5 Disturbing Police Cover Up Cases

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🗓️ 6 April 2020

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Follow our new Horror Movie's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/anangryboySupport our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scarymysteriesScary Mysteries Merch: https://newdawnfilm.com/scary-mysteri...Video Production Services:: https://newdawnfilm.com/request-a-quote/Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiE8_________________________________________________________5 Disturbing Police Cover-Up CasesPolice swear to protect and serve. But this doesn’t mean the system doesn’t flaws, in fact, in some cases, they’re the one subverting the law. The next five cases are truly appalling, even alarming. These are 5 Disturbing Police Cover-Up Cases. 5. Jodi Huisentruit It was June 27, 1995. Twenty-seven year old, Minnesota-native, Jodi Huisentruit, called her producer at KIMT-TV saying she had overslept and was heading into the office. As a TV reporter, Jodi was due to be on screen by 6:00 AM. By 7:00 AM, co-workers called police asking for a welfare check. When they got there, they found Jodi’s car still parked at her apartment complex.4. Matt Lauzon At 14 years old, Matt Lauzon was working part-time for a cleaning crew in Biddeford, Maine. In 2000, Matt was cleaning a bank parking lot when a stranger, Michael McKeown, offered to get him food from a Burger King. Matt declined but McKeown got him food anyway. After he was done cleaning, the two headed towards McKeown’s house. He entered McKeown’s home but once inside, McKeown initiated oral sex on him. 3. Jon BurgeA veteran of the United States Army, Captain John Burge served tours in Vietnam and South Korea. After his service, he started his career as a police officer in the Chicago Police Department. It was here his reign of terror started. Starting in 1972, when he was only 24 years old, up until 1991, Burge directly participated or approved the torture of over 118 to 120 individuals held in police custody. 2. Sandra BlandIn 2015, Sandra Bland was ready to start a new temporary job with Prairie View in Texas. Bland was known as a Civil Rights Activist, often posting about police mistreatment of black people. On July 10, 2015, Texas officer Brian Encinia followed Bland around University Drive in Prairie View, Texas. The officer has had a history of pretextual traffic stops, meaning, he would use minor violations to stop a vehicle and search it, hoping to find something criminal. 1. Jason Van DykeOn October 20, 2014, Chicago teen, Laquan McDonald was walking in the middle of South Pulaski Road carrying a knife. He was breaking into vehicles and truck in the area. About eight officers responded including Officer Jason Van Dyke. As officers confronted McDonald, he used the knife to slice a patrol vehicle’s tires and damage its windshield. After multiple verbal instructions from the officers to drop the knife, McDonald started walking away from the officers.Support the show

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0:00.0	5 disturbing police cover up cases
0:09.2	police cover up cases. Police swear to protect and serve,
0:11.5	but this doesn't mean the system doesn't have its flaws.
0:15.1	In fact, in some cases, they're the ones breaking the law.
0:19.2	The cases on this list are truly appalling, even alarming.
0:23.3	These are five disturbing police cover-up cases.
0:29.2	Number five, Jody Hussen-T Truitt. It was June 27th, 1995, 27 year old Minnesota native Jody Houston Truitt, called her producer at K-I-M-T-T-T saying she had overslept and was heading into the office.
0:49.1	As a TV reporter, Jody was due to be on screen by 6 a.m.
0:53.7	by 7 a.m. co-workers had called police asking for a welfare check on her.
0:58.7	When they got there they found Jody's car still parked at her apartment complex.
1:03.6	On the ground was a hair dryer, a pair of red shoes, along with a bottle of hairspray.
1:08.6	There was a palm print on her car and signs of a struggle were present. Police believe she may have been
1:14.9	abducted as she was unlocking her vehicle. A week before disappearance Jody was seen
1:20.6	water skiing at Coralville Lake with John Vansice. He has become the primary person of interest in the case because he was the last person to see Jody alive.
1:31.0	Vances cooperated with police but kept mum about the case. Many saw his silence as guilt.
1:37.0	And after 20 years of silence, Vancis finally released a statement through media consulting executive Steve Ridge.
1:45.0	In it, he denied involvement in Jody's disappearance.
1:48.6	He said he had submitted requests for DNA and fingerprints at least twice by local, state, and federal police and
1:55.2	says ever since Jody's disappearance he has lived in a suspended hell.
2:00.7	Since 1995 Jody's family has hired private investigators, consulted psychics, and pursued every lead possible.
2:09.0	Police and private investigators interviewed over 1,000 people, but not one pointed to any conclusive evidence leading to a suspect.
2:17.0	Jody was legally declared dead in May of 2001.
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