Police brutality charges sweep across the US
• www.guardian.co.ukFrom Naomi Wolf's arrest in New York to shootings in Tucson and Florida, forces face allegations of abuse of power
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NASA SWAT Team terrifies 74 year old woman
• APThe elaborate mission to recover a moon rock led NASA agents to a Denny's restaurant. Agents were left holding a speck of lunar dust smaller than a grain of rice and a 74-year-old suspect who was terrified by armed officials.
Police seeking robber kill unarmed, innocent man
• AP/CBS News[This story makes no sense...twice detained, no pat down, no cuffs, just a bullet(s).] Officers never checked Nida for a weapon and, believing he was armed, an officer shot him, the lieutenant said. No gun was found.
Cop slapped dog out third-story window: suit
• NY PostA brave 7-pound pooch trying to protect three little kids in his family was heartlessly slapped out a third-story window by a cop on a failed drug raid, a lawsuit charges. The dog never tried to attack a cop -- all he did was bark,
Gun Smuggling Charges for 8 New York Police Officers
• NY Daily News8 current and former NYpolice officers were arrested and charged with accepting thousands of dollars in cash to drive a caravan of firearms into the state, an act of corruption that brazenly defied the city’s strenuous efforts to get illegal guns off
Chicago cop under scrutiny for 3 shootings, 2 of them fatal
• Chicago TribuneIn the video, Flint Farmer was lying on the grass between the curb and the sidewalk. It was shortly before 2 a.m. on a June morning in the West Englewood neighborhood, and Farmer had been shot by a Chicago police officer. Then, according to the video
Police pepper spray Haka dancers at football game (video)
• APa group of relatives of a player for the Roosevelt (Utah) Union High football team was attacked with pepper spray by police officers in Roosevelt, Utah while performing the dance shortly after Uintah's 17-14 victory. The group performing the Haka rep
L.A. Sheriff's Deputies Trained To Pat-Down Photographers
• Photography Is Not a CrimeGreggory Moore, a Long Beach Post reporter who was detained for taking pictures last summer, has embarked on a mission to expose the unconstititional practices of local law enforcement agencies in how they deal with photographers.
New York Civil Liberties Union: Stop blanket surveillance of ‘Occupy Wall St.’
• Rawstory“At Zuccotti Park, there are at least 2 special cameras trained on the park and apparently recording activity at all times. In addition, many members of TARU are at the park ... and are conspicuously and routinely videotaping protest activity.”
Police Union Punishes DA’s Office for Not Illegally Charging Woman Who Recorded Cops
• The AgitatorYou may remember Emily Good, the Rochester woman arrested earlier this year for videotaping a traffic stop from her front yard. When last we visited the story, Good’s neighbors had held a rally for her. Then Rochester police showed up at that rall
No Vacation Days!! 'The Horror. The Horror.'
• Lew RockwellDo you recall the story of the Nazi York City cop who pepper-sprayed one of the OWS protestors early on in the protest? His "punishment" is losing some vacation days. Do you think that if a NYC civilian improperly pepper-sprayed someone the NYC court
Submachine Guns, Pistols Stolen From LAPD SWAT Training Site
• CBS News (video)The 21 MP-5 submachine guns and a dozen Colt 45 automatic pistols were taken from a locked container inside the Kennedy Building on San Pedro Street, police officials said. The location — which formerly housed clothing firms before it was donated
Charlotte riot police begin training for Democratic National Convention
• RawstoryNearly 1,700 officers in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area are undergoing riot training in the months leading up to the gathering of Democrats. “The point of some of the tactics and the maneuvers that we use is to allow folks to have the time to do w
French Court Orders ISPs to Block Sites That Post Videos of Police Misconduct
• Volokh ConspiracyThe Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris ordered French Internet service providers to block access to Copwatch, a website that allows civilians to post videos of alleged police misconduct. The decision was applauded by the police union
Never, Ever, EVER Talk to Cops
• www.lewrockwell.com/blogDon’t even say “hello” to them, and never but never ask directions. Some poor sap in Twinsburg, Ohio sought help in locating the local Walmart from one of our public masters — sorry, servants.
