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Monday, December 12, 2011

Florida’s Flawed System For Policing The Police, Sarasota Herald-Tribune

One cop in Florida has been the subject of 40 internal affairs cases, including 16 for battery or excessive force. He's been fired five times and arrested three. But he's been allowed to keep his job, thanks to the state's system for protecting the police.

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6 comments:

mack said...

SOUNDS like me they really need to have a Police Offender Registry List in Florida to keep with these cop criminals so the public can protect them and their families from them before they attack.

lmclain said...

"A bad apple"....is getting old to the serfs. How many times does a cop need to be FIRED or ARRESTED before he's not allowed to KILL the rest of us anymore? FORTY (!!) internal affairs investigations and just 3 arrests? Wonder how many people he beat up (you know, for "mouthing off"), robbed ("thats a LOT of money, boy"), shot ("he reached for my gun"), raped ("she ASKED for it"), or killed (in performance of his "duty")? Probably a LOT more than we'll ever know....protectin' and servin', baby...

Anonymous said...

"Diplomatic Immunity" - Police officers are Never wrong...just ask one! lol

Anonymous said...

WOW<WOW<WOW. Why haven't the feds or the state police stepped in. If all of this stuff is true, I as a law abiding citzen would be scared to even ride through that neighborhood.

Anonymous said...

Citizens have been conditioned or "hazed" since birth to believe we should trust and respect police for the job they do, brainwashed into believing they are righteous benevolent peace keepers. They are in fact some of the worst power hungry,control freak, violent, passive aggressive, vindictive, clannish, psychopathic criminals on the streets. The Government gives them guns, tasers, gas, a 150mph car all with qualified immunity to use "at their discretion". Not all, but most fit this category.

Jack K Richards said...

As an ex-Police Officer and now a resident of Florida, I find this to be disgusting. Our local paper had a series of 3 articles on this matter and I find it hard to comprehend that his is happening.