New Mexico
Cop-assisted extortion of DWI arrestees in New Mexico included getting them drunk
For three decades, Albuquerque defense attorney Thomas Clear bribed police officers to make drunk driving cases against his clients disappear. The cops typically did that by deliberately failing to show up at administrative…
How politicians and cops tried to dodge responsibility in 2025
On his way out the door last January, President Joe Biden issued broad, preemptive pardons for several relatives and political allies. Those stay-out-jail cards set an alarming precedent that could undermine the…
Another New Mexico cop lauded for nabbing drunk drivers admits taking bribes to let them off the hook
In September 2021, Albuquerque police officer Timothy McCarson arrested an intoxicated driver who had been hospitalized after he was injured in a crash. But McCarson never filed charges against the driver, and he explained…
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