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forensicated · 2 months

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Thoughts from re-bingewatching (mostly series 18 onwards recently) The Bill

Smithy is a bloody idiot if he thinks he's in love and puts himself in serious danger. He's literally seconds away from being killed for both Louise and Kerry and if his colleagues hadn't burst in each time he'd not be there no more. He is loyal to an absolute fault as long as he likes you! 💗 His bravery is second to none - as well as being bloody stupid! Literal Super!Sarge.

I don't hate Kerry as much as I did watching as an adult rather than when I was late teens/early 20's. As discussed with @everythingisdragons, a lot of what she does is understandable when you look from her position. Her station-best friend is murdered just before she's due to get married. Gina has to spend her and Luke's wedding day stopping Craig from telling her that he spent the night with Luke. She's strung along whilst Luke and Craig do lots of angst and staring across the room at each other and then is gaslit by Gina, Craig and Luke when she asks him if he's gay. She finds out she's pregnant and they split. She has a miscarriage just as they 'get back together'. She's dumped by the love of her life because he's gay, she finds out he spent the night before they got married with a man who she thinks is her friend and then he walks out on her again when she literally begs him to stay and says it doesn't matter that he's gay they can deal with it. After a few one night stands with Smithy she then falls for Cameron who starts being calm and kind and understanding and then slut shames her (along with Smithy for that!) and dumps her. She has a drunken one night stand with Smithy and hides it from Cameron when he wants to get back together. She then ends up being manipulated by a psychopath, told everything she thinks she knows about a man she's known and trusted for a while is wrong and that he raped her. Said psycho uses her further vulnerability to keep the pressure up and everyone at work is pressuring her to either make the complaint official or stfu with others telling her how wrong she is because Smithy wouldn't do that. Cameron is a tit who can't keep his mouth shut when they get back together (Who the fuck brings up a rape allegation in the middle of an ARMED ROBBERY? and then demands his girlfriend tell him if it's the truth or not as she's trying to keep a man with a FUCKING BOMB strapped to him calm and secure whilst the disposal team arrive?) and makes the situation worse by lying on official documents and to the investigators and tries to cover it up and make her lie. Gabriel keeps put the pressure by telling her he's got the CCTV and will protect her because he's her 'guardian angel' and the only one looking out for her. Gabriel then goes on and rape her (unknowingly impregnating her which adds to further hormones) knowing people wouldn't believe her after she accused Smithy and then withdrew it when she finally talked to him. Cameron cheats on her with Honey (her good friend!) and they have an illfated 'thing' when he and Kerry split up. She's in complete freefall and desperate for someone to love her and look after her. She's almost killed by the Radfords yet returns to David the same night that he was going to shoot her (and Smithy!) and almost gives up her job for him until she sees he ALSO cheats on her. Gabriel's still hanging around, Gina's got it in for her cos of the rape allegation against Smithy even though they sorted it out between themselves and she realised her didn't rape her. Cameron leaves her and returns to Australia despite her literally running after him and begging him to stay like she did Luke, David and Irene are promising her a new life, Gina's threatening to get her out of the station. She comes to her senses and uses David's trust in her to set him up - and then is about to be arrested for conspiracy to commit armed robbery (Irene taped it all). On top of all THAT, her dad goes on to have a heart attack. Despite it all there's only one person she can trust who is still there when the chips are down... Smithy! He tells her he loves her but there's too much going on to process it until she knows her dad will be ok. When he is - she returns to the station to tell Smithy she loves him too... only to get shot and essentially die in his arms. Phew.

I actually hated Andrea more this time around. I never liked her and hated her character first time but I think this time the deceit and lies really really fucked me off on top of the whole 'I'm such an innocent little flower who is really fucking stupid despite noone realising how obvious she's being.' She shit on every single one of them and betrayed them yet wouldn't have it at the end that she was the one in the wrong.

I found Phil Hunter and Rod Skase more odious than I did first time round too. Teenage me had a crush on Rod yet watching again I really don't know why (other than hormones!). He was still watchable though and enjoyable for the dick that he is at least. Phil was always slimy and smug but this time watching again - ugh. He should have had his downfall - not be allowed to walk off into the sunset 'redeemed'. The stuff he did to Nick... ugh.And the underage daughter of his lover too! I also enjoyed Danny Pearce less too, much for the same reasons as Rod I think.

Geoff Daly was more of a dick than I remembered. I didn't mind him first time around but this time he did nothing but moan, cause problems for others, use his rank be a dick.

I love the 90's way of the - mostly CID - boys calling each other by their full names when being snarky with each other. "Geoffrey." "Donald!"

The 80's/90's girls were a thousand times better than the 00's girls. On the whole they got stuck in and did the job and told the men where to stick it which was even more impressive given the time and not all this batting their eyes at them. Viv, Suzi (Croft), June, Kerry (Holmes), Cass, Liz, Vicky, Jamila, Norika, Sally (Johnson), Christine etc. The only exception being Gina, obv. (There's some 00's girls I don't mind, Mel, Millie, Kirsty, Stevie, Amber (for the wrong reasons), but most of them were problematic for various reasons or just plain poorly written.

I miss Derek! :( Even now! Him and Gina bitching together with Jack - probably about Heaton would have been hilarious.

Mickey's rape still remains IMO one of the strongest storylines on the show in its history and uses a backing of its strongest cast at the time to play it out so well and sympathetically. Even Delaney's actor is one you can believe in and want to kill through the screen. It's one of few that continued down into other storylines too and was remembered when necessary.

The Target trilogy is another that is an incredible story telling trip from start to end and so well done.

