Comments on: Update on Bodega Raids by Rogue Philly Narcotics Unit

By: Philly Police Union Looks To Oust Retired Cop | The Agitator

Philly Police Union Looks To Oust Retired Cop | The Agitator — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:05:18 +0000

[...] to strip a retired captain of his union membership, because he had sex with a 14-year-old girl illegally raided immigrant-owned bodegas across the city, then stole from and threatened their owner… illegally arrested and nearly killed a man for legally carrying a firearm beat his girlfriend and [...]

By: Ex-Gangster

Ex-Gangster — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:37:00 +0000

There are more then just Narcodic Officers taking money off drug dealers. There are uniform officers doing the same. I’ve seen uniform officers take new sneaker , jersy’s , cd- movies off of people trying to make a dollar the honest way. I’ve seen Officers take mercendise off street venders then tell them to get the fuck off the corner. To me that is Robbery! And the City Officals wonder why people now-a-day act the way they do towards the Police Department. People now-a-day tend to believe that when they are pulled over by any Law inforcement Officer they are going to be robbed , assaulted , set-up or racailly profiled!!!!!!!

By: Rad Geek People’s Daily 2009-05-22 – Friday Lazy Linking

Rad Geek People’s Daily 2009-05-22 – Friday Lazy Linking — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:49:36 +0000

[...] Gangsters in Blue come to Philly. Radley Balko, The Agitator (2009-05-01): Update on Bodega Raids by Rogue Philly Narcotics Unit Balko asks, apparently non-rhetorically, Why did no one in the department ask why an elite [...]

By: jaydee

jaydee — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:08:56 +0000

Most of these raids took place in North Philly which contains some of the country’s largest open air heroin markets. The police do absolutely nothing about the open air markets to the detriment of neighborhoods suffering from this blight. I had to drive through Kensington yesterday and what I witnesses in 15 minutes was astounding!

By: JS

JS — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:47:22 +0000

#5 | skootercat, you’re right but at this point no politician feels any pressure to reign in the police but rather they feel pressure to “get tough on crime” and hire more police. We have to get the word out to the public about how out of control police are in this country. 90% of what Radley reports on here never make the evening news so unfortunately most of the public isn’t even aware that there is a problem. Also as you said, we must demand our elected officials reign them in and right now nobody is going to do that. What we need is for somebody to collect a lot of examples of this and be able to present in a way that even the law and order conservatives stop seeing the police as heros and protectors and start seeing the problem. Until then there is no hope.

By: supercat

supercat — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:59:29 +0000

What needs to happen, IMHO, is for enough people to start realizing that some government employees are robbers and need to be treated as such. Let it be known that any police force which wantonly refuses to reign in the totalitarian anarchists in its midst will be regarded as an anarchist organization.

By: chris

chris — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:37:55 +0000

Sgt. Bologna? Really? Where’s the Salami?

CIII

By: Anthony Taurus

Anthony Taurus — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:28:32 +0000

Corruption goes to the top. It’s been allowed to fester and now this is what WE (across the US) have to deal with.

By: michaelk42

michaelk42 — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:06:42 +0000

Strangely, they haven’t hit Michaels yet that I know of.

http://www.michaels.com/art/online/displayProductPage?productNum=bd0604&channelid=

And we’re not even back in the adhesives aisle yet.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:54:30 +0000

So…. Police Supervisors like Cpl. Mark Palma are just as corrupt and dirty as the people under them? No big shock there.

With lack of transparency comes lack of accountability.

By: Marty

Marty — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:42:06 +0000

just like drug dealers won’t stop (because of the profits), drug cops won’t stop what works for them, either.

it sucks to be stuck in the middle of such an easy to fix mess…

By: Chris K.

Chris K. — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:32:38 +0000

Again tall trees and short ropes.

By: skootercat

skootercat — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:32:04 +0000

In many cases of bad conduct by police, if one looks at the supervisors and chiefs above these criminals-in-blue, it has been said those police bosses were usually as bad when they had the run of the streets as a patrolman. All of us need to do a better job with those we elect to hire and oversee the police. If Congress, statehouses and local government started losing seats due to poor oversight of the police, things might change. Same with drug war. It all changes when police misconduct, drug war, etc. is the reason why incumbents get sent home…then it will all change.

By: SJE

SJE — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:17:36 +0000

The FOP story brushes over the fact that Cudjik is seen disconnecting cameras during a raid. If you have nothing to hide….

By: Mike Leatherwood

Mike Leatherwood — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:54:53 +0000

*these…hard to be a grammar nazi when I can’t use wurdz right.

By: Mike Leatherwood

Mike Leatherwood — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:53:48 +0000

With the impending death of city newspapers, so goes reporters like this….

By: Aresen

Aresen — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:07:04 +0000

I’d like to play that the next time the police come to a school to tell kids how they fight the bad guys.