Just another bad apple...

[umbrella39]

http://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...eo-william-melendez-federal-lawsuit/70519854/

Inkster police officer, under investigation in the beating of a motorist, has been repeatedly sued in federal court by residents claiming he planted evidence, lied and stole and assaulted them.

The Acklin case is among 12 federal lawsuits filed against Melendez dating to 1996, alleging, among other things, that he planted evidence, assaulted people in their homes, fabricated police reports, and wrongly arrested people. Some of the suits were dropped, and some settled out of court. In one case, the city of Detroit paid $50,000 to the family of a man shot to death in his kitchen. The suit alleges Melendez — then a Detroit police officer — was involved in the killing.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/...Bill-Robocop-Melendez-still-a-police-officer#

In 2003, after a year-long joint investigation between the FBI and Detroit Police Department, Bill Melendez was indicted for corruption, falsifying police reports, and planting drugs/guns on suspects who had been illegally arrested. In the indictment, Melendez, nicknamed "Robocop" for his bodybuilding and excessive use of force, wasn't listed as a bit player, but as the ringleader and driving force behind the corruption. Putting their own lives at risk, scores of witnesses, including several African-American police officers testified against Melendez, but the case crumbled with jury nullification.

As someone who lives in this area, this guy has been in the news for nearly 20 years for the same thing over and over and over again. How can someone like this still be employed as a LEO?

Twelve years ago, long before he nearly killed Floyd Dent, Officer Melendez had already cost the city millions of dollars in settlements and wracked up more brutality complaints than any other officer in all of Detroit. In 1996, Melendez shot and killed Lou Adkins, an unarmed man, who witnesses said was on the ground and posed no harm when Melendez shot him, execution style, 11 times. The city of Detroit paid $1 million to Adkins's family in a wrongful-death suit, but Melendez kept his job. Complaint after complaint on Bill Melendez has been filed for illegally planting evidence.

Just another bad apple?

 

[echo4747]

good question... Do the police belong to a labor union there? IF so, I bet that may have something to do about why he is still employed

 

[glenn1]

Mods need to aggregate all the police shooting/beating/misconduct/etc. threads into a single pinned thread. There's gotta be at least 20 posted in the last few months and we don't need a brand new one every time any event happens.

 

[umbrella39]

The same should apply to every thread about Obama then. There's gotta be at least 20 posted in the last few months and we don't...... Come on now... and those are all about the same guy... not 20 different guys. Respectfully... I think you need better perspective.

 

[Genx87]

Mods need to aggregate all the police shooting/beating/misconduct/etc. threads into a single pinned thread. There's gotta be at least 20 posted in the last few months and we don't need a brand new one every time any event happens.

Dont click on them then.

 

[umbrella39]

Dont click on them then.

That would seem to be the easiest solution.

 

[master_shake_]

Mods need to aggregate all the police shooting/beating/misconduct/etc. threads into a single pinned thread. There's gotta be at least 20 posted in the last few months and we don't need a brand new one every time any event happens.

do you need a hug?

or maybe a ride in the

 

[rudeguy]

Mods need to aggregate all the police shooting/beating/misconduct/etc. threads into a single pinned thread. There's gotta be at least 20 posted in the last few months and we don't need a brand new one every time any event happens.

Because if you bury your head in the sand, there is no danger.

 

[Blanky]

As someone who lives in this area, this guy has been in the news for nearly 20 years for the same thing over and over and over again. How can someone like this still be employed as a LEO?

Because law enforcement in the United States is profoundly corrupt and incredibly ill. There is no effective means by which criminal police officers are punished and dealt with in a fair and efficient manner. It is almost always too little, and too late.

 

[zanejohnson]

Mods need to aggregate all the police shooting/beating/misconduct/etc. threads into a single pinned thread. There's gotta be at least 20 posted in the last few months and we don't need a brand new one every time any event happens.

i disagree, i think every single instance of police misconduct deserves it's own thread.


it's to the point in our country nowdays that people NEED to understand whats going on, we're moving into a real life police/totalalitarian state.... like NK, or Soviet Russia was... if that's not a big enough deal to warrant all the attention it can possibly attract, i dont know what is.

 

[touchstone]

I think we need to start practicing jury nullification in cop-killer cases. That way, we as a society can take it into our own hands to 'clean up the streets'. Nothing would make me happier than to watch those crazy militia dudes in texas blast a sheriff and then get away with it.