Will Fletcher is a horrible character who showed no loyalty to anyone. He knew Emma had a boyfriend/fiancé/husband and didn't back off. Even when he knew or at least suspected Matt was an abuser he still kept digging and digging away and antagonising him purposely despite that putting Emma in further danger of harm. He played with Honey's feelings, messed her around and even when she literally TOLD him she didn't want anything serious but was inviting him on a holiday of essentially sun, sea, sand and sex he still turned her down (after saying he was going until the night before) and as we know she went off to meet Eva and ended up being killed rather than getting on that plane. It was a good week before anyone realised she was missing. He treated Dan like crap too despite him supposedly being his best friend. When both men liked Emma when she first arrived, Dan stepped aside and let Will try his look. However when the petrol station woman decided she liked Dan rather than Will, Will swapped the petrol pump from a Diesel to unleaded (despite Dan having put the right one to the car) so that Dan would get bollocked and be the cause of the car having to be towed back to the police garage, emptied, flushed and then refueled and he'd get points on his licence - points that ended up stopping him going on the advanced driving course he'd applied for (that Will knew nothing about till Dan applied for it!) so that Will got his place - and then when Dan asked if he was going to turn it down given the situation when Will admitted what he'd done, Will essentially laughed at him and called him stupid in a roundabout way. He also indirectly is the reason that Dan hurt his shoulder and began the steroid journey because instead of following him to arrest the man who stole it as he should have done, he stayed with the motorbike he'd been about to buy before it was stolen, which meant that Dan had to arrest him solo and got hurt. He also took the credit for finding the missing baby in Deadly Secrets when it was Dan. He's also incredibly petulant, sulky and thinks he's the best copper at the station. I couldn't help by being amused when Callum called him out on it within 12 hours of knowing him. Speaking of Callum, Will was also stuck straight up his arse and sucking up when he knew that he was low level bullying Dan, telling him to stick where he was and that he'd never be anything more than a PC when he was asking to progress onto a course.

There's several points where multi-episode mini-stories really struggled, assuming it was because of each part having a different writer and them not seeming to collaborate or at least read other peoples episodes before writing their own. For example Conviction 6 makes out like Smithy and Stevie continued things after the last episode of Gun Runner when they really really didn't. It's quite a confusing episode in some respects because of that.

Towards the end there's a lot of 'because of the reboot' decisions in stories rather than it feeling true to the character. Without going into too much detail because the recap will be up soon, the last episode of the Conviction six parter is a great example of this and also the point above.

Why did Des fire bomb the station to retrieve the counterfeit fifty? I know why but like... what part of that action makes sense? Surely you play dumb until it's mentioned - if it is mentioned - and then say you must have been scammed somehow and put in another amount?

Dan Casper is a special precious cinnamon roll and I will fight to the death anyone who says otherwise! He's sweet, kind, generous, does not like injustice or people picking on others (ie: telling Emma she doesn't have to be mean to Beth and act all hard because of what happened to her, they still love her either way). He's super sensitive too. If he loves you he pretty much forgives you anything and everything. He's adoooooooorable! (Same for Leon pretty much!)

TPTB missed a trick not having Dan, Will, Leon, Nate and Ben all onscreen at the same time and living together in a big house share.

Speaking of Ben, I enjoyed him a lot more this time too. The first time round he was too involved in the possé stuff of Callum, Sally and Will and I used to not pay as much attention as I could during those parts but he also proved himself to be very sweet and a proper gentleman who went above and beyond with the tropey-hidden!anger stuff for a little bit.

There's a good few characters who have decent arcs through the series looking back. Gina's move from all seeing, all knowing fearless ball breaker to human and terrified of losing more officers after her thousandth one died (I jest but it started to feel that way sometimes!) was very human and believable. Neil's transformation was understandable given everything he experienced over the years, even if it was the hideous Andrea stuff in the middle. Smithy from cocky PC, Sgt who wasn't to dissimilar but had obvious hints of Uncle!Bob's moulding and influence through to mature and responsible grown up Sgt and then Inspector was wonderful.

Gina and Smithy's friendship was a thing of beauty. Other than Louise, Gina was the only other person he cried in front of - the other times he'd run off to be by himself. I still laugh at Jonathan's reaction to Smithy having a key to Gina's.

Jack and Mickey's wasn't too far behind either, though Jack had an awful tendency to be lead by another brain that wasn't in his head - ala Rachel Heath time and abandon Mickey when he needed him the most.

If there needed to be another Sgt in uniform, why couldn't Kirsty have been promoted (as a newcomer not with much background they wouldn't have to know how long she'd been a PC etc) or one of the others if not keeping Diane? Why move Jo across? She could have become a DS alongside Max and fill the gap there.

Gina's ex, Harry, does not come across like any sort of man that Gina would ever allow near her! Infact he seems the absolute opposite that she'd go for! (Episode 181)

Speaking of Gina's exes, we all know I'm bias for Gina and Jonathan, but the little reveals here and there of Adam and Gina's relationship were lovely, especially her obvious heartbreak when she spots his kids for the first time (The open day where Eva's daughter Joanna goes missing). The only reason they broke up is because she couldn't give him the kids she knew he wanted so she ended it and he didn't know why until they reunited at Sun Hill. It was beautifully done and you could get them being together.

Ugh, i wish she'd told Jonathan at the wedding (Jim/June) that she was ready to commit like she was going to! Or at the station the day after when she found him about to leave!

