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KAWPS The Podcast
Hosted by Jaffer Khan and Ashton Womack · EN
A comedic police news podcast covering the under-reported kawp stories of the week, from the infuriating to the absurd. There’s a lot.
Brought to you by Jaffer Khan (Redacted Tonight) and Ashton Womack (Daily Show).
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7/15/26: Birds of a Feather Get Flocked Together
1w ago01:01:53Tap to summarizeIt finally seems we're hitting a critical mass when it comes the police's new Flock ALPR cameras. Communities are having town halls, city council meetings, and even going rogue and tearing the cameras down themselves. This is because in the short time police have had access to these camera networks, they have wrecked havoc on their communities: spying, stalking, and falsely arresting people state to state. We talk about the issue at large and then focus on a particular incident in Florida, where a cop working security detail in TV studio uses ALPR cameras to stalk an extra he met on set. Next, we discuss what we know so far about the infuriating killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. This just happened last week in Houston, so everyone is still trying to scramble for the facts, but we put together the clearest picture we can from all the different reporting that's happened so far. Then we talk about the upstate New York man who penned a letter so powerful to Todd Lyons it resulted in ICE showing up at his door and his freedom of speech going out the window. Lastly, there's the Atlanta cop who has been ordered to pay $21 million out of his own pocket to the estate of an unhoused man he paralyzed years ago
Transcribe →7/8/26: Chief Sugar Daddy
2w ago01:18:26Tap to summarizeWe got a fun ("fun"?) one for y'all. After discussing Jaffer's horrific injury, the boys go through the police headline roundup of the week, followed by a slew of new stories. First, a police chief responds to a sugar daddy request on Facebook. One thing leads to another and he's hit with murder charges. Then we discuss the horrifying death of Darius Jervon Chappell, mauled to death in Tennessee by a police k-9 while he was restrained. Then, we take a rare trip to Canada. We got Canadian police using AI to beef up their drug bust photos and a Canadian police chief going on camera to beg his force to stop harassing women. Lastly, we discuss the next terrifying player in police surveillance: school buses. And as always, please sign up for our Patreon to gain access to weekly bonus episodes at www.patreon.com/kawpsthepodcast
Transcribe →7/1/26: Hank “Walter White” Schrader
3w ago01:19:37Tap to summarizeAshton can't put eye drops in his eyes and has trouble swallowing pills. Can he call himself an adult?After going through the headlines of the week, Jaffer and Ashton discuss four specific stories: a New Orleans cop beating up a podcaster who was critical of him (yikes), the DEA in Albuquerque intentionally allowing hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to flood the city, the terrifying sentences given to the Prarieland ICE detention center protestors in Texas, and the tragic death of John Jinuwine. And as always please subscribe to our Patreon for weekly bonus episodes at just $5 a month. www.patreon.com/kawpsthepodcast
Transcribe →6/24/26: Ocean’s One
4w ago01:09:01Tap to summarizeWhat a week of police news. After the roundup of police misconduct headlines, we dive into a very wide array of stories. We got a Michigan cop who can't seem to stop robbing trading card stores, a cop famous for abusing the vulnerable with feces gets promoted, an Ohio city retires its robot cop, and we talk about the senseless killing of one year old Kohen Wiley in Mississippi.And as usual, please sign up for our Patreon for weekly bonus episodes. www.patreon.com/kawpsthepodcast
Transcribe →6/17/26: Horseplay With A Deadly Weapon
Jun 1701:08:18Tap to summarizeThe Knicks won the title in five games. Unfortunately, the police were still busy committing crimes, so we had to record another episode.This week on KAWPS, we kick things off with an especially packed police misconduct headline roundup before digging into several major stories from around the country. We cover the bizarre incident in Pasadena where officers accidentally shot each other during alleged off-duty "horseplay," examine what is known so far about the killing of John Mendoza Jr., an unarmed teenager shot by Houston police inside his own home, and look at the growing nationwide resistance to massive AI data center projects.We also discuss new reporting on how federal law enforcement is preparing to respond to opposition against data center construction, and the Texas community fighting to save a public park from being replaced by a data center development.If you enjoy the show, support KAWPS on Patreon for weekly bonus episodes:patreon.com/kawpsthepodcast
Transcribe →6/10/26: Something Fishy
Jun 1001:39:43Tap to summarizeCops did a bunch of crazy stuff this week:- Utah cops go to war for a CEO of stolen Legos- Louisville cop fatally shoots unarmed, completely naked man (RIP Martin Nitzken Jr.)- Cop gets arrested after pulling his gun on a fellow cop for microwaving fish - Arkansas cop has to resign after racist texts come during divorce proceeding - Indiana cops continually go undercover to bust massage parlor, then lose $30k they confiscate - Alabama cops keep “dumping” their homeless people in Florida And as always, sign up for our Patreon for weekly bonus episodes.
Transcribe →6/03/26: Dyin’ Gosling
Jun 301:29:14Tap to summarizeAnother insane week of police news:- Arkansas cop caught on video running over baby geese - Texas cops have been brutalizing school children since Uvalde - Virginia cop points his gun at teens having fun after prom - Pennsylvania cop gets no punishment for hitting children with his car - Michigan cop robs Pokémon card store - much more And as always, please sign up for our Patreon for weekly bonus episodes.
Transcribe →5/27/26: Commander Girl Boss
May 2801:39:02Tap to summarizeWe got a Denver police commander who’s the craziest boss you’ve ever seen, an Arizona sheriff running for Congress while running amok cheating on his Mormon wife, Texas cops arresting a woman for posting videos of their towns dirty water supply, a Georgia cop who lives an elderly disabled couple stranded in the highway, and the tragic death of Steven Jones.
Transcribe →5/20/26: Party in the Evidence Room
May 2001:01:23Tap to summarizeDISCLAIMER: We don't have any inside knowledge on whether or not the cop this episode centers on was lying or not about his overdose, we are simply making fun of the news for not providing any skepticism on a very suspicious story, and acknowledging the many occasions when experts have had to weigh in and state that it is extremely unlikely a cop can overdose from just simply being around fentanyl.That being said, we got a very fun little episode for y'all. A cop claims he overdosed from "handling" drugs in the evidence room, the story of the Phoenix father who is facing 20 years for defending his home, a New Orleans cop who sure does seem to personally know a lot of missing children, and more fun with Kash Patel. Thanks for watching and as always, subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes at Patreon.com/KawpsThePodcast
Transcribe →5/13/26: Cyberhacked!
May 1301:18:28Tap to summarizeSo much to talk about this episode. Jaffer and Ashton are in tears talking about the Detroit boomer cop who can't seem to stop accidentally posting explicit photos and videos on Facebook, denying he did it (and denying all his accusers - separate issue). We got the San Francisco DA refusing to press charges on four Baltimore cop who allegedly gang assaulted a woman in SF. More cops arresting sober drivers, including one who stole his victim's laptop (only to be discovered by FindMyiPhone), and the boys discuss Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's latest flick. As always, please subscribe to the Patreon for weekly bonus episodes.
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