
| Police Department Becomes First to Voluntarily Withdraw From 1033 Military Surplus Program
(The Rundown Live) posted 11/09/2015 Vermont's Burlington Police department announced they will be withdrawing from the Pentagon's questionable 1033 military surplus program. This will mark th ... AZ Cop Investigated For Having Allegedly Used Stun Gun On Stepson Over 'Unsatisfactory Report Card' (CBS 5 - KPHO) posted 01/25/2013 MESA, AZ (CBS5) - Police said a Mesa officer lost his job because he used a stun gun on his stepson for bringing home an unsatisfactory report card. He worked for Mesa police ... San Francisco Anonymous Bart Protest Police Brutality (YouTube) posted 08/24/2011 ... down and others injured during the tail end of a non-violent Bart protest when the police began attacking the assembly without warning. ... East Atlanta Copwatch struggles with police harassment (Cop Block) posted 03/28/2011 Over the past couple years, members of East Atlanta Copwatch have been working to monitor police activity in their city. Unsurprisingly, many of the Copwatchers have been hara ... SC police office charged with destroying evidence (WBTW-TV) posted 01/16/2014 A police officer with the city of Lyman has been arrested and charged with altering and destroying evidence. ... Dallas to pay $900,000 to family of unarmed man killed by police (Dallas Morning News) posted 06/15/2014 ... has agreed to pay $900,000 to the family of an unarmed man fatally shot in 2010 by a police officer, an attorney for the man’s family confirmed Friday. ... Unarmed Kansas Man Shot and Killed By Police After a "Verbal Exchange" (The Free Thought Project) posted 01/05/2015 Wichita, KS — Two Witchita police officers are on paid administrative leave following the shooting death of an unarmed 23-year-old man. Interim Chief Nelson Mosley, ... Russian Police Block Anti-Globalist Protesters at St. Petersburg Stadium (MosNews) posted 07/16/2006 About 150 protesters denouncing the Group of Eight summit faced off with police Saturday, but officers in riot gear blocked them from leaving the isolated stadium where the go ... Terror police find 'martyr tapes' (BBC) posted 08/18/2006 Police investigating an alleged plot to bring down airliners have found several martyrdom videos in the course of their searches, the BBC has learned. Unofficial police sour ... UK: Ninety MPH Police Chief Clears 26 Subordinates of Speeding (TheNewspaper) posted 12/10/2007 Police in South Yorkshire, UK are being let out of speed camera citations because officials claim they did not keep track of their police vehicles. Just three days ago, South ... Cops Cleared in Shooting of 73-Year-Old Security Guard Who Called 911 for Help (New Times) posted 06/03/2015 Last month, grand juries cleared two police shooting cases that were brought to them by the State Attorney's Office in Broward County, including a case in which an elderly se ... Canadian Police Arrest Man for Photographing Cop Car as Daughter Records Chilling Scene (PINAC) posted 11/30/2013 ... citation in downtown Montreal decided to step out of his car and take a picture of the police car. He ended up getting beat up, handcuffed and arrested. All whi ... How Our "Local" Police Became a Standing Army of Occupation: Will Grigg Interviewed by Scott Horton (Republic Magazine) posted 07/17/2012 ... by law enforcement officers, many Americans are beginning to perceive their local police as a army of occupation, rather than a group of sworn peace officers committed to ... City to review Taser use during protest (Pittsburgh Trubune-Review) posted 08/31/2005 Pittsburgh will scrutinize why city police used Tasers and police dogs to control a crowd of protesters Aug. 20 outside a military recruiting post in Oakland. Police offi ... NYPD Put Couple On 'Wanted' Poster For Videotaping Police (Techdirt) posted 07/10/2012 We've had plenty of stories lately about police overreacting to people filming them -- and multiple courts have ruled that filming the police is perfectly legal. Even the Jus ... ITN journalist arrested over Stockwell shooting case (Black Information Link) posted 01/26/2006 ... are standing by their story revealing that the innocent Brazilian was held down by armed police at Stockwell underground station while bullets were pumped into his head. ... Jail video police swore 'did not exist' released in brutality complaint (CBC News) posted 06/13/2014 Toronto police, at the direction of an Ontario Superior Court judge, have released an internal video which for more than two years the force denied existed, in a case involvin ... |