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BOSTON REGIONAL SUBWAY (MBTA) SECURITY POLICE
This department recently paid out
millions of dollars to settle large numbers of false arrest, racial profiling
and related lawsuits stemming from a “zero tolerance” law and order campaign
during which innocent minority teens were illegally arrested, wrongfully
searched and subject to having guns drawn on them by officers who used foul
language. An unidentified officer told the Boston press that “things got out of
control,” and that “a lot of unjustified arrests were made.” The locals tell me
this department still has a lot of “goons.”
BOXBORO POLICE, MA
BRIDGEPORT POLICE, Connecticut
In March 2009 the city paid $250K for a
false arrest made in 2002 over an armed robbery. The man spent 217 days in jail
for a crime the evidence clearly showed he could not have done.
In June 2008 Officer Andre Orbegozo was arrested
after kidnapping his girlfriend, another Bridgeport cop at gunpoint and driving
her to a remote area. He was busted at
Griffin Hospital in Derby after hitting the woman with a gun. He was arrested
by Ansonia Police.
This department has decided to get tough
on crime in December of 2003, legislating what they call “Zero Tolerance
Areas,” such as places rap music is featured. We are getting a disturbing
number of complaints of people being pulled out of cars, body slammed against
fences and cars just for asking what the problem is. A number of false arrest
complaints are in the works as well. This department has officers that enforce
a “Driving While Black” practice in violation of state law. Watch out in
Bridgeport as some cops are more dangerous than the real criminals.
BRISTOL POLICE, Connecticut
In January 2011 Detective Thomas Killiany decided to
“retire” rather than cooperate with an internal investigation involving a
drunken cop that wrecked a police car. There have been many scandals during his
reign as thev 4th highest ranking officer.
In January 2012 a new chief came in, cleaning house.
In December 2010 Officer Marc Blazejowski will get
his gun and badge back after choking his pregnant fiancé in Florida, while
lying about the whole thing, and having a history of “reckless behavior.” This
officer has tried to kill himself, threatened police dispatchers and
firefighters and even told another cop that “I’d like to kill someone just to
see how it feels.” Former Officer Robert Mosback
was
charged with WWI for an on duty motor vehicle accident, having resigned after
the accident.
In September 2005 a scandal broke
involving the operation by off duty Bristol Police of a pirate radio station on
99.5 known as WNFR, or “Nigger Free Radio.” It’s KKK
style programming in the late night stunned the mayor. Five years before Police
Chief John DiVenere had heard about the station and
ordered it shut down. As a result Sgt. Richard Valentine abruptly resigned.
Another officer has blown the whistle after seeing the transmitter in
Valentine’s home with an antenna mounted on a nearby tree. Suspended was
Captain Daniel Britt, head of the patrol and detective division.
This department has a history of some
problems of racism and false arrest.
BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF, Florida
In August 2007 Deputy Scott Bures mistook an innocent man as a wanted rapist and allowed his
police dog to bite the man. Other deputies cuffed and held the man under false
arrest until it was discovered they had the wrong person. The man was released
and required extensive medical care from the assault by the dog. The victim of
the police attack has filed a lawsuit.
In February 2005 a false arrest made of
an innocent black man at his grandmothers funeral on the basis of mistaken
identity, charging him with murder. The victim of these cops was arrested at
his grandmothers funeral in the graveyard, only to be
released a few minutes later when someone realized the mistake. The description
did not match but was based entirely on a tip by a confidential informant. In
the process the man was shoved against a police car and his arm injured,
requiring EMS transport and hospital care. When asked to apologize to the
family, Detectives Mike Corbett, Chris Dale and other
deputies merely laughed after disrupting a family funeral. Legal action is
pending. The man is lucky not to have waited in prison for years to be released
given the racist reputation of this third rate law enforcement agency.
BUFFALO POLICE, New York
In November 2010 a women filed a federal
lawsuit for wrongful imprisonment, after serving 14 years as the result of Former DA Joe Maruzak, Former DA Frank Clark
and several Buffalo cops for sloppy police work that overlooked an obvious suspect,
while going after an obviously innocent person “with a vengeance.” DNA cleared
the woman and fingered the real suspect. The lawsuit seeks $30 million from the
City, Erie County and The State of New York. This has ruined an innocent
woman’s life. One Buffalo cop who spoke up against the case, Dennis Delano lost his job as a result of cop shop politics. This is a
department with a very long history of racism, beatings and false arrests,
corrupt to the core.
Anthony J Capoozzi
was ordered released on 2 April 2007 after DNA evidence cleared him of rape
charges he has served twenty two years for, after a badly botched investigation
by Buffalo Police. In spite of the judges order for
immediate release, it appears the man will sit in custody until the end of the
week in another act of protracted judicial arrogance. The man is in a state
mental hospital due to his worsened schizophrenia from the direct effects of
false imprisonment. The family intends to sue as well. The DNA matched up
another man. Even a Buffalo Detective went against his department in support of
this innocent man. There are some honest cops out there and Detective Dennis
Delano put his job on the line to tell it like it is; the man is
innocent. That is an act of courage given the toxic culture of Buffalo Police
and the tainted “thin blue line.” Even the MO used by the real rapist matched
the other crimes of the man now matched to the crime. Capozzi
also suffered under a blanket order for convicted sex offenders, having been
denied parole five times, by order of former Governor George Pataki. Because
the man refused to admit his “guilt,” his sentence was in fact “extended.”
This department has a long history of
racism and unprofessional conduct including having strip searched female
prisoners in department men’s rooms. False arrests and beatings are part of the
history too.
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
In June 2008 a damage award of $75 K was
reinstated against this agency for a wrong house raid that was intended to find
a stolen motorcycle. Instead the 72 year old man was roughed up and unlawfully
detained. The cops involed are
Joe
Van Houtte, Jim Carter and Gred
Ziegler. Charges of excessive force were brought and sustained,
throwing the man to the floor after being told this was the wrong address, then struck repeatedly in the head and neck. The incident
took place in Tehama County.
CAMBRIDGE MA Police
In July 2009 and falsely arrested on his
own property when the cops refused to properly identify themselves.
Sgt
James Crowley falsely arrested the well known director of a black studies
program at Harvard University, and raised a national wave of outrage. The cops
invented a charge of disorderly conduct because he challenged their authority
and conduct, forcing the Middlesex County DA, Gerard T Leone, signed an agreement with the man’s
lawyer agreeing to drop all charges.
Racial relationships have always been a
deep dark secret in Cambridge where covert police racism is a daily fact of
life.
CAMDEN NJ POLICE
Deputy Chief
Michael Tompkins filed a discrimination lawsuit against the department, based
on his being a white male, in December 2009.
Officers Kevin Parry and Jason Staples are under
FBI investigation in December 2009, for false arrests, planting drugs and
robbing drug dealers, putting many cases at risk for overturn. The DA has
ordered inmates released while innocent people are being held in jail. One man
was intimidated into a plea down by the DA for a “lessor
sentence,” after being beaten by these cops.
Officer Michael Hearne, 42 of Woodbury, was
arrested in November 2007 for giving a loaded gun to a friend with the intend to rob drug dealers and take a share of the
profits. Hearne’s wife, Annie Hearne was indicted for money laundering after
putting the money in the family bank account, and withdrawing some of the cash.
All of this is on tape, and a friend of the local druglord
“J R” Rivera. Hearne is out on bail awaiting trial.
This department has decades of history
including being taken over by the N J State Police and a past police chief
getting locked up. Camden has become the rat sewer of the Philly area and the
cops have sunk to that same level. Avoid any way you can as these cops are far
from honest.
CANTON, Ohio Police
Christopher Benet finally was released
from Ohio State Prison after serving four years of a nine year sentence for
crime DNA proves he could not have committed. Bennett suffered a head injury
with memory loss, while a passenger in a car his drunken friend was driving.
Prosecutors pressured Benett into pleading guilty
even though he didn’t remember the accident. As he started to regain his memory
he tried to tell his story. A witness to the crash put Bennett in the passenger
seat. Bennett was pressured into pleading guilty to a lessor
offense for time served, with prosecutors holding the threat of a twenty year
sentence over his head. He took the “:deal” to get out
of prison. This judicial arrogance is typical of Ohio justice I am told.
CHARLOTTE, NC Police
In May 2010, an innocent man was ordered
released after spending 12 years in ppprison for a kidnapping he didn’t do. The Mecklenberg County DA admitted having botched the case by
withholding information from the defense
that the eyewitness wasn’t certain of her identification. 0
CHARLOTTESVILLE Police, Virginia
The Chief of Police has ordered the
detective division to cease it’s dragnet operations in
rounding up many innocent black men, and intimidating them into surrendering
DNA samples. The abuse only stopped after publicity. There is a current case of
a serial rapist and killer. The investigation is not going well, and the lack
of professional conduct by racist cops is only making things worse. As of
December 2005, this is the sad state of affairs.
Chicago
Police Department Mayor Daley’s Racist Goon Squad Lives On
In 2011 and 2012 more cops are being busted. Same old saga.
During 2010 more Chicago cops were busted for various
crimes. It has slowed down since last year.
In December 2009 two police officers are being sued for
beating an autistic child, for walking away from them. In March 2010 a lawsuit
was filed in federal court over 24 false parking tickets. The cops have covered
up the investigation. Chicago also paid $5 million for a woman denied medical
care while in custody. She died of a heart attack.
In October 2009 a video was discovered on Utube where 15 cops on duty for G20 in Pittsburgh falsely
arrested a college student, and then forced him to kneel in front of them for
the camera. Covil rights charges are pending.
In September 2009 a nurse in the Emergency Room at Illinois
Masonic Hospital was falsely arrested and held in a patrol car for 45 minutes
for refusing to draw blood as ordered by a clop, needing to ask for
instructions from her supervisor. She was released without charges, and a
federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed. Also four former Special
Operations cops pleaded guilty to corruption charges including false arrests,
robberies and home invasions. They are going to jail.Also
cops shot and killed an unarmed innocent black male on mere
suspicion, dies this sound just a bit familiar?
In August 2009 a man framed by Chicago Police cut a deal to
“plead guilty” and then be set free for an arson charge.
In July 2009 two more innocents were freed on a finding that
torture was used by disgraced forme
Commander Jon Burge. The man just spent 21 years in prison, and was
observed by his attorney to be badly beaten while in the lock up.
In June 2009 former officer Reynaldo Guevara was ordered to pay a man
$15,000 for framing him. The innocent man spent 11 years in prison for a murder
he did not do. The city must pay the man $21 million as well.
In June 2009 Officer William
Greenwood was charged with sexual assault of an underage girl. He is
on suspension.
In June 2009 Officer Anthony Abbate was convicted in the 2007 assault on a
125 pound female bartender, while he was drunk. He is facing five years in
prison.
In May 2009 the cops were forced to stand alongside Cook
County District Attorneys as another innocent man walked free, the victim of sloppy
Chicago Police work. The man spent 16 years in prison for a murder he did not
do. Another man was charged after witnessed withdrew their previous testimony.
Also another man is headed to a new trial after it emerged that Cmdr Jon Burge and his Gestapo Squad beat a
confession out of him. Also implicated in the beatings are
Detective James O’Brien and Detective Anthony Maslanka.
Two Bully Cops beat an
innocent unarmed autistic boy at work, using their batons causing head wounds
that required hospital care and eight stitches. Internal Affairs is looking
into the matter, you decide.
Officer Joseph Frugoli was charged in April 2009 in the off
duty death of two people while driving drunk. He is under investigation by
Internal Affairs and out on bail. During the bail hearing a near riot resulted
in the Cook County Courthouse. He is on suspension as well.
Former Officer Anthony Doyle was sentenced in March 2009, to 12 years in federal
prison for collecting debts for loan sharks, and being a member of the mob.
