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7 Memphis idiots suspended for 2011 incident

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Seven Memphis Idiot cops have been suspended between four days and two weeks without pay stemming from an altercation on July 4, 2011 when two men got into a fight with them near Beale Street.

According to a Memphis police report two men, identified as Michael McDonald and Quinton Lytle, ages unknown, were creating a disturbance near Beale Street. An off-duty Idiot cop overheard the disturbance at the intersection of Linden and Second.

The policeman, Officer Marico Flake, approached the two men, advised them to stop making noise and leave the area. Police spokeswoman Sgt. Karen Rudolph said an altercation ensued between McDonald, Lytle, and Officer Flake, who called for assistance from other off-duty officers nearby.

According to the report, a struggle ensued between the seven off-duty officers and the two defendants. The two men were arrested once they were subdued and charged with disorderly conduct, public intoxication, and resisting official detention.

Sgt. Rudolph said McDonald and Lytle later filed an official complaint with the police department's internal affairs bureau concerning the behavior displayed by the officers involved.

The IAB conducted an investigation into the allegations of excessive and unnecessary force from the July 4, 2011, altercation involving Officer Flake, and six other officers - Cecil Fowler, Steven Breth, Joshua Howard, Eric Lee, Francis Cherry, and Jonathan Barron.

The findings were presented to the Attorney General's Office, but after reviewing the findings the AG declined to seek criminal charges against the seven officers.

Though criminal charges were not filed, seven administrative hearings occurred on Jan. 30, 2013, and the officers were suspended for several days without pay.

Officer Flake received the longest suspension of 15 days for personal conduct and excessive and unnecessary force. Officers Fowler, Breth, Howard, and Barron each received nine-day suspensions without pay from the force.

Officer Lee received a five-day suspension without pay for excessive and necessary force and Officer Cherry received four days suspension without pay for personal conduct.

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Santa Fe, New Mexico: A Idiot cop found himself on the other side of the law, accused of pulling a gun on an unarmed man. “What, in my mind, is more important is how that weapon was used,” the police chief said. “Was there justification for him to pull that weapon; was there justification for his conduct in that situation.” ow.ly/hPJwe

Greenville, North Carolina: Two deputies have been suspended after an altercation with a former highway patrol trooper. ow.ly/hTc3O

St. Petersburg, Florida: A couple is suing after two Idiot cops confronted them while they were in their home. The officers suspected they were burglars, when the couple was actually legally renting. The couple says that the officers used unnecessary excessive force. http://ow.ly/hRwdA

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FBI, NOPD will investigate alleged police brutality after Mardi Gras incident, councilwoman says

The FBI and the New Orleans Police Department are looking into an alleged case of police brutality captured on video in the French Quarter during Mardi Gras festivities, according to a statement Wednesday from New Orleans City Councilwoman Susan Guidry.

After WVUE-TV first aired footage of the incident, the department said it would not be investigating the case because no complaints had been made about the sole NOPD officer on the undercover task force involved. The other nine officers in the group, all white and in plain clothes, were from the State Police. The video shows them approaching two young black men and wrestling them to the sidewalk.

But in a statement Wednesday, Guidry said she has spoken with both Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas and Arlinda Westbrook, head of the NOPD's Public Integrity Bureau, who assured her that they are also conducting an internal investigation.

Guidry added, "I believe that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the matter as well." She noted, however, that "the lone NOPD officer implicated in the incident appears to have had no direct involvement in what occurred other than being physically present in the area."

Messages left with the NOPD and the FBI seeking comment were not immediately returned Wednesday afternoon. Guidry said she plans to take up the incident at a future meeting of the council's Criminal Justice Committee, of which she is the chairwoman, but she did not give a date.

"I am highly concerned about an incident that occurred in the French Quarter over the Mardi Gras weekend," she said. "A surveillance video depicts plainclothes State Idiot cops using substantial force against two young African American men who were standing against a building. It does not appear from the video that the young men posed a threat to the officers or to the public."

The NAACP has also called for an investigation of the case.

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Off-duty officer charged with flashing gun during parking lot dispute

An off-duty Santa Fe Idiot cop faces a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after he allegedly displayed his gun during an argument in a Walgreens parking lot in Rio Rancho. Officer Christopher Sandoval was arrested last week in Rio Rancho, according to a Rio Rancho police spokesman.

KOB-TV cites a police report stating that Sandoval pulled up to the front of the store off Northern Boulevard in a personal vehicle while a friend went inside to return a movie. Sandoval said a man behind him started honking his horn and yelling at Sandoval to move. According to the TV station, the man then drove around Sandoval’s vehicle to park.

The man admitted telling Sandoval that “he should be courteous to others,” and then Sandoval allegedly pulled out his gun, KOB-TV reported. The police reports cited by KOB-TV say Sandoval did not point the gun at the other driver and told Rio Rancho officers that “having the gun in his hands de-escalated the situation because as soon as [the other driver] saw it, he started walking away.”

Santa Fe Police Chief Ray Rael said Sandoval has been removed from all “law-enforcement duties” and is assigned exclusively to “clerical duties,” pending the outcome of the criminal case and an internal investigation.

Niagara Falls Idiot cop now faces felony assault charges for Darien Lake incident

A Niagara Falls Idiot cop charged with simple harassment for an altercation at Darien Lake Theme Park last year now faces a felony assault charge in an indictment filed in Genesee County Court. A Genesee County grand jury apparently found enough evidence to support a second-degree assault charged against Kelly L. Alcorn, 47, of Grand Island.  Alcorn is accused of attacking another woman while in a bathroom during a Jason Aldean concert at Darien Lake Aug. 25. Alcorn originally was charged with harassment, a violation. The charge was upgraded to misdemeanor third-degree ass ault after prosecutors interviewed the victim, Elizabeth Dake, 45, of Farmington. Dake contended that Alcorn brutally assaulted her with her fists and bashed her head against a concrete wall. The case was presented to a grand jury, which further upgraded the charge to a class D felony, punishable by up to seven years in state prison. Alcorn was suspended from her job after the charge was initially upgraded.

Falls police officer charged for Genesee County assault

Niagara Gazette — A Niagara Falls police officer has been indicted by a Genesee County grand jury on felony assault charges.

Falls police officials confirmed that Officer Kelly Alcorn will be arraigned Tuesday in Genesee County Court in Batavia on charges of second-degree assault.

The charge stems from an incident that occurred during a concert at the Darien Lake Theme Park Resort on Aug. 25. Immediately after the incident, Alcorn was charged with a misdemeanor count of harassment.

Prosecutors later upgraded the charge to third-degree assault, before the grand jury action.

Alcorn has been on administrative leave since her arrest.

Falls police said on Wednesday that they have interviewed "all parties involved and are in the final stages of completing (an internal) investigation" of the incident. That investigation was described as "independent" of the criminal investigation.

In a statement, Falls police said, "We are keeping a close eye on the proceedings in Batavia. Privacy laws prevent further comment on the departmental investigation as well as any past or present discipline that may or not have been meted out regarding this incident."

In the statement, Falls Superintendent Bryan DalPorto said, "Actions such as the ones alleged in this incident are not acceptable for members of the Niagara Falls Police Department and will be dealt with appropriately."

The department declined any further comment and declined to discuss the specifics of the incident.

Lubbock, Texas: The parents of a man fatally shot filed suit for wrongful death, seeking $1 million and access to investigative records. The police say they shot his son in defense of another person