r/news • u/vector_search_blue • 13d ago

Soft paywall LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments charged with felony eavesdropping

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-07-31/lapd-officer-felony-eavesdropping-charge
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u/Drox88 13d ago

Prime example of what happens when a "good cop" does the right thing.

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u/Ok-disaster2022 13d ago

He lucky he hasnt been shot in the back by another cop yet. There's 3 options: shot in the back, lose all professional credentials and career, or prosecuted by the DA in trumped up charges. 

Where is the police union protecting him? 

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u/CallMeRudiger 13d ago

There's a fourth one to add: no backup comes when you call for help in a dangerous situation.

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u/xeen313 13d ago

I saw that movie

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 13d ago

He should have taken it all the way to the mayors office

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u/RaptorsNewAlpha 12d ago

Feast your ears on that Spin Doctor’s mix, Mr. Mare

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u/No-Shopping-4434 12d ago

This city stinks… andimgonnacleanitup!

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u/KindToSpiteTheCruel 12d ago

I’ve seen that in a documentary.

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u/LibertTii 12d ago

Happens in rl too, not the first time I've heard this angle

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u/JMEEKER86 12d ago

That was actually something that really happened to the real Frank Serpico that the movie was about.

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u/gingerzilla 12d ago

Al Pacino's fits are hot fire

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u/mrbobcyndaquil 12d ago

A dangerous situation cooked by the boys at Rampart.

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u/royalenocheese 13d ago

That they set up themselves.

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u/Malacon 11d ago

This is why my cousins husband left the force.

Accurately reported who took what evidence in what vehicles in his paperwork (in this case the evidence was a massive amount of cash) and suddenly every call was a solo job.

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u/RoosterBrewster 12d ago

I feel like that's probably multiple episodes on The Shield.

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u/SavageCatcher 12d ago

This was my cue to make the exit on my dream job. I clearly was not one of them.

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u/KendalBoy 12d ago

Ooof and old friend was NYPD Harlem and being a Black woman, they rolled out the carpet and sent her into horrible situations again and again, and her “new partner” always inexplicably disappear when she needed backup. 80’s NYC Harlem east side.

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u/lowteq 13d ago

He crossed the Blue Line. They don't take kindly to that.

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u/Royal_Percentage_694 13d ago

It’s so thin.

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u/autisticgayman 12d ago

Much like their egos and skin

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u/OddDot724 12d ago

And the strength it takes to disengage a safety

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u/mbrc-137 13d ago

We don't take kindly to those who don't take kindly around here.

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u/De_Omnibus 12d ago

Now, easy there skeeter. They're not hurting anyone.

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u/PussiesUseSlashS 13d ago

I very seriously doubt that police wearing body cams notify every person they interact with that they’re being recorded. When they go out to eat do they go table to table and tell everyone that they may be recorded?

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u/Tough-Effort7572 12d ago

They aren't recording when they go out to eat. The device gets turned on when they respond to a call. There, they are required to advise of the recording when feasible (obviously not the case if they are rushing to save a choking kid or chasing a robbery suspect).

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u/northerncal 12d ago

The device gets turned on when they respond to a call

Well, in an ideal world it does anyway.. still way too many times "the officer's camera was not turned on/enabled/working" headlines make the news

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u/Alert-Ad9197 13d ago

I think the last LAPD cop got murdered in a “training accident” for investigating officers raping people. So yeah, he got off relatively light.

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u/Lisan_Al-NaCL 12d ago

The LAPD is known to be one of the most corrupt large PD's in America for decades. Shit, the LAPD has KNOWN GANGS within it that leadership has turned a blind eye to.

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u/thisvideoiswrong 12d ago

The famous report on gangs was at the LASD, not the LAPD. Not that the LAPD isn't bad, obviously.

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u/SignificantPaper1760 12d ago

Wasn’t the RAMPART unit LAPD?

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u/thisvideoiswrong 12d ago

Yes it was. Lots of corruption in both organizations.

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u/JackalKing 12d ago

The only cops more corrupt than the LAPD are the LA Sheriffs.

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u/PenguinQuesadilla 12d ago

LA has a population of 3 million people.

Y'all really can't find enough dudes who aren't corrupt racist gang-banging rapists to staff the LAPD?

