True Blue News

06/02/2023

Nothing to see here, move along.

06/01/2023

What do you think? Should every city have a civilian oversight board? Would they work? Why? Why not?

~BK

Austin, Texas voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition A, opting for civilian oversight of its officers accused of misconduct — reject union backed Prop B.

05/18/2023

Police illegally withholding body camera footage of abuse.

Who would have thought it?

05/18/2023

If you can keep your camera steady, calm, but true,
When all around you, chaos ensues,
And hold your lens on those who abuse,
Yet maintain your composure and report the news;

If you can remain calm around blue disdain,
When badges and batons try to thwart your aim,
You keep on fighting for justice's name,
While others choose silence or play lame games;

If you can use your phone to document what's real,
Expose the truth that they try to conceal,
Capturing these moments, with video or stills ,
And use your lens as a mirror, stills for real;

If you can withstand their threats and suck up the hate,
That comes from those who try to dictate,
If you persevere, comrades, never capitulate,
You ensure freedom never dissipates

If you can use your photos to ignite the fight
True images in the minds that have lost their sight,
And shine a light on dark shadows in the night,
To restore what's wrong, though it wasn't your plight

If you can be fearless and never truly stand down,
In the face of oppression, you wear no frown,
With every keystroke, you expose 'em like clowns
Showing the world the circus that's going down;

Then yours is the camera, the power you wield
The act of truth-telling, you'll never conceal
And what's more, you'll be honored for all the power you steal,
As the voice of the voiceless, for capturing what's real.

Make sure to look out for each other out there.

~BK

01/28/2023

**WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO**
Memphis Tennessee police released the video showing five Memphis cops brutally beating 29-year-old Tyre Nichols.

FULL STORY: https://bit.ly/3WDLv5m

08/22/2022

Video taken today by an anonymous bystander in Crawford County is going viral after the woman who recorded it sent it to her sister, who posted it on social media.

Footage shows two Crawford County deputies and a Mulberry Police cop brutally beating an unarmed homeless man on the ground and viciously slamming his head into the concrete.

FULL STORY: https://bit.ly/3wlRMrV

07/23/2022

Video footage recently obtained by independent media outlet True Homestead shows how Homestead police officers broke their department's no-pursuit policy during a chase that ended with three dead kids, including a former Homestead police officer's granddaughter.

~BK

Homestead cops break no-pursuit policy that kills three kids — engage in an elaborate cover up.

07/16/2022

Texas media and politicians claimed criticism of Uvalde cop Ruben Ruiz was misplaced and off-limits, because he attempted to move forward down the hallway to the room where his wife and many children were trapped inside. But he was "detained" and his gun "taken away" by other officers.

The leaked video, which the Uvalde Police Department tried to keep private, shows there was nothing stopping Ruben Ruiz from confronting the shooter, Officer Ruiz also attended Active Shooter Training.

Uvalde Cop Too Cowardly to Save his Own Wife Inside School — Much Less any Children

05/29/2022

What were they doing? Why are they even cops if they aren't willing to put it on the line when elementary school childrens' lives are on the line? They stayed outside as children died.

05/27/2022

In 2016, I personally broke this story out of Valdosta, Georgia, where an enraged cop flies off the handle after a man requests a warrant to search his home.

The story itself was just the beginning of several other events we covered related to the incident and the Valdosta Police Department.

~BK

05/27/2022

05/26/2022

This is what happens when police utilize no-knock raid tactics.. There's a lot of property: drugs, guns, money, etcetera..

"They seized more money than they took into the property room."

Credit to Vice News for the great investigation.