasoline to the West and could charge enormous prices, but no one else would benefit.
Adding to the war cry are congregations of fake Christians. A great number of them, organized by someone’s money under the banner, “Christian Leaders for a Nuclear-free Iran,” has written to Congress demanding sanctions against Iran that amount to an act of war. The roll call http://www.clnfi.org/ includes the “Christian” Zionist John Hagee, who, according to reports, denigrates Jesus Christ and preaches to his illiterate congregation that it is God’s will for Americans to fight and die for Israel, the oppressor of the Palestinian people.
Among the signatories of the “Christians” demanding an act of war against Iran, are Dr. Pat Robertson, president of Christian Broadcasting Network, Nixon-era criminal Chuck Colson, and Richard Land, president of Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Southern Baptist Convention. Obviously, for southern baptists ethics means murdering Islamists, and religious liberty excludes everyone but “Christian” Zionists.
It is a simple matter for an educated person to make fools of these morons who profess to be Christians. However, these morons have vast constituencies numbering in the tens of millions of Americans. There are, in fact, more of them than there are intelligent, informed, moral, and real Christian Americans.
The votes of the morons will prevail.
In the second decade of the 21st century, America’s Zionist wars against Islam will expand. America’s wars in behalf of Israel’s territorial expansion will complete the bankruptcy of America. The Treasury’s bonds to finance the US government’s enormous deficits will lack for buyers. Therefore, the bonds will be monetized by the Federal Reserve. The result will be rising rates of inflation. The inflation will destroy the dollar as world reserve currency, and the US will no longer be able to pay for its imports. Shortages will appear, including food and gasoline, and “Superpower America” will find itself pressed to the wall as a third world country unable to pay its debts.
America has been brought low, both morally and economically, by its obeisance to the Israel Lobby. Even Jimmy Carter, a former President of the United States and Governor of Georgia recently had to apologize to the Israel Lobby for his honest criticisms of Israel’s inhumane treatment of the occupied Palestinians in order for his grandson to be able to run for a seat in the Georgia state senate. http://www.counterpunch.org/amiri12252009.html
This should tell the macho super-power American tough guys who really runs “their” country.
December 29, 2009 "Information Clearing House" -- On Christmas eve when Christians were celebrating the Prince of Peace, the New York Times delivered forth a call for war. “There’s only one way to stop Iran,” declared Alan J. Kuperman, and that is “military air strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities.”
Kuperman is described as the “director of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Program at the University of Texas at Austin,” but his Christmas eve call to war relies on disinformation and contradiction, not on objective scholarly analysis.
For example, Kuperman contradicts the unanimous report of America’s 16 intelligence agencies, the reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Russian intelligence with his claim that Iran has a nuclear weapon program. Astonishingly, it does not occur to Kuperman that readers might wonder how an academic bureaucrat in Austin, Texas, has better information than these authorities.
Kuperman is so determined to damn President Obama’s plan to have other countries enrich Iran’s uranium for Iran’s nuclear energy program and medical isotopes that Kuperman commits astounding blunders. After claiming that Iran has a “bomb program,” Kuperman claims that “Iran’s uranium contains impurities” and that Ahmadinejad’s threat “to enrich uranium domestically to the 20 percent level . . . is a bluff, because even if Iran could further enrich its impure uranium, it lacks the capacity to fabricate the uranium into fuel elements.”
What was the New York Times op ed editor thinking when he approved Kuperman’s article? Iran, Kuperman writes, needs “90 percent enriched uranium” to have weapons-grade material, but cannot reach 20 percent or even make fuel elements for its nuclear energy. So, how is Iran going to produce a bomb? Yet, Kuperman writes that “we have reached the point where air strikes are the only plausible option with any prospect of preventing Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons. The sooner the United States takes action, the better.”
It could not be made any clearer that, as with the US invasion of Iraq, a military attack on Iran has nothing to do with weapons of mass destruction. An “Iranian nuke” is just another canard behind which hides an undeclared agenda.
One wonders about Kuperman’s non-proliferation credentials. How does a wanton military attack on a country encourage non-proliferation? Aren’t America’s bullying, threats and acts of war more likely to encourage countries to seek nuclear weapons?
At the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the United States has wars ongoing in Iraq where the ancient Chaldean Christian community was destroyed--not by Saddam Hussein but by the neoconservatives’ illegal invasion of Iraq--in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yeman, and Sudan. The US initiated a war, which it lost, between its puppet ruler in the former Soviet province of Georgia and Russia.
The US, the world’s greatest supporter of terrorism, is the main financier of terrorist groups that stage attacks within Iran, and US money succeeded in financing protests against President Ahmadinejad’s re-election and in dividing the ruling Islamic clerics. It was American money, weapons, and diplomatic cover that enabled the Israeli war crimes against the Lebanese people during 2006 and against Palestinian civilians in Gaza during 2008-2009, crimes documented in the Goldstone Report.
Iran has never interfered in US internal affairs, but the US has a long record of interfering in Iranian affairs. In 1953 the US overthrew Iran’s popular prime minister, Mohammed Mosaddeq and installed a puppet who tortured Iranians who desired political independence.
Despite this and other American offenses against Iran, Ahmadinejad has repeatedly expressed Iran’s interest to be on friendly terms with the United States, only to be repeatedly rebuffed. The US wants war with Iran in order to expand US world hegemony.
One might expect a non-proliferation expert to take history into account, but Kuperman fails to do so. Kuperman also has nothing to say about Israel’s, India’s and Pakistan’s nuclear weapons. Unlike Iran, none of these countries are signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Israel, India, and Pakistan all developed their nuclear weapons in secret, and many experts believe Israel had American help, an act of treason. All three countries have been rewarded by Washington despite their perfidy. Why is Kuperman concerned about Iran, which submits to the IAEA inspections, but is unconcerned with Israel, a country that has never permitted a single inspection?
The answer is that the Israel Lobby, the US military-security complex, and the “Christian” Zionists have succeeded in demonizing Iran. Every real expert knows that an Iranian nuclear weapon would have no function other than deterring an attack on Iran. Ever since the US lost its monopoly on nuclear weapons, after using them offensively and pointlessly against a defeated Japan, nuclear weapons have served no purpose other than deterrence.
The US has no conflicting economic interests with Iran. Iran is simply a supplier of oil, an important one. A US attack on Iran, such as the one advocated by Kuperman, would most likely shut down oil flows to the West through the Strait of Hormuz. This might benefit refiners, who sell gasoline to the West and could charge enormous prices, but no one else would benefit.
Adding to the war cry are congregations of fake Christians. A great number of them, organized by someone’s money under the banner, “Christian Leaders for a Nuclear-free Iran,” has written to Congress demanding sanctions against Iran that amount to an act of war. The roll call http://www.clnfi.org/ includes the “Christian” Zionist John Hagee, who, according to reports, denigrates Jesus Christ and preaches to his illiterate congregation that it is God’s will for Americans to fight and die for Israel, the oppressor of the Palestinian people.
Among the signatories of the “Christians” demanding an act of war against Iran, are Dr. Pat Robertson, president of Christian Broadcasting Network, Nixon-era criminal Chuck Colson, and Richard Land, president of Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Southern Baptist Convention. Obviously, for southern baptists ethics means murdering Islamists, and religious liberty excludes everyone but “Christian” Zionists.
It is a simple matter for an educated person to make fools of these morons who profess to be Christians. However, these morons have vast constituencies numbering in the tens of millions of Americans. There are, in fact, more of them than there are intelligent, informed, moral, and real Christian Americans.
The votes of the morons will prevail.
In the second decade of the 21st century, America’s Zionist wars against Islam will expand. America’s wars in behalf of Israel’s territorial expansion will complete the bankruptcy of America. The Treasury’s bonds to finance the US government’s enormous deficits will lack for buyers. Therefore, the bonds will be monetized by the Federal Reserve. The result will be rising rates of inflation. The inflation will destroy the dollar as world reserve currency, and the US will no longer be able to pay for its imports. Shortages will appear, including food and gasoline, and “Superpower America” will find itself pressed to the wall as a third world country unable to pay its debts.
America has been brought low, both morally and economically, by its obeisance to the Israel Lobby. Even Jimmy Carter, a former President of the United States and Governor of Georgia recently had to apologize to the Israel Lobby for his honest criticisms of Israel’s inhumane treatment of the occupied Palestinians in order for his grandson to be able to run for a seat in the Georgia state senate. http://www.counterpunch.org/amiri12252009.html
This should tell the macho super-power American tough guys who really runs “their” country.
Ben Stein Is An Ashkenazi Neo-Con Tool
Former actor-turned-economic and political advisor Ben Stein claimed Ron Paul was using an “anti-Semitic argument” when Congressman Paul argued the United States should refrain from bombing Yemen in a December 28 interview on CNN's Larry King Live.
Rep. Paul, a Republican from Texas, has argued for removing U.S. soldiers from the Middle East because the American presence there is increasingly seen by many Muslims as a foreign occupation force. Responding to Rep. Paul's argument that Americans should mind their own business and not become the policeman of the world, Stein argued: “No, we're not occupiers. That's the same anti-Semitic argument we've heard over and over again. That's the same anti-Semitic argument we've heard over and over again.”
Rep. Paul responded by saying, “That is a vicious attack,” and Stein defended his statement by saying, “Look, that is not a vicious attack.”
Stein's attack on Dr. Paul is only the latest gaffe by the former movie actor. Stein served as a frequent financial advisor on CNBC in 2007, where he doled out terrible predictions in a debate with Euro-Pacific Capital President Peter Schiff. Faced with dire warnings about the coming housing market crash from Schiff, Stein predicted a healthy housing market. “Sub-prime is tiny. Sub-prime is a tiny, tiny blip,” Stein stressed, adding:
Ben Stein made that investment advice when Merrill Lynch was selling at $76.04 per share. That value quickly sunk to $21 per share and the firm only avoided bankruptcy after a 2008 Bank of America merger that nearly bankrupted the banking giant (Bank of America is the largest bank in the United States). Stein also predicted the stock market would continue to climb during the August 2007 CNBC show. “I think stocks will be a heck of a lot higher a year from now than they are now,” Stein announced confidently. When he made this prediction on August 18, 2007, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was bouncing between 13,000 and 14,000, but within a year and a half, the DJIA had sunk to less than 7,000.
The argument began when Dr. Paul noted that American foreign policy experts make bombing decisions while “never asking the question: What is the motive?” He went on to explain that the most recent would-be airline hijacker “said why he did it. He said because we bombed Yemen two weeks ago. That was his motive.” Dr. Paul then went on to explain that the United States is falling into the interventionist trap:
Osama bin Laden said that he has a plan for America. First, he wants to bog us down in the Middle East in a no-win war. He wants to bankrupt this country, demoralize us, as well as have us do things that motivate people to join his radical movement. It seems like we have fallen into his trap.
Dr. Paul (he's an obstetrician as well as a Congressman) noted that the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, now in their seventh and ninth years respectively, have spurred terrorist attacks from Muslims who want the foreign troops out of their countries. Ben Stein responded to Dr. Paul by saying, “I never heard anything quite like that in my whole life. What he's basically saying is that we are doing something wrong by defending ourselves. Look, if these terrorists are trying to kill the government of Yemen, we've got to help defend them. They are our friends.”
That was an odd retort, since it leaves the question of who the “ourselves” is in Stein's sentence. While the question of whether Yemen is a government that ranks among “our friends” is debatable at best (it's a corrupt pseudo-democracy with a horrible human-rights record), it hardly stands to reason that defending a rather insignificant and corrupt government on the other end of the planet is equivalent to defending U.S. soil.
Asked again why terrorists were targeting the United States rather than other free countries, Stein replied, “They're terrorists and murderers because they are psychos. They're terrorists and murderers because they are psychos, same as all terrorists and murderers.” But, of course, if they are “psychos,” then they don't act with any reason. And if they don't act with any reason, then there's no reason to believe they would target the United States more than any other country. In fact, if they are indeed insane as Ben Stein suggests, there's less chance of them attacking the United States than the country where they are currently living because attacking the United States requires the kind of travel and planning that the insane rarely undertake.
Rep. Paul, a Republican from Texas, has argued for removing U.S. soldiers from the Middle East because the American presence there is increasingly seen by many Muslims as a foreign occupation force. Responding to Rep. Paul's argument that Americans should mind their own business and not become the policeman of the world, Stein argued: “No, we're not occupiers. That's the same anti-Semitic argument we've heard over and over again. That's the same anti-Semitic argument we've heard over and over again.”
Rep. Paul responded by saying, “That is a vicious attack,” and Stein defended his statement by saying, “Look, that is not a vicious attack.”
Stein's attack on Dr. Paul is only the latest gaffe by the former movie actor. Stein served as a frequent financial advisor on CNBC in 2007, where he doled out terrible predictions in a debate with Euro-Pacific Capital President Peter Schiff. Faced with dire warnings about the coming housing market crash from Schiff, Stein predicted a healthy housing market. “Sub-prime is tiny. Sub-prime is a tiny, tiny blip,” Stein stressed, adding:
The financials, as I keep saying, are just super-bargains. I predict that, like, Merrill Lynch which is an astonishingly well-run company. Did you know that a couple of days ago it was trading at barely more than seven times earnings? Financials typically trade at a low P-E [price to earnings ratio], but this is a joke. This stock, they might as well be giving it away in cereal boxes and giving it away, that's how cheap it is.
Ben Stein made that investment advice when Merrill Lynch was selling at $76.04 per share. That value quickly sunk to $21 per share and the firm only avoided bankruptcy after a 2008 Bank of America merger that nearly bankrupted the banking giant (Bank of America is the largest bank in the United States). Stein also predicted the stock market would continue to climb during the August 2007 CNBC show. “I think stocks will be a heck of a lot higher a year from now than they are now,” Stein announced confidently. When he made this prediction on August 18, 2007, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was bouncing between 13,000 and 14,000, but within a year and a half, the DJIA had sunk to less than 7,000.
Throughout the heated debate, Stein never even tried to explain why Paul's contention that the United States should not be the policeman of the world is anti-Semitic. Ben Stein's accusation of “anti-Semitic argument” is clearly as accurate as his financial predictions several years ago. Perhaps that's why some Ron Paul supporters have started a “Win Ben Stein's Apology” page on Facebook, a play on the former actor's old game show Win Ben Stein's Money. Larry King announced that he would invite both people back onto the show December 29 to continue the heated conversation.
The argument began when Dr. Paul noted that American foreign policy experts make bombing decisions while “never asking the question: What is the motive?” He went on to explain that the most recent would-be airline hijacker “said why he did it. He said because we bombed Yemen two weeks ago. That was his motive.” Dr. Paul then went on to explain that the United States is falling into the interventionist trap:
Osama bin Laden said that he has a plan for America. First, he wants to bog us down in the Middle East in a no-win war. He wants to bankrupt this country, demoralize us, as well as have us do things that motivate people to join his radical movement. It seems like we have fallen into his trap.
Dr. Paul (he's an obstetrician as well as a Congressman) noted that the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, now in their seventh and ninth years respectively, have spurred terrorist attacks from Muslims who want the foreign troops out of their countries. Ben Stein responded to Dr. Paul by saying, “I never heard anything quite like that in my whole life. What he's basically saying is that we are doing something wrong by defending ourselves. Look, if these terrorists are trying to kill the government of Yemen, we've got to help defend them. They are our friends.”
That was an odd retort, since it leaves the question of who the “ourselves” is in Stein's sentence. While the question of whether Yemen is a government that ranks among “our friends” is debatable at best (it's a corrupt pseudo-democracy with a horrible human-rights record), it hardly stands to reason that defending a rather insignificant and corrupt government on the other end of the planet is equivalent to defending U.S. soil.
Asked again why terrorists were targeting the United States rather than other free countries, Stein replied, “They're terrorists and murderers because they are psychos. They're terrorists and murderers because they are psychos, same as all terrorists and murderers.” But, of course, if they are “psychos,” then they don't act with any reason. And if they don't act with any reason, then there's no reason to believe they would target the United States more than any other country. In fact, if they are indeed insane as Ben Stein suggests, there's less chance of them attacking the United States than the country where they are currently living because attacking the United States requires the kind of travel and planning that the insane rarely undertake.
German Phyicists Trash Global Warming Myth
guest article by John O’Sullivan
For any non-scientist interested in the climate debate, there is nothing better than a ready primer to guide you through the complexities of atmospheric physics – the “hardest” science of climatology. Here we outline the essential points made by Dr. Gerhard Gerlich, a respected German physicist, that counter the bogus theory of Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW).
Before going further, it’s worth bearing in mind that no climatologist ever completed any university course in climatology–that’s how new this branch of science really is. Like any new science the fall-back position of a cornered AGW proponent is the dreaded “appeal to authority” where the flustered debater, out of his or her depth, will say, “Well, professor so-and-so says it’s true – so it must be true.” Don’t fall for that proxy tree-ring counter’s gambit any longer. Here is the finest shredding of junk science you will ever read.
In a recently revised and re-published paper, Dr Gerlich debunks AGW and shows that the IPCC “consensus” atmospheric physics model tying CO2 to global warming is not only unverifiable, but actually violates basic laws of physics, i.e. the First and Second Law of Thermodynamics. The latest version of this momentous scientific paper appears in the March 2009 edition of the International Journal of Modern Physics.
The central claims of Dr. Gerlich and his colleague, Dr. Ralf Tscheuschner, include, but are not limited to:
1) The mechanism of warming in an actual greenhouse is different than the mechanism of warming in the atmosphere, therefore it is not a “greenhouse” effect and should be called something else.
2) The climate models that predict catastrophic global warming also result in a net heat flow from atmospheric greenhouse gasses to the warmer ground, which is in violation of the second law of thermodynamics.
Essentially, any machine which transfers heat from a low temperature reservoir to a high temperature reservoir without external work applied cannot exist. If it did it would be a “perpetual motion machine” – the realm of pure sci-fi.
Gerlich’s and Tscheuschner’s independent theoretical study is detailed in a lengthy (115 pages), mathematically complex (144 equations, 13 data tables, and 32 figures or graphs), and well-sourced (205 references) paper. The German physicists prove that even if CO2 concentrations double (a prospect even global warming advocates admit is decades away), the thermal conductivity of air would not change more than 0.03%. They show that the classic concept of the glass greenhouse wholly fails to replicate the physics of Earth’s climate. They also prove that a greenhouse operates as a “closed” system while the planet works as an “open” system and the term “atmospheric greenhouse effect” does not occur in any fundamental work involving thermodynamics, physical kinetics, or radiation theory. All through their paper the German scientists show how the greenhouse gas theory relies on guesstimates about the scientific properties involved to “calculate” the chaotic interplay of such a myriad and unquantifiable array of factors that is beyond even the abilities of the most powerful of modern supercomputers.
The paper’s introduction states it neatly:
John O’Sullivan is a legal advocate and writer who for several years has litigated in government corruption and conspiracy cases in both the US and Britain. Visit his website.
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For any non-scientist interested in the climate debate, there is nothing better than a ready primer to guide you through the complexities of atmospheric physics – the “hardest” science of climatology. Here we outline the essential points made by Dr. Gerhard Gerlich, a respected German physicist, that counter the bogus theory of Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW).
Before going further, it’s worth bearing in mind that no climatologist ever completed any university course in climatology–that’s how new this branch of science really is. Like any new science the fall-back position of a cornered AGW proponent is the dreaded “appeal to authority” where the flustered debater, out of his or her depth, will say, “Well, professor so-and-so says it’s true – so it must be true.” Don’t fall for that proxy tree-ring counter’s gambit any longer. Here is the finest shredding of junk science you will ever read.
In a recently revised and re-published paper, Dr Gerlich debunks AGW and shows that the IPCC “consensus” atmospheric physics model tying CO2 to global warming is not only unverifiable, but actually violates basic laws of physics, i.e. the First and Second Law of Thermodynamics. The latest version of this momentous scientific paper appears in the March 2009 edition of the International Journal of Modern Physics.
The central claims of Dr. Gerlich and his colleague, Dr. Ralf Tscheuschner, include, but are not limited to:
1) The mechanism of warming in an actual greenhouse is different than the mechanism of warming in the atmosphere, therefore it is not a “greenhouse” effect and should be called something else.
2) The climate models that predict catastrophic global warming also result in a net heat flow from atmospheric greenhouse gasses to the warmer ground, which is in violation of the second law of thermodynamics.
Essentially, any machine which transfers heat from a low temperature reservoir to a high temperature reservoir without external work applied cannot exist. If it did it would be a “perpetual motion machine” – the realm of pure sci-fi.
Gerlich’s and Tscheuschner’s independent theoretical study is detailed in a lengthy (115 pages), mathematically complex (144 equations, 13 data tables, and 32 figures or graphs), and well-sourced (205 references) paper. The German physicists prove that even if CO2 concentrations double (a prospect even global warming advocates admit is decades away), the thermal conductivity of air would not change more than 0.03%. They show that the classic concept of the glass greenhouse wholly fails to replicate the physics of Earth’s climate. They also prove that a greenhouse operates as a “closed” system while the planet works as an “open” system and the term “atmospheric greenhouse effect” does not occur in any fundamental work involving thermodynamics, physical kinetics, or radiation theory. All through their paper the German scientists show how the greenhouse gas theory relies on guesstimates about the scientific properties involved to “calculate” the chaotic interplay of such a myriad and unquantifiable array of factors that is beyond even the abilities of the most powerful of modern supercomputers.
The paper’s introduction states it neatly:
(a) there are no common physical laws between the warming phenomenon in glass houses and the fictitious atmospheric greenhouse effects, (b) there are no calculations to determine an average surface temperature of a planet, (c) the frequently mentioned difference of 33 degrees Celsius is a meaningless number calculated wrongly, (d) the formulas of cavity radiation are used inappropriately, (e) the assumption of a radiative balance is unphysical, (f) thermal conductivity and friction must not be set to zero, the atmospheric greenhouse conjecture is falsified.This thorough debunking of the theory of man made warming disproves that there exists a mechanism whereby carbon dioxide in the cooler upper atmosphere exerts any thermal “forcing” effect on the warmer surface below. To do so would violate both the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics. As there is no glass roof on the earth to trap the excess heat, it escapes upward into space.Thus we may conclude that the common sense axioms are preserved so that the deeper the ocean, the colder the water and heat rises, it does not fall. QED.
John O’Sullivan is a legal advocate and writer who for several years has litigated in government corruption and conspiracy cases in both the US and Britain. Visit his website.
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Winning The War: 30 Insurgents At A Time
Source: Security Crank
Just how often has the U.S. and NATO killed the Taliban in groups of 30 during 2009? The answer may surprise you:
The Security Crank is not the first one to notice this: mad props for the idea go to Moon of Alabama.
But the much more important point remains: how could we possibly have any idea how the war is going, here or anywhere else, when the bad guys seem only to die in groups of 30? The sheer ubiquity of that number in fatality and casualty counts is astounding, to the point where I don’t even pay attention to a story anymore when they use that magic number 30. It is an indicator either of ignorance or deliberate spin… but no matter the case, whenever you see the number 30 used in reference to the Taliban, you should probably close the tab and move onto something else, because you just won’t get a good sense of what happened there.
Oh, and shame to all you news agencies — all of you, since you’re all guilty — for playing along with such an obvious bit of number fudging. And weren’t we supposed to stop doing body counts anyway? That took all of a minute to reverse.
Update: Use ctrl-f (or CMD if you’re a mac-head) and search for “30″ or “thirty” on this 2009 timeline of events for Pakistan. It’s unreal.
Just how often has the U.S. and NATO killed the Taliban in groups of 30 during 2009? The answer may surprise you:
- Adnkronos, 12/07/2009: “Up to 30 suspected militants were killed in a NATO airstrike on a Taliban hideout in eastern Afghanistan close to the Pakistani border on Monday. The airstrike targeted the village of Sangar Dara in the mountainous Watapur district of Kunar province , the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.”
- SF Chronicle, 12/04/2009: “Air strikes in two areas of the Mohmand border region killed 30 suspected militants, a military statement said. It said the strikes were “highly successful” but provided no further details, including whether any civilians were hurt.”
- Xinhua, 11/04/2009: “The military said that the troops have killed 30 more militants during the last 24 hours, bringing the total fatalities to 400, as the operation in the country’s tribal area steadily progressed towards the Taliban strongholds in South Waziristan.”
- Xinhua, 08/31/2009: “At least 30 bodies of suspected Taliban fighters were recovered in northwest Pakistan’s insurgency-hit Swat valley on Monday, witnesses said. The Pakistani army said they were killed in fighting with the security forces.”
- Calgary Times, 07/04/2009: “The attack included an attempted suicide truck bombing of the base in the Zirok district of southeastern Paktika province, local officials said. As many as 30 Taliban insurgents might have been killed when troops called in air strikes, they said.”
- Khaleej Times, 06/24/2009: “Thirty Taliban militants were killed in clashes with NATO and Afghan forces in separate incidents in southern Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday.”
- Straits Times, 06/15/2009: “Security officials in the region said that about 30 militants were killed in Mohmand agency, close to the provincial capital Peshawar.”
- Monsters and Critics, 05/28/2009: “In another incident, the Afghan Defence Ministry said Thursday that its troops, backed by international forces, killed 30 suspected militants in neighbouring Khost province Wednesday after the militants attacked their joint base.”
- Monsters and Critics, 05/14/2009: “At least 30 Taliban fighters were killed Thursday when government artillery fire destroyed their hideout in north-west Pakistan, residents and officials said, as concerns about the fate of thousands of refugees in the region grew amid an escalating humanitarian crisis. Up to 30 suspected militants were in the compound when it was hit, and the Taliban have moved the dead and injured to an undisclosed location, he said.”
- Reuters, 01 April 2009: “U.S. and Afghan forces have killed 30 Taliban fighters, including a local commander, in an operation in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.”
- IRNA, 02/17/2009: “Suspected US drone fired missiles on a training camp of Taliban militants in a Pakistani tribal region on Monday, killing around 30 people, witnesses and official sources said.”
- New York Times, 01/01/2009: “On Wednesday, the Taliban came for revenge. A group of about 30 Taliban fighters swooped in on Mullah Salam’s house and opened fire. They killed at least 20 of his bodyguards, Afghan officials said. The Taliban claimed that they killed 32. Two of the attackers died.”
- Reuters, 02/03/2009: “[Yemeni President Ali Abdullah] Saleh urged the leaders not to give refuge to militants and help the state’s fight against al-Qaeda by turning them in. A security official told Reuters authorities had detained 30 suspected militants in a renewed campaign.”
The Security Crank is not the first one to notice this: mad props for the idea go to Moon of Alabama.
But the much more important point remains: how could we possibly have any idea how the war is going, here or anywhere else, when the bad guys seem only to die in groups of 30? The sheer ubiquity of that number in fatality and casualty counts is astounding, to the point where I don’t even pay attention to a story anymore when they use that magic number 30. It is an indicator either of ignorance or deliberate spin… but no matter the case, whenever you see the number 30 used in reference to the Taliban, you should probably close the tab and move onto something else, because you just won’t get a good sense of what happened there.
Oh, and shame to all you news agencies — all of you, since you’re all guilty — for playing along with such an obvious bit of number fudging. And weren’t we supposed to stop doing body counts anyway? That took all of a minute to reverse.
