https://americanswhotellthetruth.org/po ... k-serpico/“A policeman’s first obligation is to be responsible to the needs of the community he serves…The problem is that the atmosphere does not yet exist in which an honest police officer can act without fear of ridicule or reprisal from fellow officers. We create an atmosphere in which the honest officer fears the dishonest officer, and not the other way around.”
Frank Serpico
Frank Serpico was born in Brooklyn, New York. When he was eighteen, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served for two years in Korea. After military service, he worked part-time and attended college, joining the New York City Police Department at the age of twenty-three. His police career has been well-documented in Peter Maas’s best-selling biography and in the Academy Award nominated film, Serpico, in which Al Pacino portrayed him.
Serpico’s career as a plainclothes police detective working in Brooklyn and the Bronx to expose vice racketeering was short-lived, however, because he swam against the tide of corruption that engulfed the NYPD during the late sixties and early seventies. Not only did he consistently refuse to take bribes for “looking the other way,” he risked his own safety to expose those who did. In 1967 he reported to appropriate officials “credible evidence of widespread, systemic police corruption.” It was not until April 1970, however, when the New York Times published an explosive story, that Mayor Lindsay took action and appointed the Knapp Commission to investigate. As a consequence of his testimony before the commission, Serpico was ostracized by his peers and, many believe, ultimately “set up” to be shot during a drug raid in which he was seriously wounded and his fellow officers did not call for assistance.
He resigned from the NYPD and spent the next ten years living abroad, recovering from his wounds, traveling and learning. In the early eighties he settled in New York State.
Serpico continues to speak out against both the weakening of civil liberties and corrupt practices in law enforcement, such as the attempted cover-up following the Amadou Diallo shooting in 1999. He provides support for “individuals who seek truth and justice even in the face of great personal risk.” He calls them “lamp lighters,” a term he prefers to the more common “whistleblowers,” because it evokes memories of the historic ride in which Paul Revere made a great deal of noise and caused the lanterns to be lit.
https://sonix.ai/r/ytotLRXtdTN73GUV3WhW ... script.pdf Bronfman, Rosenstiel, Cohn, Wexner, and Epstein_ A Political Blackmail Dynasty
February 16, 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... n-violenceOne in 20 US homicides are committed by police – and the numbers aren’t falling
Police killings of any sort account for nearly 5% of all homicides, with at least 1,192 people killed by law enforcement in 2022
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/02/15/pol ... 702-block/ Political Grandstanding, FBI’s Long History Of Surveillance Abuse May Finally Get It Booted Off The Section 702 Black
Privacy
from the hell,-I'll-take-politicized-if-that's-the-best-option dept
https://www.rightsanddissent.org/news/f ... deception/ The FBI, Anti-Globalization Protests, and FOIA Deception
Published by Chip Gibbons at February 15, 2023
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-lawyer-c ... bi-1781474FBI Investigation Into Donald Trump Reaches 'Big Turning Point'
BY EWAN PALMER ON 2/15/23
https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780226624822Gossip Men: J. Edgar Hoover, Joe McCarthy, Roy Cohn, and the Politics of Insinuation
Christoper M. Elias. Univ. of Chicago,
https://theconversation.com/president-t ... ook-128730 President Trump revives J. Edgar Hoover’s tyrannical playbook
Published: June 24, 2020
https://rss.com/podcasts/conmenpodcast/543066/E31 - Jeffrey Epstein Part Two: It's a Big Club, and You Ain't In It #31
Con Men Podcast by Sean Anchondo
https://mintpressnews.cn/shocking-origi ... hn/260621/HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT: THE SHOCKING ORIGINS OF THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN CASE
https://www.bunkhistory.org/resources/w ... nd-presentWhat History’s “Bad Gays” Can Tell Us About the Queer Past and Present
A new book examines explores the ways that an uncritical celebration of “good” gays and “good” gayness can cause harm.
By Scott Wasserman Stern via Los Angeles Review of Books on June 3, 2022
https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/0 ... erailment/CovertAction Bulletin: On the Ground Report from East Palestine Train Derailment
By Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa - February 15, 2023
https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d378d/ ... bills-2023Anti-Trans Bills Are Sweeping Across the US With Alarming Speed
The current legislative session has seen more than 350 anti-trans bills introduced in 36 states, a record.
By Anya Zoledziowski
February 15, 2023, 10:11am
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7v9kj/ ... y-suggestsEarth's Core May Be Causing Strange 'Anomalies', Study Suggests
Deep inside the Earth, something strange is happening that scientists are trying to explain.
