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(Techdirt) posted 08/25/2015 Over the last few years, we've published a ton of stories about the growing police reliance on Stingray cell site simulator devices (also known as IMSI catchers), that mimic a ... Former police officer Marvin Blades Jr. given 35 years in prison (Tulsa World) posted 08/12/2013 A recently resigned Tulsa police officer, branded by a prosecutor as 'corrupt,' was sentenced Thursday to 35 years in prison for robbing Hispanic drivers during traffic stops. ... Chicago Police officer Tasers 82-year-old grandmother during "wellness" check (Chicago Sun-Times) posted 11/18/2007 As shocking as it is that a Chicago Police officer Tasered an 82-year-old grandmother during a 'wellness' check, it's even more disheartening that so many of our readers belie ... NBC's Williams and Gregory failed to report the significance of Dubai Ports World's government ownership (MediaMatters) posted 02/24/2006 ... Steam Navigation Co. (P & O), which currently manages six U.S. ports in Baltimore, Miami, New Jersey, New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia. Until its acquisition by th ... UC Davis Pepper Spray Cops Get Off Scot-Free (InformationLiberation) posted 09/21/2012 ... happened. Via The Sacramento Bee: The pepper-spraying of students by UC Davis police officers last November was not criminal conduct, Yolo County District Attorney ... Raping Underage Girl Gets Cop 30 Months Jail After Judge Credits Cop's Years Of 'Service' (CTNews.com) posted 01/16/2015 BRIDGEPORT – A 20-year veteran of the Trumbull police force Tuesday began serving a 30-month prison term Tuesday for repeatedly sexually assaulting a teenaged girl he me ... Lawmaker Calls for Annual Mandatory Mental Evaluations for Police Officers (The Free Thought Project) posted 02/03/2015 ... at a Portland town hall meeting Saturday and announced that he would like to see police officers undergo mental evaluations “once a year” citing one reason; F ... Cop Charged For Punching Man In The Face & Lying About It (InformationLiberation) posted 04/28/2015 ... sole defendant. According to the Indictment, on or about May 26, 2013, Howard, a police officer of the Redstone Township Police Department, willfully deprived an ind ... Delaware County trying "stop and frisk" (ABC 6) posted 06/22/2007 One police department in Delaware County is now implementing a controversial police procedure called Stop and Frisk. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled it legal nearly 4 ... Former Police Capt. Says Chief Conspired Against Officials For Rejecting "More Cops Tax" (InformationLiberation) posted 03/20/2014 After a Vegas town rejected a 'more cops tax,' the local police chief allegedly conspired to persecute city officials for their opposition. From KSNV TV: LAS VEGAS (K ... Police Brutality in Pittsburgh after the G20 (YouTube) posted 09/28/2009 ... surreal, horrific, and unimaginable thing I have ever witnessed in my life, 1200 Riot Police and Military Personal rabidly attacked a group of well under 300 American cit ... Cop Disciplined After Being Photographed Doing The Best Thing He Could Do (Cop Block) posted 09/29/2015 I recall as a child my parents scoffing at police officers playing grab-ass. “Our tax dollars at work,” my father would say. To most Americans, the sight of a ... Report: Police Seek Poster of 'It's Okay to be White' Flyers to Determine if His Actions Were a 'Hate Crime' (InformationLiberation) posted 11/03/2019 The suspected flyer poster is 'not believed to be a threat' and police admit 'the flyers don't appear to be a crime because no property was destroyed' but they want to harass ... Former Philadelphia cop Jonathan Josey charged with simple assault for videotaped punch (Metro.us) posted 11/19/2012 Former Philadelphia Police Lt. Jonathan Josey has been charged with simple assault for punching a woman on videotape weeks after the incident cost him his job. Josey, 40, ... Chicago police ask you to report people using maps or taking notes in public (BakelBlog) posted 12/20/2007 The London police force clearly has the graphic-design edge , but the Chicago Police Department matches if not outshines the British bobbies for the ardor and toxic nuttiness ... Dallas police reopen investigation into 2010 shooting of unarmed man (WFAA) posted 04/03/2014 ... apartment complex in October of 2010. Then, he came in contact with former Dallas police Officer Matthew Tate. [...]Mackey's mother says her son was killed for ... 5 arrested at daytime DUI checkpoint (Daily Mail) posted 05/02/2006 Charleston police knew there was a problem with drinking and driving during happy hour. But they never imagined their daytime sobriety checkpoint would net four drunken d ... Police want 'tesco jails' in every shopping centre (The Daily Mail) posted 08/01/2007 ... prisons, dubbed 'Tesco jails', to be compulsory in all shopping centres. Police are backing the proposals to help tackle shoplifting, which costs £76 ... VIDEO: In the 'Land of the Free' a Man is Arrested for Drinking a Soft Drink in Public (The Free Thought Project) posted 09/08/2015 New York, NY — Shawn Thomas films the police. He does so because it’s his right and he’s also great at fending off and exposing their rampant corruption. ... Cellphone Video Shows Four Cops Beating Philly Motorist Charged with Aggravated Assault and Resisting Arrest (Reason) posted 06/11/2012 ... officer (the one who 'struck' Warryton) are back on patrol: During the struggle, police said, two officers suffered cuts and bruises, and another injured his neck ... |