A former transit police officer convicted of involuntary manslaughter for fatally shooting an unarmed man on an Oakland train station platform was sentenced by a Los Angeles judge Friday to "two" years in prison.

Local cop steals money from Hispanic citizens during arrests. In a rare case, the Police Chief actually calls in FBI to investigate the cop, and now he went before a federal grand jury which found enough evidence for a case.

Yesterday, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) rolled out new nationwide rules for traveler pat-downs. Want to keep your genitalia private by avoiding the new backscatter security scanners? You can request a pat-down instead, but the TSA is intent on making sure you won't enjoy it. The new rules require agents to pay renewed attention to your crotch, and their hands won't stop until they meet testicular resistance. (No word on quite how far they'll go should you lack said testicles.)

In seven years, New Orleans' crime camera program has yielded six indictments: three for crimes caught on video and three for bribes and kickbacks a vendor is accused of paying a former city official to sell the cameras to City Hall.

Get fired up for the *peaceful* protests for the National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality with two awful tales of police brutality being directed against peaceful people.

Danroy Henry, 20, of Easton, Mass., was killed early Sunday thanks to gunshots fired through his windshield by police were who were called to settle a disturbance. (They settled it, alright.) Further, the police obstructed attempts to resuscitate, preferring to allow the 20 year-old college student die like and animal, handcuffed and laying in the street.

This is nothing new, of course. Scumbag cops. Same story time and time again, but I'm sharing this because of a few lines written in here. The chief doesn't even try to sugar coat his meaning. Here, this sums it all up....

“Any dog owner would be upset and we understand that,” said Chief Skip Holbrook, Huntington Police Dept.

Chief Holbrook, says his officer had to make a split second decision and was justified in his actions.

An article I wrote for Cop Block (copblock.org) about a recent police shooting in Phoenix where a cop who killed a man was arrested on the testimony of his partner. Police Union bailed shooter out. His partner and accuser is not a union member (Arizona is a 'right to work' state where there are no closed shops, even in government).

ORLANDO --
Police in Orlando have concluded the level of force used in a takedown on an elderly man last month was approved.

The head of the agency charged with enforcing Delaware’s alcohol laws has resigned after being arrested for drunken driving.