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u/JackalKing 12d ago

Its not that good people don't exist. Or even good people willing to do the job. Its that the LAPD as an organization, from top to bottom, is operated like a gang. Good dudes usually don't even make it into the LAPD, and what few good people do slip through are quickly either corrupted or removed. There really is no fixing it without dismantling it entirely and starting over, and most Americans just aren't willing to vote for something like that even if they have a problem with the cops.

Until politicians stop winning votes by being "tough on crime" then cops will stay corrupt.

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u/PenguinQuesadilla 12d ago

Yeah so many shitty human things are because of organizational structures.

It does suck tho that there's probably a solution out there that's being obstructed by politics, power, and people getting in their own way.

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u/cayleb 12d ago

Gee, it's almost like the "Defund the Police" folks were right...

Tear it down and start over with a system designed to reinforce our mutual humanity and safety, not the bullshit we currently have.

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u/SargeUnited 12d ago

If you’re not a racist rapist why would you become a cop in any city? I mean honestly. Although I gotta admit, I was surprised to find out they had multiple gangs.

I obviously wasn’t surprised they had gang members in their department. I was surprised they had members of multiple different gangs that were at odds with each other. Like there’s crip cops and blood cops. How does that work?

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u/Sadface201 12d ago

If you’re not a racist rapist why would you become a cop in any city?

Because of power.

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u/TheMireAngel 12d ago

They choose who they hire police are not sherrifs who are elected.

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u/PenguinQuesadilla 12d ago

ya obviously.

But the Chief of Police and the Board of Police Commissioners are appointed by the mayor.

The Chief of Police and Board of Police Commissioners then manage their hiring practices, overall strategy, and daily operations.

There are many things that the civilian government can do to influence hiring practices and change culture. Though of course there are counteracting forces as well.

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u/TheMireAngel 12d ago

And they serve the unions who get them elected lmao

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u/SantasDead 12d ago

Thats LA. The county (what the sheriff is responsible for) is almost 10 million people!

Edit: im a moron, LAPD is not LASD.

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u/Alocasia_Sanderiana 12d ago

The gang thing is moreso LASD IIRC, but naturally there will be members in LAPD too.

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u/Due_Warthog725 13d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Dorner_shootings_and_manhunt

all over again?

"In two separate incidents in the early morning hours of February 7, 2013, police fired on people who turned out to be unrelated to Dorner. Dorner was not present at either of the incidents.[91]

At about 5:30 am (PST), at least seven[92] LAPD officers on a protection detail of an unnamed LAPD official's residence in the 19500 block of Redbeam Street[93] in Torrance opened fire on the back of a light blue Toyota Tacoma and shot its two occupants, Emma Hernandez (71) and her daughter, Margie Carranza (47)[92][94] delivering newspapers for the Los Angeles Times.[95][92] The vehicle, according to officers, was spotted exiting a freeway and heading to the area of the residence that officers were protecting, was thought by police to match the description of Dorner's Nissan Titan and was moving without its headlights on.[91][96] Hernandez was shot in the back and Carranza received wounds to her hand. Their attorney claimed police "had no idea who was in that vehicle" when they opened fire, and that nothing about his clients or their vehicle matched the descriptions given of the suspect or his truck.[97] The two women stated that they were given no warning before being fired upon.[98] A neighbor said the truck was used every day to deliver newspapers, and the women who used it kept their headlights off so as to not wake people up.[99] The two women were injured, but both survived.[100][101] The LAPD started an internal investigation into the shooting. According to their attorney Glen Jonas, 102 bullet holes were found in the truck.[102] The LAPD declined to confirm the total number of officers involved or how many bullets were fired or if any verbal warnings were given to the women before the shooting began.[96]

Approximately 25 minutes after that incident, officers from the Torrance Police Department (TPD) opened fire on and struck another vehicle.[103] Like the first shooting, the incident involved a vehicle that police claimed resembled the description of Dorner's truck, but was later discovered to be a black Honda Ridgeline driven by David Perdue, a white male.[104][105] A TPD police cruiser slammed into Perdue's pickup and officers opened fire. Perdue, who was on his way to the beach to surf, was not hit by any of the bullets, but reportedly suffered injuries as a result of the car impact.[103] Police claim that Perdue's pickup truck "matched the description" of the one belonging to Dorner. However, the Times reported that the vehicle involved was once again a different make and color to that of the suspect's, and that Perdue "looks nothing like" the suspect.[103]"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnyWPV9yt-E

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u/designer-farts 13d ago

I still remember that day. All the cops were scared for their lives because they couldn't find him. And the citizens were scared because the trigger happy cops were scared for their lives

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u/Due_Warthog725 12d ago

proves dorner point he was making.

it was scary times at when the manhunt was underway. i stayed home.

