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Washington Cop Sentenced to Jail for Pepper Spraying Restrained Man

Nick Hogan was such an abusive douche of a cop that not even his fellow officers liked him, calling for his termination last year after it was discovered he was having an affair with one of their wives.
So it is unlikely they are bothered by the fact that the Washington cop was sentenced to nine months in jail Tuesday for pepper spraying a man who was restrained in a gurney inside a hospital in 2011.

WATCH: Missouri Cops Try to Control Chaotic Melee and Narrative

A chaotic video showing Missouri police trying to control a melee that broke out in a gas station early Sunday morning shows one cop shoving a woman from behind after she had placed her hands in the air under orders from another officer.
Questions from local media about that incident prompted the Columbia Police Department to release their own body cam footage of the shoving incident along with a press release explaining they had to shove her in the name of safety.

WATCH: Louisiana Deputy Body Slams 80-Pound, 7th-Grader at the Bus Stop

A Louisiana sheriff’s deputy was caught on video body slamming a seventh-grader less than half his size to the ground while breaking up a fight at Westdale Middle School.
Now the Baton East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office is defending the deputy’s actions.
A spokeswoman for the department, Casey Hicks, responded to WASB  about the video saying that sometimes use force is necessary in order to neutralize situations.

WATCH: Ohio Cops Shoot and Kill Unarmed Man in Front of his Children

Ohio cops shot and killed an unarmed man in front of his girlfriend and three kids last week after he refused to pull over for a traffic violation.
Roy Evans Jr., who had a suspended drivers’ license, led police on high speed chase for 14-minutes on March 7.
When Strongville cops spun out his van with spike strips, Evans Jr. reached down, attempting to light a cigarette.
That was the last thing he’d ever do.
“Let me see your hands! Let me see your hands!” an officer screams seconds before blasting Evans in the chest point blank with two rounds.

GRAPHIC: Tennessee Cops Fatally Shoot Man Live Streaming his own Death on Facebook

A Tennessee deputy shot and killed a man who was live streaming to Facebook, after he had apparently already stopped his car, requesting to see “higher commands.”
He died soon thereafter.
“I would like to see higher commands, please,” Rodney James Hess, 36, tells an unidentified Crockett County deputy before the deputy begins bashing his windshield with a baton.
Startled, Hess appears to be driving away when the deputy shoots him.
He can be heard on video screaming from the shot.

WATCH: California Cops Shoot and Kill Mentally Ill Man After Pulling Him Over for Inoperable Tail Light

Southern California cops shot and killed a mentally ill man Sunday after he barricaded himself inside his van after being pulled over for an inoperable tail light.
Orange police can be seen flushing the man out of the van with high-powered water hoses – which they say they did for his safety – before shooting  him to death.
They claimed he had a knife, but a video of the incident recorded by OnScene.TV does not show a knife in his hands.
However, the videographer was standing further away from the man than the cops.

WATCH: Texas Deputy Respects PINAC Reporter’s Right to Record Naval Base Because it’s not Against the Law

A Texas deputy responding to call of suspicious activity about a PINAC reporter recording outside a military base not only ended up respecting his right to record the base from public, but his right to remain anonymous.
However, Kleberg County sheriff’s deputy E. Gonzalez acknowledged his agency’s policy is to identify all “suspicious” people, even though he made an exception to David Worden after contacting his supervisor.

WATCH: Three Ohio Cops Suspended for Brutal Arrest of Timid Man Standing on Sidewalk at Hospital

Three Ohio cops were suspended after a video surfaced on social media showing them brutally arresting a man standing on the sidewalk with his hands in his pockets after leaving a hospital.
The officers were suspended by their employer, Ohio Health Protective Services, while the security company investigates the incident, according to ABC6 in Columbus.

North Carolina Cop and Mentor to Girl Pleads Guilty to Raping, Impregnating her

James Blair, 51, of the Lowell Police Department in North Carolina impregnated a 14-year-old girl in 2016. Blair then tried to convince the girl to have an abortion.
But the girl’s mother does not believe in abortion, so they are welcoming the new addition to the family.
Blair, however, will serve at least 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to felony statutory rape Thursday. To make matters worse, Blair was a middle school resource officer in addition to being a full-time cop.

Arizona Cop Offers Silent Citizen Bite of his Burger After Unlawful Air Force Base Arrest

An Arizona cop who was staking out a citizen journalist after he was released from jail for recording outside of an air force base offered him a bite of his cheeseburger when the videographer approached him with his camera to engage in some friendly banter.
But Glendale Police Lieutenant Robert Jones reneged on his offer to share his ground round after the video activist Silent Citizen took him up on it.