KAWPS The Podcast

This week we’ll be talking more about Kash Patel and his girlfriend, Alabama police arresting a 61-year-old lady for protesting, the LAPD cop robbing a teenager of his crypto, the city of Chicago going into debt to pay off their police settlements, the unique settlement reached behind the cop who killed a family’s blind and deaf dog, and the death of Jazmir TuckerIn our Patreon, we’ll be discussing some of the new instances of resistance against ICE, from childcare workers to Fortnite role-playing.

This week we got the verdict in the trial for the officer who killed Ta’Kiya Young, the pregnant woman who was shot while attempting to drive away, creepy cops breaking into children’s bedrooms, getting caught in child sex trafficking stings, and pretending to be ICE agents to get revenge on women on dating apps, the settlement in the case of the Marion County cops raiding a local newspaper for reporting local news, ICE attempting to deport a Native American, and the tragic death of Mikey Jimenez. In our Patreon we’ll be talking about Border Patrol’s use of automatic licence plate reader cameras to pull over drivers with “suspicious travel patterns”, and the police’s use of FLOCK’s automatic license plate reader cameras to surveil protestors.

This week we got the conclusion of the first trial of the San Antonio cops who shot and killed Meliessa Perez from outside her living room window, a former cop and convicted predator running for public office, cops driving drunk and arresting the sober, cops stealing overtime and piling up lawsuit settlements, and the tragic death of Yolanda Ramirez In our Patreon we’ll be discussing some different recent instances of our government clashing with ICE.

This week we got a cop suing a family after killing their dogs, towns in Washington turning their FLOCK ALPR cameras off, FLOCK suffering security breaches, a new terror plot the FBI foiled and probably created, police mistake a woman’s instant coffee for heroin, and the tragic deaths of four people in Tampa as a result of a police chase. In our Patreon we’ll be talking about the LAPD refusing to release their crime map records, and the effects of Trump’s ongoing federal takeover of the city of Memphis.

This week we’ll be talking about a police chief commuting to his California police station from Idaho, a cop ignoring a murder call to get pizza, the police’s role in SNAP benefits being pulled, Kash Patel using the FBI jet to watch his girlfriend perform, multiple new cases of police misusing FLOCK cameras, and the tragic death of Vanessa Ragland.In our Patreon, we’ll be talking about ICE’s desire to use bounty hunters to go after migrants, and a Brooklyn couple suing the NYPD over its surveillance system pointing a camera directly into their home.

This week we’ll be covering ICE’s problems with new recruits failing their exams, physical tests, and background checks, cops mistaking a teenager’s bag of chips for a gun, Miami’s new automated robo-cop car, a cop convicted of stealing tax-payer money gets to keep his pension, new video a Charlotte drug bust gone hilariously wrong, and a black cop experiences racism at a Chick Fil A. In our Patreon, we’ll be talking about Chicago police repeatedly arresting permit-carrying black gun owners, ICE increasing its weapons budget by 600%, and ICE attempting to acquire state-of-the-art automated surveillance vehicles.

Cops evicting the wrong person from their apartment, a cop refusing to call for help as a 5-year-old girl has a seizure, FLOCK getting into the audio surveillance business, ICE arresting a cop in Chicago, and the start of the trial of the three San Antonio officers charged with the murder of Melissa Perez.On our Patreon, we’ll be talking about ICE detaining a man immediately he was exonerated after spending 40 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, ICE violently arresting a teenage girl and then lying about it on Twitter, and some fascist AI slop being posted by President Trump.

This week we got a former cop posting a Charlie Kirk meme that got him arrested for threatening a mass shooting at a school, Apple internally categorizing ICE agents as a oppressed class, more damning details on the Texas cops using FLOCK cameras to track down a woman who got an abortion, and that tragic deaths of Kingsley Bimpong, and Kyren Lacey. In our Patreon, we’ll be talking about the Arizona Sheriff’s Office misuse of funds meant to fight against racial profiling, and a black mother facing 10 years in prison for using her EBT to buy ingredients for her bakery.

