Iowa Cop Shoots at Dog, but Misses, Killing Woman Instead
• Photography Is Not a CrimeA woman in Burlington, Iowa, was reportedly shot and killed by a police officer outside of her home right in front of her four-year-old son.
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Alabama Police Officers Recorded Mocking Special Needs Children At A Local Learning Center
• InquistrA handful of Alabama police are in trouble over an audio recording made of them mocking special needs children at a local learning center. It's the reason why Dustin Chandler, a Pelham police officer, says he just turned in his resignation.
Witness: Kansas Cops Killed Man Surrendering with Raised Hands
• Photography Is Not a CrimeDustin Deckard was driving home on Saturday afternoon when he saw a Wichita police officer aiming her rifle at an unarmed man. "It was clearly a younger man in his early 20s of Hispanic descent, and he was wearing a blue jersey and he had his ha
Police: Entitled Bullies, Specially Protected 'Victims'
• by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)The NYPD has already pioneered the use of "hate crimes" statutes to criminalize anti-police sentiments: Last summer, a graffiti artist named Rosella Best was charged with "criminal mischief as a hate crime" for tagging police vehicles
Police: 2 Arrested In Bronx Shooting Of 2 NYPD Officers
• http://newyork.cbslocal.comTwo suspects have been arrested in connection Tuesday afternoon in connection with the shooting of two NYPD officers responding to a grocery store robbery in the Bronx, according to police.
Man holds up hands and lies down -- and cops still kick him in the face and Taser him
• RawstoryA drug task force video of an arrest differs markedly from the police reports written by the plainclothes detectives . The video -- available below -- begins with the final moments of a car chase between Timothy Whittle and
Cops break woman's ribs for disrespect after asking about a crime
• RawstoryA Texas woman has filed a lawsuit against three police officers in Victoria, claiming that they brutally beat her and broke her ribs without a good reason. Mary Frances Jones told the Victoria Advocate that the three police officers woke her up ea
Kansas family calls police for help with 'belligerent' son -- and now he's dead
• RawstoryJohn Paul Quintero, 23, was shot and killed by Wichita Police after the family called 911 following an incident in their home involving a knife. When police arrived, Quintero was seated in an SUV parked in front of home with his father.
Police union pushes for crimes against cops to be a federal hate crime
• Yahoo! News blogViolence against police officers that is motivated by anti-police bias should be prosecuted as a hate crime, the nation's largest police union is arguing in a letter to President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders this week.
Prosecutors say man killed by NJ cops had gun, but multiple witnesses disagree
• RawstoryBen Mosely, a retired sheriff's deputy watched the incident from his bedroom. He said Reid had gotten out of his car but then tried to get back into the vehicle when officers opened fire, but does not believe the shooting was justified.
Police chief offered to drop charges against teen if she posed nude
• New York Daily NewsA small-town New Hampshire police chief resigned after he allegedly asked a teenager to pose for nude photos in the station basement in exchange for dropping a possession of alcohol charge.
Group Forms Spontaneous 'Human Shield' To Block Cops Arresting Man For Pot
• The Free Thought Proiject20 people spontaneously formed a "human shield" to protect a Florida man from police who wanted to arrest him for smoking marijuana. Police say they witnessed a man smoking what they smelled was marijuana.
WATCH: St. Louis cops pepper-spray protesters as they swarm police headquarters
• RawstoryEarly Wednesday, approximately 25 protesters attempted to force their way into the downtown police headquarters to evict the officers they accuse of "perpetrating police brutality on our citizenry," according to Al Jazeera.
Beavercreek Police Arrested Me and Took My Phone, Not Realizing it Was Still Recording
• Photography Is Not a CrimeThe video showed Crawford holding his cell phone to his ear while holding the BB gun pointed into the floor. Officer Sean Williams suddenly came from around the corner, and shot Crawford twice with his automatic AR 15,
Police fatally shoot sovereign citizen after he refuses to show ID
• RawstoryInvestigators said 30-year-old Robert Earl Lawrence became disorderly as he attempted to turn over a stray animal to the Dothan City Animal Shelter when an employee told him he could not leave without showing identification.
