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| New Report: in Tough Times, Police Start Seizing a Lot More Stuff From People
(Washington Post) posted 11/11/2015 ... on a controversial law enforcement practice known as civil asset forfeiture, which lets police seize and keep cash and property from people who are never convicted -- and ... The Julian Dawkins Case (PoliceMisconduct.net) posted 05/24/2013 From the Washington Post: According to police, Dawkins, 22, a shuttle driver for the “PBS NewsHour,” was fatally shot by an off-duty Arlington County sheriff&rsq ... Police Impunity and Perverse P.C. Priorities (William Norman Grigg) posted 07/07/2014 ... was remarkable, given that the victim in the shooting, Kevin Gaines, was an off-duty police officer with the LAPD. In late June an audio recording surfaced of remark ... Bottles found by motorway examined for terror plan link (The Independent) posted 09/15/2006 ... are part of an alleged plot to blow up transatlantic airliners. Anti-terrorist police are investigating any links between the bottles, which were found by a gro ... Swedish Cops Hid Sex Assaults At Music Fest, Feared Boosting Far Right Anti-Immigration Party (InformationLiberation) posted 01/11/2016 Finally, the truth comes out. From the Associated Press: STOCKHOLM—Swedish police faced allegations of a coverup Monday for failing to inform the public of wide ... Teen Nathan Wilkie arrested for playing 'offensive' rap music from car (Herald Sun) posted 03/06/2010 A TEEN has been arrested for listening to what police deem offensive rap music. In what could be a legal test case, 19-year-old Nathan Michael Wilkie faces a charge of of ... Children arrested, DNA tested, interrogated and locked up... for playing in a tree (The Daily Mail) posted 08/04/2006 ... Katy Smith after they climbed into the 20ft tree - then found themselves hauled into a police station and locked in cells for up to two hours. Their shoes were remo ... Gay Schoolteacher, Partner Accused of Sexually Abusing 8 Boys Kill Themselves (Breitbart) posted 12/30/2016 ... years and then killed themselves when discovered, according to documents released by police in South St. Paul Minnesota Tuesday. South St. Paul police have wrapped ... Officer Drops Lawsuit Against Child’s Family (CFNEWS13) posted 10/12/2007 The Casselberry police officer who was suing the family of a young boy who nearly drowned in a backyard pool has now dropped the legal action. The case gained nationwide ... Suicide bombing at Oklahoma University?: 1 killed as 84,000 watch Sooners vs. Kansas State (WorldNetDaily) posted 10/02/2005 ... Stadium, where 84,000 were watching the Oklahoma Sooners play Kansas State. A police bomb squad reportedly detonated other explosives found at the site of the blast. ... Police Chief Magazine: Possible New Revenue Streams For Law Enforcement (DisInfo.com) posted 04/08/2015 In the April edition of The Police Chief magazine, Paul LaCommare, Commander of the West Covina Police Department in West Covina, California, discusses new ways for law enforc ... Kids Detained By Police On Suspicion of Running Torrent Sites (TorrentFreak) posted 12/07/2010 As part of an investigation running for more than a year, police in Iceland have been trying to track down individuals who run file-sharing sites and those who added large amo ... Robbinsville police officer charged with assaulting woman in wheelchair, 4-year-old son (NJ.com) posted 09/19/2012 ROBBINSVILLE – A Robbinsville police officer was arrested last night after breaking into a family's apartment and assaulting a mother in a wheelchair and her 4-year-old ... 'Get the F**K Outta Here!' -- Illinois Cops Threaten to Confiscate Man's Camera for Recording Them (PINAC) posted 09/06/2013 Police in Illinois threatened to confiscate a man’s camera because he chose to video record them inside a parking garage. But Elliot W., who prefers his last nam ... Reader in Utah comments on police raid (WSWS) posted 08/31/2005 ... of Salt Lake City) an event occurred indicative of a nation on the verge of becoming a police state. It was on this night at 11:30 p.m. that 90 members of the Utah County ... Cop Who Punched Man, Tripped Pregnant Woman In Viral Video Gets Promoted (InformationLiberation) posted 12/10/2014 A Denver police officer filmed punching a drug suspect and shoving a pregnant woman to the ground belly first just received a promotion despite the shocking video (which the o ... Cop lies after spraying boy in face with pepper spray, didn't realize he was caught on tape (Chicago Sun-Times) posted 03/21/2011 A part-time Bellwood police officer was convicted Friday of official misconduct for firing pepper spray in the face of a 16-year-old boy after the teenager muttered a curse wo ... The American Police State is the 'New Normal' (Yahoo Contributor Network) posted 06/27/2011 ... were not suspected of any crime. It may seem silly to get upset about the police taking down websites you don't use. A certain quote may come to mind, though ... Kennedy Says He Was Disoriented From Prescription Drugs (WUSATV) posted 05/05/2006 Rep. Patrick Kennedy crashed his car near the Capitol early Thursday, and a police official said he appeared intoxicated. Kennedy said he had taken sleep medication and a pres ... Send for special branch: Police question pensioner over leaves on the drive next door (The Daily Mail) posted 05/14/2007 When two policemen arrived in a patrol car at Patrick O'Sullivan's home, he suspected a major crime had been committed. After all, the local force was s ... |
