As TFTP reported last week, for the last several months, 26-year-old Jean Barreto has been fighting for his life in a Florida hospital after being set on fire by an Osceola County deputy. Barreto was pumping gas when a deputy deployed a taser, ignited the pump,...
Criminal Justice
Cop Who Shot Fleeing 12yo Boy Charged With Murder
by Matt Agorist | May 4, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
In March, a tragedy unfolded in Philadelphia after a 12-year-old boy was shot in the back and killed. The boy was running from several police officers when two of them opened fire. Police have since claimed that even though 12-year-old Thomas Siderio was running away,...
End No-Knock Raids So Cops Stop Killing Innocent Homeowners
by Matt Agorist | Apr 28, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
In the land of the free—thousands of times a year—American police officers kick in doors, smash windows, deploy tear gas, and explode flashbang grenades all to serve a single, often unarmed, individual with an arrest warrant. These militarized affronts on the homes...
75yo Grandmother With Dementia Shot By Police in Her Home
by Matt Agorist | Apr 25, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico is calling for an investigation this week after police shot and killed a 75-year-old woman in her home during a dementia-driven episode. Amelia Baca, 75, was killed by an officer with the Las Cruces Police Department on...
Cop Enters Family’s Backyard, Shoots Innocent Father, ‘Sentenced’ to Firearms Training
by Matt Agorist | Apr 13, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
As frequent readers of the Free Thought Project understand, police officers mistake innocent individuals for criminals all the time. Often times, their fear gets the best of them and these folks who have committed no crime and harmed no one, are beaten or arrested...
Charges Dropped Against Father Who Shot at SWAT Team Who Injured His Baby During Raid
by Matt Agorist | Apr 7, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
As TFTP reported in February, Corey Marioneaux Jr., 24, is a father of two, church-going community member with no criminal record who defended his family from armed intruders. Because the intruders were cops, however, Marioneaux was charged with attempted murder of a...
Its Not Getting Better: Cops in the U.S. Still Kill Someone Every 8 Hours
by Matt Agorist | Apr 4, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
It has been nearly two years since Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. At the time, Floyd’s death would set off massive protests across the country as politicians and political pundits played lip service to Black Lives Matter and others, as they offered up their...
Cop Avoids Jail Following Sex Abuse Conviction, But Arrested Again for Creating Child Porn
by Matt Agorist | Mar 29, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
In August of 2020, former New Mexico State Police officer, Ricky Romero, was granted a plea deal after admitting to soliciting and receiving sexually explicit images from an underage girl on social media. Instead of jail time for this child predator, Romero’s badge...