Police Perjury — All. The. Time.

Ever heard of police officers “testilying” in court? “Testilying” is the cynical euphemism that cops use for testifying falsely in order to secure convictions against people whom they believe to be guilty. But there is obviously another word for it: police perjury. “Testilying” is rationalized as somehow justified because the cop’s goal is to make… Read More

Police Perjury Warrants Criminal Charges

We applaud the Cook County State’s Attorney Office for charging three Chicago police officers and one Glenview officer with felony perjury for lying under oath in support of drug charges. The basis for the perjury charge is strong: the officers’ bald-faced lies under oath were directly contradicted by a dashboard video from one of the… Read More