http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/badcopnodonut/ en-us Tue, 5 Aug 2008 19:47:16 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056988/posts He calls himself "Jimmy Justice," a self-styled "cop-arazzi," armed only with a video camera as he prowls the streets of New York looking for law enforcement officers who are breaking the law. His targets are illegally parked city government vehicles -- particularly cars of traffic cops blocking bus stops, sitting in "no parking" zones or double-parked. Cop cars blocking fire hydrants make him particularly incensed. "Something like that is just despicable," Jimmy fumed, pointing to a police enforcement vehicle parked next to a fire hydrant on 33rd Street on Manhattan's West Side on a muggy July afternoon. "They're never allowed... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056988/posts#comment Tue, 5 Aug 2008 19:47:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2056503/posts Travis Lapham of the Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office provided a feel-good moment for people attending the Blue Earth County Fair Saturday. For people suffering some guilt about eating the chili cheese fries at the 4-H stand or the deep-fried cheese curds at the snack wagon or the chili cheese fries and the deep-fried cheese curds, Lapham outdid them in calories and fat intake. And Lapham managed to do it in less than seven minutes. “I feel really good right now,” Lapham said, just minutes after winning the doughnut-eating contest. There was little indication — other than a quiet belch... Mankato Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2056503/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 23:26:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046946/posts DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A police lieutenant in Daytona Beach was fired over accusations that he threatened slower emergency response times if he was not given complimentary specialty Starbucks coffee drinks. An internal police investigation found that Daytona Lt. Major Garvin received free coffee for about two years from a city Starbucks coffee store. However, when recently denied free coffee from new management, Garvin allegedly told managers that he could change the police department's response time if they refuse to give him complimentary drinks. Garvin is accused of saying, "If something happens, either we can respond really fast or we... Local 6 (Orlando, FL) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046946/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:49:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008718/posts If you watch much television, you've probably heard of a product called Mike's Hard Lemonade. And if you ask Christopher Ratte and his wife how they lost custody of their 7-year-old son, the short version is that nobody in the Ratte family watches much television. The way police and child protection workers figure it, Ratte should have known that what a Comerica Park vendor handed over when Ratte ordered a lemonade for his boy three Saturdays ago contained alcohol, and Ratte's ignorance justified placing young Leo in foster care until his dad got up to speed on the commercial beverage... WZZM News 13 (Detroit) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008718/posts#comment Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:10:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005947/posts A Tualatin man, a former U.S. Marine and an aspiring sheriff's deputy, was cleared Friday of all charges related to the fatal shooting of his wife Dec. 16, 2007. Ryan Michael Osbrink, 24, was practicing drawing an H & K model USP, .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol from a holster, and it discharged as his wife entered the room. Kimberly Osbrink, 23, was hit by a single bullet to the abdomen. According to the Washington County District Attorney's report on the incident, police found Kimberly conscious but in great pain. Officers reported her stating, "It was an accident. He didn't mean to... The Hillsboro Argus http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005947/posts#comment Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:22:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005275/posts Bryant returned to his seat, and says shortly afterward he watched a restaurant employee hand the officer a plastic bag before he left. Unfortunately for Officer Stensgaard, Bryant had recently passed the Oregon bar exam, and decided to pursue the matter further. "If he had acknowledged and corrected his error, we could have avoided this whole thing," says Bryant. "But instead, he kept watching basketball and told me he wasn't doing anything wrong." Now, using ORS 153.058, Bryant—as a private citizen—has initiated violation proceedings against Officer Stensgaard. Bryant alleges Stensgaard was in violation of state statutes on illegal parking, illegal... The Portland Mercury http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005275/posts#comment Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:54:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001827/posts This is a most unusual story and should make any lover of liberty's blood boil. Apparently a group of about 20 self-identified libertarians went to the Jefferson Memorial last night to mark the birthday of Thomas Jefferson. They did it in an unusual way. Using their I-Pods and headphones, they began to dance on the steps of the memorial. Nothng kinky or wild according to the several accounts that have appeared on the internet. They were going to dance for about 10 minutes and then leave. What happened next is astonishing: Courtney and I were about 10 minutes late, but... