That sting was run back in May by Millersville Assistant Police Chief Shawn Taylor and a colorful cast of characters he assembled for the operation.
Among the revelations, the recordings show:
- Taylor did not involve other law enforcement agencies with more experience in such operations because of his unfounded conspiracy theories that prominent state officials are involved in child sex trafficking.
- Members of a private group posed online as minors — despite Millersville police being told by prosecutors that the sting would be legal only if sworn law enforcement officers were the ones doing the work.
- Shawn Taylor told one operative that investigators would be using “pre-signed search warrants,” which would likely be illegal, according to experts.
- Police arrested one suspect then, when he refused to talk to investigators, they turned him over to the private group for questioning.
- A Millersville detective boasted that the suspect was being taken to a jail where it was likely that he might not come out alive.
I hope the threat of proletariat violence prevails as it usually does in history. Revolution is always a bloody mess.
I didn’t miss the point. I choose non-violent change over a bloody mess. Where we seem to differ is that, as a last resort, I choose a bloody mess over the status quo.
The system has had centuries to right its wrongs. Most of us have no hope of a life of dignity. We’re already dead. We’ll set the timetable for our freedom. Or, we won’t. Things will go on as they are. And, the next generation will shoot their shot.
I choose to believe now is our time.
And yes, beaten by a cop. Happens all the time. Some of them even make the news.