Officer Richard Florito has been charged with false arrest on
DUI charges as well as uttering anti-gay insults at innocent citizens. Another
cop, John Haleas,
is under investigation after 150 cases were dismissed for similar reasons. That
case is pending as well in February 2009. Also another case of a man getting 24
parking tickets for a vehicle he no longer owns, after having a disagreement
with a member of “Chicago’s Finest.” Initially the department refused to hear
the man, but now after 23 were dismissed and another about to be thrown out,
Internal Affairs is conducting an “investigation.” The man has the old license
plates stored at home so is a cop out to get this guy?
A cop who beat an innocent man handcuffed to a wheelchair
almost was allowed to return to work, after the city paid $125,000 for the
criminal assault by Officer William Cozzi in August 2005. The cop lied about a false
arrest in his report and has pleaded guilty in federal court in January 2009,
now facing 8 years in federal prison for civil rights violations. Even
Commissioner Weiss was disgusted with his conduct and sent the case to the FBI,
because the punishment was too light. He reports to federal prison 6 August
2009 for 3.5 years.
In January 2009 a female cop is being sued for an illegal
strip search of female students in a school. The cop was working as a security
guard. The school administrators state they have disciplined the principals and
cops involved. Nothing illegal was found and the girls were traumatized. More complaints
about other illegal strip searches by Chicago Police and school security guards
are emerging as the case gained publicity. More discipline is on the way if you
believe Chicago officials.
In December one cop was busted for providing security to drug
dealers. See Harvey Police below.
On election eve in November 2008 a number of cops attacked a
peaceful group celebrating the victory of President Obama, using pepper spray
and Tasers, making several false arrests. All the
charges from the false arrests have been dismissed, and now the cops are under
investigation. A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed as well as at
least two other lawsuits.
Officer Richard Doroniuk testified in federal court in November
2008 about a wide range of criminal activity by Chicago Police including
stealing cash and drugs from drug dealers, planting drugs on innocent people,
paying informants, falsifying reports, lying in court and even bribing a judge
to get a bogus warrant. This testimony comes in the trial of his former
partner, Officer Mahmoud Shamah in the Morgan Park
District. These two cops are accused of raiding storage lockers in 2006,
stealing $30,000. The event was recorded by the FBI as this was bait money. Officer Doroniuk was
asked how many innocent people they had framed, and replied that he didn’t know
as he didn’t keep track of the cases.
Retired Officer Jon Burge was
arrested in October 2008 for lying about torture cases that put innocent people
in prison. This cop is accused about lying during civil cases. He was jailed
and posted bond until his trial.
Officer Barbara Nevers was suspended for 15 months and ordered
into counseling for demanding and taking free coffee and pastry from Starbucks.
The suspension was awarded in August 2008. Why wasn’t the cop fired and put in
jail with the rest of the thugs and crooks?
Officer Belinda Bernal and seven
other cops are being sued for dragging a paralyzed man out of a van,
and slamming him to the ground. The victim, Daniel Casares
can no longer use his left arm and hand. He was falsely arrested by police His
brother was cuffed and taken away, with the charges being dropped, but Daniel Casures was convicted of resisting arrest and placed on one
years court supervision. The cop changed her story and
still got a conviction on falsified charges. Business as
usual in Chicago.
Superintendent Jody Weis is
starting to show his true colors by getting one of his cops out of a five year
sentence in Iowa. Officer Mike Mette
was convicted of punching a man and got out of in prison. Even the
Illinois Governor got involved. Had this happened in Chicago, which once
boasted an official Office of Patronage,
right next door to the late Mayor Richard Daley Sr’s
office, the cop would never have been charged. But in Iowa patronage and police
misconduct are viewed differently. The federal courts set this man free to
force the lower courts to deliver a new finding of not guilty. This man will
return to the steeets on the new elite crime squad!
If this cop was really innocent, then maybe he will have a real appreciation
for the medicine Chicago cops have dished out for decades. How come he got out
of prison so quickly, only serving one year, when the rest of us might die in
prison? This begs a lot of questions that require real answers. Officer Mile Mette, you will be
watched for the smallest mistake. Perhaps you will find your way back to prison
again, and if this ministry can help, it will.
In July 2008 Officer Michael J Ciancio, a 21 year veteran, was arrested by the FBI
for soliciting bribes from tow truck drivers in exchange for inside referrals
for accident tows. Charges of extortion were brought in the case.
In July 2008 Governor Blagojevich issued pardons to three
men cleared by DNA in 2002, falsely arrested and imprisoned because of racist
jack booted thug Chicago cops, finally clearing their records so they can jobs,
etc. The governor also pardoned a dead
man who served over twelve years in prison for rape someone else committed. A
group of actual innocents have sued the governor after waiting years to clear
their names after cleared by DNA with charges dismissed, unable to get on with
their lives as criminal records remain in place.
In July 2008 a couple whose baby was wrongfully taken by
DCFS with the help of two Chicago Detectives who lied on their reports, was
awarded $4.2 million, and the child was returned months later in September
2006. The Spanish parents were denied lie detector and other services in
Spanish by racist cops.
In June 2008 a federal jury awarded a nurse $7.7 million for
false arrest following an incident where she pulled Officer
Kelly Brogan from a burning patrol car following an accident. The
cops gun was missing and the cops set the nurse up by taking her to the station
house and holding her for two days with very little water and food, being
threatened with violence, forcing her to sign a “confession” and then falsely
arresting the nurse. She spent ten months in jail before the charges were
dismissed. The city plans to appeal the award as “excessive.” Perhaps you
should think twice before helping a cop in an emergency (see main section) as
the bad cops have made it hazardous to try to save the life of a cop who has
been shot or otherwise injured.
Officer Joesph
Grillo was busted by federal authorities
during June 2008 for an illegal insurance scam involving another Grand Central
District cop and a tow truck driver. The scheme involved stolen cars and chop
shops. A joint federal and city investigation was launched. He will be sentenced
in June 2009 to up to six months in jail.
In late May 2008 indicted officer
Keith Herrera admitted in an interview with CBS 60 Minutes that
members of The Special Operations Team were encouraged and coached in the art of
falsifying reports to “get results.” Herrera is now facing 30 years for home
invasion, armed violence, robbery and other charges. His menor,
officer Jerry Finnigan, is
facing charges to trying to hire a hit man to kill a fellow officer; the hit
man was an undercover FBI agent. The practice was referred to as “creative
writing.” The probe by the new police commissioner, retired FBI agent Jody
Weiss, continues with a new Internal Affairs unit in place.
In May 2008 another innocent man was freed by DNA after
spending 14 years after bungling Chicago cops set him up. Dean Casge, aged 41, was forced to wait many hours while
Illinois prison officials botched up an emergent release after Cook County
indicated it had the case “dismissed.”
Officer Richard Schmidt was
arrested in March 2008 for attacking Forest Park Police while drunk and after
causing damage to the bar. A Taser was used to
control this cop. He is on suspension pending investigation.
Former officer John Herman was
sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexual assault of a woman, while on duty.
The City of Chicago has agreed to pay the woman over $1 million for the
kidnapping and rape from 2004.Detective Constance Besteda is under internal affairs review for her
role in helping the detective. The other
cop has since retired.
As of February 2008 the cop shop has a new meister, retired FBI agent Jody Weis who wasted no time
firing top brass, and picking lower ranking cops, bypassing traditional
candidates. Mr. Weiss says “It’s time for a change.” African American and
Latino cops were promoted as several brass resigned
rather than be demoted. We advise you to not trust these cops and follow our
guidelines in dealing with this agency as there are still large numbers of
corrupt and brutal jack booted thugs in the ranks. Weis brought in a former FBI
associate to help him in his stated task.
Another innocent might get out of prison after 25 years,
being there because a guilty man confessed to his defense attorney and made
that attorney not tell anyone until after his death. No longer bound by
attorney-client privilege, the state is considering if this long held secret
can be admissible in court, and thus free another innocent man. States Attorney Richard Schwind
has refused to comment on this case, citing the pending hearings. But Alton Logan stays in prison while Chicago
style justice plays politics as usual.
In January 2008 charges were dropped against a man shot in
the eye by Chicago Police, for lack of evidence. Police claimed the man pulled
a gun on him, but no gun was found. Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office has
reversed the trend of just allowing the cops to charge anyone they shoot,
realizing this has been a long standing practice to cover police murders.
Another “investigation” is underway, but the cops managed to arrest this
innocent man a few days later and falsely imprison him in the medical wing of
The Cook County Jail. Business as usual with a new police boss coming in, Jody
Weiss. Don’t expect much folks. Another innocent man is going to prison one way
or the next and the Chicago cops have sent a message.
In October 2007 a new trial was ordered for a man coerced
into a confession by Chicago Police in 1983 for a murder.
In October 2007 the “Special Operations Section” [SOS] was
formally disbanded after numerous findings that officers robbed people they
stopped, made illegal searches and seizures, made false arrests and beat
innocent people. The Cook County DA has been forced to withdraw all charges
involving these corrupt officers, about 110 cases initially, some still in
jail. The cops pulled from “SOS” will be returned to very close supervision on
regular beats. One SOS cop, Officer Jerome Finnigan, was busted by the FBI for planning the
murder of a cop cooperating in the investigation of police crime. Meanwhile a
new police commissioner has taken over under heavy fire.
In July 2007 the Chicago Tribune ran a story about how “The
Special Operations Unit” is scandal-plagued with the top four cops on the
complaint list each having 50 or more civilian complaints over the last five
years. There is a criminal probe by the Cook County State’s Attorney underway.
Six cops have been indicted for robbery and kidnapping alone. Ten officers had
408 complaints alone. These complaints are not being followed up or acted on,
with the cops not being held in account. The federal judge ordered the names of
officers given to City Aldermen, but the redacted lists omitted the names.
There is a long over-due movement to separate The Office of Professional Standards,
from the Chicago Police Department, and move them out of the cop shop.
Six months later, three officers were arrested on felony
charges related to a beating in the loop. Officers
Gregory Barnes, Paul Powers and Sgt Jeffrey Planey are
facing long prison terms as Chicago reels from the shock of the latest scandal
from it’s police department. These cops were on the
beat six months while any civilian would have rotted in the Cook County Jail.
On 21 April 2007 another man was cleared of rape by DNA,
after being framed by Chicago’s Finest, and spending 26 years in prison. He was
forced to wear an electronic bracelet and register as a sex offender after
release, and remained under this confinement until Monday 23 April 2007, when
the slow and arrogant justice system finally set him “free.” Chicago Police and
Cook County DA have fought this overturn with incredible energy over the
decades, but is that really a shock?
On 2 April 2007, Commissioner Phillip J Cline resigned in
embarrassment over two incidents of brutal beatings that he termed the worst in
the history of the department. He admitted he should have moving faster than
one month in taking bad cops off the street. Cline also criticized the efforts
by fellow cops to help Officer Anthony Abatte enter and
leave the courthouse away from the public. Perhaps now new and enlightened
leadership can come in and clean up this gigantic cesspool. The actions of
Commissioner Cline are too little, and too late.
In February 2007 a security camera recorded the level of
violence all too common among a too many Chicago cops. Anthony Abbate, a twelve
year veteran and 250 pounds was caught beating up a bartender half his size.
The woman suffered injuries to her neck, head, back and lower body. The cop was
finally arrested in March 2007 for attacking the woman with a chair. The matter
is under review by Internal Affairs, and it’s expected this cop will be fired.