By Hannah Docter-Loeb
https://theintercept.com/2023/02/15/con ... -lobbying/BANK LOBBYISTS HIRED BY CONGRESS TO OVERSEE BANKING REGULATIONS
Lee Fang
https://theintercept.com/2023/02/15/dis ... h-penalty/DISSENT EPISODE FIVE: THE DEATH PENALTY, DEADLINES, AND DNA
Intercepted
Rodney Reed has spent 25 years fighting Texas for the right to DNA testing that could prove his
https://whowhatwhy.org/science/environm ... estimated/Growing Body of Research Suggests Offshore Oil’s Methane Pollution Is Underestimated
SARA SNEATH 02/15/23
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-san ... aud-probe/POLITICS
George Santos was interviewed by police in 2017 international credit card fraud probe
BY GRAHAM KATES, CAITLIN HUEY-BURNS, JESSICA KEGU
FEBRUARY 15, 2023 / 3:25 PM / CBS NEWS
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-san ... k-florida/George Santos may owe thousands for traffic violations in two states
BY GRAHAM KATES
FEBRUARY 3, 2023 / 2:50 PM / CBS NEWS
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va ... an6-trial/U.S.: Proud Boys leader learned of upcoming arrest from D.C. police officer
BShane Lamond is under investigation by the FBI over his relationship with Enrique Tarrio, who faces seditious conspiracy charges
By Rachel Weiner, Spencer S. Hsu and Peter Hermann
February 15, 2023 at 6:41 p.m. EST
https://oaklandside.org/2023/02/15/oakl ... heng-thao/Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong fired by Mayor Sheng Thao
Thao said today she lost confidence in Armstrong, who minimized misconduct by officers and criticized OPD’s federal court monitor.
by Darwin BondGraham
February 15, 2023
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/ ... 908967007/Oregon bill would require law enforcement officers to have 2 years of higher education
https://ndncollective.org/police-assaul ... gh-school/FEBRUARY 16, 2023
POLICE ASSAULT INDIGENOUS YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
"We must prioritize resources and solutions that promote restorative justice, mental health services, and other interventions that address the root causes of conflict, rather than relying on punitive measures that perpetuate the cycle of violence and harm."
https://charlotte.axios.com/321199/char ... ince-2008/Charlotte police have been using illegally certified speeding radars since 2008
https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/ne ... d-of-rape/New Mexico State Police sergeant accused of rape
by: Chris McKee
Posted: Feb 15, 2023 / 05:49 PM MST
Updated: Feb 15, 2023 / 05:59 PM MST
https://wchstv.com/news/local/eyewitnes ... ate-policeEyewitness News investigation reveals alleged wrongdoing by W.Va. State Police
by KENNIE BASSWednesday, February 15th 2023
https://www.foxnews.com/us/former-georg ... -violationFebruary 15, 2023
Former Georgia cop lawyers up after resigning over gay marriage Facebook post: 'Unconstitutional violation'
Lawyers for 19-year-old Jacob Kersey urged Port Wentworth to release statement supporting First Amendment
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... n-violence One in 20 US homicides are committed by police – and the numbers aren’t falling
Police killings of any sort account for nearly 5% of all homicides, with at least 1,192 people killed by law enforcement in 2022
https://merylnass.substack.com/p/pandem ... dium=email"Pandemic Preparedness" - a Government Protection Racket--Sasha Latypova
Nice guys from the US DOD are here to "protect" you from the future.
Meryl Nass MD
A teaser notice: I am producing a Symposium on the Attack on Food and Agriculture--and how to fight back, on Saturday, March 4
This will be a ~4 hour event on CHD-TV, beginning at noon, eastern time.
Speakers will include James Corbett, Stephanie Senneff, Joe Mercola, Patrick Wood, Ronnie Cummins and a host of others.
They will explain how federal and state governments have been squeezing small farmers and growers for decades here and overseas, and contributing to the debasement of food. This is how we address it.
Important topics will include the transition from conventional to organic agriculture, how to improve soil, and discussions of success stories in farming and home gardening. For example, where can you go to see demonstration farms in action? What happened to the bees?
We will have plenty of photos and instructions to help anyone begin or improve their own garden, and provide advice farmers can take to the bank.
I look forward to seeing you there. Much more information will be coming.
Meryl Nass MD
https://flybynews.wordpress.com/2023/02 ... -evidence/The Cochrane Library – the gold-standard independent research organization – has been reviewing the use of physical interventions to reduce respiratory illnesses like COVID and influenza since 2010. Here’s what their 2023 updated report has to say about N95, medical and surgical masks.
13 February, 2023 - FN - Dr. Mercola
Do Masks Protect You?
Here’s Conclusive Evidence
President Biden is calling off the Covid-19 Emergency Declaration on May 11, 2023. However many do not realize the bogus political health corporate entourage has placed the Covid-19 vaccines on their recommended childhood vaccine schedule. Please share this information on bogus masks and harmful jabs, and take action!
Demand Accountability for COVID-19
Wrongdoing In Your State!