Houston, Texas
The Houston Police Department has launched an internal investigation after an officer posted on Facebook that she would arrest anyone of a certain nationality for merely looking at her in a certain way, along with numerous deeply disturbing comments.
Numerous postings by Officer Deyna Carabajal, 32, spelled out her dislike for Hondurans, including numerous posts where she suggested she would arrest them for various reasons.
"Zero tolerance 4 yall today," she wrote in one of her posts. "Y'all look at me wrong at all today -- y'all riding," she wrote. "Riding" is police lingo for taking a trip to jail.
Officer Carabajal, who joined the Houston Police Department in 2001, is assigned to patrol the Fondren Division in southwest Houston.
In some of her postings, the officer wrote her entries on Facebook while she said she was on duty being paid by taxpayers.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Dallas Cop Fired For Putting Gun To Head of Urinating Man and Double-Dipping In Pay Thinks His Punishment Is Too Harsh
Dallas, Texas
A Dallas police officer accused of inappropriately putting his gun to the head of a man who was urinating in public and double-dipping on his off-duty employment has been fired.
Senior Cpl. Mike Jones has denied the allegations. He says he thinks he's being punished more harshly than officers who have committed more serious offenses.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown declined to comment on the case. He fired Jones on Friday.
The Dallas Morning News reports an internal investigation found Jones reported working off-duty jobs at the same time he was doing other police work and worked an off-duty job within 24 hours of calling in sick.
The incident involving the gun happened in July 2009 when Jones found the man urinating on a wall outside an apartment building.
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A Dallas police officer accused of inappropriately putting his gun to the head of a man who was urinating in public and double-dipping on his off-duty employment has been fired.
Senior Cpl. Mike Jones has denied the allegations. He says he thinks he's being punished more harshly than officers who have committed more serious offenses.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown declined to comment on the case. He fired Jones on Friday.
The Dallas Morning News reports an internal investigation found Jones reported working off-duty jobs at the same time he was doing other police work and worked an off-duty job within 24 hours of calling in sick.
The incident involving the gun happened in July 2009 when Jones found the man urinating on a wall outside an apartment building.
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
El Paso Settles Suit for $55k To Traumatized Couple After Cops Raided Home Looking For Son Already In Jail
El Paso, Texas
The couple that lived in military housing has since left El Paso, after what even the city manager calls a traumatic moment with police.
Paula and Ricky Bell found out their son was wanted by police, so they took him downtown and turned him in.
But days later, and while her son was still in jail, Paula says she was in the shower when police started banging on the door. Practically nude, she ran out to tell them to hold on for a minute but she says they didn't listen.
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The couple that lived in military housing has since left El Paso, after what even the city manager calls a traumatic moment with police.
Paula and Ricky Bell found out their son was wanted by police, so they took him downtown and turned him in.
But days later, and while her son was still in jail, Paula says she was in the shower when police started banging on the door. Practically nude, she ran out to tell them to hold on for a minute but she says they didn't listen.
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Austin Police Officer Tackles Deaf Woman From Behind, Then Arrests Her For Ignoring His Commands To Stop
Esther Valdez is deaf. On June 16, 2009, the 24-year-old found herself in trouble with the Austin Police Department – booked into jail for resisting arrest, a charge punishable by up to a year in jail – because she could not hear Officer Steven Willis yelling at her to stop as she walked along a North Austin sidewalk with her girlfriend, Ceci Bermudez. Note: Valdez is the one on the left.
Officer Willis, who doesn’t seem to understand sign language, mistook the intense hand communication as a public disturbance, he says.
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Hey moron, it's sign language!
Monday, November 29, 2010
Beating of Elderly Man By El Paso Cop Leads to 15k Lawsuit Payout
El Paso, Texas
In the last two years, the city has paid out almost $600,000 from lawsuits against the police department. One lawsuit involves an elderly man who says he was beaten by an undercover police officer. The city agreed to pay him $15,000.
The man who says he was beat up is now almost 81 years old. He says the officer, Joshua Cass, who's six feet, three inches tall, and weighs in at 270 pounds, beat him until he was unconscious. When the man woke up he was in handcuffs.
The lawsuit says in his three years on the force, Officer Cass had twelve internal affairs complaints filed against him, several for excessive force.
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In the last two years, the city has paid out almost $600,000 from lawsuits against the police department. One lawsuit involves an elderly man who says he was beaten by an undercover police officer. The city agreed to pay him $15,000.
The man who says he was beat up is now almost 81 years old. He says the officer, Joshua Cass, who's six feet, three inches tall, and weighs in at 270 pounds, beat him until he was unconscious. When the man woke up he was in handcuffs.
The lawsuit says in his three years on the force, Officer Cass had twelve internal affairs complaints filed against him, several for excessive force.
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San Antonio Officer Guilty In Assault, Manslaughter Case Involving Reckless Crash
Former San Antonio Police Officer David Seaton became a felon Monday after jurors in his high-profile trial found him guilty of recklessly causing a high-speed crash that killed a colleague.
Seaton, 45, who had been with the department for two years when the Nov. 28, 2008, wreck occurred, stared somberly as state District Judge Sid Harle read the verdicts.
Jurors took less than two hours to find him guilty of two counts of aggravated assault by a police officer, which is punishable by up to life in prison, and one count of manslaughter, for which he faces up to 20 years in prison.
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
Dallas Police Officer Charged with Thanksgiving DWI
Dallas, Texas
Fort Worth police on Thursday arrested a Dallas police officer for alleged drunken driving.
Officer Anastasia Brown, 34, is charged with driving while intoxicated.
Few details are known, but according to Fort Worth police records, officers found Brown in a vehicle at the intersection of Interstate 20 and Campus Drive. Brown's vehicle had reportedly sustained a flat front, left tire and was immobile.
After approaching Brown, officers determined that she was intoxicated and arrested her.
Dallas police said Brown has been on the department for three years and is assigned to the South Central Patrol Division.
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