police misconduct charges

Reverend Sharpton showed back up yesterday for a 4-day weekend, participating in a number of meetings and vigils and such. During one of these, he displayed his ignorance of the law, calling for the Brown case to be "turned over to federal prosecutors." The Justice department is already...

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/missouri-teenager-in-medically-induced-coma-after-cop-uses-taser-on-him/ This was a cops kid, so I imagine that heads are going to roll on this, which is a start. But until the police start facing consequences for treating the average citizen like this...

Thread continued from here. Perhaps he started forward in a more or less upright position, then leaned in as he got closer, preparing to tackle. *Once again, conceded in advance that this is conjecture in response to conjecture.* Look at videos of American football players coming in to...

Not finding another thread on this, so I thought I'd post something. Michael Brown was walking, unarmed, with his friend when he was stopped by a policeman. What happened next is in dispute, but his friend says he was shot in the back while running away...

From the front lines of our government's morally righteous and ultimately winnable War On Drugs: When a psycho goes on a rampage with a gun, we hear a lot of cries of "not one more!" and calls for increased gun control. But when a SWAT team throws a flash grenade into a toddler's crib in a 3...

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/05/06/police-shooting-frenzy-raises-concerns/ Apparently, 23 officers fired a total of ~377 rounds at one car with 2 unarmed men in it, one of whom was not a criminal... Sheesh!

Only the police ... Oh. Two NYPD cops shoot guns while drunk & off-duty, police sources say New York Daily News

Some PR genius decided that it would be a good idea to solicit photos of the NYPD on Twitter, with the #MyNYPD hashtag. Do you have any nice photos stored away with your friends the police? Me neither. Needless to say, the community has enthusiastically responded with photos of the hands on...

In a not so unsurprising move, the Department of Justice has concluded that APD has a culture of violence: Source: http://www.abqjournal.com/381868 Section IV has example after example of police officers using force in completely unreasonable ways. It's a tragic read that I couldn't pull...

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/11-year-old-building-tree-fort-says-officer-pulled/nfQKK/ A young boy was building a fort when a neighbor called police to report some kids cuttin. g limbs off of trees. When the officer arrived he pulled his gun and told the kid to spread his legs on the...

More police absurdity, this time from the Hawaii 5-0 Vice Squad: Let me see if I can explain the position of the Hawaii police: it's against department policy for undercover police to have sex with prostitutes. However, if they do it then they will do it responsibly. Therefore it's of the...

21 years ago a 18 year old black man named Stephen Lawrence was murdered in a racist attack London (wiki). The case became, and still is, a cause célèbre and had spawned a number of enquiries into the London Metropolitan Police, it's attitude to crime involving non-whites, it's incompetence and...

More on the culture of police unaccountability, via the LA Times: Fortunately, it is a violation of department policy for the police to open fire randomly on a truck before positively identifying the suspect. However, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck is apparently more concerned that one of the...

http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/355756/58/Cop-handcuffs-firefighter-over-fire-engine-parking-dispute-at-crash-scene I'm going to say that anyone thinking something like "We weren't there" or "I don't know the whole story" is trying too hard to be skeptical. But let's see if you can give...

From the front line on America's War On Drugs, via Reason: From there it gets much, much worse. The cops took him to the nearest emergency room, where a doctor refused to perform the search. So the cops took him to a different hospital, in a different county, where without Eckert's consent...

What is it with cops shooting people's dogs? This tub of donuts shouldn't be trusted with a firearm: http://www.mysouthwestga.com/news/story.aspx?id=956749#.Ulc6Y1DbNn- Naturally, the GA Department of Corrections determined that the 12 pound Jack Russell Terrier was a serious threat and that...

Another pretty amazing story in today's Guardian (on a roll this week...): http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/21/mclibel-leaflet-police-bob-lambert-mcdonalds Surely in any functional democracy, the role of an undercover policeman in co-writing a leaflet for which the writers were being sued...

Posted without comment. Investigation continuing. http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Deputy-Shot-at-Costco-in-Sterling-209389621.html

This one says the agent feared for his safety but another story says the "suspect" injured the agent after the agent went to question him . . . at midnight . . . :confused: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/fbi-agent-kills-man-questioning-him-boston-marathon-114808069.html

The New York Times (and other media outlets, community groups and politicians ) have questioned the New York City Police Department's 'stop-and-frisk' policing strategy. It is currently the basis for a federal trial in Manhattan. Critics say The police disagree: Link

After 23 years of fighting for the truth, the families of the Hillsborough victims have finally been vindicated in the report published by an independant enquiry. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/sep/12/hillsborough-disaster-police-coverup-revealed?intcmp=239 The full report can be...

How exactly would a CA policeman have a fully automatic machine gun, the MP5 in his handy hands to use to shoot the unarmed man that ran away who wasn't guilty of the crime they were looking for someone for? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1PTcLhtTZw Look....he ran away, therefore he was...

Those with unusually long memories will perhaps recall a pepper-spraying incident at the University of California, Davis last year (2011). They Reynoso and Kroll reports, compiled at a cost of around half a million dollars, have finally been released (they were delayed by a suit from the Police...

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/101226.html It's time to come down hard on the police everywhere. I see too many people, all the time, saying: "Well, the police work hard to protect us and protect our communities. Why can't the media just give them some slack?" An exception...

After watching several videos related to OWS violence and following the trails of people who like to complain about such trivial nonsense as "littering in the streets", "improper hygiene", and what real "losers" these people are, I have noticed a pattern in the violence and I'm sure this won't...

First, there was no reason to pull this guy over and investigate him... 8gyaY8BAi3U Secondly, I don't think it's a cops duty to incite rage with a citizen who is trying to start a fight with him/her. The point where the cop tells the biker that he "better hurt him real bad" is totally...

My Occupy LA Arrest, by Patrick Meighan But, I suppose they all deserved it, for disobeying the police when they were told to disperse.

The title says it all. Using minimal force on people blocking a street is sensible. Gratuitously pepper spraying people who are sitting legally on grass by the side of the street isn't. Justifying it with an explicit, direct lie shows the arrogance and confidence held by the thugs. The fact...

Washington Blade: Apparently the shooting was triggered after the officer approached one of the women for sex, he was turned down and became very angry. The preliminary hearing has been postponed until Aug 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsTMg-5kjFs Manchester police tangle with the free staters' emergency hotline in New Hampshire.