police misconduct charges

No body cams working. Woman is blonde and white. http://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/australian-woman-shot-dead-by-police-in-minneapolis/news-story/c70e5bd988eb4a995125da452e25d46c Interesting to see how this case goes.

It's time to play America's favorite game show! "Is there any situation in which it's not OK for a police offer to shoot a black man?"

Video Shows Cop Slam, Beat Black Pedestrian After Alleged Jaywalking The craziest thing is his partner did not intervene until he started cuffing the man.

Bakersfield police shoot pensioner carrying crucifix. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38309192 "California police shot dead a 73-year-old dementia sufferer after reports he might have a gun, only to find he was carrying a crucifix. Bakersfield officials said officers opened fire at...

Wow, this guy is a real piece of work. "What can I say, I'm a predator", indeed! His lawyer must hate him. http://www.seattlepi.com/local/crime/article/Police-Groping-Seattle-cop-remarked-I-m-a-9880592.php He repeatedly and regularly groped female cops and civilians he worked with in the...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/10/04/brutal-video-shows-white-officer-violently-arresting-black-man-sitting-on-his-mothers-porch So i guess if they shot him on sight, simply to make it easy to arrest him, it would've been perfectly legal since one is apparently not...

I would really like to think that I live in a world in which people can recognize their mistakes and makes amends. P. S. If you accidentally tase a cop, do you apologize with ice cream cake? Or is that a bit too much.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/body-camera-footage-shows-police-shooting-killed-6-year-old-article-1.2810805 Remember this case from last year? Well now the video has been released. I don't think the DA can prove that Few and Mardis were shot when Few had his hands up (the audio is...

This one is all on video too and the video was released almost immediately in contrast to The Milwaukee shooting where they say they won't release the body cam video until after the investigation. Video released in fatal police shooting of unarmed Oklahoma man Terence Crutcher Watching the...

http://abc11.com/news/family-says-man-shot-by-north-carolina-trooper-was-deaf/1476516/ Nice training.

Surely there must be a thread already? But I did not see one. Apologies if I missed it but I'm on my phone and searching is not optimal. The diverse denizens of Milwaukee are rioting on behalf of the latest cop-evading, arrest-resisting dindu thug with a long rap sheet. They sure know how to...

Here's why people get mad at the cops: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/baltimore-officials-justice-department-promises-sweeping-overhaul-of-city-police/2016/08/10/f022ded2-5e72-11e6-8e45-477372e89d78_story...

Why in the world wasn't this guy using a rubber gun? They keep calling this an accident. But there's no such thing as an accident when it comes to guns--only carelessness and negligence...

Just heard about this today... A couple has gone free after a judge ruled that John Nuttall and Amanada Korody were entrapped by RCMP. The sting, dubbed Project Souvenir, cost $900k in police overtime alone. A few words from the judge: “This was not a situation in which the police were...

God, this one is even more insane than any of the others. Unarmed Therapist Shot by North Miami Police While Trying to Calm Patient With Autism You have to watch the video, it's unbelievable. A therapist from a group home trying to help a patient who had a toy truck was shot. The police are...

Body camera footage hasn't been released yet, and it is difficult to determine exactly what is happening, but it doesn't look good. Link

Not the first time the police have shot someone for getting their ID when asked but fatal in this case. It will be interesting to see if the officer had a body camera recording this. He seems a little panicky to be in the field with a gun...

Didn't see this any where http://www.newshub.co.nz/world/graphic-video-us-police-shoot-man-dead-at-point-blank-range-2016070616#axzz4DZ9nwSW8 Should say Dude. Predictive text

William Powell, a 63-year old USAF veteran died in hospital in Atlanta on Thursday. He'd been shot by Henry County police on early Wednesday morning. The police were responding to an emergency call regarding a woman yelling for help and gunshots, but went to the wrong address. There Powell, who...

Video released of deadly Chicago police shooting [CNN] And 2.5 years later, almost predictably at this point: And this:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/24/457214142/5-people-are-shot-at-site-of-black-lives-matter-protest-in-minneapolis Apparently, several protesters at a rally in Minneapolis were shot last night by reportedly masked white men who might have been harassing the protestors verbally...

Surprised there isn't a thread on this. Back in September Joseph Gliniewicz was found dead from two gunshot wounds. Immediately conservative outlets and social media were flooded with claims that Black Lives Matter had sparked his murder by creating a war on cops. I had to unfriend some people...

In Milwaukee not agreeing with police fantasies is a good way to get in jail. Even if you are a 75 year old woman. The setup: Joy McFarlin was driving her pickup truck when a car ran a red light and T-boned her. With her driver side door impassable and dangerous she tried to get out through...

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/10/us/tennis-james-blake-tackled-by-nypd/ Man standing still doing nothing is suddenly thrown to the ground without warning by NYPD cop.

News conference on right now, because there was a body cam video, the prosecutor is indicting a University of Cincinnati police officer for murder for shooting a man in the head after a "chicken crap" traffic stop. http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/07/29/publish/30830777/ The news...

I can see this being the new fad even if the photo is old. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/photo-shows-rifle-toting-chicago-cops-posing-with-a-black-drug-suspect-like-a-hunting-trophy/comments/ Interesting. I wonder where the drugs went?

Don't jump on the bonnet of the car, then. Stand back now that the car is cornered and play it safe. http://www.theage.com.au/world/cleveland-officer-michael-brelo-ruled-justified-in-case-of-137-bullets-20150524-gh8ack

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/02/27/but-for-the-video/ Guy serves a paper on a cop. It goes crashing downhill for him from that point on. Who would ever trust these cops? Would you bet your life on them coming to save you?

Yesterday was not a great day to be the public face of Seattle PD. First, this dashcam video from last summer was released n92zfXkRdnk&x An elderly black man was arrested & held overnight. The arresting officer said he was swinging his golf club at her and at signs. He was using it as a cane...

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26527-police-departments-retaliate-against-organized-cop-watch-groups-across-the-us?tmpl=component&print=1 ETA: The police in some states have been using wiretapping laws to prosecute citizens who video record them. Man arrested for wiretapping after...