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East Cleveland police officer Kenneth Bolton Jr. had no reason to pull the women over because they had already been cited by another officer 30 minutes earlier.
But he probably heard they were attractive, both of them in their early 20s. And he may have even heard they had a sex toy in the back seat.
Cops tend to get off on these things, so word spreads fast.
The 16-year police veteran then used the sex toy to grope both women between their legs during the February 23 traffic stop.
Now he is not only out of a job, but is facing ten years in prison.

(ANTIMEDIA) Pennsylvania State Police have confirmed that Steve Stephens shot and killed himself Tuesday morning after they attempted to pull him over in Erie County. Stephens was the subject of a multi-state manhunt after he fatally shot a 74-year-old man in Cleveland on Facebook Live on Saturday.

(ANTIMEDIA) A vote on whether to approve a proposal that would allow familial DNA searching in certain criminal cases has been delayed by New York state’s Forensic Science Committee. The controversial proposal has been sent back to a special subcommittee to “tighten up the language.” If approved, the new policy would allow police to investigate family members of New Yorkers whose DNA closely matches DNA found at crime scenes.

Writing at the Intercept yesterday, Mehdi Hasan asserted that "it isn't only Republicans, it seems, who traffic in alternative facts.

An Ohio cop deleted around  100,000 dash cam videos of Columbus cops traffic stops and call responses after a sworn officer working in the Technical Services Bureau made a few errant key strokes on March 8.
According to a recent press conference, Columbus Ohio police were not using a back up of any sort.
The mass deletion caused skepticism and distrust among many community members and activists who don’t believe the vanishment of 100,000 videos was an accident.
“To me, my first reaction was, this wasn’t accidental,” community activist Ruben Herrera told NBC4.

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Rep. Jim Renacci (R), backstage, shakes hands with some old rocker from the pastJohn Kasich will be termed out as Ohio governor next year. It looks like 4 well-known Republicans-- ex-Senator Mike DeWine, Lt. Gov.

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.

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.

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