“Even though he was facing charges of creating, distributing and possessing child pornography while on the job as a police officer, he still received $56,000 in pay from the city while on suspension, before retiring in June 2017.”
“Bodycam video shows Hickman, 31, beating and choking Johnnie Jermaine Rush, who was suspected of jaywalking and trespassing after crossing into a parking lot of a business that was closed at the time. Rush, 33, who can be heard on the footage saying multiple times that he can’t breathe, was also shocked twice with a stun gun while being restrained.”
Read more: https://nypost.com/2018/03/09/ex-cop-who-beat-the-s-t-out-of-jaywalk-suspect-busted-for-assault/
“Kyle A. Kirby, 37, was charged after an investigation into his patrol car computer in October 2015 revealed images showing young children involved in sex acts.”
Read more: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/police-sergeant-convicted-of-creating-child-porn-while-on-duty/
“A veteran sheriff’s deputy was arrested and charged with three felony counts of possession of child pornography after he was caught soliciting sex from young girls online, and he was found with several images that depicted babies, toddlers, and young children engaged in sex acts.”
“Police and investigators had this video evidence the same night Sterling was killed yet they did nothing with it and waited until their officers were cleared in his death before releasing it.”
Read more: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/body-camera-footage-released-alton-sterling/
“China said this week it will begin applying its so-called social credit system to flights and trains and stop people who have committed misdeeds from taking such transport for up to a year.”
“As long as I’m carrying my Black Opal, there’s that little shred of liberty. If this the hill I die on, at least you’ll never know how I got here.”
“If gun control activists really want the country to reconsider its relationship with guns and violence, then it needs to start with a serious discussion about the role our government has played and continues to play in contributing to the culture of violence.”
“President Trump’s recent cabinet shake-up looks to be a real boost to hard-line militarism and neo-conservatism. If his nominees to head the State Department and CIA are confirmed, we may well have moved closer to war.”
“There are six factors involved: Iran, sales of arms, Israel, the CIA, indifferent cruelty, and the system of empire.”
Read more: https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/55-u-s-senators-voted-genocide-yemen/