Off-Duty Cop Threatens Neighbors, Orders False Arrest, Over Escaped Dog | Suspension & Lawsuit

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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.

Media report here.

Complaint from the lawsuit filed by Kadron Locklin:

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City Pays $250,000 for Abusing Elderly Man for Looking at a Police Car

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A 70 year old man in Ada County, Idaho was arrested by police officers at a police station, after he dared to look into a police cruiser window. The charges were later dismissed. He filed a lawsuit, which just settled for $250,000, along with mandatory additional training for sheriff’s deputies in that county.

Here’s Sherriff Matt Clifford’s troubling statement, as discussed in the video:

Earlier this week, we settled a lawsuit with Mr. Heikkola, stemming from an incident in January 2023. It wasn’t our best day. It is the expectation that Ada County deputies perform to the best of their abilities every day — while keeping people’s constitutional rights in the forefront of their minds, while also keeping our community safe.

For anyone to claim we are trampling on someone’s constitutional rights simply isn’t true.The reality is, we have hundreds of contacts every day with people of all different backgrounds, religions, ethnicities and socioeconomic standings. While the vast majority of those interactions go well, occasionally we fumble and miss the mark.

Part of the settlement was to include additional constitutional policing training; fortunately, we had already implemented this training prior to the settlement. We will now also include a scenario similar to Mr. Heikkola’s in our scenario-based training. We are one of few law enforcement agencies across the country with routine built-in training time. Every patrol deputy receives 9.5 training hours per month. These blocks of training include topics such as firearms training, scenario-based training, legal updates, EVOC, de-escalation techniques, arrest and control techniques, CPR and first aid, and more.

Part of our culture at the Ada County Sheriff’s Office is to always strive to be better – and learning from this incident will help us to do just that.

– Matt Clifford, Ada County Sheriff

Here’s the full lawsuit:

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Cops Let DUI Suspect JUDGE Drive Away with a WARNING | Then She DISAPPEARED!

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A prominent judge in Houston, Texas, was pulled over on suspicion of DUI back in April. She was allowed to leave with only a warning, even though the officers believed she had been drinking and observed her driving on the wrong side of the road and speeding. Also, there was no footage of what transpired during the 45 minute incident, because the officers “obstructed” their body cams. There was however audio, and both the audio and dash cam footage later surfaced once it was realized by the media that the judge had seemingly disappeared – only to reappear under arrest several months later for DUI. But this wasn’t the same DUI, but a separate incident.

Latest media report here.

LYING Sheriff Attacks ME Over Viral Video Exposing ILLEGAL Arrest

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The video I posted last week about the illegal arrest in Grafton, Taylor County, West Virginia apparently made the news today. Here’s my response.

Here’s the FULL uncut raw bodycam footage from the incident, from beginning to end:

Here’s the newspaper article:

Cop Resigns (AGAIN) After Barging in Woman’s Home (AGAIN)!

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One particular police officer in Kentucky, Larry “Gus” Curtis, has repeatedly resigned while under investigation, subsequently appearing somewhere else. This last time, he was fired, and as far as I know, his current whereabouts are unknown. Prior to resigning from the Frankfort Police Department, he was sued twice for barging into women’s homes without a warrant. In one such case, a Kentucky judge lambasted Curtis for bodycam footage showing him barging into a woman’s home as part of a CPS investigation, even after the woman asked for a warrant.

Media report here.

The lawsuit filed by Ms. Myers:

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The lawsuit filed by the other couple that was settled:

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Guy Posted About Local Cops on Facebook – They Arrest Him For it!

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Paul O’Brien, who lives in Grafton, West Virginia, observed a Taylor County Sheriff’s Deputy running a speed trap across the road from his residence. He posted on Facebook about it, joking that he WISHED he had an M-80 (firecracker) so that he could set it off and cause the deputy to have a heart attack. In the same post, he criticized the department for the deaths of three individuals over the years. Deputy Cody Mayle of the TCSD then paid Paul a visit at his home. He had no warrant, but rather just wanted to “talk.”

