Yet every deparyment is ran that way...to take it a step farther lets talk about sworn testimony...Supreme court has stated LEO is allowed to lie, and if there is actualy purgery in those statements you have to have the police investigate it.....
The DoJ report is missing one key action. Put bad cops doing bad things through the criminal system, and not through the civil system. Qualified immunity does not apply to criminal cases.
Bingo. What good is any of this if in the end there are no consequences. Cop get accused, but never really punished. Is there any wonder why it keeps happening again and again.
@@terry4898 Right, take it of when you have to go poo/pee or on a designated break time, otherwise you are on taxpayer time, perhaps only higher ups and citizen oversight even have access to camera memory, p.s the judiciary as well
@@Ginger-g8j The Department of Justice hits officers with federal indictments. They hit the Breyonna Taylor killers with federal charges after one of them was acquitted on state charges. Speaking like they have no power seems a bit inaccurate.
Exactly! Americans don't have a government, law enforcement is nothing but a state sponsored standing army of domestic terrorist like our fore fathers dealt with and ended their reign of terror
And growing more corrupt by the day. It is an inevitability of all governments. Our U.S. system is no different. In fact, even more so, because it hide behind the illusion of freedom.
❌More training…more training…more training. IT ISN’T A TRAINING ISSUE, IT’S AN ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUE. There is NO ACCOUNTABILITY, so they don’t care. End Qualified Immunity, and let them buy bonds, and pay into them out of their paychecks…THEN, when they want to be TYRANTS, the victims can go after their bonds, and if that doesn’t cover it, they can go after their personal vehicles, their houses, and anything else that secured those bonds, maybe they will think twice about their actions, if they have some skin in the game, otherwise it’s business as usual for them.
That's the most ridiculous concept since being arrested for resisting arrest. Our criminal justice system would be a joke if it wasn't do damaging to so many people. Some of the petty things cops arrest people for is astounding. Of course, the will always manufacture additional crimes just for good measure. The system is so clearly rigged a child could see it.
Idc about that I’m happy these cops are gone have to pay the Feds oh yeah buddy how they like giving out fake tickets now they gotta pay we gotta celebrate them my gotta pay millions on top of their bs lawsuits
To ALL "peace officers:" As long as you fear integrity and accountability, you are NOT the good guys! You want your respect back? THEN EARN OUR TRUST BACK! Here's MORE proof why NONE OF YOU DESERVE ANYTHING!!!
Those things went out of style a long time ago. They mean nothing today. Besides, how can you have integrity when you job allows you to lie? Its a contrition.
You don't even need a two year report to figure that out. The police are never going to stop. Not as long as they continue to get away with it. The cops can force their way into homes with zero legal authority or warrant. Drag you out, rough you up. Then charge YOU with a crime against them, and send you to jail for battery on a police offer. Even if later the charges are dropped and you get released, the damage has already been done, and the cop that did it, gets off scot-free to do it again, and again. If that's not domestic terrorism, I don't know what is.
Let’s be honest, they won’t change as long as qualified immunity is in effect. There are no consequences for their behavior. Criminals are criminals, in uniform or not.
They need to pass some federal laws with very stiff penalties for police officers who use unnecessary force. And that judgment of necessary force needs to be taken out of the city's hands. Probably taken out of the state's hands. Unfortunately, if you look hard enough, this is a problem all across the United States in many police departments. Officers nowadays seem to enjoy hurting people and then going back to the headquarters and bragging about it. It's been recorded multiple times. Also, their point system, we're making arrests and placing charges is how they get bonuses. It's not about good police work anymore. They are out of control. They go to a scene and don't find any crime, then just hang around and try to find something they can charge someone with on every single call. People who are just trying to live their lives in the United States of America as free citizens. It's gone beyond overzealous to evil intentions.
Its not the laws. We already have too many laws. The problem is that no one is enforcing them. After all, who do you call when its the police committing the crimes? When you see the cops beating people up (sometimes the wrong guy) you can do nothing but stand there and watch. There's nobody you can call and say the police have the wrong guy. He has to go to tortured and go to jail and maybe sometime later, they will figure out they made a mistake. After all the damage has been done, and the person is still alive and not permanently crippled.
but we do have non-cop oversite. the citizen review board! all bark! no bite! until that gets fixed. you best figure out what boot polish is your favorite....then theres the governor in Florida that is trying wreck the one there! bootlickers and copsuckers only! anyone else need not apply!
Why dosen't ppd want oversight? Oversight can only better their performance, if ppd is bettering their performance even without oversight then why moan about additional help and guidance from the DOJ during oversight? If ppd has nothing to hide they should have nothing to fear. The fact they are fighting oversight tells me that's actually what they need, because they aren't interested in doing what is right by law, but are more keen on improving themselves through their own methods and practices, and that hasn't been good evidently.
