In comedy, it’s said that ‘timing is everything.’ Apparently it is in scandal, too.
On the very day the Center for Prosecutor Integrity reported prosecutor misconduct to be at ‘epidemic’ levels, a federal judge vacated the sentences of 5 cops
Police in Iceland on Monday shot and killed a 59-year-old man who they say had fired a shotgun at police officers who were attempting to enter his apartment building.
The product, named the RF Safe-stop, works by sending an RF pulse to a car at up to 165 feet away. The pulse “confuses” the car’s electronic systems, which made the “dashboard warning lights and dial erratic.” The engine then stalls, and the
The BBC has a story about a police raid on a man firing a shotgun that led to his death. Unfortunately, in the United States, that is all too common a story. What stood out: this was the first such killing by police in the recorded history of Iceland
Of the 280 new hires in 2010 at the departmen, 188 were rejected for jobs at law enforcement agencies before being hired by the Sheriff's Department. 97 showed evidence of dishonesty. 92 were disciplined previously by other police agencies
Within the space of seventy-two hours last weekend, three women were detained and sexually assaulted by armed strangers in official-looking costumes. Two of those incidents occurred in Texas, the other happened in Minnesota.
In my book on police militarization, I have a section on the role pop culture has played in blurring the line between cops and soldiers, particularly with the onset of reality(ish) shows like A&E's Dallas SWAT or Spike TV's DEA.
Acosta says her son had broken up a fight at Cedar Creek High School when police arrived. They told him to put his hands in the air, but she says they shot him anyway with a taser that knocked him to the ground where he struck his head causing
Cook County prosecutors spent two years conducting an “exhaustive” investigation on a Chicago police officer who drank several before beers before shooting a man to death after the man pointed a cell phone at him.
A headline in Mint Press News declared, "US Police Have Killed Over 5,000 Civilians Since 9/11." An earlier article reported, "Claims of Minneapolis Police Misconduct: 439; Officers Disciplined: 0." It is almost cliché to talk about an epidemic of
When a police officer shoots someone, there is invariably an investigation that follows. Forget that the outcome of the investigation tends to be a foregone conclusion. The police strongly prefer when the officer’s story aligns with the facts,
Sheriffs in Richland County, South Carolina are currently defending the use of a controversial investigation method that grants them access to thousands of cell phone user’s data.
Video of the incident surfaced in January showing a shirtless Smith sitting on the floor at the police station while he bangs his head on the edge of an office cubicle or desk before an officer shoots him with the stun gun.
“I told them the picture wasn’t me. They continued and insisted on, in fact, it was me,” said Johnson. Jawon, with an “o”, was accused of being Jawan Johnson involved in a burglary case in D.C. The man wanted by the federal government spells his name
“He yelled that it was his house and that he shouldn’t be arrested,” said a police spokesman. “See fought with officers when they tried handcuffing him, (and) as See was led to a police car, he yelled to one of the arresting officers, ‘I will kill yo
Within the space of seventy-two hours last weekend, three women were detained and sexually assaulted by armed strangers in official-looking costumes. Two of those incidents occurred in Texas, the other happened in Minnesota.
Zapater was arrested on a suspected parole violation. During a strip search, Zapater observed a plastic baggie protruding from Ms. Tapia’s vagina.” Instead of asking her to remove the package, Zapater allegedly “sprayed a chemical agent on
Friday morning. On duty. Full Uniform. Marked Squad Car. Officer Jackie Neal, 40, made a traffic stop and then allegedly sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman, according to the San Antonio Police Department.
Coming soon to your local sheriff: 18-ton, armor-protected military fighting vehicles with gun turrets and bulletproof glass that were once the U.S. answer to roadside bombs during the Iraq war.
Sampson has been stopped and questioned by Miami Gardens police 258 times in 4 years. He’s been searched more that 100 times and arrested and jailed 56 times. Yet Sampson has never been convicted of any crime more serious than possessing pot.
Here in Nashville, the state legislature held hearings this week on "policing for profit," the catchy name the libertarian public interest law firm the Institute for Justice has given to the practice of civil asset forfeiture.
Douglas Zerby was finishing up watering his lawn when neighbors, completely brainwashed by the police state, called the cops because they saw Zerby holding what they thought was a gun. It was actually a water hose nozzle.
Officer Jonathan Gromek zipped past in his squad car close to the men, so Henderson jumped back and yelled, "Wow." Officer Gromek made a U-turn and confronted Henderson. "I don't even know how he heard that," Stewart said ....
Cops could scan plates at protests, or at meetings of activist groups to keep tabs on who's in attendance. A man was pulled over by anti-terrorism police because his car was on a "hot list" after his plate was scanned at an anti-war protest.
Tullytown officers fired a Taser and hit the boy in the face when he escaped from their police cruiser and began to flee. The district attorney asserted that the 14-year-old was not able to stop his face from hitting the pavement because he was handc
Florida Rep. Henry "Trey" Radel has been charged with cocaine possession after what a federal law enforcement official described Tuesday as a "buy and bust" operation.
In a statement expressing regret, the 37-year-old Republican freshman lawmaker
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