dagblog - Comments for "LAPD ‘SWAT Mafia’ encouraged excessive force and retaliation, officer’s suit claims" http://dagblog.com/link/lapd-swat-mafia-encouraged-excessive-force-and-retaliation-officer-s-suit-claims-31973 Comments for "LAPD ‘SWAT Mafia’ encouraged excessive force and retaliation, officer’s suit claims" en Kevin Rogan has a long thread http://dagblog.com/comment/286238#comment-286238 <a id="comment-286238"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/lapd-swat-mafia-encouraged-excessive-force-and-retaliation-officer-s-suit-claims-31973">LAPD ‘SWAT Mafia’ encouraged excessive force and retaliation, officer’s suit claims</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Kevin Rogan has a long thread of tweets elaborating on the article, I'm just going to copy three below for a sampling, check all of them out by going to the thread</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">The sergeant alleges he was banished to an LAX detail for telling Internal Affairs about the rotten SWAT culture, and that command staff up to and including <a href="https://twitter.com/LAPDChiefMoore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LAPDChiefMoore</a>'s one-time chief of staff were aware of the problems but "all turned a blind eye": <a href="https://t.co/Zx8TIAcJZm">https://t.co/Zx8TIAcJZm</a></p> — Kevin Rector (@kevrector) <a href="https://twitter.com/kevrector/status/1288566139816009728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">He alleges SWAT members had to kowtow to the "SWAT Mafia" and its aggressive ways and nepotism, or get booted. <a href="https://t.co/Zx8TIAcJZm">https://t.co/Zx8TIAcJZm</a> <a href="https://t.co/h1vrmpqdPr">pic.twitter.com/h1vrmpqdPr</a></p> — Kevin Rector (@kevrector) <a href="https://twitter.com/kevrector/status/1288567263344259072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">The whistleblower, Sgt. Tim Colomey, has a thick Boston accent. He's got a quarter century on the force. He was praised just last year by the department for showing the "drive, spirit and heart" of the LAPD, in this in-house feature: <a href="https://t.co/axvOLGH1yR">https://t.co/axvOLGH1yR</a></p> — Kevin Rector (@kevrector) <a href="https://twitter.com/kevrector/status/1288572174379266048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Fri, 31 Jul 2020 05:38:45 +0000 artappraiser comment 286238 at http://dagblog.com