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Hm. Cops making money off guns. Who knew?Iowa Police Chief Caught Selling Machine Guns Says Every Cop Is Guilty
by DeMicia Inman
VIBE, December 5, 2024
A member of law enforcement found guilty of selling illegal firearms claims that he is not alone. According to CBS News, police chief Bradley Wendt of Adair, Iowa, used his position to obtain weapons to flip for profit. Earlier this year, Wendt was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States, lying to federal law enforcement, and illegal possession of a machine gun.
If Im guilty of this, every cop in the nations going to jail, shared Wendt with the news outlet. He was sentenced to five years and is appealing his conviction.
An investigation conducted by CBS News gives weight to Wendts hyperbolic statement. The outlet uncovered dozens of law enforcement leaders sheriffs, captains, lieutenants, chiefs of police buying and illegally selling firearms, including weapons of war, across 23 U.S. states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C.
A nationwide review found at least 50 cases of police illegally selling weapons over the past two decades, with many going to gun enthusiasts and another cache ending up in the hands of violent felons and used to commit crimes including drug trafficking, international arms dealing, and fatal shootings.
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(Pee-resident-elect) Donald Trump has said he will give police immunity from prosecution without sharing details or how he would implement a policy, per Verify, and that this immunity would not be granted extend to every single case of police misconduct. The website details Trumps plans to sign a bill that will increase vital liability protections for Americas law enforcement officers.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/iowa-police-chief-caught-selling-174808331.html
Remember, DU: Firearms can be used for good or evil, besides for making a buck.
Hotler
(12,453 posts)Just for fun.
P.S. Remember the LA city council meeting in the 1990's when a LA detective said he has proof the CIA was supplying coke to the Crips and Bloods?
I wonder what the CIA is up to these days. They've been know to topple foreign governments. I wonder if they had a hand in this? Now that I think about it, I've noticed the orange convict has threatened the DOJ and FBI, but I haven't heard of him threatening the CIA yet.
Blue_Tires
(57,246 posts)Has still been alive after all these years means the CIA's reputation for "removing problems" is grossly overstated and a Hollywood fiction.
Kid Berwyn
(18,600 posts)Congresswoman Maxine Waters tried to hold CIAs feet to the fire, but the MOCKINGBIRD went into full-throated howl mode. Gary Webb, despite his suicided and all the press to the contrary, was right: CONTRAs and their supporters in and out of government, made big money off crack cocaine.
Dark Alliance tells the story.
https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Alliance-Contras-Cocaine-Explosion/dp/1888363681