“The Roy Moore Style of Accountability” (Episode 38)

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President Trump tweets his annoyance about not being praised enough, as his FCC votes to limit internet access for poor people. And in criminal justice news we talk about massive settlements in Georgia and Colorado, politicians behaving badly, and extended police f*ckery in Texas.

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Show Notes:

• Trump regrets helping American kids jailed overseas… (Twitter)
• …enough to tweet about it repeatedly (Twitter)
• Trump judicial nominee defends the KKK online (Slate)
• The FCC voted to end a program providing internet access to the poor (The Hill)
• Jared Fogle argues he’s a sovereign citizen (Washington Post)
• Kane County deputy admits asset forfeiture is about fundraising (Archive.org)
• DOJ claims hundreds of MS-13 gang members arrested (The Hill)
• Except an ICE officer admits they label people as “MS-13” without evidence (CBS News)
• 20 states suspend licenses if you fall behind on your student loans (NY Times)
• We’ve got a preschool-to-prison pipeline problem (Center for American Progress)
• Story on new meta-analysis of “proactive policing” (NPR)
• New study confirms racial bias in policing (Princeton)
• New study highlights the importance of diverse teachers (Urban Institute)
• US Sentencing Commission confirms racial disparities in crime sentencing (Washington Post)
• CALIFORNIA: US Attorney’s Office dismisses case against MS-13 to protect dirty cop (LA Times)
• COLORADO: Police destroy man’s home chasing trespasser (Reason)
• COLORADO: Longmont taxpayers will pay $210,000.00+ for illegal searches (Denver Post)
  • Our episode with this story back in June (Fsck #9)
  • Kyle Clark’s thread on this is worth reading (Twitter)
• COLORADO: Rifle PD training dogs to ignore weed (NBC 9)
• FLORIDA: Jacksonville PD issues hundreds of bogus tickets to black pedestrians (ProPublica)
• GEORGIA: Atlanta PD is having trouble filling vacancies (WSB-TV 2)
• GEORGIA: Worth County taxpayers will pay $3,000,000.00+ for illegal searches (Washington Post)
  • Our episode when the Sheriff was indicted (Fsck #31)
• ILLINOIS: “Mass exoneration” in Chicago after corrupt CPD sergeant is jailed (NPR)
• ILLINOIS: Twitter bot shares Chicago PD officers’ disciplinary histories (Twitter)
• IOWA: Man sentenced to 20 years federal time for reporting drug overdose (Omaha World-Herald)
• KANSAS: Topeka PD claims bodycam footage can only be seen by dead man’s young children (ABC News)
  • Exposé on the bodycam law (Kansas City Star)
  • A broader exposé on Kansas secrecy in general (Kansas City Star)
• LOUISIANA: Baton Rouge man released after 46 years in prison for rape he did not commit (AP)
• LOUISIANA: New Orleans man released after 8 years for dismissed drug charge (The New Orleans Advocate)
• MARYLAND: Supervising officer in death of Freddie Gray cleared of disciplinary charges (Twitter)
• MICHIGAN: Local politician federally indicted in wide-ranging bribery probe (The Detroit News)
• MICHIGAN: Detroit PD officers arrest themselves in bizarre undercover bust (WJBK 2)
• MISSOURI: St Louis detective Steve Burle caught on viral road rage video (Riverfront Times)
• NEW YORK: Corrections Commissioner repeatedly violates ethics laws (NY Times)
• NEW YORK: ICE gets special access to arrest people in court (Twitter)
• NEW YORK: Bronx Freedom Fund looks to expand nationwide (NY Times)
• NEW YORK: Rochester judge jailed for probation violation (Democrat & Chronicle)
• OHIO: Anti-LGBT legislator resigns after gay sex in office (Columbus Dispatch)
• OHIO: Probate Court wrongly denies marriage licenses to inmates (Columbus Dispatch)
• OKLAHOMA: New Colbert police chief has a criminal record (KXII 12)
  • Better than the Skinhead they used to have (Fsck #25)
  • Who ran a white nationalist record label (Fsck #24)
• PENNSYLVANIA: Elderly couple arrested for hibiscus police thought was weed (TribLive)
• PENNSYLVANIA: Philly cop arrested for re-selling Baltimore drugs (The Inquirer)
• PENNSYLVANIA: Exposé on civil asset forfeiture abuse in York County (York Daily Record)
• TENNESSEE: Nashville Sergeant James Dunaway indicted for stealing $5K (The Tennesseean)
• TEXAS: Dallas ADA attacks Uber driver on camera (HuffPost)
• TEXAS: Sheriff Troy Nehls threatens criminal prosecution over “F*ck Trump” sticker (Houston Chronicle)
• TEXAS: Police pull over drivers to give them turkeys (ABC World News Tonight)
• TEXAS: Lyndo Jones shot 2x for “breaking into” his own truck (Central Track)
• VIRGINIA: Deputy sheriff Jean Browning dresses in blackface to mock Congresswoman (The Root)
• WASHINGTON: Navy pilot draws dick pic in the sky (KREM 2)
• WEST VIRGINIA: Man rapes 15-year-old daughter, avoids jail time (The Herald-Dispatch)
• FRANCE: Sarcelles cop shoots girlfriend in face, five others after breakup (UK Evening Standard)