Although I love the end of the show as in the episodes themselves (Respect 1 and 2) I really dislike the way a lot of the storylines were rounded off. Callum post his dad's funeral and his assault and his jostling with Jo and his suspension were forgotten about for Respect 1 and 2. Max's drugs stuff was left ambiguous after his return as it wasn't mentioned and he had calmed down a bit and was less argy bargy and more wind up merchant. (And why didn't Mickey tell Jack rather than make a big song and dance about telling Neil instead!) It was a shame because it makes people totally forget how decent a person Max was from Assault On Sun Hill to In The Know a lot of the time as well as being an occasional dick. He was absolutely gutted he had to arrest Noah (Backlash) and had really bonded with him and took the time to help him and see things from his level despite his initial thoughts. He threatens a dangerous dealer to keep Fran safe. He also gave Noah his PSP to keep! (Brings back memories of Smithy giving TIm his gameboy in Lullaby). He went looking for Pavel in Righteous Kill despite it meaning he got held at gunpoint and looked out for Julie and her uncle as much as he could. He was impressed by Smithy in Gun Runner and told him and offered to help him through the DPS and other PCC interviews and sit with him if he needed someone. He was impressed by Beth in Beth Undercover and told her so. He had a really fun friendship with Eddie - or "Edmundo!". Cowboy Country - he was adorable as well as a little bugger for telling everyone about Terry's love of country music.

Speaking of Max - his and Millie's 'relationship' (not in the actual terms as in a couple) always intrigued me. Purely for the fact that she was so obviously swoony over him and all heart eyes and he never let on that he was aware (though obviously was!), however in Righteous Kill he says to her at the vending machine - after he's nobbled some money off her to take Pavel some food and drink where he's hiding out) that "it doesn't have to be a big thing." and it sort of... seems out of place as nothing linked was mentioned before it and nothing was said after (and then there's Smash and Grab a few episodes after and Millie loses the crush for a few episodes) Is this 'big thing' her crush? Is he telling her to back off? Or telling her it could be something casual... it goes unanswered and it's always bugged me why it was said because nothing came of it or was building up to it and she doesn't say anything in response other than "Sure."! Unless he's meaning not wanting to talk like she offers? Or the thing he's checking up on? (that he's going off to find Pavel without telling anyone?)

There'll likely be more as I remember it haha!

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homomenhommes · 6 months

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THIS DAY IN GAY HISTORY

based on: The White Crane Institute's 'Gay Wisdom', Gay Birthdays, Gay For Today, Famous GLBT, glbt-Gay Encylopedia, Today in Gay History, Wikipedia, and more …

1891 – Ted Shawn (d.1972), originally Edwin Myers Shawn, was one of the first notable male pioneers of American modern dance. Along with creating Denishawn with former wife Ruth St Denis he was also responsible for the creation of the all-male company Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers. With his innovative ideas of masculine movement he was one of the most influential choreographers and dancers of his day. He was also the founder and creator of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts.

Ted Shawn was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Originally intending to become a minister of religion, he attended the University of Denver. There he caught diphtheria, which led him to take up dance in 1910 to regain his muscle strength. Shawn's dancing was discouraged by the University, which still had a Methodist affiliation, and was the reason for his expulsion the following year.

After marrying Ruth St Denis in 1914., she and Shawn opened the first Denishawn School in Los Angeles, California, where they were able to choreograph and stage many of their famous vaudeville pieces. The school and company went on to produce such influential dancers as Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman.

Although Denishawn came to an end in 1929 due to hard times both in Shawn's and St Denis' marriage as well as the economy, Shawn's second dance group Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers (1929-1940) were soon to follow in his dancing career. The new all-male company was based out of Massachusetts near his then home of Lee. In creating this company Shawn was hoping to make America become more aware, and accept the importance and dedication of the male dancer. It was with this new company that Shawn produced some of his most controversial and highly skilled choreography to date. With works such as Ponca Indian Dance, Sinhalse Devil Dance, Maori War Haka, Hopi Indian Eagle Dance, and Dyak Spear Dances he was able to showcase performances that all stressed male body movement.

His love for the relationships created by the men in his dances soon translated into love between him and one of his company members Barton Mumaw which lasted from 1931-1948. He had another partner following Mumaw, John Christian with whom he spent his life from 1949 until his death in 1972.

1968 – Trev Broudy is an American actor and former model born in California. Broudy came to national attention when he became the victim of a violent attack in 2002, which touched off a national discussion of hate crimes, drawing comparisons to the Matthew Shepard case.

On September 1, 2002, Broudy and boyfriend Edward Ulett were attacked after embracing outside Broudy's West Hollywood, California home by three assailants, Larry Walker, Torwin Sessions and Vincent Dotson. Broudy was beaten with a baseball bat and left in a coma for 10 days. In response the West Hollywood gay community organized a candlelight vigil.

Upon his regaining consciousness, Broudy's doctors determined that he had suffered permanent brain damage and was left legally blind. Part of his skull was replaced with a metal plate.

Walker, Sessions and Dotson were initially charged with attempted robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery. Republican Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley declined to press hate crime charges, a decision that sparked outrage in the community. West Hollywood City Councilmember Sal Guarriello and his political consultants immediately launched a recall campaign against Cooley to demonstrate their disgust for Cooley's homophobia. Cooley stated that he believed the motive to be robbery, not bias, a conclusion that Broudy disagreed with. After the preliminary hearing, an additional charge of aggravated mayhem was added for each defendant.

On August 27, 2003, Walker pleaded guilty to all charges and a day later Sessions and Dotson did the same. Walker was sentenced to 13 years in prison, Dotson received a seven-year sentence and Sessions was sentenced to 21 years.

