Torture
Chicago IL settles suit for $1,250,000 to a man who was imprisoned for 12 years after he was allegedly tortured into making a false confession by the notorious police Lt Burge’s unit. [0] http://t.co/mvE7HvIr
Murder
New Orleans LA cop was sentenced to 8 years prison in his plea deal over his role in the Danziger Bridge shooting & subsequent cover up. [0] http://t.co/vxnaSFz2
New Brunswick NJ could be facing a lawsuit now that the family of a man who was allegedly unarmed when fatally shot by police have filed a tort claim since officials are still refusing to release any information about the shooting incident. [4] http://t.co/f7r9gWF1
Manslaughter
Eastchester NY cop found guilty of manslaughter for fatally shooting a man in the throat while the officer was playing with one of his guns. [0] http://t.co/PB9eoH2r
Detroit MI police officer has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for the high-profile shooting death of 7-year-old Aiyana Jones during a questionable raid conducted in front of a television crew for a reality TV show. Interestingly, one of the producers of that show was also charged with perjury & obstruction in that case as well. [0] http://t.co/UTtsp3Pp
DeKalb County GA police officer was indicted for vehicular homicide for killing 2 people after crashing into their car with a cruiser while speeding. [0] http://t.co/JMmq6C9h
Child molestation……again
Gardner MA cop already charged with indecent assault of a child under the age of 14 has now been charged with indecent assault & battery of his female roommate as well. [0] http://t.co/XhZgmlPU
Harrison Co TX deputy was fired after he & his wife were arrested on felony sexual indecency with a child charges [0] http://t.co/NO0NKl14
Assault on a child
Dallas TX cop arrested on injury to a child charges for allegedly beating her 11-year-old son with a laptop cable and a belt buckle. [0] http://t.co/ppCNQhTZ
Manchester NH school resource police officer is being accused of using excessive force in an incident caught on cellphone video that school officials tried to force the student who recorded it to delete. Interestingly, the video was released by the people at copblock.org but I wasn’t informed about it from them, instead the person who runs the-minutemen.org site tipped me off to the story. (thanks for the tip!) [3] http://t.co/TVdGhKlJ
Assault
Oneonta NY settles a brutality suit for $135k to a man claiming cops beat and choked him during a traffic stop [0] http://t.co/iiaEez8C
Indianapolis IN cop with an alleged history of misconduct is being accused of excessive force in a videotaped incident where he allegedly tasered a man that witnesses say did nothing wrong. [1] http://t.co/PWHrregu
Portage IN settles suit for a confidential sum to a woman who was beaten by cop in high-profile 2007 videotaped incident where he slammed a woman’s head into a car then threw her to the ground. [3] http://t.co/QCl3rr8K
Denver CO pays $225,000 to settle an excessive force lawsuit that threatened to force the department to open up several years of their excessive force records. However, there is another pending lawsuit that still threatens to do the same. [3] http://t.co/OZfqGYnF
A number of videos came out stemming from a single incident at the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City NY today, all showing a higher-ranking officer in a white shirt, alleged to be an officer Connolly according to the Gothamist, beating a large number of people with a baton…Among those people being beaten and peppersprayed was a credentialed journalist that offered this first-hand perspective of getting hit: as well as a local Fox affiliate news reporter and his cameraman: Many are asking, in light of these videos and videos from last week showing white shirted officers as primary aggressors, why are the high ranking officers appearing more aggressive than the rank and file officers? Generally speaking, departments that have problems disciplining their officers for excessive force still have to do something to get cops that show a pattern of brutality off the street or else they risk more civil litigation or a pattern/practice investigation by the feds. So, instead of firing cops, they promote them off of the street to supervisory roles… which could be one explanation for the white shirts being more aggressive here. If you don’t believe that explanation consider the next report…
A New York NY cop was arrested by the FBI for “repeatedly using his position to intimidate others, including beat downs and violence” as well as using police databases to get info on a man in a parking dispute, to tip off his cousin to a federal investigation, and for pepperspraying & illegally detaining man at bar owned by his cousin. He was finally suspended though… only after the arrest. [3] http://t.co/eqhgCnlM
Furthermore, another New York NY cop was caught on video bragging that his nightstick was going to get a workout at the #OccupyWallStreet protests tonight. So far, thankfully, it doesn’t appear as though his did at least. [3] http://t.co/TDpXX9y6
