Posted on 05/06/2010 9:31:49 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
Tulsa, OK - A Tulsa federal agent pleads guilty. He admits to stealing money, planting drugs and framing innocent people. His arrest is part of a larger investigation into possible corruption within the Tulsa Police Department.
34-year-old Brandon McFadden confessed to the crimes as part of a plea deal with the US Attorney's office. McFadden will also be a witness for the prosecution in other cases against law enforcement officers.
Former ATF Agent Brandon McFadden finally has his day in Tulsa Federal Court and pleads guilty to a host of shocking charges including the possession and conspiracy to distribute drugs, possession of a firearm during drug trafficking, and money laundering.
Neal Kirkpatrick is McFadden's attorney.
"He was involved for a couple of years in some dealings with TPD and he wanted to be able to look his children in the face and this is the first step," Kirkpatrick says.
Prosecutors say McFadden stole money, planted drugs and framed innocent people partly because of greed, a clear abuse of both his power as a federal agent and an abuse of the public trust.
"I would agree with that. In his confession, he asked for a special enhancement for abusing his position of trust and he will," explains US Attorney Jane Duke, the prosecuting attorney in the case.
McFadden's arrest is part of a larger investigation into possible corruption in the Tulsa Police Department and at least one TPD officer will also face trial.
In the meantime, several convictions have already been thrown out and innocent suspects freed because of tainted or fabricated evidence and witnesses, like Brandon McFadden, who just plain lied under oath.
McFadden is out on bond under house arrest until his sentencing hearing on July 28.
Seems to be a common problem in most democrat controlled cities.
This guy needs to be in jail.
You betray one innocent while wearing a badge, you should forfeit your life.
I agree. If they want a plea deal, let them hang with a new rope.
Or, we could have some perspective and understand that the reason this sort of story is big news is because it is the exception, not the rule.
Really?
I tell ya what, I'll go head to head with you and will match any story you can find about drunk commercial pilots. I'll match it will 20 stories about misconduct and criminal behavior by cops.
I'll happily show you wrong, your exception, not the rule statement...
Perhaps I should have made another analogy. How many commercial pilots make mistakes in the cockpit? How many get on their computers and read while they're supposed to be piloting the aircraft? How many pilots have boinked a flight attendant in the cockpit? How many have dozed off in flight? How many pilots have landed at the wrong airport? How many pilots have crashed planes due to "pilot error?
Don't you see? The blame game doesn't work. We probably agree that there are "bad apples" in all professions. Then, you have to take into account the nature of the job. Cops have frequent confrontations with people who are in the midst of trouble, either as a victim of crime or as a perpetrator. Take your job and try to picture yourself on every flight having to deal with an unruly passenger, one who hasn't been checked for weapons. Wouldn't that be a fun job?
As I've said in many other posts, cops are people. They come from the human race. They make mistakes. Some are criminals. Some are unsuited for the job. Some are incompetent. Same is true for pilots.
re: several convictions have already been thrown out and innocent suspects freed
But you can never restore the sense of trust in the system that is lost when an innocent person is dragged through this process. It’s great they’ve been exonerated, but that’s only a small part of the price they’ve already paid for a crime they did not commit.
Sadly most professional organizations, or I should say organizations of professionals, frequently turn out to be quite lacking when it comes to policing their own.
Cheer up Skippy, ya can always get a cop job in S Florida!
There are commercial pilots who take naps during flights. There are also pilots who scored some nookie when they are supposed to be working.
There are also badge groupies. Cooping (sleeping on duty) is a very old piece of police slang. My rather limited emergency services experiences include four officers who were fired for drunkeness on duty, theft of public funds, theft of a gun out of evidence, and drunkenness during dereliction of duty when a tour commander decided it was more fun to hang out in the next town over.
They are the exception, but they operate under the force of the authority of The United States. They are able to wield more power than some armies. The men in Tulsa used their positions as heavily armed, government officials to commit extrortion, armed robbery, and to distribute illegal drugs. If you can find a group of airline pilots who used their jobs at United or Delta to commit extortion, armed robbery, and to distribute illegal drugs, you’ll have the beginnings of an issue. But those pilots do not have machine guns and power of arrest as part of their job descriptions.
Yeah, that’s a real shock. BATFags acting like BATFags.
ATF IS THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL IN FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. When our city has them along on investigations....total jokes. They are shunned in Little Rock.
No. This guy needs to be fed to the hogs in a very messy public manner, and the tape needs to be narrated by non other than a Henry Bowman.
You throw me in prison on false charges, when I get out, he'd be lucky to have any relatives this side of the dirt.
Hang him.
Washington DC is corruption central, so why shouldn’t it’s agents nationwide be corrupt??
You have a LOT to learn. Keep your innocence with your head in the sand.
With our globalist elite-controlled puppet? I don’t think so...
“His arrest is part of a larger investigation into possible corruption within the Tulsa Police Department. 34-year-old Brandon McFadden confessed to the crimes as part of a plea deal with the US Attorney’s office. McFadden will also be a witness for the prosecution in other cases against law enforcement officers.”
And just how credible will this guy be as a snitch?
In the meantime, several convictions have already been thrown out and innocent suspects freed because of tainted or fabricated evidence and witnesses, like Brandon McFadden, who just plain lied under oath.
What do you call a cop that looks the other way when he sees a fellow cop break the law they are sworn to enforce?
IT'S BIG NEWS BECAUSE IT IS ADMITTED, AND ADJUDICATED ABUSE OF THE BADGE!
There ya go, now you can go back to discussin airline pilots or whatever.
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