It’s not money laundering when it’s the government. – Scott Shackford
Government is just a word for the things we choose to do together:
In order to get back any of the money that the New Hampshire State Police took from him, Edward Phipps has agreed to let federal prosecutors keep most of it, even though he has not been charged with any crimes. The cops [stole] the cash during a traffic stop in 2016…[after pulling] the driver over for tailgating and for going one whole mile per hour over the speed limit. A search turned up a bag full of $46,000 cash in the trunk. Police then brought in a drug-sniffing dog, which came up empty…As part of the settlement, Phipps not only agrees to give up everything but $7,000 (which will probably have to go to his legal fees). He agrees never to request that the money to be returned, and he furthermore agrees never to attempt to assert any claim that the government did not have “probable cause” to make him forfeit the money…New Hampshire reformed its civil asset forfeiture laws in 2016 to require a criminal conviction before police or prosecutors could force people to forfeit money or property. Unfortunately, the state’s reform did not close a loophole that lets local police partner with the feds in a program called Equitable Sharing…The state police can’t seize Phipps’ money on their own. So they went to the feds to arrange the forfeiture, and then the Equitable Sharing program lets the Justice Department funnel the funds right back to local law enforcement…
Reporter vomits dysphemisms all over a young woman making the best of a bad situation:
Fourteen-year-old Lilian…passes for an innocent girl at first sight. But a close interaction with her reveals a dark side, apparently a offshoot of a thick skin she as developed in her trade. Lilian…boasts that she has made a name in sex work…and…has no regrets…[because] her guardians do not support her…
If having a “thick skin” means not being a sentimental idiot, I’m glad I have one.
“Why bother looking for actual sex-trafficking victims when cops can just pretend to be them and reap the same rewards?”
An Arizona court ruling says it doesn’t violate a defendant’s constitutional rights for a [cop] to [lie about being] a minor during a child prostitution [entrapment scheme]…[the] unanimous ruling…says the law barring a defense based on a [pi’s fantasy role-play] of being a minor is constitutional because it is “rationally related to a legitimate government purpose”…Buren Jarrett Burgess appealed his…convictions stemming from a…[scheme] in which two 27-year-old undercover [sows claimed they were]…16-year-old prostitutes. Burgess argued that the [women] appeared to be [the] adults [they actually are]…Burgess was arrested in 2014 and the child prostitution crime has since then been changed to “child sex trafficking”…
In other words, a female cop who is obviously an adult can later claim she told a victim she was underage and that’s good enough to convict someone.
Prosecutors claim they let a child-rapist cop off the hook to “protect” his victim:
Prosecutors gave a plea deal to a[n]…El Paso County [Colorado] Sheriff’s deputy who created a pornographic image involving a young boy and offered to share it on a child porn message board on the Dark Web…Donald Fair…will avoid prison time because of the plea deal [though] he must register as a sex offender and has 10 years to life of sex offender intensive supervised probation…District Attorney George Brauchler is pleased with the deal because [we can’t have members of the ruling class locked in cages like the peons]…“A young innocent child is not further traumatized by testifying and being cross-examined during a trial”…
Funny how nobody worries about traumatizing kids when the rapist isn’t a cop. Also note we aren’t told the victim’s age; I guess that would anger people even more because it’s probably below 5.
Redbridge has a history of harassing sex workers while belching up stupid “crime” rhetoric:
…Redbridge Council has introduced £100 fines for those caught soliciting sex workers. The move is a bid to [harass and persecute sex workers]…in Ilford Lane…Extra night police patrols throughout the weekend…[increased] lighting, gating alleyways and installing CCTV are other measures put in place to make Ilford Lane a more “hostile environment for [the peasants].” Cllr Jas Athwal, leader of the [prohibitionists], said…”We want to…create a ‘ring of steel’ around the borough to [harass] our residents and make Redbridge a [more authoritarian] place to live.” The fines will start being issues from the end of August…
This is one of the places where cops claim they can “build communication with sex workers” via stealing their income by harassing their clients.
…Sex trafficking has become so rampant on this mile and a half stretch that county officials…asked a court to declare it off limits, filing a civil lawsuit that prohibits by name more than 80 pimps, prostitutes and customers from doing business on the infamous “Bissonnet Track”. The sex trafficking is so open that it’s listed on international websites as Houston’s unofficial red light district. “For years people in this area have complained about the large number of people buying and selling sex and committing other crimes on or around the Track,” said Mayor Sylvester Turner, who jointly announced the nuisance lawsuit with the county attorney and the city police chief…
“Sex trafficking” has become nothing more than a dysphemism for “sex work”.
New York pigs are still harassing the young woman who was raped by two of their cronies:
The woman who was…raped by two NYPD detectives while handcuffed in the back of a police van in Brooklyn last year was called a “stupid bitch” by a person attempting to serve subpoena papers from a lawyer for one of the cops. “THIS ISNT HARASSMENT?!” Anna Chambers wrote on Twitter [last] Wednesday night, along with a video of the man…“There’s your subpoena right there,” the man says on the video. “What are you afraid of[, Anna]? This isn’t Russia. I’m not the KGB.” The man was attempting to hand Chambers a subpoena for photos…show[ing] her mangled wrists following the [brutal] rape by Richard Hall and Eddie Martins. Chambers repeatedly tells the man to leave. “[I’m from the sheriff’s office,] I could do whatever I want,” the person says before calling her a “stupid bitch.” Martins’ lawyer Mark Bederow said he sent the server, but…condemned [his] behavior…
It’s rare that politicians’ tendency toward “monkey see, monkey do” actually works for good:
[Politicians] introduced a bill…to prohibit federal [pigs, spooks and g-men] from [raping] people in custody, aiming to close a legal loophole that has let them avoid [rape] convictions by [absurdly] claiming sex with [prisoners] was consensual. The proposed legislation would direct additional federal funding to local law enforcement agencies in states that close this loophole…Jackie Speier…and…Barbara Comstock…noted that they were “spurred to introduce the bill” following [the rape of]…Anna Chambers…by two New York City detectives…in their police van…
It’s also rare that a “bipartisan” bill actually curtails police power rather than expanding it.
The anti-whore brigade couldn’t get the people to support them, so politicians overruled the people:
…Dennis Hof has lost the license to his Love Ranch Brothel. The brothel’s license, liquor license, and the female worker’s cards were all surrendered to the Sheriff’s Office, and the property is currently closed…”It’s more political shenanigans, and it’s at the expense of the people here at the brothel,” said Sonja Bandolik, Love ranch madam…”There’s three federal lawsuits against them. They’re trying to do a little payback, and what they’re doing is hurting the people that work here.” County commissioners [claim] they denied renewal permits because the brothel’s application was incomplete. Commissioner Dan Schinhofen says Hof has racked up a number of violations over the past few years, like having signs in the public right of way and not getting inspections after moving portable buildings…