Prior to the attack, Broudy was best known for a small role in the independent film The Fluffer. After the attack he narrated the 2003 VH1 special Totally Gay! in which he countered the generally light-hearted tone of the special by describing the attack and the devastating effects on his life. Broudy has appeared in a number of guest roles in a variety of television series and has started a career as a voice actor, performing in television and radio commercials and playing Cole Yeager in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent and Captain America in Marvel Ultimate Alliance.

Matt Dallas (L) with husband Blue Hamilton

1982 – Matt Dallas is an American actor, best known for playing the title character on the ABC Family series Kyle XY.

Dallas has starred in several films, including Babysitter Wanted, as well as the title character in the ABC Family television series Kyle XY for three seasons. The series ended on March 16, 2009 after it was canceled by ABC. Dallas also appeared in Living The Dream, Wannabe, Camp Daze, and Way of The Vampire. He has been a guest on the TV show Entourage.

In 2012, Dallas starred as Max in the musical love story movie You, Me & The Circus. He played the role of Bat Masterson in an action packed western movie Wyatt Earp's Revenge with Val Kilmer. He also starred as Lance Leigh in the Hallmark movie Naughty or Nice with Hilarie Burton. Dallas played the role of Scott Orenhauser in the indie syfy thriller film Life Tracker. Dallas had a recurring role in ABC Family show Baby Daddy, where he played Riley's love interest. In 2014, Dallas starred in the horror comedy movie Ghost of Goodnight Lane.

On July 5, 2015, Dallas married musician Blue Hamilton, musician, his partner of five years. On December 22, 2015, Dallas and Hamilton announced on their YouTube channel that they had adopted their two-year old son, Crow

1985 – Dan White, who murdered San Francisco mayor George Moscone and Gay City Supervisor Harvey Milk in 1978, committed suicide by asphyxiating himself in his wife's car. White served just over 5 years for the murders.

1986 – U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop calls for the use of condoms to prevent HIV transmission.

1998 – US Surgeon General David Satcher released a report with recommendations for suicide prevention. The report recognized that Gay and Lesbian youth are a high risk group and recommended target prevention efforts.

2010 – The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favor of Moscow Pride president Nikolai Alexeyev, saying that authorities acted illegally when they banned gay pride in Moscow.

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freetheshit-outofyou · 6 months

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"Davis now remains in custody at TGK after being charged with armed robbery, attempted first-degree murder with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery on a pregnant victim with a deadly weapon, domestic battery, resisting officer without violence, criminal mischief and battery on a corrections officer.

Arrest records show he's being held on $18,500 bond." (3,700.00 and this turd walks.) I want you to take a real good look at those charges and that bail and now compare that to the no bail of Julian Khater and George Tanios "Assault on Federal Officer with Dangerous Weapon and Conspiracy to Injure an Officer" charges. The deadly weapon was pepper spray by the way, not a gun or a knife or a cooking pan.

This is why at some point the citizenry will be forced to deal with these vermin, the courts are perfectly ok with arraigning people for very violent crimes and then putting them right back on the streets with little to no inconvenience to the criminal. Before one of you bleeding hearts say "Vigilantism isn't the answer!", You are right, it's not, I am not encouraging that in any way. Everyone should have their day in court, face their accuser and present evidence in their defense, EVERYONE. What I am saying is the citizens don't have to accept being victimized by people who SHOULD still be locked up or at the very least on a very short electronic leash. When there is no real penalty for criminal activity, the law is worthless. When the law is only apply to those trying to defend their homes, their families, their livelihoods and their possessions then "The law is an ass". I wish we lived in a world where people could leave their doors open at night, cars unlocked, not worry about being robbed at gun point at the ATM, followed home from the store and robbed for taking out 100.00 at the register or sexually assaulted on a train platform just waiting to go home, but we don't live in that pipe dream. We live in a world where criminals are given more and more leeway to do the worst possible things to the population. We live in a world where people get so mad driving they shoot other drivers. A world where criminals commit violent crime and are let go on low bail or no bail to continue attacking the citizens before the victims are even out of the hospital. We will be forced to reckon this at some point, or it will be total criminal rule with the protection of the political body supporting them over the citizen.

#me #crime #violent crime #low bail #no bail

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if-you-fan-a-fire · 1 year

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“Allege Conspiracy,” Border Cities Star. December 8, 1932. Page 22. ---- HAMILTON, Dec. 8. - Charged with conspiring to hold up a bank in Norwich, Ont., Arthur Broszett, 23, and James Mills, 23, appeared in police court Wednesday and were remanded for eight days at the request of the crown.

Police would make no public statement other than that the two men had been arrested as the result of secret information placed in the hands of the authorities.

#hamilton #conspiracy to commit a robbery #bank robbery #bank robbers #attempted robbery #attempted armed robbery #great depression in canada #crime and punishment in canada #history of crime and punishment in canada

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f1inl3ey · 2 years

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I’m bored so here’s some crimes I think the phone boys + Gwen would/have committed

Vance

Aggravated assault, robbery, breaking and entering, conspiracy.

Robin

Conspiracy, assault.

Finney

Manslaughter/2nd degree murder

Bruce

Insurance fraud

Billy

Tampering with evidence (for griff obvi)

Griffin

Arson

Gwen

Assault

#tell me I’m wrong #I’m not wrong #the black phone #tbp #vance hopper #finney blake #robin arellano #bruce yamada #vance the black phone #billy showalter #griffin stagg #gwen blake #tbp headcanons

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ausetkmt · 8 months

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nine current or former Northern California police officers were charged Thursday in a federal corruption investigation that found evidence they committed civil rights violations and fraud in an effort to get a pay raise and lied on reports to cover up the use of excessive force, U.S. authorities said.

