Bad Cops:A Richmond Cop Gets Charged With Felonies!

Cops are here to serve & protect the people.Their job is not to antagonize & harm people.I wish that they all would realize that.

Fortunately,some cops are good people who try to work in partnership with the community.But,too many others are like the Richmond cop who was just charged with punching a suspect & then lying about it!

Here's more about this bad cop from The Contra Costa Times:

"A Richmond police officer with a short but troubled history with the department was charged today with punching a handcuffed drug suspect in the face during an arrest in March.
Officer Dedrick Riley was charged with assault under the color of law and filing a false police report, both felonies, and misdemeanor battery, Deputy District Attorney Barry Grove said.

The drug suspect, a Richmond man in his late 30s, was never charged in connection with the arrest and did not suffer any lasting injuries from the assault, officials said.

Police sources said the man claimed Riley punched him several times and slammed him against a car. Afterward, source say, he failed to properly report his use of force, and the department forwarded the case to the district attorney after finding some conflicting evidence.

Riley, 39, started with the Police Department in 2004. He has been on administrative leave since the department's Internal Affairs unit began investigating in March, Grove said.

Today's charges are a result of the District Attorney's Office's own investigation, in which the man and numerous officers were interviewed, Grove said.

Riley is scheduled to turn himself in in the company of his lawyer, Harry Stern, at his arraignment Tuesday. The charges against Riley carry a penalty of more than six years in prison."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the entire story here.