Cop Block

Two of our four bad apples this week come from the Big Apple, one for planting drugs and one for transporting them. Of the other two, one picked the wrong friends and the other picked the wrong wife. Let’s get to it: In Annapolis, Maryland, an Anne Arundel County police officer was arrested last Thursday [...]

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. According to Ruben Castaneda of the Washington post Two Prince George’s police officers were indicted on assault charges in the March 2010 beating of an unarmed University of Maryland Student that occurred after crowds took to the streets to celebrate a basketball victory. Officers Reginald Baker and James J. Harrison also face a charges of misconduct [...]

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UPDATE:  March 2nd, 2012 Judge rules eavesdropping law unconstitutional “A Cook County judge today ruled the state’s controversial eavesdropping law unconstitutional.” “These people have tried to hide in the shadows. They don’t like being exposed.” – Michael Allison Do you know about Michael Allison? You should. A mechanic and construction worker by profession, 41-year-old Allison [...]

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Ah, the crooked prison guards are back. We missed them last week, but we knew they wouldn’t stay away long. Let’s get to it: In Tallahassee, Florida, a Florida Department of Corrections guard was arrested last Thursday on charges he tried to traffic cocaine to prisoners where he worked. Guard Eric James, 34, was arrested in [...]

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This video was posted to YouTube last month. It shows a Maryland resident step out of his home and calmly tell a group of Prince George’s County police officers chatting in front of his house that he is filming them. The officers respond by aggressively approaching him, demanding that he show his id, insulting him, [...]

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One of the “police puppycide” stories that Paula and I blogged about back in August has finally come to a close.

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Steven Anderson was recently on trial for misdemeanor charges stemming from his refusal to submit to a warrantless search of his vehicle at an internal border patrol checkpoint.  During the jury selection three potential jurors admitted that they are more likely to believe a police officer’s testimony over a non-costumed witness’s testimony, because “they’re trained [...]

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