Judge has refused to lower $500,000 Bond of former Saline County Chief Sheriff’s Deputy accused of Sexual Misconduct with a Harrisburg Illinois Teenager

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A southern Illinois judge has refused to lower the $500,000 bond of Todd Fort, a former Saline County chief sheriff’s deputy, accused of sexual misconduct with a Harrisburg teenager.

Todd Fort’s request for the bond reduction was denied on April 20, 2011.  

Fort is to stand trial May 4, 2011 on charges largely accusing him of sexual assault and criminal misconduct with the teenage girl, now 18, last year.

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DC Capitol Police Face New Grievances of Racial Discrimination from 50 Black Officers

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Exactly 10 years and one week after more than 200 black Capitol Police officers first formally alleged rampant racial discrimination in the department, a new complaint charges that the same conduct prevails.

A grievance sent to the Office of Compliance on April 20, 2011 and an accompanying D.C. Bar complaint filed on April 18, 2011 claim that a Capitol Police employment attorney misled the court to frustrate a long-standing race discrimination case and that he himself subjects African-American employees, particularly women, to a hostile workplace.

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Law Enforcement Abuse and Corruption — Latest News Reports – 10 Reports on April 18, 2011

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Police abuse, corruption, and crimes are in the news daily across America. 

You will be amazed at the volume of crimes with so-called law enforcement officials.

To make it easy to see the widespread corruption, LawlessAmerica.com will update this article with daily corruption reports ….

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It Could Happen to You: Police Corruption – The Kristi Devine Saga

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 It could happen to you…

Someone is out to get you.  The next thing you know, you are charged with committing crimes.

You know you are innocent and that the police are corrupt, but NO ONE will do anything about it.  The police lie.  The judges smirk.  It devastates your life, robs you of your money, and keeps you in fear of being sent to prison.  We have to do something!  Read all about it….

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Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against the Berkeley County South Carolina Sheriff

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The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the Berkeley County, S.C., Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Wayne DeWitt for violating the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.

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Two New Orleans Police Officers Convicted on Civil Rights and Obstruction of Justice Charges in Connection with the Beating Death of a Civilian

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Two officers with the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) have been convicted of civil rights and obstruction of justice crimes in connection with the beating death of civilian Raymond Robair in July 2005, and a subsequent cover-up.

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Los Angeles Police Department Moves to Further Restrict Public Oversight

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Oppressive police have been able to disappear people who are politically inconvenient.

In Soviet Russia and Pinochet’s Chile — to name a couple of examples in recent history– have created a reign of fear among the populace.

In a startling reversal of an established transparency policy, the Los Angeles Police Department has refused a recent routine records request, citing a 1993 court case, County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court (Kusar).

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Former Jena Louisiana, Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Criminal Sexual Activity

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The Justice Department announced on April 8, 2011 that Joseph Taunton, 31, from Jonesville, La., a former corrections officer at the LaSalle Parish Detention Center in Jena, La., pleaded guilty in federal court for engaging in a sexual act with a federal detainee.

During his guilty plea, Taunton admitted that on Dec. 16, 2010, while working as an officer at the detention center, he engaged in a sexual act with a federal detainee under his supervision.

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Justice Department Opens Investigation into the Seattle Police Department

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The Justice Department announced today that it has opened a pattern or practice investigation into allegations of use of excessive force and discriminatory policing by members of the Seattle Police Department (SPD), pursuant to the pattern or practice provision of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, the anti-discrimination provisions of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Two New Orleans Louisiana Police Officers Sentenced in Post-Katrina Shooting and Burning of Henry Glover

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Former New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Officer David Warren was sentenced March 31, 2011 in connection with the post-Katrina shooting death of Henry Glover, and current NOPD Officer Greg McRae was sentenced for the subsequent burning of Glover’s remains and obstruction of justice.

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