policemisconduct.net Worst Police Officer Misconduct for March. Framing Edition. Must see video
For March, it has to be the conspiracy to frame an innocent man, Douglas Dendinger, in Bogalusa, Louisiana.
Mr. Dendinger agreed to take on the task of a “process server.” That is, he would hand-deliver legal papers to a person who has been sued–putting that person on notice about the legal action. In this instance, Mr. Dendinger was to serve papers upon a former police officer, Chad Cassard, who was being sued for police brutality. Mr. Dendinger found Mr. Cassard as he was leaving the local courthouse and made the delivery. At that moment, Mr. Cassard was in the company of several police officers and prosecutors. These people became hostile and furious with Mr. Dendinger over what this lawsuit would mean for their friend/colleague.
Then the story takes a bizarre and disturbing turn. Later that day, the police arrive at Mr. Dendinger’s home and place him under arrest on several charges, including two felonies (1) obstruction of justice and (2) witness intimidation. Mr. Cassard and a few of his cohorts claimed that Mr. Dendinger had served the papers in a violent fashion. Mr. Dendinger was in very serious legal trouble. He was looking at many years in prison.
Fortunately, a cell phone video of the “incident” emerged. Turns out, Mr. Dendinger did nothing wrong. All he did was peacefully hand-deliver an envelope to Mr. Cassard. The charges were then dropped.
link:
http://www.policemisconduct.net/
A must see video:
http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/investigations/mike-perlstein/2015/02/26/charges-crumble-after-cell-phone-video-uncovered/24039559/
Other examples of the few bad apples:
Brooklyn, Illinois (First reported 03-27-15): An officer allegedly ran a towing scheme to boost revenue for the city and his family’s towing business. The entire department is under investigation for its practices.
Leadwood, Tennessee: An officer faces a felony child abuse charge for allegedly throwing a four-year-old against a wall in frustration.
Miami-Dade, Florida: An officer was indicted for fraud. He allegedly filed false ID theft reports to aid in an illicit credit-building scheme.
Linden, New Jersey (First reported 03-24-15): The officer who was driving in a fatal wrong-way crash had eight prior crashes and one prior arrest for DUI.
Titusville, Florida (First reported 03-07-14): A now-former officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison for aiding and abetting drug distribution.
But remember, it's only a few bad apples.
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