Problems with the Phoenix Police Department has been going on for quite a long time which means they had a long time to come up with the policies, training, and evaluation to self regulate. They’re only doing it now because the DOJ stepped in and found their dirty little secrets and don’t want to be held accountable.
Why is any PD allowed to police itself? Shouldn't a higher level, independent organization provide oversight and internal affairs investigations at all levels? County oversees towns/cities, State PD oversees counties, FBI oversees states, DOJ oversees FBI.
No it won't. I will slow it down -- a bit. But it won't stop it. Police corruption was around and functioning long before QI came along. The ruling simple made it easier for them to get off for it.
While better than NOTHING, the whole 'consent decree' process strikes me as a bad joke. You do not waste years trying to get criminal organizations to CONSENT to being less criminal. You ARREST them! Every example of 'misconduct' in that DoJ report is a CRIME. They spell out dozens of examples of police committing CRIMES... and remaining police officers. We need a division of the DOJ that is empowered to uphold all federal, state, county, and municipal laws, but ONLY against police and other government officials. Local police are NEVER going to be good at arresting their buddies. Local DAs are never going to be good at prosecuting the police that they rely on to get convictions. Hand it off to a division of the feds that can ONLY advance in their careers by identifying and bringing down criminal government officials. If police and other criminals with government jobs were subjected to even one-tenth the level of legal scrutiny everyday citizens are there'd be a sea change in this country. False and violent arrests would drop precipitously. Countless minor infractions (e.g. jaywalking, seatbelt requirements, any/all 'contempt of cop' ordinances, et cetera) that are aggressively imposed on some segments of the population, but NEVER on the officers, prosecutors, judges, and lawmakers responsible for them would disappear immediately if the feds posted up cameras outside courthouses, police precincts, et cetera and started handing out tickets en masse to the people responsible for creating and abusing those laws. Right now police and other government officials KNOW they can break the law with impunity. To the point that most of them don't even bother to learn what things are 'illegal' for them to do... because they know it doesn't really matter. They should be AFRAID of breaking the law. The only way that happens is if there is a branch of the justice system which is isolated from the rest of government and ONLY allowed to go after criminals in government.
This happening all over America, especially Illinois. Police stations and whole towns are like Cartels. Police are being used as enforcers: Murders, arsons, forcible evictions, false arrests, false reports, excessive force, harassment, bomb threats to search without a warrant, illegal stops and searches, and many other crimes. You cannot get the state police, DA, FBI, DEA, DOJ or any other agency to investigate or even ask for the evidence. All the while the city commits more crimes and civil rights violations, like selling permits for people to "Take" private property for personal and public use. American police's idea of policing itself amounts to coverups, lies, false reports, false arrests, blaming the victims, qualified immunity, etc., anything to redirect attention away from themselves. And our judges are going along with it.
Thank you Dave Biscobing for your report and for bringing attention to the dysfunction that exist inside the Phoenix PD. You did an awesome job. Now I only wish Arizona would eliminate qualified immunity the same way New Mexico has. That would help with some of these ongoing problems that plague many law enforcement agencies.
Interm chief is just as guilty. They absolutely can not police themselves no police department can. My local allowed he worst and most corrupt cops become chief and he was later fired for home invasion not his first time commiting the offense either
first off, let's stop insurance companies lobbying policies for safety in the name of traffic enforcement. secondly, qualified immunity needs to be abolished. and last, put their pensions on the line instead of taxpayers money to pay out lawsuits when they F up.
Does anyone actually expect them to say they f'ed up or broke the law? They trick the common citizen into admitting guilt, but they never will. Even when its clear they did.
The DOJ needs to take a good look at itself and its own gross misconduct before coming into Arizona and telling Phoenix police department what they're doing wrong.
PPD needs federal oversight now. I hope that if they don’t consent, the DOJ sues them until they’re forced to consent. Don’t care how much it costs- it has to be done.
It sounds like the entire department needs to be fired and charged. A panel needs to be put in place to investigate incidents and have the power to fire and charge the officers and be able to tell the police union to go to hell. The unions are the ones that let the police think they can get away with it.