New York NY police are being sued by #OccupyWallStreet protesters claiming the previous Brooklyn Bridge mass arrest was a civil rights violation because most of the protesters and journalists caught up in the kettling action on the bridge couldn’t hear any warnings about impending arrests. [0] http://t.co/h1AWhMaM
Vandalism & false arrests
New Brunswick NJ police are being accused of vandalism & false arrests against people protesting a questionable fatal officer-involved shooting incident. One person arrested was showing others what he claimed was evidence cops were tearing down their posters, even cutting a hole in a screen window to remove one that was posted inside a home when police came en mass and arrested him and at least one other person for no apparent reason. [4] http://t.co/9XxTBvN0
Seattle WA police are being sued by a computer security expert alleging he was falsely arrested and that the department committed spoilation of video evidence when he was told there was no video of the arrest when he sought evidence to prove his case. [4] http://t.co/3sTh2Ons
Harris County TX deputy sued by woman claiming she was falsely arrested because the deputy didn’t like her attitude and that she was then forced to listen to the Rush Limbaugh show in the deputy’s cruiser. [3] http://t.co/a86wyKrS
Milwaukee WI settles suit for $6,500 to man claiming cops refused to return his gun after an illegal search of his car and home and subsequent false charges against him that were dismissed later. [0] http://t.co/tO81Y8JS
Portage IN settles tort claim for $30k involving unspecified misconduct allegations over a DUI arrest. [3] http://t.co/QCl3rr8K
When white trash gathers……………
Cherokee Co SC deputy arrested for allegedly having sex with confidential informant, he resigned after the allegation surfaced in 2009. [0] http://t.co/thE3dW8q
Creepy cop behavior
Clay Co AR deputy was charged with 4 felonies including stalking, agg assault and breaking & entering in an alleged domestic case. [0] http://t.co/Dq3wbyfi
14 Atlanta GA cops, most of them former members of the now-disbanded Red Dog unit, are being sued by 5 men who allege the officers had a pattern of performing public strip searches as an intimidation tactic and that some of them were groped by the officers during those searches. [3] http://t.co/21u4Jfyv
Fullerton CA settles suit for a rumored $500,000 to 2 of 7 women who claim that an officer groped and sexually harassed them during traffic stops. This came after a judge sharply rebuked the city for failing to discipline the officer despite some compelling evidence including that he shut off recording devices prior to each alleged incident. [3] http://t.co/sJrHfcD6
Primera TX police chief was suspended 1 week without pay for sending transgender porn images to a county constable’s work phone after losing an election bid against him. [0] http://t.co/EsVv7DgY
Fullerton CA police have given notice to the cop involved in the recent $500k settlement to 2 of 7 women claiming he groped and sexually harassed them during traffic stops that they wish to fire him. However, the department is refusing to say exactly why they want to fire him after they didn’t discipline him for those allegations. [3] http://t.co/NzNzZ6mh
Mail fraud & bribery/fraud
Plaquemines Parish LA sheriff resigns after arrested on federal mail fraud & bribery charges along with a local businessman in an ongoing federal investigation. [1] http://t.co/BPaPv0Y0
Mesa AZ cop & wife sentenced to probation in plea deal to solicitation to commit mortgage fraud charges [0] http://t.co/DnJAlX90
Drugs/ Drunk
Indianapolis IN is being sued by a couple left critically injured by an alleged drunk driving cop who hit them on their motorcycles while he was responding to a call. [0] http://t.co/7C80CTCR
Bandera Co TX deputy was caught up in an FBI gang and drug sweep for his alleged ties to a gang & for alleged drug distribution [0] http://t.co/VhemLuMA
3 Houston TX cops under investigation for allegedly eating man’s pot brownies may have also stolen 3.5lbs of pot and then chatted about that over their police computers as well as discussing how the pot brownies gave them the munchies. [0] http://t.co/UqGperre
In Miami Beach FL, details have emerged about an apparent cover up attempt on behalf of a cop who was allegedly drunk when he crashed into another car then fled the scene. However, he wasn’t arrested and a trooper who investigated the case and found that the department was covering for the officer was then apparently targeted by the police chief for retaliation. [5] http://t.co/MAwrb3lE
Ottawa ON police sgt gets conditional discharge in plea to reduced dangerous driving for 2 DUI hit skips in 1 night [0] http://t.co/6HbQEX9G
Clark Co NV school district police chief has been suspended pending an internal and federal investigation into allegations of cover ups including a drinking party attended by cops and teens that resulted in a fatal DUI crash and an alleged excessive force incident against a student. [3] http://t.co/LiogO5U6
