Vallejo PD
2022-11-30 17:49:18.531259+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Broke Ass Stuart: The Vallejo Police Department Is Corrupt, And Why You Should Care.
If we are what we proclaim to be, how did we allow a city that sits just 30 miles from San Francisco to become a killing field for one of the most violent police departments in the country? And why did it take articles in every major publication in the United States and a fucking Vice documentary for activists in other Bay Area cities to care?
Also links to Officers in Vallejo, California, bent badges to mark each fatal police killing, ex-captain says and Inside One of America’s Deadliest Police Departments — At just 22 years old, Sean Monterrosa became the 33rd person killed by the Vallejo Police Department since 2000.
“My sergeant, after my first officer-involved shooting, said wouldn’t it be nice if you could look around and see a visual indicator of people you can trust in a moment of chaos? And then he took my badge, and he bent it,” Joshua Coleman, a former officer who worked at the department for ten years, told VICE News.