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| Car seizures at DUI checkpoints prove profitable for cities, raise legal questions
(California Watch) posted 02/16/2010 ... checkpoints in California are increasingly turning into profitable operations for local police departments that are far more likely to seize cars from unlicensed motorist ... Records: Ex-Police Officer Suspected in Wisconsin Suitcase Deaths Resigned to Avoid Discipline (Star Tribune) posted 07/10/2014 ... were found in suitcases dumped along a rural Wisconsin highway resigned his job as a police officer to avoid discipline amid allegations of stalking, lying and abuse of p ... Taxpayers Foot The Bill For Nearly $1Billion In Payouts Over NYC Police Abuse (InformationLiberation) posted 10/16/2010 Taxpayers are subsidizing police brutality by the NYC Police to the tune of nearly $1 billion dollars over the past decade. The Associated Press reports: The fiancee ... AZ Cop Tells Videographer "Terrorists" Like To Film Police (InformationLiberation) posted 10/30/2012 A Scottsdale, Arizona police officer came upon a man filming a large group of police and questioned him for filming because he said 'terrorists' like to film police. 'Ter ... UK atrocities planned - Met chief (BBC) posted 12/22/2005 Terrorist groups are 'currently planning atrocities in the United Kingdom', Metropolitan Police Chief Commissioner Sir Ian Blair has warned. He told BBC Radio 4's Today ... Ohio State fan pulled over when police mistake Buckeye sticker for drug symbol (Off the Bench) posted 02/16/2013 ... had displayed on their car — of the same type you see in the photo there. Police explained that they thought the sticker was a marijuana symbol, and therefore ... Federal judge denies Birmingham police request to dismiss lawsuit over pepper spray use in schools (AL.com) posted 10/05/2012 BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- A federal judge has denied requests by Birmingham police and one assistant high school principal to be dismissed from a federal lawsuit that claims offi ... Judge Rules Police Can Compel A Defendant to Give Up A Fingerprint, But Not A Passcode (The Virginian-Pilot) posted 10/31/2014 ... defendant can be compelled to give up his fingerprint, but not his pass code, to allow police to open and search his cellphone. The question of whether a phone's pas ... Problems in Miami Police Department (PoliceMisconduct.net) posted 07/11/2013 From the New York Times: Federal officials have found that the Miami Police Department engaged in a pattern of excessive force that led to a high number of shootings by offi ... Attorney: Police Shot Teen With Taser Gun At Least Seven Times (NBC6.net) posted 10/12/2005 A teen who police shot with a Taser gun at least seven times said they had no reason to attack him, but the Hialeah police chief disagrees. Attorneys for Roberto Martinez ... Mom Arrested For Letting Kids Play Outside (InformationLiberation) posted 09/17/2012 ... left that lawn chair the entire time.' Cooper said a little while later, a La Porte police car pulled up in front of her home. 'I went out there to see what he ... Man Shines Laser Pointer At Police Helicopter, Gets 14 Years (SFGate) posted 03/11/2014 A Central Valley man who shined a laser pointer at a police helicopter two years ago was sentenced to 14 years in prison Monday, a stiff sentence that comes during a national ... Man Pleads Guilty in MS-13 Annapolis Double Stabbing (Capital Gazette) posted 08/21/2018 n Annapolis man who police say participated in a double stabbing carried out by members of the MS-13 gang pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit first-degree murder Monday. ... Cops Raid Wrong Home, Shoot Innocent Woman Cowering In Closet 'Accidentally'; Absolve Themselves Of Responsibility & Loot Taxpayers For $650,000 To Pay Settlement (InformationLiberation) posted 05/26/2014 Nassau County, New York police officers raided the wrong home and shot an innocent woman in the chest while she reportedly cowered in a closet begging police not to shoot her. ... Russian Police Detain Opposition Activists to Prevent Protest Rally (Mos News) posted 03/27/2007 Riot police wielding truncheons broke up an opposition rally in a central Russian city on Saturday, detaining dozens of activists and beating some of them, The Associated Pre ... Paris fan shot dead by policeman (BBC) posted 11/25/2006 A French football fan has been shot dead by a plain-clothed police officer after a European football match. The officer reportedly fired tear gas, then live ammu ... The Madrigal Triumph: Always Videotape the Police (Will Grigg) posted 02/11/2014 ... One woman several blocks away, who harbored a grudge against the Madrigals, called the police to complain about the noise. When the officers arrived, they didn’t ... Body Cam Shows APD Officers Sadistically Beat Up On a Dead Man's Body (The Free Thought Project) posted 05/19/2015 ... allegedly caught breaking into vehicles and stealing parts in an auto junkyard. When the police K-9 found him hiding in a car, Lusian shot the dog three times. Wheth ... |
