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Police in Dallas – Fort Worth Get Papers Graded: Low Crime Clearance Rates for North Texas

Today, the video of a South Carolina police officer shooting a man running away from a traffic stop has gone viral, and the officer has been arrested for murder. If you haven’t seen the footage, you can watch it on YouTube (it’s pretty graphic). For more videos of excessive force by law enforcement around the…

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Michael Lowe, on Arrest and Indictment, Cop Watch |

The Mike Brown Law: Will Police Be Required to Wear Body Cameras?

As the events in Ferguson, Missouri, continue to unfold, a proposed new law is being advanced for all law enforcement in this country, the “Mike Brown Law.” It would require all police officers to wear a camera as part of their uniform, so all their actions on the job would be recorded. The campaign for…

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Michael Lowe, on Arrest and Indictment, Cop Watch, Evidence |

The Power of the Police to Search Your Home and Property: 2 New High Court Opinions On When Police Can Search Without a Warrant in Texas

It seems like there are weekly, if not daily, news stories covering excessive force or unwarranted use of police power by law enforcement officers around the country and it is only through the criminal justice system – particularly criminal defense fights and judicial reasoning and opinion – that people can find justice from overzealous police…

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Michael Lowe, on Arrest and Indictment, Cop Watch, Court Opinions, Search and Seizures |

Six AM No Knock Warrant Gets Burleson County Deputy Killed as Homeowner Arrested for Capital Murder: Is There an 1983 Suit Here?

Around an hour before sunrise one Thursday this month, in rural Burleson County near the town of Somerville, a man named Henry Goedrich Magee was awakened to the sound of someone breaking into his mobile home and as his lawyer explained later, thinking that he was the victim of a home invasion, Magee grabbed his…

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Michael Lowe, on Arrest and Indictment, Cop Watch, Crime News, Search and Seizures |

Dallas Police Chief Announces Big Policy Changes To Halt Trend of Dallas Police Department Officer Involved Shootings

Last Friday, Dallas Police Chief David Brown announced that there would be changes made over at the Dallas Police Department to deal with the big (HUGE) problem of officer involved shootings here in Dallas, Texas (for details, read our earlier post where our city is averaging 1 Dallas officer involved shooting every few weeks). …

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Michael Lowe, on Cop Watch, Corrupt Cops, Orwellian Threats to Rights |

Aransas Pass Police Caught on Video Beating Matias Vera: Texas Police Department Faces Another Allegation of Evildoing.

Call it “police brutality” or “excessive force,” but anytime someone in law enforcement abuses their power with physical violence, it’s not something that should be tolerated by anyone, anywhere – much less the local law enforcement officials, city councils, or state and federal authorities. So it’s rather shocking that we’re reading yet ANOTHER news story…

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Michael Lowe, on Cop Watch, Corrupt Cops, Crime News, Orwellian Threats to Rights |

Fort Worth Police Have Second Man Die in Their Custody In Six Weeks: Death After Custody Continuing Problem Here in Texas

On January 15, 2012, Daniel Guerra died while in the custody and control of the Fort Worth Police Department. He was 24 years old. On February 14, 2012, Larry Sternberg, 45 years old, also died while in the custody and control of the Fort Worth Police Department. Two men dying within one month’s time? Maybe…

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Michael Lowe, on Cop Watch, Jail Watch |

Texas Police Accused of Planting Drugs on Innocent Man: Aransas Pass Police Department Corruption Charges Escalate

What is going on with the Aransas Pass Police Department — is there widespread corruption there, as more and more news stories suggest? Consider this: just last week, we posted about the situation involving the Aransas Pass Police Department being investigated by the Texas Rangers after Martin Ortiz ended up comatose in a Corpus Christi…

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Michael Lowe, on Cop Watch, Corrupt Cops |

Another Texas Police Beating Caught by Video Dashcam

Technology serves justice this go-round, as another dashcam has provided eyeball testimony of Texas law enforcement using excessive force on a citizen. However, this time there’s a twist: the Dallas Police Chief has already fired one of the police officers on the video, and it’s reported that there will be a recommendation to the D.A. that police…

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Michael Lowe, on Cop Watch, Uncategorized |

Cop Watch: FBI Investigating the Bexar County Sheriff’s Dept – San Antonio Probe Growing for Past 2 Years

Today, the San Antonio Express News is reporting that for the past 2 years, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been quietly investigating the activities of the Bexar County Sheriff’s Department — a law enforcement agency whose jurisdiction includes San Antonio, Texas, and the surrounding area. Apparently, the FBI has been snooping around there, down…

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Michael Lowe, on Cop Watch, Corrupt Cops |

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