Idiots at work

Fullerton CA police still insist that they will not release a video showing their officers beat and taser Kelly Thomas, who died days later from his injuries, because they don’t want to influence any potential witnesses. However, they have now admitted that they let the officers involved in that incident review that unreleased video as they wrote their reports about the incident. Not only is this against commonly accepted police practices by giving officers a chance to fix their stories to match the video instead of their own perspectives, it also contradicts the stated reason for not releasing the video since the officers involved are also witnesses. [5] http://ow.ly/1vDUOD

• 2 Toronto ON cops were charged with assault after a man suffered facial fractures while in their custody after he was arrested over a dispute he had with a parking cop [1] http://ow.ly/1vCvyf

• Palo Alto CA settles suit for $35k to a transient who was tasered after officers tricked into leaving his van that he was legally living in by telling him they were towing it. [0] http://ow.ly/1vDSxv

• Hackensack NJ cop charged w/witness tampering & obstruction for his alleged interference into an assault investigation against a fellow officer [0] http://ow.ly/1vDBNN

• A Toronto ON judge ruled that the only aggression at a G20 protest was perpetrated by police when he dismissed charges against one of several protesters who were tackled and arrested during that protest [0] http://ow.ly/1vDAVS

• Monrovia CA police sued by woman claiming she lost job & was left homeless after a cop tackled & falsely arrested her for asking an officer who pulled her over if they could hurry up because she had to deliver blood that she had in her car as part of her job [3] http://ow.ly/1vCS64

• Philadelphia PA cop is under investigation on allegations that he sexually assaulted a teen girl in his patrol car, while specifics aren’t being released there appears to be DNA evidence involved. [1] http://ow.ly/1vCRRJ

• Lake Charles LA police officer arrested on child pornography charges after a multi-agency search was conducted at his home [0] http://ow.ly/1vDyno

• Greenwood IN cop accused of cuffing & threatening man while off duty resigns before his disciplinary hearing [0] http://ow.ly/1vD12p

• Cheyenne WY cop found guilty of false imprisonment but cleared of more serious charges involving domestic dispute [0] http://ow.ly/1vCvZ9

• Marblehead MA cop arrested after allegedly threatening to kill himself, his wife & daughter over pending divorce [0] http://ow.ly/1vCvOu

• Dallas TX cop suspended 15days over domestic incident where wife accused him of choking & kicking her then recanted [0] http://ow.ly/1vDC0S

• 2 Raleigh NC cops suspended while investigated for their statements to internal affairs about cop’s sex w/prostitute [0] http://ow.ly/1vCPM3

• US Treasury police officer at mint charged w/fraud for collecting $173k in disability while making $300k on side job [0] http://ow.ly/1vCPHH

• Harahan LA cop sentenced to probation in plea to timesheet fraud to get $20k extra pay from crime victim grant [0] http://ow.ly/1vDxUK

• 6 Miami-Dade FL cops & a sgt have been suspended for a month while subject of unspecified probe into on-duty conduct, all of the 6 are in the same unit [3] http://ow.ly/1vDy9a

• Finally, 2 Aurora CO cops were charged while driving a patrol car through Wyoming on the way to a fallen officer’s funeral in South Dakota. One was charged with driving under the influence and the other was cited for littering after they were stopped for speeding. [0] http://ow.ly/1vD0XM