 

[touchstone]

Mods need to aggregate all the police shooting/beating/misconduct/etc. threads into a single pinned thread. There's gotta be at least 20 posted in the last few months and we don't need a brand new one every time any event happens.

Awww, does poor glenny not like seeing the big bad real world portrayed on this forum?




Just stop posting dude nobody wants to read your imbecilic ranting. I've been on this forum for a few months and read many of your posts and not one has been interesting in the least. This is by far the most interesting post I've seen you make, and it is similarly garbage.

 

[railer]

I think we need to start practicing jury nullification in cop-killer cases. That way, we as a society can take it into our own hands to 'clean up the streets'. Nothing would make me happier than to watch those crazy militia dudes in texas blast a sheriff and then get away with it.

Are you 10 years old? Grow up.

 

[Moonbeam]

I think we need to start practicing jury nullification in cop-killer cases. That way, we as a society can take it into our own hands to 'clean up the streets'. Nothing would make me happier than to watch those crazy militia dudes in texas blast a sheriff and then get away with it.

We lived that way for thousands of years. Please think. If the laws aren't providing justice, use the law to rectify the situation. I would hate to have somebody accidentally shoot you thinking you're a sheriff. Your suggestion is very insane.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Mods need to aggregate all the police shooting/beating/misconduct/etc. threads into a single pinned thread. There's gotta be at least 20 posted in the last few months and we don't need a brand new one every time any event happens

aww deal with it!! Yes there does!!

 

[Pipeline 1010]

do you need a hug?

or maybe a ride in the

Whilst enjoying a side of french cries with his whamburger.

 

[Pipeline 1010]

Mods need to aggregate all the police shooting/beating/misconduct/etc. threads into a single pinned thread. There's gotta be at least 20 posted in the last few months and we don't need a brand new one every time any event happens.

Only a tyrant would want to limit and set boundaries upon the discussion of blatant tyranny.

 

[WHAMPOM]

Mods need to aggregate all the police shooting/beating/misconduct/etc. threads into a single pinned thread. There's gotta be at least 20 posted in the last few months and we don't need a brand new one every time any event happens.

Anandtech cannot handle a million post thread.

edit: besides it has been done and your complaint is just a repost.

 

[cubby1223]

i disagree, i think every single instance of police misconduct deserves it's own thread.

it's to the point in our country nowdays that people NEED to understand whats going on, we're moving into a real life police/totalalitarian state.... like NK, or Soviet Russia was... if that's not a big enough deal to warrant all the attention it can possibly attract, i dont know what is.

This is the other part of glenn's suggestion. It's fine to highlight issues of misconduct. But if the presentation and reactions are not in the proper context, the internet just seems to breed plenty of people like you who get their thoughts all twisted up and now believe we're just inches away from a North Korea-style regime.

Have some Jesse Ventura for your viewing pleasure:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6vsKMaSG1s

 

[cubby1223]

Bottom line, are we discussing the actions of one police officer, or are we debating whether the entire law enforcement system is fundamentally corrupt based on this piece of information?

If the former, then separate threads are warranted. If the latter, a single thread is preferable.

 

[Linux23]

i personally think it's systemic. the police cannot and should not police themselves. end of discussion.

 

[umbrella39]

Guilty. Yep, just another bad apple alright....

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2015/11/19/william-melendez-trial/76045772/

Nine months after graphic videotape surfaced showing a Detroit man being beaten during a traffic stop, the Inkster police officer accused in the attack has been found guilty.

 

[CZroe]

Guilty. Yep, just another bad apple alright....



http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2015/11/19/william-melendez-trial/76045772/

...another "bad apple" who has been excised and dealt with. What are you implying? That he's not a "bad apple" and that all cops are corrupt and get away with crimes? Well, your own post appears to contradict that.

 

[waggy]

Mods need to aggregate all the police shooting/beating/misconduct/etc. threads into a single pinned thread. There's gotta be at least 20 posted in the last few months and we don't need a brand new one every time any event happens.

tried that. most were against it. it was a shit thread.

don't like them skip them.

and yes we do need a new thread EVERY FUCKING TIME it happens.

 

[waggy]

Guilty. Yep, just another bad apple alright....

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2015/11/19/william-melendez-trial/76045772/

ugh. that is a big part of it. I swear the "trial" is stacked in favor or the officer. There have been reports of cops harassing jurors family members, harassing the family of the judge and witnesses.

Having a room full of cops in uniform does not help either.