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US politics
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 week ago

Judge dismisses charge against ex-Antioch cop shot suspected car thief with less fired lethal launcher

A federal judge dismissed a deprivation-of-rights felony against former Antioch officer Devon Wenger, leaving only a conspiracy charge pending and reserving potential post-verdict review.
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fromwww.dailynews.com
3 weeks ago

$50 million suit against crypto godfather' reads like a movie plot, featuring corrupt California cops

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur allegedly hired corrupt deputies to extort, rob, and frame an event promoter, leading to federal prosecutions and a $50 million civil lawsuit.
UK news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 month ago

Five Met Police detectives arrested over 'plot to bury Christmas party sex assault'

Five Met officers, including a detective sergeant, were arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice and misconduct for allegedly suppressing a sexual-assault complaint.
fromSan Jose Inside
1 month ago

San Jose Police Union Calls City Disciplinary Actions 'Criminal, Unethical, Incompetent'

We demand a fair, transparent and just discipline process. What we have now is broken and riddled with petty vindictiveness, incompetence and outright corruption. When an official document is altered, with white-out, of all things, to reach a different conclusion, it should spur the police chief, city manager and city attorney to demand reform and hold wrongdoers accountable rather than doubling down to protect corruption.
US politics
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Two more men framed by corrupt police officer Derek Ridgewell have convictions quashed

Two men wrongfully convicted based on evidence from a corrupt detective have had their convictions overturned by the court of appeal.
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3 months ago

He is a danger to the community': Former Antioch cop sentenced to 7 years for K9 attack and fraud

Former Antioch K9 officer Morteza Amiri sentenced to seven years for police corruption, fraud, and a violent dog attack.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Duncan Campbell, celebrated Guardian crime reporter, dies aged 80

Duncan Campbell, the celebrated Guardian crime reporter, writer and broadcaster whose work highlighted corruption, the shortcomings in the justice system and miscarriages of justice, has died at the age of 80.
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