Tag Archives: above the law

Maury City Police Chief Richard Stitts, of Tennessee was recently arrested and charged with assault, harassment and stalking the mother of his child. When Stitts was initially booked at a Crockett County jail, the arresting officers and prison staff allowed Stitts to take his mugshot with a cigar hanging out …

Seattle, WA — Law Enforcement officials in Washington State were caught giving multiple police officers “above the law” privilege as they sped down Highway 2 on Wednesday. An audio tape and video were published online of a conversation between a Washington State Patrol aircraft and a patrol car on the ground. The aircraft kept …

“I’ve got the video, it will go on Cop Block tomorrow, or the Free Thought Project!” The Free Thought Project Matt Agorist August 10, 2014     (Henrico County, VA) —  Jennifer Smith was conducting a little police accountability Friday night by filming an Henrico County police officer who’d parked …

“I’ll drive the speed limit now, you stay behind me.” The Free Thought Project August 6, 2014   A New York police officer passed Paul Brylinski at approximately 90 mph without lights on and no sign of emergency, so he followed her. The pursuit lasted almost 10 minutes until officer …

NYPD ‘cannibal cop’ to walk free after judge overturns conviction   RT.com July 1, 2014 A former New York Police Department officer convicted of planning to kidnap and rape women before killing and eating them is set to go free after a federal judge overturned his conviction. According to Reuters, …

June 28, 2014 Trucker Brian Miner was driving through Illinois this week when he says he saw an officer of the law pass him traveling well over the posted speed limit. He says that the officer was on his cellphone as well. Mr. Miner, like most of us does not …

June 4, 2014 Seattle police officer Garth Haynes was off-duty and in plain clothes at a Ballard Bar in 2010 when he began to ‘restrain’ a woman outside. When people saw Haynes trying to physically restrain a woman, who Haynes alleged had stolen his coat, they stepped in to stop …

“The pattern of activity alleged in the obstruction of justice case shows how some members of the Sheriff’s Department considered themselves to be above the law.”   The Free Thought Project John Vibes June 2, 2014   Recently a disturbing story about prison conditions has surfaced in L.A. County’s Twin …

Jun 1, 2014 The hypocritical nature of police has become downright laughable. The ‘do as I say and not as I do attitude’ is the all to familiar tendency within the law enforcement ranks. I can speed, but you cannot. I do not wear my seat belt, but I will …

“You need to write yourself a ticket!” May 20, 2014 In honor of it being National Revenue Collection Through Arbitrary Law Enforcement month, ahem… National Click it or Ticket Enforcement month, we here at the Free Thought Project thought that we would share a heartfelt moment of police hypocrisy. All …