Long Beach Police Beating Caught on Tape
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Christina West
Christina West was pulled over for possible DUI. She apparently touched one of the officers and he loses his temper and reacts violently. Watch the video and reach your own conclusions. H/T:...
View ArticleGroups Protest Dallas Police Dept
From the Dallas Morning News: The families of several men killed or wounded by Dallas police officers lambasted the department Thursday for what they said was a pattern of excessive force, civil rights...
View ArticleTeaching Them a Lesson
From the New York Times: The confusion and trouble began that day when Officer Anthony Giambra arrived at the apartment door a few minutes after the 911 call, as an ambulance and fire truck pulled up...
View ArticleBuffalo Police Officers Suspended
From the Buffalo News: Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda this afternoon announced that six police officers have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation into an...
View ArticleProblems with the Border Patrol
From the New York Times: On Feb. 16, 2010, a Mexican teenager caught trying to cross into the United States near Douglas, Ariz., filed a formal complaint accusing a Border Patrol agent of punching him...
View ArticleTrouble in the LA Jail System
From the Los Angeles Times: The deputy described beating inmates unprovoked, slapping them, shooting them with a Taser gun and aggressively searching them to pick a fight — something he learned “on the...
View ArticleProblems in San Diego
From NBCSanDiego.com: The San Diego Police Department enforced an “unwritten policy” that encouraged police misconduct and led to scandals involving former officers Anthony Arevalos and Christopher...
View ArticleRefresher on Stop & Frisk
The Michael Brown shooting has brought attention to certain police policies and how those policies scramble the opinions of liberals and conservatives. Thus far, most of the attention has been on the...
View ArticleThousands of New Yorkers Protest
From the New York Times: Thousands converged on an overcast Saturday at the site of the encounter, the start of a protest march linking Mr. Garner’s death to lethal police actions past and present,...
View ArticleJudge Beverly J. Woodard
From the Washington Post: IN PRINCE George’s County, it is now clear that the police, without provocation, can beat an unarmed young student senseless — with impunity. They can blatantly lie about it...
View ArticleWill ‘Community Policing’ Help?
From the New Republic: On January 30, the USCM released a report on strengthening “police-community” relations in American cities. The six-page report came full of recommendations for everything from...
View ArticleThe Martese Johnson Case
From the Chicago Tribune: Virginia’s governor has ordered an investigation into the arrest of a black college student from Chicago seen in photos and video with a bloody face as he was held down by an...
View ArticleSan Bernardino Deputies Filmed From News Helicopter
From the Los Angeles Times: Charles “Sid” Heal, retired Los Angeles County sheriff’s commander Heal, who has testified in dozens of force trials, said that when the man “fell off the horse and lay...
View ArticleChicago Plans Reparations Fund For Torture Victims
From the New York Times: [T]he City Council this week began considering a $5.5 million reparations package for scores of victims of abuse and torture by the police here in the 1970s and ’80s under the...
View ArticleThe Freddie Gray Case
From CNN: More than a week after Freddie Gray was arrested in Baltimore, and a day since he died, authorities are still scrambling to find out exactly what happened and why. “I’ll tell you what I do...
View ArticleMinneapolis Paid $10.7 Million in Lawsuits
From kare1.com: When allegations of police misconduct move from the street to the courtroom — more often than not, Minneapolis has to pay. KARE 11 requested numbers from the City of Minneapolis and...
View ArticleA Retired Baltimore Police Officer Speaks Out
Michael A. Wood Jr. is a retired Baltimore police officer. This morning, he tweeted a series of troubling, illegal, and disturbing incidents he witnessed while on the force. I have Storified them...
View ArticleWorst of the Month — August 2015
So for August it was the case of Officer Kevin McGowan. According to news reports, Patrick D’Labik, age 18, admits to running away from the police. He said he ran because he had some marijuana in his...
View ArticleWorst of the Month — November
So for the month of November we have selected the case of Roger Carlos, who was severely beaten by officers with the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD). According to news reports, Mr. Carlos had...
View ArticleChicago’s Police Accountability Task Force
Last December Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel formed a task force to conduct a top-to-bottom review of the Chicago Police Department. That move followed calls for Emanuel’s resignation in the wake of the...
View ArticleBeating Caught on Tape
Several police officers from different departments are now under investigation after a news helicopter filmed them beating a man after a high speed chase that started in Massachusetts and ended in...
View ArticleWorst of the Month — July
So for July we’ve chosen the case from Berrien County, Tennessee where the former sheriff pled guilty to beating up prisoners in-custody. These prisoners were in handcuffs and were not resisting or...
View ArticleWorst of the Month–March 2017
For the worst of March, we look to the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department scandal that has finally come to a close. Now-former Sheriff Lee Baca was found guilty of obstruction of justice for trying...
View ArticleStatement on President Trump’s Call for Police Brutality on Long Island
In a speech about criminal gangs before police officers on Long Island, New York today, the President of the United States openly encouraged police officers to abuse people they arrest and take into...
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