Ridiculous Police News (Specific events)

[Ghost_Wheel22]

The NYPD neither condones nor strictly prohibits it. Personal decision to do so entails the personal responsibility to not fuck it up.

[vivbiibasjiu]

It's kinda sad that the one cop that finally gets what's coming to him and gets convicted is the one where he's just being a general retard and you could argue it was accidental without malice (spooky noise, shoot!) than the hundreds of cops who genuinely get boners at murdering people who very clearly do it with malice on purpose and yet get away with it somehow

Both are in the wrong but the ones who are even worse people don't even get a slap on the wrist

[myreality]

I'm hoping that this is satire. Old news though.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3764951.html

Texas Police Hit Organic Farm With Massive SWAT Raid

Members of the local police raiding party had a search warrant for marijuana plants, which they failed to find at the Garden of Eden farm. But farm owners and residents who live on the property told a Dallas-Ft. Worth NBC station that the real reason for the law enforcement exercise appears to have been code enforcement. The police seized "17 blackberry bushes, 15 okra plants, 14 tomatillo plants ... native grasses and sunflowers," after holding residents inside at gunpoint for at least a half-hour, property owner Shellie Smith said in a statement. The raid lasted about 10 hours, she said.

Local authorities had cited the Garden of Eden in recent weeks for code violations, including "grass that was too tall, bushes growing too close to the street, a couch and piano in the yard, chopped wood that was not properly stacked, a piece of siding that was missing from the side of the house, and generally unclean premises," Smith's statement said. She said the police didn't produce a warrant until two hours after the raid began, and officers shielded their name tags so they couldn't be identified. According to ABC affiliate WFAA, resident Quinn Eaker was the only person arrested -- for outstanding traffic violations.

This is why police are losing face in society.

[Fiye]

Well, that also gets tied in with the war on drugs and misuse of SWAT teams.

[dasva]

Also why government in general is losing face. Seriously grass too tall? Wood not "properly" stacked? It's bad enough that they think that's their business but to send cops to deal with it or even just the general sending cops to look for minor shit. All about finding new and inventive ways to "generate" revenue mob style

[BaneTheBrawler]

To be fair, the wood stacking thing is actually a legit safety concern. Improperly stacked wood can pretty easily fall and kill someone.

[Ghost_Wheel22]

Just for that I'm now going to go out to my backyard, saw up a half cord of wood, run it through my splitter, then improperly stack it.

[myreality]

Just for that I'm now going to go out to my backyard, saw up a half cord of wood, run it through my splitter, then improperly stack it.

Justified to kick in your door, flashbang in your bed, raid your fridge and arrest you for causing stress to the officers for not having enough mustard. They will send in a bomb disposal unit to stack that wood properly you animal!

[dasva]

To be fair, the wood stacking thing is actually a legit safety concern. Improperly stacked wood can pretty easily fall and kill someone.

But that's my anti-trespassing measure. Just wait till you see all the gopher holes I've made conveniently hidden in deep grass. All of this to lure you to the diseased rat infested piano and couch in the yard.

[Kaslo]

To be fair, the wood stacking thing is actually a legit safety concern. Improperly stacked wood can pretty easily fall and kill someone.

And overgrown grass can become a fire hazard.

[Jaybar]

And overgrown grass can become a fire hazard.

Nature is flammable. Pave it.

[jmc]

But why is that a police matter? Inspectional services or code enforcement should only be handling that nonsense

[Kaslo]

Nature is flammable. Pave it.

It's actually a problem out here on the plains during a dry season.

[BaneTheBrawler]

But why is that a police matter? Inspectional services or code enforcement should only be handling that nonsense

Yeah. I was just pointing out that it's not a made-up complaint. I thought that was clear with the part where I didn't say anything other than pointing out that it's a legit complaint. Obv not.

[jmc]

Yeah. I was just pointing out that it's not a made-up complaint. I thought that was clear with the part where I didn't say anything other than pointing out that it's a legit complaint. Obv not.

Oh wasn't saying it to anyone specific

[Niiro]

If they're gonna be misusing SWAT raids and overreacting to minor shit they should be misusing and overreacting to minor shit that actually matters.

Go crack down on people who park like assholes or somethin, at least they've got that shit coming.

[zoobernut]

If they're gonna be misusing SWAT raids and overreacting to minor shit they should be misusing and overreacting to minor shit that actually matters.

Go crack down on people who park like assholes or somethin, at least they've got that shit coming.

This would make me so happy. I live in a very touristy area. There are some parks and common sight seeing areas here that get really bad. People parking with their cars hanging out into the highway with a 55mph speed limit. Like they don't even try to get that shit on the other side of the white line. Or people meandering slowly down the middle of the road on a blind corner. Morons.

[dasva]

Or those people that wait till the very last second to merge or even continue on after the lane ends and try to force their way into the line so they can get a few spots ahead. Also people that run stop signs at over 30 MPH when they have to turn anyways almost hitting people on their bikes and then just ride off

[6souls]

St Paul MN Sergeant, Jeff Rothecker, put on Leave after it was discovered he was trolling Racial Equality Facebook pages and news posts

http://www.citypages.com/news/st-pau...esters-7974088 | http://www.citypages.com/news/st-pau...k-post-7975776
http://www.twincities.com/localnews/...stice-rally-at | http://www.startribune.com/st-paul-p...ers/365697691/

This is not his first incident. At the RNC 2008 he grabbed a protester at random and began dragging him away. A crowd surrounded him and he started spraying the crowd with mace. The protester got away soon after.

Resigned from Police force, is "apologetic for the damage that his words caused"
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/02...hecker-resigns

[Ragnus]

http://fusion.net/story/215204/law-e...tent=theme_top

Genealogy sites are being contacted by law enforcement agencies to hand over DNA records.