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Nixon Aide Reportedly Admitted Drug War Was Meant To Target Black People
Huffington Post - Tue Mar 22, 2016
An eye-opening remark from a former aide to President Richard Nixon pulls back the curtain on the true motivation of the United States war on drugs. More»

Woman dies of thirst after she was dragged out of SC hospital to jail over unpaid court fines
Raw Story - Wed Feb 24, 2016
A South Carolina woman died 27 hours after she was hauled out of a hospital and taken to jail over unpaid court fines - and her family said she was denied water and medical care. More»

Trump says 'torture works,' backs waterboarding and 'much worse'
Washington Post - Mon Feb 1, 2016
BLUFFTON, South Carolina - Donald Trump went even further in his support of waterboarding and other barred interrogation techniques Wednesday, saying that as president he would use torture in the fight against terrorism. More»

Georgia Deputy Acquitted After Flash Bang Grenade Critically Injures Toddler
NBC News - Sun Dec 13, 2015
A former Georgia deputy has been acquitted in federal court of lying to a judge in connection with a drug raid last year that left a toddler critically injured. More»

Arkansas judge accused of coercing young men into sex in exchange for lighter sentences
Raw Story - Mon Nov 16, 2015
An Arkansas judge was accused of targeting "young Caucasian male litigants" and using his position to offer them lighter sentences in exchange for sex, the Arkansas Times reported. More»

Maryland cops arrest man and threaten his girlfriend over non-existent 'breast feeding violation'
Raw Story - Wed Oct 21, 2015
Charles County, MD - An infuriating video posted to Facebook this week shows the grim and infuriating reality of incompetent and power tripping cops in police state USA. More»

How Chicago Police 'Disappeared' 7,000 People in an Off-the-Books Interrogation Warehouse
The Guardian - Mon Oct 19, 2015
At least 3,500 Americans have been detained inside a Chicago police warehouse described by some of its arrestees as a secretive interrogation facility, newly uncovered records reveal. More»

Video shows California cops punching unarmed woman in brutal arrest - for a seatbelt violation
Raw Story - Sun Oct 4, 2015
A woman in Carlsbad, California is suing police after an officer punched her in the face while arresting her over an alleged seatbelt violation. More»

Teen Dies In Police Custody After He Says He Can't Breathe
Complex - Tue Sep 29, 2015
Authorities are investigating the death of 18-year-old Terrell Day, who died in police custody in Indiana after suffering a fatal heart attack after complaining that he couldnt breathe. More»

Texas cop fires gun into wall in anger after server tells him to stop groping her
Raw Story - Wed Sep 9, 2015
A Texas police officer was arrested this week after he allegedly fired his gun into a wall in anger because a server rejected his sexual advances. More»

Cops Raid Wrong House, Shoot Dog, Shoot Man, Then They Even Shot Another Cop
Counter Current - Tue Sep 1, 2015
Recently Georgia police carried out a home invasion of a house they never had a warrant to enter. More»

Sheriff's Deputy Handcuffed Two Third Graders For Having ADHD
Counter Current - Mon Aug 3, 2015
A Sheriffs deputy in Kentucky is being sued after handcuffing two third graders for nothing other than them displaying the symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD). More»

LAPD Detective Arrested for String of Bank Robberies
Daily Mail - Thu Jul 23, 2015
Authorities in California say a retired Los Angeles Police Department detective is the so-called Snowbird Bandit whos responsible for a string of Orange County bank robberies. More»

US psychology group colluded with govt torture program
AFP - Fri Jul 10, 2015
Washington - The USs top psychology association colluded with the Pentagon and the CIA to devise ethical guidelines to support post-9/11 interrogation techniques that have since been labeled as torture, a report said Friday. More»

Mob of Philly cops assault man holding crying baby for not paying his $2.25 transit fare
Raw Story - Sat Jun 27, 2015
Transit officers working for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority are under investigation after several of them were recorded by a cell phone pushing and shoving an African American man holding onto a baby for reportedly not paying his $2.25 fare. More»

