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Georgia police officer resigns over treatment of woman during traffic stop
CNN - Fri May 11, 2018
A suburban Atlanta police officer resigned after his department said he used foul language and inappropriate tactics during the arrest of a 65-year-old grandmother during a traffic stop, recorded on a police dashboard camera. More»

Shocking video shows a Miami cop slapping, punching and whipping his DAUGHTER, 14, with a belt
Daily Mail - Fri May 11, 2018
Shocking video shows the moment a police officer slapped, punched and pulled his teenage daughter's hair because she misbehaved in school. More»

Georgia sheriff's sign: 'If you kill someone, we might kill you back'
WSB-TV - Thu Apr 5, 2018
HARRIS COUNTY, Georgia - Georgia Sheriff Mike Jolley's new welcome sign comes with a threatening warning for visitors: "Our citizens have concealed weapons. More»

Stephon Clark: Police shot unarmed man '7 times in back'
BBC - Sun Apr 1, 2018
Stephon Clark was shot a total of eight times in the confrontation on the night of 18 March in Sacramento, California, said a forensic pathologist. More»

NJ Police Officers Suspended After Storming Domino's Over Undelivered Pizza
WNBC-TV - Wed Mar 28, 2018
A pair of New Jersey police officers were suspended after one of them was caught on camera pushing a manager at a Domino's against a wall because their pizza didn't get delivered on time. More»

FBI's Use of Paid Best Buy Informants Goes Deeper Than We Knew
Gizmodo - Fri Mar 9, 2018
Questions were raised last year about whether FBI agents were actively recruiting technicians at Best Buy's Geek Squad to search for illegal content on customer devices. More»

Police sergeant is arrested after being caught on camera 'stealing a paralyzed woman's prescription opioids and offering her hush money'
Daily Mail - Sun Feb 4, 2018
A Hagerstown police sergeant in Maryland has been arrested after stealing prescription opioids from a paralyzed woman, who caught him on video. More»

Man Killed by FBI Agent in Houston Raid Was Kidnap Victim
NBC New York - Thu Jan 25, 2018
An FBI agent fatally shot the victim of a kidnapping during a raid early Thursday at a Houston home, authorities said. More»

Denied Painkillers, Paralyzed Prisoner Chews Own Fingers Off
Newsweek - Sat Jan 13, 2018
A paralyzed man held inside an Arizona prison chewed off three fingers on his left hand in a desperate attempt to receive treatment for "excruciating pain" from previous injuries, according to new court papers filed in a legal fight over private prison health care. More»

Teacher handcuffed, removed from school board meeting after asking about teacher pay
The Hill - Mon Jan 8, 2018
A teacher in Louisiana was removed Monday night from a school board meeting after a confrontation regarding teacher's pay. More»

Murdered Baltimore cop was set to testify in police corruption case, shot with own gun
ABC - Thu Nov 23, 2017
As the investigation into the murder of Baltimore Police Detective Sean Suiter continues, Police Commissioner Kevin Davis revealed during a press conference on Wednesday evening that Suiter was shot with his own gun and he was set to testify in a police corruption case the next day. More»

Pennsylvania Cops Abuse Senior Couple Because They Think Hibiscus Is Marijuana
AlterNet - Sat Nov 18, 2017
A Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania couple has filed a lawsuit against township police and an insurance company in the wake of a misbegotten drug raid that netted only hibiscus plants. More»

After nearly 10 months, DOJ gives up prosecution of woman who laughed at Sessions
Think Progress - Mon Nov 6, 2017
After nearly 10 months, Desiree Fairooz is a fully free woman. More»

Reporter violently arrested while trying to film Virginia Gov. hopeful Ed Gillespie at public event
Think Progress - Tue Oct 31, 2017
A reporter covering Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie's appearance at a town parade Saturday was violently arrested by a half-dozen police after a woman reportedly associated with the Gillespie campaign spoke to the officers. More»

Top Florida law enforcement official plotted to abduct, rape and murder 'a black man or a Jew'
Raw Story - Sat Oct 28, 2017
The Chief Deputy of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office has been outed as a white supremacist who corresponded with other members of the now-defunct website Stormfront and plotted to abduct, rape with a metal pipe and then murder "a black man or a Jew. More»

Mississippi judge accused of keeping mother from infant child over unpaid court fees resigns
New York Daily News - Thu Oct 26, 2017
A Mississippi judge accused of preventing a mother from seeing her infant child for more than a year over unpaid court-imposed fees has resigned. More»