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Ismail J. Ramsey, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California, filed four indictments that outlined charges including wire fraud, deprivation of rights under color of law, conspiracy against rights, and conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids. Nine police officers and one community service officer are named in the charges, though only two are charged in multiple indictments.

The investigation centered on the departments in Antioch and Pittsburg, two cities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Only three of the officers remain employed by the departments and were not on active duty, officials said.

Arrest warrants were served Thursday in California, Texas and Hawaii, said Robert Tripp, special agent in charge of the FBI’s San Francisco Field Office. One has not yet been arrested, officials said.

Morteza Amiri, Eric Allen Rombough, Patrick Berhan, Samantha Peterson, Brauli Rodriguez Jalapa and Ernesto Juan Mejia-Orozco pleaded not guilty to various charges, and most were released on condition that they posted property bonds, the Bay Area News Group reported.

Rombough appeared in Oakland federal court dressed in ripped clothes, with bloody hands and knees and wearing a shirt that read: “don’t weaken,” the Bay Area News Group reported.

His attorney, Will Edelman, told the judge that there was “absolutely no reason” that his client had to be taken into custody and handcuffed because he would have willingly appeared if ordered.

The defendants could face decades in federal prison if convicted of the charges.

Tripp said the arrests were the result of a two-year investigation.

“Any breach of the public’s trust is absolutely unacceptable,” Tripp said while discussing charges against Antioch officers that include using their official positions as officers to deprive people of their rights.

Charges against Amiri, Rombough and Devon Christopher Wenger say the three Antioch police officers conspired between February 2019 and March 2022 “to injure, oppress, threaten and intimidate residents of Antioch, California” and later falsified reports about the encounters.

In obscenity-laden text messages, the three men referred to some suspects as “gorillas.” They laughed and joked about harming people who apparently had surrendered or appeared to be asleep by setting Amiri’s police dog on them or Rombough shooting them with a 40mm “less-lethal” projectile launcher, the indictment said.

Prosecutors say from 2019 to 2021, the dog bit 28 people while Rombough used the launcher 11 times in 2020 and 2021.

Amiri posted graphic photos of the dog wounds, and Rombough said he was keeping the projectiles to make a trophy flag, according to the indictment.

In one case, a man suspected of five armed robberies had given up and was lying on the ground when Amiri’s K-9 bit him, the indictment alleged.

In one text, Amiri wrote: “let’s (f-obscenity) some people up next work week.”

Amiri says that he will find some action and write up the police report, adding: “Just come over and crush some skulls.”

In one 2020 text sequence, Amiri says that he confronted a transient he believed had stolen his mail “and dragged him to the back of a car to ‘discuss’ the matter.”

“Lol. Putting a pistol in someone’s mouth and telling them to stop stealing isn’t illegal,” he texted. “It’s an act of public service to prevent further victims of crimes”

“Defendants authored police reports containing false and misleading statements to suggest that the force they used was necessary and justifiable,” the indictment said. “In truth and in fact, and as the Defendants well knew, Defendants willfully used excessive force in numerous incidents, including those identified in this Indictment.”

Police unions did not immediately respond to requests for information on whether the defendants had lawyers who can speak on their behalf. Emails to the Pittsburg and Antioch police departments seeking comment were not immediately returned.

Thousands of incendiary text messages by more than a dozen officers in the Antioch Police Department had previously come to light and led to a federal lawsuit. The texts contained derogatory, racist, homophobic and sexually explicit language. In some of them, the officers bragged about making up evidence and beating up suspects. They freely used racial slurs and made light of the police killing of George Floyd in 2020.

The city of Antioch, with about 115,000 residents 45 miles (72 kilometers) east of San Francisco, was once predominantly white but has diversified in the last 30 years. Federal and state prosecutors have dropped or dismissed dozens of cases that relied on the impugned officers, and the city now faces a federal civil rights lawsuit over the text messages.

Jalapa, Mejia-Orozco and Amanda Carmella Theodosy/Nash, as well as Antioch community service officer Peterson, were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud surrounding allegations they had other people take and complete online university courses toward a criminal justice degree. The police departments offered reimbursement for college tuition and pay raises for those who graduate college, prosecutors said.

Two Antioch officers, Daniel Harris and Wenger, were charged with several counts related to distributing anabolic steroids.

Another Antioch officer, Timothy Manly Williams, faces charges related to the obstruction of a federal investigation for allegedly using a personal cellphone in 2021 to talk to the target of an FBI wiretap investigation and then made sure the call wasn’t recorded or accurately logged.

“Today is a dark day in our city’s history, as people trusted to uphold the law, allegedly breached that trust and were arrested by the FBI,” Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe said in a statement. “As our city absorbs this tragic news, we must come together as one. Today’s actions are the beginning of the end of a long and arduous process.”

Thorpe is among three Black, progressive members of the five-person council who have said they are committed to holding police accountable.

“To those that have accused me and others of being anti-police for seeking to reform the Antioch Police Department, today’s arrests are demonstrative of the issues that have plagued the Antioch Police Department for decades,” he added.

#FBI Arrests Antioch #Pittsburg Police Officers Following Indictments #fbi arrests california cops #fbi arrests antioch and pittsburg california cops #bad policing #FBI #civil rights violations #end qualified immunity in policing #Youtube

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﹟𝗘𝗫𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗦. a private and highly selective portrayal of james kelly from the 2014 film american heist. this blog will contain sensitive and triggering material —— follow at your own discretion. minors and personal blogs do not interact.