Update: Use ctrl-f (or CMD if you’re a mac-head) and search for “30″ or “thirty” on this 2009 timeline of events for Pakistan. It’s unreal.
Bankers Get $4 Trillion Gift From Bawney Fwank
Source: Bloomberg
To close out 2009, I decided to do something I bet no member of Congress has done -- actually read from cover to cover one of the pieces of sweeping legislation bouncing around Capitol Hill.
Hunkering down by the fire, I snuggled up with H.R. 4173, the financial-reform legislation passed earlier this month by the House of Representatives. The Senate has yet to pass its own reform plan. The baby of Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, the House bill is meant to address everything from too-big-to-fail banks to asleep-at-the-switch credit-ratings companies to the protection of consumers from greedy lenders.
I quickly discovered why members of Congress rarely read legislation like this. At 1,279 pages, the “Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act” is a real slog. And yes, I plowed through all those pages. (Memo to Chairman Frank: “ystem” at line 14, page 258 is missing the first “s”.)
The reading was especially painful since this reform sausage is stuffed with more gristle than meat. At least, that is, if you are a taxpayer hoping the bailout train is coming to a halt.
If you’re a banker, the bill is tastier. While banks opposed the legislation, they should cheer for its passage by the full Congress in the New Year: There are huge giveaways insuring the government will again rescue banks and Wall Street if the need arises.
Nuggets Gleaned
Here are some of the nuggets I gleaned from days spent reading Frank’s handiwork:
-- For all its heft, the bill doesn’t once mention the words “too-big-to-fail,” the main issue confronting the financial system. Admitting you have a problem, as any 12- stepper knows, is the crucial first step toward recovery.
-- Instead, it supports the biggest banks. It authorizes Federal Reserve banks to provide as much as $4 trillion in emergency funding the next time Wall Street crashes. So much for “no-more-bailouts” talk. That is more than twice what the Fed pumped into markets this time around. The size of the fund makes the bribes in the Senate’s health-care bill look minuscule.
-- Oh, hold on, the Federal Reserve and Treasury Secretary can’t authorize these funds unless “there is at least a 99 percent likelihood that all funds and interest will be paid back.” Too bad the same models used to foresee the housing meltdown probably will be used to predict this likelihood as well.
More Bailouts
-- The bill also allows the government, in a crisis, to back financial firms’ debts. Bondholders can sleep easy -- there are more bailouts to come.
-- The legislation does create a council of regulators to spot risks to the financial system and big financial firms. Unfortunately this group is made up of folks who missed the problems that led to the current crisis.
-- Don’t worry, this time regulators will have better tools. Six months after being created, the council will report to Congress on “whether setting up an electronic database” would be a help. Maybe they’ll even get to use that Internet thingy.
-- This group, among its many powers, can restrict the ability of a financial firm to trade for its own account. Perhaps this section should be entitled, “Yes, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., we’re looking at you.”
Managing Bonuses
-- The bill also allows regulators to “prohibit any incentive-based payment arrangement.” In other words, banker bonuses are still in play. Maybe Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. shouldn’t have rushed to pay back Troubled Asset Relief Program funds.
-- The bill kills the Office of Thrift Supervision, a toothless watchdog. Well, kill may be too strong a word. That agency and its employees will be folded into the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Further proof that government never really disappears.
-- Since Congress isn’t cutting jobs, why not add a few more. The bill calls for more than a dozen agencies to create a position called “Director of Minority and Women Inclusion.” People in these new posts will be presidential appointees. I thought too-big-to-fail banks were the pressing issue. Turns out it’s diversity, and patronage.
-- Not that the House is entirely sure of what the issues are, at least judging by the two dozen or so studies the bill authorizes. About a quarter of them relate to credit-rating companies, an area in which the legislation falls short of meaningful change. Sadly, these studies don’t tackle tough questions like whether we should just do away with ratings altogether. Here’s a tip: Do the studies, then write the legislation.
Consumer Protection
-- The bill isn’t all bad, though. It creates a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency, the brainchild of Elizabeth Warren, currently head of a panel overseeing TARP. And the first director gets the cool job of designing a seal for the new agency. My suggestion: Warren riding a fiery chariot while hurling lightning bolts at Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
-- Best of all, the bill contains a provision that, in the event of another government request for emergency aid to prop up the financial system, debate in Congress be limited to just 10 hours. Anything that can get Congress to shut up can’t be all bad.
Even better would be if legislators actually tackle the real issues stemming from the financial crisis, end bailouts and, for the sake of my eyes, write far, far shorter bills.
(David Reilly is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.)
Click on “Send Comment” in the sidebar display to send a letter to the editor.
To contact the writer of this column: David Reilly at dreilly14@bloomberg.net
To close out 2009, I decided to do something I bet no member of Congress has done -- actually read from cover to cover one of the pieces of sweeping legislation bouncing around Capitol Hill.
Hunkering down by the fire, I snuggled up with H.R. 4173, the financial-reform legislation passed earlier this month by the House of Representatives. The Senate has yet to pass its own reform plan. The baby of Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, the House bill is meant to address everything from too-big-to-fail banks to asleep-at-the-switch credit-ratings companies to the protection of consumers from greedy lenders.
I quickly discovered why members of Congress rarely read legislation like this. At 1,279 pages, the “Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act” is a real slog. And yes, I plowed through all those pages. (Memo to Chairman Frank: “ystem” at line 14, page 258 is missing the first “s”.)
The reading was especially painful since this reform sausage is stuffed with more gristle than meat. At least, that is, if you are a taxpayer hoping the bailout train is coming to a halt.
If you’re a banker, the bill is tastier. While banks opposed the legislation, they should cheer for its passage by the full Congress in the New Year: There are huge giveaways insuring the government will again rescue banks and Wall Street if the need arises.
Nuggets Gleaned
Here are some of the nuggets I gleaned from days spent reading Frank’s handiwork:
-- For all its heft, the bill doesn’t once mention the words “too-big-to-fail,” the main issue confronting the financial system. Admitting you have a problem, as any 12- stepper knows, is the crucial first step toward recovery.
-- Instead, it supports the biggest banks. It authorizes Federal Reserve banks to provide as much as $4 trillion in emergency funding the next time Wall Street crashes. So much for “no-more-bailouts” talk. That is more than twice what the Fed pumped into markets this time around. The size of the fund makes the bribes in the Senate’s health-care bill look minuscule.
-- Oh, hold on, the Federal Reserve and Treasury Secretary can’t authorize these funds unless “there is at least a 99 percent likelihood that all funds and interest will be paid back.” Too bad the same models used to foresee the housing meltdown probably will be used to predict this likelihood as well.
More Bailouts
-- The bill also allows the government, in a crisis, to back financial firms’ debts. Bondholders can sleep easy -- there are more bailouts to come.
-- The legislation does create a council of regulators to spot risks to the financial system and big financial firms. Unfortunately this group is made up of folks who missed the problems that led to the current crisis.
-- Don’t worry, this time regulators will have better tools. Six months after being created, the council will report to Congress on “whether setting up an electronic database” would be a help. Maybe they’ll even get to use that Internet thingy.
-- This group, among its many powers, can restrict the ability of a financial firm to trade for its own account. Perhaps this section should be entitled, “Yes, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., we’re looking at you.”
Managing Bonuses
-- The bill also allows regulators to “prohibit any incentive-based payment arrangement.” In other words, banker bonuses are still in play. Maybe Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. shouldn’t have rushed to pay back Troubled Asset Relief Program funds.
-- The bill kills the Office of Thrift Supervision, a toothless watchdog. Well, kill may be too strong a word. That agency and its employees will be folded into the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Further proof that government never really disappears.
-- Since Congress isn’t cutting jobs, why not add a few more. The bill calls for more than a dozen agencies to create a position called “Director of Minority and Women Inclusion.” People in these new posts will be presidential appointees. I thought too-big-to-fail banks were the pressing issue. Turns out it’s diversity, and patronage.
-- Not that the House is entirely sure of what the issues are, at least judging by the two dozen or so studies the bill authorizes. About a quarter of them relate to credit-rating companies, an area in which the legislation falls short of meaningful change. Sadly, these studies don’t tackle tough questions like whether we should just do away with ratings altogether. Here’s a tip: Do the studies, then write the legislation.
Consumer Protection
-- The bill isn’t all bad, though. It creates a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency, the brainchild of Elizabeth Warren, currently head of a panel overseeing TARP. And the first director gets the cool job of designing a seal for the new agency. My suggestion: Warren riding a fiery chariot while hurling lightning bolts at Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
-- Best of all, the bill contains a provision that, in the event of another government request for emergency aid to prop up the financial system, debate in Congress be limited to just 10 hours. Anything that can get Congress to shut up can’t be all bad.
Even better would be if legislators actually tackle the real issues stemming from the financial crisis, end bailouts and, for the sake of my eyes, write far, far shorter bills.
(David Reilly is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.)
Click on “Send Comment” in the sidebar display to send a letter to the editor.
To contact the writer of this column: David Reilly at dreilly14@bloomberg.net
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
The Curious Case Of The Underwear Bomber
by Justin Raimondo
It just wouldn’t be Christmas in the age of terror if we didn’t have a visitation, ostensibly from al-Qaeda, now would it? ‘Tis the season, and all that. Recall Richard Reid, the "shoe bomber," arrested on December 22, 2001, for trying to blow up American Airlines flight 63, coming into Miami from Paris. As in the current case involving one Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian, the explosive used was PETN, also known as pentaerythritol: Reid, like Umar, was subdued by passengers and airline attendants, and, to add yet another touch of déjà vu, Reid’s stunt led to the imposition of the take-off-your-shoes rule at airport security, just as Umar’s midair antics have now inspired the Transportation Safety Authority to inaugurate a spate of new regulations: nothing in your lap, please, and no getting up from your seat for a solid hour before landing.
Also please note the timing: the Reid incident occurred at a volatile moment, right after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and just as the Bush administration was ramping up to invade both Afghanistan and Iraq. Umar, the lap bomber – so called because he apparently had his explosive device hidden in his pants – also leaps onto the international stage at a sensitive time, when President Obama is launching a major offensive in Afghanistan and the US has "assisted" Yemen in its air strikes on the alleged al-Qaeda stronghold in that country – where Umar, we’re told, received "training" and the actual explosive device.
Yes, the parallels are certainly eerie – but so what? After all, these terrorists are seemingly a simple-minded lot, if the behavior and demeanor of, say, Richard Reid is any indication. How many different explosive substances are available for such a "job," and, at any rate, what else can one expect from the TSA in response except a bunch of useless and needlessly intrusive regulations that have little relevance to what happened? And, of course, the US, it seems, is always launching some new attack or military campaign, somewhere, so the timing is pure chance. Right?
What’s more, the pattern fails when we take into account our own mindset, eight years after the Shoe-na’bomber affair: back then, we were all too frightened out of our wits to really question anything the government told us, and the news media reported. We took it all at face value, and trusted in the gods that we wouldn’t all be blown to smithereens in the next attack, which – for all we knew – could have come at any time.
Eight years later, our mental processes have been quickened, through bitter experience, and a growing cynicism which leads us to notice – and question – several seeming anomalies, such as: why, when Umar’s own father – a prominent banker – contacted the US embassy, and met with the CIA as well as the Nigerian intelligence agency, and warned them his son might pose a danger, was Umar allowed on a plane entering the US? Authorities tell us that he was in a database, consisting of over half a million people, said to pose a risk, but not on the "no fly" list, in spite of his own father’s warning.
How could this happen? Inquiring minds want to know.
Another break in the Shoe’na-bomber pattern is Umar himself, whose life of wealth and privilege stands in stark contrast to Reid’s. While Reid was the poor son of a jailbird, a nobody with an apparently limited mental capacity, Umar is the son of Dr. Umaru Mutallab, former economics minister in the Nigerian government and one of the country’s most prominent bankers: schooled at the exclusive British International School in Lome, Togo, and an aspiring mechanical engineer, he had a bright future ahead of him, and if any single word could be used to characterize his life prior to the Christmas day incident, it would be access.
Access not only to the best schools and opportunities, and to his posh London digs, but also access to planes without the proper documents, as one Kurt Haskell, who was on the same flight with Umar, testifies:
“I was on this flight today and am thankful to be alive. My wife and I were returning from an African safari and had this connecting flight through Amsterdam. I sat in row 27, which was 7 rows behind the terrorist. I got to see the whole thing take place and it was very scary. Thanks to a few quick acting people I am still alive today.
"…I was next to the terrorist when he checked in at the Amsterdam airport early on Christmas. My wife and I were playing cards directly in front of the check in counter. This is what I saw (and I relayed this to the FBI when we were held in customs):
"An Indian man in a nicely dressed suit around age 50 approached the check in counter with the terrorist and said ‘This man needs to get on this flight and he has no passport.’ The two of them were an odd pair as the terrorist is a short, black man that looked like he was very poor and looks around age 17(Although I think he is 23 he doesn’t look it). It did not cross my mind that they were terrorists, only that the two looked weird together. The ticket taker said ‘you can’t board without a passport.’ The Indian man then replied, ‘He is from Sudan, we do this all the time.’. I can only take from this to mean that it is difficult to get passports from Sudan and this was some sort of sympathy ploy. The ticket taker then said ‘You will have to talk to my manager,’ and sent the two down a hallway. I never saw the Indian man again as he wasn’t on the flight. It was also weird that the terrorist never said a word in this exchange. Anyway, somehow, the terrorist still made it onto the plane. I am not sure if it was a bribe or just sympathy from the security manager."
This goes way beyond weird, all the way to sinister. Perhaps we should take Janet Napolitano’s assurance that “right now we have no indication that it is part of anything larger” with a gargantuan grain of salt. Not only that, but maybe we should simply make a new rule, as follows: anything Madame Napolitano or any government official says about this or any other similar incident should be considered, at the outset, an outright lie. Assuming deception as the default, we might be better off believing the exact opposite. This argument is especially compelling in light of what Mr. Haskell has to say about the aftermath of the Christmas bomb attempt:
"FBI also arrested a different Indian man while we were held in customs after a bomb sniffing dog detected a bomb in his carry on bag and he was searched after we landed. This was later confirmed while we were in customs when an FBI agent said to us ‘You are being moved to another area because this area is not safe. Read between the lines. Some of you saw what just happened.’(The arrest of the other Indian man). I am not sure why this hasn’t made it into any news story, but I stood about 15-20 feet away from the other Indian man when he was cuffed and arrested after his search."
Why isn’t the "mainstream" media reporting this? Well, perhaps they just don’t know about it: or it could be they do know and have been asked to keep a lid on it by the authorities, not the first time such a thing has happened when it comes to the dissemination of "sensitive" information.
In any case, given the veracity of Haskell’s account, it is clear that, contrary to news reports, Umar was no "lone nut," but had at least one accomplice with him on board the plane. Furthermore, both of his accomplices – the one who got him on the plane without a passport, and the one nabbed by the bomb-sniffing dog – may have been Indians.
What India has to do with all this is sheer speculation. While India’s foreign intelligence service, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), stands accused by Pakistanis of being behind much of the sectarian strife that riles the region, it’s unclear – to me, at least – what interest they would have in stirring the pot in faraway Yemen, the supposed source of the plot. If, however, it should suddenly be discovered that the "real" source of all this lies in the tribal regions of Pakistan, where Washington insists Osama bin Laden & Co. have set up their world headquarters, the Indian connection would make sense.
Haskell concludes his account as follows:
"What also didn’t make the news is that we were held on the plane for 20 minutes after it landed! A bomb could have gone off then. This wasn’t too smart of security to not let us off the plane immediately.
"You can see what time I am writing this as I am having a hard time sleeping tonight. Just thought some of you would like to know what I saw, Merry Christmas."
A telling note of authenticity there: clueless bureaucrats keep him on a plane that might be about to explode, and a Merry Christmas to all – and to all a good night!
No wonder the poor guy couldn’t sleep. If I were in his shoes, I wouldn’t sleep for a week. And if, somehow, I did manage to take a cat nap or two, I’d dream of Umar being led onto the plane, passport-less, escorted by his mysterious helpers, including several demonic figures lurking in the background, chortling and rubbing their hands together in gleeful anticipation.
We are asked to believe that a highly privileged young man, with everything to live for, was suddenly seized with a desire to commit suicide as an act of jihad: that he disappeared from his life of ease, on a street lined with Mercedes Benzes and Ferraris, in a fashionable district of London, and traveled to Yemen, where he received what may have been a defective bomb, which was sewn into his underwear by his jihadist trainers. This bomb then went undetected in Amsterdam airport, where the security arrangements are said to be tight (and a personal interview is conducted), and where he was let on a plane headed for the US in spite of explicit warnings given by his own father.
I’m not buying it, and, furthermore, in the context of Haskell’s testimony, another narrative seems just as likely: that this was a staged incident, a false flag operation, launched by those who have everything to gain by ramping up the atmosphere of hysteria and fear that regularly precedes America’s wars. This – admittedly speculative – scenario, of which I am equally skeptical, is buttressed, however, by the testimony of Jasper Schuringa – the passenger who leapt out of his seat on the other side of the plane, put out the fire, and secured Umar in a headlock – who says of the alleged terrorist:
“He was shaking. He didn’t resist anything. It’s just hard to believe that he was trying to blow up this plane. He was in a trance. He was very afraid.”
He didn’t resist? This hardly seems like the behavior one might expect of some fanatic jihadist bent on destruction and meeting those virgins in the afterlife.
The simplistic narrative that took shape as the news broke is already beginning to break up into something a bit more complicated, as additional information comes out, including this brief news item that just came across the wires:
"A passenger aboard the same Northwest Airlines flight that was attacked on Christmas Day was taken into custody here Sunday after becoming verbally disruptive upon landing, officials said.
"A law enforcement official said the man was Nigerian and had locked himself in the airliner’s bathroom. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.
"Delta Air Lines spokeswoman Susan Elliott said crew members requested that security remove the man from Flight 253 after he became disruptive. The remaining 255 passengers got off safely, she said.
"Airport spokesman Scott Wintner said it was the same flight on which a man tried to set off an explosive on Christmas Day.
"’The pilot requested emergency assistance upon arrival,’ he said. Security and airline personnel are on edge since the attempted terror attack on Christmas Day, and the law enforcement official said that lesser incidents had been reported on other flights arriving in Detroit, but the incident with the Nigerian man had sparked the most concern."
Whether Nigerian, or Indian, something is up here, and it seems to have little to do with al-Qaeda, which – breaking its past habit of promptly taking "credit" – has yet to claim responsibility for the attempted attack. More grounds for suspicion: allegations that the Detroit incident was planned and carried out by al-Qaeda in Yemen can be traced back to "IntelCenter," a mysterious private contractor with a dubious reputation [.pdf] (see frames 89-100) that does business with the intelligence community.
Another shoe is bound to drop – the arrest of this other "Nigerian" may be it, along with the surprising news that Detroit, for some reason, seems to be the latest "terrorist" target – and when it does, I’m wondering how much closer to the truth we’ll get. One thing is certain, however, and it is this: look on the pronouncements of government officials with a very jaundiced eye.
Already Joe Lieberman and several Republicans are calling for more preemptive strikes on targets in Yemen, and it’s not hard to see that the US is very close to opening up yet another "front" in our eternal "war on terrorism." Deeper into the quagmire we go – and those demons in my dreamscape are chortling ever louder.
It just wouldn’t be Christmas in the age of terror if we didn’t have a visitation, ostensibly from al-Qaeda, now would it? ‘Tis the season, and all that. Recall Richard Reid, the "shoe bomber," arrested on December 22, 2001, for trying to blow up American Airlines flight 63, coming into Miami from Paris. As in the current case involving one Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian, the explosive used was PETN, also known as pentaerythritol: Reid, like Umar, was subdued by passengers and airline attendants, and, to add yet another touch of déjà vu, Reid’s stunt led to the imposition of the take-off-your-shoes rule at airport security, just as Umar’s midair antics have now inspired the Transportation Safety Authority to inaugurate a spate of new regulations: nothing in your lap, please, and no getting up from your seat for a solid hour before landing.
Also please note the timing: the Reid incident occurred at a volatile moment, right after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and just as the Bush administration was ramping up to invade both Afghanistan and Iraq. Umar, the lap bomber – so called because he apparently had his explosive device hidden in his pants – also leaps onto the international stage at a sensitive time, when President Obama is launching a major offensive in Afghanistan and the US has "assisted" Yemen in its air strikes on the alleged al-Qaeda stronghold in that country – where Umar, we’re told, received "training" and the actual explosive device.
Yes, the parallels are certainly eerie – but so what? After all, these terrorists are seemingly a simple-minded lot, if the behavior and demeanor of, say, Richard Reid is any indication. How many different explosive substances are available for such a "job," and, at any rate, what else can one expect from the TSA in response except a bunch of useless and needlessly intrusive regulations that have little relevance to what happened? And, of course, the US, it seems, is always launching some new attack or military campaign, somewhere, so the timing is pure chance. Right?
What’s more, the pattern fails when we take into account our own mindset, eight years after the Shoe-na’bomber affair: back then, we were all too frightened out of our wits to really question anything the government told us, and the news media reported. We took it all at face value, and trusted in the gods that we wouldn’t all be blown to smithereens in the next attack, which – for all we knew – could have come at any time.
Eight years later, our mental processes have been quickened, through bitter experience, and a growing cynicism which leads us to notice – and question – several seeming anomalies, such as: why, when Umar’s own father – a prominent banker – contacted the US embassy, and met with the CIA as well as the Nigerian intelligence agency, and warned them his son might pose a danger, was Umar allowed on a plane entering the US? Authorities tell us that he was in a database, consisting of over half a million people, said to pose a risk, but not on the "no fly" list, in spite of his own father’s warning.
How could this happen? Inquiring minds want to know.
Another break in the Shoe’na-bomber pattern is Umar himself, whose life of wealth and privilege stands in stark contrast to Reid’s. While Reid was the poor son of a jailbird, a nobody with an apparently limited mental capacity, Umar is the son of Dr. Umaru Mutallab, former economics minister in the Nigerian government and one of the country’s most prominent bankers: schooled at the exclusive British International School in Lome, Togo, and an aspiring mechanical engineer, he had a bright future ahead of him, and if any single word could be used to characterize his life prior to the Christmas day incident, it would be access.
Access not only to the best schools and opportunities, and to his posh London digs, but also access to planes without the proper documents, as one Kurt Haskell, who was on the same flight with Umar, testifies:
“I was on this flight today and am thankful to be alive. My wife and I were returning from an African safari and had this connecting flight through Amsterdam. I sat in row 27, which was 7 rows behind the terrorist. I got to see the whole thing take place and it was very scary. Thanks to a few quick acting people I am still alive today.
"…I was next to the terrorist when he checked in at the Amsterdam airport early on Christmas. My wife and I were playing cards directly in front of the check in counter. This is what I saw (and I relayed this to the FBI when we were held in customs):
"An Indian man in a nicely dressed suit around age 50 approached the check in counter with the terrorist and said ‘This man needs to get on this flight and he has no passport.’ The two of them were an odd pair as the terrorist is a short, black man that looked like he was very poor and looks around age 17(Although I think he is 23 he doesn’t look it). It did not cross my mind that they were terrorists, only that the two looked weird together. The ticket taker said ‘you can’t board without a passport.’ The Indian man then replied, ‘He is from Sudan, we do this all the time.’. I can only take from this to mean that it is difficult to get passports from Sudan and this was some sort of sympathy ploy. The ticket taker then said ‘You will have to talk to my manager,’ and sent the two down a hallway. I never saw the Indian man again as he wasn’t on the flight. It was also weird that the terrorist never said a word in this exchange. Anyway, somehow, the terrorist still made it onto the plane. I am not sure if it was a bribe or just sympathy from the security manager."
This goes way beyond weird, all the way to sinister. Perhaps we should take Janet Napolitano’s assurance that “right now we have no indication that it is part of anything larger” with a gargantuan grain of salt. Not only that, but maybe we should simply make a new rule, as follows: anything Madame Napolitano or any government official says about this or any other similar incident should be considered, at the outset, an outright lie. Assuming deception as the default, we might be better off believing the exact opposite. This argument is especially compelling in light of what Mr. Haskell has to say about the aftermath of the Christmas bomb attempt:
"FBI also arrested a different Indian man while we were held in customs after a bomb sniffing dog detected a bomb in his carry on bag and he was searched after we landed. This was later confirmed while we were in customs when an FBI agent said to us ‘You are being moved to another area because this area is not safe. Read between the lines. Some of you saw what just happened.’(The arrest of the other Indian man). I am not sure why this hasn’t made it into any news story, but I stood about 15-20 feet away from the other Indian man when he was cuffed and arrested after his search."
Why isn’t the "mainstream" media reporting this? Well, perhaps they just don’t know about it: or it could be they do know and have been asked to keep a lid on it by the authorities, not the first time such a thing has happened when it comes to the dissemination of "sensitive" information.
In any case, given the veracity of Haskell’s account, it is clear that, contrary to news reports, Umar was no "lone nut," but had at least one accomplice with him on board the plane. Furthermore, both of his accomplices – the one who got him on the plane without a passport, and the one nabbed by the bomb-sniffing dog – may have been Indians.
What India has to do with all this is sheer speculation. While India’s foreign intelligence service, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), stands accused by Pakistanis of being behind much of the sectarian strife that riles the region, it’s unclear – to me, at least – what interest they would have in stirring the pot in faraway Yemen, the supposed source of the plot. If, however, it should suddenly be discovered that the "real" source of all this lies in the tribal regions of Pakistan, where Washington insists Osama bin Laden & Co. have set up their world headquarters, the Indian connection would make sense.
Haskell concludes his account as follows:
"What also didn’t make the news is that we were held on the plane for 20 minutes after it landed! A bomb could have gone off then. This wasn’t too smart of security to not let us off the plane immediately.
"You can see what time I am writing this as I am having a hard time sleeping tonight. Just thought some of you would like to know what I saw, Merry Christmas."
A telling note of authenticity there: clueless bureaucrats keep him on a plane that might be about to explode, and a Merry Christmas to all – and to all a good night!
No wonder the poor guy couldn’t sleep. If I were in his shoes, I wouldn’t sleep for a week. And if, somehow, I did manage to take a cat nap or two, I’d dream of Umar being led onto the plane, passport-less, escorted by his mysterious helpers, including several demonic figures lurking in the background, chortling and rubbing their hands together in gleeful anticipation.
We are asked to believe that a highly privileged young man, with everything to live for, was suddenly seized with a desire to commit suicide as an act of jihad: that he disappeared from his life of ease, on a street lined with Mercedes Benzes and Ferraris, in a fashionable district of London, and traveled to Yemen, where he received what may have been a defective bomb, which was sewn into his underwear by his jihadist trainers. This bomb then went undetected in Amsterdam airport, where the security arrangements are said to be tight (and a personal interview is conducted), and where he was let on a plane headed for the US in spite of explicit warnings given by his own father.
I’m not buying it, and, furthermore, in the context of Haskell’s testimony, another narrative seems just as likely: that this was a staged incident, a false flag operation, launched by those who have everything to gain by ramping up the atmosphere of hysteria and fear that regularly precedes America’s wars. This – admittedly speculative – scenario, of which I am equally skeptical, is buttressed, however, by the testimony of Jasper Schuringa – the passenger who leapt out of his seat on the other side of the plane, put out the fire, and secured Umar in a headlock – who says of the alleged terrorist:
“He was shaking. He didn’t resist anything. It’s just hard to believe that he was trying to blow up this plane. He was in a trance. He was very afraid.”