Graffiti of angel pointing gun at police investigated
• Detroit Free PressGraffiti discovered on the side of a building in Detroit depicting an angel holding a gun against a police officer has upset the community and police, who called the image disturbing and unsettling and police are investigating
New LAPD union head was once called 'problem officer' in report following Rodney King beatin
• RawstoryThe newly elected head of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, representing close to 10,000 law enforcement officers, was once listed as a "problem officer" in the wake of the Rodney King beating
Protestor Arrested for Recording Violent Arrest and Tasering in Walmart Parking Lot
• Photography Is Not a CrimeAfter minutes of incredulously asking what he was being arrested for, Anderson was eventually told, "You're going to jail for disobeying a police officer." "I was going to my car," replied Anderson. "He gave you a command and you di
Fired cop says she tried to stop another from choking suspect
• ABC NewsFormer Buffalo Police Officer Cariol Horne is in a battle to get her pension after she was fired for trying to stop a fellow officer she says was abusing a suspect.
NYPD Cop Accused of Choking Subway Worker Who Did Not Want Photo Taken
• Photography Is Not a CrimeThe NY City Police Dept released a surveillance video, asking the public for help in identifying a man who had attacked a subway worker. It turns out the man was an off-duty NYPD cop, who said he was simply defending himself
Cops' Response: Shooting Blanks
• Simple JusticeIt's not certain that these voices reflect the best that rank and file police in NY City have to offer, but there is a smell about them that leads me to think that it's not happenstance that they showed up here and decided to offer rather long co
NYPD Cop Threatens to Arrest Man with Camera for Standing on Street as Hundreds March
• Photography Is Not a CrimeAs hundreds of protesters marched down the street in an anti-police brutality protest in NY City, a group of cops walking among them turned to a man recording them from the side, threatening to arrest him if he did not get back on the sidewalk.
Without "Qualified Immunity," Would Cops Be So Quick to Kill?
• by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)Despite overwhelming evidence neither cop was in the path of the vehicle at the time the fatal shots were fired, Judge Dever accepted the defendant's claim that he "reasonably believed" the non-compliant driver posed a potential threat.
Ezell Ford Update: Autopsy shows gunshot in back at close range; Ford family 'outraged'
• NPRTwo LAPD anti-gang officers shot Ezell Ford three times in the right side, back and right arm during a fatal confrontation in South Los Angeles in August, according to a copy of the coroner's report released Monday.
Off-Duty Cop Wrestles, Slams Woman Into Car After Fender-Bender
• Photography Is Not a CrimeWhere the police would normally arrest a man who approached a person after a fender bender and initiated physically violence, the as yet unnamed officer is of course given immunity by his police department, while the woman he assaulted
Judge accepts former South Carolina sheriff's guilty plea for bribery
• ReutersA former South Carolina county sheriff pleaded guilty to conspiring to harbor illegal immigrants in a deal that federal prosecutors said could land him in prison after a judge rejected a similar deal that had called for only probation.
When The Snitch Turns
• Simple JusticeWhether one believes Ronnie Coogle had a change of heart when his word was used to justify the killing of a guy who smoked pot, it's hard to come up with why a guy who always put his self-interest first would now risk his life.
Arrests plummet 66% with NYPD in virtual work stoppage
• New York PostIt's not a slowdown -- it's a virtual work stoppage. NYPD traffic tickets and summonses for minor offenses have dropped off by a staggering 94% following the execution of 2 cops -- as officers feel betrayed by the mayor and fear
Dancing In The Streets
• Simple JusticeThere is something called the "Ellen Dare Dance," which sounds kinda fun and free. Except in New York City, where police who aren't Ellen DeGeneres fans see it as a threat or an insult. Clearly, something not to be tolerated
Ferguson PIO Calls Mike Brown Memorial a "Pile of Trash"
• Photography Is Not a CrimeFerguson leader of the Blue Spin Machine gets caught in the wash lying after slandering his community's memorial to Mike Brown. Cop haters at the Washington Post are going to make the poor Ferguson PIO get canned.
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