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NYPD Cops Raid Wrong Home, Posting Photo of Handcuffed Family to Snapchat (Updated)

New York City cops raided a family’s home in Brooklyn at the break of dawn Thursday, handcuffing every family member while searching the apartment unit for three hours before realizing they had the wrong home and leaving.
Next thing the family knew, a photo showing them handcuffed while sitting on the couch appeared on Snapchat with the caption, “Merry Christmas it’s NYPD!”.
Another photo also appeared on Snapchat with the caption “Warrant sweeps Its still a party smh.”

New Orleans Cop Serving Life in Prison has Conviction Reversed Based on Raunchy Texts he Sent to his Girlfriend During Trial

A New Orleans cop serving life in prison after he was convicted of raping a seven-year-old girl last year had his conviction overturned Wednesday over texts he was sending to his girlfriend during the trial.
Michael Thomassie, 42, was sending texts to his girlfriend about how he would like her to shave her pubic hair.
The texts were then introduced as evidence to argue that he would be inclined to rape a prepubescent girl  because he preferred no pubic hair.

Kansas Deputy Tasers 91-year-old Man with Alzheimer’s for Refusing to go to Doctor

A Kansas sheriff’s deputy was caught on video tasering a 91-year-old man with Alzheimer’s because he would not go to the doctor.
The Ottawa County sheriff’s deputies also handcuffed the man so hard that his wrist broke.
The incident also weakened the man’s heart, family members said, resulting in his death two months later.
The incident took place in March in a Minneapolis nursing home, but body cam footage was not released until Thursday.

Award-Winning Florida Deputy Arrested for Identity Theft

For $10,000-a-month, Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy Frantz Felisma would obtain the personal information of luxury car owners through a law enforcement database, then hand it over to another man, who would then use that information to swindle the car owners out of money.
But the scheme caught up to the 42-year-old deputy and he will now spend the Christmas weekend behind bars because he is considered a flight risk.
His attorney, however, said nothing could be further from the truth because his client recently received the Deputy of the Quarter award.

WATCH: Texas Deputy Handcuffs Jogging Teen, Falsely Accusing him of Running Away from Robbery

A Texas sheriff’s deputy detained a teenager going for a jog, ordering him down on the ground while threatening to taser him, handcuffing him when the teen refused to say where he attended school.
The teen began recording the encounter but the video turned off after five minutes when the deputy cuffed him.
The Harris County sheriff’s deputy said the teen matched a description of a person who had just robbed a nearby Walgreens, but the deputy did not even appear very sure of the suspect’s description when he radioed dispatch to inquire about a description.

WATCH: Texas Cop Assaults and Arrests Mom and Daughter who Called Police on Neighbor who Assaulted Son

A Texas cop lost his head after the woman who called him for help told him her neighbor did not have the right to grab and choke her seven-year-old son.
Even if the kid did litter as the man claimed.
“Why not?” responded the Fort Worth cop who has yet to be identified.
The video from the ordeal had over 200,000 views on Facebook before Craig and her daughter were even released from jail. They have already spoken with police about the incident with their attorney, Lee Merritt, present.

California Woman Suffers Miscarriage After Cops Force her and Boyfriend Down at Gunpoint on False Accusation

A Northern California woman said she suffered a miscarriage after Bay Area Rapid Transit police officers forced her down on her stomach, placed a knee on her back and cuffed her hands behind her back, even after she told them she was pregnant, which violates a department policy forbidding the handcuffing of pregnant women behind their backs.

Georgia Cop Sentenced to Life in Prison for Tasering Handcuffed Man to Death

In a judicial decision that is sure to send shock waves throughout the law enforcement community, a Georgia cop was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for tasering a handcuffed man to death in 2014.
On April 11, 2014, East Point Police Sergeant Marcus Eberhart was upset at having chased Gregory Towns through the woods after responding to a call of domestic violence.

WATCH: NFL Security Guard who Cleared FBI Background Checks Caught on Camera Masturbating near Cheerleaders on Sidelines

An unnamed California security guard has been fired after he was busted by a football fan with a camera masturbating during an NFL football game right out in the open, standing few feet from the cheerleaders he was supposed to be protecting.
The video was released after the woman who recorded it tried to contact the company four times to address the man disregarding women’s rights and general human decency.