—— ❛❛ 𝚆𝙷𝙰𝚃𝙴𝚅𝙴𝚁 𝙷𝙰𝙿𝙿𝙴𝙽𝙴𝙳 𝚃𝙾 𝙼𝙴 ﹠ 𝚈𝙾𝚄 𝙰𝙶𝙰𝙸𝙽𝚂𝚃 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚆𝙾𝚁𝙻𝙳? ❜❜ —— ❛❛ ﹙ . . . ﹚ 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗙𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧 𝗠𝗘. ❜❜

﹙ ✟ ﹚ a study in: having nothing to lose , the getaway driver , this is my brother and i need a shovel to love him , and the desire to live a peaceful life but being unable to.

𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗗: ¹² / ³⁰ / ²⁰²³ ... 𝙰𝙻𝚈𝚂𝚂𝙰 ˢʰᵉ / ʰᵉʳ

trigger warnings: blood , death , murder , weapons , military , war , incarceration , parental neglect , general n/sfw content and imagery.

my name is alyssa ( she/her , twenty6 ) and i'll be your metalhead and horror enthusiast mom for the rest of your journey ! a full rundown of my rules can be found here but you should already know the basics. don't be weird. don't be an asshole. and don't steal. this blog will be considered perpetually low and fluctuating activity.

JAMES " JIMMY " KELLY. CISMALE HE / HIM. THIRTIES. EX MILITARY. MECHANIC. GETAWAY DRIVER. GOD WON'T GIVE HIM A FUCKING BREAK.

place of birth ... new orleans , louisiana.

education / occupation ... high school graduate in 1999. › joined the u.s army in 2001. › served in iraq for one year in 2003. › trade school to become an automotive mechanic in 2006.

health ... undiagnosed post traumatic stress disorder.

habits ... cigarette smoker. occasional drinker.

criminal record ... convicted felon. sixteen months served in prison for attempted burglary in 2004 at the age of twenty three. › off record includes: illegal possession of a firearm , reckless driving , street racing , drag racing , assault , battery , aiding and abetting , complicity , conspiracy , armed robbery , false imprisonment of a hostage , illegally manufacturing an explosive device , fleeing.

siblings ... francis " frankie " kelly. › older brother.

personality ... level headed , calm and cool under pressure. prone to lying when it comes to his past. chock full of shame , guilt , and embarrassment. emotional and good natured when he doesn't have to act otherwise. highly skilled in various aspects ( fixing cars , racing , playing piano , building explosives ) but extremely humble. prefers not to talk about himself.

after a burglary gone wrong which resulted in a police officer being killed , older brother frankie takes the rap for a crime committed together and is sentenced to ten years in prison while james is sentenced to sixteen months. after his time is served , james returns home to a world that now views him differently —— and he works towards turning his life around. this includes attending trade school where he becomes a mechanic with the hopes of one day owning his own shop and becoming something more than just his past.

frankie is released after serving his sentence and a rocky reunion ensues —— james blaming his older brother for ruining his life , and frankie reminding him that everything he has done in his life has been for him. through deceit and guilt , frankie pulls james into a bank robbery heist as the wheel man. initially , james refuses and attempts to flee ; but threats are placed on him , his brother , and his loved ones by the men organizing it if he doesn't participate

the heist proceeds as planned until an eyewitness walking towards the bank sees the masked frankie at a window and the masked james parked in a car. she flees to notify authorities.

with police surrounding the building and james now inside , a shootout ensues and frankie takes a bullet. the group attempts to escape after james breaks into a nearby car and hot wires it —— but he returns when he notices frankie is still inside. the other men are gunned down one by one during their attempt to flee.

seeing no other way out , frankie knocks james unconscious and dresses him in the clothes of a hostage. james regains awareness as frankie is dragging him out of the bank with a gun to his head to appear as though he is a hostage —— and a sniper shoots frankie down on live tv. james is ushered into an ambulance , where the paramedic working on him notices a bulletproof vest under his clothes. quickly attacking him and discreetly making an escape in the rain , james makes it onto a trolley to leave town.

#... 12 / 30 / 2023.

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miami-lolz · 10 months

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The many canonical crimes of Morty Smith (Prime/C-137)

please enjoy written proof that Morty Prime is absolutely unhinged and a total menace.

This isn’t any character slander I just feel like he’s often underestimated, especially considering everything he has done up to this point.

note: these are all listed as “federal crimes” and crimes committed on earth however I still consider them even if it was committed on another planet or against The Citadel/ Council of Ricks as that is a form of government and murder is still murder even if it’s an alien. The Villain wiki has a crime list for him however it’s extremely small and feels old/ inaccurate with the new season coming out.