Actually the problem is far deeper than the just the Phoenix PD. In fact, it deeper that all PDs across the nation. The problem is our criminal justice system (CJS). Its designed to encourage cops lie, and the lie is the foundation for all corruption beyond that. Cops only have two powers: to issue citations, and 2) to arrest. That's how they get their promotions and move forward in their careers. Therefore, they are encouraged to arrest as many people as they can. That includes the DA who gain their brownie credit from the prosecution of those people. That means the publish is no more that the raw material used to advance their careers. As long as that's the method in which our system works, corruption will be a part of it. Especially when its so easy for the police or the DA to manufacture crimes. Even when cops break the law and are totally wrong, the civilian still goes to jail and must fight arrest charges. Even when its clear on video, they have the wrong person or that person can prove their innocence. For example, the cops stopped a man because he was accused of stealing item from Walmart. The man complained the cops had no legal right to grab ahold of him with excessive force and showed them his receipt. The police still arrested him for resisting arrest. He was convicted and had to pay $1000 in court fees. Even though, he was never guilty of any crimes. That's how messed up our CJS is. Innocent people being arrested for resisting arrest is a travesty of justice, but it gets supported by the DA every day. And more and more innocent Americans are being turned into criminals, after the fact.
Out of the abundance of the heart...this is what is comes out of them. Their defilement is internal you cannot train it out, nor will policies change their heart.
So the end result was zero indictments by the DOJ for the horrible civil rights violations, but they sent a strongly worded letter? 🤣 So.much for all that "accountability" they claim to demand. Accountability means prosecutions. Fear of future prosecutions will stop this disgusting behavior. This is a slap on the wrist at best. As usual. Once again. Zero consequences.
ZERO. We've heard all this before yet these things, continue to happen and get worse. Cops are criminalizing totally innocent people and sending them to jail.
How can you leave the same people in charge? The people that have completely failed the system are still in charge. This is just another way to kick the can down the road. Five years from now we will still be seeing the same issues.
If DOJ wants to make a difference they need to ensure that real consequences are imposed on officers engaging in abusive behaviors. I.e. they need to have decertifications and criminal charges occur. This is the only way they will stop acting this way.
And who is it running to DOJ again, coming out of the current administration I wouldn’t trust or believe anything. They have to say I rather have an independent evaluation.
Ask any cop anywhere what civil rights are and i guarantee you none of them can tell you what they are. They don't care about your rights because they know that they are protected by qualified immunity and their unions. End unionization of government and qualified immunity and i guarantee you they will learn quickly what our rights are.
Mot even thay it needs to be illegal for departments to investigate themselves. Imagine if PHXPD let criminals investigate themselves. Criminals would find themselves innocent 100 percent of the time
Thank you for this series. I don't think it should end until the reform is complete. Are they forcing you to end your coverage? Please stay on this and continue to bring updates on this story. The people need you. Thank you.
Qualified Immunity has created a nation of bullies with badges. They can commit crimes against citizens often and including murder and get away with it. But if you are a citizen and you resist excessive force (trying to defend yourself) you are mobbed and beaten down by several officers (there are literally hundreds of videos on this platform showing just that), charged with "resisting" or "obstruction" and will have your court case wrapped up in litigation for years. Then when you get to trial the judge will either dismiss the case or give the officers a slap on the wrist. A few years back a passenger in a car in Glendale was pulled from the car after failing to show ID (which he is not obligated to show) and tazed repeatedly even going so far as to having his shorts pulled down and being tazed on his scrotum. What was his punishment? A loss of certification and a $100 fine. This officer nearly kills a man and that's all he gets. But if we fight back, we get prison time. It's not only the law enforcement but the judicial system that denies Americans their due process.
Why in earth would this be your final episode in this series? This hasn’t ended the problem hasn’t been solved. Wouldn’t that be the final episode of your series when you could say with confidence that it is safe to be a human being in Phoenix, Arizona or anywhere in Arizona for that manner Arizona is a dangerous place man, that anywhere in America, we don’t have civil rights anymore. They were taken away rightfully I suppose.
This is a WORLD WIDE PROBLEM. I live in Scotland and it is ABSOLUTELY CRAZY that the Police here also Police themselves or have their BUDDIES in the ALLEGEDLY INDEPENDENT PIRC whenever a complaint is made against them. If it IS ACCEPTABLE for ORDINARY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC to sit on a JURY and judge the veracity of the evidence presented to them then there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON why they cannot sit in judgement of Police. It would help restore ANY FAITH OR TRUST that the PUBLIC MAY still have in the SO CALLED JUSTICE SYSTEM. There also needs to be an investigation into WHY when a Police Constable is charged with a crime he/she is NOT treated the same as any ordinary MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. Instead of being held to a HIGHER STANDARD of conduct, AS THEY SHOULD BE, they are first of all VERY RARELY REMANDED IN CUSTODY or given BAIL WITH STRINGENT CONDITIONS. If they are convicted then they AGAIN VERY RARELY RECEIVE A LONG SENTENCE and are IN FACT more likely to receive either A COMMUNITY BASED SENTENCE or a MUCH, MUCH LIGHTER SENTENCE AND IT IS USUALLY SUSPENDED. POLICE AND THE SO CALLED JUSTICE SYSTEM CORRUPT FROM THE TOP DOWN .