How about some prison time too? Not likely and what a shame at that. New
evidence of a second attack and the refusal of cops to intervene after other
off-duty cops spoke with the officers has raised
serious questions as this was all caught on tape. The Chicago Police have
refused to release the names of other officers involved in assaulting several
other innocent civilians. Cook County is dragging it’s
feet on bringing charges. Supt Philip Cline announced in The Chicago Tribune
major changes including meeting with prosecutors within two days and removing
police powers more quickly, instead of several months later as is the current
case of six officers under review. At a recent hearing on the case uniformed
cops used their squad cars to block access to the hearing and issued parking
tickets to the media for attending.
Another incident in February 2007 showed six off duty cops
mauling four innocent people at another bar.
On Thanksgiving Day 2006 inmate Marlon Pendelton
sat in Dixon Correction Center serving a long sentence for a rape new DNA tests
prove he is innocent of. The old Chicago Police Lab is in trouble as the work
of one of it’s technicians, Pamela Fish is again
called into question, along with a large number of cases. Now the courts have
to decide if this innocent man gets a new trial or an overturn. This story
carried in the Chicago Tribune on Thanksgiving Day 2006. How many months or
years will he sit in prison? How many other cases will be overturned? How many
more millions of dollars to be paid to actual innocents?
In February 2006 major headlines ran in the Chicago press
about another settlement for a man who spent 11 ½ years after being
framed by Chicago Police for a rape DNA proved he didn’t commit. This cost CPD
$9 million to settle out of court as they were afraid of what a jury would
give. The innocent man still charges he was beaten and forced to confess by the
cops. The aldermen are asking how many more settlements are
“in the pipeline,” and asking why it is always minorities getting falsely
locked up. This alderman further called to put “the cops on trial.”
Chicago Police have promised a full “investigation.” Yeah
right folks. Not much has changed
since 1968 and The Democratic National Convention.
This department once charged two children, ages seven and
ten with rape murders, even though a child this age can't produce semen! One of
the most racist and corrupt departments this is another department right up
there with Philadelphia and New Orleans. A check of their history reveals
detectives using department vehicles to carry out armed robberies while on
duty, in Hammond, Indiana, and within the city limits. In the Hammond robbery,
these two detectives covered their activity by stopping an innocent bystander,
planting a gun on this person, and falsely arresting them. Officer Becker made
headlines by shooting an unarmed homeless man. Avoid this department by any
means possible.
More cases of Chicago Police officers
running drug and gun rings, committing false arrest, and beating up citizens
are emerging since this page was written, including shooting an unarmed black
female for having a cellular phone in her hand. No arrests of the police
criminals to date. This department is clearly out of control, and any Chicago
officer should be treated with extreme caution as armed and dangerous. This
department might well be both the biggest group of criminals in Chicago, and
the worst agency in the USA. Not much has changed since Richard Daley Sr.
Some years ago Officer Becker shot a
homeless man for trying to clean off his windshield, for money, Another cop shot dead an innocent black women for having a
cell phone in her hand. This cop claimed the phone was a gun, even though cell
phones were the size and shape of bricks, in those days. He only lost his job.
Back in 1985 I was almost run off the
road by a Chicago cop trying to get to his home in the suburbs for lunch. I
gave the numbers off the car to internal affairs, only to be told they could
not “find” the car. I was almost run off the road several days in a row, but he
stopped that abuse once I called internal affairs. No charges were filed
either.
CHICOPEE POLICE, Massachusetts
A department long known for false
arrests, racism, beatings and arrogance is being sued in August 2005 for the
false arrest in 1987 of an innocent man who was cleared after several years in
prison for a rape DNA cleared him of. Eduardo Velazques
was framed by Chicopee Police using tainted identification procedures. Named in
the lawsuit are Sgt Roy Landry, and Officer Mark Coelho as well
as three retired officers. The City Of Chicopee has stonewalled compensation
even though the man was released and cleared in 2001, now offering on $500K,
The suit seeks $10 million.
This department has a long record of
arresting people for asking an officer to leave private property or refusing to
answer questions. There has been no overhaul of the department to date. Stay
away from this goon squad if you can.
CICERO POLICE, Illinois
In March 2008 a Commander, Wesley Scott, remains
on paid leave, charged with drug possession. This department remains ineffective,
racist and bad police work.
This department was once owned and
operated by Al Capone, and acted as his muscle. To this day this cesspool of
corruption continues to operate much like the old days, with brothels openly
operating. It took the Cook County Sheriff’s Police unit to raid the houses of
ill repute. This department is well known for racism, beatings, false arrests
and bribes. They once protected Al Capone’s operation after it was forced out
of Chicago, when too many bullet-ridden corpses disgusted Chicago citizens.
It is nothing short of a miracle that
former officer James DiSantis, was
convicted on federal charges of beating a motorist in 2003. He is facing ten
years in prison at his sentencing on 3 September 2007. He was a twenty-year
veteran of the force. This one got caught and hauled into the federal court.
Don’t expect justice from an Illinois court.
Cincinnati Police, Ohio
This department has a long history of racial profiling,
false arrests and murder. The most recent killing of another unarmed black man
sparked several days of riots. The officer who killed this man is before a
grand jury at this point, but watch for a whitewash somewhere in the “justice
system.” This department is at least as dangerous as Pittsburgh. Many comments
have reached me about how the tactics used by this department rival the SS and
Gestapo, under Hitler. Another police killing in November 2003 was ruled a
“homicide” by the medical examiner where several cops beat down an unarmed man
with sticks. This department is one of the worst and most dangerous in the
country.
COLUMBUS, OHIO
In August 2008, Robert McClendon was ordered released over
police objections following 17 years in prison for a rape DNA states he did not
commit. He was held several hours as county sheriffs
jail guards dragged their feet on “technicalities.” This department is like
many in Ohio that allow cops free reign to violate citizens
rights, and carry out false arrests. Beatings and planting evidence are common
too.
Connecticut Corrections Parole Prison Guards
On June 28th Mr. Kevin Davidson was sitting
eating peanut butter sandwich when four armed parole officers broke down his
door. They saw him with the knife he used to make the sandwich and entered with
drawn guns. They cuffed him and then found out he was the wrong man and they
had the wrong address. They left without an apology and refused to fix the
door. They did not properly identify themselves while entering while wearing
civilian clothes, and even uttered a wisecrack about hoping he could get his
door fixed. The wrongfully assaulted man
had the choice of picking up a shotgun to resist. Had the parole guards
bothered to check addresses and computer data, this could have been prevented.
They took an unfounded report and went with it, almost creating a bloodbath.
In the aftermath the state is finally paying for repairs.
The State DOC and East Hartford Police are lying on their reports to cover
their tracks about who initiated the forced, unlawful entry. The three prison parole
guards were suspended for the use of unverified information, poor judgment and
failure to immediately report an incident. Prison
Guard Jason Gaudet was suspended for
thirty days, while fellow guards Jason Bedard and Jeffrey Fernandes
received five days suspension. All three will be retrained after their
disciplinary suspensions, before returning to duty. Correction Commissioner
Theresa C. Lanz issued an apology, finally. As of
November 2005 the family is bring suit against all the law enforcement agencies,
and officers involved, as well as Corrections and the individual prison parole
guards.
COOK COUNTY SHERIFF, Chicago
In 2010, 2011 & 2012 several members of this department
were busted for various crimes including helping an inmate escape.
In December 2008, 14 members of this department were busted
by the FBI in a drug scheme for providing security for drug dealers. See Harvey
Police below.
This department paid $950,000 in the death of a women in custody for shoplifting, after denial of medical
care. The woman was found dead in her cell hours later. Lack of funding cut the
numbers of jail security guards. One nurse was fired and another disciplined
for gross neglect of a patient. Yet further budget cuts continue. The woman
left two young children behind.
COOK COUNTY, Georgia
In July 2009 an
man was released from jail after being held one year, on child support charges,
after DNA proved he was not the dad. He was put in jail with the DNA evidence
in place, but must repay over $16,000 from past “obligations.” And the county
intends to collect too. He had been forced into signing a “consent Agreement”
in the past to stay out of jail. There is no justice in Georgia, and this case
is the poster child of a red neck DA.
CORPUS CHRISTI POLICE TEXAS CAUSE
INNOCENT MAN TO BE EXECUTED
In December 2006 The Chicago
Tribune revealed the results of it’s investigation
that reveal Carlos DeLuna was wrongfully convicted
and executed following false arrest by Corpus Christi Police, for a convenience
store murder in 1983 another man bragged about doing. No forensic evidence
linked DeLuna to the crime, and police ignored
witnesses saying they were not sure of the identification. Police claimed the
motive was robbery, but company records indicate no money was taken. Detective Escobedo ignored numerous tips about the real killer, Carlos
Hernandez, who has since died in prison. Deluna was
executed in 1989.
The DA, Ken Botary
called Hernandez “a phantom,” but this man was well known to local police as a
violent career criminal. Hernandez bragged to family members about having
killed another woman in 1979, as well as the store murder. People were afraid
to come forward out of fear for their own lives. The same MO used by Hernandez
match the store murder as well. Ken Botary, now in
private law practice, still says he got the right man. It will no doubt be
years before the truth is admitted, and only by federal courts as the Texas
courts will protect their own, not the innocent. Former Detective Escobedo
denies she ever received these tips about Hernandez.
So there we have, more Texas
justice.
CULPEPPER Police, Virginia
This department is being sued for gaining access to private
nude photos after a very questionable arrest. The cops even invited a bunch of
other cops from several agencies to come view the pictures. Sgt Matt Borders and Chief Scott Barlow are named in the federal lawsuit as of April 2009.
CULPEPPER SHERIIF, Virginia
This department has been sued by an innocent
man after being tricked into a false confession and spending years on death
row. Officers tricked a mentally retarded man and stiffed him with a rape
charge. Earl Washing was ordered released after charges of deliberately
withholding evidence of the man’s innocence emerged.
CUSTER COUNTY SHERIFF, Oklahoma
High Sheriff Mike Burgess stands accused by former female inmates and a deputy of
multiple accounts of sexual assault. Inmates were forced to engage in wet tee
shirt contests and exposing their breasts, in exchange for cigarettes. Charges
of oral sodomy and bribery are also being brought. The sheriff is charged with
forcing inmates to perform sexual acts in his office. Failure to deliver
routinely brought charges of being sent to prison. A federal lawsuit brought
out all of these charges in August 2008.
DALLAS POLICE TEXAS:
RACIST SCUM & JUST PLAIN DUMB MEET A NEW BLACK DISTRICT ATTORNEY OPENING 30 YEARS OF OLD CASE
FILES
In 2012 the false arrests continue, along
with overturns forcing the release of innocents from Texas prisons.
In 2010 the work of Dennis Morrow was under review for inaccurate reports involving planted
narcotics with cases being overturned and innocent people being freed. Many
cases could be overturned.
In September 2009 Cpl David Newitt was suspended after making a false arrest for drugs,
causing an innocent man to spend ten months in jail. The cop failed to conduct
a proper investigation to the best of his ability. At issue is the question of
if the cop lied, it can’t be proven.
In April 2009 Officer Robert
Powell resigned after pulling a gun at a hospital parking lot on
man whose mother-in-law was dying in the hospital, and not letting him see the
woman before she died. An alleged traffic stop was used as the excuse as the
man was held to hear the cop’s “lecture.” This cop has also apologized to the
man and his fellow officers. The Dallas Police Chief also apologized. Racism is
still alive and well in Dallas.
In August 2008 Steve Phillips became the
19th man to walk free after DNA freed him, following a 25 year
prison sentence thanks to the Dallas cops. In typical Texas judicial arrogance
he must wait to officially exonerated by the State
Court of Appeals, which can take months or years. Phillips was forced by cops
to plead guilty, under the former nazi style DA.
In July 2008 the 18th man DNA
proved innocent was released after long delays by arrogant sheriff’s guards.