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Advocating Overthrow of Government (Citadel and White House)

Aggravated Assault/Battery (nearly in every episode)

Airplane Hijacking (technically a space craft, also a real plane during a dream)

Racketeering (Citadel and White House)

Armed Robbery (nearly in every episode)

Arson (Has burned/destroyed Citadel multiple times)

Assassination (Assisted murdering the Council of Ricks)

Assault with a Deadly Weapon (nearly in every episode)

Assaulting or Killing Federal Officer ( if you consider the Rick Soldiers/Officers)

Assisting or Instigating Escape (Rescuing Rick from Prison)

Attempt to commit Murder/Manslaughter (nearly in every episode)

Bombing Matters (Blew up alien planet in “Promortyus”)

Breaking and/or Entering Carrier Facilities (stole ships and Citadels vessels)

Concealing Escaped Prisoner (Rescuing Rick from Prison, Saving the gas cloud in Mortynight Run)

Concealing Person from Arrest (Rescuing Rick from Prison, Saving the gas cloud in Mortynight Run)

Conspiracy (Involving The Citadel)

Conspiracy to Impede or Injure an Officer ( Soldiers in Thanksploitation Spectacular, and if you consider the Rick Soldiers/Officers)

Contempt of Court (during Ricks trail and when the Council of Ricks were searching for C-137)

Counterintelligence Crimes (during Ricks trail and when the Council of Ricks were searching for C-137)

Crime Aboard Aircraft (again in dream)

Crimes on Government Reservations (Citadel and American Government)

Demands Against the U.S. (The multiple fights against the president)

Destruction of Aircraft or Motor Vehicles Used in Foreign Commerce (Citadel and American Government)

Domestic Terrorism (Citadel and American Government)

Drug Smuggling (During Pilot, The Jerrick Trap and Vat of Acid Episode)

Drug Trafficking (During Pilot, The Jerrick Trap and Vat of Acid Episode)

Economic Espionage (again only if considering the citadel as government)

Exportation of Drugs (During Pilot, The Jerrick Trap and Vat of Acid Episode)

Extortion (Citadel and American Government)

Federal Civil Rights Violations (hate crimes, police misconduct, both Citadel and American Government)

First Degree Murder (Citadel, and in “Mort Dinner Rick Andre" and throughout show)

Fraud Against the Government (Citadel)

Genocide (Citadel, and in Mort Dinner Rick Andre, Promortyus and his original universe in “Rick Potion #9”

Harboring Terrorists ( Mortynight Run, just living with Rick at this point)

Homicide (Nearly every episode)

Hostage Taking (At least once, definitely during Mr. Goldenfolds dream)

Illegal Possession of Firearms (Weponds both Morty and Rick “own”)

Importation of Drugs (During Pilot and Vat of Acid Episode)

International Terrorism (Citadel and White House)

Major Fraud Against the U.S. (this is more of a technicality then anything and may not count)

Motor Vehicle Theft (Stolen/Hijacked other Ships. Stole Ricks ship in “Amortycan Grickfitti”)

Murder Committed in Federal Government Facility (Citadel and White House)

Obstruction of Justice (Rick Vs Council of Rick trial)

Obstruction of Criminal Investigations (Rick Vs Council of Rick trial)

Possession by Restricted Persons (Literally just living with Rick at this point)

Racketeering (Citadel and White House)

Robbery (Stealing Planes, money and vaguely through out show)

Sabotage (Citadel and White House)

Serial Murders (Citadel, and in “Mort Dinner Rick Andre" and through out show)

Smuggling (Drugs, and foreign objects)

Solicitation to Commit a Crime of Violence (Vaguely through out show)

Suits Against Government Officials (Citadel and White House)

Torture (Tortured Alien in “Morty Mind Blowers” and few other times throughout show)

Transportation of Terrorists (“The Rickshank Rickdemption”)

Treason (Citadel and White House)

Trespassing (Citadel and White House)

Use of Fire or Explosives to Destroy Property ( Gearworld in “Mortynight Run” the Village in “Look Who's Purging Now” and the whole generation of Hoovys in “Mort Dinner Rick”)

Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction ( Gearworld in “Mortynight Run” the Village in “Look Who's Purging Now” and the whole generation of Hoovys in “Mort Dinner Rick”)

Violation of Prohibitions Governing Atomic Weapons

#rick and morty #morty prime #in a silly goofy mood #morty c137 #rick c137 #crime #he was in a silly goofy mood #character analysis #kind of #hes just a little guy

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offender42085 · 5 months

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Post 1099

A planned home invasion was derailed when they went to the wrong home -- twice.

David Morad, Ohio inmate A721163, born 1997, incarceration intake December 2015 at age 18, released August 2022 to probation

Conspiracy to commit Aggravated Robbery, Concealed Weapon Carry, Possession of Drugs

In November 2015, a brother-sister team learned of their sentences for a crime that was a planned home invasion that was derailed when they went to the wrong home -- twice.

They wanted to act out the lives of street gangsters but in reality, the twin teens lived in Anderson Township with their well-to-do parents.

Police said David Morad, 18, and his twin sister, Alexis Morad, planned an elaborate burglary plot in April, 2015. Both were students at Seven Hills School at the time of the burglary attempt.

Prosecutors said that David became enamored with the lifestyle of street gangs and thugs.

In court, with tears streaming down his cheeks, David Morad told the judge, “I know I’m ready to do my time, I’m ready to go to prison.”

The voice of his twin sister Alexis broke as she faced the judge.

Prosecutors said David had already robbed a few drug dealers when he and his sister came up with the idea to break into the home of a drug dealer.

Documents show that David Morad had a mask, surgical gloves, zip ties, duct tape, drugs and a fully loaded pistol with him during an attempt to burglarize a Cincinnati home. Officials said that he planned to cut off the fingers of the victims and shoot them if they did not tell him where the cash was.

Police said David Morad held meetings with his sister, planned the burglary, bought supplies, scouted the location and "conducted trial runs including locations to park, avenues of approach, contingency plans if something went wrong and plans for escape."

But, the plan ran into a problem when Morad went to the wrong address.

By mistake, the pair picked the home of local WVXU radio anchor Ann Thompson. “You have to serve time for what you did, but I forgive you,” Thompson told Morad as she spoke in court. Thompson was not attacked.

The teens left the first time they showed up and she met them at the door. They came back at night a second time, but tripped a motion sensor with a flood light.