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001827/posts#comment Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:48:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979383/posts Jay Dow HOBOKEN, N.J. (CBS) ― The racy photos of cops cavorting with Hooters waitresses rocked the Hoboken Police Department. Now, officers face disciplinary charges after a scathing report on their conduct was released. The photos embarrassed and brought unwanted attention to the Hoboken police. Officers of the disbanded SWAT team and their chief are seen in the photos having a ball during Mardi Gras, and with Hooters waitresses during the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Retiring Hoboken patrolman John Camile told CBS 2 HD he's moving on with a bit of a heavy heart. "You feel that weight that people... WCBS-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979383/posts#comment Mon, 3 Mar 2008 02:30:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978840/posts The Great Meat Fight of 2007 has been declared a draw. Criminal charges will not be filed against Vancouver Police Officer Roger Evans or Top Choice Meats owner Mike Brannan, a special prosecutor said Wednesday. The Dec. 21 altercation started when Evans, who went to the Orchards shop to pick up a venison order while off duty, became upset that market employees failed to add pepper flakes to his venison jerky. According to witnesses, Evans and Brannan had a lengthy, heated exchange that ended with Evans drawing his gun, customers ducking for cover and a flurry of calls to 911.... The Columbian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978840/posts#comment Sat, 1 Mar 2008 16:51:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971610/posts A US sheriff's deputy who dumped a quadriplegic man out of his wheelchair has been charged with felony abuse. Charlette Marshall-Jones was booked at the same police station where the incident happened - in Tampa, Florida. She is accused of tipping Brian Sterner out of his wheelchair onto the floor of the police station after he was arrested for a driving offence. Dep Marshall-Jones was charged with felony abuse of a disabled person and bailed for $3,500 (£1,800). The 29 January incident was caught on a CCTV camera at the jail in Hillsborough County, which incorporates Tampa, and the video... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971610/posts#comment Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:10:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969248/posts A veteran Florida sheriff's deputy is in hot water after she was caught on video dumping a quadriplegic man out of his wheelchair while he was being booked on Jan. 29, MyFOXTampaBay.com reported. The video shows Brian Sterner, 32, out of his wheelchair and on the floor while Deputy Charlotte Marshall Jones is booking him into the Hillsborough County Jail, the Web site reported. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969248/posts#comment Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:22:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963791/posts After Wednesday's ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals, the city of Lee's Summit could face paying a hefty sum of money to a man wrongfully convicted of child molestation nearly 10 years ago. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has sided with former Lee's Summit businessman Ted White Jr. in his civil rights case against a Lee's Summit police detective and his ex-wife, who is now married to the detective. White, whose 1999 conviction of molesting his step-daughter was overturned in 2005, filed a federal lawsuit against Lee's Summit Detective Richard McKinley and his wife Tina... Lee's Summit Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963791/posts#comment Sat, 2 Feb 2008 16:46:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964674/posts CANTON -- Hope Steffey's night began with a call to police for help. It ended with her face down, completely naked and sobbing on a jail cell floor. Steffey says Stark County sheriff's deputies used excessive force and assaulted her during a strip search 15 months ago, according to a federal lawsuit. WKYC.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964674/posts#comment Mon, 4 Feb 2008 15:36:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962712/posts NEW YORK — A police detective and a woman forced a 13-year-old runaway to work as a prostitute at parties around the city, telling her that if she tried to escape the officer would make her sell herself on the streets, prosecutors said. Wayne Taylor, 35, and Zelika Brown, 29, were arrested on charges of kidnapping, promoting prostitution, assault and endangering the welfare of a child, the Queens district attorney's office said Wednesday. Taylor, a 14-year New York Police Department member assigned to the housing bureau, was suspended without pay, the department said. Both he and Brown pleaded not guilty... FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962712/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:45:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958097/posts Police to Public: Bug Us Too Often, Expect a BillTuesday, January 22, 2008 ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Anchorage police have begun sending bills to people if officers have to make more than eight trips per year to their homes. The first homeowner to be billed under a law that allows police to charge people got a tab for $23,000 last week. Police have been called to the home dozens of times since last summer and 10 times so far this year, they said. An ordinance that took effect in 2002 calls for taxpayers to pay for the first eight police responses... FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958097/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:40:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957167/posts CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A 75-year-old woman was arrested at a Clearwater McDonald's drive-thru, because police say she wouldn't pull her car forward. Authorities said Jean Merola, a grandmother of eight, was arrested for disorderly conduct after she refused an officer's orders to move her car while she waited for the coffee and fries she ordered at the drive-through window. Merola said the McDonald's employees told her to wait there for her food. Merola was handcuffed behind her back and put in the cruiser. Another officer arrived and took her to the Pinellas County Jail . Merola said she was searched,... Local6.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957167/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:17:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952644/posts Utah Stun Gun Trooper Back on the Job The Associated Press Fri, Jan 11, 2008 The Utah trooper who used a stun gun on a motorist who was walking away from him in a confrontation widely viewed on YouTube is back on duty after taking a verbal communications course. Trooper Jon Gardner returned to work recently after internal investigators question the motorist in the Sept. 14 confrontation on U.S. 40 in eastern Utah, said Col. Lance Davenport, commander of the state highway patrol. The driver, Jared Massey, obtained the trooper's dashboard camera video through a public records request and posted... