In the News (#1673)

The suggestion to “be mindful”…[is] going to prevent absolutely no one from recording others. – Chris Hoffman Policing for Profit Cops usually make up some pretext, however flimsy, for their robbery schemes: A [Las Vegas cop named]…Antonio Chavez…and his wife, Claudia Guzman-Marquez…intentionally used their credit cards to purchase expensive items and gift cards in the tens of thousands of dollars…and…the[n]…dispute[d] the charges with the credit card companies, claiming that their wallets…had been stolen. Chavez even filed a [false] police report…to [back up his scam against]…Capital One…American Express…Citibank and JPMorgan Chase…Chavez admitted…that he conspired with his wife and “a third party in California” in [the] fraud scheme… Follow Your Bliss (#1169) People like this are the norm in policing sexual offenses, and always will be: A [Father]land Security [goon] whose work included child-exploitation cases is now facing nine sex-crime charges [for repeatedly rap]ing a juvenile…