MetaFilter posts tagged with Cops

The police chief has disbanded his force "until things calm down"

finite — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:41:25 -0800

JERICHO, Ark. — It was just too much, having to return to court twice on the same day to contest yet another traffic ticket, and Fire Chief Don Payne didn't hesitate to tell the judge what he thought of the police and their speed traps. The response from cops? They shot him. Right there in court.

Kontiovaara: "Long time no see, long time no hear, so call me Helen Keller."

Free word order! — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:57:41 -0800

Meet detective Kyösti Pöysti from Pasila, a cult tv-series that relies on tight, absurd and idiosyncratic language and depressing the suspects until they give up. Now there are fan-made subtitles to introduce this gem to the english misspelling world. Reetta Ruusu, The Orphant Dogs, For and against, Key player and lots more in related videos. Notice that the subtitles have their own idiosyncrasies going on: dummy = pacifier.

Let's pull that cop over for speeding

caddis — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:40:12 -0800

Sometimes the bear gets you, sometimes you get the bear. OK, this kid is a royal jerk, but there are all too many cases of the reverse.....

Dark Knight meets Matrix meets Awesome

blahblahblah — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:59:38 -0800

Carousel is one incredible, continuous two-minute tracking shot of the deadly and eternal fight between cops and clowns [high definition versions here with additional interactive features]. Directed by Adam Berg, apparently 90% of the amazing stunts were captured in-camera.

Cops hate knives

manosthf — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:21:33 -0800

Cops Hate Knives

15 year old girl in holding cell beaten by Seattle Cop

ginky — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:16:29 -0800

15 year old girl in holding cell beaten by Seattle Cop Caught on Camera. 15 year old girl in holding cell beaten by Seattle Cop. Not surprisingly the cop's lawyer didn't want this video published.

Atlanta police sentenced for death caused by paramilitary-style drug raid

Joe in Australia — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:38:14 -0800

Three police officers were sentenced today for killing 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston in a paramilitary-style raid. The officers shot Ms Johnson five or six times and then handcuffed her while they planted drugs in her basement. She bled to death on the floor of her own home. The Agitator covers the story through a single headline headline. The officers will receive Federal sentences of between five and ten years each as well as - a nice touch - being forced to pay for her funeral.

Testilying

caddis — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:14:57 -0800

Cops regularly perjure themselves - Blue Lies. Though few officers will confess to lying -- after all, it's a crime -- work by researchers and a 1990s commission appointed to examine police corruption shows there's a tacit agreement among many officers that lying about how evidence is seized keeps criminals off the street.... Criminal-justice researchers say it's difficult to quantify how often perjury is being committed. According to a 1992 survey, prosecutors, defense attorneys and judges in Chicago said they thought that, on average, perjury by police occurs 20% of the time in which defendants claim evidence was illegally seized. "It is an open secret long shared by prosecutors, defense lawyers and judges that perjury is widespread among law enforcement officers," though it's difficult to detect in specific cases, said Alex Kozinski, a federal appeals-court judge, in the 1990s. To stem the problem, some criminal-justice researchers and academic experts have called for doing polygraphs on officers who take the stand or requiring officers to tape their searches. A Supreme Court ruling this month, however, suggests that a simpler, though controversial, solution may be to weaken a longstanding part of U.S. law, known as the exclusionary rule. The 5-4 ruling in Herring v. U.S. that evidence obtained from certain unlawful arrests may nevertheless be used against a criminal defendant could indicate the U.S. is inching closer to a system in which officers might not be tempted to lie to prevent evidence from being thrown out. Before Mapp, the policeman typically testified that he stopped the defendant for little or no reason, searched him, and found narcotics on his person. This had the ring of truth. It was an illegal search . . . but the evidence was admissible . . . . Since it made no difference, the policeman testified truthfully. After the decision in Mapp, it made a great deal of difference. For the first few months, New York policemen continued to tell the truth about the circumstances of their searches, with the result that the evidence was suppressed. Then the police made the great discovery that if the defendant drops the narcotics on the ground, after which the policeman arrests him, then the search is reasonable and the evidence is admissible. Spend a few hours in the New York City Criminal Court nowadays, and you will hear case after case in which a policeman testifies that the defendant dropped the narcotics on the ground, whereupon the policeman arrested him.

Sometimes bad cops do get punished

caddis — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:01:57 -0800

Police Officer Seen on Tape Shoving a Bicyclist Is Indicted - Update to the widely viewed video of a NYC police officer shoving a critical mass rider off of his bicycle, reported on MeFi here.