No police should be able to “police” themselves. That’s like telling child to discipline themselves. It’s doesn’t make sense. 🤦🏾♀️
Yet every deparyment is ran that way...to take it a step farther lets talk about sworn testimony...Supreme court has stated LEO is allowed to lie, and if there is actualy purgery in those statements you have to have the police investigate it.....
@@CKB-vi8nw Prove it in Court Hoss. Homeowners see no Wrongdoing. Prove it and yer Remedy?
@@MikeJones-wc4qj What???
@@CKB-vi8nw Maybe saying the people who live there aint up in arms in mass. So nothing changes.
The executive branch believes it doesn’t need any check and balances from any one else when they can do it themselves.
This isn't the only department like this.
Not even close. This is going on all across the U.S.
so true! but like most other pig farms aren't in the top ten! like this one!
This won't be the last story on this deeply corrupt police department
Not by a long shots. Especially when its happening in PD all across the country.
It’s the whole state. I don’t think there’s an overall good department anywhere in the state at this point
Right after the DOJ left they started acting up again I give the DOJ 30-60 more days before they are back here 😂😂
Cop watchers need protection to be able to hold them accountable 😊😊😊😊😊😊
AZ police also have problems with their sexuality and are the most perverted as they come.
The DoJ report is missing one key action. Put bad cops doing bad things through the criminal system, and not through the civil system. Qualified immunity does not apply to criminal cases.
Sorta
Bingo. What good is any of this if in the end there are no consequences. Cop get accused, but never really punished. Is there any wonder why it keeps happening again and again.
Such an absurd legal suggestion. Did you pass the bar yet? 😂
Qualified immunity is unconstitutional nonsense and it's continued existence is a spit in the face to every American.
@@RSKLoveHow is that absurd? Crimes should be prosecuted, no one is above the law.
I have two words for PPDs Doj oversight " STOP RESISTING!"
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@@indiemusicpress4091 Oh no. Keep whining about it and acting like children.
Turning off or muting a body cam should be a crime.
Cameras should not have muting capability, personal and private information can be redacted prior to public release.
Cops don't suffer any penalty. So who cares?
@@terry4898 Right, take it of when you have to go poo/pee or on a designated break time, otherwise you are on taxpayer time, perhaps only higher ups and citizen oversight even have access to camera memory, p.s the judiciary as well
It is in some states and jurisdictions
It is in some states and jurisdictions
How many people died for the federal government to step in?
It took years for PPD to be under investigation.
It took Merrick Garland
Its remarkable that they're just seem to be figuring this out. I could have told them that a long time ago, for free.
You people that keep calling what resides in Washington DC Americans government is part of the problem.
Damn it stepped in. They’ve just made recommendations how I can do that but nobody can force them to do this. Take their recommendations. It’s a joke.
@@Ginger-g8j The Department of Justice hits officers with federal indictments. They hit the Breyonna Taylor killers with federal charges after one of them was acquitted on state charges. Speaking like they have no power seems a bit inaccurate.
😂no government system is capable of "policing itself " the e entire system is corrupted. 😊
Exactly! Americans don't have a government, law enforcement is nothing but a state sponsored standing army of domestic terrorist like our fore fathers dealt with and ended their reign of terror
And growing more corrupt by the day. It is an inevitability of all governments. Our U.S. system is no different. In fact, even more so, because it hide behind the illusion of freedom.
❌More training…more training…more training. IT ISN’T A TRAINING ISSUE, IT’S AN ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUE. There is NO ACCOUNTABILITY, so they don’t care. End Qualified Immunity, and let them buy bonds, and pay into them out of their paychecks…THEN, when they want to be TYRANTS, the victims can go after their bonds, and if that doesn’t cover it, they can go after their personal vehicles, their houses, and anything else that secured those bonds, maybe they will think twice about their actions, if they have some skin in the game, otherwise it’s business as usual for them.
yep
You can’t train a piece of crap not to be a piece of crap
@@ctcanine IT’S AN ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUE
@@cjjorge6636 of which there is none….
Plus criminal prosecution for bad cops.
Want to fix it? End qualified immunity , amazing how people act when their own skin is on the line.
And end indemnification
100% i was a little trouble maker what changed my life was accountability its a really simple concept
The PD had brutality issues long before QI. That's like plugging one hold on a sieve.
DOJ needs to keep investigating.
Why? Because a Black woman told a corrupted police department to get its act together.
The police are corrupt/. Now I just told you what they told you for free.
Who the H is investigating the DOJ?
NO! the DOJ needs to start handing out prison worthy charges!
