Police illegally selling weapons

[Darthlawsuit]

Whelp..... There goes that theory that disarming citizens will stop criminals. The police are funneling guns to criminals and ignoring the problem.

A longtime member of the Los Angeles Police Department is suing the LAPD because he says other officer retaliated against him after he blew the whistle on an illegal gun-selling ring within the force.

Armando Perez, a 25 year veteran of the department, has filed a lawsuit against the LAPD and the City of Los Angeles, Courthouse News Service reports. In the complaint, he says his supervisors were aware that other officers singled-him out after he reported a secret firearm program within the force, but they “failed to take steps to prevent or undo the retaliation."

According to the lawsuit, Perez was tasked with conducting an audit of the weapons arsenal maintained by the Metropolitan Division of the LAPD while he served as Officer in Charge of the Armory. But while accounting for the firearms in 2010, he discovered a discrepancy that led him to uncover a gun-selling scheme.

"While performing the weapons audit, plaintiff learned that both officers within the unit and civilians were purchasing special LAPD SWAT-stamped Kimber firearms intended for official use. Plaintiff also discovered that the officers within the unit were possibly reselling these Kimber firearms for large profits to people outside of Metro SWAT,” the complaint reads.

In the lawsuit, attorneys for Perez add that his investigation led him to discover that guns were being bought and sold between not just LAPD officers of various ranks — including the captain and the plaintiff's own commanding officer — but to civilian personnel, as well. The investigation also led him to discover that the entire arrangements were being conducted illegally behind the backs of the firearm manufacturer. As Perez spoke up, though, the investigation was quickly handed over to someone else.

"Plaintiff was not informed of whether [the Internal Affairs Group] performed an investigation into misconduct surrounding the weapons sales,” the suit claims.

Soon after, one of those officers linked to the gun trade, James Quinlan, “made a retaliatory complaint against Perez,” which the plaintiff alleges created a hostile work environment. Matters were made worse for the plaintiff in August 2012, when the Los Angeles Times picked up news of the gunrunning.

“Following the LA Times story, the retaliation against plaintiff intensified. Plaintiff was ostracized, his reputation damaged, and [was] told to 'watch his back,' among other retaliatory acts,” the lawsuit claims.

When that investigation was made public, it was reported that between 51 and 324 Kimber handguns were resold for a profit by members of the force.

"Certainly this is something that we are going to guard against in the future," Police Chief Charlie Beck told an ABC affiliate. "At the very least department guidelines will be restructured so this doesn't happen again."

But Perez said the only things that changed were his colleagues retaliated at him worse.

 

[Ōkami]

Well that's awkward.

 

[Wolfus]

So cute. In brazil, a great part of the police not only gives weapons to criminals but they also participate in the crimes, being criminals themselves. Corrupted cops are arrested almost everyday. That's the ones we are aware that are criminals, because some actions are still unknown.
The other cops that are not corrupt are useless. They barely pursue the criminals and barely investigate crimes. That's why thieves in brazil don't use masks.

So, this doesn't surprise me at all.
You want a good example on how disarming the popoluation won't dicrease violence and crimes? Just use brazil's situation.

 

[Pavoneo]

Why am I not surprised..

 

[King Of Crows]

Well that's awkward.

Omg, you're alive. :T_T:

 

[Trollasaur]

Why am I not surprised..

Is that a question?

 

[Xicer]

So cute. In brazil, a great part of the police not only gives weapons to criminals but they also participate in the crimes, being criminals themselves. Corrupted cops are arrested almost everyday. That's the ones we are aware that are criminals, because some actions are still unknown.
The other cops that are not corrupt are useless. They barely pursue the criminals and barely investigate crimes. That's why thieves in brazil don't use masks.

So, this doesn't surprise me at all.
You want a good example on how disarming the popoluation won't dicrease violence and crimes? Just use brazil's situation.

Or you could look at Australia, who has had a gun ban in place since the 90's. Since they started their gun ban, they have not had a single mass shooting incident.

 

[ballerjordan]

Well that's awkward.

Aye, you're back.

 

[Wolfus]

Or you could look at Australia, who has had a gun ban in place since the 90's. Since they started their gun ban, they have not had a single mass shooting incident.

Hummm, interesting. Then, it will depend on which country the guns are being forbidden. It seems that the desarming itself wo'nt decrease violence, but the conduct of the population will. This is when education steps in. Brazil has a shitty education, with stupid and agressive people.

 

[Fair Warning]

Well that's awkward.

yay, okami is back!

 

[Ōkami]

Omg, you're alive. :T_T:

True beauty never dies.

Aye, you're back.

Indeed I em.

yay, okami is back!

Miss me?

 

[foxyladyland]

are you going to take them to court or sue them Sith Lawyer?

 

[Darthlawsuit]

Or you could look at Australia, who has had a gun ban in place since the 90's. Since they started their gun ban, they have not had a single mass shooting incident.

Completely ignoring statistics and logic aren't you? Your media has shaped you into a very obedient sheeple.

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We have more gun owners now
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Aus mass murders:
Childers Palace Fire - In June 2000, drifter and con-artist Robert Long started a fire at the Childers Palace backpackers hostel that killed 15 people.
Churchill Fire - 10 confirmed deaths due to a deliberately lit fire. The fire was lit on 7th of February 2009.[5]
Quakers Hill Nursing Home Fire - 10 confirmed and as many as 21 people may have died as a result of a deliberately lit fire in a Quakers Hill nursing home. The fire was lit early on 18th of November 2011.[6]

What is with you guys and fire...?

Hummm, interesting. Then, it will depend on which country the guns are being forbidden. It seems that the desarming itself wo'nt decrease violence, but the conduct of the population will. This is when education steps in. Brazil has a shitty education, with stupid and agressive people.

Nope, he wasn't telling you the whole picture. Crime is increasing every year in Austraila as criminals learn there are no repercussions for their actions and the police cannot keep up with rising crime. The USA's crime rate has been plummeting.

Compared with 1993, the peak of U.S. gun homicides, the firearm homicide rate was 49% lower in 2010, and there were fewer deaths, even though the nation’s population grew. The victimization rate for other violent crimes with a firearm—assaults, robberies and *** crimes—was 75% lower in 2011 than in 1993. Violent non-fatal crime victimization overall (with or without a firearm) also is down markedly (72%) over two decades…