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Lancero

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3. Three good cops as far as the department is concerned.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Reply #2)

Fri May 24, 2024, 04:26 AM

May 2024

If this is what passes as good for the job, is it any surprise that the average person considers the entire profession to be corrupt?

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$900,000 payout. man reported his (alive) father missing, Calif cops went all out to get him to confess to killing him [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2024 OP

Why does this behaviour not surprise me/ Layzeebeaver May 2024 #1

three of the four cops are still employed as cops. I wish the article named them. BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2024 #2

Three good cops as far as the department is concerned. Lancero May 2024 #3

Case info Ibarra909 May 2024 #8

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote May 2024 #25

If they managed to wrangle out a confession what would have happened? Lancero May 2024 #4

they did get a confession, the man eventually confessed and was transported to jail. BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2024 #5

After driving the man half-way to suicide. Well, I suppose the cops would be pleased if it was all the way. Lancero May 2024 #6

What in the Holy Hell!! These cops Cha May 2024 #7

Demand a fucking lawyer. Voltaire2 May 2024 #9

That right there is the answer. harumph May 2024 #13

Cases like this should NOT be allowed to become normalized. Think. Again. May 2024 #10

Pfft. It already IS normalized. Innocent people confess under harassment and duress all the time. Solomon May 2024 #12

normalized and completely legal. Voltaire2 May 2024 #18

Feature, not a bug. WhiskeyGrinder May 2024 #21

Scum of the earth. SamKnause May 2024 #11

Yall, this can't be reformed. WhiskeyGrinder May 2024 #14

We allow this sort of thing because we think it's ok to badger people Maeve May 2024 #15

funny you mention Caruso, he disappeared for 10 years, paparazzi caught a picture of him recently BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2024 #31

Seems I recently read of legislation somewhere criminalizing police lies HAB911 May 2024 #16

A rep in Washington (state) most recently submited a bill prohibiting lies in interrogations. But it's generally legal WhiskeyGrinder May 2024 #22

Cupp, 394 U.S. 731 (1969), a Supreme Court case that affirmed the legality of deceptive interrogation HAB911 May 2024 #17

Kick dalton99a May 2024 #19

The Reed Technique needs to be outlawed in this country obamanut2012 May 2024 #20

To protect and serve, Yup. republianmushroom May 2024 #23

what about the cops involved? Jerry Flattum May 2024 #24

I will bet they weren't. They will claim it was a good faith error caused by the lack of cooperation the suspect gave .. marble falls May 2024 #29

There are no Columbos on any Police force. No one gathers evidence to deduce a criminal, ... marble falls May 2024 #26

there are some Columbos... ID channel type shows focuses on the cases that took meticulous police work BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2024 #32

Not the first time I have read horror story about cops in Fontana n/t Attilatheblond May 2024 #27

All civil lawsuits against police multigraincracker May 2024 #28

I wish there was a way for some of these DU articles to get better attention erronis May 2024 #30

The dog is okay. But the police turned her over to Animal Services and didn't tell him. catrose May 2024 #33