Updates on the cops at the Parkland and Uvalde school shootings, ICE’s latest plans of mass surveillance, ICE’s latest plans to deport children, and we have fun with the latest copaganda piece from the New York Post. On the Patreon:Apple and Google removing apps meant to fight against ICE, and the UN scrutinizing New York’s prison systems

Cops releasing the wrong inmate from jail, a cop shooting a teenager after a porta-potty prank, a former cop arrested at Travis Kelce’s mansion, Miami Herald’s reporting on the over one thousand detainees apparently missing from Alligator Alcatraz, and a new lawsuit filed by the family of Ta'Kiya Young, who was tragically killed by Ohio police. And in our Patreon we’ll be talking about an Alabama cop stealing money from the Crime Stoppers hotline, a disgraced former cop arrested for impersonating a cop, and we’ll look at the MAGA-sphere’s push to free a murderous cop from prison.

The FBI accidentally poisoning an animal shelter, cops shooting yet another innocent man after arriving at the wrong house, a freaky NYPD sting gone wrong, ICE’s increasingly ridiculous profiling tactics, a viral superstar cop gets arrested for domestic battery, and the tragic death of Rajon Belt-Stubblefield. In our Patreon, we’ll be talking about the most recent update on New York’s ongoing prison saga, and we’ll be discussing stories of lying cops locking up innocent people coming out of Detroit and out of Minnesota.

Yet another case of the cops shooting a homeowner who called 911, the astronomical drug bust in Oregon that turned out to be not so astronomical, more stories about the police’s disingenuous relationship with DUIs, and the tragic death of Silvero Villegas-Gonzalez. On our Patreon this week we’ll be talking about the automated taxi Waymo’s relationship with law enforcement and we’ll be discussing the Supreme Court’s latest ruling on ICE.

Today we’ll be talking about an LAPD Officer slash social media business guru and his partnership with an Israeli mobster, sheriffs around the country getting increasingly angry at ICE deliberately poaching their deputies, cops in Florida arresting people for drawing rainbows on crosswalks, and an update on the tragic killing of Victor Perez.In our Patreon we’ll be talking about the effects of Louisiana’s “Jim Crow juries” and ICE’s deliberate targeting of delivery drivers.

Police using facial recognition to wrongfully arrest yet another black person, ICE arresting the owners of Trump Burger, multiple stories of philandering cops getting busted, and the tragic death of Deborah Terrell.

Another cop lying about being attacked, a cop wife spying on her cop ex-husband, and the mysterious case of the police-issued gun that fires at random.On our Patreon, we talk about the latest update on the license plate reader camera company FLOCK and their collaboration with ICE, and we talk about the current epidemic of cops shooting cops.

The great John O'Donnell makes a return to the pod, where him and Jaff discuss the DC sandwich thrower, ICE adding a rando to their criminal group chat, and Nashville police moonlighting as fake police. On the Patreon they discuss US immigrants self-deporting because of fears of ICE.

This week on KAWPS, we got ridiculous updates on ICE’s recruitment goals, a cop getting "kidnapped" at Target by a mom and her teenage daughters, an update on the woman who used bees to fight the police, a man who went to jail for a bottle of perfume, cops fired for domestic abuse being systematically reinstated, and more. On our Patreon BONUS episode: Trump’s desire to use the military to fight drug cartels, newly learned details on the LA residents wrongfully detained and prosecuted by ICE, and a vacationing cop threatening to stab everyone on a beach with a knife.

This week we got a cop arresting a black man for honking at him, cops pressing charges on middle school cheerleaders for making a TikTok, a cop being arrested by ICE, ICE’s dedicated social media team, and the tragic death of Peter Villalobos. In our Patreon we’ll be talking about the Trump Administration’s strategy for hiring 10,000 new ICE agents, the ongoing effects of NYC’s recent prison guard strike, and Baltimore’s historically low violent crime rates.

What a week: an absolutely nighmarish story of police using AI to lock up the wrong person, a viral video exposes a violent arrest, cops arresting GloRilla after her house gets robbed, Phoenix police severely burning an innocent man and escaping any charges, ICE lawyers failing to secure indictments, ICE lawyers hiding their identities, and the tragic death of Brandon Durham. In our Patreon bonus episode, we discuss Border Patrol’s terrifying AI ambitions, a Colorado AG suing a sheriff's deputy for collaborating with ICE, and the lawsuit facing the cop who brutalized a teenager for playing ding-dong ditch.

After the weekly headline roundup, Jaffer and Ashton discuss the following stories: A 911dispatcher calling an elderly woman to berate her, cops stealing from the elderly, veterans, Apple stores, and more, and the tragic death of Jabari Peoples.In the Patreon bonus episode, they talk about a slew of stories coming out on the NYPD, from unqualified cops being hired, fired, then re-hired, internal corruption, and of course, Eric Adams.