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"We are extremely excited that going forward there will be more safeguards on the use of this technology with our hope being to live in a better world because of it," Williams told journalists last month.

"Even though what we would like for them to do is not use it at all."

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Cop-Gone-Wild Will Get $500,000 After Suing City Claiming She was Sexually Groomed by ‘Predator’ Superiors
She Was Fired After Sex With Seven Officers

Background From News Views Last Year

According to the allegations made in the internal investigation, Office Maegan Hall “engaged in a sexual relationship” wit
https://newsviews.online/2024/03/23/cop-gone-wild-will-get-500000-after-suing-city-claiming-she-was-sexually-groomed-by-predator-superiors/
#PoliceBehavingBadly #Tennessee

Mississippi  Police Officer Forced Man to Lick Pee Off Cell Floor
THE THIN BLUE LINE

A former police officer pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to forcing a man to lick urine off the floor of a holding cell. Michael Christian Green, 26, repeated commands to “lick it up,” and told the victim to “go suck it up right now,” according to court do
https://newsviews.online/2024/03/16/mississippi-police-officer-forced-man-to-lick-pee-off-cell-floor/
#PoliceBehavingBadly #Mississippi

The Fife Files: L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy Wounded After Accidentally Shooting Himself
BAD SHOOT

A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy was wounded Friday night after accidentally shooting himself while unholstering his weapon, Sheriff’s Department officials said Saturday.

The deputy was wounded in the lower torso, officials sa
https://newsviews.online/2024/02/10/the-fife-files-l-a-county-sheriffs-deputy-wounded-after-accidentally-shooting-himself/
#PoliceBehavingBadly #LACounty

Retired Kentucky Police Officer Arrested for Rape, Child Porn Charges
David Love before

THE THIN BLACK AND BLUE LINE

DATELINE: LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A retired police officer in Radcliff, Kentucky was arrested on Jan. 4 for charges that include rape and sodomy. According to an arrest report, 69-year-old David Love was under investigation by Kentu
https://newsviews.online/2024/01/14/retired-kentucky-police-officer-arrested-for-rape-child-porn-charges/
#PoliceBehavingBadly #Kentucky #Perv

THE FIFE FILES: Deputy on Administrative Leave After Shooting Wounds 2 Other Deputies
DATELINE: LEMOORE, Calif. — The Kings County Sheriff's Office says two deputies are recovering from shrapnel wounds they received when another deputy's firearm accidentally discharged. It happened Thursday night at the Lemoore Sportsman Club outdoor gu
https://newsviews.online/2023/11/19/the-fife-files-deputy-on-administrative-leave-after-shooting-wounds-2-other-deputies/
#PoliceBehavingBadly #LemooreCa

Memphis Cop Pleads Guilty to Tyre Nichols’ Murder
THE THIN BLUE LINE

DATELINE: MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A former Memphis police officer pleaded guilty Thursday in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in exchange for prosecutors recommending a 15-year sentence, becoming the first of five officers charged in the case to admit guilt.

Desmond Mills Jr. entered his ple
https://newsviews.online/2023/11/03/memphis-cop-pleads-guilty-to-tyre-nichols-murder/
#PoliceBehavingBadly #Memphis #TyreNichols

Texas Town With 50 Cops For 250 People Just Disbanded Its Entire Police Force
This is a follow-up to

Coffee City Police Chief Suspended After News Investigation

And

Texas Town Has 250 People. It has 50 Police Officers

Following an investigation, the city council voted to fire Police Chief Portillo and temporarily "deact
https://newsviews.online/2023/09/22/texas-town-with-50-cops-for-250-people-just-disbanded-its-entire-police-force/
#PoliceBehavingBadly #CoffeeCityTexas

Alabama Band Director Tased For Not Stopping the Music
A Birmingham, Alabama, high school band director was tased and arrested by police on Thursday when asked to stop the music and leave the football stadium mid-song.

Johnny Mims, band director at Minor High School since 2018, was confronted by police around 9:00 pm, as his ensemble
https://newsviews.online/2023/09/20/alabama-band-director-tased-for-not-stopping-the-music/
#PoliceBehavingBadly #Alabama #BandDirector #PoliceIdiocy

Coffee City Police Chief Suspended After News Investigation
 Police Chief Jay Portillo is suspended for 30 days, with pay of course

This is an update to last week’s “Texas Town Has 250 People. It has 50 Police Officers” 

COFFEE CITY, Texas — The mayor of Coffee City said he was unaware of many of the issues KHOU Investigates uncovered about the smal
https://newsviews.online/2023/09/08/coffee-city-police-chief-suspended-after-news-investigation/
#PoliceBehavingBadly #CoffeeCityTexas

Michigan Sheriff Who Rear-Ended Car at 100 mph While Drunk is Still on the Job
Six months ago, St. Joseph County Sheriff Mark Lillywhite, while driving his service SUV down a highway at nearly 100 mph while drunk, crashed into a vehicle full of citizens and found himself crawling into the passenger side of his vehicle as
https://newsviews.online/2023/09/04/michigan-sheriff-who-rear-ended-car-at-100-mph-while-drunk-is-still-on-the-job/
#PoliceBehavingBadly #DrunkDriving #Michigan #Sheriff

Texas Town Has 250 People. It has 50 Police Officers
KHOU discovered more than half of the cops had been suspended, demoted or fired from their previous jobs.

