On the evening of February 12, 2023, Edmond Exline was walking alongside Interstate 81 outside of Martinsburg, West Virginia. A West Virginia State Trooper approached Edmond and immediately pulled his firearm and pointed it at Edmond. He then switched to a taser and pushed Edmond into the highway and chased him against a concrete barrier. The trooper then repeatedly tased Edmond and called for backup. Two additional West Virginia State Troopers arrived on the scene and immediately began to physically attack Edmond. On of the troopers struck Edmond in the head with his flashlight before repeatedly striking Edmond in the face and tasing him. Another trooper slammed Edmond’s face into the concrete repeatedly and struck Edmond in the face multiple times. Edmond was also kneed multiple times.
Throughout the attacks by these West Virginia State Troopers, Edmond stated, “I didn’t do nothing.” … “You’re hurting me.” … “I need to breathe.” … “Let me up. I need to breathe.” … “I didn’t do nothing.” … “You’re trying to kill me.” After physically attacking Edmond the troopers attempted to stand Edmond up while he was handcuffed and realized he was unresponsive. Edmond Exline was taken to the Berkeley Medical Center and pronounced dead at approximately 10:31 p.m. During the time the troopers physically attacked Edmond Exline, he was unarmed, was not committing any crimes, and was not under the influence of any alcohol or narcotics.
The July 2024 statement from the West Virginia State Police:
Bridgeport, West Virginia Trooper A.J. Trupo, who was caught on a secret audio recording two years ago verbally abusing a female businesswoman, has once again been recording abusing people. A family was on a roadtrip, visiting family in West Virginia for the Christmas vacation. As they drove through Shinnston, West Virginia, they stopped to get the kids food in the McDonald’s drive through.
As they pulled back onto the road to continue driving, the dad observed a car speeding towards them. He motioned for the car to slow down. It happened to be a West Virginia State Police cruiser. It didn’t have emergency lights activated, but rather was just speeding illegally. Apparently upset about being signaled about his speed, the trooper turned around and stopped the family.
Police in Miami have released bodycam footage of the stop of Miami Dolphins wide receiver, Tyreek Hill, who was pulled over for speeding on Sunday. He was very quickly pulled out of his car and handcuffed, face down on the asphalt. After about 20 minutes, he was released with citations for careless driving and not wearing a seatbelt. The incident has ignited debate regarding the constitutional limitations placed on police officers under the circumstances. Were his rights violated?
In Riverside, California, a police officer shows up at a woman’s home after a neighbor made a noise complaint. Initially a juvenile inside the home opened the door, and then quickly closed it after seeing the officer. The officer then begins to barge in. But he’s confronted by the mom, who demands that he leave. Instead, the officer defies the Fourth Amendment, enters the home and arrests the mom, all without a warrant.
This footage was circulating on X/Twitter, showing police in Longview, Texas arresting this guy just inside the front door of his home. The incident began as a traffic stop for speeding 10 mph over. The stop took place in the driveway of the home. The driver proceeds to be extremely aggressive towards the obviously-rookie officer. After a backup officer arrived, the young officer issues the citation for speeding. Then the man goes to walk inside the house, but the backup officer follows him and an arrest was made.
So it looks like there was an outstanding warrant from 2014 for “ISSUING CERTIFICATE TO VEHICLE MISSING OR WITH NON-COMPLIANT INSPECTION ITEM” that was “executed” on the same date as the body cam recording. According to Gregg County, Texas court records, Trenton Futrell “did not show up” to the May 9, 2024 docket call / court date for that citation, resulting in a $273.00 fine (if I’m reading this correctly).
Then, after the court date on the warrant that Trenton was arrested for on April 18, 2024 (the bodycam incident), they charged him by complaint/information on May 16, 2024 with “RESIST ARREST SEARCH OR TRANSPORT” – presumably for what had occurred during the April 18 incident (though I don’t know for sure without reviewing the charging document). It appears that charge is still pending.
Here’s the text of the Texas statute he’s accused of violating:
Sec. 38.03. RESISTING ARREST, SEARCH, OR TRANSPORTATION. (a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally prevents or obstructs a person he knows is a peace officer or a person acting in a peace officer's presence and at his direction from effecting an arrest, search, or transportation of the actor or another by using force against the peace officer or another.(b) It is no defense to prosecution under this section that the arrest or search was unlawful.(c) Except as provided in Subsection (d), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.(d) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree if the actor uses a deadly weapon to resist the arrest or search.
