Some stories about crooked cops in Los Angeles

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Deputy gets four years for trying to smuggle drugs into jail

A former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy convicted of attempting to smuggle drugs into a Castaic jail where he worked was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison.

Peter Paul Felix, 27, mouthed "I love you, guys" to his sisters and girlfriend as he was escorted from the downtown L.A. courtroom in handcuffs.

Felix, a two-year veteran, was arrested in October 2008 carrying 161.5 grams of heroin, 24.4 grams of methamphetamine and 51.5 grams of marijuana that authorities said he intended to bring into the North County Correctional Facility.

His attorney, Spencer R. Vodnoy, said his client deeply regretted his actions and cooperated with investigators. Felix resigned from the department following his arrest.

Would this happen less often if the War on Drugs would just end?

Former O.C. sheriff's investigator faces trial for filing false reports

A former Orange County sheriff’s investigator will be tried in court Wednesday for filing false reports and lying about contacting crime victims.

Janet Strong, 53, a 25-year veteran of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department assigned to Stanton, pleaded not guilty last year to six counts of filing false reports between 2007 and 2009.

Strong filed reports saying she had spoken to victims of robbery, theft and criminal threats and found no additional “avenues for further investigation” when she had never actually contacted them, prosecutors said.

The sheriff's department started investigating Strong after an audit showed she had included false information in some closed case reports.

Yada yada yet another lying cop. From planting evidence to filing false reports, police can often get away with anything because prosecutors, judges, and juries all tend to side with authority.

And finally, a less related story about a settlement regarding police brutality:

$2.2-million settlement for man shot, paralyzed by L.A. County sheriff's deputies

A $2.2-million settlement was approved Tuesday for a man shot and paralyzed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies last year in Compton.

Deputies were on a routine patrol after midnight May 24 when they noticed Daniel Martinez and another man acting suspiciously, according to county records.

Believing Martinez was a lookout in a potential robbery, the deputies got out of their car and approached him. When they ordered him to show his hands, he ran, according to records.

While chasing him, the deputies thought they saw Martinez reach into his back pocket. One thought he was reaching for a gun and fired, according to records.

Yep, this is Compton, home of gangsta rap (like N.W.A, which had Dr. Dre and Ice Cube) and thug life!