Chicago groups sue to bar federal agents from protest duties
Protesters gather on Federal Plaza Thursday, July 23, 2020, after a collection of Chicago activists groups announced they are filing a federal lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department, Fraternal Order of Police, and the federal government, in Chicago. The lawsuit also asks a judge to prevent agents in Chicago from making arrests or detaining people without probable cause and to require agents to identify themselves and their agency before taking either action and explain why someone is being arrested. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Chicago groups sue to bar federal agents from protest duties
Aislinn Pulley, a founding member of Black Lives Matter in Chicago, speaks at a rally on Federal Plaza Thursday, July 23, 2020, after a collection of Chicago activists groups announced they are filing a federal lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department, Fraternal Order of Police, and the federal government, in Chicago. The announcement did little to calm some Chicago residents fear that the agents presence will lead to the violent clashes between demonstrators and federal agents seen in Portland. The suit filed by Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum accuses federal agents of arresting protesters without probable cause, whisking them away in unmarked cars and using excessive force. The suit referenced Trump's comments Wednesday blaming a push to defund, dismantle and dissolve police departments for violent crime along with the president's past support for federal agents' presence in Portland. Neither the President, Defendant Barr, nor Defendant Wolf gave any assurance that the hundreds of federal agents flooding Chicago would leave protestors alone, the activists' lawsuit said.
Cops in misconduct cases stay on force through arbitration
Arbitration inherently undermines police decisions, said Michael Gennaco, a police reform expert and former federal civil rights prosecutor who specialized in police misconduct cases. Police arbitration on appeal is one of the single most important accountability issues in the country, he told The Associated Press. San Antonio TV station KSAT found that two-thirds of fired officers had gotten their jobs back since 2010. No state or federal agency tracks arbitration outcomes, but media investigations have documented hundreds of officers who returned to work after being fired. A Washington Post report documented 1,881 officers who were fired between 2006 and 2016, and 451 got their jobs back through arbitration.
โHuge embarrassment:โ Embattled Brevard County lieutenant resigns over controversial Facebook post
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. โ Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey held a news conference Friday to announce that Lt. Bert Gamin, who was recently investigated by the agency for social media posts on the Brevard chapter of the Fraternal Order of Policeโs Facebook page, has resigned. As a result of my intent, Lt. Gamin decided to resign from the agency, and as such is no longer affiliated with the Brevard County Sheriffโs Office," Ivey said. #lawandorderFlorida,โ reads the June 6 post made at 1:21 a.m on the Brevard County F.O.P. Ivey announced Tuesday that the agency was beginning an investigation into Gamin, who had been with the agency for 26 years. After just a few days of investigation, Ivey said the Facebook posts were not Gaminโs most damning offenses while with the agency.
Brevard law enforcement agencies disavow County Fraternal Order of Police offer to recruit disciplined cops
The Fraternal Order of Police is the largest organization of sworn law enforcement officers in the country, representing some 300,000 members across some 2,000 local "lodges." Brevard law enforcement agencies disavow County Fraternal Order of Police offer to recruit disciplined copsIn Buffalo, 57 police officers quit their unit after two of their colleagues were suspended for pushing an unarmed 75-year-old man to the ground, cracking his skull. Brevard County F.O.P. But Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey distanced himself from the Brevard F.O.P. It also does not reflect the values of my employer or of any other law enforcement agency .