Patrick Walker spent 16 years in prison after being framed by racist Dallas
cops for kidnapping, murder and rape. He had been rejected by previous Das and
judges for years for a DNA test.
In May 2008 another innocent person was
ordered released after spending 27 years in prison, cleared by DNA. He was
framed by Dallas Police who refused to listen to him, and ignored by the DA who
refused to consider anything thast sttod in the way of his record number of convictions. James Lee Woodard is finally
free.
As of January 2008 the 30TH
man was released after 27 years in prison for a rape DNA proves he didn’t do. He
was ordered released
on the spot as the judge recommended his conviction be overturned. Credit for
the false conviction was given to overzealous cops and DA’s out for a
conviction at all costs, and a flawed police lab.
In April 2007 another man was cleared by
DNA after serving time and being forced to register as a sex offender. The
Dallas Police botched this case ignoring a man that lived across the street
from the victim of a gang rape, who had the same name. The black man who was falsely arrested and convicted lived twenty five
miles away, had gold teeth and there was doubt by the victim about the ID. The
man must now wait for the appeals court to act; God knows how long that will
take in Good Ole Boy Texas. This is number thirteen of overturns in Dallas as
of April 2007.
As of February 2007 a black man has been
elected District Attorney, has declared a “new day in Dallas.” Now there will
be cooperation with defense lawyers as well as thirty years worth of files
being opened to The Texas Innocence Project for open examination. Dallas uses a
private lab so they have all those years of DNA in storage. The days of The
John Birch Society are over. Expect a
large number of overturns, including some executed people.
In October 2006, Larry Fuller was finally
freed as an innocent man, after DNA proved he was innocent of a 1981 rape he
spent 18 years in prison for. After being released in 1999, he was sent back to
prison in 2005 for a parole violation. He was convicted due to a faulty line-up
and ID. Fuller, a black man and decorated Vietnam Veteran protested his
innocence for years, before the Dallas County DA finally gave permission for
the DNA to be tested. This is just another case of Dallas Police racism. How
many other innocent people have been locked away by these bad cops? Ten
innocent people have been overturned in the past five years because of Dallas
Police incompetence and/or worse. The State of Texas doesn’t pay damages
either.
On March 21, 2006, Gergory
Wallis was ordered released after serving 18 years for a rape DNA cleared him
of, after being framed by Dallas Police. The burglary and sexual assault
occurred in 1988 and was wrongfully sentenced to 50 years. Police and the DA
fought hard to keep him in prison even after the DNA cleared him, delaying his
release by many hours after the judge ordered him released. See Dallas County
Sheriff below as well. This department remains corrupt and not worthy of trust.
Having been under investigation by the
FBI after a huge scandal, this department should be avoided any way you legally
can! The Narcotics Bureau of DPD racked up over thirty arrests of Mexican
automotive mechanics. None of these individuals had any prior records. The
common theme is the DPD would arrive with a warrant and their guns drawn, “find”
a car out front loaded with lots of funny white stuff, and produce a positive
field test for crack. The suspects then were arrested and hauled off to the
county jail. The DPD never ran legitimate lab tests until defense attorneys
demanded it, at which point the “funny white stuff” turned out to be sheet
rock. The Dallas County DA then “offered” to reduce the charges to attempting
to sell a simulated substance and time served for a guilty plea. The Dallas
County DA forced seventeen Mexican men to plead and be deported before a real
investigation revealed these men had been set up! Cases have been dismissed and
civil action is pending. Cleary there is
no integrity in much of the Texas Criminal Justice System as the good ole boys
and racist bigots are in charge!
DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF, TX KILLERS!
RACIST SCUM
In February 2007 the high
sheriff paid $1,000,000 to settle the death of a man denied medical care
in the Dallas County Jail for diabetes, pneumonia, dehydration, seizures and
other ailments. The U S Department of Justice has threatened more legal action
if this neglect is not fixed. Inmates were denied mental health care and in one
case water for two weeks in his cell.
This agency held an innocent man in
contravention of a court order 15 months. The man was assaulted by his son and
jailed briefly by court order for failure to child support. The Sheriiff’s Office never properly recorded the release
order. Only after his cellmate mentioned the facts to a public defender was the
matter investigated. He was released the same day, in time for Christmas 2005.
These good ole boys sleep in the same bed as the Dallas Police.
DALTON Police, Illinois
In October 2009 this department is being
sued for false arrest and a beating to cover it up.
DAVIDSON COUNTY SHERIFF, Lexington NC Killers
In October 2008 charges were being
dropped against a elderly man falsely arrested, tasered and beaten by Sheriffs Deputy Sgt Kevin Barker,
previously fired as a deputy in Forsyth County. The facts have emerged the
elderly man was trying to warn firefighters about chemicals in the barn, and
was not allowed to do so. The man was denied medical attention for difficulty
breathing.
In January 2008 the high
sheriff and county settled a lawsuit following the brutal beating death
of Carlos Claros in the jailhouse. Two detention security guards Brandon Huie and Ronald Parker were charged
with second degree murder, downgraded to involuntary manslaughter. Both went to
prison, and a huge sum was paid to the family. Current High Sheriff David Grice, a
defendant in the lawsuit, refuses comment on the charges of under-staffing,
and poorly trained jail guards resulting in excessive force.
This department has a well deserved
reputation of false arrests, beatings, racism and being lazy in responding to
issues impacting innocent citizens victimized by criminals.
Former Sheriff Gerald Hege
was forced to resign after many sworn statements were given to the State Bureau
of Investigation that indicate deputies took county money to pay for Christmas
parties and stopping a Hispanic driver because of his ethnicity. Yet the new
sheriff decided to take no action against 27 crooked deputies. These deputies
might not face warranted criminal charges. The former sheriff, Hege, pleaded guilty to two charges of obstruction of
justice and received probation.
DAVIE COUNTY SHERIFF, North Carolina
In September 2009 Deputy Bobby Lee Mabe Jr. was arrested after state police found drugs in his patrol
car. The drugs had been seized in other investigations.
Damages of $12,000 were awarded to an
innocent man falsely arrested while his barn was burning. His record will be
expunged as well. The man was falsely arrested trying to warn firefighters
about chemicals in his burning barn. Deputy Kevin Barker assaulted and used a Taser
on a 69 year old man who was trying to keep his daughter out of the barn.
Barker was fired from The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office after his grandfather
Ron
Barker was defeated in a bid for re-election. Deputy J H Stevens
III also took part in the false arrest and assault on the man. The county
will have to pay the legal bills for the false charges as well. All charges were dropped.
DAYTON, OHIO POLICE
In July 2008 Dayton Police went to a
house looking for the son of the woman who answered the door. The woman, in her 80’s. is blind,
and suffers from cancer and diabetes. The cops were told by the woman he was at
the home, responded by ordering the woman to get off the phone; they had no
authority as she was not in custody. Then a female cop applied the Taser to the woman until witnesses told the cops she was
blind. This woman had been robbed before by people knocking on the door
claiming to be cops. In a final act of arrogance the cops announced they will
arrest the woman for assault on a police officer; obviously an attempt to cover
up their criminal assault. The woman had to be taken to the hospital for
potentially life threatening injuries following the use of the Taser.
The cops are backing up their own,
continuing a long tradition of racism, false arrests and beatings.
DEKALB COUNTY SHERIIF and POLICE, Georgia
As of November 2006 there have been
increased calls for a grand jury to investigate 14 officer shootings in DeKalb
County in 2006 alone. The NAACO is calling for the review because as you might
guess people of color were the majority of those shot by police. This
department has a bad history including strip searching Muslum
boy and girl scouts in a parking lot, which resulted in a riot that freed two
men falsely arrested by police. Two cruisers were overturned in that riot which several cops
injured as they were forced to withdraw from the scene. Racism has a long
history here with this department linked to the KKK. As of January 2007 a black
man has taken over as chief with promises of reform, including sending
impartial civilian monitors to all scenes of police shootings..
In August 2004 Clarence Harrison, a 44
year old black man, walked out of the Dekalb County Court
a free man after serving seventeen years for a rape DNA proves someone else
committed. The police in the Atlanta and Dekalb
County area have a well deserved reputation for being brutally repressive and
racist. This case is raising racial tensions and questions as to how many other
innocent people were framed and falsely arrested by these rogue cops.
The former Sheriff was convicted of
murder in the death of the new Sheriff, who never got to assume office as he
was gunned down on orders of the incumbent. The new Sheriff had promised to
clean up corruption in a hot race for office. We have heard reports of drug
trafficking, false arrest, and beatings by officers of this department. Some
time ago the County Police here strip searched Black Muslim Boy Scouts and Girl
Scouts in a church parking lot, after false arrests, leading to a riot where
the police cars were overturned and the victims of false arrest were set free
when police were over-powered. This county is full of racism according to many
reports we get.
DELAWARE COUNTY JAIL: GEO GROUP aka WACKENHUT SECURITY
In April 2009 a lawsuit is underway for
illegal strip searches of thousands of people held on minor charges. The GEO
Group, owned by Wackenhut, lost the jail contract last year.
In July 2008, an inmate suffering from a
chronic disease, Cystic Fibrosis, died in the Delaware County Jail for lack of
medical care. This rare and fatal disease requires expensive and intensive
medical care as victims often die in their thirties. His health deteriorated
dramatically after being imprisoned for a charge he denied. GEO Group operates
prisons in many parts of the USA, and has been criticized for poor health care.
At least eight other people have died in the same jail.
DENVER POLICE, Colorado
Charges were dismissed against a man in
August 2008, who was falsely arrested and beaten while handcuffed. The cops got
caught on tape lying about the events with six cops involved. This is not the
first false arrest and beating carried out by this racist department.
DEPTFORD NJ POLICE Racketeering Cops
On June 14 2007 Judge M. Christine
Allen-Jackson ordered the entire 71 member force to stop intimidating witnesses
in the upcoming trial of Officer Gillespie for beating a motorist. The evidence of witness tampering
was noted by the judge who noted it could damage the testimony of other cops in
the trial. Patrolman Timothy Parks was also charged in the incident as was Patrolman Brian
Green with lying about the incident. The three are on unpaid suspension.
Police Chief John Marolt was summoned to the court
house to hear the order directly from the judge, and nervously promised to
issue a cover letter “to all personnel.” Such an order is rare as cops are
expected to obey the law, and not intimidate other police officers who would be
called to testify. The judged agreed intimidation had taken place. Lawyer John Eastlack, representing one of the accused officers stated
he had never seen such an extraordinary judicial protective order in 20 years
as a lawyer. He further stated, “ I’ve heard of
protective orders issued to gangs to stop witness tampering, or to the Cosa Nostra, but not to police officers.” Two supervisors, Capt. Daniel Murphy
and Lt. John Weatherby have been accused of threatening a sergeant
who planned to testify. This is under investigation by the NJ Attorney General.
Sgt.
John Leone stated that Capt. Murphy angrily told him he had “sandbagged the
department,” and would suffer “severe consequences” for testifying.
In July 2007 Patrolman John
Gillespie somehow convinced the jury to see it his way. But this man
still faces administrative action within the department as there is taped
evidence. A civil suit is still pendingas well.
DETROIT POLICE:
MICHIGAN pure
pond scum
In March 2009 147 cases have been ordered
reviewed after the closing of the city crime lab, and this is only the tip of
the iceberg with at least 3o other cases being challenged by defense lawyers.
The Michigan State Police shut the lab down. The reviews will take at least
three years and could result in a lot of innocent people being freed from
prison. One case has already gone to a new trial after the DA intimidated a man
into a plea.
In July 2007 a narcotics detective was suspended because
$2.4 million of cocaine turned up missing from the evidence room. Chief Ella
Bully-Cummings withheld the name pending criminal charges. The FBI is
involved in the case.