That’s when Morad and his accomplices were caught, police said.

Thompson says police told her the plan Morad was prepared to carry out. It involved a loaded .45 gun, duct tape and a hatchet.

“The hatchet was intended to cut off my fingers or my kids’ fingers and torture us into telling them where the drugs were. And of course, there weren’t any,” Thompson said.

The twins reached a plea deal with prosecutors.

David Morad was sentenced to six years in prison and five years community control after serving his prison time.

Alexis Morad was sentenced to three years of community service.

Thompson and the investigator in the case wanted a longer sentence.

“He is still a very real threat,” the investigator told the court.

Prosecutors said they had to weigh their options in getting the plea deal. They say they could realistically expect no more than a 10-year prison sentence, so they compromised and gave up some prison time to get more community control time when David gets out of prison.

#inmate

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kzong-ngajato · 1 year

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“Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land that is not cleansed or rained upon in the day of displeasure.’ “There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst, like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured life, they have taken wealth and precious matters, they have made many widows in her midst. “Her priests have done violence to My teaching and they profane My set-apart matters. They have not distinguished between the set-apart and profane, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean. And they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am profaned in their midst. “Her leaders in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy lives, and to get greedy gain. “And her prophets have coated them with whitewash, seeing a false vision, and divining a lie for them, saying, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה,’ when יהוה had not spoken. “The people of the land have practised oppression, and committed robbery, and have wronged the poor and needy. And they oppressed the stranger without right-ruling.

Yehezqĕl (Ezekiel) 22:24‭-‬29

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redsamuraiii · 1 year

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5 Crime J-Dramas You Could Watch

Investigation dramas that have a good mix of seriousness and comedy with strong chemistry among the casts.

1) Hakozume ~Tatakau! Kouban Joshi (2021)

Pic by Tokyo Hive

20 year old rookie police office Kawai Mai (Mei Nagano) joins the police force out of family expectations for her to be a civil servant and as such she does not have the right motivation to push through when things get tough when she becomes physically and mentally drained.

Feeling unappreciated serving the ungrateful and rude citizens, she contemplates her life and considers quitting, until she was assigned to an enigmatic and fearless senior officer, 30 year old Fuji Seiko (Erika Toda) , who is said to be a former ace detective who was demoted.

After going on patrols with Fuji, Kawai became inspired by her driven nature and wishes to be like her. Over the course of the series, they solve numerous realistic ordinary cases that everyday police officers faced, unlike the typical armed robbery cases you often see on TV series.

2) Tengoku to Jigoku: Psychona Futari (2021)

Pic by IMDB

Mochizuki Ayako (Haruka Ayase) is a determined and passionate 35 year old who is the only female detective in her department that she works hard to earn herself a name and seek justice to hunt down law breakers like the shrewd Hidaka Haruto (Issei Takahashi) who often gets away with his crimes.

Ayako has come close to apprehending Haruto under the full moon when something mysterious happens that knock them both unconscious. When they re-awakened, they discovered that they have swap bodies, much to Haruto's delight. Now Haruto in Ayako’s body is arresting Ayako in Haruto’s body!

The game begins as one tries to outwit the other as Ayako tries to buy time to figure out what happened and how to get her body back while Haruto takes the opportunity of being a police officer to frame Ayako for the crimes instead so that when their bodies switched, Ayako will be arrested instead of Haruto.

3) Unnatural (2018)

Pic by Drama Wiki

Misumi Mikoto (Satomi Ishihara) is a forensic investigator who works for the special department that investigates unnatural cause of death, solving dead-end cases or re-opening cases due to requests from police departments or family members of the deceased who wants a full closure .

She works with her team of misfits of different characters and backgrounds, from arrogant veteran investigator who has record breaking of solving numerous cases to a young part time officer, fresh from school who wants to work to gain experience and learn the ropes of becoming an investigator .

I think it is the most interesting show out of the five here as each episode are like puzzle solving where the story start off with one assumption leading you think that it might be this case but halfway through it makes you think that it might be that case but eventually it turns out to be something unexpected.

4) Hello, Detective Hedgehog (2017)

Pic by Asian Wiki

Goro Nanase (Eita) and Kyusaku Kogure (Go Morita) are private detectives at Akatsuka Detective Agency, which is led by Kaoru Kaze (Tomoko Yamaguchi) . They handle dead-end or weird cases that the police do not want to handle, from corporate conspiracy, to treasure hunting and ghost sightings.

On their bad days when they are struggling to pay the space rent of their agency, they even perform non-investigative cases like fulfilling strange requests from clients which eventually turned into a genuine criminal case when some mishap happen along the way.

Their days of being private detective changes when they assisted Ranko Shidawara (Kyoko Fukada) who believes that her father was murdered and did not commit suicide as the police and company led her to believe. Their antics alone are worth watching as it's meant to be a lighthearted show.

5) You're Under Arrest (2002)

The story revolves around two police officers, Natsumi Tsujimoto (Misaki Ito) and Miyuki Kobayakawa (Sachie Hara) . Being an officer is not as glamorous as you would think, just like any other jobs, there are the good days and there are the bad days on the job, dealing with difficult people and challenging tasks.

Although they are with the traffic police department, but their line of work often cross path with criminal in progress activities that they decide to take matters into their own hands instead of waiting for the respective back up team to arrive which cause jurisdiction problems with the other department.

I love their complex relationships as they have opposing personalities, mindset and way of doing things, which makes them conflict each other from time to time but once they learn to set aside their differences to work together, they're an unstoppable pair.

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