Well done Dave. Remember, the responsibility of the Free Press is to help hold Government accountable!
I will NEVER step into Phoenix because of their police.
No police Department should be able to "police" / investigate themselves as this will ultimately lead to corruption.
That's the most ridiculous concept since being arrested for resisting arrest. Our criminal justice system would be a joke if it wasn't do damaging to so many people. Some of the petty things cops arrest people for is astounding.
Of course, the will always manufacture additional crimes just for good measure. The system is so clearly rigged a child could see it.
Idc about that I’m happy these cops are gone have to pay the Feds oh yeah buddy how they like giving out fake tickets now they gotta pay we gotta celebrate them my gotta pay millions on top of their bs lawsuits
Oh yeah phx or if you see this go pick up officer Coolidge your days of free crime are over
That entire Police department needs to be dissolved!!
The problem is far, far greater than one department. PDs all across the nation are experiencing this type of wild west policing.
To ALL "peace officers:" As long as you fear integrity and accountability, you are NOT the good guys! You want your respect back? THEN EARN OUR TRUST BACK! Here's MORE proof why NONE OF YOU DESERVE ANYTHING!!!
Those things went out of style a long time ago. They mean nothing today. Besides, how can you have integrity when you job allows you to lie? Its a contrition.
Careful, careful, careful... Please. Do not delude yourself into the belief that they actually care about getting the respect of the people.
Our respect is absolutely meaningless to them.
@@kenhawkins1033 It is if they want to keep calling themselves the good guys.
@michaelccopelandsr7120 What a citizen considers a "good cop" and what a cop considers a "good cop" are vastly different.
I wonder why people hate cops.....
Now you know. Snap back to reality
You don't understand rhetorical statements do you@@Esther-lm6pm
@@Esther-lm6pmwho do you call when your family or yourself is in trouble
@@Rob_uno I was raised to handle it myself. I have a big family and friends... Bring it.
@@Esther-lm6pm lmao handle it yourself😂😂😂😂😂😂 sure you were. Your a women a 13 year old boy with no weapon can easily take you down
You can't reform a criminal gang
If I was being investigated by the doj dcs would take my kids this is all sickening I’ll never respect law enforcement
How many more PD's are exactly like this one? Do Tucson next
How many PDs are there?
In Arizona? All of them
Those are your HEROS out doing hero things you always tell the public remember.
the department is full of psychopaths.
It appears they recruit them, then train them on the job how to be even worse.
Instead of a consent decree why not just prosecute them as the criminals they are
You don't even need a two year report to figure that out. The police are never going to stop. Not as long as they continue to get away with it. The cops can force their way into homes with zero legal authority or warrant. Drag you out, rough you up.
Then charge YOU with a crime against them, and send you to jail for battery on a police offer.
Even if later the charges are dropped and you get released, the damage has already been done, and the cop that did it, gets off scot-free to do it again, and again. If that's not domestic terrorism, I don't know what is.
Let’s be honest, they won’t change as long as qualified immunity is in effect. There are no consequences for their behavior. Criminals are criminals, in uniform or not.
They need to pass some federal laws with very stiff penalties for police officers who use unnecessary force. And that judgment of necessary force needs to be taken out of the city's hands. Probably taken out of the state's hands. Unfortunately, if you look hard enough, this is a problem all across the United States in many police departments. Officers nowadays seem to enjoy hurting people and then going back to the headquarters and bragging about it. It's been recorded multiple times. Also, their point system, we're making arrests and placing charges is how they get bonuses. It's not about good police work anymore. They are out of control. They go to a scene and don't find any crime, then just hang around and try to find something they can charge someone with on every single call. People who are just trying to live their lives in the United States of America as free citizens.
It's gone beyond overzealous to evil intentions.
Its not the laws. We already have too many laws. The problem is that no one is enforcing them. After all, who do you call when its the police committing the crimes? When you see the cops beating people up (sometimes the wrong guy) you can do nothing but stand there and watch.
There's nobody you can call and say the police have the wrong guy. He has to go to tortured and go to jail and maybe sometime later, they will figure out they made a mistake. After all the damage has been done, and the person is still alive and not permanently crippled.
but we do have non-cop oversite. the citizen review board! all bark! no bite! until that gets fixed. you best figure out what boot polish is your favorite....then theres the governor in Florida that is trying wreck the one there! bootlickers and copsuckers only! anyone else need not apply!
Why dosen't ppd want oversight? Oversight can only better their performance, if ppd is bettering their performance even without oversight then why moan about additional help and guidance from the DOJ during oversight? If ppd has nothing to hide they should have nothing to fear. The fact they are fighting oversight tells me that's actually what they need, because they aren't interested in doing what is right by law, but are more keen on improving themselves through their own methods and practices, and that hasn't been good evidently.
it's just a violent unacountable gang fully protected by law no matter their crimes commited
Because it gets in the way, and is of no benefit to them.