CIA sex abuse and torture went beyond Senate report disclosures, detainee says
The Guardian - Tue Jun 16, 2015
The US Central Intelligence Agency used a wider array of sexual abuse and other forms of torture than was disclosed in a Senate report last year, according to a Guantánamo Bay detainee turned government cooperating witness. More»

CIA Engaged in Human Experimentation in Its Torture Programs
The Guardian - Tue Jun 16, 2015
The Central Intelligence Agency had explicit guidelines for "human experimentation" before, during and after its post-9/11 torture of terrorism detainees, the Guardian has learned, which raise new questions about the limits on internal oversight over the agencys in-house and contracted medical research. More»

Man Threatens Suicide, Police Kill Him
Daily Beast - Wed May 27, 2015
Justin Way was in bed with a knife. His girlfriend called a non-emergency number to try to get him into a hospital. Minutes later, cops shot him dead. More»

Texas SWAT breaks 81-year-old man's hip, leave without calling paramedics
Raw Story - Mon May 25, 2015
An 82-year-old Texas man alleged this week that officers in military gear stormed his home, broke his hip and then left him without calling for medical assistance. More»

Georgia police chief, wife get 25 weekends in jail for Child Molestation
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Wed May 20, 2015
Richard Scott Burton, the former police chief of the tiny northwest Georgia town of Mt. Airy, was staring down 31 felonies - two counts of aggravated child molestation, one of child molestation and 28 of first-degree cruelty to children. More»

Sheriff Shoots Real Estate Agent as She Shows House, Then Walks Away Because 'He's the Sheriff'
AlterNet - Mon May 4, 2015
Gwinnett County, GA - Clayton County Sheriff, Victor Hill, has not been charged with a crime and was allowed to leave the scene after shooting a woman in the stomach on Sunday. More»

NJ police punched, kicked, allowed dog to bite Phillip White before he died in custody
Daily Kos - Thu Apr 30, 2015
Late Tuesday morning, police in Vineland, New Jersey, a suburb of Philadelphia, killed 32-year-old Phillip White. More»

Experts: You Can't Break Your Own Spine Like Freddie Gray
Daily Beast - Thu Apr 30, 2015
The Baltimore Police Departments leaked report claims that Freddie Gray intentionally broke his own spine while in custody - We spoke to experts to see if that is even possible. More»

Cop Who Arrested Freddie Gray Had Guns Confiscated Over Mental Health
Associated Press - Thu Apr 30, 2015
BALTIMORE, Maryland - The highest-ranking Baltimore police officer in the arrest that led to Freddie Grays death was hospitalized in April 2012 over mental health concerns for an unknown duration and had his guns confiscated by local sheriffs deputies, according to records from the sheriffs office and court obtained by The Associated Press. More»

American Psychological Association Collaborated with C.I.A. Torture Program, Report Says
New York Times - Wed Apr 29, 2015
WASHINGTON - The American Psychological Association secretly collaborated with the administration of President George W. More»

The Death of Freddy Gray
Wikipedia - Mon Apr 27, 2015
On April 12, 2015, 25-year-old African American Freddie Gray was taken into custody by the Baltimore Police Department for possession of a switchblade. More»

Cop Admits to Quotas, Falsifying Charges, & Extorting the Poor
AlterNet - Tue Apr 14, 2015
Kennewick, WA - A disturbing yet incredibly revealing video was uploaded to YouTube recently which shows an alleged Kennewick police officer admit to a slew of misdeeds. More»

Deputy who killed man after mistaking gun for Taser is an insurance exec who pays to play cop
Raw Story - Tue Apr 14, 2015
The reserve Tulsa County Sheriffs deputy who fatally shot and killed a man last week when he thought he had pulled his Taser, is part of a group of wealthy donors who make large contributions to the department for the privilege of playing police officer. More»

Prosecutor fired amid reports of sterilization in plea deals
Associated Press - Thu Apr 2, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tennessee - A Nashville prosecutor has been fired after reports surfaced that he made sterilization of women part of plea negotiations in some cases. More»

Texas Bill Would Make Recording Police Illegal
Huffington Post - Thu Mar 12, 2015
A bill introduced to the Texas House of Representatives would make it illegal for private citizens to record police within 25 feet. More»

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