Using a Taser on an 8-year-old? Mom sues police, city
• CNNPolice warned the 8-year-old they were going to tase her. "Within seconds," an officer fired darts from the electroshock weapon into the chest of the 70-pound girl,
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To Provoke and Suppress: The Military Occupation of Ferguson, Missouri
• by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)The officer fired a second shot at the fleeing victims, hitting Brown, who fell to the ground with his hands in the air, pleading: "I don't have a gun ? stop shooting!" The assailant fired several more shots, killing the unarmed teenager outside an a
Police Reportedly Refused Offer to Interview Man Who Was With Michael Brown During Shooting
• slate.comEarly this morning, MSNBC posted an interview with Dorian Johnson, a 22-year-old from Ferguson, Missouri, who says he was the other man walking with Michael Brown before the incident that led to Brown's death:
Police cite threats, won't name cop who shot teen
• Associated PressThe police chief in a St. Louis suburb where a police officer fatally shot an unarmed black teenager said he's holding off on publicly identifying the officer because of death threats.
The DEA Paid An Amtrak Secretary $854,460 for Free Passenger Lists
• the wireThe Drug Enforcement Agency reportedly paid an Amtrak secretary more than $850,000 to snoop on passengers, even though they could have had the information for free.
Cop Sues After Other Cops Harass Her For Arresting Another Cop
• Jonathan TurleyI ran over a story today from earlier this year that raises some disturbing questions about the ability of some police departments to police themselves.
Sober driver arrested for DUI when deputy blows through stop sign, hits her
• Jonathan TurleyOfficials said a 25-year-old woman was arrested for drunk driving after an officer ignored a stop sign and hit her. WITI reported the woman was seriously injured in the accident and wasn't able to take a breath test or field sobriety test.
Northern California Cops Beat Mentally Ill Man, Seize Phones, Claim it's their Right
• Photography Is Not a CrimePolice in Northern California beat and tased a mentally ill man before siccing a dog on him, then turning on citizens who recorded the incident, confiscating cell phones and in one case, ordering a witness to delete his footage.
Oakland officer reinstated with back pay after throwing grenade at unconscious man, bystanders
• .An officer who violently attacked a group of civilians ? including an incapacitated man bleeding from a head injury and the people who tried to help him ? has been reinstated to the department with back pay for the nearly 3 years of missed work.
Police Union Commissar: If You Resist, You Should Expect to Die
• by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)"No one's telling us what we are able to do, and what we should do, when we're faced with a situation where the person being placed under arrest says, `I'm not going. I'm not being placed under arrest.'" "What is it we should do?" continued Lynch,
Small-Town Praetorianism: Barry Township Rejects Victor Pierce's Authoritarian "Vision
• by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)BTPD, which has 4 full-time officers and operates out of a 1-room headquarters in nearby Delton, was provided with 4 armored vehicles through the Pentagon. As part of what Pierce calls a "visionary balance for the community,
Police officers have no constitutional 'right of privacy' in records of their official misco
• Washington PostSeveral persons arrested for ticket scalping filed complaints the arresting officers appropriated the arrestee's money and World Series tickets. "internal affairs" disclosed a number of World Series tickets seized from arrestees were utilized
EMTs and the Trouble Dealing With Violent Crazies
• Simple JusticeWhen the EMTs were called in to handle a crazy, they likely weren't expecting the cops to be just as crazy as the perp on their stretcher.
A Cop's "Worst Nightmare": Accountability
• by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)Now that the death of Garner ? who was not a "perpetrator" of any sort, but a man who had just broken up a fight ? has been ruled a homicide, the "career of those involved from the NYPD dangles from a thread," moans Cubby.
Wife of man who filmed alleged NYPD choke hold is charged with assault
• ReutersPolice have arrested the wife of a NYC man who filmed an officer using a choke hold on a suspect who later died, authorities said, charging her with misdemeanor assault days after her husband was detained on unrelated gun charges.
