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UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Police spied on group set up to expose wrongdoing in Met, inquiry hears

Undercover Metropolitan police officers secretly monitored the Hackney Community Defence Association and its founder Graham Smith for a decade, collecting personal information and surveillance reports.
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US news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 week ago

Ex-Antioch policeman sentenced to 7 years, 6 months in law enforcement corruption scandal

Devon Wenger sentenced to seven-and-a-half years for supplying steroids to fellow officers and conspiring to violate community members' civil rights.
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New York City
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

Defund the police no more: Zohran Mamdani seals coup with deal to keep Jessica Tisch as NYPD Commissioner | Fortune

Jessica Tisch will remain New York City police commissioner under Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, signaling continuity in NYPD leadership and a shared public safety agenda.
Brooklyn
fromwww.amny.com
3 weeks ago

BREAKING: Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch to remain NYC's top cop with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani | amNewYork

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will retain Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch to lead the NYPD, citing her record on reducing crime and tackling departmental corruption.
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LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

These LGBTQ+ refugees fled hatred & found safety in the US. Now they're navigating Trump's America. - LGBTQ Nation

LGBTQ+ Salvadorans face violence, family rejection, and corrupt authorities, prompting dangerous migration and reliance on organizations like Rainbow Railroad for U.S. asylum.
Law
fromwww.dailynews.com
3 months 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.
fromSan Jose Inside
4 months 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
5 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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Portland food
fromwww.mercurynews.com
5 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.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 months ago

Duncan Campbell, celebrated Guardian crime reporter, dies aged 80

Duncan Campbell, influential crime reporter, passed away at 80, leaving a legacy of fearless journalism that exposed police corruption and miscarriages of justice.
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