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We’re back! Join us this week for cops doing casual corpse-fondling in California, beating a domestic violence victim for sport in Texas, repeatedly shooting an autistic 13-year-old in Utah, and a lot more!
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Show Notes:
- The Police Brutality Mega-Thread (Twitter)
- 9th Circuit: Qualified immunity given to social worker who sexually harassed child’s legal guardian and then retaliated against her when she reported the harassment (9th Circuit COA)
- ARIZONA: Tempe PD cop Ronald Kerzaya holds black man at gunpoint responding to call about white suspect (KTVK 3)
- CALIFORNIA: LAPD cop David Rojas criminally charged for being caught on bodycam fondling a dead woman (LA Times)
- CALIFORNIA: Orange County deputy Steve Hortz arrested after being caught on video repeatedly burglarizing the home of a dead man (KCBS 2)
- CALIFORNIA: 7 other Orange County deputies suspended for falsely collecting paid time off for non-existent military service (KTLA 5)
- CONNECTICUT: Bridgeport PD chief Armando Perez resigns after being federally indicted for fraud (Connecticut Post)
- FLORIDA: Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco thinks the movie “Minority Report” was a documentary (Tampa Bay Times)
- GEORGIA: White deputies caught on camera beating the everlasting sh*t out of black man for not providing ID (WXIA 11)
- GEORGIA: Henry County deputies conduct a no-knock SWAT raid on the wrong house, traumatize 79-year-old owner, get qualified immunity (WXIA 11)
- LOUISIANA: Three Lafayette police officers caught on camera beating the sh*t out of two black teens for sport (NBC News)
- LOUISIANA: New Orleans PD sergeant Robert Blanchard charged with pulling a gun on a motorist in road rage incident (New Orleans Advocate)
- MICHIGAN: Macomb County elected District Attorney Eric Smith pleads guilty to federal charges after asking subordinates to lie to police investigating him for corruption (Macomb Daily)
- NEW JERSEY: Neptune City jailer Jovanny Galindo charged with falsifying records to hide pepper-spraying an inmate (Asbury Park Press)
- NORTH CAROLINA: Raleigh PD detective Omar Abdullah on leave after discovery he fabricated evidence in 12-15 drug cases (WTVD 11)
- OKLAHOMA: 74-year-old grandmother asks Oklahoma City police for a warrant as they attempt to arrest her son, so cops break her arm (KOCO 5)
- OKLAHOMA: Tulsa PD cop Aaron Russell charged with reckless handling of firearm after shooting driver, fabricating basis for it (KTUL 8)
- PENNSYLVANIA: Unhinged off-duty Pittsburgh cop Paul Abel Jr. on camera arresting man for “being disrespectful” about Thin Blue Line mask (WTAE 4)
- TENNESSEE: Politicians misallocate $300K in coronavirus money to hire more cops (Associated Press)
- TEXAS: 4 Houston PD cops fired after shooting Nicolas Chavez 24 times after he was already on the ground (NY Times)
- TEXAS: Williamson County deputies beat the sh*t out of a domestic violence victim when she says she doesn’t want their help (Austin American-Statesman)
- UTAH: Police repeatedly shoot 13-year-old autistic boy when his mother calls for a Crisis Intervention Team (KUTV 2)