Follow-up: Girl Ambushed By 7 Cops For Carrying Water
• Daily Paul.comGirl Ambushed By 7 Cops For Carrying Water Wins $212k From Va. Taxpayers
For months, 911 callers got automated message that said "hang up and dial 911"
• ars technicaYet 911 callers in Caddo County, Oklahoma were unable to reach a human operator for months in 2013. Instead, they were routed to an automated message that "instructed callers to 'hang up and dial 911' if their call is an emergency,"
Ohio Town Backs Down On Anti-Crime Road Barricades
• The NewspaperThe city council voted to close 3 sections of West McMicken Avenue with temporary barricades that shut off access to the Mohawk neighborhood. Residents who drove around the barriers would be stopped, questioned and searched
Arizona woman accused of slapping patrol horse
• Associated PressA Scottsdale, Arizona, woman is being charged after police say she slapped one of their patrol horses. Scottsdale police charged 25-year-old Selma Gonzalez with intent to kill or harm a service animal, which qualifies as a felony.
We're All Criminals and Outlaws in the Eyes of the American Police State
• Lewrockwell.comWhy are we seeing such an uptick in Americans being arrested for such absurd "violations" as letting their kids play at a park unsupervised, collecting rainwater and snow runoff on their own property, growing vegetables in their yard, and holding Bib
Mesa Cop Charged with Sex Crimes in the Line of Duty
• Phoenix New TimesA Mesa police officer has been indicted on three felony sex-crime offenses, all of which allegedly occurred while he was on duty. Justin Cherry, 34, is charged with two counts of sexual assault and one count of sexual molestation of a child.
NYPD Arrests The Man Who Recorded The Police Murder of Eric Garner
• by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)In a development as predictable as the next sunrise, police in NYC have arrested 22-year-old Ramsey Orta, who used his cell phone to document the police killing of Eric Garner. Orta's mother says the NYPD has been shadowing her son
Fly a Drone Over A Gated Police Parking Area: Is That Trespassing?
• PC MagMembers of the Los Angeles Police Department are talking to the city attorney's office to figure out if they're allowed to take legal action against those who fly over restricted areas of their police stations with drone aircraft.
FBI Scandal: Flawed Forensics Rampant, Impacted Many Cases
• The Daily SheepleLast August, the FBI cut the review short because the agency wasn't happy with the results, which are quite damning ? nearly EVERY criminal case reviewed included flawed forensic testimony. But the agency claims it had other reasons for stopping t
VIDEO: NYPD drags naked woman, 48, from her apartment as neighbors tape her arrest
• RawstoryDenise Stewart, 48, said she was showering when police pounded on her door. She answered the door wearing only a towel and underpants. Police were responding a 911 call and had a building address but not an apartment number.
Drunken police officer / No DWI charge
• .Officer Lancaster was staggering drunk that night. Lancaster eventually admitted violating several departmental rules and was disciplined. But he remains an officer, was never charged with drunken driving, and the officers who did not charge him were
Killer Criminal Cop in Oakland Invokes "Nuremberg Defense" — Gets Reinstated
• by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)After Iraq War veteran Scott Olsen was struck in the head by a lead-lined beanbag round during an protest in Oakland, Officer Robert Roche fired a CS tear-gas canister into a crowd of people who had gathered to help him.
ATF agents in botched Milwaukee case get slap on wrist
• .The investigation found agents used a brain-damaged man with a low IQ to promote the operation and then arrested him; allowed armed felons to leave the store; arrested 4 of the wrong people; paid such high prices for guns that people bought guns
Settlement Reached in Elizabeth Daly Suit against VA ABC
• NBC NewsA settlement has been reached in the case of a University of Virginia student arrested during a botched ABC sting in Charlottesville. Elizabeth Daly will receive more than $212,500 and a letter from the Alcoholic Beverage Control board
Cops vs. fruit vendors in Washington Heights
• .The 34th Precinct crackdown on unlicensed food vendors caught the big cheese: Suly Solano, a 31-year-old Dominican woman who runs a booming fruit truck nailing her for not having a license and trying to block cops from arresting a fellow vendor
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