In February 2006 police 911 operators
ignored calls from Robert Turner that his mother had passed out, scolding him
for playing with the phone. When EMS finally was sent later, she was dead.
Police have promised a “through investigation.” A major
lawsuit is being filed. The dispatchers are facing arrest?
The Detroit Police recently had a case overturned
after an innocent black man served 17 years for a murder DNA said he could not
have committed. Detroit police forced this Bi-polar man to “confess,” and then
along with the Wayne County DA hid information from the man’s attorney for
thirteen years, that another person had confessed. This police force has shot
innocent people and locked up many innocent people over the years making it a
force Hitler and the Gestapo would be proud to call their very own. Racist
jackboot cops still patrol the streets today with their hands into graft.
Detroit police falsely arrested black
women taken hostage by escaped convicts some time back, holding her two days
and taking her hostage-children away from her. The innocent woman-hostage
stated the escaped convicts treated her better than the Detroit Police did.
Not only will you die waiting for police
help in Detroit, they might kill you or falsely arrest you. This department is
beyond words!
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA POLICE/DC HOUSE OF CORRECTION
In August 2005 District of Columbia
officials settled with Joesph Heard for $1.1 million.
Heard was wrongfully arrested on a trespass charge by DC Police and ordered
freed by a federal judge. Heard was returned to The D C House of Correction
where he languished for two years because his records were lost. Because Mr.
Heard is deaf, mute and mentally impaired he was unable to communicate with his
jail guards who denied him the right to a sign language interpreter or TTY as
required by law. Instead his jail guards labeled him as a psychiatric case and
Mr. Heard was forcefully administered psychotropic medications against his
will, and in violation of his legal rights. The fact was only discovered when
his records were located as they were ready to transfer Mr. Heard to a federal prison.
His brothers had tried for months to locate him and finally found him in jail.
To it’s shame D C officials used every legal scheme to
resist settling the case, even though they knew they were wrong. The award may go as high as $1,555,000 due to
the negligence of the jails medical provider and legal fees.
This is a department with problems
relating to basic human rights and corruption that date back to the Mayor Barry
era,. And beyond.
DuPage County Sheriffs Office, Wheaton, Illinois
This
department framed two innocent men for murder, with the help of the detectives
"Dream Team." The principles on trial, "The DuPage
Seven" got off due to typical Illinois corruption. These two innocent men
were almost executed three times, lead by the zealous backing of James Martin,
now Illinois Attorney General, then DuPage County States Attorney. The Sheriff or department has yet to own
up and really apologize. These police criminals had their trial delayed due to
adverse publicity when The Chicago Tribune ran a story on misconduct by
prosecutors. It seems these guys can hand out something they can't swallow.
These cops beat the charges but Illinois has stopped all executions due the
many innocent people freed from Death Row, more than they executed. Justice in Illinois
is a disgrace.
DUPLIN COIUNTY SHERIFF, NC man freed
from death row
Levon Jones is being
freed on 2 May 2008 while the Sheriff drags it’s feet
on the release by many hours, having falsely arrested this man over 13 years
ago and framing him for murder. In a typical act of North Carolina judicial
arrogance Duplin County DA Dewey Hudson asked the charges be
dropped after a federal judge overturned the conviction. Sheriff’s detectives
coached a witness on how to lie at the trial. This is the second man freed from
death row in the past two months. Welcome to North Carolina folks.
DURHAM POLICE & COUNTY DA, North Carolina ROGUE!
On September 7, 2007, Rouge D A Mike Nifong reported
to jail for contempt of court. The angry judge blasted his withholding DNA
evidence from the defense, that cleared these guys of
a false accusation. Nifong is no longer a lawyer
either. Now the three innocent former Duke students have filed 2 $30 million lawsyuit against Glory Boy Nifong, former
Police Chief Steve Chalmes, Officer Benjamin Himan, Officer Mark Gollieb, and
DNA Security Services Director Brian Meehan. The lawsuit charges the withholding of
evidence, smeared reputations, witness intimidation, a rigged photo line up
that included only Duke LacRoss players and other
police misconduct. Duke University President has already issued an apology, and
paid up under a confidential settlement. This case has shaken the entire North
Carolina court system to the roots.
On 11 April 2007 the North Carolina
Attorney General cleared the former Duke students of false rape charges. In a
rare deviation from the unconditional support given cops and the DA, the AG
called Michael Nifong a “rogue prosecutor”,
and called Nifong’s handling of the case “a rush
to accuse.” Now the families of the innocent men are
looking to sue, to recover millions in legal fees. Lawsuits
against Duke University for suspending these students were quickly and quietly
settled, now the suits are coming for the DA and Durham County. The bravado
that replaced warranted caution and careful investigation has scarred innocent
lives beyond repair. NC Attorney General Roy Cooper stated “no attack
occurred,” and called the whole case a “hoax.”
What is worse the Durham Police falsely arrested
a cab driver who truthfully told the facts under oath, stating that one of the
Duke students was somewhere else. A bogus warrant was issued on a false account
by police, because the cab driver picked up a woman at a store, not knowing the
woman was a shoplifter. The detectives arrested this innocent cab driver,
asking him if he was still talking to the press about the Duke case, then
telling the cab driver this was the reason for the arrest. The charges were
later dismissed and the man freed. This was a failed attempt to intimidate and
interfere with a witness to support Nifongs campaign
to railroad three innocent Duke players. This kind of
intimidation and abuse of authority allowed the case to go as far as it did
before the hoax was exposed. Shame on the Durham cops! I have other stories
from friends about how this bunch operates.
Michael Nifong, Durham
County DA lost his law license and has agreed to resign as DA following the
dismissed charges in the Duke University rape case that DNA says was not. Nifong is facing criminal
contempt charges for his actions which have painted the entire criminal
justice system in North Carolina as rogue. Nifong
tried to pin what charges he could on innocent Duke players.
This is another case of false arrest by a DA seeking glory and to win an
election. Duke University has invited the three students back in January 2007.
This is just more of Duke University’s hubris and arrogance.
East Hartford Police, Connecticut RACIST
In 2012 we are receiving disturbing reports
about Lt. Curtis Stoldt,
formerly
head of the SWAT Team and reportedly forced out of that role. Now he is the
Public Information Officer. He was charged with making racist comments, but
that charge didn’t stick Federal DOJ has a complaint on this cop.
In October 2007 the discipline against officer Darrel Drouin for
excessive force was overturned. This cop responded to a bar fight, and while an
innocent woman not involved in the fight was being escorted out of the bar, she
was walking backwards and innocently bumped his weapon. In response the woman
was hit twice with a stun gun, cuffed and held 15 minutes in a police car
before being released without charges. The police chief maintains the force was
unwarranted, but human resources disagreed. Normally a person would be arrested
under these conditions once a stun gun was used, and this was a rare exception.
Chief Sirois cited inconsistencies in the cops
report. The cops should have been arrested but were not. Now this cop has no
discipline in his record, but perhaps someone will read this site and charge
him in the future when he crosses the line again. He surely will.
In August 2007 Lt Lisa Freeman is under
investigation for harassment charges. The department has yet to release the
specifics.
In December 2006 DNA cleared a black male
church elder falsely arrested on sexual assault charges of a mentally retarded
girl. Had the police done proper questioning, it would have been clear the
elder sits in the front of the congregation, and it would be impossible for him
to have taken the girl to a bathroom as was stated by police. This man states
the cops “had their mind made up” when questioning him. This man endured the
silent abuse of stares of jail guards who are not supposed to judge inmates.
Also the other inmates treated him like dirt as well for eight months. States Attorney
Christopher Pelosi and East Hartford Police strongly objected to the mans release, on a lower bail raised by his church. The
man can’t go to church and is under house arrest with electronic monitoring
until his next court date on January 17 2006, when they will decide if they
will drop the charges against him. His daughter was taunted by classmates
calling her dad a “rapist.” Now it looks like this was a cruel made up lie that
has destroyed another innocent man, with the help of the judicial meatgrinder.
This department also took part in a
botched raid on the wrong house with Corrections Parole Guards which targeted
the wrong man instead of a wanted fugitive.
Several years ago this department was
forced to drop bank robbery charges against Mr. Michael Edmonston,
for a wrongful arrest on the charges of bank robbery. The gun or stolen cash
were never recovered, but on the basis of very shaky witness identification,
the man spent 8 weeks in prison until the charges were dropped. The East
Hartford were even responsible for damages to Mr. Edmondson’s mothers car in
the impound lot, which was seized and towed with this wrongful arrest. The police are back peddling and using
doublespeak to explain the arrest and dropping of the false charges. The family
plans to sue for wrongful arrest. There have been other scandals in this
department including a male officer refusing a parents demand to stop
communicating with a teenage female explorer, and the many issues surrounding
the chief’s office. Once a very good department, as I can state from personal
experience, this agency has hit the skids and should not be trusted
EAST HAVEN POLICE, CT Racist Goon Squad
In January 2012 officers Sgt. Mike Miller, David Cari, Dennis
Spaulding and Jason Zullo were
arrested by the FBI after an investigation into racial profiling of Latino
citizens, Evidence emerged the top police administrators threatened
any officer cooperating with the probe. Justice (federal) states the department is so badly
“broken,” that it will “take years to repair.” In April 2010 Chief Leonard Gallo was placed on leave due to Justice Department investigation
of ethnic profiling..Chief Gallo quickly retired as, 15 officers are
facing federal charges. The entire culture of the department is rotten to the core.
The whole town is up in arms, with many siding against the police.
In March 2009, the case broke into the
press about the false arrest of a Catholic Priest while filming the harassment
of Spanish citizens in a store. Officers David Cari and
Spaulding assaulted the priest and forced him to stop recording their
misconduct. There are many charges against police for racial profiling and
harassment in the area, and the store involved over eight months. The residents
report they are fearful of cops. Motor vehicle stops of minorities are reported
at an all time high with more police harassment than ever after this priest
stood up to the cops. The case is going to a jury. Now in December 2009 a
Justice Dept complaint was started..
East St Louis, Illinois Police & Jefferson County
Sheriff
A lawsuit has been filed in August 2009 against two deputies
for handcuffing, threatened and tasered two children,
aged 11 and 12. Deputies David Bowers and Lonnie Lawler were named in
the suit as well as
Sheriff Roger Mulch, filed by
The Illinois Office of State Guardian. Staff at the center said there was no
physical altercation by the children. DSS is involved as well.
East Windsor PD, Connecticut
In October 2007 Officer Darren
Seligman, aged 38, was arrested by the FBI as he reported for work,
charged with attempting to lure an eleven year old girl into sexual contact.
This officer has children of his own. He was convicted and sentenced to prison.. Police Chief Edward DeMarco Jr.
expressed shock at the arrest of this 4 ½ year employee.
In December 2006 officers Darren E Seligman and Arkadiusz “Eric” Petilk were named
in a lawsuit along with the town for a false arrest involiving
excessive force of a retired police chief. The retired police chief left $15 on
the table of a restaurant when his food failed to arrive after fifteen minutes.
The waitress failed to realize he had left money, and had this innocent man
stopped in another bar where was falsely arrested and thrown to the floor even
though witnesses claim he was submitting to false arrest. The waitress at Goodfellas Restaurant called police before she knew what
was going on. The victim of the false
arrest suffered broken bones and massive bruises that required hospital care.
The early history of this department
includes a police chief lying to a state trooper to cover the arrest of a cop
caught driving a cruiser off duty while drunk, and other incidents.