DATELINE: COFFEE CITY, Texas — There’s not much to Coffee City, Texas. Two liquor stores, a couple of dollar stores, a pizza joint and a motel. But this town, which is three hours north of Houston, has q
https://newsviews.online/2023/09/01/texas-town-has-250-people-it-has-50-police-officers/
#PoliceBehavingBadly #CoffeeCityTexas

Former Texas State Trooper Pleads Guilty in Drug Case
Former Texas State Trooper, Pablo Talavera Jr., 35, accused of assisting his father’s drug trafficking organization pleaded guilty on Monday. According to a court document filed US District Court Southern District of Texas, Talavera knowingly and willfully lied d
https://newsviews.online/2023/08/29/former-texas-state-trooper-pleads-guilty-in-drug-case/
#PoliceBehavingBadly #Corruption #DrugSmuggling #PabloTalavera #StateTrooper #Texas

https://www.gilbertsunnews.com/news/ex-gilbert-cop-put-gun-to-handcuffed-woman-s-head/article_b1c9258a-3e0b-11ee-8b1e-4b4580af700e.html

Cop puts a gun to handcuffed women's head and only might not be able to be a cop anymore...maybe.

#policebrutality #policebehavingbadly #arizona

Kansas Police Chief Resigns Days Before Felony Charges of Possessing Child Porn
THE THIN BLUE LINE

NOT A DRAG QUEEN

A Kansas police chief who resigned last week has been charged with 13 counts of possessing child porn. El Dorado police arrested Joel Justice Womochil on Tuesday. He was the Burns police chief until he resigned Aug. 8. He wa
https://newsviews.online/2023/08/19/kansas-police-chief-resigns-days-before-felony-charges-of-possessing-child-porn/
#PoliceBehavingBadly #Kansas

Six Former LEOs in Mississippi Have Pleaded Guilty to Charges After Torturing Two Black Men
Six former police officers in Mississippi have pleaded guilty on Monday to all state charges against them related to the torture and abuse of two Black men in January, and the subsequent cover-up.

https://newsviews.online/2023/08/14/six-former-leos-in-mississippi-have-pleaded-guilty-to-charges-after-torturing-two-black-men/
#PoliceBehavingBadly #Mississippi #PoliceBrutallity #RacialInjustice

Kenosha PD Tackle and Arrest Wrong Man Holding a Baby
A district attorney in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has released new details including police body cam footage of officers attempting a takedown of a couple they believed were involved in a serious hit-and-run accident on July 20.

According to the complaint, witnesses at the scene of the hit-and-run described the
https://newsviews.online/2023/08/11/kenosha-pd-tackle-and-arrest-wrong-man-holding-a-baby/
#PoliceBehavingBadly #Kenosha #Police

Texas Cops Hold Family at Gunpoint During a License Plate Mix-up
Newly released body-cam footage shows Texas police holding an Arkansas family at gunpoint in a traffic stop.

The Frisco Police Department incorrectly ran the Arkansas license plate of the family’s car—a Dodge Charger—as though it were from Arizona.

When the police ran the plate fr
https://newsviews.online/2023/07/31/texas-cops-hold-family-at-gunpoint-during-a-license-plate-mix-up/
#PoliceBehavingBadly #Police #Texas

Pennsylvania Cop Overdoses and Dies from Drugs he Stole from Evidence Locker
THE THIN BLUE LINE

DATELINE: CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. - The death of a Pennsylvania police officer by a drug overdose is under investigation. West Hills Police Sergeant Michael Beblar, 40, died on June 13 from cardiac arrest as a result of an overdose. Officials said
https://newsviews.online/2023/07/01/pennsylvania-cop-overdoses-and-dies-from-drugs-he-stole-from-evidence-locker/
#PoliceBehavingBadly #Pennsylvania

Jury Acquits Deputy Who Failed to Confront Parkland Shooter
Scot Peterson was found not guilty of child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury in a rare trial in South Florida over police inaction in a school shooting.

Peterson, a former school resource officer at the Parkland school was branded the “Coward of Browa
https://newsviews.online/2023/06/29/jury-acquits-deputy-who-failed-to-confront-parkland-shooter/
#PoliceBehavingBadly #MarjoryStonemanDouglas #MassShooting #ScotPeterson