He didn’t resist? This hardly seems like the behavior one might expect of some fanatic jihadist bent on destruction and meeting those virgins in the afterlife.
The simplistic narrative that took shape as the news broke is already beginning to break up into something a bit more complicated, as additional information comes out, including this brief news item that just came across the wires:
"A passenger aboard the same Northwest Airlines flight that was attacked on Christmas Day was taken into custody here Sunday after becoming verbally disruptive upon landing, officials said.
"A law enforcement official said the man was Nigerian and had locked himself in the airliner’s bathroom. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.
"Delta Air Lines spokeswoman Susan Elliott said crew members requested that security remove the man from Flight 253 after he became disruptive. The remaining 255 passengers got off safely, she said.
"Airport spokesman Scott Wintner said it was the same flight on which a man tried to set off an explosive on Christmas Day.
"’The pilot requested emergency assistance upon arrival,’ he said. Security and airline personnel are on edge since the attempted terror attack on Christmas Day, and the law enforcement official said that lesser incidents had been reported on other flights arriving in Detroit, but the incident with the Nigerian man had sparked the most concern."
Whether Nigerian, or Indian, something is up here, and it seems to have little to do with al-Qaeda, which – breaking its past habit of promptly taking "credit" – has yet to claim responsibility for the attempted attack. More grounds for suspicion: allegations that the Detroit incident was planned and carried out by al-Qaeda in Yemen can be traced back to "IntelCenter," a mysterious private contractor with a dubious reputation [.pdf] (see frames 89-100) that does business with the intelligence community.
Another shoe is bound to drop – the arrest of this other "Nigerian" may be it, along with the surprising news that Detroit, for some reason, seems to be the latest "terrorist" target – and when it does, I’m wondering how much closer to the truth we’ll get. One thing is certain, however, and it is this: look on the pronouncements of government officials with a very jaundiced eye.
Already Joe Lieberman and several Republicans are calling for more preemptive strikes on targets in Yemen, and it’s not hard to see that the US is very close to opening up yet another "front" in our eternal "war on terrorism." Deeper into the quagmire we go – and those demons in my dreamscape are chortling ever louder.
Mexican Drug Gangs Killed 7,000 US Citizens In 2009
From UK Daily Mail
Drug gang hitmen shot dead the grieving family of an elite Mexican marine who died after taking part in a raid that killed a notorious drug lord.
Gunmen armed with assault rifles burst into the family’s home in Quintin Arauz in the southern state of Tabasco on Monday, killing the serviceman’s mother, brother, sister and aunt.
It appeared to be a revenge attack for a Mexican navy operation last week that killed the boss of a major drug cartel, Arturo Beltran Leyva.
…
Despite the deployment of 49,000 troops across Mexico, broad daylight shootings are common and killings by drug gangs have soared to a record of well above 7,000 this year.
Torture, decapitations and other atrocities have become common.
The rising bloodshed has alarmed the U.S. government and hurt Mexico’s image as a relatively stable destination for foreign investors and tourists.
Drug gang hitmen shot dead the grieving family of an elite Mexican marine who died after taking part in a raid that killed a notorious drug lord.
Gunmen armed with assault rifles burst into the family’s home in Quintin Arauz in the southern state of Tabasco on Monday, killing the serviceman’s mother, brother, sister and aunt.
It appeared to be a revenge attack for a Mexican navy operation last week that killed the boss of a major drug cartel, Arturo Beltran Leyva.
…
Despite the deployment of 49,000 troops across Mexico, broad daylight shootings are common and killings by drug gangs have soared to a record of well above 7,000 this year.
Torture, decapitations and other atrocities have become common.
The rising bloodshed has alarmed the U.S. government and hurt Mexico’s image as a relatively stable destination for foreign investors and tourists.
Ron Paul On Larry King 12/28/2009
Ben Stein calls Ron Paul "anti semitic", that's what they do when they are intellectually outgunned.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Is Criticism of Israel Anti Semitic?
By Rev. Ted Pike
December 27, 2009
NewsWithViews.com
Five hundred international lawmakers, diplomats and academics met in Jerusalem Dec. 16-17 to consider the threat of “mushrooming” criticism of Israel. “The Global Forum for Combating Global Anti-Semitism” was hosted by the government of Israel. Its premise is that criticism of Israel, her government, and military policies toward Palestinians is anti-Semitic if it is “strong” or uses Nazi/apartheid imagery.
This criterion for anti-Semitism is shared by the Anti-Defamation League and its Office of Global Anti-Semitism in the US State Department. In fact, ADL head Abe Foxman and the State Department’s Hannah Rosenthal (Special Envoy to Combat Anti-Semitism) were honored guests at the conference.
Israel’s Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman quoted Foxman and said much of the world has “crossed the line” from legitimate criticism to an epidemic of anti-Semitism. Diaspora Foreign Minister Yuli Edelstein also spoke for Israel. He warned that global anti-Semitism “has been able to gain endorsement from academics, media outlets, and even political parties.” Edelstein went so far as to say:
to be ‘anti-Israel’ is to be anti-Semitic. To boycott Israel, Israeli professors and Israeli businesses, these are not political acts, these are acts of hate, acts of anti-Semitism!...Look at the reality Israelis face when traveling to international athletic, business and academic events. More and more, when they arrive in Sweden, Turkey, England, and even the United States, they must lecture and perform before hostile or even violent crowds, requiring police protection. We must not hesitate to expose this hatred for what it is. It is a strong and vile form of xenophobia [fear of foreigners]. It expresses itself through violence, mockery and exclusion. It is directed toward the outside, toward that which is different, in appearance, speech or prayer." "It is discrimination against Jews, because they are Jews. In short, it is anti-Semitism." (Jerusalem Post, Dec. 16, 2009, “Verbatim: Anti-Semites Have Warped Tiny Israel Into Goliath”)
In its 2008 report to Congress, the Office of Global Anti-Semitism says "classic anti-Semitism" is the New Testament belief that Jews masterminded the crucifixion of Christ 2000 years ago. (See U.S. Government, Talmud Mock New Testament) ADL says anti-Semitism is harsh criticism of Israel. ADL agrees with the State Department and the government of Israel that anti-Semitism is visual or verbal comparison of Israeli leaders or military to Nazis. Webster’s New 20th Century Dictionary defines anti-Semitism as “fearing Jews or Jewish things.” Israel is a quintessentially Jewish thing. Thus, fearing Israel, its leaders, or military is anti-Semitic.
Are beliefs of Christians and critics of Israel’s policies really an ominous scourge which should be silenced by governments worldwide?
Lest We Forget
In 1982, largely in response to sporadic rocket attacks from the north, Israel killed at least 19,500 in three days of saturation bombing of refugee camps in southern Lebanon. ADL was Israel's PR bulldog then, as it is today. ADL and the Israeli government downplayed the casualties and damages at Sidon as well as Beirut.
Yet Stan Mooneyham—highly respected leader of World Vision International, a Christian relief organization—managed to penetrate the area much sooner than other Western observers. He reported:
If the Israeli figure of 165 killed in Sidon is accurate, I saw all but 10 of those bodies in one school basement still unburied three weeks after the invasion. That says nothing about the township of Ein-el-Hillweh just outside of Sidon which had a normal population of 60,000 and was obliterated by saturation bombing…There is no Ein-el-Hillweh anymore. Never before have I seen such total destruction, not even in Minagua, the earthquake-stricken capital of Nicaragua. If the world's war-makers and peace-makers want to see what saturation bombing looks like, they should look here. Israel, a country skilled in making the desert blossom like a rose, knows how to turn rose into desert. . .it's one of the major massacres of modern times.
As the head of an international relief organization bringing $400,000 of medical and relief supplies to victims of this modern holocaust, Mooneyham was astonished that Israel refused to allow distribution of such necessities, even two weeks after fighting ended and the area was secure! He explicitly described the smell of rotting bodies, the pervasive wreckage and grief of large communities blitzed out of existence.
Mooneyham’s viewing of Lebanon prompted him to make an ominous comparison: “The sheer magnitude of this one visible piece of the Israeli war machine is incredible. David seems determined to become Goliath.” (World Vision Magazine, September, October 1982)
Is this Christian observer’s account anti-Semitic? According to Israel, ADL, the US State Dept., and Webster’s New 20th Century Dictionary, it is. His articles harshly criticize Israeli national policy, her leaders and military. He also expresses "fear of Jews and Jewish things" - generals such as Ariel Sharon who ordered the attack and the Israeli military's homicidal hatred of Arab refugees and indifference to their sufferings. (Israeli General Rafael Eitan described the refugees during the bombardment as "cockroaches in a bottle.") Mooneyham did not compare Israel in 1982 to Nazis. (He compared Israel to Goliath.) But he easily could have.
In 1982, ADL and Israel argued that, considering Israel's "right to defend herself," her military response of saturation bombing on southern Lebanon was necessary, just, and proportionate. Virtually all politicians, big media, and all major Christian leaders (except for Mooneyham) were either silent or defended Israel.
After “Operation Cast Lead” in Gaza last year, most evangelicals similarly agreed with ADL and Israel that Israel's “right to exist” was challenged by sporadic rocket fire from Gaza and her response of bombardment and continuing blockade has been appropriate.
Ever Broadening Definition of Anti-Semitism
In contrast to the defective definitions we have considered, actual anti-Semitism is the racist belief that all Jews are genetically subversive, degenerate and corruptive. Hitler taught that to a generation of Germans.
But it is not anti-Semitic to protest what you sincerely believe to be grievous injustice by Israel's leadership. All the Hebrew prophets, including John the Baptist and Jesus Christ, did so. In fact, it was always the false prophetic majority who blessed ungodly Jewish leadership unconditionally. This perfectly describes the evangelical position over the past century.
If you listen to critics of Israel today, you will virtually never hear them criticize Jews according to racist criteria as Hitler did. (Sixteen international and European humanitarian and human rights groups have just released a report critical of Israel's "collective punishment" of the Gazans. A similar report by Amnesty International is typical of many.) Rather they complain of human rights abuses by Israel. They say the Palestinians have been driven to fanaticism and terrorism by Israeli oppression. Whether or not you agree, such criticism can’t be properly termed anti-Semitism. Yet more than a billion of such dissidents are now labeled as anti-Semitic by Israel, ADL, and our US State Dept.
Israel's name-calling of critics during the recent Jerusalem conference is dangerous and irresponsible. It ignores the possibility that many (including Jews) use strong words out of love for Israel and the Jewish people. They may employ “tough love” language to bring Israel to what they believe is reality. They want Israeli leaders and war makers to realize the extreme danger their policies and actions might have on the future of Israel and the safety of all Jews. Many Jews are concerned that Israel’s actions may cause a massive backlash of actual violent and vulgar anti-Semitism worldwide. Instead of softening, Israel gives concerned Jews and the world only two options: "Don’t strongly criticize Israeli policies and be our friend, or oppose our actions and be branded a hateful anti-Semite."
Israel’s two simplistic options threaten millions. Under ADL’s hate crimes laws in countries such as Germany and Canada, the accusation of anti-Semitism can easily embroil the victim in financially devastating litigation, huge fines and even imprisonment if convicted. A year ago, Australian Holocaust questioner Dr. Fredrick Toben narrowly avoided a probable five years of imprisonment under a German-EU charge of anti-Semitism; the charge was largely incurred because of his "anti-Semitic" doubts that the six-million figure of Jewish Holocaust dead was accurate.
Evangelical Christians are also directly threatened by broad, incriminating definitions of anti-Semitism. ADL's Dept. of Global Anti-Semitism accuses hundreds of millions of evangelical, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and other Christians of being “classic anti-Semites” for believing the New Testament account of Jewish complicity in the crucifixion. (See U.S. Government, Talmud Mock New Testament) Tens of millions of evangelicals still support Israel unconditionally and inherit a 20th century pro-Zionist tradition to which Israel owes the bulk of its nationhood and success. But they are now, incredibly, viewed by the US State Department and Israel's public relations arm, ADL, as anti-Semitic. They are already regarded by Canada as "anti-Semitic hate criminals" if they speak their convictions publically.
Who remains free from possible suspicion of anti-Semitism? Only people with no opinion at all or those too cowardly to open their mouths. At the rate ADL and Israel are expanding the definition of anti-Semitism, an "anti-Semitic hate criminal" could soon be anyone who does not slavishly support whatever Israel does—even if it is outrageously evil.
How will ADL respond if alleged anti-Semitism increases? I’ll make a New Year’s prediction. Unless ADL is restrained through worldwide exposure and criticism, it will introduce a new bill into Congress, probably called The Global Anti-Semitism Prevention Act. As an adjunct of ADL’s recently passed federal hate crimes law, this law will make it a federal felony for any American to “strongly” criticize matters Jewish, including the Jewish role in the crucifixion or present Israeli policies.
Tragically, just as most evangelical "watchdog" groups allowed ADL's federal and 45 state hate laws to pass over the past 20 years (for fear of ADL reprisal against in-depth hate law education), they will probably allow this bill to become law—still fearing being labeled anti-Semitic. In one fell swoop, ADL, the U.S. government and the state of Israel will possess a federal statute in America (also to be passed in Canada, Europe, and Australia) making the greatest lovers of Jews in human history—tens of millions of evangelical Christians—into "anti-Semitic" enemies ripe for prosecution.
If that happens, Jesus foretells what comes next: "they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and prisons…for my name's sake." (Luke 21:12)
© 2009 Rev. Ted Pike - All Rights Reserved
December 27, 2009
NewsWithViews.com
Five hundred international lawmakers, diplomats and academics met in Jerusalem Dec. 16-17 to consider the threat of “mushrooming” criticism of Israel. “The Global Forum for Combating Global Anti-Semitism” was hosted by the government of Israel. Its premise is that criticism of Israel, her government, and military policies toward Palestinians is anti-Semitic if it is “strong” or uses Nazi/apartheid imagery.
This criterion for anti-Semitism is shared by the Anti-Defamation League and its Office of Global Anti-Semitism in the US State Department. In fact, ADL head Abe Foxman and the State Department’s Hannah Rosenthal (Special Envoy to Combat Anti-Semitism) were honored guests at the conference.
Israel’s Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman quoted Foxman and said much of the world has “crossed the line” from legitimate criticism to an epidemic of anti-Semitism. Diaspora Foreign Minister Yuli Edelstein also spoke for Israel. He warned that global anti-Semitism “has been able to gain endorsement from academics, media outlets, and even political parties.” Edelstein went so far as to say:
to be ‘anti-Israel’ is to be anti-Semitic. To boycott Israel, Israeli professors and Israeli businesses, these are not political acts, these are acts of hate, acts of anti-Semitism!...Look at the reality Israelis face when traveling to international athletic, business and academic events. More and more, when they arrive in Sweden, Turkey, England, and even the United States, they must lecture and perform before hostile or even violent crowds, requiring police protection. We must not hesitate to expose this hatred for what it is. It is a strong and vile form of xenophobia [fear of foreigners]. It expresses itself through violence, mockery and exclusion. It is directed toward the outside, toward that which is different, in appearance, speech or prayer." "It is discrimination against Jews, because they are Jews. In short, it is anti-Semitism." (Jerusalem Post, Dec. 16, 2009, “Verbatim: Anti-Semites Have Warped Tiny Israel Into Goliath”)
In its 2008 report to Congress, the Office of Global Anti-Semitism says "classic anti-Semitism" is the New Testament belief that Jews masterminded the crucifixion of Christ 2000 years ago. (See U.S. Government, Talmud Mock New Testament) ADL says anti-Semitism is harsh criticism of Israel. ADL agrees with the State Department and the government of Israel that anti-Semitism is visual or verbal comparison of Israeli leaders or military to Nazis. Webster’s New 20th Century Dictionary defines anti-Semitism as “fearing Jews or Jewish things.” Israel is a quintessentially Jewish thing. Thus, fearing Israel, its leaders, or military is anti-Semitic.
Are beliefs of Christians and critics of Israel’s policies really an ominous scourge which should be silenced by governments worldwide?
Lest We Forget
In 1982, largely in response to sporadic rocket attacks from the north, Israel killed at least 19,500 in three days of saturation bombing of refugee camps in southern Lebanon. ADL was Israel's PR bulldog then, as it is today. ADL and the Israeli government downplayed the casualties and damages at Sidon as well as Beirut.
Yet Stan Mooneyham—highly respected leader of World Vision International, a Christian relief organization—managed to penetrate the area much sooner than other Western observers. He reported:
If the Israeli figure of 165 killed in Sidon is accurate, I saw all but 10 of those bodies in one school basement still unburied three weeks after the invasion. That says nothing about the township of Ein-el-Hillweh just outside of Sidon which had a normal population of 60,000 and was obliterated by saturation bombing…There is no Ein-el-Hillweh anymore. Never before have I seen such total destruction, not even in Minagua, the earthquake-stricken capital of Nicaragua. If the world's war-makers and peace-makers want to see what saturation bombing looks like, they should look here. Israel, a country skilled in making the desert blossom like a rose, knows how to turn rose into desert. . .it's one of the major massacres of modern times.
As the head of an international relief organization bringing $400,000 of medical and relief supplies to victims of this modern holocaust, Mooneyham was astonished that Israel refused to allow distribution of such necessities, even two weeks after fighting ended and the area was secure! He explicitly described the smell of rotting bodies, the pervasive wreckage and grief of large communities blitzed out of existence.
Mooneyham’s viewing of Lebanon prompted him to make an ominous comparison: “The sheer magnitude of this one visible piece of the Israeli war machine is incredible. David seems determined to become Goliath.” (World Vision Magazine, September, October 1982)
Is this Christian observer’s account anti-Semitic? According to Israel, ADL, the US State Dept., and Webster’s New 20th Century Dictionary, it is. His articles harshly criticize Israeli national policy, her leaders and military. He also expresses "fear of Jews and Jewish things" - generals such as Ariel Sharon who ordered the attack and the Israeli military's homicidal hatred of Arab refugees and indifference to their sufferings. (Israeli General Rafael Eitan described the refugees during the bombardment as "cockroaches in a bottle.") Mooneyham did not compare Israel in 1982 to Nazis. (He compared Israel to Goliath.) But he easily could have.
In 1982, ADL and Israel argued that, considering Israel's "right to defend herself," her military response of saturation bombing on southern Lebanon was necessary, just, and proportionate. Virtually all politicians, big media, and all major Christian leaders (except for Mooneyham) were either silent or defended Israel.
After “Operation Cast Lead” in Gaza last year, most evangelicals similarly agreed with ADL and Israel that Israel's “right to exist” was challenged by sporadic rocket fire from Gaza and her response of bombardment and continuing blockade has been appropriate.
Ever Broadening Definition of Anti-Semitism
In contrast to the defective definitions we have considered, actual anti-Semitism is the racist belief that all Jews are genetically subversive, degenerate and corruptive. Hitler taught that to a generation of Germans.
But it is not anti-Semitic to protest what you sincerely believe to be grievous injustice by Israel's leadership. All the Hebrew prophets, including John the Baptist and Jesus Christ, did so. In fact, it was always the false prophetic majority who blessed ungodly Jewish leadership unconditionally. This perfectly describes the evangelical position over the past century.
If you listen to critics of Israel today, you will virtually never hear them criticize Jews according to racist criteria as Hitler did. (Sixteen international and European humanitarian and human rights groups have just released a report critical of Israel's "collective punishment" of the Gazans. A similar report by Amnesty International is typical of many.) Rather they complain of human rights abuses by Israel. They say the Palestinians have been driven to fanaticism and terrorism by Israeli oppression. Whether or not you agree, such criticism can’t be properly termed anti-Semitism. Yet more than a billion of such dissidents are now labeled as anti-Semitic by Israel, ADL, and our US State Dept.
Israel's name-calling of critics during the recent Jerusalem conference is dangerous and irresponsible. It ignores the possibility that many (including Jews) use strong words out of love for Israel and the Jewish people. They may employ “tough love” language to bring Israel to what they believe is reality. They want Israeli leaders and war makers to realize the extreme danger their policies and actions might have on the future of Israel and the safety of all Jews. Many Jews are concerned that Israel’s actions may cause a massive backlash of actual violent and vulgar anti-Semitism worldwide. Instead of softening, Israel gives concerned Jews and the world only two options: "Don’t strongly criticize Israeli policies and be our friend, or oppose our actions and be branded a hateful anti-Semite."
Israel’s two simplistic options threaten millions. Under ADL’s hate crimes laws in countries such as Germany and Canada, the accusation of anti-Semitism can easily embroil the victim in financially devastating litigation, huge fines and even imprisonment if convicted. A year ago, Australian Holocaust questioner Dr. Fredrick Toben narrowly avoided a probable five years of imprisonment under a German-EU charge of anti-Semitism; the charge was largely incurred because of his "anti-Semitic" doubts that the six-million figure of Jewish Holocaust dead was accurate.
Evangelical Christians are also directly threatened by broad, incriminating definitions of anti-Semitism. ADL's Dept. of Global Anti-Semitism accuses hundreds of millions of evangelical, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and other Christians of being “classic anti-Semites” for believing the New Testament account of Jewish complicity in the crucifixion. (See U.S. Government, Talmud Mock New Testament) Tens of millions of evangelicals still support Israel unconditionally and inherit a 20th century pro-Zionist tradition to which Israel owes the bulk of its nationhood and success. But they are now, incredibly, viewed by the US State Department and Israel's public relations arm, ADL, as anti-Semitic. They are already regarded by Canada as "anti-Semitic hate criminals" if they speak their convictions publically.
Who remains free from possible suspicion of anti-Semitism? Only people with no opinion at all or those too cowardly to open their mouths. At the rate ADL and Israel are expanding the definition of anti-Semitism, an "anti-Semitic hate criminal" could soon be anyone who does not slavishly support whatever Israel does—even if it is outrageously evil.
How will ADL respond if alleged anti-Semitism increases? I’ll make a New Year’s prediction. Unless ADL is restrained through worldwide exposure and criticism, it will introduce a new bill into Congress, probably called The Global Anti-Semitism Prevention Act. As an adjunct of ADL’s recently passed federal hate crimes law, this law will make it a federal felony for any American to “strongly” criticize matters Jewish, including the Jewish role in the crucifixion or present Israeli policies.
Tragically, just as most evangelical "watchdog" groups allowed ADL's federal and 45 state hate laws to pass over the past 20 years (for fear of ADL reprisal against in-depth hate law education), they will probably allow this bill to become law—still fearing being labeled anti-Semitic. In one fell swoop, ADL, the U.S. government and the state of Israel will possess a federal statute in America (also to be passed in Canada, Europe, and Australia) making the greatest lovers of Jews in human history—tens of millions of evangelical Christians—into "anti-Semitic" enemies ripe for prosecution.
If that happens, Jesus foretells what comes next: "they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and prisons…for my name's sake." (Luke 21:12)
© 2009 Rev. Ted Pike - All Rights Reserved
Iranian Nuke Document A Forgery
December 28, 2009
U.S. intelligence has concluded that the document published recently by the Times of London, which purportedly describes an Iranian plan to do experiments on what the newspaper described as a “neutron initiator” for an atomic weapon, is a fabrication, according to a former Central Intelligence Agency official.
Philip Giraldi, who was a CIA counterterrorism official from 1976 to 1992, told IPS that intelligence sources say that the United States had nothing to do with forging the document, and that Israel is the primary suspect. The sources do not rule out a British role in the fabrication, however.
The Times of London story published Dec. 14 did not identify the source of the document. But it quoted “an Asian intelligence source” – a term some news media have used for Israeli intelligence officials – as confirming that his government believes Iran was working on a neutron initiator as recently as 2007.
The story of the purported Iranian document prompted a new round of expressions of U.S. and European support for tougher sanctions against Iran and reminders of Israel’s threats to attack Iranian nuclear programme targets if diplomacy fails.
U.S. news media reporting has left the impression that U.S. intelligence analysts have not made up their mind about the document’s authenticity, although it has been widely reported that they have now had a full year to assess the issue.
Giraldi’s intelligence sources did not reveal all the reasons that led analysts to conclude that the purported Iran document had been fabricated by a foreign intelligence agency. But their suspicions of fraud were prompted in part by the source of the story, according to Giraldi.
“The Rupert Murdoch chain has been used extensively to publish false intelligence from the Israelis and occasionally from the British government,” Giraldi said.
The Times is part of a Murdoch publishing empire that includes the Sunday Times, Fox News and the New York Post. All Murdoch-owned news media report on Iran with an aggressively pro-Israeli slant.
The document itself also had a number of red flags suggesting possible or likely fraud.
The subject of the two-page document which the Times published in English translation would be highly classified under any state’s security system. Yet there is no confidentiality marking on the document, as can be seen from the photograph of the Farsi-language original published by the Times.
The absence of security markings has been cited by the Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, as evidence that the “alleged studies” documents, which were supposedly purloined from an alleged Iranian nuclear weapons-related programme early in this decade, are forgeries.
The document also lacks any information identifying either the issuing office or the intended recipients. The document refers cryptically to “the Centre”, “the Institute”, “the Committee”, and the “neutron group”.
The document’s extreme vagueness about the institutions does not appear to match the concreteness of the plans, which call for hiring eight individuals for different tasks for very specific numbers of hours for a four-year time frame.
Including security markings and such identifying information in a document increases the likelihood of errors that would give the fraud away.
The absence of any date on the document also conflicts with the specificity of much of the information. The Times reported that unidentified “foreign intelligence agencies” had dated the document to early 2007, but gave no reason for that judgment.
An obvious motive for suggesting the early 2007 date is that it would discredit the U.S. intelligence community’s November 2007 National Intelligence Estimate, which concluded that Iran had discontinued unidentified work on nuclear weapons and had not resumed it as of the time of the estimate.
Discrediting the NIE has been a major objective of the Israeli government for the past two years, and the British and French governments have supported the Israeli effort.
The biggest reason for suspecting that the document is a fraud is its obvious effort to suggest past Iranian experiments related to a neutron initiator. After proposing experiments on detecting pulsed neutrons, the document refers to “locations where such experiments used to be conducted”.
That reference plays to the widespread assumption, which has been embraced by the International Atomic Energy Agency, that Iran had carried out experiments with Polonium-210 in the late 1980s, indicating an interest in neutron initiators. The IAEA referred in reports from 2004 through 2007 to its belief that the experiment with Polonium-210 had potential relevance to making “a neutron initiator in some designs of nuclear weapons”.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the political arm of the terrorist organisation Mujahedeen-e Khalq, claimed in February 2005 that Iran’s research with Polonium-210 was continuing and that it was now close to producing a neutron initiator for a nuclear weapon.
Sanger and Broad were so convinced that the Polonium-210 experiments proved Iran’s interest in a neutron initiator that they referred in their story on the leaked document to both the IAEA reports on the experiments in the late 1980s and the claim by NCRI of continuing Iranian work on such a nuclear trigger.
What Sanger and Broad failed to report, however, is that the IAEA has acknowledged that it was mistaken in its earlier assessment that the Polonium-210 experiments were related to a neutron initiator.
