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CHP Officers Steal, Forward Nude Pictures From Arrestee Smartphones

Posted by Soulskill on from the your-tax-dollars-at-work dept.

sabri writes: Following the initial suspension of a California Highway Patrol officer earlier this week, news has come out that the CHP has an entire ring of officers who steal and subsequently share nude pictures. The nudes are stolen from women who are arrested or stopped. Officer Sean Harrington of Martinez reportedly confessed to stealing explicit photos from the suspect's phone, and said he forwarded those images to at least two other CHP officers. Where is the ACLU when you need them the most?

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  1. Prison time by weilawei · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Now. No other options. This shit has gotta stop.

    1. Re:Prison time by flyneye · · Score: 4, Insightful

      LOL, here in this small industrial city, our "incarceration officers" have, over the last 2 years been cited three times for male rape and yesterday they caught one stealing $200 from another officers purse. I have personally caught patrolmen smoking pot, getting fellatio while driving and stealing personal items from car wrecks.
      A friend was raped one night, returning from the lake by an officer who pulled her over and similar stories I have heard for the last 20 years.
      My best advise for dealing with cops is; buy a throwaway gun and hope you never have to use it on a more and more typical, rogue cop. If you do; empty the chamber into their head and run like hell.

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      *Repent!Quit Your Job!Slack Off!The World Ends Tomorrow and You May Die!
    2. Re:Prison time by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 4, Insightful

      The problem is precedent. It has now been established in law that a cop can mow down a pedestrian while texting and not be charged for it (CA), and toss a hand grenade into a baby's crib during a wrong-address raid and not be charged for it (GA) . Small wonder that the right now hates cops just as much as the left ever did.

    3. Re:Prison time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      How the fuck is this modded insightful? Even at 0? This is the type of shit that gives SJW ammunition in claiming that IT culture is hostile to women. I like to believe the words that come out of my mouth when I argue that point.

    4. Re:Prison time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I'm a woman. A real woman. I was born with my vagina, uterus and ovaries. I'm not one of those social justice freaks who was born with a penis, scrotum and testes but is somehow considered a "woman".

      Bullshit, you're a dude.

      Let's cut the crap, son.

      The only time the term "son" is used is when referring to someone's male offspring, which you were not. The other instance is when one male is attempting to assert dominance over another male, by referring to the other as "son". I have never, EVER heard a female use this term in the second fashion described. It just isn't done. Son.

    5. Re:Prison time by Charliemopps · · Score: 3, Insightful

      All of that is irrelevant.
      The police should not be allowed to use any weapons the general public doesn't have. Period.
      Grenades, flash or otherwise, are complete overkill.

      What would have happened had they not been able to enter that building?

      There seems to be this idea that the police, in search of a conviction, can put everyone withing a quarter mile radius into mortal danger. That's flat out stupid. Surround the house, get on the bullhorn "Come out with your hands up!" and wait. Worst case, they flush the drugs. But that was the goal right? Get rid of the drugs? Fact of the matter is, pull the toilet and there's plenty stuck in the trap for the conviction anyway.

      There is absolutely no excuse for the police to act as violently as they do.

    6. Re:Prison time by jythie · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Yeah, paramilitary groups getting police to back down only works if you involve rich white ranchers.

  2. Misbehaving by amightywind · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ill tell you, the Pigs have been misbehaving in this country for some time. After 9/11 they all decided to be Navy Seals. Armed with high power weapons, body armor, assault vehicles, all without the stringent selection process. I imagine the pervert in Cali was suspended with pay.

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    an ill wind that blows no good
  3. Really? by amiga3D · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is so twisted. It bothers me greatly that they could be so despicable and twisted. What the hell is wrong with these cops? Pervs in uniform and I wonder if they'll still be out there on duty next year? I hate the thought these sickos will still be pulling women over after they get a slap on the wrist for this. Fire them.

    1. Re:Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Pervs in uniform and I wonder if they'll still be out there on duty next year?

      I don't think they can be blamed for liking nude women. Alternative would be gay or female cops (which would steal photos of nude men). Totally asexual cops will be hard to find, unless they are hiring children as cops.

      However, they can be blamed for lacking proper self-control to resist the urge when not appropriate.

    2. Re:Really? by ATMAvatar · · Score: 5, Insightful

      What the hell is wrong with these cops?

      Some people become cops because of the power trip it gives. This is perfectly in-line with that personality type. The real tragedy is that it's likely very little (if anything) will be done to the officers perpetrating the acts, which will only feed into the power trip.

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      "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
    3. Re:Really? by amiga3D · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Fuck that. This is beyond libido. I like women fine and like to see attractive ones but leering at nude photos stolen from their phone is not normal behavior. To imply that it is makes this perversion seem mainstream. It's just short of sexual assault. Would you steal someone's nude photos? Would you even go into their phone to look at their photos? If so you're not the kind of person I'd ever want to know. The reason this sickness is so prevalent in society is that we tolerate it and fail to condemn it strongly enough. It's sick and they should be fired.

  4. Be that as it may... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...the ACLU can only represent as many people as it can afford to represent. If you want them to champion more causes, you need to donate them more money.

    I have met people that hate the ACLU for their legal battles against public schools basically requiring students to participate in religious ceremonies, and hence give them no money, and then turn around and demand that the ACLU stand up for whatever just cause they care about at the moment.

    You can't eat your cake and have it too.

  5. Re:No need for ACLU by TheP4st · · Score: 3, Insightful

    these cops need to be taken to Guantanamo and treated as the terrorists that they are

    For fucks sake, how hard is it to use the word terrorist for the individuals committing actual acts of terror rather than diluting it?

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    "I have downloaded hundreds and hundreds of records, why would I care if somebody downloads ours?" Robin Pecknold
  6. Not "stealing" it was a "Civil Forfeiture" by walterbyrd · · Score: 3, Insightful

    John Oliver explains in this video that hilarious and informative:

    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Civil Forfeiture (HBO)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kEpZWGgJks