We’re not sure we’d say, as some do, that all cops are bastards. For example, take the NYPD’s John McClane. In 1988, Detective McClane made headlines by thwarting an entire group of terrorists, showing initiative, bravery, and skill. Other than him, though, yeah, law enforcement doesn’t come off too well. In the following true stories, they’re buffoons at best when they’re not outright evil.
1. Internal Affairs
In 2017, officers from Detroit’s 12th precinct, posing as drug dealers, met officers from Detroit’s 11th precinct, posing as drug buyers. They all tried to arrest each other, leading to a massive brawl.
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2. The Butt Dial
In 2009, the FBI was in touch with someone they suspected may be a serial killer. They accidentally pocket-dialed him during a discussion of their investigation. He cut off contact and fled, and they never found him after that.
3. Antifreeze Arrest
St. Louis police arrested a woman, suspecting she was feeding her child antifreeze. She received life without parole and was only released when she proved that her genetics gave her children the appearance of having antifreeze in their blood — proved this by giving birth to a second child.
4. Colorado Poachers
To catch poachers, San Luis Valley offered bounties on a bunch of protected animals. They did manage to arrest 57 people, but the operation made these criminals kill thousands of additional animals, including 35 bald eagles.
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5. The Wolverhampton Wanderers
British police planted a simulated bomb in a stadium as part of a training exercise. Then they forgot to take it with them when they were done, leading to a bomb scare.
6. The Fake Gangbang
7. The University of Farmington
To crack down on visa fraud, the Department of Homeland Security created their own fake university, got students abroad to enroll, and then deported them all. The students were fooled by info on the government’s own website and are now banned from the US for life.
8. Chowchilla Kidnapping
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After they grabbed a bus full of children, a gang of kidnappers wanted to contact the police, which is how many kidnappings are ultimately foiled. But they couldn’t get through. The lines were tied up.
9. Bob Lambert
This officer got a little too close to the eco-terrorists he was watching, undercover. Not only did he possibly firebomb a department store, but he also carried on a relationship with one woman for four years, fathering a child — then vanished when his assignment ended.
10. The Mann Act
In 1989, D.C. police came up with an idea for ridding the district of prostitutes: march them, at gunpoint, across state lines. A photographer caught them, and the women then just walked right back into D.C.
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11. Dinner
After receiving reports of a 14-year-old wandering outside, drugged and nude, police showed up but called off the ambulance when a man claimed to be his 19-year-old lover and accepted custody. This man, Jeffrey Dahmer, was already wanted on molestation charges and killed the victim half an hour later.
12. The Rat
The LAPD realized an inmate was an FBI informant, there to report on them. So they moved him to a different jail, under a fake name and fake description to keep him hidden. They had to move him repeatedly to avoid having to fingerprint him, which would expose the fraud.
13. The Nord-Ost Siege
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14. Strange Turn-On
Officer Avi Maharaj had to report to a home where a 14-year-old boy had killed himself. Bored, he ordered porn off the TV, charging it to the family.
15. Bernard Whitehurst
Not only did Alabama chase down the wrong Black suspect and kill him. They planted a gun on the body then smeared anyone who tried to dig into the story, planting fake drug and sex stories about the district attorney and a newspaper editor.
16. Walter Jenkins
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