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lemmy.world

This is a tough one. ACAB but landlords are leeches. I'm really torn here.

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lemmy.world

Robert A. Kennedy, a member of the Stoneham Police Department from 2001 until his resignation in February, was accused of running a recurring scam on his landlords, taking advantage of the slow eviction process in order to live rent-free in various apartments.

Federal prosecutors said Kennedy falsified his rental applications, including by providing the social security number and birth date of a relative who shared his first and last name, in order to obscure a history of delinquent payments, evictions and unpaid debts.

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kbin.social

What a move... "who are they going to call to assist with the eviction, the cops?"

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In my city it's usually the city marshals who evict people which are very different from cops (structurally and what not).

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lemmy.world

Holy McShit — Philadelphia has a city-run for-profit eviction system, staffed mostly with retired cops. What drooling savage dreamed up such a system?

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To date, only one officer has been fully decertified by the commission, which was created by a 2020 policing reform law to give the state more supervision of police departments and their officers.

I guess the Massachusetts decertification program is better than nothing, but not by much, if in three years they've found just one cop in the whole state who shouldn't be a cop.

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I think it's relevant that the recent one wasn't putting innocents in jail, or using excessive force. Scam a landlord though, better watch out MF!

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Cop who scammed multiple landlords is now on track to be Massachusetts' 2nd officer to be decertified under new process | Spyke