After seeing the complete documentation on the original project, including complete copies of the reactor logbook for the entire period, the IAEA concluded in its Feb. 22, 2008 report that Iran’s explanations that the Polonium-210 project was fundamental research with the eventual aim of possible application to radio isotope batteries was “consistent with the Agency’s findings and with other information available to it”.
The IAEA report said the issue of Polonium-210 – and thus the earlier suspicion of an Iranian interest in using it as a neutron initiator for a nuclear weapon – was now considered “no longer outstanding”.
New York Times reporters David Sanger and William J. Broad reported U.S. intelligence officials as saying the intelligence analysts “have yet to authenticate the document”. Sanger and Broad explained the failure to do so, however, as a result of excessive caution left over from the CIA’s having failed to brand as a fabrication the document purporting to show an Iraqi effort to buy uranium in Niger.
The Washington Post’s Joby Warrick dismissed the possibility that the document might be found to be fraudulent. “There is no way to establish the authenticity or original source of the document…,” wrote Warrick.
But the line that the intelligence community had authenticated it evidently reflected the Barack Obama administration’s desire to avoid undercutting a story that supports its efforts to get Russian and Chinese support for tougher sanctions against Iran.
This is not the first time that Giraldi has been tipped off by his intelligence sources on forged documents. Giraldi identified the individual or office responsible for creating the two most notorious forged documents in recent U.S. intelligence history.
In 2005, Giraldi identified Michael Ledeen, the extreme right-wing former consultant to the National Security Council and the Pentagon, as an author of the fabricated letter purporting to show Iraqi interest in purchasing uranium from Niger. That letter was used by the George W. Bush administration to bolster its false case that Saddam Hussein had an active nuclear weapons programme.
Giraldi also identified officials in the “Office of Special Plans” who worked under Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith as having forged a letter purportedly written by Hussein’s intelligence director, Tahir Jalail Habbush al-Tikriti, to Hussein himself referring to an Iraqi intelligence operation to arrange for an unidentified shipment from Niger.
U.S. intelligence has concluded that the document published recently by the Times of London, which purportedly describes an Iranian plan to do experiments on what the newspaper described as a “neutron initiator” for an atomic weapon, is a fabrication, according to a former Central Intelligence Agency official.
Philip Giraldi, who was a CIA counterterrorism official from 1976 to 1992, told IPS that intelligence sources say that the United States had nothing to do with forging the document, and that Israel is the primary suspect. The sources do not rule out a British role in the fabrication, however.
The Times of London story published Dec. 14 did not identify the source of the document. But it quoted “an Asian intelligence source” – a term some news media have used for Israeli intelligence officials – as confirming that his government believes Iran was working on a neutron initiator as recently as 2007.
The story of the purported Iranian document prompted a new round of expressions of U.S. and European support for tougher sanctions against Iran and reminders of Israel’s threats to attack Iranian nuclear programme targets if diplomacy fails.
U.S. news media reporting has left the impression that U.S. intelligence analysts have not made up their mind about the document’s authenticity, although it has been widely reported that they have now had a full year to assess the issue.
Giraldi’s intelligence sources did not reveal all the reasons that led analysts to conclude that the purported Iran document had been fabricated by a foreign intelligence agency. But their suspicions of fraud were prompted in part by the source of the story, according to Giraldi.
“The Rupert Murdoch chain has been used extensively to publish false intelligence from the Israelis and occasionally from the British government,” Giraldi said.
The Times is part of a Murdoch publishing empire that includes the Sunday Times, Fox News and the New York Post. All Murdoch-owned news media report on Iran with an aggressively pro-Israeli slant.
The document itself also had a number of red flags suggesting possible or likely fraud.
The subject of the two-page document which the Times published in English translation would be highly classified under any state’s security system. Yet there is no confidentiality marking on the document, as can be seen from the photograph of the Farsi-language original published by the Times.
The absence of security markings has been cited by the Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, as evidence that the “alleged studies” documents, which were supposedly purloined from an alleged Iranian nuclear weapons-related programme early in this decade, are forgeries.
The document also lacks any information identifying either the issuing office or the intended recipients. The document refers cryptically to “the Centre”, “the Institute”, “the Committee”, and the “neutron group”.
The document’s extreme vagueness about the institutions does not appear to match the concreteness of the plans, which call for hiring eight individuals for different tasks for very specific numbers of hours for a four-year time frame.
Including security markings and such identifying information in a document increases the likelihood of errors that would give the fraud away.
The absence of any date on the document also conflicts with the specificity of much of the information. The Times reported that unidentified “foreign intelligence agencies” had dated the document to early 2007, but gave no reason for that judgment.
An obvious motive for suggesting the early 2007 date is that it would discredit the U.S. intelligence community’s November 2007 National Intelligence Estimate, which concluded that Iran had discontinued unidentified work on nuclear weapons and had not resumed it as of the time of the estimate.
Discrediting the NIE has been a major objective of the Israeli government for the past two years, and the British and French governments have supported the Israeli effort.
The biggest reason for suspecting that the document is a fraud is its obvious effort to suggest past Iranian experiments related to a neutron initiator. After proposing experiments on detecting pulsed neutrons, the document refers to “locations where such experiments used to be conducted”.
That reference plays to the widespread assumption, which has been embraced by the International Atomic Energy Agency, that Iran had carried out experiments with Polonium-210 in the late 1980s, indicating an interest in neutron initiators. The IAEA referred in reports from 2004 through 2007 to its belief that the experiment with Polonium-210 had potential relevance to making “a neutron initiator in some designs of nuclear weapons”.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the political arm of the terrorist organisation Mujahedeen-e Khalq, claimed in February 2005 that Iran’s research with Polonium-210 was continuing and that it was now close to producing a neutron initiator for a nuclear weapon.
Sanger and Broad were so convinced that the Polonium-210 experiments proved Iran’s interest in a neutron initiator that they referred in their story on the leaked document to both the IAEA reports on the experiments in the late 1980s and the claim by NCRI of continuing Iranian work on such a nuclear trigger.
What Sanger and Broad failed to report, however, is that the IAEA has acknowledged that it was mistaken in its earlier assessment that the Polonium-210 experiments were related to a neutron initiator.
After seeing the complete documentation on the original project, including complete copies of the reactor logbook for the entire period, the IAEA concluded in its Feb. 22, 2008 report that Iran’s explanations that the Polonium-210 project was fundamental research with the eventual aim of possible application to radio isotope batteries was “consistent with the Agency’s findings and with other information available to it”.
The IAEA report said the issue of Polonium-210 – and thus the earlier suspicion of an Iranian interest in using it as a neutron initiator for a nuclear weapon – was now considered “no longer outstanding”.
New York Times reporters David Sanger and William J. Broad reported U.S. intelligence officials as saying the intelligence analysts “have yet to authenticate the document”. Sanger and Broad explained the failure to do so, however, as a result of excessive caution left over from the CIA’s having failed to brand as a fabrication the document purporting to show an Iraqi effort to buy uranium in Niger.
The Washington Post’s Joby Warrick dismissed the possibility that the document might be found to be fraudulent. “There is no way to establish the authenticity or original source of the document…,” wrote Warrick.
But the line that the intelligence community had authenticated it evidently reflected the Barack Obama administration’s desire to avoid undercutting a story that supports its efforts to get Russian and Chinese support for tougher sanctions against Iran.
This is not the first time that Giraldi has been tipped off by his intelligence sources on forged documents. Giraldi identified the individual or office responsible for creating the two most notorious forged documents in recent U.S. intelligence history.
In 2005, Giraldi identified Michael Ledeen, the extreme right-wing former consultant to the National Security Council and the Pentagon, as an author of the fabricated letter purporting to show Iraqi interest in purchasing uranium from Niger. That letter was used by the George W. Bush administration to bolster its false case that Saddam Hussein had an active nuclear weapons programme.
Giraldi also identified officials in the “Office of Special Plans” who worked under Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith as having forged a letter purportedly written by Hussein’s intelligence director, Tahir Jalail Habbush al-Tikriti, to Hussein himself referring to an Iraqi intelligence operation to arrange for an unidentified shipment from Niger.
Cop Tasers Man 11 Times While He Has A Diabetic Seizure
CN) - A suburban Chicago police officer Tasered a man 11 times while he was having a diabetic seizure, and the 56 seconds of needlessly inflicted electric shock, "inflicted ... while he was lying unresponsive on the floor of his bedroom, permanently scarred [him] and caused him neurological damage that has not abated," the man claims in Chicago Federal Court.
Prospero Lassi says he suffered a diabetes-induced seizure at home on April 9. His roommate called 911, and police from LaGrange Park and Brookfield responded, with EMTs from LaGrange Park.
Lassi says his roommate explained to police that he was having a diabetic seizure. Lassi "was not alert and could not move his body."
When the EMTs asked the cops to help them move Lassi from where he was lying on the floor, Lassi says, one of his "arms flailed during his diabetes-induced seizure, striking one of the LaGrange and Brookfield defendants. At no time did Mr. Lassi intentionally strike or offensively touch any of the LaGrange or Brookfield defendants."
Lassi says LaGrange Park Officer Darren Pedota responded by Tasering him 11 times, for nearly a minute, as he lay helpless.
He was hospitalized for 5 days, and was unable to work for 3 months because of the attack, "and his quality of life has suffered substantially," Lassi says.
"At no time did Mr. Lassi do anything to warrant the use of force against him. Mr. Lassi was never cited, arrested, or charged with any crime," according to the complaint.
He seeks punitive damages for battery, excessive force, and failure to intervene. He is represented by Arthur Loevy of Loevy & Loevy.
Prospero Lassi says he suffered a diabetes-induced seizure at home on April 9. His roommate called 911, and police from LaGrange Park and Brookfield responded, with EMTs from LaGrange Park.
Lassi says his roommate explained to police that he was having a diabetic seizure. Lassi "was not alert and could not move his body."
When the EMTs asked the cops to help them move Lassi from where he was lying on the floor, Lassi says, one of his "arms flailed during his diabetes-induced seizure, striking one of the LaGrange and Brookfield defendants. At no time did Mr. Lassi intentionally strike or offensively touch any of the LaGrange or Brookfield defendants."
Lassi says LaGrange Park Officer Darren Pedota responded by Tasering him 11 times, for nearly a minute, as he lay helpless.
He was hospitalized for 5 days, and was unable to work for 3 months because of the attack, "and his quality of life has suffered substantially," Lassi says.
"At no time did Mr. Lassi do anything to warrant the use of force against him. Mr. Lassi was never cited, arrested, or charged with any crime," according to the complaint.
He seeks punitive damages for battery, excessive force, and failure to intervene. He is represented by Arthur Loevy of Loevy & Loevy.
Huge Addition To The Reckless Cop Tag
Latest update:
Friday, Dec. 25, 2009
Minnesota police captain gets probation for drug charges
Pennsylvania cop fired after beating store clerk who asked for I/D before selling tobacco products
DC Assistant Chief lies to cover for cop who drew gun after his Hummer was hit by snowballs
Philadelphia cop quits the day before he's charged with raping girl for years
Rhode Island police officer charged with assault on cuffed woman
Florida cop resigns after Internal Affairs inquiry finds he lost prisoner
California Highway Patrol lieutenant convicted of trying to boink 13-year-old
Massachusetts woman says police beat her husband to death
Monday, Dec. 21, 2009
Pennsylvania cop accused of taking sexually explicit photos of unconscious woman
Colorado correctional officer avoids prison in bribery case
Indiana police detective arrested for domestic violence
Off-duty Pennsylvania cop accused in Wawa worker beating
Texas cop who tased girlfriend’s face might not do time
DC cop pulls a gun on snowball fighters
No charges will be filed against drunk driving Texas cop who fled crash scene
Virginia sheriff gets 19 months for corruption
Illinois cop accused of neglecting animals at his suburban getaway
Strange new twist in scandal involving rogue Philadelphia PD narcotics unit
California city slated to pay $195,000 for alleged police brutality
South Carolina school cop arrested on drug charges
South Carolina deputy arrested on drug charges (not the same as above)
Florida sheriff probing assault allegedly involving un-named police officer
Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
South Carolina ex-cop who pled insanity sentenced to 35 years for kidnapping
Washington DC police officer arraigned on murder charge
Texas police officer gets probation for giving alcohol to teen, showing porn
Ohio cop caught partying with underage drinkers
California cops shoot friendly dog to death
Indiana narcotics officer pleads guilty in corruption case
District Attorney says some might go free due to charges against Pennsylvania police
Three Florida officers charged; at least 70 criminal cases at risk
Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009
Texas school cop gets eight years in jail for five years of molesting child
Queens family tells outrageous story of NYPD raid
Tennessee ex-cop convicted of kidnapping and raping a 20-year-old North Chattanooga housesitter
New Mexico deputy pleads in pharmacy robbery
Jailed California prison guard is ordered to repay $244,400 for workers' comp fraud
Arizona's outlaw sheriff defies federal government on immigration, launches repeated investigations of those who criticize him
Illinois cop is fired after being convicted of beating a woman in a bar
Florida police officer convicted of attempted sexual battery
Three Pennsylvania police officers among five people indicted in race-related beating
Mississippi police chief arrested on false pretense and embezzlement charges
Washington police sergeant is placed on paid leave, accused of hitting daughter
Two Indiana cops get "stiffer penalties than expected" (short suspensions) for excessive force
Minnesota deputy guilty of stalking his ex-girlfriend
Detroit cop who embezzled $27K shows up drunk for weekends in jail
Wisconsin drug team leader resigns over "inconsistencies" in testimony
Dallas officer accused of faking burglary story to hide his sex act in squad car
Monday, Dec. 14, 2009
Florida cop charged with raping woman after traffic stop
Former New York City cop admits trying to shake down man for drug money
California police officer convicted of sex-related charges
Dallas police acknowledge raiding wrong home in search for assault suspects
New Mexico city pays $200K for false imprisonment in police car
Drunk driving Canadian cop who killed motorcyclist will be charged only with obstruction of justice
Illinois sheriff's office again keeps personnel files under wraps
Mississippi cops gets 20 years for sexually assaulting a woman while on duty ten years ago
Pennsylvania cop cuts deal in illegal 'sexting' case
Indiana police officer involved in fatal wreck may have been drunk
Texas cop accused of using Taser on girlfriend might not do time
Texas police officer arrested for allegedly beating up student
Florida sheriff's deputy pleads guilty after showing porn movie to juveniles
Arizona deputy Police Chief quits, accused of host of violations
New Mexico cop facing termination, revoked law certification, after attacking tattoo parlor and its employees
Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009
Indiana cop gets one year for sexual battery of 15-year-old
Un-named Rhode Island cops are put on administrative duty as punishment for brutality
California town's police department sued over woman's arrest
Nevada cop convicted of 5 gross misdemeanors including 3 counts of misconduct of a public officer and 2 counts of oppression under color of office
Virginia police officer convicted of sexual battery
Georgia cop admits "accidentally threatening" to kill his wife during an argument
Pennsylvania police officer is accused of stealing money from evidence locker
Un-named Georgia cop is accused of taking a nude photo of himself at the job
Wisconsin officer charged in fraud scheme
Ex-federal agent pleads in theft of $100,000 in Louisiana
Jury finds New Mexico cops' search (obviously) unconstitutional
West Virginia FBI officer guilty of invasion of privacy
Beaten and acquitted firefighter now set to sue Massachusetts police
California police officer charged with embezzlement from officers association
Monday, Dec. 7, 2009
Alabama police officer convicted of rape, sexual assault, sentenced to 100 years
South Carolina officer charged with stealing $191 in gas
Florida officer gets 2 years in prison for his part in a drug operation
In Montana town's three-man police department, chief is suspended, one officer is under investigation and the other just returned from suspension
Former Texas cop indicted in New York for moving 200 tons of cocaine
Lawsuit says San Diego cops are "ruthlessly" driving homeless people away from downtown
New York town suspends police officer involved in assault case
Vermont police coerce man to consent to search
Colorado deputies use Taser on ‘out of control’ child
Florida police chief found guilty of manslaughter
Arizona cops protest to support colleague who stole court documents
Florida cop gets 2 years for tipping off gangsters
NYPD officer accused of helping drug gang
Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009
California deputy convicted in lobster-poaching case
New Jersey officer indicted for misconduct, aggravated assault
California cop convicted in gropings
Illinois police made wrongful arrest, held 4-year-old on Thanksgiving
Arkansas police arrest deputy from adjoining county on drunk & disorderly
Colorado cop gets 48 hours in jail for theft
Arkansas police officer sentenced to 12 years in prison for cocaine dealing and related crimes
Missouri police officer sentenced in drug sale
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009
Witness describes hoe Tennessee cops killed man at hospital
Drug prosecution collapses after Missouri officer's claimed surveillance is shown to include day he didn't work
Texas cops kill dog, then use taser on dog’s deaf elderly owner
Oregon cop gets six months for multiple counts of official misconduct, telephonic harassment and menacing
Two civil rights groups sue Maryland sheriff's department over woman's arrest
Massachusetts cop gets six months for excessive force, false report
Judge rips NYPD on false arrests as brothers sue for $10M over wrongful narcs bust
Pennsylvania trooper allegedly stomps man's face into floor
Feds investigate Illinois cops over excessive force
Monday, Nov. 30, 2009
Indiana police officer guilty of theft, misconduct
Kansas cops steal $550,000 from trucker
Officer who got in trouble in one West Virginia town now working in another
Allegations of police brutality probed in New Jersey
Maine Police Chief accused of misuse of authority
California city mum on payout to settle lawsuit over false police report
South Carolina officer fired for violating Public Safety policy
Pittsburgh pays $50,000 after cop illegally tickets man for flipping the bird
Oklahoma police officer shoots his firefighter brother-in-law, then kills himself, officials say
Illinois sheriff's deputy accused in lawsuit of harassing his neighbor
Arkansas police officer gets probation after pleading guilty to theft
Friday, Nov. 27, 2009
Arizona's "tough" sheriff Joe Arpaio's crew forces inmate to give birth while shackled, then won't allow her to hold baby
Connecticut cop is suspended with pay after killing two in wreck while driving 94 mph on return from emergency call
Oregon police officer in 12-year-old girl's beanbag shooting files for stress disability
Tennessee police officer convicted of excessive force for beating handcuffed man about the head
California family sues over wrong-address SWAT raid
Jury convicts former Detroit cop in man's death
Federal lawsuit filed against Atlanta police over raid at gay club
Customs officer and wife convicted of bribery, drug importation
Cops have no comment as elderly black man sues over SWAT raid in Dallas
Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009
Cops fired or forced to quit have no problem finding new jobs in different police departments
California transit cop breaks window with drunk's face
Massachusetts cop quits and is charged with making false statements to FBI agents in ongoing corruption investigation
California police officer gets 13 years for robbing banks
Former Colorado police chief is convicted of conspiracy to commit sexual assault on a child — says he was working undercover at the time
Ohio police chief convicted in Sarah Jessica Parker surrogate theft
Wyoming trooper gets 15 years for kidnapping, extortion plot
Former Pennsylvania cop gets 30 years for robbery from drug dealer
Alabama cop gets double whammy — suspended sentence and probation — for illegal access to Law Enforcement Tactical System
Bus driver beaten by Illinois cop is prosecuted for allegedly false report
Monday, Nov. 23, 2009
Head of Chicago Police Sergeant's Association is arrested for embezzling funds from police union
Indiana police officer faces meth charge
Chief says Pennsylvania officer he won't identify will be suspended for using 'excessive force'
NYPD officer convicted of perjury
FBI probes whether New Jersey police stole from dealers
Florida cop's reputation is hurt by long record of perjury and dozens of complaints
Un-named Maryland police officer faces misconduct charge for staging mock raid using police boat and helicopter
Ohio police lieutenant gets three "penalty days" for off-duty road rage incident
Un-named Oregon police employee is disciplined but not fired over phony charges leading to $295,000 lawsuit settlement
Veteran Louisiana officer arrested for shoplifting; retires from force
Texas cop is charged with drunk driving after wrecking unmarked police car
California cop is arrested on domestic violence charges
Texas sheriff's deputy pleads guilty in phonied up methamphetamine bust
Arkansas sheriff charged with embezzlement in case involving possible sale of seized gun
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
Florida cop sues over allegedly unfair news coverage of his dumping quadriplegic from wheelchair
Self-styled "tough" sheriff in Arizona says he'll defy judge's order to have deputy apologize for stealing documents in courtroom
Alaska corrections officer gets nine years for eight years of raping child
Maryland school cop convicted on child porn charges
28 Florida police officials, including captains, majors, undercover officers and the department spokesman, provided protection for man running Ponzi scheme
Texas Customs officer convicted of corruption
Alabama cop acquitted of evidence tampering, false reporting, and attempting to distribute a controlled substance but convicted of possessing an altered firearm asks for acquittal or new trial
Lawsuit says Illinois cops dangled suspect out window before killing him
North Carolina cop charged with rape
DC cop contradicts past testimony, says police chief ordered mass arrests of hundreds of protesters
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
Kansas cop who offered to trade sex for dismissal of DUI charge is convicted ... of wire fraud ... and gets probation
Delaware cops say they'll close probe into police brutality unless witnesses meet alone with cops
Colorado town hires private investigator to investigate cops' investigation of crooked cop
Illinois State's Attorney to investigate shooting allegedly by ex-cop
Michigan cops tell ACLU they'll stop illegally entering homes without warrants (and local paper calls it a "quarrel")
Kansas county pays $499,000 to settle police misconduct lawsuit
NAACP says Maryland police altered video of killing
Georgia deputy who's accused of stalking left explicit messages
Vermont cop charged for killing neighbor's dog
Texas police officer sentenced to three years for child porn
Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009
Fired Pennsylvania cop is charged with having sex with runaway
British cop convicted of sexual offences against women he met while on duty
Flint, Michigan pays $800K to settle lawsuit over illegal raid
New York cop already sentenced for bank robbery gets more time for two more bank robberies
California police officer charged with theft
Convicted Kentucky jailer tries to avoid prison time for helping cover up inmate beatings
New Jersey police officer gets 12-year term for sex assault
Tennessee trooper is suspended for sending white pride e-mail
New Jersey jail guard gets five years for smuggling drugs to inmate
Texas officer fired after allegations of inappropriately touching teen
Federal Court upholds right of woman to sue after Florida police officers tackle her in emergency room during premature birth
Louisiana cop suspended after fight with a downtown restaurant manager
Florida cop kicks suspect already on the ground
Texas sheriff's deputy gets 15 years in federal prison for drug and firearm charges
Two Arizona police officers quit amid sex, fraud investigation
Louisiana officer charged with domestic abuse, sexual battery
Drug materials found at home of Tennessee deputy accused of ID theft ; more charges expected
Investigators find "no wrongdoing" as California cops enter wrong house and kill family dog
Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009
Cops steal stuff, as a routine part of their jobs. Victims are extorted to get their property back, or simply don't get their property back, and it's kept by cops or sold to add funds to police budgets. This time the story is set in Detroit, but it's routine in many American police departments.
Missouri police won't name bail bondsmen who raided wrong home
Louisiana cop is accused of on-duty rape
Pennsylvania "rogue cop" gets 30 years for robbing a drug dealer and participating in a home invasion
Third Missouri police officer sentenced in federal corruption case
North Carolina city pays $150K to settle police brutality and false arrest lawsuit
Montana cop gets deferred sentence for embezzling from police union
Florida detective resigns as investigation nobody will talk about continues
Missouri cop sues over being shot by Illinois cop
Connecticut cops investigate police brutality allegations
Missouri cop arrested for on-duty drunk driving
Monday, Nov. 9, 2009
FBI agent gets probation for conspiracy to invade the privacy of young girls
Ohio police tackle and Taser man as he tries to rescue people from burning home
Alaska cop and police academy teacher is convicted of 16 child sex abuse and pornography charges
Canadian corrections officer gets fourteen days in jail for brutal beating
Tape raises questions about San Jose Police use of force
North Carolina cop sentenced to a week in jail on misdemeanor charges of assault by pointing a gun, simple assault and communicating threats
Video of "controversial traffic stop" is at odds with officers' testimony
Texas cops arrest Good Samaritan who came to injured pedestrian's assistance
"I'm in my house just listening to music, and these cops are going to go inside my house without letting me know and kill my dog for no reason"
Indiana cop faces lawsuit over drive-by shootings
Five Virginia Department of Corrections officers charged in dog fondling
British police officer convicted of sexually assaulting male colleague
Federal corrections officer indicted on civil rights charges related to fatal assault on prison inmate
Kansas police officer accused of selling stolen video games
Michigan officer sentenced to jail, probation for sex on the job
TV news cameraman cites 'excessive force' in suit against New Jersey officer
Video shows Tennessee deputy beating the hell out of motorist
Attorney questions un-named Texas trooper's shooting story
California cop arrested for child molestation
Drunk-driving Utah police officer resigns after causing four-car crash
Colorado police department won't say why officer who quit was being investigated
Connecticut man sues over false arrest
Judge upholds $360,000 verdict in case of cop who beat man in hospital
Off-duty New York cop accidentally shoots, kills friend while showing off his Glock
Ohio cop charged with assault in incident at Dayton pharmacy
Utah cop gets suspended sentence for exceeding the authority of a search warrant
Louisiana sheriff's deputy accused of sex with juvenile
Wyoming cop disappears when charges of sexual assault are filed against him
Second Alabama officer indicted in child rape case
Kentucky deputy gets 30 years for plot to kill candidate for sheriff
Philadelphia police officer charged with dealing drugs and plotting to steal what he believed was a drug stash seeks a deal
Pennsylvania cop gets probation for assault of a man who was asleep at home
Convicted Canadian cop remains on duty
Kansas cop gets long sentence for sexually abusing a child
Customs officer gets 135 months for alien smuggling, bribery and drug trafficking
New York cop gets 25-year sentence for murdering fiance
Alabama cop gets 22 years for beating man to death
Alabama prison guard gets one year for taking drugs into prison
California cop pleads no contest in off-duty gun brandishing incident
Video shows Arizona cop pilfering defense materials in court
Tennessee police officer sentenced to 27 months in prison for civil rights violations
Texas internal affairs detective suspended for biased investigation of killing by cop
California cops pay $5K after running innocent man's photo in murderer-wanted ad
Ex-head of New York police pleads guilty to eight charges
Minnesota police officer Tasers man in neck while his hands are on hood of the car
81-year-old Tasered by Alaska police
Massachusetts cop arrested for downloading child pornography at police station
Monday, Nov. 2, 2009
Utah cops track down and arrest teens for harmless burger ‘rap' at McDonald's drive-thru
New Jersey police officer sentenced for theft
Prosecutors won't charge LAPD officers in MacArthur Park police riot
Michigan cop convicted of gross indecency, misconduct in office
Florida police officer gets 2 years for role in drug sale
Pregnant Latina says she was forced to give birth in shackles after racial-profiling arrest
Investigators waited a month before even trying to question Canadian cop who shot and killed teenager
Feds investigate three Indiana cops who held a gun to a woman's head to force her to assist in an attempted drug bust
Oklahoma cops under investigation for corruption
In Minneapolis, costs of police misconduct add up
Washington cops who used fraudulent diplomas to qualify for raises keep their jobs
Washington man is allegedly jailed for trying to file complaint against police
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009
Oklahoma cop gets suspended sentence for years of thefts from evidence locker
Florida prison guard who arranged murder of prisoner gets life in prison
Los Angeles Police Department freaks out America with new Orwellian ad
Ex-cop from Alabama sentenced to 125 months in child porn case
Former Alabama cop sentenced to 7 years in prison
Deputy marshal in Illinois gets 4 years for information leak
Canadian officers accused of inciting violence at protest
Video shows DC cop slamming 16-year-old onto squad car
Video shows California cops San Jose police officers using baton, Taser on suspect
Maryland cop pulls gun on mall haunted house worker
Utah jail officer gets a year in jail for having child porn
Five Virginia correctional officers charged in dog fondling
Massachusetts newspaper that revealed police bonuses gets boycott and silent treatment from cops
Former U.S. marshal sentenced for leak in witness protection program
Illinois cop is sentenced to prison for embezzlement... again
Monday, Oct. 26, 2009
City commissioner criticizes three-year police investigation into Oregon cops' killing of mentally ill man
Ohio cop charged with on-duty drunk driving
Virginia cop convicted of obstructing justice and making false statement to investigators gets his sentence reduced
Texas trooper gets six months in jail for organized criminal activity, but remains on the job
West Virginia cop who beat black man and falsely charged white girlfriend gets two years in prison
Virginia cop gets probation on corruption charges
New Jersey cops guilty of second-degree conspiracy to commit official misconduct, for
Video shows one Canadian cop stomping on and kicking a suspect lying face down on the ground, while another officer walks on the victim's legs
Chicago Police throw benefit for officer who allegedly drove drunk, killed two people, and fled the scene of the accident
Texas police illegally ticketed drivers (dozens of times) for not speaking English
Minnesota town pays $100K to settle suit over videotaped police beating
Unidentified Nevada officer shoots and kills dog, family says for "no reason"
Barber in videotaped beating by California police was held nearly two days without being booked into jail or charged, says attorney
Why are New York cops arresting gay people on charges ruled unconstitutional 26 years ago?
