Different Verse, Same as the First (Episode 106)

Happy Biden Administration! Even with a change of presidents, criminal justice f*ckery continues unabated. Join us for civil rights violations in California, more people released from prison for crimes they didn’t commit in North Carolina, and some truly bonkers idiocy by the Dickson TN Police working with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. *THANK YOU* to …

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Happy Biden Administration! Even with a change of presidents, criminal justice f*ckery continues unabated. Join us for civil rights violations in California, more people released from prison for crimes they didn’t commit in North Carolina, and some truly bonkers idiocy by the Dickson TN Police working with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

*THANK YOU* to this week’s Show Note Sponsors (Anon, Trey Benfield, Ian Booth, Mary Jo Gustafson, JH, Colleen Mahaney, Neil Richmond, Ari Rutenberg, Michael Teal) and our #Law140 Lovers (Lindsey Bowser, Casey Carmody, Erica Phillips, Helen Poston, and Joe Sevits)!

Show Notes:

9th Circuit: 9-year prison sentence is OK for mentally ill blind man who didn’t notify cops he became homeless within 5 days (9th Circuit COA)
Data: Police 3x more likely to use force against left-wing protestors, let right-wing protestors get away with comparable conduct (The Guardian (UK))
CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies Miguel Vega and Chris Hernandez kidnap a skateboarder and lie about it; months later, they kill Andres Guardado (LA Times)
CALIFORNIA: Attorney General opens civil rights investigation into Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (Reuters)
CALIFORNIA: Blind and deaf 91-year-old woman calls police to report an intruder; cops show up and shoot her dead for sport (Victorville Daily Press)
DC: Capitol PD Officer Eugene Goodman did truly exemplary police work during the Capitol MAGA riot (Washington Post)
DC: 2 off-duty cops indicted for participating in Capitol riot; 13 more facing imminent prosecution; dozens more under investigation (Washington Post)
MICHIGAN: State police leadership using encryption apps like Signal to avoid providing documents in response to public records requests (WJBK 2)
NORTH CAROLINA: State Highway Patrol Cpt. Neil Denman calls his troopers “lazy,” insists they write more tickets without regard for whether crimes are actually happening (WECT 6)
NORTH CAROLINA: Charlotte man Willie George Shaw exonerated and released after spending 4+ years in prison for a sexual assault he did not commit (WSOC 9)
NORTH CAROLINA: Durham City Council invests in community “violence interruption” program to address spike in gun violence (News & Observer)

Recall: data shows nonprofits reduce crime more than police (Fsck #37)

PENNSYLVANIA: Judge throws out criminal charges against fired Philadelphia PD cop Joseph Bologna Jr., after he was caught on camera clubbing the sh*t out of a Temple University student for sport (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Video 1 of Joey Bologna clubbing the student (Twitter)
Video 2 of Joey Bologna clubbing the student (Twitter)
Joey Bologna then tried to frame the student he beat (Twitter)

TENNESSEE: Dickson man shared a photoshopped picture on Facebook; cops illegally arrested him for harassing a (dead) cop (WTVF 5)

It’s a Photoshop of an album cover (Twitter)

WASHINGTON: 9 months after cops killed unarmed black man Manuel Ellis, investigation discloses two new officers secretly helped kill him (Seattle Times)
WASHINGTON: Unidentified Tacoma PD officer on multiple videos plowing through crowd in his SUV for sport, running over multiple pedestrians (Tacoma News Tribune)

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