Why Are Prosecutors Putting Innocent Witnesses in Jail?
New Yorker - Tue Oct 17, 2017
One night in May, 2015, an accountant named Renata Singleton arrived home from work and changed into lounge pants. More»

Jazz great Alvin Queen, denied entry into USA
PR Web - Sat Oct 14, 2017
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - Bronx born Alvin Queen, the former drummer for Oscar Peterson, whose career includes memorable collaborations with a veritable who's who of music royalty, including Nina Simone, Horace Silver, George Benson, Ruth Brown, Buddy DeFranco, Wynton Marsalis, Billy Taylor, Wild Bill Davis, George Coleman, George Braith, Larry Young, Harry Sweets Edison and Johnny Griffin, was set to perform at a concert in Washington, DC on November 15th, 2017, at the behest of The French-American Cultural Foundation. More»

Utah nurse's arrest raises questions on evidence collection
Los Angeles Times - Sat Sep 2, 2017
The videotaped arrest of a Utah nurse who refused to allow blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient has raised questions about how far officers can go to collect evidence and has led to policy changes within the Salt Lake City Police Department. More»

Trump: I pardoned Joe Arpaio during Hurricane Harvey because 'the ratings would be higher'
Dead State - Mon Aug 28, 2017
This past Friday, President Trump pardoned former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in the wake of his July conviction for defying a court order to stop illegally profiling members his town's Hispanic community. More»

Cops kill innocent man by shooting him through a closed door - at the wrong house
Raw Story - Tue Jul 25, 2017
Police officers in Southaven, Mississippi, this week fatally shot a man who had no active warrants because they mistook his house for the house of a suspect. More»

Children Now Face Fines & Arrest If They Don't Get a Permit to Mow Grass
Free Thought Project - Thu Jun 1, 2017
In the Land of the Free, it is now illegal to mow grass from extra money during the summer time, unless you pay the right state official for the privilege of working. More»

Texas Lawmaker Threatens to Shoot Colleague After Reporting Protesters to ICE
New York Times - Mon May 29, 2017
A Texas state representative, referring to protesters at the State Capitol on Monday, said he reported "several illegal immigrants" to federal immigration authorities and then threatened to shoot a fellow lawmaker who objected. More»

Jury convicts Virginia woman who was removed for laughing during Jeff Sessions confirmation hearing
Raw Story - Wed May 3, 2017
A Virginia woman is facing a year in jail after a jury convicted her of disrupting the confirmation hearing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions after she loudly laughed during it. More»

'Just kill me': The moment bloodied United passenger mumbled about suicide after he was body-slammed by cops and dragged off overbooked flight to make room for airline STAFF
Daily Mail - Sun Apr 9, 2017
New video has emerged of a bloodied United passenger mumbling about suicide after he was body-slammed by cops and dragged off an overbooked flight to make room for airline staff. More»

Australian children's author Mem Fox detained by US border control: 'I sobbed like a baby'
The Guardian - Fri Feb 24, 2017
Author of Possum Magic was aggressively questioned for two hours over her visa status and later received an apology for her treatment by border guards. More»

American Citizen Faced Deportation
WMAQ-TV - Fri Feb 24, 2017
A Chicago man who spent the weekend in jail and faced deportation on suspicion he is in the country illegally said what happened to him illustrates the need for America to change the way it deals with immigration. More»

Reuters orders reporters to cover Trump like an authoritarian regime: Expect 'physical threats'
Raw Story - Tue Jan 31, 2017
The Reuters news agency this week recognized the challenges of covering Donald Trump's presidency by comparing it to authoritarian regimes like Egypt, Yemen and China. More»

In Trump's America, 'Felony Riot' Charges Against Inauguration Protesters Signal Dangerous Wave of Repression
AlterNet - Sat Jan 21, 2017
More than 200 people who were mass-arrested at the Washington, D.C. protests against the inauguration of Donald Trump have been hit with felony riot charges that are punishable by up to 10 years in prison and quarter-million-dollar fine. More»

Hundreds of Drug Convictions Overturned After Corrupt Cops Caught Framing Innocent People
Free Thought Project - Thu Dec 29, 2016
Leroy Gonzalez says that he spent over two years in jail after he was framed by crooked cops and wrongfully convicted of a drug charge. More»

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