Texas police chief says he'll investigate after cop posts photo on MySpace showing Tasered suspect wetting himself
Unidentified Kentucky cop mistakenly shoots burglary victim
South Dakota cop convicted of raping drunk woman in squad car
Missouri attorney accuses police of wrongdoing
California cop gets paid leave while co-workers investigate claim that he raped teenager
Jury awards woman $1.5-million after Chicago police officers conspire to violate her civil rights
Phoenix pays $750K to settle lawsuit after cop in unmarked vehicle runs down bicyclist
Already facing brutality rap, Pennsylvania cop is sued twice more
Minnesota police chief who was fired for drug addiction sues, claiming substance abuse deserves protection under Americans with Disabilities Act
Dallas Police change public intoxication policy amid complaints from non-drunk people arrested, pepper-sprayed
Charges could be dropped against Indiana deputy who choked daughter
Recently-demoted Florida cop is suspended for unexplained reasons
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009
Illinois police officer already facing predatory assault charges is arrested for possession of child pornography
Nevada cop gets plea bargain for child molestation
School cop in Tennessee charged with raping student
Indiana police chief suspended for insubordination
Girlfreind-beating and Wal-Mart greeter shoving Tennessee cop loses his job
Pennsylvania cop gets 30 day suspension for soliciting sex from female inmate
California cop accused of sexual harassment had prior solicitation arrest
Kansas cop accused of drug charges pleads guilty to two felonies
Virginia cop from "Party Crashers" unit is convicted of DUI
Nevada cop is fired for at least three gas fill-ups for his personal vehicle on a department credit card
Illinois cop who beat student for untucked shirt jailed on rape charges
Georgia cop pleads guilty in sexual assault of 14-year-old in custody
California man dies after being Tasered by police
New Jersey cops admit springing drunk driver
New Jersey cop gets probation for shoplifting
California cop sentenced for Internet child porn
California cop accused of compromising murder investigation goes back on patrol
Arizona customs officer pleads guilty to accepting bribes to allow illegal immigrants to enter the country
Utah police officer charged with enticing a minor over the Internet
Massachusetts officer charged in fight is fired
California police officer isn't charged in machine gun shooting
Claim: California police helped cover up abuse of officer's wife
Monday, Oct. 19, 2009
Ohio cop gets probation for felonious assault and burglary charges
Tennessee cop pleads guilty to providing protection for drug dealer
New York cop gets paid leave after accusations of harassment
Lawsuit filed over Illinois cops' deadly gunplay at church daycare center and lies afterwards
Illinois police officer facing sexual abuse charges arrested again after leaving court
Meth case tossed after Oklahoma cops' testimony is deemed inconsistent
Activist arrested and beaten by New Hampshire police
Florida cop fired after drawing gun on mother and children in front of school
Media decides tasered grandmother was asking for it
California cop is charged with a dozen felony counts
Friday, Oct. 16, 2009
Illinois cop arrested for sexual assault of a 9 year old
Florida couple sues for damages in wrong-house raid
North Carolina sheriff pleads not guilty to obstruction of justice, refuses to resign
California police chief who shot dog is ordered to turn in gun
Oregon police officer gets six years in prison for robbing bank
Gun charge may be dropped over New York officer's departmental sanction
Canadian police dip into victims' cash
Former California cop wanted on child pornography charges
Undercover California cops infiltrate student group
Former Michigan police chief pleads guilty to fraud
New York cop who refused blood-alcohol test indicted in fatal wreck
Ohio deputy fired for drunk driving and then rehired resigns
Ohio cop gets nine months for 2 counts of aggravated statutory rape
Texas police officer on trial for child porn, sexual assault
Texas cop in choke-hold death may face charge
Alabama police officer arrested for insurance fraud
Claim: California police helped cover up abuse of officer's wife
Virginia sheriff’s deputy charged with hit and run
Illinois police officer fired for viewing hours of porn on squad car computer
Father of autistic California boy who was Tasered by cops files federal lawsuit
Lawsuit filed over killing by California transit cop
Ohio police chief sidesteps hearing by resigning
New York cop hits pregnant woman's car, drives away
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009
Cops say unidentified Illinois police officer has resigned after beating (or as CNN puts it, “alleged beating”) of student is caught on tape
Ohio officer drives drunk, uses dispatcher to avoid colleagues, and helps friend in domestic violence case ... and is given full reinstatement to the police force with back pay
Ohio corrections officer arrested on drug charge
Missouri cop who stole cash, planted drugs, charged an innocent man, and lied to cover it up gets one year in jail
Florida deputy allegedly extorted marijuana grower
Connecticut cop accused of theft gets "special program" instead of jail time
Thousands of dollars missing from Michigan police safe
Michigan sheriff says he'll investigate allegations that deputies have unlawfully entered homes, even as he says details of the reported misconduct are false
US police stop more than 1 million people on street; stop-and-frisk policies alarm civil libertarians who worry about profiling
Arizona cop who mistakenly shot at homeowner (six times) “acted within public policy”, police board rules
Off-duty NYPD cop arrested after flashing his gun on train
Monday, Oct. 12, 2009
Illinois cop caught on camera in student's beating is already in jail on rape charge
Two Missouri police officers charged with stealing "stolen" goods
Un-named Michigan cop is fired, and nobody will say why
Second officer in Georgia resigns after allegedly stealing county funds used in narcotics investigations
Third cop in New York town is placed on leave for "conduct unbecoming an officer" and misuse of city property
Chicago Police stonewall on rape investigations
Chicago Police stonewall on investigation of beating
Louisiana authorities investigate whether unidentified cop knew kids were growing marijuana in his house
New Hampshire authorities investigate un-cited allegations against sheriff
Strip search of woman by Ohio Sheriff's Deputies called outrageous
Northern Illinois University will review police chief's performance after he berates and threatens journali8st
North Carolina sheriff could face obstruction of justice charges
New York cops gave woman shake-and-break ride, woman alleges
Texas cop suspended as part of a drug probe
Budget cuts end police oversight in Florida's Miami-Dade
Deputy Police Chief in Massachusetts resigns to avoid disciplinary hearing on gun theft; no word on whether he'll face charges
Friday, Oct. 9, 2009
Ohio policeman gets 3-year sentence for 'reprehensible' fraud on suicide victim's wife
Un-identified Texas cop opens fire on woman playing with dog
Un-identified Illinois cop beats special needs student on camera
More molestation charges against fired Arizona officer
Indiana cop gets 42 months for wire fraud, weapon charges
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009
Ohio deputy who was fired for driving drunk and hampering investigation gets job back with back pay and benefits
Florida cop attempts drive-by Tasering, runs over suspect
New Hampshire Attorney General says ex-police chief admitted to theft
New York police officer charged with child molestation
9-1-1 call recorded beginnings of cops' cover-up of killing
New Jersey police officer pleads guilty to theft by deception
Judge calls Massachusetts cop "absolutely corrupt", slaps him with restraining order
California police won't say much about cops caught attempting to bring contraband across the border from Mexico
California cop arrested for real estate fraud case
Pregnant Massachusetts cop accuses fellow officer of rape
Police brutality settlement could cost Milwaukee 3-million
New York Police Chief indicted on 11 charges
Oregon deputy is arrested for drunk driving, fleeing scene
Texas internal affairs investigation is found so biased toward the officers that it lacks credibility
Lawsuit accuses Illinois cop of fake DUI arrests
California police chief surrenders guns after restraining order against him
Florida police officer trainee resigns following investigation
North Carolina sheriff fires chief deputy after conviction for obstruction of justice
Former New York officers among those arrested in alleged vehicle theft ring
Former Oklahoma police chief sentenced to 30 years for child abuse
Oklahoma trooper once again accused of using excessive force
Massachusetts cop fired after off-duty fight
3 LAPD officers charged with lying in drug case
Monday, Oct. 5, 2009
Florida corrections officer convicted of gouging out inmate's eye
Indiana cop who watched porn at work will keep job
ACLU reports "astonishing pattern" of racial profiling in Louisiana
Ohio officer Accused Of Taking Drugs From Evidence Room
Washington police officer fired over videotaped beating of teenage girl in cell
Ohio cop arrested for DUI and public indecency
27-month sentences handed down in Oklahoma sheriff scandal
Un-named Oklahoma cop kills 10-year-old boy's dog
Connecticut cop is suspended after arrest for sexual assault on minor
Georgia deputy charged with taking money at traffic stop
Florida deputy accused of beating wife
“Stop! Don’t hurt my grandfather!”
Florida deputy arrested on extortion charge
Texas city pays $250,000 to settle lawsuit over cop's negligent driving that led to accident (cop wasn't disciplined)
Trooper, Maryland State Police named in brutality lawsuit
New York cop found guilty in killing of fiancée
New York detective charged with harassment and official misconduct
Two Michigan cops fired three years after killing man, beating brother
Friday, Oct. 2, 2009
Texas police officer resigns after third arrest
New York police officer was slurring, refused Breathalyzer as woman lay dying, so test was postponed seven hours
Jury awards $35,000 to Missouri man beaten and gassed at traffic stop by cops, one of whom is now police chief
Massachusetts firefighter claims police brutality; cop's story conflicts with other cop's story
Oregon man sues after being arrested for filming cops
Indiana deputies get 90 days and 30 days for charity theft
Pennsylvania liquor-law officer indicted in shakedowns
Family sues after un-armed man is shot dead in his back yard by California cops
Arizona cop accused of defrauding police union
Un-named Illinois cop is arrested for actions "relating to the officer's officials conduct as a police officer"
"The video clearly shows that the officer lied in the police report"
Colorado cop arrested for tipping off lover about meth raid
New York town to pay $62,500 in false arrest lawsuit
Fired New York cop pleads guilty in pleads guilty of “reduced sex crimes”
Louisiana police chief who resigned in June is arrested for theft
23 police officers disciplined in Utah
Judge finds Arizona deputy chief in contempt of court
U.S. Capitol Police officer found sleeping it off in woman's bed
Dallas pays $250,000 and cop gets one-day suspension after speeding cop kills kid on bicycle
Former Alabama police sergeant convicted of murder
Jury awards $500K to Oregon woman hit by police car
FBI confirms civil rights probe of California police over civil rights violations
Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009
Georgia cop fired for inappropriate comments had been fired from earlier police job for child pornography
81-year-old man tased three times by California police
New Jersey cop indicted in assault case
Minnesota police settle suit in Taser arrest for $200K
Oregon cop whose shooting of a Portland man two years ago cost city half a million dollars is accused of excess force in new $300,000 lawsuit
Texas sheriff's deputy investigation still inching along
"And we're all watching like, what are you doing? What are you doing to this child?"
Michigan police officer accused of stealing from crime tip fund
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009
Cops were routinely out of control at last week's G20 conference in Pittsburgh
Wisconsin cop is put on leave 'cuz he's in jail on extortion charges
Florida deputy accused of lewd conduct with minor
New Jersey sheriff's officer sentenced to five years in prison for demanding $60,000 from a county jail inmate in return for special treatment
Tennessee police officer among those accused in conspiracy to buy guns for Guatemalan drug cartels
Texas deputy jailed for contempt of court
Georgia police misconduct documents released
New York police detective murders wife, kills himself
Tennessee cop gets ten day suspension for illegal arrest and lying about it
New Jersey police officer charged with theft by deception
Florida police investigating officer's conduct in Tampa fight
Tennessee officer accused of spraying house with bullets
Former Alabama police sergeant goes on trial in 2003 beating death of Louisiana man
Oregon sheriff's deputy faces theft charge
City to pay $175,000 for Oregon police brutality case
Suit claims Maryland officers assaulted motorist
Woman sues after Chicago cop shoots her dog
'Drunk' New York cop kills pastor's daughter
Former Kentucky deputy admits role in murder
Tennessee deputy faces assault charge
Washington deputy accused in jail cell beating is fired
FBI investigating alleged police brutality in Massachusetts
Monday, Sept. 28, 2009
Oklahoma deputy sheriff found guilty of civil rights violations
North Carolina trooper cries foul over firing after sexual tryst
Pennsylvania drug cop convicted of obstruction of justice, lying to investigators
Pittsburgh police use tear gas and sonic cannons on protesters
West Virginia cop takes plea bargain in underage solicitation for sex
Few details released in domestic violence charges against Delaware cop
Massachusetts man sues after being brain-injured in police beating
Virginia cop gets 15 years in prison for possession of child pornography
Friday, Sept. 25, 2009
West Virginia police chief who quit without saying why is arrested, and nobody will say why
Arizona cops are "disciplined" after leaving woman to die in cage in sweltering heat
Arkansas cop accused of stealing from store is put on leave with pay
Texas prison guard admits ordering women held in isolation to strip so he could fondle them
Charges dropped against Pennsylvania cop who was videotaped putting his penis in calves’ mouths
Kansas residents demand cop's firing
Canadian town pays $24,000 in damages for arrest without reason
Connecticut cop taken off the street after woman obtains restraining order
Colorado cop found not guilty despite videotape of his assault on bicyclist
Minnesota cop fired amid gang strike force scandal
Louisiana cop earns six-year sentence for beating at traffic stop
Jury awards $360,000 in New York police assault case; city hopes for reduction
Oklahoma officer arrested on drug charges
Florida police detective arrested during traffic stop
Florida cop gets 30 days in theft case
California Highway Patrol says local officer should be charged in fatal crash
Indiana officer sentenced in drug theft scheme
California cop sentenced to 300 days in jail for child molestations
Charges dropped against Florida perjuring cop, provided she quits
Maryland police officer charged with stealing from criminal defendants
Oregon man sues after he's arrested for filming arrest
New Mexico pays $200,000 to settle lawsuit over student kidnapped from high school for questioning though he wasn't a suspect
Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009
Alabama sheriff is arrested after arresting local police chief
Alabama cop gets 16 months in prison for stealing $60,000 from his department, ransacking his office to make it appear he'd been kidnapped and fleeing to Las Vegas
Former Pennsylvania police officer convicted of kidnapping, carjacking
Ohio police officer arrested after brawling at high school football game
Florida police deny cocaine-stealing rumors
New York cop gets four months for perjury
New Mexico officer surrenders in child support case
Florida cops play Wii during drug raid
Louisiana cop fired after videotaped beating is re-hired, with back pay
Kansas cops arrest Missouri police officer on drug charges
Witnesses dispute Michigan cop's account of killing at traffic stop
Georgia cop guilty of obstruction of justice for lying to grand jury
Washington settles police chase lawsuit for $2.3 million
Illinois police officer sentenced to 60 days jail for falsifying police report
Another woman files suit against former Ohio officer
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009
ER nurse sues Illinois cop for handcuffing her during dispute over drawing suspect's blood
Oregon cop gets 15 days for soliciting sex from minor
California cop gets 15 years for taking narcotics from drug traffickers and peddling the drugs to other dealers
Four Illinois cops get 6 months apiece in shakedown scheme
Georgia police sergeant demoted in child care case
Texas cop quits after investigation shows use of excessive force
Arizona sheriff's inquiry finds broker handled too forcibly
Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009
Cops TV show videotaped California policeman's beating by other cops, but never aired the footage and told the court it had destroyed it
Federal immigration officer pleads guilty to having sex with an 11-year-old boy in Brazil and bringing photos of the act back to US
Married Oklahoma cops accuse each other of breaking the law during domestic disputes
California police used Taser on unarmed, legless man in a wheelchair
Tennessee ex-cop gets federal sentence as meth distributor
4 Chicago cops to plead guilty to corruption
New York cop dodges jail, gets community service after stealing $40 from drug dealer
Michigan police chief fired after pleading guilty to domestic violence; charges will be dropped
Judge won't let jury hear evidence that supports witnesses' testimony that Tennessee cop tossed two bottles of booze from car after fatal wreck
Ohio police chief resigns after allegations of immoral conduct
Indiana cop gets 2 years for embezzling from youth sports
Arkansas town's entire fire department quits after cops shoot assistant fire chief in court
Iowa "Officer of the Year" faces drunken driving charge
Protest groups file federal lawsuit alleging Pittsburgh police harassment
California cop shoots unarmed homeless man, so sheriff says he'll investigate trend of deputy-involved shootings
Probation for Florida cops in bar brawl
Victim in Minnesota police beating speaks out: "All I remember is getting out of the car, getting thrown down and feeling the punches"
Virginia cop “ is found guilty of drunk hit-and-run
Former Texas cop faces several charges including engaging in organized criminal activity
Ninth Tennessee cop faces federal charges
Texas trooper busted on steroid charge
Feds say Missouri cop sexually assaulted woman in station
Monday, Sept. 21, 2009
New Jersey cop gets probation for bribery and stealing more than $200,000
Four Chicago cops admit home invasions, thefts, only get 6 months jail time
"I'm up here and you're down there", says Arizona cop as he hassles photographer and deletes video
New Jersey cop charged with animal cruelty after police dog's death
Georgia cop cuffs woman on Bluetooth
Virginia cop gets fine, no jail time, for kicking handcuffed suspect in the head
New Jersey widow sues over wreck in police chase that killed pregnant wife
Pennsylvania police officer accused of tipping off drug kingpin about raid
Florida cop charged with aggravated assault with a firearm
Texas policeman-turned-gangster gets five years in prison
Illinois police chief fired amidst accusations of falsified reports
Texas cop-turned-robber gets long prison term
Indictment says Florida sheriff bribed his way to election victory
Friday, Sept. 18, 2009
Texas cop gets 15-day suspension for lies that put innocent man in jail for 10 months
Three months in jail for Missouri cop who stole drug money in conspiracy with other cops
Pennsylvania cop who was fired for exposing himself is reinstated
Probation for Illinois cop who pled guilty to theft and official misconduct
West Virginia woman says she was raped by drunken deputies
Texas sheriff's deputy arrested on federal weapons charges
Massachusetts police chief gets two years in jail for larceny
Tennessee sheriff's office reviewing misconduct allegations in deputy's suicide note
California prison officer accused of soliciting murder
California cop resigns after teenaged girls catch him masturbating on duty
Ex-D.C. officer among 12 charged in drug case
Indiana town pays $750,000 settlement after woman's car is rammed by police cruiser travelling 60 mph without lights or siren
Mississippi police officer convicted of civil rights violation over sexual assault
Texas sheriff gets 5 years for helping drug cartel
Virginia county loses $4-million lawsuit over traffic fatality caused by speeding cop
Michigan cop admits guilt in corruption case
Colorado cop who was fired for on-duty sex is hired as cop in next town down the road
Maryland police officer arrested in drug sting
Texas police chief charged with felony aggravated perjury and evidence tampering
Pennsylvania police officer charged with drugs, threats
Florida prison official arrested on drug charge
Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009
Georgia cops jailed for false reports commute to work as police officers on work release
Missouri cop accused of making false report
Indiana corrections officer who had sex with inmate gets one year of work release
Alabama police officer arrested and charged with forging prescriptions
Chicago Police Department admits wrongdoing in missing persons’ case
Massachusetts cop quits after being convicted of negligent homicide
Two un-named Arkansas cops face allegations of misconduct
Mississippi police officer loses job after ramming truck into house
New York cop admits vandalism, filing false report
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009
Florida police officer who drove 100-miles-an-hour without lights, siren, or reason and crippled teenager, but was not given sobriety test and not criminally charged, has driver's license suspended for 90 days
New York tries to have case dismissed on a technicality after Brooklyn man sued over being beaten and sodomized by police
Montana cop charged in bar assault resigns
New York cops again execute drug raid on wrong address
Texas trooper busted on steroid charge
Study documents hundreds of incidents of sexual contact and abuse by prison staff on inmates
Lawyer says Colorado cops planted bag of pot in dead 10-year-old's pocket
Two Minnesota cops are suspended after stealing from suspected drug dealers
Lawsuit claims improper arrest and jail search by Ohio cops
Nebraska city pays $150,000 settlement after cop accidentally shoots crime victim
Two Indiana police officers for bad conduct
Man brutalized by Indiana cop sues
Texas police officer gets 10-day suspension for threatening to use his connections to have children taken from ex-girlfriend
Montana cop charges with stealing and reselling guns from ammo storeroom
Florida cop resigns before he was fired, department says
Florida sheriff's office reviewing reports a deputy let Disney guard stun coworker with Taser
Two lawsuits allege that Pennsylvania cops hid illegal actions
California police chief faces possible criminal action for possession of unregistered handgun
Ohio D.A.R.E. chief accused of having alcohol in cruiser
Massachusetts cops to seek assault charge against officer
Retired Kentucky cop is arrested for rape
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009
Louisiana cop who was fired after beating defenseless woman is re-hired with back pay
Missouri police "mistakenly" shoot family cat twice in the head
Ohio deputy gets suspended sentence for "prank" — he gave jail inmate food that had been rubbed against another inmate's penis
Lawsuit contends California checkpoints racially profiled Latinos
Maryland cop pleads guilty to sexual assault on girl in his care; he's been suspended
Louisiana cop who turned off dash-cam as he beat woman is back on patrol
Louisiana cop fired (police chief says it's "administrative leave", which means suspension, not firing) after pepper-spraying 61-year-old
Illinois cops won’t investigate battery complaint against officer
Man alleges New York police tased, maced and beat him
Illinois ex-cop gets work-release for embezzling thousands from youth league
Monday, Sept. 14, 2009
Lawsuit alleges Florida cops illegally hold immigrants on minor charges
Arkansas fire chief who was shot by a cop during a court appearance over tickets has been (wait for it) charged with battery
Ohio deputy pleads guilty in jailhouse food tampering
Michigan officer pleads guilty in corruption case
Autopsy shows dead Florida man was probably beaten by police
Wisconsin man falsely imprisoned for 11 years claims cops coerced false testimony at his trial
British police investigated over stop and search of man and children under terror law
California cops who leaked photos of singer's beating get paid suspension
Friday, Sept. 11, 2009
Couple’s suit says Virginia police search violated their rights
Records detail Texas police chief's lewdness arrest
South Carolina police officer arrested
Louisiana cop quits after being arrested for grand theft
Texas police officer tased, arrested after assaulting his wife and step-daughter then threatening police officers called to the incident
Washington police department sued for letting male officers watch women being strip searched
Lawsuit alleges use of excessive force by New Jersey Police
No charges will be filed against Kentucky cop who led other cops on high-speed chase
Pennsylvania cop charged with pilfering suspect's phone, finding racy picture, sending it out
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009
Two Florida police officers get probation for falsifying reports
Ohio policeman gets 90 days for sexual assaults at traffic stops
Kansas tot dies after policeman orders grandmother to stop CPR
Tennessee cop charged with statutory rape
New Hampshire policeman faces felony charge
Charges of assaulting a cop dropped in Massachusetts ... because assailant was another cop
Washington cop accused of kicking handcuffed suspect
Mississippi town ordered to pay $500K damages after "sleep-deprived" cop rams TV truck
Suspended Ohio policeman charged by prosecutors
Minnesota cop pleads not guilty to 33 counts of sexual conduct
Tennessee deputy gets 18 months for excessive force
Montana cop already convicted faces fresh charges
Texas officer accused of spiking drinks, possession of cocaine
Massachusetts state police investigate former police chief
Mississippi cop gets probation for violent, evidence-free drug raid
Texas police chief indicted over drug funds
More accusations surface from Louisiana officer-involved shooting
Ohio cop gets 20 day suspension for four counts of misconduct
Video shows police intimidation in Arizona
Pennsylvania cop arrested on drug, corruption charges
Massachusetts cop fired, but officials won’t say why
Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009
Tennessee cop arrested on federal drug charges
Veteran New York cop Anthony charged with hiring hitman to rub out wife
Indiana jail guard arrested in sex sting at gas station
Maryland cop busted in internal sting
Maryland guard convicted of conspiracy in inmate assaults
'Fear' drove Ohio police officer, wife to hack into private e-mail
Lots of cases tossed in New Mexico after arrests by un-sworn officers
Kansas cop admits sending nude pictures of himself to a woman he arrested
Jail time rare for Colorado officers accused of sexual misconduct
Protest greets re-hiring of Ohio cop found guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009
Pennsylvania cop guilty of child porn charges is sentenced to seven years of probation
Vermont police chief quits for "health reasons" while being prosecuted for driving under the influence, embezzlement and prescription drug-related crimes
Virginia sheriff pleads guilty to racketeering
Two cops in that Wyoming town have been suspended over tasering of 76-year-old man on a tractor in parade
Texas sheriff’s captain — fired, then re-hired — is placed on leave during "criminal investigation involving financial matters"
Aussie cops claimed that man died after being tasered two or three times; turns out he was tasered 28 times
Arizona county will pay $1.2-million after speeding, sleep-deprived cop causes wreck
Texas official releases tape of police beating
Washington police department pays $127K to settle lawsuit after cop fires gun into crowd
New York pays quarter-million dollars to settle claims after illegal mass arrest
Suspended California detective had more contact with suspected killer than previously known
Friday, Sept. 4, 2009
Florida police officer drives 100-miles-an-hour without lights, siren, or reason and cripples teenager, but is not given sobriety test and will not be criminally charged
No criminal charges for Texas cop who posted Craigslist ad offering his neighbor's athletic equipment free for the taking
Louisiana cop gets 6½ years in prison for distributing child pornography
Arizona police refuse to return video camera to man they arrested for filming them
Virginia jail inmate alleges beating by detectives; officers contend that his head injury was self-inflicted
Virginia cop gets four years for child pornography
Illinois officers beat DUI suspect in cell, and are later cleared in internal investigation
Federal indictment accuses Pennsylvania cops of covering up beating
Minnesota officer sentenced for drug possession
Illinois guard gets 90 days for assault on inmate
Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009
Ohio cop is fined $150 for beating girlfriend
Arkansas policeman shoots un-armed fire chief in court
Michigan officials propose $1.4-million settlement after cop kills man at traffic stop
Tennessee police officer fired after forging motorists' signatures
Mississippi cop awaits sentence for on-duty sex assault
Ohio cop with numerous complaints against him tasers City Councilman's daughter, who was on her knees with hands raised
University and police say they'll "review" policies after cops are videotaped pulling guns and handcuffing student on first day of school
Wisconsin cop acquitted of squad car rape gets two years for "stunning" misconduct
Connecticut cop charged with sexually assaulting minor is re-arrested for violation of protective order
Family sues Texas cops over man tasered to death in custody
Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009
Oregon cop admits numerous on-duty sexual trysts
Protesters file lawsuits over police misconduct during 2008 Republican Convention in Minnesota
FBI loses appeal of $101.7-million verdict for men framed and imprisoned by feds
New York cop allegedly coerced woman into sex act while he was on duty
Texas corrections officer charged with child porn
New Jersey patrolman facing official misconduct charges
Tally of charges against Florida deputy accused of sex abuse rises to 27
Retired Virginia cop convicted of twice abducting now-slain wife
ICE agent accused of vigilante-type rampage
Arkansas cop who quit after being charged with traffic stop extortion will also be charged with impersonating a police officer
Guilty plea from New York police officer on bank robbery charges
Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009
Ex-cop in California accused of using his "inside knowledge" to plot armored car robberies
Florida deputy investigated on battery charge
South Carolina officer under investigation, since video shows him beating teen with flashlight
Cop who investigated gang and turned evidence over to rival gang may be forced to retire
State police initiate investigation after Pennsylvania man beaten by police is hospitalized
Tennessee police captain faces suspension for racial slurs
Three TABC officers in brutal raid on gay bar are fired
Minneapolis pays $495k to settle police attack on un-armed man that left him brain-damaged
Florida deputy arrested for stalking
Monday, Aug. 31, 2009
Illinois State Police will investigate Rockford cops' killing of man who, according to witnesses, came out with his hands up
Alabama man sues city and police claiming excessive force
North Carolina police tight-lipped about officer resignations, suspension
Texas officer arrested for breaking into woman's home
California driver claims police abused her
Georgia officer arrested on drug charge
Louisiana cops investigate officer's alleged violations
Lawsuit alleges that West Virginia police beat man, unlawfully arrested his parents and held them in jail without providing them needed medication
Florida "Crime Stoppers" cop charged with using inside information to rip off thousands of dollars in reward money
Ohio deputy faces perjury, falsification charges
California deputies face criminal charges in lobster poaching case
Friday, Aug. 28, 2009
Kentucky deputy describes how he shot unarmed disabled man whose leg wasn't attached
Cincinnati police officers fired for violating procedures, using excessive force, lying or committing other offenses are almost inevitably reinstated upon appeal to an "independent arbitrator"
California city pays $85K to settle lawsuit after 10-cop beating leaves man in coma
Oregon sheriff who needed special law to temporarily skip certification requirement now keeps failing police academy finals
Minnesota cop Investigated for feeding gorillas Pop-Tarts
Three criminal investigations in a row for Dallas constable position
Texas prison guard sentenced to 2 years in prison for false statements in civil rights case
Florida prison officer admits bringing drugs to sell to inmate
Maryland cops sue county to block release of misconduct investigation
Texas cops fight release of tape alleged to show police brutality
Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009
Louisiana cop charged with illegally selling police property
Arizona cop loses badge after bragging of brutality
Tennessee cops say firing 59 rounds and re-loading guns to keep shooting when dead guy didn't fire a shot was "self-defense"
LAPD officer gets prison for drunken brawl at restaurant
Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009
Nevada cop who killed ice cream truck driver is accused of raping sister-in-law since she was 15
Police and eyewitnesses give curiously conflicting accounts after cops kill man in Illinois daycare center
Oklahoma City police officers face charge in drive-by shooting
Indiana deputy arrested in sex trade solicitation
Off-duty New York cop charged with choking 15-year-old
Arizona police officer resigns following arrest for arson
South Carolina policeman is accused of exchanging drugs for sex
Suit claims student, 15, was assaulted by Missouri cop
Fired New York officer accused of falsifying records from fatal crash
Maryland police officer under investigation for excessive force
Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009
North Carolina trooper placed on leave during investigation
Ohio police chief faces second theft charge
West Virginia trooper solicited sex from woman, suit alleges
Arrest warrants issued for eight Texas police officers in double-dipping scandal
Alaska police officer let go because of misconduct
Virginia city pays $65K to settle police brutality lawsuit
Tennessee sheriff's audit reveals stolen drugs from evidence room
Pennsylvania police officer accused of stealing car
More federal lawsuits against Coeur d'Alene Police Dept.