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952644/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:00:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950577/posts World Net Daily reports: Nearly a dozen members of a police SWAT team in western Colorado punched a hole in the front door and invaded a family's home with guns drawn, demanding that an 11-year-old boy who had had an accidental fall accompany them to the hospital, on the order of Garfield County Magistrate Lain Leoniak. The boy's parents and siblings were thrown to the floor at gunpoint and the parents were handcuffed in the weekend assault, and the boy's father told WND it was all because a paramedic was upset the family preferred to care for their son themselves.... Reason http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950577/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jan 2008 01:11:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1942877/posts Cop indicted in road-rage incident during which other driver shot him in leg After being indicted Thursday for allegedly making terroristic threats during a road-rage incident last summer in Coon Rapids, a Robbinsdale police officer gave his side of what happened in the confrontation that left him with a gunshot wound to the leg. [...] A 19-year-old Anoka woman said she saw the man later identified as Beard driving next to another vehicle and leaning out his window as he repeatedly swore and threatened to kill the other driver, adding, "I don't care about jail." Several witnesses said they saw... Minneapolis Star-Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1942877/posts#comment Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:49:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1942943/posts Video has surfaced of a Daytona Beach police officer using a TASER on a woman in a store. According to our partners at the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Elizabeth Beeland was shopping at a Best Buy in Daytona Beach last month. Before she checked out, she got an upsetting phone call about her child and stepped outside to take the call. According to the police report, the clerk said Beeland was suspicious and flagged down Daytona Beach police officer Claudia Wright, who was in the store. When Officer Wright confronted Beeland, she yelled at her. When they came back in the... CFNews13 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1942943/posts#comment Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:14:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1942294/posts Coon Rapids man charged with shooting officer in road rage The Anoka County courthouse revealed documents Wednesday that charge 35-year-old Martin Scott Treptow with the shooting of a Robbinsdale Police officer. Treptow, of Coon Rapids, claims Officer Landen Beard was not wearing a uniform at the time he forced Treptow off of the road on June 7. Beard supposedly was driving an unmarked car. When the two men confronted each other, Treptow claimed Beard pointed a gun at his wife. "We were about three feet away from each other and he pointed the gun at my wife. It was a... KSTP News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1942294/posts#comment Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:56:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941268/posts S.J. OFFICER'S RUSE BECAME EVIDENCE By Leslie Griffy Mercury News Article Launched: 12/16/2007 01:37:24 AM PST There was one major problem with the Santa Clara County crime lab report that implicated a San Jose man of sexual assault: It wasn't true. The document was a fake, created by a San Jose police detective. The crime lab analyst who purportedly prepared the document doesn't exist. The number used to identify it was false. Even so, detective Matthew Christian testified as though the phony report were authentic. The case unraveled when the defense attorney sought the résumé of the lab analyst, only... Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941268/posts#comment Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:37:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940683/posts Police blamed bad information for sending a SWAT team into a north Minneapolis house early Sunday morning in a raid that ended with shots exchanged between police -- who were struck by bullets -- and the resident, who said he was just defending his family. The homeowner, who does not speak English, told his brother that he thought the police were the "bad guys" after they broke through the back door of the house, where he lives with his wife and six children. He fired and hit two police officers, who were not injured thanks to their bullet-proof vests and... Minneapolis Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940683/posts#comment Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:37:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935167/posts The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is pushing to close San Francisco's cannabis clubs by turning its guns on their landlords - warning them that renting to pot dispensaries could cost them their buildings. The agency intends to send letters by week's end to 80 owners of buildings housing medical marijuana clubs, similar to notices it fired off recently to landlords in Los Angeles and Sacramento, according law enforcement sources. "By this notice, you have been made aware of the purposes for which the property is being used," said a copy of the letter sent to Sacramento landlords, signed by the... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935167/posts#comment Wed, 5 Dec 2007 19:29:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935124/posts KEVIN FOX SUIT | Dad says harsh questioning made him confess to killing Riley amid harsh questioning Kevin Fox was ready to crack. He was hungry. He had failed a polygraph. He was led to believe his wife had abandoned him, his son had implicated him and his father told Will County investigators to "do what you want with him." » Click to enlarge image Kevin Fox enters the Federal Building on Tuesday to testify in his lawsuit against Will County authorities. Fox was charged with killing his 3-year-old daughter Riley, but charges were later dropped. (Brian Jackson/Sun-Times) RELATED STORIES•... Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935124/posts#comment Wed, 5 Dec 2007 18:29:21 GMT