Showing posts with label police. Show all posts
Showing posts with label police. Show all posts
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Botched Paramilitary Police Raids:An Epidemic of Isolated Incidents
"If a widespread pattern of [knock-and-announce] violations were shown . . . there would be reason for grave concern."
—Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, in Hudson v. Michigan, June 15, 2006.
—Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, in Hudson v. Michigan, June 15, 2006.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Man in Sodomy Case Sues NYC, Police
Three New York City police officers pleaded innocent in December to criminal charges that one of them sodomized Michael Mineo on October 15 with a police baton on a subway platform and two others helped cover up the crime.
"When you distill it, it was a male on male rape," Kevin Mosley, a lawyer for Mineo, said on Thursday.
No Charges in Ronnie White Death
White, 19, was found dead in his jail cell in the maximum-security section of the Prince George's Corrections Center on June 29, two days after he was arrested and charged with first-degree murder for allegedly running down and killing Prince George's County police Sgt. Richard Findley in a stolen truck.
The state medical examiner ruled White's death a homicide, but corrections officers said White committed suicide. White suffered two broken bones in his neck and died of asphyxiation caused by strangulation, according to the medical examiner. In December, a grand jury concluded its deliberation in the investigation without taking action. The grand jury did not hear enough evidence to bring down indictments in the case, sources said.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Police records indicate cop planted gun on dead teen: lawsuit
A Minneapolis family is suing after attorneys discovered in police records what they say is proof that a 19-year-old gunned down by an officer in 2006 while allegedly waving a gun, was actually unarmed.
Officer Jason Anderson, who shot Fong Lee eight times after chasing him through a playground, was honored for his bravery after a Baikal .380 was found just two feet from the corpse.
But a new suit filed by Fong's family carries the weight of police records which indicate officer Anderson had taken the Russian firearm from his precinct's evidence locker, where it had been logged after a burglary in 2004. Attorneys for Fong's family also released video surveillance images which they say prove Lee was not armed.
Video reveals G20 police assault on man who died
Dramatic footage obtained by the Guardian shows that the man who died at last week's G20 protests in London was attacked from behind and thrown to the ground by a baton–wielding police officer in riot gear.
Moments after the assault on Ian Tomlinson was captured on video, he suffered a heart attack and died.
Watch the Video here:
Friday, March 27, 2009
Millville police officer cut wife's hands to fake self-defense in killing, prosecutor says
BRIDGETON — The prosecutor arguing the state’s murder case against a suspended Millville police officer revealed in court Wednesday that evidence suggests Sgt. Robert Vanaman cut his wife’s hands in the moments after he shot her.
First Assistant Prosecutor Ken Pagliughi said state Medical Examiner Dr. Lyla Perez is scheduled to testify about the significance of the “bloodless cuts” she observed on Barbara Vanaman’s hands during the slain woman’s autopsy.
According to Pagliughi, Perez is expected to explain how those cuts were inflicted “at or near the time” of Barbara Vanaman’s death on May 11, 2006 — a version of events that seems to contradict the police officer’s story that he shot his wife in self defense because she attacked him with a knife.
First Assistant Prosecutor Ken Pagliughi said state Medical Examiner Dr. Lyla Perez is scheduled to testify about the significance of the “bloodless cuts” she observed on Barbara Vanaman’s hands during the slain woman’s autopsy.
According to Pagliughi, Perez is expected to explain how those cuts were inflicted “at or near the time” of Barbara Vanaman’s death on May 11, 2006 — a version of events that seems to contradict the police officer’s story that he shot his wife in self defense because she attacked him with a knife.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
One in three recent Atlanta Police Academy graduates have criminal records
Keovongsa Siharath was arrested in Henry County on charges he punched his stepfather.
Jeffrey Churchill was charged with assault in an altercation with a woman in a mall parking lot.
Calvin Thomas was taken into custody in DeKalb County on a concealed weapons charge.
All three are now officers with the Atlanta Police Department.
More than one-third of recent Atlanta Police Academy graduates have been arrested or cited for a crime, according to a review of their job applications. The arrests ranged from minor offenses such as shoplifting to violent charges including assault. More than one-third of the officers had been rejected by other law enforcement agencies, and more than half of the recruits admitted using marijuana
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Undercover Denver Cops staged Violent Confrontation with Police at DNC
Now the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado is questioning whether that staged confrontation by police pretending to be violent inflamed other protesters or officers during the most intense night of the four-day event.
According to a use-of-force police report obtained by the ACLU, undercover Denver detectives staged a struggle with a police commander to get pulled out of the crowd without blowing their cover. The commander knew they were working undercover, and the plan was to pull them out of the crowd and pretend they were under arrest so protesters would be none the wiser.
Denver police have said they were trying to control the crowd moving from Civic Center. The officers testified in court that they had intelligence that anarchists planned to gather in the park, then move toward the 16th Street Mall to wreak havoc at delegate hotels and other businesses. The activists had posted that plan on a publicly available website.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Los Angeles judge drops Hollywood drug case after video contradicts police testimony
In echoes of Rampart scandal, defense attorney says officers planted cocaine on man accused of being a gang member. On surveillance tape produced at trial, one officer tells another: 'Be creative in your writing.'