In May 2006 Officer Rafael Crespo was
convicted of sexual assault, facing five to twenty years in prison. A former Marine assigned to protect dilomoats,
he was arrested by Yale University Police for assaulting his girlfriend. This
incident comes head on heels after Officer John Scavotto was
charged in a Taser attack on another officer, at the
police station. John Scavotto has resigned after his
arrest resulted in a plea bargain
Edison Township, New Jersey
As featured on Sixty Minutes, officers of
this department were identified with being involved in the unjustified beating
of a young teen-age female at a bar, with off duty officers joining in. One of
the officers involved in this incident was investigated for the theft of money
from a local church. The investigator, assigned by the District Attorney,
called this police department “The Cesspool of Police Departments.” One of the
officers involved has been appointed Training Officer after the incident. One
of the officers involved in this incident was previously suspended twice while
employed at another law enforcement agency. The facts speak for themselves.
ELIZABETH CITY POLICE, New Jersey
This department put away an innocent man
for twenty-two years, cleared by DNA and released in May 2007. They arrogantly
held him on electronic monitoring with full stated intent to retry him. The
publicity forced prosecutor Theodore J Romankow to drop
that idea.
Elmhurst Police & Fire Commission, DuPage
County, Illinois
The son of
long-term commissioner Wade C Jones B.S. RRT FAARC (American Association for
Respiratory Care).
Justin
Jones was convicted for arson on 2005, and drew one years
sentence, most of which was work release time. Wade Jones resigned from the
Fire & Police Commission for personal reasons as a result. Mr. Wade Jones
is a well known leader in the Boy Scouts as well as Director of Respiratory
Care at a Chicago area major hospital. It seems Justin Jones set helped set
fire to a pile of construction materials, that spread
to the house under construction, and damaged two nearby occupied homes. Then
two days later they set fire to a parked school bus. The school security camera
caught the whole thing and it couldn’t be covered up. Justin Jones was busted
by the police and fire agency his dad oversaw. There are serious questions of
Wade Jones having used his political pull to help his kid as Justin was facing
more serious charges that should have landed him in prison for at least seven
years. Wade Jones must pay restitution of around $100,000 as Justin was a minor
at the time of the offense. Justin is
now a registered offender in the arson data base for life, at the same level as
a registered sex offender.
Elon Police, North Carolina
Police here are being sued in April 2009
after the cops used a stun gun on a man in his underwear during an arrest.
Enfield Police, Connecticut
In February 2008 reports of another bad
arrest surfaced. Enfield Police wrongfully arrested an innocent man for sexual assault,
failing to investigate leads that obviously would have shown that his accuser, Cariann Backus, was
lying. Backus plead guilty and was sentenced to prison. The
innocent man lost his education and college grants at Asnuntuck Community College (similar
to the actions of Duke University in expelling innocent LaCrosse
players before trial: Duke paid millions in damages as a result), and ran up
thousands of dollars in lawyers fees, which Backus must repay. It took the cops
one year of false accusations during which the innocent man was a prisoner in
his own home with a constant witness, before they figured out the woman was lying. The cops failed to pick up on the obvious fact the
false accuser is a nut case which should have lead to more careful investigation.
An innocent man spent two days in the local jail before posting $1000 to go
home.
In September 2007 an unnamed police
lieutenant was placed under investigation with a paid suspension, pending
outcome of the inquiry. Nothing ever came of it.
In May 2007 four cops served suspensions
for off duty misconduct related to an off duty gathering where alcohol was
served.
In April 2007 the department was ordered
to re-hire a dispatcher they caught with a small amount of marijuana in his
home. The man went through rehab and had his record erased. Three years back
pay will be included. The town must now decide if to appeal. But a cop who did
hit & run in Windsor is back on with full status. This is another
management flaw, or perhaps just the latest.
In March 2007 two local cops were
arrested. Mathew Worden was arrested on two counts of assault following an
altercation with his live in girlfriend, who was also arrested. Bryan Nolan was
arrested during an investigation of the dispute when it is alleged he stole a
stop sign from Brookline Plaza, and was charged with sixth degree larceny.
Worden claimed he was attempting to stop his girlfriend from driving while
drunk. Accounts state the two cops got physical with each other too. As of 31
March 2007 the charges against Worden and his girlfriend have been dropped on
the reasoning Worden was just trying to keep his girlfriend from driving after
drinking but received a sixty day suspension. This raises questions as the
victim of a false arrest on Lincoln Street was under false charges for months,
but the cops get faster service. Or is this political favortism
as well? Nolan suddenly had the charges against him dismissed as well. Do you
trust the courts on this? I sure have some questions about this as it looks to
me like the whitewash truck made a huge delivery to the town government and/or
the GA 13 Court. Who signed for delivery?
False charges were dropped on an arrest
made by Detective Cooper. A tenant took revenge on her landlord by bringing
fabricated charges in a dispute over a rental issue. We are also hearing
complaints of Officer Tim Vergean having made false arrests of numerous
innocent people. This accredited police agency has leadership issues that have
destroyed trust with the property owners to the point of creating a real
concern in calling for police services; the significant risk of false arrest of
rental property owners caused by drug dealing and deadbeat tenants. The Police
Steering Committee which was founded to build good community relations has eroded
to the point where police officers openly verbally harass and slander a falsely
arrested property owners in the meeting hall; the police officer was told to
quiet down by the chair. Landlords in Enfield, be
advised that the cops might not protect you but take the side of the bad guy.
One cop in my town has a street
reputation for sexual activity with a known sixteen year old prostitute, yet
nothing gets done about it. It is an open secret and just more
small town drama.
In January 2006
Officer Gregory Skop was
arrested and suspended, and then terminated for assaulting a female EMT he was
dating. According to inside sources the assault occurred while being witnessed
by two other cops at the police station. One of the two refused to report or give a statement on the incident, while the other cop did.
It is alleged the cop beat the woman with a baton. The female EMT was an
ambulance volunteer in a near by town, as well as a town EMS employee. The new
police chief, Carl Sferrazara stated this kind of
conduct will not be tolerated, in the press release. Inside sources tell me
some Enfield some cops unsuccessfully tried to cover the incident up. The
incident has ruined relations between the police and several area EMS agencies.
Mr. Skop was also arrested in
February 2006 for using a dog to assault his girlfriend in Southwick, Massachusetts as well.
Thus he is facing charges in Massachusetts that might land him in prison. As
further proof can do no wrong, Skop was placed on
Accelerated Rehabilitation, which means the charges will be dropped in
Connecticut if he stays clean. Lets hope Massachusetts
locks this man up as the victim expressed serious concerns about his mental
health. The court ignored these facts. Who was bought off?
In September 2005 Officer Tim Vergean was arrested by Windsor Police for leaving the scene
of an accident. Windsor Police called Enfield Police, only to have
Officer Vergean turn himself in seven hours later.
What was he doing during those seven hours? I wonder what a sobriety test would
have revealed had it been administered immediately at the scene. He faced a
fine and one year in prison, but he was given a thirty day suspension and a
court fine, because he is the fair haired boy of Enfield Police administration
and the Enfield GA 13 prosecutors. It is ironic this very aggressive cop got
busted by an honest police department. He is still a cop and the town lost the
chance to remove a
menace to human rights from the streets. That will put some of his cases in
legal challenge for corruption. Another Enfield cop walks free when as civilian
would have gone to jail.
In March 2005 a Superior Court Judge
dismissed felony assault charges after it surfaced in court that this
department only arrested the three victims an assault by the property owner,
after a dispute over stolen money. The victims stated in court they were
attacked with Mace and a baseball bat, and further that the cops refused to
listen to their side of the story while not arresting the assailants. Then
Deputy Chief Carl Sferrazza stood by his officers
while conceding that “further arrests are a possibility,” while the
investigation continued. The Enfield Superior Court Prosecutors
, Christopher Morano et al,
are well known for coercing people into taking a plea bargain rather than put
in an honest days work for their pay. These prosecutors have forgotten their
duty to identify and protect the innocent, as they prefer to side with their
buddy cops. How many innocent people have plead down
because of these rogue prosecutors and now have records they don’t deserve?
Only God himself knows.
There are a number of well trained and
professional officers in this department that do a very good job, and suffered
under the lack of leadership by former Chief Ronald Marcotte,
and others. During recent cases the State’s Attorney, former Town Manager Scott
Shanley and police administration stone walled an
innocent victim of false arrest and attempted to bully this individual into
pleading guilty, without success. This ministry and others did what could be
done to get the word out. This ministry was “ordered” by the CT State’s
Attorney and local town officials to cease it’s
protest activity, including this web site coverage, or the innocent man would
face jail. They attempted without success to take back their “deal” because of the publicity this and other sites
have brought them, including over a massive number of calls and emails to town officials. You can
make your voice heard by calling Chief Carl Sferrazza
at 860-763-8915 or send FAX to 860-763-6424.
In January
2004 one of their dispatchers, Mark McClure pleaded guilty to pedophilia with
boys, and was sentenced to one year in prison. Mr.
McClure was also a paid firefighter in Thompsonville. This is not the first
dispatcher to get in trouble with the law. Another was arrested in
Massachusetts for having an unregistered gun during a bar room fight. Both the
town police and fire departments were featured on a cover story in The Hartford
Courant for their relentless and deadly gossip that all but destroyed the good
name of a woman who recently lost her military husband in Iraq. Enfield is
another Peyton Place.
In
the past this police department has weathered scandals of police brutality and
a false arrest over walking a dog in which an innocent citizen was beaten up;
the town paid six figures. It looks like history is repeating itself. Enfield
Police are also facing a lawsuit brought by a former local motel worker,
arrested on charges of theft; the charges were dropped but the woman lost her job
while trying to support her children and go to college. One former officer, Frank Vincenzo was arrested and plead to grand theft charges, losing
his job. Local police here have hit the wrong houses on more than one occasion (including
mine) while serving warrants.
Even a honest
cop here might not stand a chance as evidenced by a lawsuit brought by Mathew Saltarella charging retaliation and unlawful termination
after an incident where his supervisor, Carl Sferrazza
(new Chief) was on patrol with him. It is charged that during a domestic call Sferrazza ordered a man arrested instead of the person that
appeared to be at fault. It is further charged that Sferrazza
knew the woman involved in the domestic, favoring her over the innocent
husband. Retaliation and termination then followed when Saltarella
expressed concern to police administration over the incident. Then Deputy Chief
Raymomnd Bouchard claims to have completed an
“Internal Investigation” that clears the air, but please review my comments on
internal affairs as this is more like the cat guarding the canary. (Former)
Deputy Chief Bouchard has generated many comments that have reached me about
his hot temper and over authoritative conduct, over a number of years. The Arbitrator
ruled in favor of the police terminating this man, but lingering doubts remain.
In May 2004 another Enfield Police
dispatcher was arrested, charged with first degree larceny for $68,000 missing from the Bingo Operations
of the Enfield High School Boosters Club. Maguirk is out of
$50,00 bail and on suspension from his police
department duties awaiting trial.
In August 2004 Hartford Police recovered
a stolen gun from a drug dealer. The gun was stolen from an unsecured locker in
Enfield Police headquarters in 2000. A “review” was held and the former town
manager, Scott Shanley ordered that all police
officers lockers must now be secured. The officer in question admitted having
two guns “gone missing” during his thirty years of service.
In January 2005 a Hartford Courant story
revealed that an off duty Enfield Police Officer attended a fundraising party
organized by an outlaw motorcycle gang. Two state corrections officers were
fired for attending the same party, but the local cop received only “minor
disciplinary action” and the towns police department
will say no more. A double standard? You decide. We
need a civilian review board here in town but the town cops have blocked this
for years. The town cops have forgotten that we the citizens are the boss. It’s
time to put certain high ranking cops in their proper place “to serve and
protect,” and not to legislate and overstep their bounds of authority. There is
an old southern saying that “He who grows to big for his bitches will be
exposed, in the end.” Their day is coming much like the abuse scandals in the
1970s toppled that regime.