Connecticut cop charged with impersonating twin, sexually assaulting woman
Monday, Aug. 24, 2009
Seven Florida guards suspended after beating of inmate
Minnesota cop who killed two bystanders in police chase gets 10 years for tax fraud
Investigators say Oregon sheriff's crime wasn't sex in car but trying to persuade subordinate not to tell
Maryland guard sentenced on inmate extortion
Tennessee deputies are "disciplined" after taping sex acts in squad car
Illinois cop gets 2 years in tow-truck extortion scheme
Louisiana sheriff's deputy sentenced to 10 years in prison on drug trafficking charges
Former California sheriff deputy sentenced for gun assault
Off-duty New York cop accused of assaulting girl friend on street
Friday, Aug. 21, 2009
No jail time for cop guilty of killing pregnant woman
Florida cops jail man for three months for possession of breath mints
South Dakota sheriff gets 90 days for filing false report
Alabama cop's brutality caught on YouTube
Fired Kansas police officer pleads guilty to wire fraud in video game scheme
Ohio cop suspended in June for brawling is suspended again for coming to work drunk
New Mexico cop gets serious prison time for killing girlfriend
No charges will be filed against Wisconsin school cop accused of lewd conduct with student
Hawaii cops arrested in Nevada on drug charges
Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009
Florida police officer who beat handcuffed suspect gets job back
Report shows BART cops did pretty much everything wrong in incident where cop says he accidentally pulled his gun instead of his taser and train passenger ended up dead
Dashcam shows Minnesota cops beating the holy hell out of man at traffic stop
Texas cop abducts fellow officer
Record number of innocent New Yorkers stopped, interrogated by NYPD during first half of year
Louisiana cop indicted for perjury gets paid suspension
California city pays quarter-million dollars to settle lawsuit over cop who opened fire without cause
Indiana cop quits after pleading guilty to insurance fraud
Illinois cop hires lawyer, might sue over scolding received for branding gun as "joke"
Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009
Arkansas cop gets written up in his file for having sex in patrol car
Tennessee cop quits after admitting fondling man's genitals as "horseplay"
Police brutality gets more attention in age of video, social media
ACLU sues after Pennsylvania cop illegally arrests man for videotaping police
Texas animal protection officer accused of stealing cattle
Florida police officer pleads guilty to boinking 16-year-old
Minnesota officer gets serious jail time for possessing child porn
FBI storms wrong home in North Carolina
Tennessee sheriff's deputy gets 23 years for killing in bar fight
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009
New Jersey sheriff's officer pleads to extortion charge
Former Ohio police chief indicted for corruption in office
California police chief gets paid suspension; nobody will say why
Idaho man files claim against cops who sodomized him with Taser gun
Kin sues Florida cops and jail staff over murder in custody
Arizona sheriff's office defies judge on order for system password
Ohio police chief fired after domestic violence accusations
After allegedly raping woman in her apartment, New York cops allegedly called her mother & brother
Monday, Aug. 17, 2009
No jail time for New Jersey cop who admitted shoplifting in uniform
Florida sheriff gets six years for money laundering and corruption scheme
Paid suspension for Indiana cop accused of "affair" with 14-year-old
Georgia and federal officials investigate allegations of misconduct involving town police officers
Convicted Indiana cop faces additional charges
No charges filed against drunk driving Idaho cop who hit a parked car, a fence, a mailbox and a tree with his car
Florida school cop gets 8 years in prison for stealing student and teacher IDs
Mom in minivan tasered twice in California traffic stop; camera captures deputy's rough roadside arrest
Friday, Aug. 14, 2009
Massachusetts cop who taught at police academy convicted of raping 15-year-old police cadet
Utah cop gets 60 days in jail for coercing sex from woman under threat of having her children taken away
New York prison guard gets eight months for sneaking inmate out of jail and into his home for boinking
Ohio cop convicted of killing girlfriend
Michigan cop already convicted of drunk driving now faces manslaughter charges after victim dies
California cop speeding in motorboat rams sailboat, killing one; sailboat pilot charged
Tennessee police officers allegedly watched porn with girls, gave them alcohol
California police officer sentenced to prison for providing inside information to drug traffickers
California cop charged with opening fire on an occupied vehicle during a routine traffic stop
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009
Montana police chief says un-named cops who repeatedly tasered 76-year-old man who was driving a tractor in a parade "probably didn't do things the best way"
Wisconsin cops sentenced for off-duty beating of biracial man
Busts of corrupt US border police rise
Vermont Police Chief faces more charges
Virginia pleads guilty to filing false report
California cop pleads guilty to child molestation
Texas cop fired for pepper-spraying, then abandoning man
Tennessee inmate sues, claims jailers kept his prosthetic leg
Texas "Deputy of the Year" was DWI on duty
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009
Demoted Florida deputy brags on Facebook about beating: 'I know the areas that hide the marks well'
Second lawsuit in days alleges police brutality in Oregon
Illinois cops beat man in diabetic coma
Houston police crime lab debacle frees another man from prison
After numerous complains and as state investigates, North Carolina county asks Sheriff to quit
Five Texas cops fired, four more quit in police and security double-pay scandal
Two Tennessee cops fired after raid on clinic
More taser-crazy cops in Idaho
Virginia op gets probation for filing false report
Monday, Aug. 10, 2009
Massachusetts town pays $3.1M to settle lawsuit over police fabrication of evidence to imprison innocent man
Tennessee deputy is suspended with pay after ordering all blacks out of the pool
City of Detroit secretly paid $349K to settle police brutality lawsuit
Detroit Police Dep't tries to block release of cop's mug-shot
Oregon cop arrested for trying to steal drugs
California cop who molested teenager in squad car gets 60 days in county jail
Florida cop is accused of coercing sex from illegal immigrants
Man arrested for barking at Michigan police dog
Dozens of previous complaints about Washington cop accused of harassing woman
Friday, Aug. 7, 2009
New Jersey police officer pleads guilty to bilking homeless program
New York cop already convicted of coercing women into sex faces second trial for another incident
Washington cop who shot attorney in '06 melee charged with DUI
Massachusetts police officer brawl at roll call
Massachusetts cop, fired for racial slur, sues to get job back
Washington police officer charged with assaulting wife
Indiana cop gets his eighth suspension, this time for boinking on duty
California town pays $178K to settle lawsuit over cop who groped women
Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009
Georgia police officer arrested for sexual abuse
"It was an honest mistake",. says FBI after storming North Carolina woman's apartment looking for drug dealers
California man shot in face by police is charged with attacking cop
Investigation concludes cops went "Rambo" and policies were violated in brutal raid on gay bar
Ohio police officer sentenced to twenty years in drug case
16 months in prison for Michigan cop who stole $2M in cocaine from evidence locker
Five New Jersey corrections officers indicted for aggravated assault and official misconduct
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009
Texas police car speeding without sirens hits and kills 10-year-old boy
Why are 4 Pennsylvania narcs under probe still getting OT?
Virginia county pays $30,000 to settle lawsuit over botched SWAT raid
Texas police officer found guilty of murdering wife
West Virginia cop accused of misconduct in traffic stops
Florida deputy loses job over porn at work
D.C. area officers subject of FBI probe of gambling and murder ring
Pennsylvania trooper faces charges of assault
Wisconsin police officers made guardsmen lick up supposed urine, lawsuit states
Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009
Court rejects Maryland cop's appeal that 10 year sentence for bank robbery is "cruel and unusual punishment"
Virginia woman blogs about police, then gets arrested
New Jersey town settles police brutality lawsuit for $200,000
Florida police cover-up throws into question several other court cases
Texas cop previously accused of brutality is named in new lawsuit
Minnesota police chief gets 90 days for killing cats
Florida police chief placed on leave for trying to bribe police abuse victim
Lawsuit against Ohio cop alleges fondling of women drivers at traffic stops
Texas police violated policy in denying a former journalist the right to file a complaint against an officer
Monday, Aug. 3, 2009
Arizona SWAT commanded suspended after "numerous" complaints of criminal activity
Florida cop gets probation for lying, paying for sex on the job
Alabama police department says cops were justified in Tasering and pepper-spraying deaf, retarded man for taking too long in restroom
Indiana cop convicted of stealing from Fraternal Order of Police
Virginia police chied charged with DUI, put on leave
Un-named Michigan cop fired after beating girlfriend
Two Ohio police chiefs arrested over conspiracy to burglarize Sarah Jessica Parker's surrogate
West Virginia officials defend hiring with criminal record
Louisiana officer arrested in theft
Friday, July 31, 2009
Ohio cop faces felony prosecution for tampering with evidence
Washington DC cops arrest gay lawyer for saying “I hate the police”
New Jersey patrolman hit with federal lawsuit
Arizona cop allegedly attended firearms training while drunk
Louisiana cop involved in shooting death resigns
Georgia cops suspended after running background check on President Obama
Indiana cop charged with criminal deviate conduct
Video shows Tennessee trooper starting traffic stop by pointing gun at driver's face
Alabama police offer faces theft charges
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Connecticut cops demand tougher penalty for cop who assaulted another cop
Massachusetts cop fired after sending mass emal slurring black Harvard professor
Virginia cops taser grandmother, pregnant woman at baptism party
Maryland police officer gets ten days for punching woman
Ohio police chief changes plea to 'no contest' for public indecency
Washington guard arrested for sex with inamte
Veteran Houston officer accused of theft
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Michigan cop who masterminded years-long ticket-fixing scheme gets probation
Nebraska peeping tom cop gets probation
Georgia cop answers false alarm and kills family dog
West Virginia cop gets probation for hit-and-run wreck
Fired California cop charged in SUV shooting
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Oregon man says video shows guards beating him
Former Indiana cops face new charges for attempted robbery in South Bend
Washington officer resigns after sexual harassment accusation
Monday, July 27, 2009
Illinois Office of State Guardian sues sheriff's deputies over "unnecessary" tasering of boys at emergency shelter
Idaho police sodomize man with Taser
Illinois police supervisor guilty of conspiracy
Minnesota cop soots and kills unarmed man wearing only swimsuit
Indiana police investigate cop over "serious" allegations
California deputy surrenders on charges of stealing $500,000
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Maryland cop gets 18 months for fatal drunk driving hit-and-run
Citing "false and misleading information", North Carolina DA says he won't prosecute any cases handled by a sheriff's deputy
Nevada cop put license plate obtained in traffic stop on his pick-up truck
Police Union says Gates should be put on trial, charges shouldn’t have been dropped
Oklahoma trooper who fought paramedic gets five-day suspension, while paramedic sues
Friday, July 24, 2009
Indiana cop gets home detention for raping woman in squad car
Vermont cop gets 3 to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor
West Virginia guard convicted of assaults on four inmates
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Pennsylvania jail guard gets ten months for raping inmate
Again a woman alleges indecent assault by same Pennsylvania cop during a narcotics raid
Ohio guards convicted of assaulting inmate
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Dirty Philadelphia cop busted plotting to rob drug dealer of stashed cash
Maryland guard convicted in beating of inmates
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Bar brawl leads to Florida police officer's arrest
New Jersey cop convicted twice of sexually assaulting teen pleads guilty in separate semi-nude photos case
Book chronicles corruption with Boston Police Department
Monday, July 20, 2009
Australian man engulfed in flames after being Tasered
Massachusetts cops "regret" mistakenly arresting black Harvard professor in his home for "burglary"
Virginia ex-cop convicted of murder-for-hire
Store video catches Pennsylvania cop's violent attack on woman
Maryland cop, convicted of bank robbery, asks for reduced sentence
North Carolina cop convicted of taking 15-year-old girl across state lines for sex
Appeals court rules that cops can't kick down your door and claim it's to protect your health
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission admits "clear violations" in brutal raid on Fort Worth gay bar
New York man forcibly sedated for body cavity search gets $125K
California cop admits on-duty sexual assault
Wisconsin guard gets nine months for trading tobacco for oral sex
TSA officer among duo arrested for stealing from fliers' luggage at JFK
Felony charge filed against New York police officer
Botched raid on a small-town Maryland mayor exposes widespread abuse by the state's SWAT teams
Arizona cop gets probation on five fraudulent scheme charges
Ex-police officer in New Mexico convicted in girlfriend's death
Suspect puts drugs in his mouth; cop breaks his neck
Oregon cop gets three years in prison for committing online sex crimes involving children
Utah cop gets two years in prison for five years of sexually abusing teenage girl
New Mexico Police Chief tasers epileptic teenaged girl in the head
International Brotherhood of Police Officers sues to block citizen review panel from reviewing police actions
Oregon cop sues city, claims retaliation for blowing whistle on SWAT team
New York Cop charged with misconduct for allegedly giving his uniform and badge to a convicted felon
Former New York officer sentenced to time served in domestic case
South Dakota cop gets two years for fondling girl
Texas prison guard charged in teenage brother's death
Alabama gop gets 18 months for sodomizing woman in custody
New York cop gets 2 to 6 years for coercing woman into sex
New Jersey cop convicted of sexual assaults on stepson
Now adults, kids say they were badgered by police into falsely claiming to be molested, putting innocent man in prison for twenty years
One of several Indiana cops accused of stealing from alleged pot dealers gets ten years
Federal grand jury indicts Detroit-area officer for excessive force, false statements to FBI
Mississippi cop gets one year for involvement in interstate theft ring
A different Mississippi cop gets probation for robberies at traffic stops
Un-named Knoxville police officers resign under criminal probe
Guard gets three years in prison for beating inmate
Cop remains on force after hit-and-run charges
Guard who poured scalding water on inmate gets three years
Fired internal affairs prosecutor says Baltimore Police Department is rife with corruption and turns a blind eye to bad officers
Video of traffic stop shows cop punching, tackling driver
Los Angeles cop accused of murdering ex-boyfriend's new wife
Bar-brawling cop is ordered to pay restitution
Cop pleads guilty after holding interracial couple, and leaving their infant unattended in car
Police use Taser on pastor after traffic stop
Cop accused of beating teen girl gets sweet plea bargain
Jailer gets 12 years for raping inmate
Mayor sues over unexplained police raid on his home
Cops who got free food from Waffle House taze waiter for laughs
Police Chief defends cops who rioted in gay bar
Chicago judge grumbles about endless police corruption cases as cop gets 11 years for robbing suspected drug dealers
Cop gets 3-4 years for traffic stop robbery
Friday, Dec. 25, 2009
Minnesota police captain gets probation for drug charges
Pennsylvania cop fired after beating store clerk who asked for I/D before selling tobacco products
DC Assistant Chief lies to cover for cop who drew gun after his Hummer was hit by snowballs
Philadelphia cop quits the day before he's charged with raping girl for years
Rhode Island police officer charged with assault on cuffed woman
Florida cop resigns after Internal Affairs inquiry finds he lost prisoner
California Highway Patrol lieutenant convicted of trying to boink 13-year-old
Massachusetts woman says police beat her husband to death
Monday, Dec. 21, 2009
Pennsylvania cop accused of taking sexually explicit photos of unconscious woman
Colorado correctional officer avoids prison in bribery case
Indiana police detective arrested for domestic violence
Off-duty Pennsylvania cop accused in Wawa worker beating
Texas cop who tased girlfriend’s face might not do time
DC cop pulls a gun on snowball fighters
No charges will be filed against drunk driving Texas cop who fled crash scene
Virginia sheriff gets 19 months for corruption
Illinois cop accused of neglecting animals at his suburban getaway
Strange new twist in scandal involving rogue Philadelphia PD narcotics unit
California city slated to pay $195,000 for alleged police brutality
South Carolina school cop arrested on drug charges
South Carolina deputy arrested on drug charges (not the same as above)
Florida sheriff probing assault allegedly involving un-named police officer
Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
South Carolina ex-cop who pled insanity sentenced to 35 years for kidnapping
Washington DC police officer arraigned on murder charge
Texas police officer gets probation for giving alcohol to teen, showing porn
Ohio cop caught partying with underage drinkers
California cops shoot friendly dog to death
Indiana narcotics officer pleads guilty in corruption case
District Attorney says some might go free due to charges against Pennsylvania police
Three Florida officers charged; at least 70 criminal cases at risk
Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009
Texas school cop gets eight years in jail for five years of molesting child
Queens family tells outrageous story of NYPD raid
Tennessee ex-cop convicted of kidnapping and raping a 20-year-old North Chattanooga housesitter
New Mexico deputy pleads in pharmacy robbery
Jailed California prison guard is ordered to repay $244,400 for workers' comp fraud
Arizona's outlaw sheriff defies federal government on immigration, launches repeated investigations of those who criticize him
Illinois cop is fired after being convicted of beating a woman in a bar
Florida police officer convicted of attempted sexual battery
Three Pennsylvania police officers among five people indicted in race-related beating
Mississippi police chief arrested on false pretense and embezzlement charges
Washington police sergeant is placed on paid leave, accused of hitting daughter
Two Indiana cops get "stiffer penalties than expected" (short suspensions) for excessive force
Minnesota deputy guilty of stalking his ex-girlfriend
Detroit cop who embezzled $27K shows up drunk for weekends in jail
Wisconsin drug team leader resigns over "inconsistencies" in testimony
Dallas officer accused of faking burglary story to hide his sex act in squad car
Monday, Dec. 14, 2009
Florida cop charged with raping woman after traffic stop
Former New York City cop admits trying to shake down man for drug money
California police officer convicted of sex-related charges
Dallas police acknowledge raiding wrong home in search for assault suspects
New Mexico city pays $200K for false imprisonment in police car
Drunk driving Canadian cop who killed motorcyclist will be charged only with obstruction of justice
Illinois sheriff's office again keeps personnel files under wraps
Mississippi cops gets 20 years for sexually assaulting a woman while on duty ten years ago
Pennsylvania cop cuts deal in illegal 'sexting' case
Indiana police officer involved in fatal wreck may have been drunk
Texas cop accused of using Taser on girlfriend might not do time
Texas police officer arrested for allegedly beating up student
Florida sheriff's deputy pleads guilty after showing porn movie to juveniles
Arizona deputy Police Chief quits, accused of host of violations
New Mexico cop facing termination, revoked law certification, after attacking tattoo parlor and its employees
Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009
Indiana cop gets one year for sexual battery of 15-year-old
Un-named Rhode Island cops are put on administrative duty as punishment for brutality
California town's police department sued over woman's arrest
Nevada cop convicted of 5 gross misdemeanors including 3 counts of misconduct of a public officer and 2 counts of oppression under color of office
Virginia police officer convicted of sexual battery
Georgia cop admits "accidentally threatening" to kill his wife during an argument
Pennsylvania police officer is accused of stealing money from evidence locker
Un-named Georgia cop is accused of taking a nude photo of himself at the job
Wisconsin officer charged in fraud scheme
Ex-federal agent pleads in theft of $100,000 in Louisiana
Jury finds New Mexico cops' search (obviously) unconstitutional
West Virginia FBI officer guilty of invasion of privacy
Beaten and acquitted firefighter now set to sue Massachusetts police
California police officer charged with embezzlement from officers association
Monday, Dec. 7, 2009
Alabama police officer convicted of rape, sexual assault, sentenced to 100 years
South Carolina officer charged with stealing $191 in gas
Florida officer gets 2 years in prison for his part in a drug operation
In Montana town's three-man police department, chief is suspended, one officer is under investigation and the other just returned from suspension
Former Texas cop indicted in New York for moving 200 tons of cocaine
Lawsuit says San Diego cops are "ruthlessly" driving homeless people away from downtown
New York town suspends police officer involved in assault case
Vermont police coerce man to consent to search
Colorado deputies use Taser on ‘out of control’ child
Florida police chief found guilty of manslaughter
Arizona cops protest to support colleague who stole court documents
Florida cop gets 2 years for tipping off gangsters
NYPD officer accused of helping drug gang
Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009
California deputy convicted in lobster-poaching case
New Jersey officer indicted for misconduct, aggravated assault
California cop convicted in gropings
Illinois police made wrongful arrest, held 4-year-old on Thanksgiving
Arkansas police arrest deputy from adjoining county on drunk & disorderly
Colorado cop gets 48 hours in jail for theft
Arkansas police officer sentenced to 12 years in prison for cocaine dealing and related crimes
Missouri police officer sentenced in drug sale
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009
Witness describes hoe Tennessee cops killed man at hospital
Drug prosecution collapses after Missouri officer's claimed surveillance is shown to include day he didn't work
Texas cops kill dog, then use taser on dog’s deaf elderly owner
Oregon cop gets six months for multiple counts of official misconduct, telephonic harassment and menacing
Two civil rights groups sue Maryland sheriff's department over woman's arrest
Massachusetts cop gets six months for excessive force, false report
Judge rips NYPD on false arrests as brothers sue for $10M over wrongful narcs bust
Pennsylvania trooper allegedly stomps man's face into floor
Feds investigate Illinois cops over excessive force
Monday, Nov. 30, 2009
Indiana police officer guilty of theft, misconduct
Kansas cops steal $550,000 from trucker
Officer who got in trouble in one West Virginia town now working in another
Allegations of police brutality probed in New Jersey
Maine Police Chief accused of misuse of authority
California city mum on payout to settle lawsuit over false police report
South Carolina officer fired for violating Public Safety policy
Pittsburgh pays $50,000 after cop illegally tickets man for flipping the bird
Oklahoma police officer shoots his firefighter brother-in-law, then kills himself, officials say
Illinois sheriff's deputy accused in lawsuit of harassing his neighbor
Arkansas police officer gets probation after pleading guilty to theft
Friday, Nov. 27, 2009
Arizona's "tough" sheriff Joe Arpaio's crew forces inmate to give birth while shackled, then won't allow her to hold baby
Connecticut cop is suspended with pay after killing two in wreck while driving 94 mph on return from emergency call
Oregon police officer in 12-year-old girl's beanbag shooting files for stress disability
Tennessee police officer convicted of excessive force for beating handcuffed man about the head
California family sues over wrong-address SWAT raid
Jury convicts former Detroit cop in man's death
Federal lawsuit filed against Atlanta police over raid at gay club
Customs officer and wife convicted of bribery, drug importation
Cops have no comment as elderly black man sues over SWAT raid in Dallas
Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009
Cops fired or forced to quit have no problem finding new jobs in different police departments
California transit cop breaks window with drunk's face
Massachusetts cop quits and is charged with making false statements to FBI agents in ongoing corruption investigation
California police officer gets 13 years for robbing banks
Former Colorado police chief is convicted of conspiracy to commit sexual assault on a child — says he was working undercover at the time
Ohio police chief convicted in Sarah Jessica Parker surrogate theft
Wyoming trooper gets 15 years for kidnapping, extortion plot
Former Pennsylvania cop gets 30 years for robbery from drug dealer
Alabama cop gets double whammy — suspended sentence and probation — for illegal access to Law Enforcement Tactical System
Bus driver beaten by Illinois cop is prosecuted for allegedly false report
Monday, Nov. 23, 2009
Head of Chicago Police Sergeant's Association is arrested for embezzling funds from police union
Indiana police officer faces meth charge
Chief says Pennsylvania officer he won't identify will be suspended for using 'excessive force'
NYPD officer convicted of perjury
FBI probes whether New Jersey police stole from dealers
Florida cop's reputation is hurt by long record of perjury and dozens of complaints
Un-named Maryland police officer faces misconduct charge for staging mock raid using police boat and helicopter
Ohio police lieutenant gets three "penalty days" for off-duty road rage incident
Un-named Oregon police employee is disciplined but not fired over phony charges leading to $295,000 lawsuit settlement
Veteran Louisiana officer arrested for shoplifting; retires from force
Texas cop is charged with drunk driving after wrecking unmarked police car
California cop is arrested on domestic violence charges
Texas sheriff's deputy pleads guilty in phonied up methamphetamine bust
Arkansas sheriff charged with embezzlement in case involving possible sale of seized gun
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
Florida cop sues over allegedly unfair news coverage of his dumping quadriplegic from wheelchair
Self-styled "tough" sheriff in Arizona says he'll defy judge's order to have deputy apologize for stealing documents in courtroom
Alaska corrections officer gets nine years for eight years of raping child
Maryland school cop convicted on child porn charges
28 Florida police officials, including captains, majors, undercover officers and the department spokesman, provided protection for man running Ponzi scheme
Texas Customs officer convicted of corruption
Alabama cop acquitted of evidence tampering, false reporting, and attempting to distribute a controlled substance but convicted of possessing an altered firearm asks for acquittal or new trial
Lawsuit says Illinois cops dangled suspect out window before killing him
North Carolina cop charged with rape
DC cop contradicts past testimony, says police chief ordered mass arrests of hundreds of protesters
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
Kansas cop who offered to trade sex for dismissal of DUI charge is convicted ... of wire fraud ... and gets probation
Delaware cops say they'll close probe into police brutality unless witnesses meet alone with cops
Colorado town hires private investigator to investigate cops' investigation of crooked cop
Illinois State's Attorney to investigate shooting allegedly by ex-cop
Michigan cops tell ACLU they'll stop illegally entering homes without warrants (and local paper calls it a "quarrel")
Kansas county pays $499,000 to settle police misconduct lawsuit
NAACP says Maryland police altered video of killing
Georgia deputy who's accused of stalking left explicit messages
Vermont cop charged for killing neighbor's dog
Texas police officer sentenced to three years for child porn
Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009
Fired Pennsylvania cop is charged with having sex with runaway
British cop convicted of sexual offences against women he met while on duty
Flint, Michigan pays $800K to settle lawsuit over illegal raid
New York cop already sentenced for bank robbery gets more time for two more bank robberies
California police officer charged with theft
Convicted Kentucky jailer tries to avoid prison time for helping cover up inmate beatings
New Jersey police officer gets 12-year term for sex assault
Tennessee trooper is suspended for sending white pride e-mail
New Jersey jail guard gets five years for smuggling drugs to inmate
Texas officer fired after allegations of inappropriately touching teen
Federal Court upholds right of woman to sue after Florida police officers tackle her in emergency room during premature birth
Louisiana cop suspended after fight with a downtown restaurant manager
Florida cop kicks suspect already on the ground
Texas sheriff's deputy gets 15 years in federal prison for drug and firearm charges
Two Arizona police officers quit amid sex, fraud investigation
Louisiana officer charged with domestic abuse, sexual battery
Drug materials found at home of Tennessee deputy accused of ID theft ; more charges expected
Investigators find "no wrongdoing" as California cops enter wrong house and kill family dog
Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009
Cops steal stuff, as a routine part of their jobs. Victims are extorted to get their property back, or simply don't get their property back, and it's kept by cops or sold to add funds to police budgets. This time the story is set in Detroit, but it's routine in many American police departments.