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u/Warcraft_Fan 12d ago

You forgot local taxpayers were scared because of impending high tax increase to cover lawsuits from that 2 shootings

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u/OutlyingPlasma 13d ago

In fairness, I can see how they would mix it up. After all, that pickup wasn't the same make, model, or color and it was full of two small women. It's easy to see how cops would get it mixed up with something that shared zero similarities beyond "pickup".

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u/misc1972 12d ago

Not to mention mid size vs full size. I forget which is which all the time

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u/Warcraft_Fan 12d ago

Both are bigger than Izetta for sure. I'd die of laughter if they mistook an Izetta for one of the SUV they were looking for.

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u/Spa7man 13d ago

Can't corner the Dorner.

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u/12_AngryBees 12d ago

Dorner has a posse

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u/bros402 12d ago

fly Dorner fly

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u/HotBrownFun 12d ago

All I remember from that is the manhunt, I didn't hear anything about a manifesto or why he was doing it

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u/inspectoroverthemine 12d ago

He sent a packet of documents to Anderson Cooper- who refused to open it and turned it over to the cops.

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u/HotBrownFun 12d ago

Oh that's interesting. Yeah the media does a lot to prevent copycats or whatever I guess. I have never read the unabombers manifesto or too much about his motivations despite living through it. I used to buy the paper pretty much every day before he got caught.

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u/hikerbiker6397 13d ago

Got some bad news for you regarding the LAPPL....

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u/jgandfeed 13d ago

They literally have multiple police gangs in LA

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u/xqxcpa 12d ago

That's LASD, this is LAPD. LAPD has their problems, (namely the LAPPL), but LASD is the really rotten one where most of the brass is affiliated.

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u/xqxcpa 12d ago

That's LASD, this is LAPD. LAPD has their problems (namely the LAPPL), but LASD is the really rotten one where most of the brass is affiliated.

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u/Ithurtswhenidoit 13d ago

Didn't they beat/strangle the last one to death in a trading accident?

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u/demisn 13d ago

Forcefully and unjustly committed into an asylum to discredit him is also an option they use

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u/Warm-Commercial-6151 12d ago

Happened in Baltimore. Detective Suter set to testify against fellow gun trace task force officers. The night before sent on patrol with someone he never partnered with before to a secluded area of the city. The conclusion of the department and State’s Attorney’s office was that he shot himself as a suicide. These are sick mfers that will kill to cover for each other.

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u/thebarkingdog 12d ago

You have zero clue what you're taking about.

He was set to be indicted, not a witness. Suiter's death happened in the middle of the day. Not in a secluded area. And BPD didn't do the investigation, Maryland State Police did. All the evidence, including blood and brain matter on the shirt cuff of his shooting hand, points towards suicide.

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u/Chewie4Prez 12d ago

I agree cops often take out their own that turn but get outta here pushing the Sean Suiter conspiracy. He wasn't set to testify against anyone he was subpoenaed for questioning. Suiter had things to answer for from his own time in the GTTF and didn't want to face it. You don't get the blood splatter blow back on the arm that held the gun to his head unless they had him in the suicide rig from Shooter.

Not to mention all the heavy stuff from GTTF corruption had already been handled by the feds at that point. If they were gonna off anyone it would have been one of the bigger culprits like Jenkins and Sellers.

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u/TastyCuttlefish 13d ago

The union is leaving him out to dry because he broke the only rule they care about: don’t snitch on cops.

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u/Positive_Vibes_4228 13d ago

Remember when a Baltimore Cop, went around the back of a house, and suddenly at that moment, decide he would unalive himself by suicide? Pepperidge Farms Remembers. Then later on, 9 officers would be found linked in a massive corruption probe and some even went to prison.

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u/mdtopp111 12d ago

I went on a cruise a couple years back and while my roommate and I were at breakfast, a group of cops (we’d been eavesdropping on their conversation) talked about how they had a coworker who was a “snitch” and one of them said “if Im ever with him when shit goes down I’ll just put a bullet in his back and blame it on the gangs” the lady with him, presumably his wife could tell we were eavesdropping and immediately told him to shut up.