Those who doesn't want oversight are the one's benefiting from no oversight.
Imagine that!
Problems with the Phoenix Police Department has been going on for quite a long time which means they had a long time to come up with the policies, training, and evaluation to self regulate. They’re only doing it now because the DOJ stepped in and found their dirty little secrets and don’t want to be held accountable.
IMHO: no police department should be allowed to police themselves. Not one of them.
Rights violations should be charged as treason turning off or muting a body cam should be a felony
Why is any PD allowed to police itself? Shouldn't a higher level, independent organization provide oversight and internal affairs investigations at all levels? County oversees towns/cities, State PD oversees counties, FBI oversees states, DOJ oversees FBI.
Absolutely nothing will change ..when has it ever worked to tell a cop to do something..they just don't care ..us against them
I don’t think any PD in America should ever police themselves, neither any government agency or FDA.
Bingo! The DOJ needs to be policed as well.
End Qualified Immunity and society will improve dramatically.
No it won't. I will slow it down -- a bit. But it won't stop it. Police corruption was around and functioning long before QI came along. The ruling simple made it easier for them to get off for it.
@@krane15that you Phoenix PD?
Consequences. Now you will have oversight. It's not the first time. We remember Miranda.
DOJ needs to come with indictments against these trash cops
Many of the officers there belong in prison for their violent crimes.
Also, what about Mesa? They're basically just as bad.
Under the prison. Some are so brazen they admit to their crimes on video. Thing is, nothing happens to them.
While better than NOTHING, the whole 'consent decree' process strikes me as a bad joke. You do not waste years trying to get criminal organizations to CONSENT to being less criminal. You ARREST them! Every example of 'misconduct' in that DoJ report is a CRIME. They spell out dozens of examples of police committing CRIMES... and remaining police officers.
We need a division of the DOJ that is empowered to uphold all federal, state, county, and municipal laws, but ONLY against police and other government officials. Local police are NEVER going to be good at arresting their buddies. Local DAs are never going to be good at prosecuting the police that they rely on to get convictions. Hand it off to a division of the feds that can ONLY advance in their careers by identifying and bringing down criminal government officials.
If police and other criminals with government jobs were subjected to even one-tenth the level of legal scrutiny everyday citizens are there'd be a sea change in this country. False and violent arrests would drop precipitously. Countless minor infractions (e.g. jaywalking, seatbelt requirements, any/all 'contempt of cop' ordinances, et cetera) that are aggressively imposed on some segments of the population, but NEVER on the officers, prosecutors, judges, and lawmakers responsible for them would disappear immediately if the feds posted up cameras outside courthouses, police precincts, et cetera and started handing out tickets en masse to the people responsible for creating and abusing those laws.
Right now police and other government officials KNOW they can break the law with impunity. To the point that most of them don't even bother to learn what things are 'illegal' for them to do... because they know it doesn't really matter. They should be AFRAID of breaking the law. The only way that happens is if there is a branch of the justice system which is isolated from the rest of government and ONLY allowed to go after criminals in government.
This happening all over America, especially Illinois.
Police stations and whole towns are like Cartels.
Police are being used as enforcers: Murders, arsons, forcible evictions, false arrests, false reports, excessive force, harassment, bomb threats to search without a warrant, illegal stops and searches, and many other crimes.
You cannot get the state police, DA, FBI, DEA, DOJ or any other agency to investigate or even ask for the evidence.
All the while the city commits more crimes and civil rights violations, like selling permits for people to "Take" private property for personal and public use.
American police's idea of policing itself amounts to coverups, lies, false reports, false arrests, blaming the victims, qualified immunity, etc., anything to redirect attention away from themselves.
And our judges are going along with it.
I really appreciate you doing this serious, and i hope you continue to do more like this to make lasting change that is needed
Thank you Dave Biscobing for your report and for bringing attention to the dysfunction that exist inside the Phoenix PD. You did an awesome job. Now I only wish Arizona would eliminate qualified immunity the same way New Mexico has. That would help with some of these ongoing problems that plague many law enforcement agencies.
That pavement is hot, but added excessive force..
No bueno.
This is an eye opener.
One instance? Its just one of the most visible. No police department can police itself.
Interm chief is just as guilty. They absolutely can not police themselves no police department can. My local allowed he worst and most corrupt cops become chief and he was later fired for home invasion not his first time commiting the offense either
If the police are allowed to police themselves, citizens should be allowed to police themselves.
first off, let's stop insurance companies lobbying policies for safety in the name of traffic enforcement. secondly, qualified immunity needs to be abolished. and last, put their pensions on the line instead of taxpayers money to pay out lawsuits when they F up.