Missouri police won't name bail bondsmen who raided wrong home
Louisiana cop is accused of on-duty rape
Pennsylvania "rogue cop" gets 30 years for robbing a drug dealer and participating in a home invasion
Third Missouri police officer sentenced in federal corruption case
North Carolina city pays $150K to settle police brutality and false arrest lawsuit
Montana cop gets deferred sentence for embezzling from police union
Florida detective resigns as investigation nobody will talk about continues
Missouri cop sues over being shot by Illinois cop
Connecticut cops investigate police brutality allegations
Missouri cop arrested for on-duty drunk driving
Monday, Nov. 9, 2009
FBI agent gets probation for conspiracy to invade the privacy of young girls
Ohio police tackle and Taser man as he tries to rescue people from burning home
Alaska cop and police academy teacher is convicted of 16 child sex abuse and pornography charges
Canadian corrections officer gets fourteen days in jail for brutal beating
Tape raises questions about San Jose Police use of force
North Carolina cop sentenced to a week in jail on misdemeanor charges of assault by pointing a gun, simple assault and communicating threats
Video of "controversial traffic stop" is at odds with officers' testimony
Texas cops arrest Good Samaritan who came to injured pedestrian's assistance
"I'm in my house just listening to music, and these cops are going to go inside my house without letting me know and kill my dog for no reason"
Indiana cop faces lawsuit over drive-by shootings
Five Virginia Department of Corrections officers charged in dog fondling
British police officer convicted of sexually assaulting male colleague
Federal corrections officer indicted on civil rights charges related to fatal assault on prison inmate
Kansas police officer accused of selling stolen video games
Michigan officer sentenced to jail, probation for sex on the job
TV news cameraman cites 'excessive force' in suit against New Jersey officer
Video shows Tennessee deputy beating the hell out of motorist
Attorney questions un-named Texas trooper's shooting story
California cop arrested for child molestation
Drunk-driving Utah police officer resigns after causing four-car crash
Colorado police department won't say why officer who quit was being investigated
Connecticut man sues over false arrest
Judge upholds $360,000 verdict in case of cop who beat man in hospital
Off-duty New York cop accidentally shoots, kills friend while showing off his Glock
Ohio cop charged with assault in incident at Dayton pharmacy
Utah cop gets suspended sentence for exceeding the authority of a search warrant
Louisiana sheriff's deputy accused of sex with juvenile
Wyoming cop disappears when charges of sexual assault are filed against him
Second Alabama officer indicted in child rape case
Kentucky deputy gets 30 years for plot to kill candidate for sheriff
Philadelphia police officer charged with dealing drugs and plotting to steal what he believed was a drug stash seeks a deal
Pennsylvania cop gets probation for assault of a man who was asleep at home
Convicted Canadian cop remains on duty
Kansas cop gets long sentence for sexually abusing a child
Customs officer gets 135 months for alien smuggling, bribery and drug trafficking
New York cop gets 25-year sentence for murdering fiance
Alabama cop gets 22 years for beating man to death
Alabama prison guard gets one year for taking drugs into prison
California cop pleads no contest in off-duty gun brandishing incident
Video shows Arizona cop pilfering defense materials in court
Tennessee police officer sentenced to 27 months in prison for civil rights violations
Texas internal affairs detective suspended for biased investigation of killing by cop
California cops pay $5K after running innocent man's photo in murderer-wanted ad
Ex-head of New York police pleads guilty to eight charges
Minnesota police officer Tasers man in neck while his hands are on hood of the car
81-year-old Tasered by Alaska police
Massachusetts cop arrested for downloading child pornography at police station
Monday, Nov. 2, 2009
Utah cops track down and arrest teens for harmless burger ‘rap' at McDonald's drive-thru
New Jersey police officer sentenced for theft
Prosecutors won't charge LAPD officers in MacArthur Park police riot
Michigan cop convicted of gross indecency, misconduct in office
Florida police officer gets 2 years for role in drug sale
Pregnant Latina says she was forced to give birth in shackles after racial-profiling arrest
Investigators waited a month before even trying to question Canadian cop who shot and killed teenager
Feds investigate three Indiana cops who held a gun to a woman's head to force her to assist in an attempted drug bust
Oklahoma cops under investigation for corruption
In Minneapolis, costs of police misconduct add up
Washington cops who used fraudulent diplomas to qualify for raises keep their jobs
Washington man is allegedly jailed for trying to file complaint against police
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009
Oklahoma cop gets suspended sentence for years of thefts from evidence locker
Florida prison guard who arranged murder of prisoner gets life in prison
Los Angeles Police Department freaks out America with new Orwellian ad
Ex-cop from Alabama sentenced to 125 months in child porn case
Former Alabama cop sentenced to 7 years in prison
Deputy marshal in Illinois gets 4 years for information leak
Canadian officers accused of inciting violence at protest
Video shows DC cop slamming 16-year-old onto squad car
Video shows California cops San Jose police officers using baton, Taser on suspect
Maryland cop pulls gun on mall haunted house worker
Utah jail officer gets a year in jail for having child porn
Five Virginia correctional officers charged in dog fondling
Massachusetts newspaper that revealed police bonuses gets boycott and silent treatment from cops
Former U.S. marshal sentenced for leak in witness protection program
Illinois cop is sentenced to prison for embezzlement... again
Monday, Oct. 26, 2009
City commissioner criticizes three-year police investigation into Oregon cops' killing of mentally ill man
Ohio cop charged with on-duty drunk driving
Virginia cop convicted of obstructing justice and making false statement to investigators gets his sentence reduced
Texas trooper gets six months in jail for organized criminal activity, but remains on the job
West Virginia cop who beat black man and falsely charged white girlfriend gets two years in prison
Virginia cop gets probation on corruption charges
New Jersey cops guilty of second-degree conspiracy to commit official misconduct, for
Video shows one Canadian cop stomping on and kicking a suspect lying face down on the ground, while another officer walks on the victim's legs
Chicago Police throw benefit for officer who allegedly drove drunk, killed two people, and fled the scene of the accident
Texas police illegally ticketed drivers (dozens of times) for not speaking English
Minnesota town pays $100K to settle suit over videotaped police beating
Unidentified Nevada officer shoots and kills dog, family says for "no reason"
Barber in videotaped beating by California police was held nearly two days without being booked into jail or charged, says attorney
Why are New York cops arresting gay people on charges ruled unconstitutional 26 years ago?
Texas police chief says he'll investigate after cop posts photo on MySpace showing Tasered suspect wetting himself
Unidentified Kentucky cop mistakenly shoots burglary victim
South Dakota cop convicted of raping drunk woman in squad car
Missouri attorney accuses police of wrongdoing
California cop gets paid leave while co-workers investigate claim that he raped teenager
Jury awards woman $1.5-million after Chicago police officers conspire to violate her civil rights
Phoenix pays $750K to settle lawsuit after cop in unmarked vehicle runs down bicyclist
Already facing brutality rap, Pennsylvania cop is sued twice more
Minnesota police chief who was fired for drug addiction sues, claiming substance abuse deserves protection under Americans with Disabilities Act
Dallas Police change public intoxication policy amid complaints from non-drunk people arrested, pepper-sprayed
Charges could be dropped against Indiana deputy who choked daughter
Recently-demoted Florida cop is suspended for unexplained reasons
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009
Illinois police officer already facing predatory assault charges is arrested for possession of child pornography
Nevada cop gets plea bargain for child molestation
School cop in Tennessee charged with raping student
Indiana police chief suspended for insubordination
Girlfreind-beating and Wal-Mart greeter shoving Tennessee cop loses his job
Pennsylvania cop gets 30 day suspension for soliciting sex from female inmate
California cop accused of sexual harassment had prior solicitation arrest
Kansas cop accused of drug charges pleads guilty to two felonies
Virginia cop from "Party Crashers" unit is convicted of DUI
Nevada cop is fired for at least three gas fill-ups for his personal vehicle on a department credit card
Illinois cop who beat student for untucked shirt jailed on rape charges
Georgia cop pleads guilty in sexual assault of 14-year-old in custody
California man dies after being Tasered by police
New Jersey cops admit springing drunk driver
New Jersey cop gets probation for shoplifting
California cop sentenced for Internet child porn
California cop accused of compromising murder investigation goes back on patrol
Arizona customs officer pleads guilty to accepting bribes to allow illegal immigrants to enter the country
Utah police officer charged with enticing a minor over the Internet
Massachusetts officer charged in fight is fired
California police officer isn't charged in machine gun shooting
Claim: California police helped cover up abuse of officer's wife
Monday, Oct. 19, 2009
Ohio cop gets probation for felonious assault and burglary charges
Tennessee cop pleads guilty to providing protection for drug dealer
New York cop gets paid leave after accusations of harassment
Lawsuit filed over Illinois cops' deadly gunplay at church daycare center and lies afterwards
Illinois police officer facing sexual abuse charges arrested again after leaving court
Meth case tossed after Oklahoma cops' testimony is deemed inconsistent
Activist arrested and beaten by New Hampshire police
Florida cop fired after drawing gun on mother and children in front of school
Media decides tasered grandmother was asking for it
California cop is charged with a dozen felony counts
Friday, Oct. 16, 2009
Illinois cop arrested for sexual assault of a 9 year old
Florida couple sues for damages in wrong-house raid
North Carolina sheriff pleads not guilty to obstruction of justice, refuses to resign
California police chief who shot dog is ordered to turn in gun
Oregon police officer gets six years in prison for robbing bank
Gun charge may be dropped over New York officer's departmental sanction
Canadian police dip into victims' cash
Former California cop wanted on child pornography charges
Undercover California cops infiltrate student group
Former Michigan police chief pleads guilty to fraud
New York cop who refused blood-alcohol test indicted in fatal wreck
Ohio deputy fired for drunk driving and then rehired resigns
Ohio cop gets nine months for 2 counts of aggravated statutory rape
Texas police officer on trial for child porn, sexual assault
Texas cop in choke-hold death may face charge
Alabama police officer arrested for insurance fraud
Claim: California police helped cover up abuse of officer's wife
Virginia sheriff’s deputy charged with hit and run
Illinois police officer fired for viewing hours of porn on squad car computer
Father of autistic California boy who was Tasered by cops files federal lawsuit
Lawsuit filed over killing by California transit cop
Ohio police chief sidesteps hearing by resigning
New York cop hits pregnant woman's car, drives away
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009
Cops say unidentified Illinois police officer has resigned after beating (or as CNN puts it, “alleged beating”) of student is caught on tape
Ohio officer drives drunk, uses dispatcher to avoid colleagues, and helps friend in domestic violence case ... and is given full reinstatement to the police force with back pay
Ohio corrections officer arrested on drug charge
Missouri cop who stole cash, planted drugs, charged an innocent man, and lied to cover it up gets one year in jail
Florida deputy allegedly extorted marijuana grower
Connecticut cop accused of theft gets "special program" instead of jail time
Thousands of dollars missing from Michigan police safe
Michigan sheriff says he'll investigate allegations that deputies have unlawfully entered homes, even as he says details of the reported misconduct are false
US police stop more than 1 million people on street; stop-and-frisk policies alarm civil libertarians who worry about profiling
Arizona cop who mistakenly shot at homeowner (six times) “acted within public policy”, police board rules
Off-duty NYPD cop arrested after flashing his gun on train
Monday, Oct. 12, 2009
Illinois cop caught on camera in student's beating is already in jail on rape charge
Two Missouri police officers charged with stealing "stolen" goods
Un-named Michigan cop is fired, and nobody will say why
Second officer in Georgia resigns after allegedly stealing county funds used in narcotics investigations
Third cop in New York town is placed on leave for "conduct unbecoming an officer" and misuse of city property
Chicago Police stonewall on rape investigations
Chicago Police stonewall on investigation of beating
Louisiana authorities investigate whether unidentified cop knew kids were growing marijuana in his house
New Hampshire authorities investigate un-cited allegations against sheriff
Strip search of woman by Ohio Sheriff's Deputies called outrageous
Northern Illinois University will review police chief's performance after he berates and threatens journali8st
North Carolina sheriff could face obstruction of justice charges
New York cops gave woman shake-and-break ride, woman alleges
Texas cop suspended as part of a drug probe
Budget cuts end police oversight in Florida's Miami-Dade
Deputy Police Chief in Massachusetts resigns to avoid disciplinary hearing on gun theft; no word on whether he'll face charges
Friday, Oct. 9, 2009
Ohio policeman gets 3-year sentence for 'reprehensible' fraud on suicide victim's wife
Un-identified Texas cop opens fire on woman playing with dog
Un-identified Illinois cop beats special needs student on camera
More molestation charges against fired Arizona officer
Indiana cop gets 42 months for wire fraud, weapon charges
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009
Ohio deputy who was fired for driving drunk and hampering investigation gets job back with back pay and benefits
Florida cop attempts drive-by Tasering, runs over suspect
New Hampshire Attorney General says ex-police chief admitted to theft
New York police officer charged with child molestation
9-1-1 call recorded beginnings of cops' cover-up of killing
New Jersey police officer pleads guilty to theft by deception
Judge calls Massachusetts cop "absolutely corrupt", slaps him with restraining order
California police won't say much about cops caught attempting to bring contraband across the border from Mexico
California cop arrested for real estate fraud case
Pregnant Massachusetts cop accuses fellow officer of rape
Police brutality settlement could cost Milwaukee 3-million
New York Police Chief indicted on 11 charges
Oregon deputy is arrested for drunk driving, fleeing scene
Texas internal affairs investigation is found so biased toward the officers that it lacks credibility
Lawsuit accuses Illinois cop of fake DUI arrests
California police chief surrenders guns after restraining order against him
Florida police officer trainee resigns following investigation
North Carolina sheriff fires chief deputy after conviction for obstruction of justice
Former New York officers among those arrested in alleged vehicle theft ring
Former Oklahoma police chief sentenced to 30 years for child abuse
Oklahoma trooper once again accused of using excessive force
Massachusetts cop fired after off-duty fight
3 LAPD officers charged with lying in drug case
Monday, Oct. 5, 2009
Florida corrections officer convicted of gouging out inmate's eye
Indiana cop who watched porn at work will keep job
ACLU reports "astonishing pattern" of racial profiling in Louisiana
Ohio officer Accused Of Taking Drugs From Evidence Room
Washington police officer fired over videotaped beating of teenage girl in cell
Ohio cop arrested for DUI and public indecency
27-month sentences handed down in Oklahoma sheriff scandal
Un-named Oklahoma cop kills 10-year-old boy's dog
Connecticut cop is suspended after arrest for sexual assault on minor
Georgia deputy charged with taking money at traffic stop
Florida deputy accused of beating wife
“Stop! Don’t hurt my grandfather!”
Florida deputy arrested on extortion charge
Texas city pays $250,000 to settle lawsuit over cop's negligent driving that led to accident (cop wasn't disciplined)
Trooper, Maryland State Police named in brutality lawsuit
New York cop found guilty in killing of fiancée
New York detective charged with harassment and official misconduct
Two Michigan cops fired three years after killing man, beating brother
Friday, Oct. 2, 2009
Texas police officer resigns after third arrest
New York police officer was slurring, refused Breathalyzer as woman lay dying, so test was postponed seven hours
Jury awards $35,000 to Missouri man beaten and gassed at traffic stop by cops, one of whom is now police chief
Massachusetts firefighter claims police brutality; cop's story conflicts with other cop's story
Oregon man sues after being arrested for filming cops
Indiana deputies get 90 days and 30 days for charity theft
Pennsylvania liquor-law officer indicted in shakedowns
Family sues after un-armed man is shot dead in his back yard by California cops
Arizona cop accused of defrauding police union
Un-named Illinois cop is arrested for actions "relating to the officer's officials conduct as a police officer"
"The video clearly shows that the officer lied in the police report"
Colorado cop arrested for tipping off lover about meth raid
New York town to pay $62,500 in false arrest lawsuit
Fired New York cop pleads guilty in pleads guilty of “reduced sex crimes”
Louisiana police chief who resigned in June is arrested for theft
23 police officers disciplined in Utah
Judge finds Arizona deputy chief in contempt of court
U.S. Capitol Police officer found sleeping it off in woman's bed
Dallas pays $250,000 and cop gets one-day suspension after speeding cop kills kid on bicycle
Former Alabama police sergeant convicted of murder
Jury awards $500K to Oregon woman hit by police car
FBI confirms civil rights probe of California police over civil rights violations
Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009
Georgia cop fired for inappropriate comments had been fired from earlier police job for child pornography
81-year-old man tased three times by California police
New Jersey cop indicted in assault case
Minnesota police settle suit in Taser arrest for $200K
Oregon cop whose shooting of a Portland man two years ago cost city half a million dollars is accused of excess force in new $300,000 lawsuit
Texas sheriff's deputy investigation still inching along
"And we're all watching like, what are you doing? What are you doing to this child?"