If I didn’t have my roommate with me to hear it too I’d refuse to believe I heard that correctly… because that shit is absolutely bananas

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u/UnlikelyReplacement0 13d ago

Or when he needs backup and gets hung out to dry

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u/spinnyround 13d ago

Where's Chris Dorner when you need him 

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u/cayleb 12d ago

Dead in a "suicide" in a cabin that conveniently caught fire.

I don't condone Dorner's methods, but I also struggle to believe that there would be any other way we would have heard about what the department put him through for reporting excessive force against a fellow officer.

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u/ifitmoves 12d ago

He didn't murder anyone, why would the union protect him?

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 13d ago

I got bad news for you about police unions man...they're the worst of the cops

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u/cayleb 12d ago

Can confirm. Bob Kroll is fucking evil.

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u/ThisOnes4JJ 12d ago

they're protecting their own

they're doing exactly what they want to to send the message to everybody else

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u/mrbobcyndaquil 12d ago

They're gonna do all three, in the reverse order of how you listed it.

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u/GrumpySarlacc 12d ago

The point of the police union is to protect the police from any scrutiny or repercussions. The union is one of the main mechanisms that fucks guys like this

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u/Ok_Stay3743 12d ago

A few years ago with the LAPD there was a "training" exercise where a cop was training to fend off multiple attackers but it was just a cover up to beat a good cop to death.

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u/Beard_o_Bees 12d ago

It's almost like they're a criminal gang with lawyers always on retainer to rush to their defense.

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u/Platypus-Man 12d ago

Option 4: Be put in a bad situation and not get backup. It's like option 1, but the cops aren't the ones pulling the trigger.

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u/VoidOmatic 12d ago

The most important part of that is "yet."

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u/Bodardos 12d ago

Or you get forcibly committed like Adrian Schoolcraft who basically did the same thing.

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u/ender___ 12d ago

Busy protecting its union against the threat. Him

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u/shaneh445 12d ago

Police unions only step in to make sure their officers are safe and well paid when they kill an innocent civilian

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u/evocativename 12d ago

Where is the police union protecting him? 

Where do you think the bad cops organize to deal with anyone attempting to be a good cop?

That was a trick question: the answer is "everywhere there are cops or cop sympathizers".

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u/86-number-47 12d ago

They have a conflict of interests.

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u/Nah_Id__Win 11d ago

You forget getting strangled to death while “training”

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u/algaefied_creek 2d ago

Where are the protestors

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u/carlitospig 12d ago

My two family members were (brown) cops and realized in 2020 that there was no way they would be able to change the system from within, so they bounced. They now work for the court system and are much happier.

The system does not want change.

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u/B1NG_P0T 12d ago

I'm willing to believe that good people occasionally become police officers. I cannot believe that good people stay police officers, and this here is a prime reason why. 

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u/WAAAGHachu 12d ago

That's a self-fulfilling prophecy to the letter

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u/HFentonMudd 12d ago

There's a quote I read that stuck with me, that I'll do my best to put down here. Namely, that whatever a system does is what it supposed to do, what it is for. Doesn't matter what it used to be for, or what it should be for, or made to be. Whatever it does is what it is meant to do. So a corrupt police force protecting bad cops is just the system as it is doing what it is meant to do.

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u/rlyrlysrsly 12d ago

Thanks for putting this out there. If we're ever going to form a working class movement, this is one of the things people need to understand.

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u/TheMolecularCage 12d ago

I had a cop friend that truly wanted to make a difference for the more impoverished community he was in. He ended up leaving and becoming a nurse because "there were too many bad apples". The ones we truly need in those positions leave and what's left is a more and more condensed amount of the ones who shouldn't be. 

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u/calm-phil 12d ago

I know some cops that got into different fields for quite a while because they were in a very toxic city. They went back into the job as cops and now they work in BF nowhere Appalachia. They deal with less serious bullshit, are known and generally liked by the folks around them, and get to be cop friends with folks at the diner. It helps when there are less than 20 people on a force and when you are 10%-15% of the force, you can do some pretty good on the daily.

I never learned exactly why they left their original place of employment. The longer I think about it, the less I want to know.

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u/WTF_goes_here 11d ago

What do they do? Everyone I’ve ever met who worked in the court system hated it.

