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Latest update: Nov. 14, 2008
L.A. County sheriff's officials acknowledge that genetic evidence in 5,635 rape cases may be untested
Daughter of Texas police chief gets probation for cocaine possession and kicking a cop
Comment: If I'd done that, I'd be found dead in my cell by now.
Jail camera oddly malfunctions just as inmate is beaten to death
Transit cop testimony backs Michael Mineo's claim he was assaulted in buttocks
Ex-police officer could be imprisoned for 10 years as a result of elderly woman's '06 death, cover-up
Arpaio's jail staff cost Ambrett Spencer her baby, and she's not the only one
Cops shot de Menezes in head seven times 'without shouting any warning', say witnesses
Pennsylvania police chief accused of stealing state check
Tell Officer Friendly to get a warrant
by JS Magruder, Unknown News
Excerpt: "Do you have a warrant?" If the answer is no, then tell them to have a nice day, and close your door. Omaha is now conducting one of those shams were they send cops door-to-door asking residents about "crime" in their neighborhood.
Anaheim officer mistakenly kills man on his front lawn
Police focus on speeding policy after child dies
Excerpt: Dallas police were reminded about the department's speeding policies Thursday, nearly a week after a 10-year-old was struck and killed by a patrol car going 72 mph in a 40-mph zone.
Comment: Did any cop get a murder charge? Of course not.
Ex-Chicago cop arrested in 1990s torture scandal
Los Angeles Police stop more blacks than whites
LAPD blames fingerprint errors for false arrests
FBI arrests South Texas sheriff on federal drug charges
NYPD cops eyed in 100 East Coast robberies of cash, coke from dealers
More than 30 Houston police officers punished in payroll probe
Corrections officer indicted in sex abuse
Police used Taser on woman after she wanted to get her shoes
B.C. man dies after being tasered by police
West Virginia man is prosecuted
for farting toward police officer
Feds say former deputy sexually abused women motorists
Aussies probe cop who allegedly threatened investigators in murder matter
Diabetic man mistaken for drunken driver remains in coma after being beaten by police
Cops shoot and kill harmless pet dog -- "Well ma'am, that's procedure"
Sheriff's office investigates itself, finds deputies acted properly in killing Mayor's dogs
Police riot to prevent protest
Excerpt: I was arrested after filming this video. The cops fired flash grenades, herded us onto Marion bridge and arrested us. ...
Soon the police started firing flash grenades, smoke bombs and generally scaring the shit out of me and all these peaceful protesters. We were corralled onto the bridge where they told us we were all under arrest, but not before all of us were shell-shocked by the overwhelming police response. Watch the video, but beware that it's intense, chaotic and there's swearing and explosions.
Shooting victim has to sue police
'Slave master' ex-cop
Sheriff pleads guilty in assault case
Memphis Police Department drops suit against anonymous blogger
NYPD defends ejecting Sox fan
Sudden death after arrest
Police raid activist hub in Berkeley
Excerpt: UC Berkeley campus police, FBI agents, and an Alameda County sheriff raided the Long Haul Infoshop Wednesday morning (Aug. 27) with guns drawn, seizing all computers and other gear. The computers taken included those used by the Slingshot Collective. According to Bay Area Indymedia, police broke down doors, raided cabinets, cut locks, and scattered sorted mail. Police said they were searching for equipment that may have been used to commit a felony. The warrant did not describe the alleged crimes, did not identify any specific organization housed within the building, or name any suspects. Long Haul hosts several other organizations, including the Needle Exchange, East Bay Prisoner Support, and a zine library. The seizure will interfere with the publication of the next issue of Slingshot. This is the first time the long-standing community center has been raided.
Comment: The Long Haul Infoshop is Grand Central Station for the far left in Northern California. I can say this from experience, having spent many, many hours there when we lived in Berkeley and, later, San Francisco. Seizing the computers, the mail, the contents of the file cabinets is a crippling blow to all kinds of local activists, groups and causes, and in all the coverage I've read I haven't seen any mention of anything that sounds like a reasonable reason for such a raid.
Seattle cop charged in motorcycle bar shooting
New York City agrees to pay
protesters $2 million over
civil rights violations during
pre-Iraq attack protests
Comment: Two million bucks seems like a lot to me, but New York City has a population of 8,000,000 so that's only about 25¢ per person -- nowhere near enough to make the city stop and think and start reigning in its savage police department.
2 NYPD officers accused
of assaulting motorist
NYC police want to screen Manhattan-bound vehicles for radiation, other terrorism threats
Suspended cop says sex
with prostitute wasn't
fun, it was hard work
Man recovering after
being shot by officer
Comment: What happened to Vincent Wadley? From google searches, here's what I can piece together... It seems that a guy in Arlington, TX named Vincent Wadley was stopped by cop named Juan Rodriguez due to some kind of traffic violation. Mr. Wadley was restrained, handcuffed, and placed into the back of Rodriguez's car. A glass partition seperated Wadley from the driver. Strangely, Vincent Wadley never made it to the police station. Insted Mr. Wadley ended up in the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds inflicted by Juan Rodriguez' gun.
So what's Officer Rodriguez' version? Did Wadley tase him or not? Was any of this captured on video? Were there any witnesses besides Rodriguez? Why didn't Rodriguez just ignore Wadley's antics and finish bringing the guy to the police station? Why did Rodriguez stop, and allow Mr. Wadley to leave the car? Could a shooting have been avoided? A cop shoots an arrested and handcuffed prisoner before reaching the police station?
This story should be all over the news. I can't figure out why it isn't. So is Vincent Wadley still alive? And if so, what is his version of the story?
Houston cops are rarely
disciplined over taser misuse
Cop investigates high schoolers'
MySpace pages as basis for
intimidating talk on internet safety
Pittsburgh police kill
black man, lie about it
Cops taser man to death in Miami
Guards found guilty of
arranging teenager's jail rape
Louisiana policeman indicted
in racially charged
Taser manslaughter case
Ex-inmates accuse former
sheriff of demanding sex
Police break into family's home,
leave message via fridge magnets
Family sues over no-knock raid on
absurd pretext, shooting of husband
Cops taser, beat black man
to death in Pennsylvania
Cops taser man to death in California
Dash-cam records
deputy beating teen
Crime labs finding questionable DNA matches, as FBI tries to keep national database away from lawyers
Woman was likely on her knees
and complying with SWAT
team's orders when she was
shot and killed by police officer
Aussie police reopen 7,000
cases after DNA error
Taser bachelor party draws
discipline for deputies
Cop suspended after flashing "prank"
Mayor and family cleared,
but police won't apologize for
raid and killing their dogs
Cop suspended after loudly
demanding free coffee at Starbucks
Missing sex toys raise
concerns at police property room