Cop Block

Write-up below by Angela Caputo originally published on May 1st on Chicagoreporter.com. A small group of officers who have cost the City of Chicago millions in police misconduct lawsuits remain on the force with few signs of discipline. Rennie Simmons won a $99,999 settlement from the City of Chicago in 2009 that stemmed from a [...]

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A Canadian Newspaper “Toronto Star” did a series of articles on Police officers who lie in court and thwart the justice system and undermines their own credibility with the public and judges. This is Part 3. Read  Part 1 & Part 2. —————————————————————— Originally posted at TheStar.com and written by David Bruser and Jesse McLean [...]

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Just as in USA and other “so called” democratic countries, Canadian police have been unaccountable to no one. In some provinces, there are faulty mechanisms to arbitrate and investigate complaints of police misconducts, but the cards are usually stacked against the complainant as police investigating police only to end up absolving the accused officer, does [...]

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A pot-growing prosecutor, a heroin-filled burrito-smuggling deputy, and a cop who made a habit of ripping off drug dealers at a nightclub all made the news this week. Let’s get to it:   In Ukiah, California, a Mendocino County prosecutor was put on paid leave April 26 while sheriff’s deputies investigate his connection to a marijuana garden [...]

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 It is so unjust for the victims of police misconduct to see bad officers receive awards and praise for good work. The justice system agrees and encourages police misconduct by the simple fact the justice system refuses to act and punish bad officers. The justice system is a failure and victims of police brutality and [...]

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This week, we have a grab bag of crooked law enforcement types, including a big city cop, a probation officer, a prosecutor, and a TSA agent. Let’s get to it:  In Durham, North Carolina, a state probation officer was arrested last Thursday on drug trafficking charges. Todd Tronzo, 35, faces four counts of trafficking Schedule I drugs, [...]

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[originally posted by Jim Keane at AmericaMagazine.org] Readers of this blog may recall my post from two weeks ago today about Joe Hoover, S.J., a classmate of mine at the Jesuit School of Theology who was found guilty of obstructing a public thoroughfare during an Occupy Oakland march on January 28, 2012.  Joe was sentenced [...]

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After a cost of eighteen days in a cage and a few months of legal threats, there is good news to report on chalking freedom out of Orlando, Florida. The ABA Journal published yesterday that Timothy Osmar, who was twice arrested for chalking at the Orlando city hall plaza, had his rights violated when he [...]

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