Cop Block

Submitted by Exador – Video of Pittsburgh cop ordering someone to stop filming, then tasering a guy for apparently no reason, while continuing to order that the filming stop.

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This week, a couple stories that should cause anyone critically thinking to see that those wearing badges aren’t always operating with the best intentions. Story #1 Police Officer in YouTube Video Placed on Paid Leave http://www.ktnv.com/news/local/196252011.html An officer with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is now on paid administrative leave, after being recorded during [...]

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An ugly strip search scandal brews in Milwaukee, a bogus pot bust get cops in hot water in Pittsburgh, plus a crooked border deputy, a crooked Puerto Rico cop, and a crooked prison guard. Let’s get to it: In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, eight Milwaukee police officers are under investigation for conducting unlawful strip searches on people they suspected [...]

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Three Pittsburgh officers were given lengthy paid vacations with overtime pay after beating and torturing an 18-year-old honors student.

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In Pittsburgh, a drunk cop committed a hit-and-run against a 22-year-old man who was forced to undergo brain surgery as a result of his injuries. The DA decided not to charge the officer for fleeing the scene because he eventually came back. If that story didn’t get your blood pumping, check this one out. A [...]

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From Carlos Miller’s Photography is Not a Crime blog: ABC News is the latest national mainstream media news organization to address the growing epidemic of cops using wiretapping charges to arrest people videotaping them. And as in the previous cases, Photography is Not a Crime gets a link, a mention and I even get a [...]

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