What's worse is these tyrants still have the audacity to call themselves the good guys!
Audacity, and delusion.
"Psychotic break with reality"
Not tyrants to me 🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️ y’all just dirty and don’t follow rules
Nothing will change if left up to the police department
Does anyone actually expect them to say they f'ed up or broke the law? They trick the common citizen into admitting guilt, but they never will. Even when its clear they did.
When can anyone police themselves, think how dumb that is.
And yet somebody in charge put in that system. What does that tell you about our leaders?
"If you force us to change, we'll drag our feet and have temper tantrums."
the mayor must be voted out
The DOJ needs to take a good look at itself and its own gross misconduct before coming into Arizona and telling Phoenix police department what they're doing wrong.
No Doubt😊
PPD needs federal oversight now. I hope that if they don’t consent, the DOJ sues them until they’re forced to consent. Don’t care how much it costs- it has to be done.
Also.. maybe a citizen oversight organization with actual teeth?
How bout sue them personally and not cost the tax payers any more money 🤷♂️
It sounds like the entire department needs to be fired and charged. A panel needs to be put in place to investigate incidents and have the power to fire and charge the officers and be able to tell the police union to go to hell. The unions are the ones that let the police think they can get away with it.
In the end absolutely NOTHING WILL CHANGE!!!
they need federal oversight they were given time but chose retaliation instead of conformity.
I want to visit every states but I've been thinking otherwise
More crap statements on paper like this won't change anything. Jail the blue rights offenders.
You have to clean the swamp there first
@@Mike-gc9ih PHX PD is the swamp
Actually the problem is far deeper than the just the Phoenix PD. In fact, it deeper that all PDs across the nation. The problem is our criminal justice system (CJS). Its designed to encourage cops lie, and the lie is the foundation for all corruption beyond that.
Cops only have two powers: to issue citations, and 2) to arrest. That's how they get their promotions and move forward in their careers. Therefore, they are encouraged to arrest as many people as they can. That includes the DA who gain their brownie credit from the prosecution of those people.
That means the publish is no more that the raw material used to advance their careers. As long as that's the method in which our system works, corruption will be a part of it. Especially when its so easy for the police or the DA to manufacture crimes. Even when cops break the law and are totally wrong, the civilian still goes to jail and must fight arrest charges. Even when its clear on video, they have the wrong person or that person can prove their innocence.
For example, the cops stopped a man because he was accused of stealing item from Walmart. The man complained the cops had no legal right to grab ahold of him with excessive force and showed them his receipt.
The police still arrested him for resisting arrest. He was convicted and had to pay $1000 in court fees. Even though, he was never guilty of any crimes. That's how messed up our CJS is.
Innocent people being arrested for resisting arrest is a travesty of justice, but it gets supported by the DA every day. And more and more innocent Americans are being turned into criminals, after the fact.
No police need to be policing themselves. End qualified immunity, give citizens the ability to file criminal charges since the DOJ refuses to do it.
The free ride is over
leos
Blue line
Thugs.
The DOJ does not need to police Phoenix PD. One more government hook, no thanks.
Looks like about half of the police force should be in prison.
Out of the abundance of the heart...this is what is comes out of them. Their defilement is internal you cannot train it out, nor will policies change their heart.
So the end result was zero indictments by the DOJ for the horrible civil rights violations, but they sent a strongly worded letter? 🤣 So.much for all that "accountability" they claim to demand. Accountability means prosecutions. Fear of future prosecutions will stop this disgusting behavior. This is a slap on the wrist at best. As usual. Once again. Zero consequences.
Doesn't mean anything with out indictments.
ZERO. We've heard all this before yet these things, continue to happen and get worse. Cops are criminalizing totally innocent people and sending them to jail.
How can you leave the same people in charge? The people that have completely failed the system are still in charge. This is just another way to kick the can down the road. Five years from now we will still be seeing the same issues.
Don't stop watching them.They are out of control.needs a citizen review board start charging their own with misconduct
If DOJ wants to make a difference they need to ensure that real consequences are imposed on officers engaging in abusive behaviors. I.e. they need to have decertifications and criminal charges occur. This is the only way they will stop acting this way.
The Department will still claim no wrong doing and that their officers used the correct force according to their policies.
this reporter is going to win an award for his thorough work
I certainly hope you will continue to cover individual stories of the police. This will take years to change.
Phoenix gestapo.
Oh no.
Far worse.... look at the blue stripe...
Think "NKVD "
Correction: Any PD USA.
Cough cough and steroids
And who is it running to DOJ again, coming out of the current administration I wouldn’t trust or believe anything. They have to say I rather have an independent evaluation.
