Animals have rights, too: A Colorado city has settled a civil lawsuit by agreeing to pay $262,500 for a dog killed by police. The officer who fired the shots was acquitted of aggravated animal cruelty charges by a jury. Read the story here.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Police Abuse’
January 26th, 2016 - 3:00 pm § in Politics
Cleveland fires 6 killer cops
Cleveland has taken disciplinary action against 13 cops involved in one of the more notorious recent police killings of black people, firing 6 officers, imposing suspensions without pay on 6 more, and involuntarily retiring another. In November 2012, police fired 137 shots into a car driven by Timot[...]
December 30th, 2015 - 3:55 pm § in Misc.
Roger Rabbit: Is America a police state?
“Legitimacy is what is ultimately at stake here.” Large numbers of Americans already believe the police are not their protectors but a mortal threat to themselves, their families and children, and their neighbors. That’s a big problem, made even worse by the stain of racism. The la[...]
December 23rd, 2015 - 1:40 pm § in Misc.
What civilians don’t grasp about police culture
Cops refuse to acknowledge their mistakes. Here’s why. “In many departments, officers have developed a pathological aversion to ‘second-guessing.’ There is a pervasive belief that scrutinizing officer’s use-of-force decisions will lead officers to hesitate, exposing them to[...]
December 21st, 2015 - 6:12 pm § in Misc.
Shed no tears for this lying cop
In the aftermath of the Ferguson police shooting, police lieutenant Ray Albers of the neighboring St. Ann police department got himself fired by pointing his assault rifle at protesters and journalists and saying, “I will f—– kill you!” Now, Albers is fighting to keep his co[...]
December 21st, 2015 - 5:51 pm § in Misc.
How to improve police-community relations, Kansas edition
Cops from the Galena, Kansas, police department; the Cherokee County sheriff’s department; the Kansas Bureau of Investigation; and the FBI converged on a Galena home looking for a gang member last week. It’s not clear from media reports why they thought he was there. They did say their h[...]
December 7th, 2015 - 11:37 am § in Uncategorized
Klan meeting? Nah. Alabama cops.
“The Alabama Justice Project has obtained documents that reveal a Dothan Police Department’s Internal Affairs investigation was covered up by the district attorney. A group of up to a dozen police officers on a specialized narcotics team were found to have planted drugs and weapons on young [...]
November 25th, 2015 - 11:41 am § in Uncategorized
Lawyer defends cop shooting black teen in back a dozen times
“It’s not uncommon for individuals to be shot in the back, and it’s not uncommon for people to be shot after they’ve gone to the ground.” — Lawyer for Jason Van Dyke, the cop who shot 17-year-old Laquan Donald 16 times, and is now charged with murder Well, maybe [...]
Racist cop beats Native Hawaiian for praying over seal