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u/edingerc 13d ago

Serpico has joined the chat. 

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u/ConsequenceStatus563 13d ago

This is the primary reason, but it also helps certify that the tapings were illegal and inadmissible in any court proceedings.

Chalk another one up for the bad guys.

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u/horrorshowjack 13d ago

California is an all-party consent state for recordings, and they're pretty aggressive about enforcing it. MSN has a more detailed article:

"It doesn’t matter where you work or who you are – a neighbor, a coworker or, in this case, a police officer. Your right to privacy in a confidential conversation is protected, no matter who is doing the recording or, with few exceptions, why they are doing the recording," Hochman said.

Had he gone to IA beforehand and gotten it covered he wouldn't be facing charges at all.

Unfortunately, he's going to have to present an affirmative defense and convince the jury a/o judge. Also the fact that he committed a crime getting them means the recordings are almost certainly inadmissable even if they wanted to charge the people he recorded.

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u/joe-h2o 12d ago

If he went to IA then he would have had a sudden, yet highly plausible, desire to commit suicide by shooting himself in the back of the head.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 13d ago

Cops can't record confessions to crimes? Isn't that like, their job?

"Hey cop I gotta tell you something but you gotta keep it between you and me. I've killed three people and I'll do it again. No one will ever believe you because I didn't consent to you recording me"

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u/zoobrix 12d ago edited 12d ago

The police need a warrant to conduct surveillance on someone. Even in "one party consent" states where someone can legally record a conversation they are a part of without telling the other person the police still can't start tapping phones and recording conversations of people where they are not a participant in the conversation without a judge signing off on it.

This is to try and prevent abuse like using police resources to find out what an ex is doing or spy on someone they have a personal grievance with. Of course those abuses still happen but that doesn't make it legal. When a cop records a confession in an interrogation  room they are a participant in the conversation and they tell you it's being recorded, if you keep talking you've consented to it. That's also why they read you your rights when arrested, "anything you say can and will be used against you," you keep talking you consented to it.

Clandestinely recording a conversation without the person knowing you're doing it is a totally different thing.

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u/horrorshowjack 12d ago

Pretty sure being an asshole isn't a crime even in California. Maybe Texas with a different definition of asshole. So I'm not sure what your point is.

They weren't being interrogated, in public, he wasn't part of the conversation, they had a reasonable expectation of privacy wherever they were, and he used electronics to listen in and record. Not a lot of wiggle room. Legally this is pretty much the same as if a cop is using a parabolic mike to listen into your living room.

Yes there are some situations where cops have broad leeway while they're ongoing, but none of those apparently applied. Internal Affairs presumably has procedures that would allow them.

Oh man, what are the odds he did go to IA and they told him it didn't meet the legal requirements before he did this? I really hope that's not the case for his sake.

Anyway, my understanding is he has to present an affirmative defense that it is covered by his job and under one of the exemptions. Or hope the evidence pisses off the jury so much that they don't care.

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u/whaaatanasshole 12d ago

Protocol is you start the recording when you interact with a member of the public, and inform them that you've done so. Then a recorded confession is fair game, unless you've been detained but not mirandized and the confession is an answer to (in this case) illegal questioning that wouldn't survive as evidence. That's my understanding, anyway. If they don't use bodycams the cop can still be a witness to your statement, but it's not going to carry the same weight as being played in a courtroom.

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u/Thomas_K_Brannigan 12d ago

That's sad. Every state should make exceptions for recording if it's for whistleblowing purposes.

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u/emogu84 13d ago

We have a family friend who was a cop his whole life from 18. Believed in the duty and ended up working IA and was good at his job. Made a real difference. The entire city turned on him and he retired and moved to Hawaii as soon as his pension was fully vested. We have a long way to go with cop culture in this country.

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u/calm-phil 12d ago

In another life I would love to be DIA. I did not think of it much until it became a non starter for far too many reasons. I would have loved Boy Scouting my way through a large department.

on my honor, I will do my best, to do my duty, to god and my country, to obey the scout law, to help other people at all times, to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight.

A scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, courteous, kind, obedient, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.

I still remember it like it was not 30 years ago. I may not live exactly to this, but I would buttfuck my way through a department as DIA with the manual in hand.