When former Chief Ronald Marcotte retired in December, Acting Town Manager Chris Bromson stated openly it was a “tradition” of promoting the
chief’s position “from within.” Enfield appointed Deputy Chief Carl Sferrazza as the new chief. The town has lost a chance to
bring in as new broom and clean up some issues within the department. It would
appear Enfield is in for more of the same old problems, and that innocent
citizens face false arrest and traffic citations.
FAYETTEVILLE POLICE, NC
In December 2010 the department asked the
Department of Justice to review it’s
practice of searching a large number of black citizens. The NAACO filed a
complaint that lead to this investigation.
In January 2008 a man told the cops he
was overdosing on crack, so the cops used the Taser
on him. The man died shortly afterwards. The State Bureau of Investigation
found nothing.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION: A betrayal of trust
In November 2007 the story broke about
flawed forensic tests used to match a bullet to a specific weapon. It is
estimated that at least 250 people might be sitting in prison as actual
innocents, with cases in North Carolina and Maryland going for new trials. On
top of that the FBI knew this in 2005 and said nothing. Many inmates will lose
their appeals as they have two to four years to appeal, but the information to
make those appeals was not forthcoming by the FBI. This means these innocents
will serve their unjust sentences with no legal recourse, unless the President
or Governors grant “pardons.” Hell will freeze over before Republican President
George Bush does such a thing; Governor bush allowed an obviously innocent man
to sit in jail for months waiting for the Texas Supreme Court to drag it’s feet
on doing anything. Publicity forced a “pardon” by then Governor Bush. Many
state governors will not act to avoid paying damages for false imprisonment, no
doubt lead by Texas, Virginia and South Carolina. This is not America anymore
because the constitution is being slowly shredded by vested political
interests.
Sources within the federal system tell me
that many federal cases are “weak tea.” How many innocents are sitting in
federal prison?
In July 2007 a federal judge ordered the
FBI to pay $101 million to four men they allowed to sit in prison for murders
the FBI knew they were innocent of. This was done to play down the Maffia and build relationships with mobsters. Three FBI
agents knew the men were innocent but allowed this to go on. Reports are this
was known up the level of the late J Edgar Hoover, former FBI Director, who
approved. We must rid the FBI of these ghosts as we need the public trust.
In March 2007 the FBI & DEA in
Philadelphia falsely arrested a women in her home
during the early hours of the morning.
The woman was at home getting her kids
ready for school when this false arrest was made on a bad warrant. It turns out
the woman was a patient at Dr. Evelyn F P Sabudo’s office,
450 Medical Center on West Dauphin Street, where the secretary, Vannesa Redding
was
dealing in prescription pads. An anonymous informant fingered the wrong woman
by calling Jennifer Castro “Cookie,” a nickname Redding has, and the feds failed
to check their facts before taking Jennifer Castro downtown for fingerprinting,
mug photographs, strip search and a court hearing later that afternoon.
Arrogant federal officers intimidated her to tears by threatening her with 25
years in prison. Red faced feds and Assistant U S Attorney Catherine Votaw had to explain that Castro was telling the truth and was
innocent after all, after finally checking the facts and were chagrined while
she was ordered released over their objections.
Assistant U S Attorney Catherine Votaw
verbalized more “pretend apologies” but little more. Ms. Castro and her children are reeling by
this brazen act of judicial incompetence.
These arrogant federal cops fail to
realize how their actions can destroy a family and have long-term ruinous
effects on innocent citizens. They just think everyone should not mind getting
arrested and spending a day or a few years in jail while they treat innocent
citizens as their “playthings.” Lets hope a nice
lawsuit at least helps the burden these jack booted thugs have inflicted.
Now Ms. Castro now has a federal arrest
record that will most likely cause her problems at an airport, customs or if
dealing with any cop in the future. The feds called it an “honest mistake.” We
don’t agree. Now the feds say they have the right woman on a warrant. Oh
Really? We need new laws to erase every record at the state and federal level
in any case where any arrest is overturned or dismissed. But to many cops she
will look “guilty” by reason of having been arrested. I have heard that DEA
really stands for “don’t expect anything.” I see no reason to doubt that well
deserved description.
In March 2007 the news broke about the
abuse of National Security Letters by the FBI under the patriot act. Thousands of
such letters were issued including for purposes not related to national
security. The numbers reported to Congress were less than the actual number
issued. Who can we trust? If the FBI is this patently dishonest, it begs the
question of how crooked the local cops are. It is clear time to amend if not
repeal the “Patriot Act.” We need to end this systematic encroachment on our
civil liberties. The controversy continues in July 2007 as more information
about the abuse of very large numbers of abused national security letters were
used to collect private financial information, in violation of the law.
Attorney General Gonzales is now himself facing a probe for possible perjury
charges for this and other matters, before Congress.
A scandal from the days of J Edgar Hoover
hit the front pages of The Boston Globe years ago, with the release of Mr.
Joseph Salvati from Massachusetts State Prison, after
serving thirty years for a murder committed by an FBI informant. In March 2007
federal courts are looking at $100,000,000 in damages to four families of men
the FBI allowed to go to state prison as “collateral damage,” in order to
penetrate the mob. It turns out Special Agents of Boston’s FBI Organized Crime
Unit allowed this man to sit in prison while protecting the real killer. It is
reported even J Edgar Hoover knew of this man’s innocence. The testimony by
retired Special FBI Agent H Paul Rico was such that the Congressional Committee
holding hearings had to recess to regain their composure due to the callus disregard
by Mr. Rico for the actions of the FBI. Connecticut Representative Christopher
Dodd led three hours of hostile questioning during which Mr. Rico was berated
and shamed. There are other allegations coming to light that raise many serious
questions about FBI conduct, to say the least. There are growing citizen
concerns about federal agents who refuse to uphold a standard they demand of
local and state police. If you have ever dealt with the Border Patrol you will
know what I am saying.
In March 2005 the conviction of Michael Behn in New Jersey was overturned after it was discovered
that there was no scientific basis for FBI lab tests on bullets. Behn is serving life for murder as of March 2005, and a new
trial was ordered. This is just the tip of the iceberg as 2,500 cases were
subject to this discredited test, and 500 cases used these lab results. A flood
of court challenges and overturns are expected nationwide. It was a now retired
FBI agent that blew the whistle on this case.
In 2004 an innocent Washington state
attorney, Mr. Mayfield, a Muslum convert, was falsely
arrested by the FBI on a “terror charge” who paraded him in front of the press
while being taken in handcuffs from his law office. Spanish authorities told
the FBI this was not the man, but an overzealous FBI agent refused to listen.
After being held fourteen days in federal prison, the FBI was forced to release
him. A huge lawsuit was filed as they messed with the wrong barrister, having
to pay him $2,000,000! But in May 2005 a guilty man was released because the
FBI Automated Fingerprint System failed to recognize a wanted man. After his
release he committed two more murders in Georgia. This has it all backwards!
We have all heard about the murders by
federal agents at Waco and Ruby Ridge, as well as the false accusations against
Richard Jewel by the FBI in the Atlanta bombing case. Then there were the FBI
Crime Lab scandals. We need a reputable national law enforcement agency that
can be trusted. Several hundred guns and laptop computers have turned up
missing as well as a lead FBI agent pleading guilty to spying for the USSR over
15 years! In June 2004 the FBI wrongfully arrested an innocent Oregon attorney
based on an FBI Lab mismatch of a fingerprint linked to the Madrid train bombing
case, and badly bungled the arrest with rudeness and humiliation, and then
issued an apology. What next? Who else will keep watch on a large enough number
of corrupt local police?
That question should haunt us in the wake
of the scandal involving the Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing Case, where
the FBI did not provide files and evidence as required by law. Now the most
important case ever handled by the FBI has been mishandled so badly as to raise
the question of a new trial for Terry Nichols, now serving a life term for his
part in the bombing. The ghost of J
Edgar Hoover still haunts the FBI, and needs to be exorcized. With the expanded
powers given the FBI for anti-terrorist investigations, churches and political
activists might again be targeted as in the days of J Edgar Hoover.
Fairfax County Police, Virginia
Read
the story from The Washington Post on 8 November 1999 about the wrongful arrest
by Detective Ricky Savage of an innocent man, whom he harassed for weeks before
getting an arrest warrant charging the man as a sex pervert. A real
investigation turned up the facts that the videotape was not reviewed, the
victim was not properly interviewed, and that the innocent suspect was not
present when the crime was taking place. After being jailed, his house
searched, his computer and family photographs seized, and $38K in legal fees,
the charges were dismissed. A civil suit against Detective Savage was
dismissed on technicalities with the help of County Police lawyers. The police
chief did apologize to the man for his wrongful arrest and claimed they quickly
moved to clear the record once they found out the real facts. Had they had a
real detective this would not happened. Then Detective Ricky Savage mailed a clipping of the news item about their “victory”
in getting the civil suit against Detective Savage et al dismissed. In true
craven coward fashion there was no name or return address on the envelope, but
he sent a copy of our letter just to brag. Colonel J Thomas Manger, Chief of
Police, was not amused and returned a finding against Detective Savage after
our call telling them what he did.
FORT BEND COUNTY SHERIFF, Texas
In June 23009 two federal cases are in
the works for mistaken identification made by the three dogs, James Bond, Quincy
and Clue, as well as Deputy Keith Pikett. Several
innocents were released from jail over the objections of these cops after they
failed “sniff tests,” used as a measure of quality control. These dogs have
worked over 2000 cases all over the country, but DNA says the dogs were wrong.
Look for a cover up from this red neck
sheriff.
FLOYD COUNTY POLICE & SHERIFF, Rome, Georgia
On 3 May 2004 a black teenage male was
released from jail after having a ten year sentence overturned. Marcus Dixon
was convicted by racist and heavy handed prosecutors for Child Molestation
after having consensual sex with another teenage white girl who lied about her
age. His conviction of statutory rape was upheld but he was released after
serving a year, the maximum sentence for the misdemeanor statutory rape charge
carries. The District Attorney has appealed and Marcus must report to
probationary officers daily as well as obey other restrictions. He lost a
scholarship to college upon this false conviction. It seems that innocent does
not really mean free in Georgia, where Redneck Cops and Prosecutors still rule.
Sheriff’s Detective Gary Conway called
the release “ a real letdown,” and further stated “ I
know Marcus Dixon is guilty.” The
majority of the community appears to hold opinions against the police on this
one. That is refreshing given the dark side of this county that includes a
history of KKK activity that heavily involved the county cops in the past.
FORT COLLINS, CO Police
An innocent man was ordered freed from prison
after a judge tossed a bogus conviction obtained by no evidence at all by Detective Jim
Broderick who hounded Tim Masters over twelve years before falsely
arresting and railroading the man for a rape murder he could not have done. DNA
has cleared the man and now District Attorney Larry Abrahamson stated the DNA evidence fails to clear
the man, but has asked the charges be dismissed “in the interests of justice.”
Thus charges could be brought again, in theory, but the DA is justing trying to save face for his buddies in the cop
shop. Detective
Jim Broderick known for his immense ego and stubbornness, refused to look
at any other suspects and now is running like a craven coward on leave from the cop shop for one
month on a “family emergency,” that just happened when the man was freed. This
case has turned cops against each other within the department as well.
Meanwhile the state exercises it’s judicial arrogance
keeping the man out on bond until at least February 2008.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida
In June 2009 a lawsuit is going forward
for deputies raiding the wrong house, without any kind of search warrant.
Deputies rushed in at 1:00 AM ordering the parents and kids down at gunpoint,
leaving after three hours realizing they had the wrong place. The entry was
illegal lacking a warrant. Two deputies claim the owner gave “permission,”
which the owner denies. Internal Affairs cleared these jack boot thugs of any
wrong doing.