Left Wing Zealots are the DOJ now.
Ask any cop anywhere what civil rights are and i guarantee you none of them can tell you what they are. They don't care about your rights because they know that they are protected by qualified immunity and their unions. End unionization of government and qualified immunity and i guarantee you they will learn quickly what our rights are.
Long long overdue
It’s a southern state.
Let’s just have a national divorce already.
Oversight? They need disbanded and started from scratch
Well, that explains why people keep un aliving the Phoenix PD. And no one wants to work for them either.
The old* we're doing our reforms, you just have to believe us "wink wink!
These videos have been extremely important. You should edit them together into one long video.
I hope they got the Brady list down on that document
Longtime coming.
Dave B, Providence Rhode Island is here in the house brother. Keep the good work. Bro your kicking ass
Mot even thay it needs to be illegal for departments to investigate themselves.
Imagine if PHXPD let criminals investigate themselves. Criminals would find themselves innocent 100 percent of the time
Incredible series. Thank you for the work
Ahh, there's one!!!
Good luck without officers.
Agreed Chief Sullivan and his Zeal to Pamper Criminals already drove off 500 Cops.
The Phoenix PD is still abusing the laws & the citizens week after week & still the violations still keeps coming week after week!
Great reporting, the thin blue line is a huge problem 😊
Thank you for this series. I don't think it should end until the reform is complete. Are they forcing you to end your coverage? Please stay on this and continue to bring updates on this story. The people need you. Thank you.
ABC New York paid Dave to Bash Phoenix Cops. It got boring. Dave should do Diponzio Again. Chief Sullivan signed off in all Diponzio crimes😂
Internal affairs is always a joke -- We investigated ourselves and found nothing wrong..."
Qualified Immunity has created a nation of bullies with badges. They can commit crimes against citizens often and including murder and get away with it. But if you are a citizen and you resist excessive force (trying to defend yourself) you are mobbed and beaten down by several officers (there are literally hundreds of videos on this platform showing just that), charged with "resisting" or "obstruction" and will have your court case wrapped up in litigation for years. Then when you get to trial the judge will either dismiss the case or give the officers a slap on the wrist. A few years back a passenger in a car in Glendale was pulled from the car after failing to show ID (which he is not obligated to show) and tazed repeatedly even going so far as to having his shorts pulled down and being tazed on his scrotum. What was his punishment? A loss of certification and a $100 fine. This officer nearly kills a man and that's all he gets. But if we fight back, we get prison time. It's not only the law enforcement but the judicial system that denies Americans their due process.
No police department should “police itself”. Every department nationwide should have independent civilian oversight.
Why in earth would this be your final episode in this series? This hasn’t ended the problem hasn’t been solved. Wouldn’t that be the final episode of your series when you could say with confidence that it is safe to be a human being in Phoenix, Arizona or anywhere in Arizona for that manner Arizona is a dangerous place man, that anywhere in America, we don’t have civil rights anymore. They were taken away rightfully I suppose.
Money ran out to Bash Phoenix Cops. Plus they know when Kammy bites the Dust all this Left Wing crap will be tossed in the garbage😂
Greatest running story ever, Dave
instead of jailing criminal cops they "recommend" to them
This is a WORLD WIDE PROBLEM. I live in Scotland and it is ABSOLUTELY CRAZY that the Police here also Police themselves or have their BUDDIES in the ALLEGEDLY INDEPENDENT PIRC whenever a complaint is made against them. If it IS ACCEPTABLE for ORDINARY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC to sit on a JURY and judge the veracity of the evidence presented to them then there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON why they cannot sit in judgement of Police. It would help restore ANY FAITH OR TRUST that the PUBLIC MAY still have in the SO CALLED JUSTICE SYSTEM. There also needs to be an investigation into WHY when a Police Constable is charged with a crime he/she is NOT treated the same as any ordinary MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. Instead of being held to a HIGHER STANDARD of conduct, AS THEY SHOULD BE, they are first of all VERY RARELY REMANDED IN CUSTODY or given BAIL WITH STRINGENT CONDITIONS. If they are convicted then they AGAIN VERY RARELY RECEIVE A LONG SENTENCE and are IN FACT more likely to receive either A COMMUNITY BASED SENTENCE or a MUCH, MUCH LIGHTER SENTENCE AND IT IS USUALLY SUSPENDED.
POLICE AND THE SO CALLED JUSTICE SYSTEM CORRUPT FROM THE TOP DOWN .
Great work as always Dave
They should never police themselves that is the biggest problem we have with all departments!!!!
Lexington, MS police department cannot police themselves. They need oversight, and civil lawsuits against individual police.