Brickbat: Non-Lethal Conduct
Officials in Minneapolis have agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit by Jaleel Stallings, who was beaten by police officers while being arrested in 2020. The city will …
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Sheriff Agrees To Stop Stealing Cannabis Cash From Armored Cars, Saying His Deputies ‘Are Not Highway Robbers’
Empyreal Logistics, a Pennsylvania-based company that transports cash from state-licensed marijuana businesses, has reached a settlement with the San Bernardino County, California, Sheriff’s Department, which had seized more than $1 …
11 Insanely Corrupt Speed-Trap Towns
CASTLEBERRY, ALABAMA The Birmingham News recently investigated the tiny town of Brookside, Alabama, a place “with no traffic lights and one retail store [that] collected $487 in fines and forfeitures …
Cops Execute Unarmed Man as He Repeatedly Complies with ‘Hands Up’ Order, Despite Being Shot
Two cops have been arrested after video showed them kill an unarmed man despite the fact that he was complying with their orders. Free Thought ProjectIt is the mission of …
Brickbat: At Least They’ll Be Used to Prison
Florida Department of Corrections employees Ronald Connor, Christopher Rolon, and Kirk Walton have been charged with second-degree murder, aggravated abuse of an elderly or disabled adult, and battery/cruel treatment of …
Brickbat: Philadelphia Beatdown
Former Philadelphia Police Officer Darren Kardos has been charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment of another person, and other charges in the beating of Rickia Young. In October 2020, Young …
City Council Furious at Cop Who Played Disney Songs To Keep from Being Recorded
Earlier this month, a Santa Ana, California, police officer blasted Disney songs in an attempt to keep videos of himself off of the Internet. Now, the city government is demanding …
Cop Who Arrested High Schooler on ‘Terrorizing’ Charges for Class Joke Gets Qualified Immunity
A police officer who questionably arrested a high school student on “terrorizing” charges cannot be sued in connection with the incident, a federal court recently ruled. But the decision making …
Brickbat: Out of Control
Miami-Dade County, Florida, police officer Alejandro Giraldo faces up to five years in prison after a jury found him guilty of felony battery and official misconduct in the arrest of …
City Won’t Pay $6 Million Awarded to Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for Decades
City won’t pay after wrongful conviction. Qualified immunity allows law enforcement officials to get away with all manner of bad deeds. Now, the city of Durham, North Carolina, is proving …