Badge Abuse

February 26, 2014 Saginaw police officers who shot and killed homeless Saginaw resident Milton Hall during a confrontation in a shopping plaza parking lot won’t face federal charges. The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan and the …

Hemp.org February 26, 2014 A clueless police chief was practically laughed out of the Maryland Legislature on Tuesday. The oppositional side of the hearing on legalization and regulation of marijuana in the Maryland Senate turned into a comedy of errors, courtesy of the Maryland Chiefs of Police Association and Maryland …

A few more ‘bad apples’ have been arrested for using and their police authority to wrongly impound, also known as steal, over 200 cars. The officers involved are currently on paid vacation awaiting trial. KING CITY, Calif. — Police officers in a Central California town took part in a scheme in …

In another devastating blow to freedom, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police don’t need a warrant to search your property. As long as two occupants disagree about allowing officers to enter, and the resident who refuses access is then arrested, police may enter the residence. “Instead of adhering to …

Family releases heart wrenching cellphone footage of man dying in police custody. The lawyer for a family whose patriarch died after a one-sided confrontation with police says officers may have continued beating the man even after he was already dead. Luis Rodriguez died earlier this month after a confrontation with …

“I thought I had freedom of speech?” “You don’t, you just lost it” Police claim man’s First Amendment suspended for legally filming Mikael Thalen Infowars.com February 25, 2014 A young man in Maryland reportedly “lost” his First Amendment right Sunday while attempting to film a police encounter. In cellphone footage …

On December 11, 2013 Krystal Barrows, mother of three was “accidentally” shot in the head while sitting on her couch from outside of her house by Sergeant Brett McKnight executing a search warrant. The officer received a paid vacation. The incident report has not been released. Against a ruling by …

  The Maneater February 24, 2014 Sophomore wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham was arrested Jan. 11 on suspicion of possession and intent to distribute less than five grams of marijuana. According to nfl.com, Green-Beckham consented with police to submit a DNA sample and have his cell phone searched without a warrant. …

Another ‘isolated’ incident of unscrupulous police action has been foiled by video, yet again. Robert Jackson was sitting in his parked car in front of his home when a cop car came driving the wrong way down his one way street. The cop car then hit Jackson’s parked vehicle, so …

By William Norman Grigg Pro Libertate Blog LewRockwell.com February 24, 2014 Phyllis Bear, a convenience store clerk from Arizona, called the police after a customer threatened her. The disgruntled patron, seeking to purchase a money order, handed Bear several bills that were rejected by the store’s automated safe. Suspecting that …