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(Courthouse News Service) posted 10/19/2011 (CN) - A group of Chicago police officers armed with weapons and a warrant violated the Constitution and may face sanctions for barging into the wrong house and threatenin ... Utah: Cop Suspended After Protesting Ticket Quota (TheNewspaper) posted 08/09/2006 A police officer in Ogden, Utah was suspended after Mayor Matthew Godfrey noticed he was protesting the city's practice of offering rewards to cops if they write more citation ... Armed Police to Roam Toronto High Schools (Toronto Star) posted 06/30/2008 Contrary to comments made yesterday by the Toronto school board chair, police officers roaming the halls of Toronto’s high schools this fall will not only be uniformed, ... When Having Condoms Gets You Arrested (Mother Jones) posted 01/02/2014 ... rates. One tactic that Human Rights Watch found to be particularly problematic: the police harassment of suspected sex workers for possessing condoms. At the heart o ... Police Sting Altoona Bar...At Owner's Request (WEAU) posted 07/18/2007 ... cops. A local business man set up two sting operations, at his own bar, and police were glad to help. When people got to the front door at Whisky Dick ... Police Enter Unlocked Vehicles to Remind You to Lock Up Under New 'Gotcha!' Program (The Rundown Live) posted 10/02/2015 Dixon police are checking to see if local vehicles are left unlocked under a new program called 'Gotcha!' A Reddit user posted an image of a ticket he received reminding ... Stop And Seize: Aggressive Police Take Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars From Motorists Not Charged With Crimes (Washington Post) posted 09/07/2014 After the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the government called on police to become the eyes and ears of homeland security on America’s highways. Local officers, ... Athens Police Officer Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting Daughter with Broom (Online Athens) posted 01/06/2014 An Athens-Clarke County police officer was arrested Sunday afternoon following a dispute with her daughter at their home in Oconee County in which she allegedly assaulted the ... Bridgeport cop charged for allegedly assaulting wife (Connecticut Post) posted 02/21/2014 BRIDGEPORT -- Just one day after a veteran city police officer was arrested for accidentally shooting himself in a crowded bagel restaurant, police confirmed that a second vet ... Julian Assange police investigator a friend of sex assault accuser (The Guardian) posted 03/10/2011 The police investigator who first interviewed two Swedish women about allegations of rape and sexual assault against Julian Assange is a friend and political associate of one ... Boston Police accused of surveillance on antiwar protesters (The Boston Globe) posted 10/22/2012 ... Sheehan. The location: A congregational church in Jamaica Plain. But the Boston Police Department took careful notes in advance of the gathering, filing an “in ... Woman Asks Police for Warrant, Police Respond by Roughing Her Up, Arresting Her for Obstruction (InformationLiberation) posted 09/08/2011 ... little gem from the Herald Tribune: VENICE - A Venice woman is suing the city and its police department for $100,000, claiming they violated her civil rights by illegal ... Greek protesters gassed during Rice visit (ABC News) posted 04/26/2006 Police in Athens have fired teargas during a clash with anti-war demonstrators protesting against a visit by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Dr Rice is meeting th ... Reuters: Louisville Protests Were 'Mostly Peaceful' Until Shots 'Rang Out' Amidst 'Skirmish' Between 'Protesters' And 'Heavily Armed Police' (InformationLiberation) posted 09/24/2020 ... gunshots 'rang out' in the midst of a 'skirmish' between 'protesters' and 'heavily armed police.' ... Oakland Police Chief Only Wants to Read Complimentary Email (PoliceMisconduct.net) posted 11/05/2012 From the San Francisco Chronicle: People who’ve e-mailed Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan over the past year about Occupy Oakland probably didn’t get much of a ... Family of slain Brazilian refuses compensation offer: Police attempting to buy their silence (Xinhuanet) posted 08/20/2005 The parents of the Brazilian man killed mistakenly by British anti-terror police in south London have reportedly turned down a compensation offer of 1 million pounds (1.8 mill ... Police Break Into Man's Home, Break His Neck (PoliceMisconduct.net) posted 05/29/2012 ... leave, but they arrested him, fired a Taser at him twice and handcuffed him. The police officers then engaged in illegal and violent use of force that dislodged Mr. ... |
