Category Archives: Cops Behaving Badly

Think protesting doesn’t work?

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Think again. Here’s how it worked out for Baltimore: According to local US congress member Elijah Cummmings, street protests brought about the indictment of the six cops currently accused of killing Freddie Gray. That’s good work!

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The ugly truth about Baltimore

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Her sign says it all. Photo: Harry Fear. Whenever I hear about Baltimore — Maryland, that is, as there’s a Baltimore, Ontario not far from where I live — I can’t help but recall this Countee Cullen poem I first … Continue reading →

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The mysterious case of Helric Fredou: Was it really a suicide?

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Isn’t it ironic, and odd, that a high-ranking French policeman, just newly placed in charge of the biggest investigation of his life, should suddenly kill himself the very night after the crime? I’m speaking here of the Charlie Hebdo massacre … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly: A cartoon that says it all

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Venezuelan cartoonist Vicman captioned this one “Meanwhile, in the land of liberty…” You know you have a racist cop problem when Latin Americans, who have had their own problems along precisely those lines, can tell who’s the Kluker among your … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly: Back to School Bathroom Bomb Scare Edition

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Sabina Becker

The front page of an official Texas website promoting abstinence. Think it will work? Ugh, Texas…what the fuck is wrong with you? Whatever it is, even your police are suffering from it now: Parents in Texas are upset after police … Continue reading →

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Multiple choice quiz time!

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Sabina Becker

1. Please study this photo of a non-routine traffic stop: The above man will survive this encounter because: a) he’s white b) the pigs are black c) the pigs are actual pigs, not cops. And calling cops “pigs” is an … Continue reading →

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Fresh video from Russia

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Video from today by Dmitriy Zikov, showing Russian police in Red Square arresting a group of LGBT rights activists singing the national anthem at the moment of the opening of the Sochi Olympics. At the end you can hear a … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly: The Rodeo Clowns

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Memo to the Malheur County (Oregon) Sheriff’s Dept.: Instead of just turning your dashcams off, how about not incriminating YOURSELVES in the first place? Being a dumb cop is embarrassing, but being a corrupt one? Yup, that’s illegal. You’re supposed … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly: Two incriminating videos

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Sabina Becker

First up, this not-so-routine traffic stop in Vermont: As you can see, the truck does not go through any red lights. And the driver is surprised (and increasingly angry) as the cop accuses him of doing that. Opposing Views has … Continue reading →

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How Turkish cops deal with a bad case of butthurt

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Sabina Becker

They threaten you with gas. And not just tear gas: Whoa there, fella, careful with the not-silent-but-still-deadly stuff. All kidding aside, though, I don’t think these officers realize that there is such a thing as defying immoral orders. And that’s … Continue reading →

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