Oakland cops complicit in covering name-badges at Occupy protests disciplined – Boing Boing<\/a>
\nAfter an internal investigation, Hargraves was ordered suspended for 30 days, and Wong was demoted to sergeant for failing to report the incident to internal affairs, said the sources, speaking on con…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s illegal (in California, at least) for a police officer to cover their badge or otherwise hide their identity, for obvious reasons. And, in this case from the Oakland Occupy protests, that appropriately got a cop, and his lieutenant, into hot water. We give these people guns, and permission to use force against citizens. 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