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FIFA-Style Policing (Episode 62)

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It’s our first episode of Season 2! Join us this week as we talk about police in Ohio and Florida using people’s heads as soccer balls, a Kentucky officer who re-raped a woman raped by a different Kentucky officer (seriously), and some good news out of Texas involving a pit bull!

Then, in our #Law140 section, we answer a question from #Law140 Lover Matthew Boyer: why are mandatory minimum sentences a thing?

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*THANK YOU* to this week’s Show Note Sponsors (Trey Benfield, Melanie Greenan, Judi Kane, Colleen Mahaney, and Eric Robinson) and our #Law140 Lovers (Damien Boyd, Matthew Boyer, Tyler Kiley, Byron Mobley, Andrew Murphy, Erica Phillips, Helen Poston, David Ross, Joe Sevits, and Michael VanOrder)!

Show Notes:

  • Our work on Fsck #60 got a shout-out from WUNC! (WUNC)
    • You can listen to that episode here (Fsck #60)
    • Analysis: America more integrated overall, but entrenched segregation persists (Washington Post)
    • Analysis: Police killings of unarmed people are down, for now (Washington Post)
    • Study: Data confirms police engage in retaliatory violence against minorities when criticized on social media (PLOS One)
      • Our episode covering similar results of retaliatory violence after protests (Fsck #46)
      • CALIFORNIA: Jumpy Buena Park PD officer thinks man stole pack of Mentos he bought, pulls gun on him (Orange County Register)
      • CALIFORNIA: Rialto PD surrounds black women for heinous crime of checking out of AirBnB (The Grio)
      • CALIFORNIA: Reserve police officer “accidentally” fires gun in Salinas high school public safety class (USA Today)
      • CALIFORNIA: A look at the inherent conflict of interest in San Joaquin County’s “Sheriff-Coroner” position (NPR)
        • Our episode on the resignation of Dr. Bennet Omalu, the former chief forensic pathologist (Fsck #41)
        • FLORIDA: Miami PD officer Mario Figueroa takes running start, kicks handcuffed black man in the head for sport (Miami New Times)
        • KANSAS: Racist Kansas City firefighter Terrence Jeremy Skeen, who went on “n*gger”-filled rant and spit at 3-year-old, has been reinstated (Kansas City Star)
          • Our episode with this story (Fsck #54)
          • KANSAS: Bodycam footage shows Olathe police were warned not to bother arresting mentally-ill Ciara Howard, who they shot dead in her laundry room (Kansas City Star)
          • KENTUCKY: Hillview police officer John Nissen indicted for re-raping rape victim (WLKY 32)
          • MASSACHUSETTS: Chicopee PD officer Jacek Wanat charged with sex crimes (Springfield Republican)
            • Chicopee PD officer Corey Fournier was suspended on rape charges just a couple weeks ago (Fsck #55)
            • MICHIGAN: NRA silent as black Detroit mother sentenced to 2 years in prison for protecting 2-year-old daughter from assailant (Reason)
            • MICHIGAN: Unidentified Fowlerville PD officer “accidentally” fires his gun at wrestling match (Lansing State Journal)
            • NEW JERSEY: Kenilworth school superintendent Thomas Tramaglini arrested for repeatedly sh*tting on high school football field (NJ Advance Media)
            • NORTH CAROLINA: Judge suspends law license of Pitt County ADA Phillip Entzminger for lying to court (WNCT 9)
              • He’s also professor in ECU’s Criminal Justice Department! (ECU)
              • The elected DA – who refuses to fire Entzminger – is running for the General Assembly (Daily Reflector)
              • NORTH CAROLINA: Scumbag Florida lawyer Patrick Megaro under investigation for his treatment of two mentally disabled clients (Marshall Project)
              • NORTH CAROLINA: High school student suspended, charged for helping break up group beatdown of another student (WTVD 11)
              • OHIO: Franklin Township police officer caught on video kicking handcuffed teen in the head for sport (WBNS 10)
              • OREGON: State Supreme Court holds appellate hearing in high school auditorium so students can watch (KPTV 12)
              • PENNSYLVANIA: Ex-Temple University cops Aaron Wright and Marquis Robinson convicted of beating black woman to death in “diabolical torture chamber” (Philadelphia Inquirer)
              • PUERTO RICO: San Juan police brutalize protestors, execute warrantless arrests after protests (NBC News)
              • TENNESSEE: Hamblen County man shoots at officers, threatens to kill them, arrested without injury (WATE 6)
              • TENNESSEE: Emails confirm Knoxville PD, other police agencies coordinated with Nazis to arrest counterprotestors (The Root)
              • TEXAS: “Vicious dog” turns out to be über-friendly, makes friends with Texarkana police (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
              • VIRGINIA: Unidentified Alexandria PD officer “accidentally” fires his gun in middle school (WJLA 7)
              • WASHINGTON: King County deputy Richard Rowe, caught on video pulling gun on motorcyclist, given 5-day suspension (KGW 8)
                • Our episode when this story first happened (Fsck #25)
                • WASHINGTON: Seattle officer who successfully stops ax-weilding man without violence faces discipline (KOMO 4)
                • UNITED KINGDOM: Police using Automated Facial Recognition (AFR) despite astronomical error rate (Wired UK)
                • Article III of the Constitution (LII)
                • The Fifth Amendment (LII)
                • The Eighth Amendment (LII)
                • In re Winship (Oyez)
                • McMillan v Pennsylvania (Oyez)
                • Apprendi v New Jersey (Oyez)
                • Harris v United States (Oyez)
                • Solem v Helm (Oyez)
                • Harmelin v Michigan (Oyez)
                • Ewing v California (Oyez)
                • Excellent overview of case law on Mandatory Minimums (US Sentencing Commission)

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