A Los Angeles judge abruptly ended a trial and exonerated a man of possessing cocaine Monday after a courtroom confrontation in which a defense attorney produced a surprise video of his client's arrest that sharply contradicted the testimony of two police officers.
Superior Court Judge Monica Bachner dismissed charges against Guillermo Alarcon Jr., a grocery store worker, after prosecutors reviewed the tape and acknowledged that it was inconsistent with the officers' sworn testimony.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Police Reject Candidate for being too Intelligent
Robert Jordan, a 49-year-old college graduate, took an exam to join the New London police, in Connecticut, in 1996 and scored 33 points, the equivalent of an IQ of 125.
But New London police interviewed only candidates who scored 20 to 27, on the theory that those who scored too high could get bored with police work and leave soon after undergoing costly training.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Monday, December 17, 2007
Cops Raid Wrong Home and Get Shot
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MINNEAPOLIS — Two officers who raided the wrong house during an investigation were shot at and returned fire, but no one was injured, a police spokesman said.
Family members said the shooter, the father of six, was frightened by the intruders early Sunday and fired through a closed bedroom door after first firing a warning shot.
‘‘It was some bad information that was received on the front end and it’s unfortunate because we have officers that were hit by gunfire and this truly, truly could have been a much worse situation,’’ said Sgt. Jesse Garcia.
‘‘He thought they were gang members and he was scared,’’ said Vang’s brother, Dao Khang. Dao Khang said Vang fired a warning shot, and then two more shots through his closed bedroom door.
MINNEAPOLIS — Two officers who raided the wrong house during an investigation were shot at and returned fire, but no one was injured, a police spokesman said.
Family members said the shooter, the father of six, was frightened by the intruders early Sunday and fired through a closed bedroom door after first firing a warning shot.
‘‘It was some bad information that was received on the front end and it’s unfortunate because we have officers that were hit by gunfire and this truly, truly could have been a much worse situation,’’ said Sgt. Jesse Garcia.
‘‘He thought they were gang members and he was scared,’’ said Vang’s brother, Dao Khang. Dao Khang said Vang fired a warning shot, and then two more shots through his closed bedroom door.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Another Meaningless Death: Police Taser Use Out of Control
(Full Story)
The latest taser incident to be captured on film again highlights how fast our society is sleepwalking into a brutal police state where it is the norm for cops to react with extreme physical force and even torture towards anyone who acts out of the ordinary in any way whatsoever.
The police then surround him and as the officers yell at Dziekanski to stop moving, which is impossible when 50,000 volts of electricity are moving through your body, a voice can be heard yelling "hit him again, hit him again." The four large officers then jump on top of him, restraining his arms and sitting on his head. One officer appears to strike Dziekanski in the head with a baton.
Eventually Dziekanski stops moving and dies.
The latest taser incident to be captured on film again highlights how fast our society is sleepwalking into a brutal police state where it is the norm for cops to react with extreme physical force and even torture towards anyone who acts out of the ordinary in any way whatsoever.
The police then surround him and as the officers yell at Dziekanski to stop moving, which is impossible when 50,000 volts of electricity are moving through your body, a voice can be heard yelling "hit him again, hit him again." The four large officers then jump on top of him, restraining his arms and sitting on his head. One officer appears to strike Dziekanski in the head with a baton.
Eventually Dziekanski stops moving and dies.
Deaths Raise Taser Questions
(Full Story)
But because the mentally disabled janitor died after a scuffle with Spokane police, the city has been thrust into an international controversy over law enforcement use of Tasers, a gunlike electronic shock device.
According to an Amnesty International report, more than 150 people nationwide have died after being shocked with Tasers since June 2001. Ten Taser-related deaths have been reported since the beginning of this year.
But because the mentally disabled janitor died after a scuffle with Spokane police, the city has been thrust into an international controversy over law enforcement use of Tasers, a gunlike electronic shock device.
According to an Amnesty International report, more than 150 people nationwide have died after being shocked with Tasers since June 2001. Ten Taser-related deaths have been reported since the beginning of this year.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
The End of America: The Police State Is Right Here, Right Now
American Lockdown: Law Enforcement Out of Control and Beyond the Pale
California Cities Mull Smoking Ban in Apartments
Report: Blackwater Out of Control
Arrested for Possessing 'The Anarchist Cookbook'
Ronald Hadley Stark: The Man Behind the LSD Curtain
Nobel Prize Genius Crick High on LSD When He Discovered the Meaning of Life
American Lockdown: Law Enforcement Out of Control and Beyond the Pale
California Cities Mull Smoking Ban in Apartments
Report: Blackwater Out of Control
Arrested for Possessing 'The Anarchist Cookbook'
Ronald Hadley Stark: The Man Behind the LSD Curtain
Nobel Prize Genius Crick High on LSD When He Discovered the Meaning of Life
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