In an incredible miscarriage of justice
and hubris, police wrongfully arrested a man for refusing to pay child support
DNA proves he doesn’t owe. DNA proves the man is not the father of a child, yet
he spent the night in jail and had his pay garnished as well, all because the
papers on the case were delivered late, in violation of state law, thus missing
the date to appeal the order. The judge and police will not budge, and continue
to rob this man’s paycheck in a patent case of Paternity Fraud. They intend to
recover over $10,000 while his daughter needs sneakers they can’t afford. The
woman who filed the false paternity claim has refused to show up for a court
ordered paternity case, keeping that daughter away too. Yet the judge and cops
march on with their “orders.” Lady justice is whore
here, not this innocent man.
FRESNO, CA Police
In February 2009 this department made a
bad arrest which was recorded on amateur video, show two cops beating a
submissive subject. An investigation has been launched. The cops are on limited
duty for the time being. A whitewash is expected.
Fresno Police arrested an eleven year old
girl who defended herself against a gang of boys, by throwing a rock at them as
they were throwing water balloons at her, and intimidating her. The girl was
cuffed and taken to Juvenile Hall, being charged with felony assault. She had
one thirty minute visit with her family during the five days in juvenile jail.
She was on house arrest with a GPS ankle bracelet her court date 0n 3 August
2005, when a “deal” was reached to dismiss the charges and have her “talk” to
her assailant. Her church raised money to get her a lawyer. The police have
been charged with racism by this poor Spanish family who live in a depressed
area. The police are not backing down and have refused to arrest the boys who
started the situation. This whole incident has devastated this girl who is
known to be a church going family oriented child, and a good student. Shame on these robo-cop, FIGMO type cops
who lack social intelligence and cultural sensitivity.
FULTON COUNTY POLICE, Georgia
In March 2009 a jail guard Curtis Jerome Brown
Jr. was arrested
in
the beating and cover up of an inmate death of a mentally ill man.
In April 2007 police were called the site
of a “fight.” Upon arrival they shot two unarmed men, leaving one dead. There
was no fight, and Ron Peltaway leaves a family
behind, never having a single arrest. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is
reviewing the case, while the community is angry and a call for murder charges
continues.
GALVESTON, Texas Police
This department has started an internal
affairs investigation in October 2008 following the false arrest and beating
numerous peaceful guests at a wedding. Police stormed the location and went
wild according to numerous witness reports, that
contradict the police report. Medical attention was denied and no one resisted
police, but police peppered sprayed many innocent people.
GARY, Indiana
Police Chief Thomas Houston Deputy Chief Thomas
Branson and Sgt Thomas Decantor were indicted by a federal grand jury in March 2008 for civil rights
violations following a break in at the chiefs home. They are charged with
assaulting innocent citizens, illegal entry and search of a hopme,
then arresting and detaining them until releasing the innocent citizens three
days later without charges. One of the
charges includes striking with a piece of wood and resulting in injuries. These
cops are also accused of lying to FBI agents about the incident. They are being
allowed to retain their weapons while out on bail. There is no indication they
will be removed from duty. All three face long prison sentences if convicted.
GLENDALE POLICE, California
A jury awarded $1.1 million to a man
falsely arrested and jailed for eight months, because detectives totally
ignored evidence that would have immediately cleared the man. Finally
detectives uncovered new evidence that cleared the innocent man. Detectives Arthur
Frank and Lt.
Ian Grimes must also pay $150,000 to the man. There was no evidence
to hold the man a badly flawed witness identification
by incompetent detectives.
GOLDSBORO, NC Police
In 1987, the late Sgt Ron Melin railroaded an innocent man, forcing Dwain Allen
Dale to spend 18 years in prison, freed by DNA on 28 August 2007, after DNA proved
his innocence. Flawed hair ID techniques, no longer considered scientific, were
used to convict a man who was 15 miles away, with no transportation. Also,
pubic hair from another person was found on the rug. Then District Attorney
Don Strickland ignored the evidence and put an innocent man away; he now
says he is sorry; stinks to get caught doesn’t it? This begs the question, was this another Nifong railroad job? Dale, now 39,
gets to start his life over, with this criminal record and the offer of $20K
for each year he was falsely imprisoned. The new District Attorney, Branny Vickory, got the phone call on Monday that DNA had proven
innocence, arranging to have Dale in court the next morning at 9:30 AM, from state prison,
and freed shortly afterwards. The sheriff’s court room security guard boys, red
faced and very quiet, stayed away from Dale, who appeared in civilian clothes,
stepping aside as he was freed from the bench, instead of several weeks in
prison waiting for paperwork, which has been the practice up until recently in
North Carolina. The cops are now looking for the real rapist, so they say. It
is probably good this poor dumb slob cop, “Crime Scene Investigator and Detective,” Sgt Ron
Melvin, is dead, as the ignominy would surely have run him out of town. Even
the former DA remarked this guy was not the most intelligent man around.
GOOSE CREEK POLICE, South Carolina
Millions of people saw tapes on national
TV showing the Gestapo style raid on the local high school that included
rounding up 107 innocent students. The pretext was searching for drugs, and
dogs were used to intimidate students. Most of the students detained and cuffed
were minority students. No drugs were found and the ACLU brought a massive
lawsuit against the Board of Education and The Goose Creek Police, with large
damages awarded. The school principal was forced to resign as a result. My
reaction to seeing the tapes was that these were the kind of tactics used by
KKK Deputy Sheriff’s in the old south against civil rights workers and blacks.
GRANBY POLICE, CT
In the summer of 2011 Captain David Bourque, former Captain in the Suffield Police, CT, was busted at the station for online
trading of at least 233,000 pornographic images of children. Bourque was about
to become the chief due to an expected retirement. Bourque tried to commit
suicide when caught. He pleaded guilty and is doing ten years in federal
prison. His wife threw him out of the house and divorced him as well. This cop
played lots of dirty politics with his pals in Suffield and Windsor Locks
Police as well as the Suffield Volunteer Ambulance (Don Miner).
GREENSBORO POLICE, NC
In June 2012, an innocent black man was
released after 17 years for a homicide the state admits was a mistake. Guilford County Sheriff B J Barnes held Mr. Armstrong for almost three hours
after the judge order release. Greensboro Police probably framed Mr. Armstrong
as there was no evidence other than another inmate who set him up.
In 2010 there was no shortage of bad
press as the Latin Kings are bringing a lawsuit for systematic civil rights
violations. Several officers were the subject of investigations and dismissal
under strange circumstances too.
In October 2009 this department caused an
innocent man to be falsely arrested and spend the week in jail, all because
they couldn’t tell the difference between the 23 year old man they needed, and
the 44 year old man they hauled in chains from Greenville. Even worse the
magistrates, sheriffs and police had no clue either. The man had no way home
and they had to take up a collection to buy him a bus ticket home, and expedite
his release from the jail instead of waiting over the weekend which is normal
for Guilford County. Then this innocent man would have had to find his way to a
homeless shelter or thumb a ride home, if he didn’t get arrested again for
hitch hiking. He should sue for false arrest and we hope he does.
In March 2009 the federal authorities are
investigating this department on charges of targeting black cops with a special
unit set up for this purpose.
In February 2009 Officer
Scott Sanders is on trial for illegally accessing a government computer,
and trying to wrongfully label to fellow cops as “dirty.”
In February 2008 a story broke in The
Greensboro Daily News, leaked to black clergy. After a request from the Greensboro
Truth and Reconciliation Commission, looking into the notorious 1979 shoot out
between the Klan and Nazi’s, it is reported that Sgt. Craig McMinn ordered over 50 boxes of records
destroyed. There were no back up sources. I have interviewed EMS staff who were able to arrive on scene within three minutes,
only to find no Greensboro cops arriving for at least 15 minutes. Yet the
Guilford County Sheriff had escorted this march to the city line, only to have
no presence by city police. A current active duty cop leaked this information
to the clergy. More charges of racism and cover up have emerged.
In February 2008 Officer Mitchell
Ryan Alston was charged with illegally having blue lights on his
personal vehicle, suspended without pay. Why would he need these? Is he
engaging in some sort of illegal conduct off duty?? He faces a fine and hearing
which could give him a reprimand, but why not terminate this law breaker.
In December 2007 three cops were
suspended, accused of sexual assault of a fellow officer. Sgt A. S. Wallace,
officers J. O. LeGrand and C. S. Stevens of The
Tactical Special Enforcement Team are accused of offering another cop a ride,
and raping her.
This department has a long history, and
we receive many complaints about racist treatment, intimidation, false arrests
and beatings. This department once brought international disgrace in 1981 when
there was a gun fight between radical racist KKK types marching in Greensboro.
It took 15 minutes for the cops to reach the scene, while EMS crews arrived in
two minutes. Police had provided no security for the march, even though The
Guilford County Sheriff had, up to the city line. There was a massive
investigation by the FBI and SBI, and many cops lost their jobs. The department
was reported to have been cleaned up afterwards, but it looks like they have
backslid to their old ways.
GRETAN PARISH POLICE, Louisiana
These deputies used shotguns to force
people attempting to flee New Orleans during hurricane Katrina to turn around
and cross back over the bridge when these domestic refugees had no food, water,
medicine or shelter. The Parish claims it had evacuated their own people, and
were securing the property of it’s own citizens. There
was no attempt to move these refugees to another area beyond the town. Some of the people were in wheelchairs. Is it
a coincidence the refugees were mostly minorities? More
Louisiana style justice that is a thinly veiled copy of the days of the KKK.
HALIFAX REGIONAL POLICE, Nova Scotia
Officers Phillip Mackenzie, Tara Doiron and Brenda Harvey were slammed by a judge for over-stepping
their bounds of authority when the forcibly removed a 17 year old girl from her
own bed. The woman was aquitted of all charges, and
plans a complaint and lawsuit for this false arrest. The judge further stated
the cops escalated the situation by their conduct.
HAMPDEN COUNTY SHERIFF, Ludlow Massachusetts
In December 2006 three former jail guards
were charged with having sex with female inmates after being indicted by a
grand jury. The Deputy Jail Guards charged are Stanford Norman, William Muldrow and Brian K.
Murphy. Also under investigation is Jail Guard Arial Reyes. The High Sheriff, Michael Ashe stood red faced and silent in the conference as Massachusetts
State Police Lt. Peter Higgins and Hampden County DA William M.
Bennett spoke.
I have heard allegations about the past
practices by Sheriff Michael Ashe that included deputies
badges in exchange for campaign contributions. Controversy is no stranger to
this band of thugs. Fortunately they no longer have police powers and only
serve on the outside as Traffic Control Security Guards on construction jobs.
See the Kim Messinger
case under Longmeadow Police for the beating a of a
falsely arrested woman by Sheriiff’s Courtroom Jail
Guards. That guard beat the charges on a technicality.
HANCOCK COUNTY SHERIFF, West Virginia
In April 2007 Deputy Mark Smith, a veteran
deputy, was arrested and charged with abduction and rape of a woman
while on duty. He is free on bail while awaiting trial, on paid leave. Sheriff
Mike White intends to fire the deputy. Another county DA and the West Virginia
State Police handled the case to avoid conflict of interest.
HARRISBURG PA Police
In July 2008 an internal investigation was
opened following the beating in a holding cell by rogue cops. The man was so
bloodied the judge took a second look at the paperwork, as the report made no
mention of resisting arrest. Cops punched, choked, stomped and kicked him in
the cell. The arrest was for running a red light. Officer Justin R
Wells was identified as one of the rogue cops by Chief Charles Kellar.
This department has an above average
number of complaints with the ACLU. It has a history of racism, false arrest
and beatings.