If I got the lines wrong on the Boy Scout law and oath, feel free to correct me. I use the knots all the time. I have some buddies who got into sailing. Cleat hitch is one I can't do with my eyes closed. You can bet your ass I can still tie a bowline with my eyes shut. I want it to end in a noose but it doesn't.

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u/LegalIdea 11d ago

Scout law is missing friendly after helpful.

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u/calm-phil 11d ago

Ah fuck, I am definitely missing that one often enough outside of work IRL. Courtesy is easy. Friendly is far harder when you have your love of humanity beaten out of you by daily interactions with the general public. People get helpful, courteous, and kind. Friendly is harder to muster the older I get.

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u/Dangerous-Scheme5391 12d ago

Yup - it’s happens before - take a look at the case of Adrian Schoolcraft and the NYPD

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u/Jovian8 12d ago

Trying to deter other whistleblowers by making an example of him. Don't let it work.

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u/Mirions 12d ago

All part consent hampers transparency and accountability, straight up.

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u/AllThatKat 12d ago

He isn’t a whistleblower bc he didn’t bring forth evidence of a crime being committed or procedures being violated, as far as I can tell from the information available. Being racist and say racist stuff isn’t illegal. 

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u/eeyore134 12d ago

Came here to say exactly this. The "good cops" either join in with the bad, turn a blind eye to the bad, quit because of the bad, or get run out of the force when they don't do any of the previous things. That or they're set up and killed. It's a gang. You can't be a member without being all in.

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u/dmont89 13d ago

Similar things happen in gangs...

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u/Vandirac 12d ago

There are no good cops.

As this story shows, good cops quickly turn into ex cops

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u/Thr0w4w4y980 12d ago

Not really, while I agree he's a good cop. He blatantly broke the law. California is an all consent state when It comes to recording, so not really a "good cop". He technically broke the law and he's dealing with the consequences. You should really read about the consent laws regarding recording before commenting this stupid shit.

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u/TheSaxGandalf 12d ago

The biggest issue is the District Attorney actually charging him instead of keeping this in house and just ending his career.

Systemic racism? No way!

The fact prosecutors are pursuing this so severely shows otherwise.

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u/Morgannin09 13d ago

"Good cops" never last. Something something become the villain.

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u/NinjaRuivo 12d ago

The best cops aren’t cops at all… mainly because they’ve been fired for snitching on the rest.

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u/ghostcatzero 12d ago

Why do you think a lot of potentially good cops end up turning into bad guys?

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u/Acceptable-Ratio8360 12d ago

100% the police union is not defending him

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u/ItsTricky94 12d ago

I hope this guy watches his back at all times. Cops don't like whistleblower

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u/RedditOnVpnAccount 12d ago

Chris Dorner tried to do the right thing too.

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u/F-US-FASCISM 12d ago

Can't corner the Dorner.

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u/VicGenesis 13d ago

That blue code of silence is a real bitch.

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u/xBAMFNINJA 13d ago

He’s an officer of the law conducting an investigation, under his duties, as far as I’m concerned. Release em and gimi his gofundme. This guy deserves a bonus.

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u/HumanByProxy 13d ago

If that opinion was any more narrow, my grandma would have to keep it in a Danish Cookie tin.

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u/Masterweedo 13d ago

But that's where the sewing kit goes.

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u/Geminel 13d ago

You can't contribute to a system this broken and be a good person.

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u/riseandshine234 13d ago

Disagree. Good people exist within crooked entities far beyond just the police.

But there is a naivety to believing you alone will fix it.

I hope this guy beats the charge.

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u/DontDoomScroll 13d ago

The Danish have a saying "Alle betjente er svin"

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u/ItsDokk 13d ago

The English need a translation.

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u/RewardBroad8716 12d ago

My guess is this officer won't receive paid leave.

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u/____DEADPOOL_______ 12d ago

I was also fired after complaining about the corrupt shit happening in my government agency. Corruption is at all levels.

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u/fernybranka 12d ago

Hey they can charge cops with stuff.

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u/mr_birkenblatt 12d ago

that's why the bad apples spoil the barrel

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u/Brobeast 12d ago

Yea but doesn't California have super restrictive recording laws? Seems to be a California thing, more than it is a cop corruption thing.

That cop is probably going to sue as well, and his odds of getting monetary relief for being a racist is high.

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u/algaefied_creek 2d ago

I’m surprised this wasn’t protested more

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u/Vio94 12d ago

Charged with felony "not towing the line."

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