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Nov 23, 2019 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
State Police have spent $3.5 million settling wrongful action lawsuits since 2015.

Meanwhile, an internal review board shrouded I’m secrecy, cleared every single use of force it review.

That doesn’t count ‘17, a year of data police “just don’t have”
wvgazettemail.com/news/legal_aff…
Could the incidents and lawsuits have been prevented?

Well 3 weeks before Derek Walker joined in the roadside beating of a teenager that would get his partner indicted, this review board cleared him. No training or supervision necessary, it said wvgazettemail.com/news/legal_aff…
Troopers Ralph Justus and Jarod Tupper allegedly beat the hell out of a guy in the parking lot of a Police detachment.

The review board cleared 6 separate incidents from Tupper both before & after the lawsuit and $150,000 settlement. He’s still a trooper wvgazettemail.com/news/legal_aff…
Justus alone would run up - $975,000 tab in settlements.

This timeline illustrates just how much it takes for a bad trooper to leave the force wvgazettemail.com/news/legal_aff…
Does the system work? Enter the case of Trooper Stepp.

He has deployed the use of force 12 times since 2015, & been cleared by fellow troopers every time. The internal board cleared him too.

He faces 3 lawsuits alleging excessive force & wrongful death wvgazettemail.com/news/legal_aff…
Wow there are like 40 typos in this lead tweet. Thanks for bearing with me, guys. Story is better I promise

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BREAKING: Ohio utility company FirstEnergy signs deferred prosecution agreement with feds, including a $230 mil penalty for wire fraud and criminal forfeiture of $6.4 mil

~40 page stipulation of facts attached. Will update
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Happy almost midnight. This bill is now under debate in the House and seems (?) on track for a vote ohiocapitaljournal.com/2021/06/03/sen…
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