Maybe we need a new forum called: "Bad Cop, No Donut"

[MrScorpio]

You could count on me as being a regular poster… Hell, I might even moderate that damn thing.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. You must be a firefighter at heart!!!!

[bravenak]

2. For real.

I'll show up to give tips on how to not get shot during police contact.

Only one rule though.

If you see the cop coming to talk to you, just lie face down in felony position and put your arms behind your back waiting for the cuffs.
I mean unless your in Oakland. In Oakland they shoot you after you're cuffed, so no advice for you Oakland. You're on your own.

[damnedifIknow]

3. Sad that it has come to that

Probably the best thing to do but I refuse to bow down. I still believe in rights even though I should know better.

[bravenak]

8. We have no rights.

If they THINK they see a gun, bang bang, your dead. Pulling out your wallet might get you killed.

I remember when I lived near La Brea and Jefferson on Orange drive in LA, and I was walking to the Popeyes by the Snooty Fox, the cops had just shot an old homeless lady for brandishing a screwdriver. She never got close to them , but they damn sure emptied clips in her direction. Killed a mentally ill lady right there in front of the Moter Inn.

[KamaAina]

5. If you're referring to the Oscar Grant shooting,

made (in)famous by the movie "Fruitvale Station", the douchebadge in question belonged to the BART police force, not the OPD. Not that the OPD is warm and fuzzy by any means; during Occupy Oakland, an Oakland cop threw a tear-gas canister under my friend's power wheelchair!

[bravenak]

6. Yes that's what I was talking about.

The thought that you could be shot by a cop while handcuffed is terrifying.

I was thinking It was OPD because of how they acted during occupy. Bullies.

[JustAnotherGen]

7. Damn you!

I just snorted Giovanni's homemade wine out of my nose on my new white mayfair Jammies!

[bravenak]

14. That's what I was going for.

But it's true. Gotta stay safe.

[JustAnotherGen]

9. Damn you!

I just snorted wine out my nose!

[awoke_in_2003]

13. "how to not get shot during police contact"

Start with "don't be black". Seriously, I will have to look up that Chris Rock video on how to not get your ass beat by the police. Work blocks youtube.

[Brigid]

20. Here ya go:

[awoke_in_2003]

21. Thanks, I will re-watch it when I get home. nt

[KamaAina]

4. Or "Douchebadges"

h/t SalmonChantedEvening.

[FredisDead]

10. Why not

most everything here on DU is reposted from reddit.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut/

[MrScorpio]

22. I didn't even know that that particular Reddit forum even existed

Talk about a coinkydink.

Thanks!

[Comrade Grumpy]

11. Here's a good source for you:

http://www.policemisconduct.net

Here's what was up yesterday:

National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Recap 02-20-14

February 21, 2014 @ 1:31 PM by Tim Lynch


Here are the 11 reports of police misconduct tracked for Thursday, February 20, 2014:

Rising Star, Texas: A now-former police chief has been indicted by federal prosecutors, who say he sold and pawned $4 million worth of equipment, including a machine gun, he fraudulently obtained through a federal program. ow.ly/tPaB3

Livingston Parish, Louisiana: A sheriff’s deputy has been fired after being arrested on accusations of tampering with narcotics evidence and illegally firing a weapon at his home. ow.ly/tP50y

Iota, Louisiana: A police officer has been arrested, following an investigation into weapons that were reported missing from the Police Department’s evidence room. http://ow.ly/tPkzg

Update: Prince George’s County, Maryland (Previously reported 08-19-13): A former deputy sheriff has been sentenced to one year in prison for having sex with an inmate. A judge him a three-year sentence, with all but one year suspended. He’ll also be on probation for 18 months after his release. http://ow.ly/tPkX3

El Paso, Texas: A police officer has been suspended after being arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, a police spokesman said. http://ow.ly/tPlj9

Update: Manatee County, Florida (First reported 11-05-13): A now-former sheriff’s deputy, who was charged in an undercover steroids investigation, was sentenced to two years’ probation. He was federally charged for possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids. http://ow.ly/tPnly

Springfield, Massachusetts: A city police officer was arrested. He was one of 11 men arrested in a prostitution sting and has been placed on desk duty while the department conducts its own internal investigation. http://ow.ly/tPnM2

Update: Glendive, Montana (First reported 08-16-13): A now-former police officer has been sentenced to 32 years prison with 24 suspended on four counts of sexual intercourse without consent and one count of sexual abuse of a child, all felonies. The sentence was significantly longer and more than agreed to in a plea agreement signed because since that time he violated the terms of therapy. http://ow.ly/tPrft

Craig, Colorado: A police officer was arrested for disorderly conduct and disrupting government operations. The police department released a statement saying, “The Craig Police Depart­ment has initiated an internal investigation of the incident to determine any department policy violations and potential disciplinary action. Any internal action will be in addition to any criminal penalties he may face.” http://ow.ly/tPs2P

Columbus, Ohio: A State Trooper is accused in a case of extreme drunk driving. Police say he plowed into two parked cars, and then attempted to drive away. http://ow.ly/tPsXs

Broward County, Florida: A woman spent one night in jail after she used a cellphone to record a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop. “All I knew was I was trying to keep my phone,” she said. “I knew I couldn’t give him my phone, because I didn’t know why he was acting the way he was if he didn’t plan on doing something wrong.” She spent the night in jail but was never charged. She now has two attorneys and says she gave notice that she plans to sue the agency. http://ow.ly/tPtHE

[MrScorpio]

12. I have the site bookmarked

And I follow the Twitter feed to

Glad to see that the word is out about it

[JanMichael]

15. It needs to have a meaner name. Look up Robert Jewett and West Palm Beach Police.

He was beaten to death (while likely somewhat buzzed walking down near the el Cid bar in WPB on Hwy 1 in the early or late morning) by two detectives in the early 90's.

They said when they stopped and approached him that he had a knife! That he was trying to kill them! So they beat him to death. Not shooting him or simply subduing him just beating.

The two douchebags were indicted but acquitted. The brother douchebags in the court room cheered and high-fived each other like baboons when the judge gave them the free pass on murder.

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/keyword/jewett/featured/5

http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1991/Two-Florida-Police-Officers-Acquitted-in-Custody-Death/id-73fd05dd048a08615ff789038e77eb56

Then one had the gall to sue to be re-instated.

What happened? One big baboon had him in a choke hold and the other big douchebag repeatedly swung a big flashlight into his balls until he was dead. It was a brutal beating intended to kill not subdue. Imagine taking a baseball bat and swinging as hard as you can into someones nuts for like 5 minutes in a row. What do you think the result would be? Simple bruising?

A Palm Beach Post van driver witnessed the two big thugs assaulting the 5'8" lightly built guy but that didn't really matter.

Robert Jewett was a "white trash" barely employed construction worker. An easy target.

On edit: Both "detectives" were white and of what I would call "normal police guy build". round 6" and not too skinny. Look up the photos of the "defendants" then the "threatening" victim.

[JanMichael]

18. no comments on this old but massive and uncared about injustice

This guy was literally walking down the street without a reason to fear death and was abruptly aggressively verbally confronted thrown thrown down lifted up choked and then bludgened in the groin until shaken fallen broken then silent.

I have posted this story in the past to similar silence. Maybe it us just too scary...

[Sanity Claws]

16. I'm stealing that phrase

[MrScorpio]

17. It's common

So don't accredit it to me, if you please.

[Brigid]

19. OK, so . . .

Just how many donuts do you have to eat to get that much powdered sugar all over your shirt? I'll bet that cop knows

[Humanist_Activist]

23. Here you go...

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut/