The Cato Institute: National Police Misconduct Reporting Project
link:
http://www.policemisconduct.net/
Yeah, I'm not a fan of the Cato Institute either. Their libertarian railings aggravate me. But, this is pretty damned good (IMHO). Especially since they post several reports almost daily.
A few from the first page for those who refuse to go into the denizen of Cato (and I don't blame you)
But, they do have part of an article from Matthew Yglesias (and the link to the whole article) which criticizes Guiliani and the police union in reference to their inflammatory rhetoric, reminding people he provided no actual evidence that the President or Mayor Di Blasio said anything inflammatory about the police
-New York, New York: A police officer was suspended after a video that showed him repeatedly striking a 16-year-old in custody went viral.
- Update: Atlanta, Georgia: A now-former police officer was sentenced to five years in prison, with another five suspended, after being found guilty on four of five counts related to excessive force allegations
- Update: Milwaukee, Wisconsin: A now-former police officer will not face charges in fatal shooting of mentally ill black man he encountered in a park. The officer was fired after the incident for initiating a pat-down of the victim against policy that preceded the shooting.
- Richmond, California: A police sergeant was fired after allegedly tipping-off drug dealers to police activity and exposing the identity of an informant. No criminal charges have been filed against the former sergeant yet.
-Los Angeles County, California: The sheriff’s department settled a civil suit and agreed to federal oversight of its jail facilities due to numerous instances of abuse. According to NPR: “There are the grisly details of inmate beatings by gang-like cliques of sheriff’s officers while higher-ups look the other way. Then you have the indictments handed down by the U.S. attorney here that recently led to criminal convictions against top sheriff’s deputies. The federal government accused them of encouraging the violence. In one case, a deputy beat and pepper sprayed an inmate and then taught other lower-level officers how to write a report covering up the abuse.”
Kind of gives perspective to the 'few bad apples' argument we hear from police apologists