Cops on Segways

Faze — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:19:25 -0800

Cops on Segways From Kevin Kelly. Criminals beware!

This is how we do it.

plexi — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:44:09 -0800

"We like to play gladiator. You know what I mean? Let two gangs beat each other up without weapons, and the winner gets to deal on the corner. Or, we grab a bunch of muggers, or maybe two crews who steal cars, and tell them, “Okay, you all fight each other — the one still standing gets to avoid jail.” I know: it sounds awful, but believe me, this really works."

Cops tell Freakonomics "the things that cops do to keep the peace that no one wants to know about.”"

When frisking a suspect, beware of low-riding jeans.

anotherpanacea — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:15:46 -0800

BLUTube is a specialty video site for law enforcement. This one's my favorite.

A Little Professional Courtesy, Please.

Optimus Chyme — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:18:16 -0800

"If we can't take care of each other then who will. Your a disgrace to any police dept. u no ball havin piece of @#%$. I hope when your out there alone writing a ticket "joe citizen" pumps u full of lead and leaves u there to rot u fuckin @#%$ u." Welcome to Cops Writing Cops. Be sure to check out "Dick of the Month" and the forums.

10-4

grytpype — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:46:32 -0800

10-32 about the 10-3 of 10-codes.

Cops on Myspace

Lusy P Hur — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:01:26 -0800

Cops on Myspace

Clay Cops

KevinSkomsvold — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:47:29 -0800

C.L.O.P.S - Filmed on location..... Warning: Bad puns and some clay nudity/violence. [Google video].

Hallucinogens and meth are bad, bad stuff

mrgrimm — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:07:45 -0800

Nashville cops target gays: Since the fall of 2004, officers at the Hermitage Police Precinct have been quietly conducting a sting operation exclusively targeting gay men. Nobody there denies that.

like you and me, but stupider.

radiosig — Sun, 05 Dec 2004 05:05:59 -0800

Just a week in the life of a san diego county police officer. Linked from YouCSD, a news alternative weblog for the UCSD community.

Did You See Anything?

GriffX — Thu, 05 Jun 2003 21:53:42 -0800

"Did You See Anything?" You heard gunshots. You heard sirens. Now you’re standing in front of the police tape and you’re hearing a lot of gossip. At any given crime scene, in any given city, the people giving commentary and asking questions aren't the cops - they're the neighbors. The Washington CityPaper reports.

troutfishing — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 05:42:48 -0800

"Cops of the World": remembering Phil Ochs -------------------------------------------- Ochs lyrics: “We're hairy and horny and ready to shack. We don't care if you're yellow or black. Just take off your clothes and lie down on your back.'Cause we're the Cops of the World, boys. We're the Cops of the World.”------------ LISTEN to his songs (realplayer/quicktime) Amidst the unilateralist talk of invading Iraq, and the (mostly media ignored) “biggest anti-war protests since the Vietnam War” [quote-Wash.Post,Oct. 27] last saturday, I thought of Phil Ochs......some of his songs [see Ochs lyrics index] haven't aged well, but some are still as searingly acidic as the day he wrote them, as above or in ”Love me, I’m a liberal”:“Once I was young and impulsive, I wore every conceivable pin...But I've grown older and wiser, and that's why I'm turning you in. So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal.” ------- Phil Ochs ------- (born 1940, suicide 1976)

keithl — Tue, 13 Aug 2002 12:00:14 -0800

PBA cards issued by police to friends and relatives are handy in sticky situations (geocities). Anyone lucky enough to have one in their wallet ? Howard Stern has one.

owillis — Thu, 17 May 2001 15:20:27 -0800

Columbine Report Released. Cops get most of the tongue lashing...

pnevares — Tue, 08 May 2001 07:53:37 -0800

"Marion County officer says he feared for his life as he faced a knife-wielding man at arm's length." Man breaks into own home after losing keys, neighbors call the police because of the noise, police investigate, man attacks them. Man gets shot dead.

radio_mookie — Thu, 05 Apr 2001 12:13:09 -0800

Producer of 'Cops' gets DUI in Atlanta . . . Bad boy, bad boy, watcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?

mrbula — Tue, 02 Jan 2001 22:00:45 -0800

New Hampshire Lawmaker Advocates Killing Cops -- Sort of gives new meaning to "Live Free Or Die."