When Paul decided he didn’t want to talk with Deputy Mayle, Deputy Mayle suddenly grabbed him and arrested him. Paul spent two nights in jail. Around three months later, the frivolous charge of “obstruction” was dropped, since it was admittedly frivolous, according to the prosecutor. Paul submitted a complaint to the department, but heard nothing back.

This is Deputy Cody Mayle, who is seen on bodycam laughing as soon as Paul was thrown in the holding cell:

My last West Virginia based video coincidentally, was from Barbour County, which is only the next county over, and that deputy also has the same last name – Mayle. Here’s a link to that video. I’ll have more information soon about that situation…

This is the location of the incident:

Here’s the police report / charging document:

Here’s the dismissal order:

“Anabolic” Cop Pulls Man From Car AFTER Stop was Over

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This video shows a very recent police interaction that occurred in Barbour County, West Virginia. It shows Barbour County Sheriff’s Deputy Christian Mayle violently pulling a man named Vince out of a car. Vince is a nurse and was on his way to the nursing home where he works. His longtime girlfriend was driving him. They were pulled over on an allegation of the car going “left of center.” The traffic stop actually ended and a warning citation was issued to the girlfriend/driver. But then, suddenly Deputy Mayle ordered both occupants out of the vehicle. When Vince questioned his authority to do so, the officer cited Pennsylvania v. Mimms and quickly lost his temper, macing Vince and pulling him violently from the car.

Days after the incident, as the video was going viral on Facebook, amidst online discussion over his conduct, Deputy Mayle posted this, presumably referring to the incident. It was later deleted.

Here’s the police report:

Fourth Circuit case law sources cited in the video:

United States v. Hill, 852 F.3d 377 (4th Cir. 2017)

United States v. Robinson, 846 F.3d 694 (4th Cir. 2017)

Gang of Cops Bully & Arrest 17-year-old Girl on the Drive Home From School

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This footage was documented by The Real News Network in a great video, where they interviewed the family involved. It’s a perfect illustration of these “gangs” of drug task force type cops, who like to wear backward ball caps, cover their bodies with tattoos, and otherwise attempt to NOT look like cops. Often that causes problems when they go to do cop things, like pull people over for traffic stops. This footage shows just one instance of that. Then, when they don’t find what they were looking for, they often resort to lying and fabricating charges.

The Real News Video is here.

Somewhat grainy copy of the actual police report (best I can do, sorry):

Cop with a Personal Grudge BUSTS Into Man’s Home ILLEGALLY – Over Parking Violation!

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This shocking footage was released by the Broken Arrow Police Department via their Facebook page. It shows the bodycam video of a police officer who “hates” a citizen named Richard. He really wants to arrest Richard, but all he has on him is a sketchy allegation of a parking violation. Does he just issue a citation and mail it to him, or go get an arrest warrant? No, he busts into Richard’s house illegally and violently arrests him inside his home. This is crazy footage showing one of the worst false arrests I’ve ever seen.

Here’s a screenshot of the Facebook post:

The comments are sort of hilarious though. Apparently everyone hates Richard – especially his neighbors, and they’re willing to overlook the concept of constitutional rights, just to keep Richard in jail for a little while longer.

Cops Run-Over and Kill a 17-year-old (and also a 21-year-old)

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In April of this year, cops in Kent County, Michigan ran-over and killed two different people, in two different pursuits, within weeks of each other, one of which has resulted in murder charges being filed against a Michigan State Police officer. That was the incident resulting in the death of Samuel Sterling, age 25. The other incident resulted in the death of 17 year old Riley Doggett. The Prosecuting Attorney of Kent County just announced that he would not be filing any charges against the officer in that case. In both cases, the officers are apparently claiming that they didn’t intend to kill the individuals. So why the difference in criminal prosecution?