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The Worst Police Misconduct Videos of 2011
Seeded on Sun Jan 8, 2012 10:35 AM EST (Injustice Everwhere)
The National Police Misconduct Statistics and Reporting Project (NPMSRP) “Worst Police Misconduct Video of the Year” readers poll is part an examination of how our readers view police misconduct and part effort to garner more interest into the issues of police miscond …
Madness: In America Even School Children Are Being Pepper-Sprayed and Shocked with Tasers
Seeded on Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:18 AM EST (AlterNet.org)
By Rania Khalek - An alarming series of incidents offers some insight into how casual police have become about deploying "less lethal" weapons... In April, the Wichita Eagle reported on Jonathan Villarreal, a sophomore at Derby High School who was ordered to pull his pants up …
Fourth Grader Suspended For Sexual Harassment for Calling Teacher a Four Letter Word, You Won't Believe What it is.......
Seeded on Mon Dec 5, 2011 4:05 PM EST (The Huffington Post)
After a substitute teacher overheard 9-year-old Emanyea tell another student what he thought about a teacher, it resulted in school officials putting him on a two-day suspension for sexual harassment. The boy's mother, Chiquita Lockett, told the station she doesn't agree w …
Deaf, Disabled Senior Citizen on Bicycle Deemed Threat by Police, Tased to Death
Seeded on Fri Nov 25, 2011 3:15 AM EST (Gawker)
Now can someone explain to me why Officer John Turner of Scotland Neck, North Carolina's police department felt the need to use a joy-buzzing compliance aid on an 61-year-old, disabled man with a hearing impairment who was riding down the street on a bicycle? Because that ma …
Man 61 Riding Bicycle Shot With Stun Gun Dies
Seeded on Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:08 AM EST (WRAL.com - Raleigh News, Weather, Triangle Traffic and NC Lottery)
A 61-year-old Halifax County man died Tuesday, a day after police shocked him with a stun gun while he was riding his bike, family members said. Scotland Neck Police Chief Joe Williams said they received a call Monday night about a man who fell off of his bicycle and injured him …
N.C. probes death of bicyclist tased by police - CBS News
Seeded on Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:50 AM EST (CBS News)
Authorities are investigating the death of a 61-year-old Halifax County man who was shocked by a police taser while sitting on a bicycle. Roger Anthony died Tuesday, a day after a Scotland Neck police officer used a stun gun on him.
War Veteran Wounded By Police At Occupy Oakland, Stun Grenade Thrown At Folks Helping Him
Seeded on Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:42 PM EDT (MoveOn.org)
Scott Olsen, a protester who’s done two tours of duty in Iraq and is now involved in Veterans For Peace, was critically wounded during an Oakland police raid by police projectiles. When people tried to help him, an officer lobbed a flash bang grenade right into their …
9th Circuit finds police stun gun use excessive in 2 cases
Seeded on Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:09 AM EDT (The L.A. Times)
Police used excessive force when they fired Tasers at a pregnant woman in Seattle and a victim of domestic abuse in Maui, a federal appeals court ruled Monday in a case that could influence how police handle those resisting arrest across the West. The ruling by the U.S.
Video Shows Cop Lied About Reason For Using Taser on Inmate
Seeded on Sat Oct 8, 2011 6:49 AM EDT (KUSA-TV)
A man who was arrested during a domestic disturbance claims jail video shows Colorado Springs Police shocked him with a Taser unnecessarily and then lied about it in their police reports, according to a lawsuit filed against the police department obtained by 9Wants to Know. Char …
Shotguns, Handguns and Tasers...Oh, My!
Seeded on Fri Oct 7, 2011 2:25 PM EDT (Menomonee Falls news)
I need to let you know that officers don’t call that yellow device on their belts a Taser. It’s an electronic control device.
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