Do you remember the video I did in June of last year showing the Phoenix Police Department arresting (Kenneth) Ronald McDonald in retaliation for calling one of them a “dumbass?” Not only did McDonald single-handedly beat the corrupt City of Phoenix cops and prosecutors, representing himself pro se and winning his criminal case, but he made it into the HUGE DOJ investigation report released a few months ago. Whatever happened to the two cops from the video?
My last two videos are both updates on a video I made back in February, where an employee of a firearms-related company in Virginia Beach, owned and operated by former Navy SEALs, was arrested for allegedly stealing a missing AR-15 lower. Only 10 minutes after the arrest, while James was being interrogated, the missing lower reappeared somehow. My first update video discussed the fact that the former SEALs want my first video removed. Here’s that video:
You can watch the original video here. Yesterday I posted yet another update video about the fact that the Virginia Beach Police Department is apparently attempting to coverup this incident:
After the first update video, several of you served FOIA requests on the VBPD for the police report from this incident. Some of you received outright denials. At least one of you received a basic report with basically no substance:
But one of you actually did manage to obtain the report, after threatening to sue the VBPD over their denial to provide the report. But unfortunately, this is what they provided:
This is their explanation as to why they redacted basically the entire report:
This is the law they’re relying on to hide the substance of the report, which clearly documents their own misconduct. Here’s a great explanation as to how this is possible, from the guy who obtained the report:
For a short time after the passage of HB2004 in 2021, records of closed police investigations in Virginia were opened to public scrutiny. With the changes from that bill, the Virginia Freedom of Information Act made disclosure of criminal investigative files mandatory when the investigation was “not ongoing.” After the law took effect, the family of Kionte Spencer was able to obtain video of his fatal shooting at the hands of Roanoke County police officers—video that the department had refused to show his family since his death in February 2016.
That newfound transparency dimmed less than a year later, with the passage of HB734. In a swift reversal, legislators amended the law to give police departments and other law enforcement agencies complete discretion to decide whether or not to release records of closed investigations. Legislators who voted for the bill evidently believed the change was necessary to protect victims and their families from the release of sensitive photos of their loved ones. “We do want to protect victims as much as we can. We don’t want those pictures out on the internet,” Sen. Richard Stuart said during a committee hearing on the bill. In fact, the 2021 law already prohibited release of such photographs.
Unsurprisingly, what’s happened is that the Virginia legislature has created a mechanism whereby police agencies can hide their own misconduct from the public under the guise of protecting sensitive crime-victim information.
While the statute appears to have all sorts of exceptions and varying applications, the key word is “non-mandatory,” which renders most of it meaningless. It puts disclosure entirely within the discretion of the police agency. If they want to produce it, they produce it. If they don’t, they don’t. So if it makes you look bad, they’ll produce it. If it makes them look bad, they won’t. This is unacceptable.
There is no public interest in allowing the government to coverup its own misconduct. Thus they either tricked the public with this legislation, or the law enforcement lobby tricked the legislature. Either way, it’s outrageous.
Also, here’s the 2nd Circuit opinion that was released yesterday that I discussed in yesterday’s video regarding de facto arrests:
A kid (young adult living at home) in St. Croix County, Wisconsin pulled his truck into his driveway, left it running, and walked up to his garage to get some things for a bonfire he was headed to. He stopped at the bottom of the driveway so as not to wake his family inside the house. A deputy with the St. Croix Sheriff’s Department saw the truck and was concerned about the way that it was parked, partially in the road. He parked and approached the truck with his flashlight. He opened the door and began looking inside the truck. Then the kid came outside. Within about 5 seconds of saying hello, the officer assaulted the kid.
Here are the relevant portions of the police report, as discussed in the video:
This 18 year old country music singer from Montana was pulled over for speeding by a state trooper who is looking for reasons to accuse him of driving intoxicated. Even though he blew a 0.0 showing he had no alcohol in his system, and even though he did all the stupid human tricks he was asked to do, and even though he was 100% polite and cooperative with the officer, he was still wrongfully arrested and charged. A blood test taken after the arrest showed what any rational police officers should have known: that the kid was completely sober. Yet this happened to him. He wrote a song about it.
Jaden’s test results, both the official blood test and the urinalysis:
This footage was submitted by the criminal defense attorney involved in this case. This occurred in East Ridge, Tennessee. Kadron Locklin was transporting a disabled client to a home located on a suburban street. Upon arrival, the family’s dog got loose and ran down the street. Kadron assisted the family, finally catching up to the dog and securing it.
In the process, Kadron and two minor children from the home ran across the property of an off-duty police officer named Andrew Carter. Officer Carter exchanged words with Kadron and the children, ordering them off his property. Carter then called his cop buddies to the scene. Upon arrival, they immediately got aggressive and violent with Kadron – even before asking any questions.