Plum PA cop was arrested on burglary, bribery, theft of crack from evidence, use of the stolen drugs to bribe someone, and insurance fraud charges. [0] http://t.co/qux4DYdh
Braddock PA cop faces burglary, distribution of narcotics and other charges for alleged incidents that spanned 2 counties. [1] http://t.co/5jr1mHsD
Forgery
Caruthersville MO police chief & one of his officers arrested on 24 & 11 counts of forgery respectively, though no details on what the forgery entailed yet. [1] http://t.co/7q6a20kl
Harassment
Minneapolis MN cop accused of harassing & illegally accessing a now-former St Paul MN police officer’s driving records. [1] http://t.co/avXj1xzb
Theft
Palm Beach FL police sgt demoted & suspended 160hrs for working on his dating website while he was on duty, apparently 80 hours worth of work in fact. [0] http://t.co/fSD0cdml
Middle Twp NJ cop suspended w/o pay after indicted on theft by deception involving over $4k in unemployment funds [0] http://t.co/v1jyxYW5
Sanford FL cop suspended while subject of state investigation on allegations he took money during a traffic stop, hard to say whether this was extortion or bribery, but generally people who bribe officers don’t come back to file a complaint about it, if that’s how police found out. [0] http://t.co/QbWGoj76
Sault Ste. Marie ON police appear to have attempted to cover up for one of their constables when he rear-ended a motorist at an intersection while on duty. The accounts indicate that police acted as if they were more concerned with covering up for their officer than they were about the condition of the people he injured at the scene. Furthermore, it appears as though they tried to make the guy feel like he was going to be charged in subsequent interviews until he got his local councilmen involved. [3] http://t.co/g6DunRyC
Cheating
11 Mississippi state troopers have been demoted & 3 resigned after admitting to cheating on promotional exams [0] http://t.co/MhnSYhNl
3 El Paso TX join 5 other officers who have already resigned during an investigation into overtime abuse tied to a federal traffic enforcement grant. One of the officers is claiming that the investigation is retaliation in an attempt to keep that department’s use of quotas a secret. [1] http://t.co/88EfxMTF
Domestic assault/Abuse
Baltimore Co MD cop arrested on 1st degree assault charges involving an alleged domestic incident with his ex-girlfriend. [0] http://t.co/3BzXbGK3
Oklahoma City OK cop arrested on domestic abuse charge after husband reported that she assaulted him [0] http://t.co/P9CAtx2p
South Bend IN cop was charged with misdemeanor intimidation for allegedly sending threatening text messages to his ex-wife in an attempt to force her to apologize to his police chief and recant allegations that he abused their son. [0] http://t.co/xEvzVsne
Yakima WA tribal police officer was found guilty of felony harassment for falsely detaining a man who was sleeping with his estranged wife. [0] http://t.co/flNtWKLC
Idiots at work
Fullerton CA police formally apologize for a wrong door drug raid that narcotics officers failed to report. [0] http://t.co/7yQO04TJ
Issaquah WA ordered to stop threatening to arrest people for handing out leaflets outside of “expression areas” [0] http://t.co/9IAIV1XJ
North Miami Beach FL cop was fired for posting a threatening ethnically-charged comment on a local blog [0] http://t.co/0mtZ5QpC
Screw the law
California police departments are apparently ignoring a toothless law requiring agencies to report police chases & fatalities associated with police pursuits, even when the victims are one of their own. [3] http://t.co/a8QLVVIy
DeSoto Parish LA deputy ticketed after someone posts Facebook pic of his cruiser parked in handicap space [0] http://t.co/kGdcuTXp
Weslaco TX police chief accused by union of failing to do anything to stop 2 armed robbers he witnessed leaving a bank [0] http://t.co/GEGsGGYQ
Gender discrimination & retaliation
3 Los Angeles CA police detectives win $2.5mil judgment against dept for gender discrimination & retaliation. [0] http://t.co/pv6gsPui
Civil right violation
Brunswick GA ruled to have violated minister’s rights when cops arrested him for shouting at Tea Party protesters [0] http://t.co/os9UBLtI
Extortion
Chicago IL cop sentenced to 18mo for extorting $5k from a lender, this to be served consecutively with a 6mo sentence for extorting $4.5k from cop [0] http://t.co/zjBT465T
Embezzlement
2 San Jose CA cops were arrested for allegedly embezzling $120k from a Latino Police Officer Association. [0] http://t.co/BDdezDqs
Shut down the press, shut down the argument
US Secret Service, Minneapolis MN, St Paul MN & Ramsey Co MN have all settled a lawsuit for $100k stemming from the violent arrests of Democracy Now journalists and producers during the Republican National Convention. Part of the settlement also includes promised reforms. [0] http://t.co/SuJOYau0
Illegal raid
Atlanta GA settles suit for $120k to 8 people who sued over the raid on the Atlanta Eagle gay bar, this was in addition to another settled suit over the same incident that cost the city at least $1,000,000. [0] http://t.co/Jrm7PQop