Michigan police officer accused of stealing from crime tip fund
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009
Cops were routinely out of control at last week's G20 conference in Pittsburgh
Wisconsin cop is put on leave 'cuz he's in jail on extortion charges
Florida deputy accused of lewd conduct with minor
New Jersey sheriff's officer sentenced to five years in prison for demanding $60,000 from a county jail inmate in return for special treatment
Tennessee police officer among those accused in conspiracy to buy guns for Guatemalan drug cartels
Texas deputy jailed for contempt of court
Georgia police misconduct documents released
New York police detective murders wife, kills himself
Tennessee cop gets ten day suspension for illegal arrest and lying about it
New Jersey police officer charged with theft by deception
Florida police investigating officer's conduct in Tampa fight
Tennessee officer accused of spraying house with bullets
Former Alabama police sergeant goes on trial in 2003 beating death of Louisiana man
Oregon sheriff's deputy faces theft charge
City to pay $175,000 for Oregon police brutality case
Suit claims Maryland officers assaulted motorist
Woman sues after Chicago cop shoots her dog
'Drunk' New York cop kills pastor's daughter
Former Kentucky deputy admits role in murder
Tennessee deputy faces assault charge
Washington deputy accused in jail cell beating is fired
FBI investigating alleged police brutality in Massachusetts
Monday, Sept. 28, 2009
Oklahoma deputy sheriff found guilty of civil rights violations
North Carolina trooper cries foul over firing after sexual tryst
Pennsylvania drug cop convicted of obstruction of justice, lying to investigators
Pittsburgh police use tear gas and sonic cannons on protesters
West Virginia cop takes plea bargain in underage solicitation for sex
Few details released in domestic violence charges against Delaware cop
Massachusetts man sues after being brain-injured in police beating
Virginia cop gets 15 years in prison for possession of child pornography
Friday, Sept. 25, 2009
West Virginia police chief who quit without saying why is arrested, and nobody will say why
Arizona cops are "disciplined" after leaving woman to die in cage in sweltering heat
Arkansas cop accused of stealing from store is put on leave with pay
Texas prison guard admits ordering women held in isolation to strip so he could fondle them
Charges dropped against Pennsylvania cop who was videotaped putting his penis in calves’ mouths
Kansas residents demand cop's firing
Canadian town pays $24,000 in damages for arrest without reason
Connecticut cop taken off the street after woman obtains restraining order
Colorado cop found not guilty despite videotape of his assault on bicyclist
Minnesota cop fired amid gang strike force scandal
Louisiana cop earns six-year sentence for beating at traffic stop
Jury awards $360,000 in New York police assault case; city hopes for reduction
Oklahoma officer arrested on drug charges
Florida police detective arrested during traffic stop
Florida cop gets 30 days in theft case
California Highway Patrol says local officer should be charged in fatal crash
Indiana officer sentenced in drug theft scheme
California cop sentenced to 300 days in jail for child molestations
Charges dropped against Florida perjuring cop, provided she quits
Maryland police officer charged with stealing from criminal defendants
Oregon man sues after he's arrested for filming arrest
New Mexico pays $200,000 to settle lawsuit over student kidnapped from high school for questioning though he wasn't a suspect
Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009
Alabama sheriff is arrested after arresting local police chief
Alabama cop gets 16 months in prison for stealing $60,000 from his department, ransacking his office to make it appear he'd been kidnapped and fleeing to Las Vegas
Former Pennsylvania police officer convicted of kidnapping, carjacking
Ohio police officer arrested after brawling at high school football game
Florida police deny cocaine-stealing rumors
New York cop gets four months for perjury
New Mexico officer surrenders in child support case
Florida cops play Wii during drug raid
Louisiana cop fired after videotaped beating is re-hired, with back pay
Kansas cops arrest Missouri police officer on drug charges
Witnesses dispute Michigan cop's account of killing at traffic stop
Georgia cop guilty of obstruction of justice for lying to grand jury
Washington settles police chase lawsuit for $2.3 million
Illinois police officer sentenced to 60 days jail for falsifying police report
Another woman files suit against former Ohio officer
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009
ER nurse sues Illinois cop for handcuffing her during dispute over drawing suspect's blood
Oregon cop gets 15 days for soliciting sex from minor
California cop gets 15 years for taking narcotics from drug traffickers and peddling the drugs to other dealers
Four Illinois cops get 6 months apiece in shakedown scheme
Georgia police sergeant demoted in child care case
Texas cop quits after investigation shows use of excessive force
Arizona sheriff's inquiry finds broker handled too forcibly
Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009
Cops TV show videotaped California policeman's beating by other cops, but never aired the footage and told the court it had destroyed it
Federal immigration officer pleads guilty to having sex with an 11-year-old boy in Brazil and bringing photos of the act back to US
Married Oklahoma cops accuse each other of breaking the law during domestic disputes
California police used Taser on unarmed, legless man in a wheelchair
Tennessee ex-cop gets federal sentence as meth distributor
4 Chicago cops to plead guilty to corruption
New York cop dodges jail, gets community service after stealing $40 from drug dealer
Michigan police chief fired after pleading guilty to domestic violence; charges will be dropped
Judge won't let jury hear evidence that supports witnesses' testimony that Tennessee cop tossed two bottles of booze from car after fatal wreck
Ohio police chief resigns after allegations of immoral conduct
Indiana cop gets 2 years for embezzling from youth sports
Arkansas town's entire fire department quits after cops shoot assistant fire chief in court
Iowa "Officer of the Year" faces drunken driving charge
Protest groups file federal lawsuit alleging Pittsburgh police harassment
California cop shoots unarmed homeless man, so sheriff says he'll investigate trend of deputy-involved shootings
Probation for Florida cops in bar brawl
Victim in Minnesota police beating speaks out: "All I remember is getting out of the car, getting thrown down and feeling the punches"
Virginia cop “ is found guilty of drunk hit-and-run
Former Texas cop faces several charges including engaging in organized criminal activity
Ninth Tennessee cop faces federal charges
Texas trooper busted on steroid charge
Feds say Missouri cop sexually assaulted woman in station
Monday, Sept. 21, 2009
New Jersey cop gets probation for bribery and stealing more than $200,000
Four Chicago cops admit home invasions, thefts, only get 6 months jail time
"I'm up here and you're down there", says Arizona cop as he hassles photographer and deletes video
New Jersey cop charged with animal cruelty after police dog's death
Georgia cop cuffs woman on Bluetooth
Virginia cop gets fine, no jail time, for kicking handcuffed suspect in the head
New Jersey widow sues over wreck in police chase that killed pregnant wife
Pennsylvania police officer accused of tipping off drug kingpin about raid
Florida cop charged with aggravated assault with a firearm
Texas policeman-turned-gangster gets five years in prison
Illinois police chief fired amidst accusations of falsified reports
Texas cop-turned-robber gets long prison term
Indictment says Florida sheriff bribed his way to election victory
Friday, Sept. 18, 2009
Texas cop gets 15-day suspension for lies that put innocent man in jail for 10 months
Three months in jail for Missouri cop who stole drug money in conspiracy with other cops
Pennsylvania cop who was fired for exposing himself is reinstated
Probation for Illinois cop who pled guilty to theft and official misconduct
West Virginia woman says she was raped by drunken deputies
Texas sheriff's deputy arrested on federal weapons charges
Massachusetts police chief gets two years in jail for larceny
Tennessee sheriff's office reviewing misconduct allegations in deputy's suicide note
California prison officer accused of soliciting murder
California cop resigns after teenaged girls catch him masturbating on duty
Ex-D.C. officer among 12 charged in drug case
Indiana town pays $750,000 settlement after woman's car is rammed by police cruiser travelling 60 mph without lights or siren
Mississippi police officer convicted of civil rights violation over sexual assault
Texas sheriff gets 5 years for helping drug cartel
Virginia county loses $4-million lawsuit over traffic fatality caused by speeding cop
Michigan cop admits guilt in corruption case
Colorado cop who was fired for on-duty sex is hired as cop in next town down the road
Maryland police officer arrested in drug sting
Texas police chief charged with felony aggravated perjury and evidence tampering
Pennsylvania police officer charged with drugs, threats
Florida prison official arrested on drug charge
Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009
Georgia cops jailed for false reports commute to work as police officers on work release
Missouri cop accused of making false report
Indiana corrections officer who had sex with inmate gets one year of work release
Alabama police officer arrested and charged with forging prescriptions
Chicago Police Department admits wrongdoing in missing persons’ case
Massachusetts cop quits after being convicted of negligent homicide
Two un-named Arkansas cops face allegations of misconduct
Mississippi police officer loses job after ramming truck into house
New York cop admits vandalism, filing false report
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009
Florida police officer who drove 100-miles-an-hour without lights, siren, or reason and crippled teenager, but was not given sobriety test and not criminally charged, has driver's license suspended for 90 days
New York tries to have case dismissed on a technicality after Brooklyn man sued over being beaten and sodomized by police
Montana cop charged in bar assault resigns
New York cops again execute drug raid on wrong address
Texas trooper busted on steroid charge
Study documents hundreds of incidents of sexual contact and abuse by prison staff on inmates
Lawyer says Colorado cops planted bag of pot in dead 10-year-old's pocket
Two Minnesota cops are suspended after stealing from suspected drug dealers
Lawsuit claims improper arrest and jail search by Ohio cops
Nebraska city pays $150,000 settlement after cop accidentally shoots crime victim
Two Indiana police officers for bad conduct
Man brutalized by Indiana cop sues
Texas police officer gets 10-day suspension for threatening to use his connections to have children taken from ex-girlfriend
Montana cop charges with stealing and reselling guns from ammo storeroom
Florida cop resigns before he was fired, department says
Florida sheriff's office reviewing reports a deputy let Disney guard stun coworker with Taser
Two lawsuits allege that Pennsylvania cops hid illegal actions
California police chief faces possible criminal action for possession of unregistered handgun
Ohio D.A.R.E. chief accused of having alcohol in cruiser
Massachusetts cops to seek assault charge against officer
Retired Kentucky cop is arrested for rape
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009
Louisiana cop who was fired after beating defenseless woman is re-hired with back pay
Missouri police "mistakenly" shoot family cat twice in the head
Ohio deputy gets suspended sentence for "prank" — he gave jail inmate food that had been rubbed against another inmate's penis
Lawsuit contends California checkpoints racially profiled Latinos
Maryland cop pleads guilty to sexual assault on girl in his care; he's been suspended
Louisiana cop who turned off dash-cam as he beat woman is back on patrol
Louisiana cop fired (police chief says it's "administrative leave", which means suspension, not firing) after pepper-spraying 61-year-old
Illinois cops won’t investigate battery complaint against officer
Man alleges New York police tased, maced and beat him
Illinois ex-cop gets work-release for embezzling thousands from youth league
Monday, Sept. 14, 2009
Lawsuit alleges Florida cops illegally hold immigrants on minor charges
Arkansas fire chief who was shot by a cop during a court appearance over tickets has been (wait for it) charged with battery
Ohio deputy pleads guilty in jailhouse food tampering
Michigan officer pleads guilty in corruption case
Autopsy shows dead Florida man was probably beaten by police
Wisconsin man falsely imprisoned for 11 years claims cops coerced false testimony at his trial
British police investigated over stop and search of man and children under terror law
California cops who leaked photos of singer's beating get paid suspension
Friday, Sept. 11, 2009
Couple’s suit says Virginia police search violated their rights
Records detail Texas police chief's lewdness arrest
South Carolina police officer arrested
Louisiana cop quits after being arrested for grand theft
Texas police officer tased, arrested after assaulting his wife and step-daughter then threatening police officers called to the incident
Washington police department sued for letting male officers watch women being strip searched
Lawsuit alleges use of excessive force by New Jersey Police
No charges will be filed against Kentucky cop who led other cops on high-speed chase
Pennsylvania cop charged with pilfering suspect's phone, finding racy picture, sending it out
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009
Two Florida police officers get probation for falsifying reports
Ohio policeman gets 90 days for sexual assaults at traffic stops
Kansas tot dies after policeman orders grandmother to stop CPR
Tennessee cop charged with statutory rape
New Hampshire policeman faces felony charge
Charges of assaulting a cop dropped in Massachusetts ... because assailant was another cop
Washington cop accused of kicking handcuffed suspect
Mississippi town ordered to pay $500K damages after "sleep-deprived" cop rams TV truck
Suspended Ohio policeman charged by prosecutors
Minnesota cop pleads not guilty to 33 counts of sexual conduct
Tennessee deputy gets 18 months for excessive force
Montana cop already convicted faces fresh charges
Texas officer accused of spiking drinks, possession of cocaine
Massachusetts state police investigate former police chief
Mississippi cop gets probation for violent, evidence-free drug raid
Texas police chief indicted over drug funds
More accusations surface from Louisiana officer-involved shooting
Ohio cop gets 20 day suspension for four counts of misconduct
Video shows police intimidation in Arizona
Pennsylvania cop arrested on drug, corruption charges
Massachusetts cop fired, but officials won’t say why
Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009
Tennessee cop arrested on federal drug charges
Veteran New York cop Anthony charged with hiring hitman to rub out wife
Indiana jail guard arrested in sex sting at gas station
Maryland cop busted in internal sting
Maryland guard convicted of conspiracy in inmate assaults
'Fear' drove Ohio police officer, wife to hack into private e-mail
Lots of cases tossed in New Mexico after arrests by un-sworn officers
Kansas cop admits sending nude pictures of himself to a woman he arrested
Jail time rare for Colorado officers accused of sexual misconduct
Protest greets re-hiring of Ohio cop found guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009
Pennsylvania cop guilty of child porn charges is sentenced to seven years of probation
Vermont police chief quits for "health reasons" while being prosecuted for driving under the influence, embezzlement and prescription drug-related crimes
Virginia sheriff pleads guilty to racketeering
Two cops in that Wyoming town have been suspended over tasering of 76-year-old man on a tractor in parade
Texas sheriff’s captain — fired, then re-hired — is placed on leave during "criminal investigation involving financial matters"
Aussie cops claimed that man died after being tasered two or three times; turns out he was tasered 28 times
Arizona county will pay $1.2-million after speeding, sleep-deprived cop causes wreck
Texas official releases tape of police beating
Washington police department pays $127K to settle lawsuit after cop fires gun into crowd
New York pays quarter-million dollars to settle claims after illegal mass arrest
Suspended California detective had more contact with suspected killer than previously known
Friday, Sept. 4, 2009
Florida police officer drives 100-miles-an-hour without lights, siren, or reason and cripples teenager, but is not given sobriety test and will not be criminally charged
No criminal charges for Texas cop who posted Craigslist ad offering his neighbor's athletic equipment free for the taking
Louisiana cop gets 6½ years in prison for distributing child pornography
Arizona police refuse to return video camera to man they arrested for filming them
Virginia jail inmate alleges beating by detectives; officers contend that his head injury was self-inflicted
Virginia cop gets four years for child pornography
Illinois officers beat DUI suspect in cell, and are later cleared in internal investigation
Federal indictment accuses Pennsylvania cops of covering up beating
Minnesota officer sentenced for drug possession
Illinois guard gets 90 days for assault on inmate
Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009
Ohio cop is fined $150 for beating girlfriend
Arkansas policeman shoots un-armed fire chief in court
Michigan officials propose $1.4-million settlement after cop kills man at traffic stop
Tennessee police officer fired after forging motorists' signatures
Mississippi cop awaits sentence for on-duty sex assault
Ohio cop with numerous complaints against him tasers City Councilman's daughter, who was on her knees with hands raised
University and police say they'll "review" policies after cops are videotaped pulling guns and handcuffing student on first day of school
Wisconsin cop acquitted of squad car rape gets two years for "stunning" misconduct
Connecticut cop charged with sexually assaulting minor is re-arrested for violation of protective order
Family sues Texas cops over man tasered to death in custody
Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009
Oregon cop admits numerous on-duty sexual trysts
Protesters file lawsuits over police misconduct during 2008 Republican Convention in Minnesota
FBI loses appeal of $101.7-million verdict for men framed and imprisoned by feds
New York cop allegedly coerced woman into sex act while he was on duty
Texas corrections officer charged with child porn
New Jersey patrolman facing official misconduct charges
Tally of charges against Florida deputy accused of sex abuse rises to 27
Retired Virginia cop convicted of twice abducting now-slain wife
ICE agent accused of vigilante-type rampage
Arkansas cop who quit after being charged with traffic stop extortion will also be charged with impersonating a police officer
Guilty plea from New York police officer on bank robbery charges
Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009
Ex-cop in California accused of using his "inside knowledge" to plot armored car robberies
Florida deputy investigated on battery charge
South Carolina officer under investigation, since video shows him beating teen with flashlight
Cop who investigated gang and turned evidence over to rival gang may be forced to retire
State police initiate investigation after Pennsylvania man beaten by police is hospitalized
Tennessee police captain faces suspension for racial slurs
Three TABC officers in brutal raid on gay bar are fired
Minneapolis pays $495k to settle police attack on un-armed man that left him brain-damaged
Florida deputy arrested for stalking
Monday, Aug. 31, 2009
Illinois State Police will investigate Rockford cops' killing of man who, according to witnesses, came out with his hands up
Alabama man sues city and police claiming excessive force
North Carolina police tight-lipped about officer resignations, suspension
Texas officer arrested for breaking into woman's home
California driver claims police abused her
Georgia officer arrested on drug charge
Louisiana cops investigate officer's alleged violations
Lawsuit alleges that West Virginia police beat man, unlawfully arrested his parents and held them in jail without providing them needed medication
Florida "Crime Stoppers" cop charged with using inside information to rip off thousands of dollars in reward money
Ohio deputy faces perjury, falsification charges
California deputies face criminal charges in lobster poaching case
Friday, Aug. 28, 2009
Kentucky deputy describes how he shot unarmed disabled man whose leg wasn't attached
Cincinnati police officers fired for violating procedures, using excessive force, lying or committing other offenses are almost inevitably reinstated upon appeal to an "independent arbitrator"
California city pays $85K to settle lawsuit after 10-cop beating leaves man in coma
Oregon sheriff who needed special law to temporarily skip certification requirement now keeps failing police academy finals
Minnesota cop Investigated for feeding gorillas Pop-Tarts
Three criminal investigations in a row for Dallas constable position
Texas prison guard sentenced to 2 years in prison for false statements in civil rights case
Florida prison officer admits bringing drugs to sell to inmate
Maryland cops sue county to block release of misconduct investigation
Texas cops fight release of tape alleged to show police brutality
Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009
Louisiana cop charged with illegally selling police property
Arizona cop loses badge after bragging of brutality
Tennessee cops say firing 59 rounds and re-loading guns to keep shooting when dead guy didn't fire a shot was "self-defense"
LAPD officer gets prison for drunken brawl at restaurant
Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009
Nevada cop who killed ice cream truck driver is accused of raping sister-in-law since she was 15
Police and eyewitnesses give curiously conflicting accounts after cops kill man in Illinois daycare center
Oklahoma City police officers face charge in drive-by shooting
Indiana deputy arrested in sex trade solicitation
Off-duty New York cop charged with choking 15-year-old
Arizona police officer resigns following arrest for arson
South Carolina policeman is accused of exchanging drugs for sex
Suit claims student, 15, was assaulted by Missouri cop
Fired New York officer accused of falsifying records from fatal crash
Maryland police officer under investigation for excessive force
Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009
North Carolina trooper placed on leave during investigation
Ohio police chief faces second theft charge
West Virginia trooper solicited sex from woman, suit alleges
Arrest warrants issued for eight Texas police officers in double-dipping scandal
Alaska police officer let go because of misconduct
Virginia city pays $65K to settle police brutality lawsuit
Tennessee sheriff's audit reveals stolen drugs from evidence room
Pennsylvania police officer accused of stealing car
More federal lawsuits against Coeur d'Alene Police Dept.
Connecticut cop charged with impersonating twin, sexually assaulting woman
Monday, Aug. 24, 2009
Seven Florida guards suspended after beating of inmate
Minnesota cop who killed two bystanders in police chase gets 10 years for tax fraud
Investigators say Oregon sheriff's crime wasn't sex in car but trying to persuade subordinate not to tell
Maryland guard sentenced on inmate extortion
Tennessee deputies are "disciplined" after taping sex acts in squad car
Illinois cop gets 2 years in tow-truck extortion scheme
Louisiana sheriff's deputy sentenced to 10 years in prison on drug trafficking charges
Former California sheriff deputy sentenced for gun assault
Off-duty New York cop accused of assaulting girl friend on street
Friday, Aug. 21, 2009
No jail time for cop guilty of killing pregnant woman
Florida cops jail man for three months for possession of breath mints
South Dakota sheriff gets 90 days for filing false report
Alabama cop's brutality caught on YouTube
Fired Kansas police officer pleads guilty to wire fraud in video game scheme
Ohio cop suspended in June for brawling is suspended again for coming to work drunk
New Mexico cop gets serious prison time for killing girlfriend
No charges will be filed against Wisconsin school cop accused of lewd conduct with student
Hawaii cops arrested in Nevada on drug charges
Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009
Florida police officer who beat handcuffed suspect gets job back
Report shows BART cops did pretty much everything wrong in incident where cop says he accidentally pulled his gun instead of his taser and train passenger ended up dead
Dashcam shows Minnesota cops beating the holy hell out of man at traffic stop
Texas cop abducts fellow officer
Record number of innocent New Yorkers stopped, interrogated by NYPD during first half of year
Louisiana cop indicted for perjury gets paid suspension
California city pays quarter-million dollars to settle lawsuit over cop who opened fire without cause
Indiana cop quits after pleading guilty to insurance fraud
Illinois cop hires lawyer, might sue over scolding received for branding gun as "joke"
Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009
Arkansas cop gets written up in his file for having sex in patrol car
Tennessee cop quits after admitting fondling man's genitals as "horseplay"
Police brutality gets more attention in age of video, social media
ACLU sues after Pennsylvania cop illegally arrests man for videotaping police
Texas animal protection officer accused of stealing cattle
Florida police officer pleads guilty to boinking 16-year-old
Minnesota officer gets serious jail time for possessing child porn
FBI storms wrong home in North Carolina
Tennessee sheriff's deputy gets 23 years for killing in bar fight
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009
New Jersey sheriff's officer pleads to extortion charge
Former Ohio police chief indicted for corruption in office
California police chief gets paid suspension; nobody will say why
Idaho man files claim against cops who sodomized him with Taser gun
Kin sues Florida cops and jail staff over murder in custody
Arizona sheriff's office defies judge on order for system password
Ohio police chief fired after domestic violence accusations
After allegedly raping woman in her apartment, New York cops allegedly called her mother & brother
Monday, Aug. 17, 2009
No jail time for New Jersey cop who admitted shoplifting in uniform
Florida sheriff gets six years for money laundering and corruption scheme
Paid suspension for Indiana cop accused of "affair" with 14-year-old
Georgia and federal officials investigate allegations of misconduct involving town police officers
Convicted Indiana cop faces additional charges
No charges filed against drunk driving Idaho cop who hit a parked car, a fence, a mailbox and a tree with his car
Florida school cop gets 8 years in prison for stealing student and teacher IDs
Mom in minivan tasered twice in California traffic stop; camera captures deputy's rough roadside arrest
Friday, Aug. 14, 2009
Massachusetts cop who taught at police academy convicted of raping 15-year-old police cadet
Utah cop gets 60 days in jail for coercing sex from woman under threat of having her children taken away
New York prison guard gets eight months for sneaking inmate out of jail and into his home for boinking
Ohio cop convicted of killing girlfriend
Michigan cop already convicted of drunk driving now faces manslaughter charges after victim dies
California cop speeding in motorboat rams sailboat, killing one; sailboat pilot charged
Tennessee police officers allegedly watched porn with girls, gave them alcohol
California police officer sentenced to prison for providing inside information to drug traffickers
California cop charged with opening fire on an occupied vehicle during a routine traffic stop
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009
Montana police chief says un-named cops who repeatedly tasered 76-year-old man who was driving a tractor in a parade "probably didn't do things the best way"
Wisconsin cops sentenced for off-duty beating of biracial man
Busts of corrupt US border police rise
Vermont Police Chief faces more charges
Virginia pleads guilty to filing false report
California cop pleads guilty to child molestation
Texas cop fired for pepper-spraying, then abandoning man
Tennessee inmate sues, claims jailers kept his prosthetic leg
Texas "Deputy of the Year" was DWI on duty
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009
Demoted Florida deputy brags on Facebook about beating: 'I know the areas that hide the marks well'
Second lawsuit in days alleges police brutality in Oregon
Illinois cops beat man in diabetic coma
Houston police crime lab debacle frees another man from prison
After numerous complains and as state investigates, North Carolina county asks Sheriff to quit
Five Texas cops fired, four more quit in police and security double-pay scandal
Two Tennessee cops fired after raid on clinic
More taser-crazy cops in Idaho
Virginia op gets probation for filing false report
Monday, Aug. 10, 2009
Massachusetts town pays $3.1M to settle lawsuit over police fabrication of evidence to imprison innocent man
Tennessee deputy is suspended with pay after ordering all blacks out of the pool
City of Detroit secretly paid $349K to settle police brutality lawsuit
Detroit Police Dep't tries to block release of cop's mug-shot
Oregon cop arrested for trying to steal drugs
California cop who molested teenager in squad car gets 60 days in county jail
Florida cop is accused of coercing sex from illegal immigrants
Man arrested for barking at Michigan police dog
Dozens of previous complaints about Washington cop accused of harassing woman
Friday, Aug. 7, 2009
New Jersey police officer pleads guilty to bilking homeless program
New York cop already convicted of coercing women into sex faces second trial for another incident
Washington cop who shot attorney in '06 melee charged with DUI
Massachusetts police officer brawl at roll call
Massachusetts cop, fired for racial slur, sues to get job back
Washington police officer charged with assaulting wife
Indiana cop gets his eighth suspension, this time for boinking on duty
California town pays $178K to settle lawsuit over cop who groped women
Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009
Georgia police officer arrested for sexual abuse
"It was an honest mistake",. says FBI after storming North Carolina woman's apartment looking for drug dealers
California man shot in face by police is charged with attacking cop
Investigation concludes cops went "Rambo" and policies were violated in brutal raid on gay bar
Ohio police officer sentenced to twenty years in drug case
16 months in prison for Michigan cop who stole $2M in cocaine from evidence locker
Five New Jersey corrections officers indicted for aggravated assault and official misconduct
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009
Texas police car speeding without sirens hits and kills 10-year-old boy
Why are 4 Pennsylvania narcs under probe still getting OT?
Virginia county pays $30,000 to settle lawsuit over botched SWAT raid
Texas police officer found guilty of murdering wife
West Virginia cop accused of misconduct in traffic stops
Florida deputy loses job over porn at work
D.C. area officers subject of FBI probe of gambling and murder ring
Pennsylvania trooper faces charges of assault
Wisconsin police officers made guardsmen lick up supposed urine, lawsuit states
Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009
Court rejects Maryland cop's appeal that 10 year sentence for bank robbery is "cruel and unusual punishment"
Virginia woman blogs about police, then gets arrested
New Jersey town settles police brutality lawsuit for $200,000
Florida police cover-up throws into question several other court cases
Texas cop previously accused of brutality is named in new lawsuit
Minnesota police chief gets 90 days for killing cats
Florida police chief placed on leave for trying to bribe police abuse victim
Lawsuit against Ohio cop alleges fondling of women drivers at traffic stops
Texas police violated policy in denying a former journalist the right to file a complaint against an officer
Monday, Aug. 3, 2009
Arizona SWAT commanded suspended after "numerous" complaints of criminal activity
Florida cop gets probation for lying, paying for sex on the job
Alabama police department says cops were justified in Tasering and pepper-spraying deaf, retarded man for taking too long in restroom
Indiana cop convicted of stealing from Fraternal Order of Police
Virginia police chied charged with DUI, put on leave
Un-named Michigan cop fired after beating girlfriend
Two Ohio police chiefs arrested over conspiracy to burglarize Sarah Jessica Parker's surrogate
West Virginia officials defend hiring with criminal record
Louisiana officer arrested in theft
Friday, July 31, 2009
Ohio cop faces felony prosecution for tampering with evidence
Washington DC cops arrest gay lawyer for saying “I hate the police”
New Jersey patrolman hit with federal lawsuit
Arizona cop allegedly attended firearms training while drunk
Louisiana cop involved in shooting death resigns
Georgia cops suspended after running background check on President Obama
Indiana cop charged with criminal deviate conduct
Video shows Tennessee trooper starting traffic stop by pointing gun at driver's face
Alabama police offer faces theft charges
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Connecticut cops demand tougher penalty for cop who assaulted another cop
Massachusetts cop fired after sending mass emal slurring black Harvard professor
Virginia cops taser grandmother, pregnant woman at baptism party
Maryland police officer gets ten days for punching woman
Ohio police chief changes plea to 'no contest' for public indecency
Washington guard arrested for sex with inamte
Veteran Houston officer accused of theft
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Michigan cop who masterminded years-long ticket-fixing scheme gets probation
Nebraska peeping tom cop gets probation
Georgia cop answers false alarm and kills family dog
West Virginia cop gets probation for hit-and-run wreck
Fired California cop charged in SUV shooting
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Oregon man says video shows guards beating him
Former Indiana cops face new charges for attempted robbery in South Bend
Washington officer resigns after sexual harassment accusation
Monday, July 27, 2009
Illinois Office of State Guardian sues sheriff's deputies over "unnecessary" tasering of boys at emergency shelter
Idaho police sodomize man with Taser
Illinois police supervisor guilty of conspiracy
Minnesota cop soots and kills unarmed man wearing only swimsuit
Indiana police investigate cop over "serious" allegations
California deputy surrenders on charges of stealing $500,000
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Maryland cop gets 18 months for fatal drunk driving hit-and-run
Citing "false and misleading information", North Carolina DA says he won't prosecute any cases handled by a sheriff's deputy
Nevada cop put license plate obtained in traffic stop on his pick-up truck
Police Union says Gates should be put on trial, charges shouldn’t have been dropped
Oklahoma trooper who fought paramedic gets five-day suspension, while paramedic sues
Friday, July 24, 2009
Indiana cop gets home detention for raping woman in squad car
Vermont cop gets 3 to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor
West Virginia guard convicted of assaults on four inmates
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Pennsylvania jail guard gets ten months for raping inmate
Again a woman alleges indecent assault by same Pennsylvania cop during a narcotics raid
Ohio guards convicted of assaulting inmate
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Dirty Philadelphia cop busted plotting to rob drug dealer of stashed cash
Maryland guard convicted in beating of inmates
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Bar brawl leads to Florida police officer's arrest
New Jersey cop convicted twice of sexually assaulting teen pleads guilty in separate semi-nude photos case
Book chronicles corruption with Boston Police Department
Monday, July 20, 2009
Australian man engulfed in flames after being Tasered
Massachusetts cops "regret" mistakenly arresting black Harvard professor in his home for "burglary"
Virginia ex-cop convicted of murder-for-hire
Store video catches Pennsylvania cop's violent attack on woman
Maryland cop, convicted of bank robbery, asks for reduced sentence
North Carolina cop convicted of taking 15-year-old girl across state lines for sex
Appeals court rules that cops can't kick down your door and claim it's to protect your health
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission admits "clear violations" in brutal raid on Fort Worth gay bar
New York man forcibly sedated for body cavity search gets $125K
California cop admits on-duty sexual assault
Wisconsin guard gets nine months for trading tobacco for oral sex
TSA officer among duo arrested for stealing from fliers' luggage at JFK
Felony charge filed against New York police officer
Botched raid on a small-town Maryland mayor exposes widespread abuse by the state's SWAT teams
Arizona cop gets probation on five fraudulent scheme charges
Ex-police officer in New Mexico convicted in girlfriend's death
Suspect puts drugs in his mouth; cop breaks his neck
Oregon cop gets three years in prison for committing online sex crimes involving children
Utah cop gets two years in prison for five years of sexually abusing teenage girl
New Mexico Police Chief tasers epileptic teenaged girl in the head
International Brotherhood of Police Officers sues to block citizen review panel from reviewing police actions
Oregon cop sues city, claims retaliation for blowing whistle on SWAT team
New York Cop charged with misconduct for allegedly giving his uniform and badge to a convicted felon
Former New York officer sentenced to time served in domestic case
South Dakota cop gets two years for fondling girl
Texas prison guard charged in teenage brother's death
Alabama gop gets 18 months for sodomizing woman in custody
New York cop gets 2 to 6 years for coercing woman into sex
New Jersey cop convicted of sexual assaults on stepson
Now adults, kids say they were badgered by police into falsely claiming to be molested, putting innocent man in prison for twenty years
One of several Indiana cops accused of stealing from alleged pot dealers gets ten years
Federal grand jury indicts Detroit-area officer for excessive force, false statements to FBI
Mississippi cop gets one year for involvement in interstate theft ring
A different Mississippi cop gets probation for robberies at traffic stops
Un-named Knoxville police officers resign under criminal probe
Guard gets three years in prison for beating inmate
Cop remains on force after hit-and-run charges
Guard who poured scalding water on inmate gets three years
Fired internal affairs prosecutor says Baltimore Police Department is rife with corruption and turns a blind eye to bad officers
Video of traffic stop shows cop punching, tackling driver
Los Angeles cop accused of murdering ex-boyfriend's new wife
Bar-brawling cop is ordered to pay restitution
Cop pleads guilty after holding interracial couple, and leaving their infant unattended in car
Police use Taser on pastor after traffic stop
Cop accused of beating teen girl gets sweet plea bargain
Jailer gets 12 years for raping inmate
Mayor sues over unexplained police raid on his home
Cops who got free food from Waffle House taze waiter for laughs
Police Chief defends cops who rioted in gay bar
Chicago judge grumbles about endless police corruption cases as cop gets 11 years for robbing suspected drug dealers
Cop gets 3-4 years for traffic stop robbery