Behind the Blue Wall of Silence. Gina Barton Daphne Duret Brett Murphy. USA TODAY. When a police officer beats someone to death or shoots an unarmed motorist or steals drugs from the evidence room ...

Blue Wall of Silence and Support for the Officers Involved in the Death of Eric Garner Exists Online. Last week’s death of Eric Garner, ...

Police accused of wrongdoing can usually count on the blue wall of silence — protection from fellow officers that includes everything from shutting off body cameras to refusing to cooperate with ...

The "blue wall of silence" describes an unofficial oath among police officers not to report a colleague's wrongdoing, including crimes. Paul Butler, ...

USA TODAY set out to establish, for the first time, the extent of law enforcement’s blue wall of silence and its impact on the individual officers who have defied it, ...

The blue wall of silence, like any structure built on distrust, is one that needs to come down. Philip Hayden is affiliated with Eagle Security Group in Fredericksburg and Arlington, Virginia.

Society; April 6, 2021; The Blue Wall of Silence Is Crumbling Around Derek Chauvin The Blue Wall of Silence Is Crumbling Around Derek Chauvin For one of the first times in memory, police are ...

The blue wall may be starting to crack. It was broken in the Derek Chauvin trial. It’s no small thing that several Minneapolis police officers, including Chief Medaria Arradondo, took the stand ...

13 Investigates has a behind-the-scenes look at how police respond, or don't, when we try to confirm information, ensure accountability, and break down the blue wall of silence.

Silence a neighborhood, get away with murder and make a few bucks. On the television show 60 Minutes, rap artist Cam'ron made comments that upset many members of the law enforcement community (he ...

Cox, then 29 and a member of the force’s anti-gang unit, was working in plainclothes, wearing jeans and a hoodie, when officers mistakenly took him for a fleeing murder suspect.