New York City police officer charged in hate crime
• ReutersThe man complained about the treatment after the search turned up no weapons or contraband, at which point Daragjati arrested him and filed a report falsely claiming the man had resisted arrest by flailing his arms and kicking,
Protester Shoots Cop "A Look," Cop Punches Him In Face (Video)
• Photography Is Not a CrimeA white-shirted NYPD supervisor was caught on video punching a protester in the face Friday without apparent cause. Well, the protester did admit shooting him a look. Whatever that look was, it prompted Deputy Inspector Johnny Cardona to grab h
Hit By Recession Police Couldn’t Deliver
• McClatchy NewspapersSome people hate police because they couldn’t deliver due to budget cuts. Lack of equipments needed to fight crime – and most important of all the absence of adequate training – led sorely equipped and poorly trained law enforcers to “commit errors”
Who Controls the Police To Avoid Deadly Beatings & Abuse?
• www.fulldisclosure.netCouncilman Whitaker says the City officials should be held accountable when the government obstructs the flow of information to the City Council members who are their bosses.
Help, I'm getting arrested!
• c/NetI'm Getting Arrested, a creative Android app that, according to developer Quadrant 2, was inspired by a similar incident. It lets you quickly notify your family, friends, and crack legal team (if you have one) of your situation with a single tap of y
‘Hats Off’ Or Get Out: Valley Stores, LAPD To Ban Headgear In Anti-Crime Effort
• CBS NewsThe next time you visit a store in the San Fernando Valley, you may have to check your hat at the door or take your business elsewhere. KNX 1070′s Vytas Safronikas reports it’s part of a new anti-crime effort announced by the Los Angeles Pol
The Axiomatic Equation: Economy Down Crime Up Equals More Cops Needed
Written By: • LetterCrime surge is an inverse function of a down economy, just as the need for more cops is an inverse function of a rising crime wave. Report of rising criminal activities is alarming. This story was written by CBS News Justice Department producers R
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Framed to protect a raping confidential informant
• .The man who actually physically raped Sephora Davis at knife point on December 8, 2003 is named Eric Harder. He was, and perhaps is, a police informant. As far as I know he still lives in Mount Morris, New York. About six weeks later he and a then
Framing Steele: A Case Study of Sovietized American "Justice"
• by William Grigg (Pro Liberate)When Edgar Steele was told on the morning of June 11, 2010, that his wife Cyndi had been killed when her SUV was run off the road, his first reaction was shock. Minutes later an FBI Agent told Steele his mother-in-law had been shot and killed.
NYPD infiltration of colleges raises privacy fears
• APInvestigators have been infiltrating Muslim student groups at Brooklyn College and other schools in the city, monitoring their Internet activity and placing undercover agents in their ranks, police documents obtained by The Associated Press show. Leg
More Recording Cops Arrests in Ohio
• The AgitatorEither way, if it’s happening in a public place, feel free to push “Record.” No one can take your camera away, and no one can force you to delete the video footage. Or can they? Legally, they can’t. In reality, they do.
Cop To Student Recording Him: "Shut That Fucking Thing Off Before I Slap You"
• Photography Is Not a CrimeA UMass Lowell police officer proved to nothing but a thug with a badge when he threatened a student for recording him in public. "Shut that fucking thing off before I slap you," the unidentified cop told UMass Lowell student Brendan Brown. Bro
Another NYPD Supervisor Caught On Video Beating Citizens
• Photography Is Not a CrimeWith more than 10,000 people joining the Occupy Wall Street protests on its 19th day - the largest crowds yet - police used pepper spray and batons on activists while making hordes of arrests.
Auto Owners Beware -- D.C. Cops Throw Drivers in Jail for Expired Tags
• FOX NewsIn a city that hosts its fair share of murders and terror plots, Washington, D.C., police are cracking down on another threat to the nation's capital -- expired vehicle registrations. To the frustration of forgetful drivers, Metropolitan Police Depa
Suit: Detained woman forced to listen to Rush Limbaugh
• Houston ChronicleNot only did Bridgett Nickerson Boyd's car break down on her way to work, but when she pulled over to the side of the freeway, a sheriff's deputy pulled behind her, wrote her a ticket for driving on the shoulder, then decided to jail her.
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