Badge Abuse

New York, NY — Over the past few years the NYPD has deployed a secretive program that uses unmarked vans with specialized X-ray machines designed to look through nearby objects; and the public knows little to nothing about them. Thanks to ProPublica, a state judge has just ordered that the NYPD …

Des Moines, IA — Dashcam footage from an Iowa state trooper’s cruiser was released to the public last week which illustrates the troublesome ‘above the law’ mentality of police. In November, Iowa State Trooper, Bryan Guill, pulled over an off-duty trooper, Capt. Ken Clary, for doing 22 mph over the …

This marks the FIRST time in the history of one of the most violent police forces in the US, in which any officer has faced criminal charges for shooting someone in the line of duty. Albuquerque, NM — According to multiple sources, the two Albuquerque police officers who shot and …

“I’m not gonna negotiate with you. I am explaining to you that this camera is gonna be collected.” Ocean County, NJ — Andrew Flinchbaugh, 23, was filming a single car accident in Lacey Township when he was illegally arrested by police. Not that he was legally required to obtain permission …

“There should never have been an arrest” Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Clarence Jewett Jr., 62, died last month, after he was imprisoned for using profanity just outside of his apartment door. Jewett was arrested on the night of December 16th and was held for over a week. On the 10th day …

SWAT deliberately changed the address of a raid to the wrong house, leaving a family held at gunpoint for over an hour, including a breast-feeding mother and child, who happens to be married to a police officer, according to a lawsuit. Fontana, CA — The Fontana and Anaheim police departments …

Corruption in this small American town goes to the top. It’s time to start crushing it. Gavin Seim Wenatchee, WA — Little old Douglas County Washington is about to spend huge taxpayer dollars in an attempt to punish a man for demanding a police officer tell him why he was being …

“Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.” – Martin Luther King Jr. In times of tragedy, the first question the media asks is, “Who is to blame?” It’s a perfectly reasonable thing to investigate, …

Albuquerque, NM– Albuquerque Police Department’s five months without a shooting has come to an end as an Albuquerque police officer remains in critical condition after being shot by a fellow officer on Friday. The unnamed officer was shot while undercover during a drug operation to bust two men for $60 worth of …

New York, NY — A new report, by the Citizens Budget Commission, showing the decline in traffic tickets in NYC, is being touted in a negative manner by media outlets who spin the lack of petty revenue collection done by police, as a loss for the city. However, it’s actually …